NARCISSUS IN CHAINS

Wounded in battle at a bondage club while trying to save one of the were-leopards she is protecting, Anita Blake, vampire hunter, wakes up naked in bed with a couple of strange men and discovers that the wounds she suffered in the rescue may be turning her into a werewolf herself. As usual in this series, there's lots of sexual tension as Anita tries to balance her two lovers, vampire Jean-Claude and alpha werewolf Richard, but this time another love interest develops. Cynthia Holloway's reading is outstanding. She provides passion without melodrama, maintaining just the right understated tone for this erotic horror story. D.T.H. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 03]