*Karen Chance ~ Curse The Dawn*

Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under.

The Vampire Senate does support Cassie in her position, but their protection comes with a price: an alliance with the sexy master vampire Mircea, who has claimed Cassie as his own.

But even the vampires will have trouble keeping Cassie alive now that the self-styled god Apollo, the source of the Pythia’s power, has it in for her in a big way. To save her life—and the world—Cassie’s going to have to face down her creator once and for all.

- Taken from Karen Chance's Website http://www.karenchance.com/books.html

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~*~My Review~*~

There are many wonderful authors currently getting their works out there, however even though there is such a vast quantity of authors in this day and age to choose from, it is still a rare and precious find when you discover an author whose every work completely enthralls you - both fulfilling you and leaving you dying for more all at the same time. I have found such an author in Karen Chance.

I first came across Ms. Chance's work with the Cassie Palmer series, and boy was I hooked from that first novel! I followed the series like an obsessed woman, just counting the days until the next installment. However even with my complete adoration for her first series, when I came across Chance's next series, I'll admit I was reluctant, especially as it was to star a different female lead in the very world I have fallen in love with in the Cassie Palmer books. And so I read the book under the impression I would dislike this disruption into the cozy paranormal world I had come to know and love...boy was I mistaken. I LOVED her second series! The female lead in Midnight's Daughter (Dorina Basarab) is enchanting in an entirely different way than our dear Cassandra, and I found that having the same 'world' and even some of the same characters from the previous series simply allowed me to connect more fully and far more quickly with this new series than I thought possible. I honestly LOVED that I was seeing the characters I had thought I'd known in a completely new light, leaving me feel even closer to them. Chance is brilliant! Her writing talent is excellent, her characters are quirky, powerful, and thoroughly loveable, and her storyline is one that drags you in so completely you hope it'll never end.

I honestly can not praise this book, this series, or her other series enough. I truly loved them all and believe you will too. Read them...you wont be disappointed. Oh, and if you do, start with "Touch The Dark" the first novel in the Cassie Palmer series (trust me it will make the overall experience even better) :)

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~*~Excerpts~*~
" 'I really am Pythia, but I don't know what I'm doing and there's no one in my time who can help me.'
'That's a problem.'
'Yeah.'
'Good luck with that.' She grabbed the mage by the collar.
'Don't you dare leave!' I said furiously. 'I helped you!'
'You almost blew this place sky-high! Anyway, even if I wanted to help you, there are rules.'
'Screw the rules! You stuck me with this godforsaken position-...'
'I didn't hear that.'
'...-and now you think you can just walk away? You have a responsibility here!'
I'd been waving the gun around in my agitation, and it accidentally went off and took a chip out of a brick over the mage's head. He blinked. 'Uh, ladies? Might I suggest-...'
'Shut up!' we told him in unison. He shut up.

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" 'Dulceata,' Mircea said quietly, using the pet name he'd given me as a child, meaning 'dear one.' And despite everything, that word in that voice made my heart give a little start behind my ribs. It didn't matter what my heart said, I reminded myself. My heart told me stupid stuff all the time. My heart should just shut the hell up."

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"'You're saying you got to keep alive the very people who want you dead?'
'That's what I'm saying.'
'That sucks.'
'Which will be the title of my autobiography, if I live long enough to write one. Now, can we get out of here?'
'My thoughts exactly.' The voice came from behind me, and a gun was pressed to my rib cage."