A delightfully hot and funny story about a werewolf needing his “itch scratched” by feeding a vampire, this volume may be number two in the ‘Bloodrose’ series, but in terms of the events it is the beginning of Deke and Kasey’s adventures – much like a prequel. I read it years ago, when it first came out, but since a couple of new Bloodrose stories were recently published, I decided to reread them all before getting to the new books. And what a treat it was to go back to the beginning!

Deke is a rough, tough werewolf who works as a courier. His favorite activity is getting bitten by a vampire, in fact he calls it his “itch”, but it’s hard work to find a new “biter” all the time, not to mention occasionally dangerous. Not that this would necessarily deter Deke from indulging, but there is a better way of doing it, and he decides to give it a go. Club Bloodrose specializes in finding willing donors for its vampire members, and Deke is ready to sign on. Once he is paired up with Kasey, there is no looking back.

Kasey is a private investigator and an older vampire who is not normally into acting on impulse. He’s a member of Club Bloodrose because “…that was what one did. In this day and age, procuring your own meal as a vampire was déclassé, and not a little dangerous.” This made me laugh, and not for the last time throughout the story. When Kasey discovers that Deke is up for auction, something tells Kasey he needs to participate for once. What he finds is a surprisingly addictive werewolf, but that isn’t all. Not that he admits it at first, but Deke has gotten to him in a way nothing should - and nothing has for a good hundred years. Just goes to show there is more to life than even an old vampire is ready for.

Neither of these men are looking for a relationship, but they aren’t fighting it when it happens either. It fits well with the idea that both werewolf and vampire are driven by instinct more than humans, and with a life as long as theirs, there is little point in pretense. If you like hot werewolves and hotter vampires getting it on, if two men who meet accidentally but quickly figure out they are made for each other sound interesting, and if you’re looking for a fun read that is as hot as it is entertaining, then you will probably like this novella.


NOTE: This book was provided by Torquere Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews. ( )

This is actually the prequel of a short story I read some months ago, The Werewolf Code. I remember that my impression on that story was very good, but it was too short, and I also hoped that the author was willing to write more, above all on how the couple gets together, since it was hinted a very interesting story. Apparently I was not the only one to think that, since here is the story on how werewolf Deke and vampire Kasey meet.

Deke is a vampire bite addicted. Like other people have a sex dependency, Deke has an addiction on the thrill of a vampire bite, never sex is better than when it starts with him in the role of a willing donor. Usually werewolfes are strong Alpha males who reluctantly give up the power; instead Deke loves to take the submissive role in bed; but only in bed, since even if he likes to bottom, he is not a bottom in life.

Kasey is an old and hard to please vampire. He can't imagine to commit to only a man, but when he tastes for the first time Deke, his possessive side takes the lead and he finds himself unable to stay far from Deke for long.

Kasey and Deke are very different and not only as 'breed'. Kasey is a prim and proper type and instead Deke is a slob. Kasey is a bit aloof, not easy to express his feelings and instead Deke is a pack animals, he is very touchy feelings and he has no problem to voice his needs.

The love between Deke and Kasey is easy and almost funny; there is a lot of sex, but it is always light and joyful. Again the story is not very long, less than 60 pages, but this time I have enough development on the two characters to know them better and to also understand better why they are together and what is the basis of their love relationship

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