All's Fair in Love and Blood
Jennifer Peel
by Kim Harrison
Life in the Hollows is never simple for Rachel Morgan, a witch and bounty hunter who walks the razor’s edge between the living and the undead. Balancing a burgeoning business and a complicated romance with a vampire, Rachel expects a routine life. However, a desperate mission to rescue the son of her pixy partner, Jenks, plunges her into a high-stakes road trip that tests the limits of her loyalty and her magic.
This gripping installment of the paranormal urban fantasy series masterfully weaves dark romance with pulse-pounding tension. As Rachel is forced into close proximity with her dangerous ex-lover, Nick Sparagmos, she uncovers a sinister plot involving an ancient relic capable of triggering a chaotic transformation among the Were packs. With the supernatural world on the brink of an uprising, the bonds of her found family become her only shield against an encroaching darkness that threatens to consume everything she loves.
If you crave a world where historical supernatural lore collides with modern-day grit, this story is your next obsession. Rachel’s journey is a visceral, soul-shaking ride that proves that in the Hollows, the most lethal threats are often the ones closest to your heart.
December 15, 2011
Summary The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order. Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past. And there are those who covet what Nick possesses -- savage beasts willing to destroy the Hollows and everyone in it if necessary. Forced to keep a low profile...
July 4, 2006
I love to go visit the \"Hollows\" whenever Kim Harrison decides to take me there. I love the action, excitement and just plain fun. I wouldn't want to live there, but I sure do like to visit. Rachel Morgan, an earth witch, demon magic user, vampire lure, and all round woman, finds out her previous lover is in trouble. RAchel is an adrenaline junkie, she just hasn't realized it yet. So gathering up her partner, Jenks, a pixie, she sets out for Cincinati to rescue lover-boy. Not that she is in...
July 10, 2006
Review of A Fistful of Charms This is a tough review to do because I really love this series. The writing is above average and you can tell each character is more than what is written on the page. You can see that this series has a bible is more or less mapped out. It's not a series that the characters take full control. I believe each character has a destiny and no matter what they will reach that end, but along the way, there are milestones that are mapped out to ensure the destiny, but they...
July 23, 2006
I've just loved this author's style ever since her first effort! I'd been reading Laurel K. Hamilton and Kelly Armstrong and enjoyed both immensely, but when I twigged to \"Dead Witch Walking\" I was hooked immediately! Harrison's books still have all the action you want, but because she has such a good mix of humor, romance, and irony, it makes the characters much more real for the reader. Her characters are vaugely familiar in a \"you remind me of somebody I know\" way rather than just being...
February 21, 2026
The Vampiric Charms trio rock a run. Rachel gets drawn into Were politics by joining the pack with David. OShe devises a Wolf backup curse to protect herself and ends up saving Nick with it. Rachel realizes she loves Ivy but without physical desire. Jenks experiences the world in a whole new way protecting Rachel. Rachel discovers an unexpected alliance occurring among Were packs which could impact Vamps in a large way. Nick shows his true colors and Rachel finally sees where her future lies....
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