Review: My Familiar Stranger: Order of the Black Swan, Volume 1 by Victoria Danann

My Review:

Take one parallel universe jump, an elite paramilitary company of knights who are tasked with eradicating vampires, a vampire with a ‘life wish’ and then blend in a liberal sprinkling of characters drawn from old European religious idolatry, demons, superior advanced medical technology and a touch of humor and you start to define the basics in this book.

Created with a deft hand, each character is so well developed and defined that their voices are unique and specific, although their development is gradual, as befitting of plot and action.  The rest of the story is just as well-crafted, almost to the point that you aren’t 100% certain that the world described is not just outside your door. The author has done a stellar job in creating the world, those who live within it, and a story-line that both compels you to read as you rush through to see just what happens next, and who gets the girl.

Blurb: 

Minutes ahead of inevitable assassination, Elora Laiken is forcibly transported to an alternate dimension similar, but not identical, to her own. She is stranded. Alone. Far from home. A stranger in a “strangish” land. Of course a girl could suffer worse problems than having gorgeous suitors.

Perhaps more importantly, in the midst of an epidemic of vampire related abductions, can she stay alive long enough to choose between an honor debt, true love, or the breathlessness of single-minded passion?

My Familiar Stranger is a full length, stand alone, Paranormal/Fantasy Romance novel that also sets up the foundation for the Black Swan series. It is loved by fans of paranormal romance, fantasy romance, and urban fantasy. 18+. Some steamy scenes. No menage. No BDSM.

7^th House
ISBN:  978-1933320779

I rate My Familiar Stranger  5 out of 5 Bullets

You can purchase My Familiar Stranger at:

Smashwords ∫  Amazon  ∫  Barnes & Noble

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I had previously purchased an eBook copy of this title for my own enjoyment, before the opportunity to review for Booked and Loaded was presented. I was not compensated for this review.