Review: Haunted Seduction

Feb 9, 2009

I picked up Haunted Seduction by Morgan James on the recommendation of a friend.  Wow, what a read.  Although this novel is erotica, the sex isn’t the driving force of the plot, but neither is it gratuitous. I’d say James got this just right, and that isn’t easy to do in erotica.

A fame-seeking, jealous photographer gets trapped in a haunted amusement park.  It isn’t ghosts she runs into though, but rather something more bizarre: living, but zombie-like people trapped in time (they come from different times, but they don’t age).  They’re compelled by a dark and evil force to play out a strange tableau of sexual frenzy.

Our heroine meets one man that doesn’t seem to be under the spell, but like her, he’s trapped, and has been since the 1920′s.  Together they try to find a way out and solve the mystery of what’s powering the amusement park, which comes to life every night at midnight.

Now, I said the main character was fame-seeking and jealous.  Well, yes, she’s flawed, but I still found myself liking her, probably because of her flaws more than in spite of them.  Another point for our author Morgan James for not giving us stereotypes.

The thing I liked most about this book was the pure originality of the plot, but also the voices and flow of it had something I don’t run into that often.

My one and only gripe about the book is really that I felt the ending came on too fast.  I wanted the climax to last a little longer and I wanted to know a little more about what happened next.  I don’t want to spoil the ending, because it surprised me a little, but I would like to have had access to about 4 more hours of the heroine’s life.

There is a lot of mediocre erotica out there, and Haunted Seduction really rises above the rest.  It’s well crafted and intelligent, and I look forward to reading more of Morgan James.

Haunted Seduction is available from Ravenous Romance
Suitable only for readers who are 18+.