Demon's Kiss by Maggie Shayne

Back Cover Blurb: Even by vampire standards, Reaper is a loner, and his current mission to destroy a gang of rogue bloodsuckers is definitely a one-vamp job. Then fate takes a hand, and before he knows it, he's surrounded by a ragtag crew of misfit helpers: the newbie, the princess, the shape-shifter and the human healer. Seth is new to immortality, but he's sharp and strong—and he'll risk anything for the rogues' strange female captive, a secretive creature he doesn't understand but feels compelled to save. Vixen is confused by the emotions that swirl through her at the sight of her impulsive hero. She only hopes the brutal Gregor and his bloodthirsty renegades will leave her alive long enough to explore them. Or will Reaper himself be the one to destroy them all?

I'm a huge Wings in the Night fan so yeah, this was an auto-buy for me. And while the only way you'd know it was part of that particular series was Rhiannion's brief scene in the prologe, I still greatly enjoyed this novel. Not to say that I don't have some issues with it.

The greatest issue I have is deciding exactly who in hell the hero and heroine are. Only one of the three sets of characters gets a HEA. The other characters, while their POV's are there, don't really contribute anything to that. Not to mention that with so many POV's in one book (and no clear H/h) there wasn't really any time to truly develope any of the characters the way I'm used to in this series. Sure, I'm used to their being a cast of characters involved but this was different than that.

All that being said, I did actually thoroughly enjoy this novel. Maggie Shayne has a great voice that over-rides any issues I may have had. And the story itself--which I'm assuming will continue in the following books? or at least I hope?--was fast paced and gripping.

So, I give this one an A+. (no extra + because of said issues.)

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