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How to Love a Monster by Lyssa Dering

Title: How to Love a Monster

Series: Wish City 01

Author: Lyssa Derring

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy

Length: Novella (164pgs)

Publisher: Lyss.Press (August 12, 2017)

Heat Level: Low – Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3 1/2 Hearts

Blurb: Dying at the hands of government goons was always going to happen. Waking up in a dark and twisted afterlife? Not the plan.

Seraphim has the superhuman ability to control his own brain. Or at least, he used to, before his government-mandated brain surgery. The surgery killed him, but life isn’t over yet. He’s just woken up, shivering and alone, in the rain-soaked alleyway of a city he doesn’t recognize.

Fiend is a childhood monster. Dreamed up by Seraphim’s friend Wish, he was imprisoned in Wish’s subconscious until the birth of Wish City, a place for people with superhuman abilities to take refuge after death. Now Fiend is free—and in charge—and he’s on the hunt for anyone with abilities once they cross over.

Eager to play with his new toy, Fiend quickly makes contact with Seraphim. Lost and injured, Seraphim lets Fiend slither into his heart. But under the aching pleasure the two find with each other is a hunger that can’t be denied, and lurking in the shadows of the neon city are truths neither man nor monster is ready to face.

How to Love a Monster is a gay erotic horror romance featuring twisted and kinky M/M sex, a diabolical love interest, and an HEA ending.

ISBN: B074S89JKF

Product Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Reviewer: Shorty

Review: This was a strange story to read for me. Wish City was not what I expected it to be. It was a bizarre mix of creepy and grungy. Sera is promised great things after his death but ends up in Wish City. Sera himself has awesome abilities to do anything with his mind.

Fiend, I really have no words to describe him or what he is. He eats brains so a zombie? He sets his sights on Sera only to be attracted to him. I loved all the characters and their unique abilities.

Good read and entertaining.

How to Tame a God by Lyssa Dering

Title: How to Tame a God

Series: Wish City 02

Author: Lyssa Dering

Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy

Length: Novella (99pgs)

Publisher: Lyss.Press (February 26, 2018)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3 1/2 Hearts

Blurb: What if your dark side had a body?

With his superpower of will, Wish can create or modify almost anything, including his own dimension, Wish City, a place for people with superpowers to go when they die on Earth. After wrestling the dimension back from a monster he unwittingly created, Wish is still struggling to control his subconscious.

Lake kills himself to get to the specials’ heaven he’s heard so much about. After hiding his power of emotional manipulation in life, he yearns to use it on a lover now that he’s free. Meeting the charismatic and alluring Wish brings unexpected chemistry, but the two part on awkward terms.

When Lake meets Wish’s dark doppelgänger in a club, he finds himself swept up in a torrid love affair. Meanwhile, the “real” Wish might be ready to give Lake what he wants. But can he learn how to give up control before it’s too late?

How to Tame a God is the second book in the Wish City series. It is a gay erotic horror romance with an HFN ending.

ISBN: B0773BQ1RN

Product Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Reviewer: Shorty

Review: Lake can not take it anymore and decides to end his life to go to a place he’s heard of where he can use his gift, emotional manipulation freely. Upon arriving he meets Wish and is smitten. Though Wish feels the same he holds back. Lake explores and meets Wish’s darker side and the two connect.

I liked this story about Wish and Lake. I felt the two got along well though it did take Wish sometime before he realized what he could lose if he didn’t act. I love Wish’s city. Very descriptive and detailed.

Good read.

Breaking Hell's Rules by Lyssa Dering

lyssa-dering-breaking-hells-rules-cover-lTitle: Breaking Hell’s Rules 

Author: Lyssa Dering

Genre: Demons & Devils, Romance

Length: Short (52 pages)

Publisher: Lyssa Dering (October 10, 2016)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3.75 Hearts

Blurb: Freedom wasn’t supposed to be this dangerous…

When succubus Reth finally meets their soul quota and gains freedom from Hell, they decide to take up residence in New Orleans. Immediately they discard the body they’ve been wearing since 1952 and slip into something a little more virile, pleased to find they get a cozy apartment for their trouble. Too bad the apartment has a joint lease with their body’s ex-boyfriend Jude.

