All Night Inn - Janet Miller
TITLE: Hollywood After Dark: All Night Inn
AUTHOR: Janet Miller
ISBN: 1-4199-0216-4
GENRE: Contemporary, Paranormal, Erotic Romance
PUBLISHER: Cerridwen Press
REVIEWED FOR/RATING: Enchanted In Romance Reviews/5 Unicorns
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Sharon Colson is flat broke, alone and stranded in the small coastal town of Los Ninos de la Noche. Locked out of her boarding room for being a week behind in the rent, all she has are the clothes she is wearing. She desperately needs a job, but the only place in town hiring on is the All Night Inn, a bar that is in need of a bar tender. Sharon has the experience, but the All Night Inn is no ordinary bar. Its proprietor is Jonathon Knottmann, a known vampire. Her desperation, however, compels her to apply for the position, and not even finding out that bearing his mark and becoming his companion is the only way he will hire her, a human, sways her determination, though it does cause her a moments hesitation. Due to the All Night Inn’s eclectic patrons, the mark is for her own safety, as she learns within a few weeks, but there are many strings attached to being a companion that Sharon does not learn of straightaway. When will she find about what being a companion entails? What will her reaction be? What are the secrets she is keeping? How have these secrets affected her past and present? How are they to impact her future?
Jonathon is a nightwalker (the politically correct term for vampire). He has lived for over three hundred years, the past several of which he has spent as the owner of a bar in Los Ninos. He has but one companion, Marcus, and also gains nourishment from humans he terms ‘clients’. He is doubtful at first as to whether to hire Sharon on, particularly when she adamantly refuses a mind link with him. Her obvious desperation and his desire for her, however, make him mark her without the mind link, though doing so is very painful for Sharon. He realises she has secrets but rather than force her to reveal them, he decides to bide his time and gain her trust, hoping that she will then allow the mind link and share all of her secrets. But what about the secrets he himself harbours? Why has he kept himself in relative isolation? Will he share all with Sharon? Will he gain her trust? For that matter, will he come to trust her, when he himself has difficulty trusting both others and himself?
Janet Miller, who also writes as Cricket Starr, is a brilliant and imaginative writer. Her storylines are her own. Though there are many tales in the paranormal genre, Ms Miller has created several terms that are fairly unique to her writing, including nightwalker, bloodmate, companion and spellcaster to name but a few. This is the second of her e-books that I have read, the first being Fangs For The Memories, a story that is linked to this one but which takes place after this story. Both tales can be read as stand alones, but reading them both will increase your reading pleasure. Hopefully, many more linked stories are soon to follow. Both characters will capture your heart, with their difficulty in trusting others and the pain their respective secrets cause them. Love scenes are steamy and detailed, though not too explicit. It is a great pleasure to read this author’s writings. I look forward to reading more from Janet Miller, both more from the Hollywood After Dark series and also of unrelated works.
AUTHOR: Janet Miller
ISBN: 1-4199-0216-4
GENRE: Contemporary, Paranormal, Erotic Romance
PUBLISHER: Cerridwen Press
REVIEWED FOR/RATING: Enchanted In Romance Reviews/5 Unicorns
BUY ALL NIGHT INN HERE
Sharon Colson is flat broke, alone and stranded in the small coastal town of Los Ninos de la Noche. Locked out of her boarding room for being a week behind in the rent, all she has are the clothes she is wearing. She desperately needs a job, but the only place in town hiring on is the All Night Inn, a bar that is in need of a bar tender. Sharon has the experience, but the All Night Inn is no ordinary bar. Its proprietor is Jonathon Knottmann, a known vampire. Her desperation, however, compels her to apply for the position, and not even finding out that bearing his mark and becoming his companion is the only way he will hire her, a human, sways her determination, though it does cause her a moments hesitation. Due to the All Night Inn’s eclectic patrons, the mark is for her own safety, as she learns within a few weeks, but there are many strings attached to being a companion that Sharon does not learn of straightaway. When will she find about what being a companion entails? What will her reaction be? What are the secrets she is keeping? How have these secrets affected her past and present? How are they to impact her future?
Jonathon is a nightwalker (the politically correct term for vampire). He has lived for over three hundred years, the past several of which he has spent as the owner of a bar in Los Ninos. He has but one companion, Marcus, and also gains nourishment from humans he terms ‘clients’. He is doubtful at first as to whether to hire Sharon on, particularly when she adamantly refuses a mind link with him. Her obvious desperation and his desire for her, however, make him mark her without the mind link, though doing so is very painful for Sharon. He realises she has secrets but rather than force her to reveal them, he decides to bide his time and gain her trust, hoping that she will then allow the mind link and share all of her secrets. But what about the secrets he himself harbours? Why has he kept himself in relative isolation? Will he share all with Sharon? Will he gain her trust? For that matter, will he come to trust her, when he himself has difficulty trusting both others and himself?
Janet Miller, who also writes as Cricket Starr, is a brilliant and imaginative writer. Her storylines are her own. Though there are many tales in the paranormal genre, Ms Miller has created several terms that are fairly unique to her writing, including nightwalker, bloodmate, companion and spellcaster to name but a few. This is the second of her e-books that I have read, the first being Fangs For The Memories, a story that is linked to this one but which takes place after this story. Both tales can be read as stand alones, but reading them both will increase your reading pleasure. Hopefully, many more linked stories are soon to follow. Both characters will capture your heart, with their difficulty in trusting others and the pain their respective secrets cause them. Love scenes are steamy and detailed, though not too explicit. It is a great pleasure to read this author’s writings. I look forward to reading more from Janet Miller, both more from the Hollywood After Dark series and also of unrelated works.
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