In Review: Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber

Released: 8/1/07                     332 pages                          

Publisher: Aphrodisia

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 978-0758220394

The three Satyr brothers, who are human except during certain moonlight moments, receive a letter from the king of faery with a dying request. Find his illegitimate half human daughters and protect and marry them. And so one goes out to do just that, as the other two stay home and tend their vineyard which hides the gateway between Elseworld and Earthworld.

Eldest brother Nicholas is up first to search for his bride, and he finds Jane in nearby Tivoli.  She’s a ball of determination and duty, which Nicholas himself is very familiar with, and the connection between the two is pretty magnetic.

Nicholas is a conflicted hero, between conforming with the social norms of the period, and his heart’s desire. Jane is straightforward and honest, but she possess a tender heart. The hot, erotic scenes could have easily taken over the plot, but there was a great balance between the two making for a very good read.