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Kat Dubois is immortal, and she's retired. She's long since hung up her sword and left assassinating immortals to someone else...anyone else. She's now a hard drinking, sass-flinging Seattle tattoo artist with the innate ability to read people's fortunes using her charmed deck of tarot cards. Her days of bloodshed are over, and she has nothing but time - an eternity, in fact - to hide from her past. Until someone from her past shows up on her doorstep with news that her beloved older brother and mentor, Dominic, has gone missing.
It drives my dad nuts I'm such a Goody-Two-Shoes, but the fact that I'm a virgin makes smoke pour from his ears. See, I'm determined to save myself for love, but Daddy dear, more commonly known as Lucifer, just wants me to stop being an embarrassment. Would it kill you to sin a little? Maybe he'll get his wish, because I met an intriguing hunk last night in my bar. Could he be the one? He certainly melts my panties like marshmallows over the coals of Hell, but do I dare trust him?
After being drugged and captured by Animal Control, Max Adams is on Hoboken's doggie death row when his life mate adopts him, takes him home, and promptly names him Fluffy. While JC, in all her new-pet-owner-ness, feeds "Fluffy" vile kibble, dresses him in mortifying dog couture, and schedules to have his manhood removed, Max's human side gets to know JC. Especially in the biblical sense.
The entire Karma series.
Middle age can be murder.... At least that's how it seems to former crime journalist Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect: She sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Willa finds herself haunted by the tenacious ghost of the town librarian, who insists Willa solve her murder.
On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. As a Necronite, she is one of the population's rare 2% who can serve as a death replacement agent, dying so others don't have to.
Kat Dubois is immortal, and she's retired. She's long since hung up her sword and left assassinating immortals to someone else...anyone else. She's now a hard drinking, sass-flinging Seattle tattoo artist with the innate ability to read people's fortunes using her charmed deck of tarot cards. Her days of bloodshed are over, and she has nothing but time - an eternity, in fact - to hide from her past. Until someone from her past shows up on her doorstep with news that her beloved older brother and mentor, Dominic, has gone missing.
It drives my dad nuts I'm such a Goody-Two-Shoes, but the fact that I'm a virgin makes smoke pour from his ears. See, I'm determined to save myself for love, but Daddy dear, more commonly known as Lucifer, just wants me to stop being an embarrassment. Would it kill you to sin a little? Maybe he'll get his wish, because I met an intriguing hunk last night in my bar. Could he be the one? He certainly melts my panties like marshmallows over the coals of Hell, but do I dare trust him?
After being drugged and captured by Animal Control, Max Adams is on Hoboken's doggie death row when his life mate adopts him, takes him home, and promptly names him Fluffy. While JC, in all her new-pet-owner-ness, feeds "Fluffy" vile kibble, dresses him in mortifying dog couture, and schedules to have his manhood removed, Max's human side gets to know JC. Especially in the biblical sense.
The entire Karma series.
Middle age can be murder.... At least that's how it seems to former crime journalist Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect: She sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Willa finds herself haunted by the tenacious ghost of the town librarian, who insists Willa solve her murder.
On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. As a Necronite, she is one of the population's rare 2% who can serve as a death replacement agent, dying so others don't have to.
Vampire, Hannah's best friend has coupled up and Hannah is feeling alone and lonely. One night on a stroll through her favorite grave-yard she is be-hounded by a small growling fur ball. The puppy refuses to leave and reluctantly she takes him in. She soon needs expert advice because the puppy won't eat any of the expensive dog chow she buys and burps fire.
Hannah consults her vampire friends and a friendly jinni and finds out she's got herself a hell hound. And more, the jinni warns, there is sure to be an owner in the background somewhere. When a gorgeous demon shows up pounding on her door wanting his dog back, Hannah is suddenly in the middle of a humorous predicament. This between-quell, the second episode of the Vampires of San Francisco series, is a novella of 60 pages.
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Hannah has been watching her friends pair up and is starting to feel the squeeze of being single. She doesn’t want to spend eternity on her own and as a vampire eternity is what she is facing. Then, she finds a small growling dog who immediately takes a liking to her and she’s suddenly not quite so alone.
It doesn’t take long before she realises that Hades isn’t a regular pooch and his real owner arrives shortly after looking too pretty for his own good.
This is a light and humorous book so don’t expect something deep and meaningful. You can expect a romance with a cute puppy thrown in and that was good enough for me. Hannah is an amusing character with all of the flaws and self-doubt of a human, even though she is not one. I also like the fact that she calls herself ganja girl because it’s unique in a vampire setting.
Diel is the demon we all want to meet and they are thrown together by the hell hound. It’s a cute story and it made me laugh and sometimes that’s enough.
Very enjoyable story well read great Christmas storyis read more great easy day read enjoy
The second book in series, "Hell Hounds," is the kick-ass counterpoint about the afterlife and love-life of kick-ass vampiress, Hannah's, and a love interest with some serious mojo of his own!
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I was needing something light hearted to read and this book was perfect. I laughed pretty hard when she first met the dog. I have had 3 Great Danes so I totally understand about the drool.
I'm a *sucker* for books with dogs of any kind, and this was only novella size, so it was a no-brainer for me. Superpuppy finds young vampire and falls in love. Hannah, not as much, but takes him home and falls in love more each day. But there is something different about him, besides his growth rate. Enter the demon. He claims prior ownership, and then the real fun begins!
Valerie Gilbert nails the performance with a real You Are There quality!
I really enjoyed this story written by Jessica McBrayer. I loved the he'll hound and the fued that Hannah and the actual owner start having. This story is fun, shorty, and keeps you begging for more.
Narrator Valerie Beth Gilbert did a fantastic job with this story. I felt like I was there throughout the story. The only problem I had with this story was it was just too short. Overall, a perfect 5 star rating!
I bought this when it was on sale for next to nothing. I didn't realize is was part of series until after I purchased it. Although I haven't read book one I went ahead and listened to it anyway. It was an okay short story. It did have a lot of book time with the characters from the first book in which case not as much with the main characters and this made this just an okay book. Narrator was okay too, she had a slight high pitch voice that was a little grating but tolerable.
Hell Hounds was a quick read, but a laugh-out-loud addition to this series I love. Vampires, demons, hell hounds and a whole lot of laughs. The narrator really enhances the fun with just the right timing and intonation. I highly recommend Jessica McBrayer's vampire series to anyone who likes their vampires with a twist of humor.
What did you love best about Hell Hounds Are For Suckers?
I liked the narrators voices- well done. Also, the female lead wasn't whiney, going on and on ad nauseum. She had interesting friends that give s**t because they give a s**t about their friends. I'll explore this series further.
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Valerie Gilbert is awesome! Love the British accent on the Gin. :)
this was a short side story with the same charters from sucking in San Francisco. it was enjoyable and fun to listen to. as with the first one the book had great narration and fun charters. interesting story.
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Would you try another book from Jessica McBrayer and/or Valerie Gilbert?
No
Would you ever listen to anything by Jessica McBrayer again?
No
How could the performance have been better?
Hard to read a book well that is so badly written
What character would you cut from Hell Hounds Are For Suckers?
All
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Badly written. Less tha 7th grade sentence structure, word usage, emotional content.
0 of 4 people found this review helpful