"N" A - Z CHALLENGE

A to Z Team [2015]

Arlee Bird @ Tossing it Out
Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh
Jeremy @ Hollywood Nuts
Nicole Ayers @ The Madlab Post
Author Stephen Tremp
Heather M. Gardner
AJ Lauer
Pam @ An Unconventional Librarian
Matthew MacNish @ The QQQE
Zalka Csenge Virág @ The Multicolored Diary
S. L. Hennessy @ Pensuasion
C. Lee McKenzie @ The Write Game
Joy Campbell @ The Character Depot
Susan Gourley @ Susan Says
John Holton @The Sound of One Hand Typing
Lisa Buie-Collard, Author

The Nightlife: New York (The Nightlife #1)

by Travis Luedke

ACE for ASIN# B0090P1MIU

The Nightlife Series is violent, sexy, and occasionally violently sexy.

Vampires, strippers, escorts, night clubs, pimps and dirty cops – the Nightlife New York is never boring.

Aaron Pilan’s life is forever changed when he’s shot trying to rescue a drop-dead gorgeous woman on the streets of New York. Aaron is thrust into the shocking world of vampiric slavery when Michelle shares her blood to save his life.

Michelle's existence as a solitary vampire is also altered when she accepts this naive young man into her life. Bound by her blood, Aaron is subject to her authority. He walks a tightrope of strictly controlled feeding regiments and intense sexual adventures while catering to the neurotic control-freak tendencies of his new master. She vows to eliminate him if he proves too difficult to control.

This story is bold and evocative, infusing blood, sex, love and turmoil in an urban drama about two vampires battling evil outside and within themselves.

REVIEW: 

The Nightlife in New York is where Aaron's story begins. In the act of being a good Samaritan he is transformed into a vampire when he suffers a life threatening bullet wound.

Michelle, a vampire who has walked the Earth since World War 2, changes Aaron in a random act of pity, when he gives up his life to save her.

Travis Luedke captures the emotional turmoil of Aaron as he faces his new life, cutting ties to his old mundane existence and plunging into the  whirlwind excitement of sharing his new strength, powers and unlimited sexual passions with his master.

This adult novel by Travis Luedke is action packed, exciting and somewhat titillating as he takes his reader into the private life of Michelle, who in her hasty decision to transform Aaron, she finds that she need to learn how to love and share her existence with a male vampire.  

The Nightlife: Las Vegas (The Nightlife #2)

by Travis Luedke

“Fear and Loathing partied all night with The Hangover and ended in a threesome with True Blood.”

The Nightlife Series is violent, sexy, and occasionally violently sexy.

Vampires, Aaron Pilan and his master Michelle, live by one rule – no bloodslaves. EVER. Aaron breaks that rule when he meets Anastasia.

All Anastasia wants is to be loved and cherished, but the predatory men she’s attracted to bring her only pain and abuse. Escaping one train-wreck relationship for another, she finds happiness with Aaron and Michelle as a vampire’s bloodslave, their pet.

When Aaron, a powerful telepath, wins too much money at the gambling tables, he attracts the deadly attention of the Colombian Cartel, and the vampires become targets. But Las Vegas isn't ready for this deadly pair of vampires mixing up heroin, sex and vengeance.

Poor Anastasia is trapped in the spiraling chaos.

  

REVIEW:

The Nightlife in Las Vegas is the second book in the series by Travis Luedke and shares the whirlwind spectacle Michelle and Aaron after fleeing New York to find sanctuary from troubled times in the big city. Unbeknown to them, they walk into more trouble when they are brought to the attention of Casino security.

Their existence is threatened when they happen to become caught up with drugs, gangsters and drug lords.

Travis Luedke has created a dark side to the existence of vampires in this lifetime as his two main characters develop addictions and battle to stay alive.

This second book in The Nightlife series is quite a different take on the model of vampire stories and one I enjoyed reading. The book is written for an adult audience and is quite titillating. 

The Next Planet Over (1)

by Dennis Burns 

 

It was a magnificent May morning, crystal clear skies, temperatures in the mid-seventies and no humidity. Terry and I stood on our balcony, mugs of coffee in hand, staring up at the gorgeous rocky mountains in all their glory. It was hard to believe what the news vids and feeds were saying.

I turned on my iEye with a tap on my earbud, and instantly my favorite vid feed appeared in front of me. Terry, my wife of twenty-five years, and I had chosen the contact lens version of the iEye although several friends had said they were glad they had chosen the implanted version.

Technological advancement is incredible. It was just 38 years ago that we were getting all our information from tablets and handheld communication devices. Some of the older folks could still be seen carrying them around. The same company that designed some of those devices had also designed the iEye. Some said it stood for “Intelligent Eye,” but I thought the company meant “Information Eye” for that was what it truly did-give us all our news, entertainment, communications, and announcements on one device linked to our eyes.

My “all news” vid feed was again talking about the government’s morning announcements. We were being told the same thing on all the feeds. To be sure I looked up to the right corner of my screen and it opened a list of all my favorite feeds. By looking at the name of one feed for more than two-seconds it changed to that feed. Friends called me old fashion because I preferred the live commentators to the digitally rendered ones.

 REVIEW:

In a technologically advanced world, the government announces the planet is dying and will disintegrate at a rapid rate until total destruction in eight years.

This story is engaging as the main characters become involved in fighting conspiracy and spy networks to complete a project to save mankind.

The twist at the end will certainly surprise and amuse.