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Bait: A Tale From Knightcrest I (eBook)
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 Bait: A Tale From Knightcrest I eBook Cover, written by Erica Beale | |
| Author(s) | Erica Beale |
| Series | A Tale From Knightcrest |
| Publisher | Smashwords |
| Publication date | June 2, 2020 |
| Media type | eBook |
| Length | 35 Pages |
| ISBN | 9780463970652 |
| Followed by | Bait: A Tale Dripping in Crimson |
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Bait: A Tale From Knightcrest I is an eBook written by Erica Beale. It is the first work in the A Tale From Knightcrest series by this author. In this work the character Mae, also known as Na’ahmeh is a Succubus.
Overview
- Title: Bait: A Tale From Knightcrest I
- Author: Erica Beale
- Published By: Smashwords
- Length: 35 Pages
- Format: eBook
- IBSN: 9780463970652
- Publishing Date: June 2, 2020
Plot Summary
Officer Mark Kipper had no idea things that bump in the night were real. After recruitment by Knightcrest’s Department of Supernatural Affairs, he discovers a new level of crimes and misdemeanors. When one particular case sends the agency into a panic, Kip offers himself as bait to help lure out a forgotten evil. Confronting the attractive demoness fueled by sex and seduction turns into a frenzied fight of life or death. Can Kip combat the desire mounting inside of him long enough to escape the clutches of a powerful, ancient being?
Book Review
The following review was originally published by Tera on her Blog, A Succubi's Tale on https://www.succubus.net/blog/2020/07/24/a-review-of-bait-a-tale-from-knightcrest-i-by-erica-beale/ July 24, 2020]
The dark holds secrets than shouldn’t be chased after. There are powers which should not be trifled with, and those that do not need the warnings given can only fall to their own desires.
The work is a fantasy adventure crime drama with a succubus erotica edge. The story is complicated as are the characters as well, which makes how things unfold far more interesting as a result. Once past the crime drama aspects, when the succubus of the work fully appears, the story turns fully to them, their power, and the threat their darkness holds.
Mae, the succubus of the story, very much shades who she really is and what she can really do throughout the story. It’s a shame because the truth of her honestly is so much more interesting to know when looking back on the story and it also, in a way, gives rise to the realization that those that seek her really have no good idea of the darkness she is. But her nature as a succubus, the power she holds, and the sexual predator she is can’t be mistaken. She toys with those in the story, and when her nature comes fully out, it’s really quite striking a thing to see.
Three out of five pitchforks.
The story ended in an interesting place, and there are a number of threads left dangling. With that said, there’s a darkness in the story which seeps into all of the characters in various ways. Seeing how that becomes tangled further will be interesting to see happen.