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Heat

R. Lee Smith

Why we're reading this: Wow, this is really quite a book. I liked this novel a lot. A dual story, from the perspective of the goo…more
[close] Wow, this is really quite a book. I liked this novel a lot. A dual story, from the perspective of the good guy/girl, and the very bad guy/possibly victimized but maybe also very bad girl. A crime novel. Good guy is a cop, bad guy is a smuggler/dealer. Science fiction, some creature action but pretty humanized, extremely violent. Extremely. But also beautifully written. It really sucks you in. It was a very compelling story. HEA for both stories, and you believe them both.

Warning - there is some heavy stuff in here, esp in the bad man/bad woman-victim story. It's pretty serious sadomasochism/power, not at all ritualized, the author plays it out in real time.

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Feb 16, 2012 MelissaB rated it liked it

Shelves: kindle, fiction, sci-fi-romance, creepy-azz-book, 2012-reads

Heat was a sci fi fiction - not a romance but there were two relationships that were a big part of the story. This book is not for the faint of heart, it's full of violence and can be disturbing. I kept reading it despite that because it kept my interest and was different.

The first relationship followed Kane and Raven. Kane is not a hero, in any other book he is the villain we want to see come to a painful ending. But the interesting part of this story was that we see things from his point of vi Heat was a sci fi fiction - not a romance but there were two relationships that were a big part of the story. This book is not for the faint of heart, it's full of violence and can be disturbing. I kept reading it despite that because it kept my interest and was different.

The first relationship followed Kane and Raven. Kane is not a hero, in any other book he is the villain we want to see come to a painful ending. But the interesting part of this story was that we see things from his point of view and the motives behind his very unsavory actions. He grew up with criminals in space and learned from his mastermind father how to be successful with his illegal lifestyle. Kane comes to Earth to harvest a drug from human brains, which he has to get by tearing off their skull while they are still alive. He doesn't see humans as an equal, he sees them as pets or just like an animal who has a valuable drug in their brain and has no problem killing them. He takes Raven, a drug addicted sort of prostitute, as a companion because he needs sex or he will die (it's part of the alien biology). He rapes her and smacks her around at first but eventually they form a connection, as they start traveling together on a killing spree.

Kane's part of the story was the most intriguing to me but it was also very violent and disturbing. He kills people and it's told in graphic detail, he rapes women and even picks up another woman to go along with them and abuses her. Despite this, he was an interesting character who develops feelings for Raven, who he decides to keep as his own pet to take with him when he leaves.

The other half of the story features Tagen, a cop from Kane's planet who travels to Earth to catch him. Tagen meets Daria, a human female who is kind of neurotic from an attack on her a few years ago. This part of the story wasn't as interesting but it follows how Tagen and Daria slowly develop feelings for each other as they try to track down the murdering Kane. Tagen was a nice guy who treated Daria with compassion and helped her overcome some of her issues then she helped him out by tracking down Kane.

This story was certainly different. There are two relationships but don't expect anything sweet. There is a lot of violence so if that bothers you, stay away. There are rape scenes and many murders. The writing was actually good, it just was a little long winded sometimes and could have had a tighter story. ...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Joy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, favs-more-than-5-stars

Loved this book--not for everyone but I certainly enjoyed it.

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Mar 30, 2014 Adrienne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dark-erotica, aliens, sci-fi-erotica, dmc, non-con, 2014-read-books, erotic-horror, amazing, favorite-books

So I have a confession with this one — I pretty much skimmed Tegan's parts up until the "clash" preferring to read Kane's bits. This doesn't mean anything bad about the author (or else I wouldn't have given five stars), because the book was amazing. Everything about it was. I am very, very, very picky and I couldn't find anything wrong with the book (well...OK another lie. Although I understand that Tegan's parts were more romantic than Kane's I didn't want romantic, I wanted brutal). I plan to ...more

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Oct 07, 2014 Maria Tanya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction-crime-mystery, alien-romance, favorite, kindle-owned, bdsm-kink, erotica, 2016, aliens

Shock became eclipsed by fear in a thunder strike of recognition. A twisted dark erotic romance.
Life is pleasant and death is peaceful. the transition can be a pain in the ass. ****

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