Jude is walking around with a black eye and a bad attitude, and when Reth tries to explain things, Jude doesn’t believe them. Plus, he refuses to move out. Reth doesn’t want to take Jude’s soul, and they really like this body. So they show him some succubus action minus the soul-grabbing, hoping to scare him off.

But they never expected for the mortal to take a liking to them. And they never could have predicted just how pure Jude’s soul would be. When Reth unwittingly commits a sin against Lucifer, they’ll need Jude’s help to avoid an eternity of suffering… For them both.

WARNING: Contains abuse themes (but not between the main characters) and graphic content.

ISBN: B01IWLJ554

Product Link: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Hells-Rules-Lyssa-Dering-ebook/dp/B01IWLJ554

Reviewer: Shorty 

Review: I was a little confused by the continued “they” reference throughout this book in regards to Reth. Who exactly was “they”? Reth is a succubus that finally meets his quota. He is rewarded with a body, that of Jude’s abusive boyfriend Tyler. What I did not get was why Reth was put into his body? Tyler was abusive so why should Jude trust whatever Reth says? 

Aside from those things it was a great short story. I loved how when Reth was in trouble it was Jude that helped. I appreciated the lengths Reth went to in order to prove he was not Tyler. The paranormal element was an added bonus. 

Good read.

Fangs Like Me by Lyssa Dering Blog Tour, Character Bio, Excerpt & Giveaway!

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Hi peeps, we have Lyssa Dering popping in today with the tour for her new release Fangs Like Me, we have a brilliant character bio,  a great excerpt and a fantastic giveaway, so check out the post and click that giveaway link! <3 ~Pixie~

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Fangs Like Me

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Lyssa Dering

Lane, a newborn vampire, still feels the pain of betrayal. Two years ago, a faithless boyfriend took his life, and now, Lane’s Maker has also left him behind. The pain of separation burns strong when all Lane wants are arms to hold him and enough warm blood to satisfy his voracious appetite. At a shifter party, Lane is drawn to a hunky Alpha werewolf who tries to console him.

Parker is more than a thoughtless hookup. Since his family disowned him for finding boys just as hot as girls, all he wants is someone to love and look after. The sweet little vamp calls to his protective instincts, but he sure is jumpy. Cuddling with boys is new and delicious, but when this boy also wants him as a food source, things get complicated.

Vampires and shifters aren’t supposed to get along, and Parker’s rough dominance triggers bad memories for Lane. But Parker’s wolf wants Lane, and he knows he can give Lane what he needs. Can Lane learn to navigate his past and give the thing growing between them a chance? Or will the very real possibilities of heartache, abandonment, and even death, keep them apart?

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Breaking Hell's Rules by Lyssa Dering Release Blast, Excerpt & Giveaway!

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Hi guys, we have Lyssa Dering popping in today with her new release Breaking Hell’s Rules, we have a great excerpt and a brilliant giveaway, so check out the post and click that giveaway link <3 ~Pixie~

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Breaking Hell’s Rules

by

Lyssa Dering

Freedom wasn’t supposed to be this dangerous…

When succubus Reth finally meets their soul quota and gains freedom from Hell, they decide to take up residence in New Orleans. Immediately they discard the body they’ve been wearing since 1952 and slip into something a little more virile, pleased to find they get a cozy apartment for their trouble. Too bad the apartment has a joint lease with their body’s ex-boyfriend Jude.

Jude is walking around with a black eye and a bad attitude, and when Reth tries to explain things, Jude doesn’t believe them. Plus, he refuses to move out. Reth doesn’t want to take Jude’s soul, and they really like this body. So they show him some succubus action minus the soul-grabbing, hoping to scare him off. 

But they never expected for the mortal to take a liking to them. And they never could have predicted just how pure Jude’s soul would be. When Reth unwittingly commits a sin against Lucifer, they’ll need Jude’s help to avoid an eternity of suffering… For them both.

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