Ratings: V2, S4, H4
Publisher and Titles: Harlequin: The Stone Prince (2010); The Pleasure Slave (2010)
These early stories by Showalter (in new reprints from Harlequin) are much lighter in tone than her other series. The land of Imperia exists on another plane and with its own sense of time.
In each book a hunky Imperian male is placed under a curse. He eventually (centuries later) turns up in modern-day America, where he meets his cute and feisty soul mate.
In The Stone Prince, Jorlan is turned into a garden statue, and in The Pleasure Slave, Tristan becomes a genie-esque love slave locked in a small box. In both cases, their soul mates inevitably do the right thing (i.e., fall in love with them), and the curses are broken, leading, of course, to happily-ever-after endings.
The villains turn out to be misguided rather than evil, and they, too, have happy endings. Sexual tension is at peak levels throughout both books. As usual, Showalter handles her story telling well, and the shenanigans between each couple as they meet and get to know each other are quite funny.
In each book a hunky Imperian male is placed under a curse. He eventually (centuries later) turns up in modern-day America, where he meets his cute and feisty soul mate.
In The Stone Prince, Jorlan is turned into a garden statue, and in The Pleasure Slave, Tristan becomes a genie-esque love slave locked in a small box. In both cases, their soul mates inevitably do the right thing (i.e., fall in love with them), and the curses are broken, leading, of course, to happily-ever-after endings.
The villains turn out to be misguided rather than evil, and they, too, have happy endings. Sexual tension is at peak levels throughout both books. As usual, Showalter handles her story telling well, and the shenanigans between each couple as they meet and get to know each other are quite funny.
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