Dante’s Girl by Natasha Rhodes

This action-packed story progresses like a roller coaster ride: the tension builds and peaks several times throughout the book.
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Our heroine, Kayla Steele, works behind a cosmetics counter in a department store; it’s a dead end job with no potential for growth.  She spends part of her time daydreaming about the day that her boyfriend will propose to her.  As a matter of fact, the story begins with her anxiously awaiting their date that night.

Unfortunately, her boyfriend, Karrel Dante, never shows up.  He’s got a good reason though.  As Kayla deals with her anger and disappointment about Karrel she starts learning more about who he really is.  Turns out Karrel was keeping a dark secret from her: he’s an agent working for an underground organization that kills supernatural creatures, werewolves to be specific.  Kayla is shocked to learn about this secret world but as she delves even deeper into learning more about Karrel she puts her own life in danger.  The very creatures that Karrel fought to protect humans from are now hunting her.

The brilliance behind this fantasy story is that we, the readers, learn about this secret world along with Kayla. The vampire and werewolf societies in the book are wonderfully presented.  Natasha Rhodes doesn’t make assumptions about the reader’s knowledge of these supernatural beings – this gives the story more depth.

Natasha Rhodes is responsible for writing other books that deal with the supernatural, in particular, Blade Trinity, Final Destination, and one of the Nightmare on Elm Street books. It’s no wonder she’s able to weave a captivating paranormal fantasy tale of intrigue, horror, and action.

This book also contains a few romance elements that add a bit of sexual spice to the overall storyline.  Natasha Rhodes is careful not to let this overshadow the action in the story however.

This represents the first installment of a new fantasy book series. The next book, Last Angel, is due out in a few months.  As such, I recommend that you read Dante’s Girl now and get ready for the next volume.

Interested? Add Dante’s Girl to your collection.