Book Reviews

Drawing Dead (Jack of Spades 1) (Pulp Friction 2015 #1) by Lee Brazil at Lime Time Press

Genre Gay / Urban Fantasy / Ghosts/Spirits/Hauntings / Romance
Reviewed by Christy Duke on 19-July-2015

Book Blurb

The world hasn't been the same since the preternaturals came out of the closet. Much to many people’s chagrin, strange beings of all kinds are making life tricky for the "normals."

Physics professor Dr. Sabine Brusilov has been obsessed with ghost hunting since he was eight years old.. He's gathered a wealth of knowledge, but can't produce a shred of scientific proof.

One hundred and seventy-five years of death haven't done riverboat gambler Barton Montoire a damn bit of good. He's still rash, impulsive, and prone to fits of temper and bouts of melancholy.

You'd think that when fate brought the two of them together, Bart's lonely spirit would be calmed, and Sabine would have the proof his heart desires.

In a world where mythical beings are real, love is still the most elusive… and treacherous myth of them all.

 

Book Review

If you've been living in a cave for the past few years, you might not have heard about the incredible series by the name of 'Pulp Friction'. It is an interconnected series, written by four talented authors, each of them writing five books within the year, and rounding it out with one grand finale book written by all four. This year's series is set in the same arena, so to speak, as Laura Harner and T.A. Webb's 'Altered States' series, and is an introduction to more of the supernatural that those two authors began. PF 2015, as it is known, is written by Lee Brazil, Havan Fellows, Parker Williams, and Laura Harner, and ultimately should be read in that order. So if, indeed, you've been away from the human world, you're forgiven for not knowing this, and not having read the other books. If you've just been lazy…well. There is no forgiveness for you.

Ghosties! Never fear, though, my friend Lee didn't give me a friendly Casper ghost. Oh, no! Instead, I got sexy Bart, a one hundred and seventy-five year dead riverboat gambler, with a bad temper and fits of melancholy. For ten years now, he's been with Dr. Sabine Brusilov, ever since Sabine found Bart's belongings on the bottom of the Mississippi, allowing Bart to come along for the ride, so to speak. However, much to Sabine's consternation, Bart refuses to share any information about the ghost world, and since the supernaturals have all come out of the closet, this is very frustrating indeed.

Mr. Brazil, you tease. You've created a fascinating world of ghosts, the physics behind their "abilities", introduced me to many promising characters, made me gasp in shock a few times, and created two stunningly interesting and sexy men, who I foresee will have a very torrid relationship before it's all said and done. Oh. My. *fanning myself* I do love a good tease. I can't wait to see what else is in store for me.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format ebook
Length Novella, 55 pages
Heat Level
Publication Date 13-February-2015
Price $2.99 ebook
Buy Link http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Dead-Spades-Friction-Altered-ebook/dp/B00TL4F1XW