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EAN: 9781603700740 ISBN: 1603700749 Label: Torquere Press Manufacturer: Torquere Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 216 Publication Date: August 07, 2008 Publisher: Torquere Press Release Date: August 07, 2008 Studio: Torquere Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Vance is a vampire hunter on a mission. When the Colonel sends him to clear out a bloodsucker living in the Louisiana swamps, Vance figures it's all in a day's work. The problem is that Clay is no ordinary vampire. Clay and Vance have a connection that Vance has never felt before. He knows he should be fighting Clay off, but all he wants to do is give in to the feelings Clay inspires. How is he supposed to fight something that feels so good? Clay might just be the undead man to convince Vance that not all vampires are bad, and that donating a little blood can be sexy as Hell. When things with Vance's boss go horribly wrong, Clay has to ride to the rescue, refusing to let his new love disappear. With his human familiar, the crazy little Cajun named Remy, and the enigmatic older vampire Gryphon along for the ride, Clay tries to find Vance before it's too late. Vance is a survivor, and with Clay at his side, he plots his revenge against his former employer, a man who had much darker motives than just sending vampires to their final reward. Can Vance and Clay keep moving, stay alive, and blow the Colonel's plan out of the water? Related Items:      see moreAverage Rating:
 Rating: - dark exciting loveafter getting used to tortuga's style of writing it turned out to be a book that i've already read twice! i absolutely love it! the main characters are great and secondary characters shore them up to perfection! this book deserves a sequel if nothing else than to tell us what's going on in Gryph's and Remy's lives! Rating: - Long Black Cadillac by B.A. TortugaThe last tale of B.A. Tortuga is a vamp tale. An old vamp tale to the rhythm of blues. You can feel it bit in every words and it's a crazy rhythm. Vance is a scarred ex cop who now works for a man known as Colonel. He hunts vampires. He receives orders and goes on mission. He is not particular fond of vampires but neither hates them. It's only his work. Then he meets Clay, a vampire like no other he has met before. He feels a powerful attraction for this man. And Clay seems incapable to stop biting him and makin love to him. And he is not adverse to the idea. And then there is Remy, a sweet little Cajun man who has always cared for Clay, cause Clay is family. And now that Clay has met his mate, Remy is a little bit sad, not angry, is not in his nature... but maybe Gryphon, another vampire, much older than Clay, can make him feel better, a lot better. Till the mid of the book, I feel partial for Remy and in second stance for Vance. They are very different, but very lovely both. Vance is a wounded man that has not finished to believe in justice. He is angry to the world, but he is still a good boy. And he works only for the Goods. Instead Remy is a little hot thing, all sweet and caring; he has not an ounce of malice in his body, maybe he is a little wicked, but in the good meaning of the word. He only has yet to find his soul mate and until that moment, he can be a good buddy for Clay. Clay is the good boy. Only he is a vampire. He is so good, I can find nothing wrong in him. But I'm not so fond for good boy. So maybe this is the reason why I cheer up when Gryphon makes his appearance. He is a real man... ops vampire. He is strong and protective, he takes what he wants and now he wants Remy. So in the end the supporting characters, Remy and Gryphon, steal the scene to the main characters, Vance and Clay. And all of them contribute to create a fast paced story, full (as always in the B.A. Tortuga's story) of hot sex, that is not never a bad thing. Rating: - Exhilarating vampire eroticaTortuga has give us 4 very appealing characters in this vampire tale which is quite different from the usual. We have Vance, an ex-military man with a dark past now hunting vampires for a living. His latest target is Clay, a vampire hunk with a long black cadillac, who quickly turns the table on him. Then there is Remy, an endearing Cajun who looks after Clay, and being human he has his advantage during the day. They started off as a threesome and here I do feel for Remy as he is somewhat neglected by Clay. Then along comes Gryphon an ancient vampire who claims Remy for his own. The sex is of course steamy and hot, with all the blood, animalistic and sensual bites. The plot is one roller coaster ride as this threesome who were hunted turned into a foursome on a vengence. There are some wild and wonderfully crazy moments and you just have to love the hearse (chuckle). The plot could have delved deeper into Vance's past, both vampire's background and the reasons behind the vampires' hunt and the ending parts are somewhat rushed. But as a M/M romance, the chemistry and interaction among the four guys makes this one sensual and enjoyable erotica. |
All three principals sing eloquently and with a fine sense of the opera's structure and context. Anna Tomowa-Sintow is in even better voice than Domingo, and Giorgio Zancanaro heads an expert supporting cast. The Covent Garden Chorus, directed with distinction by Michael Hampe, gives a memorable impression of the revolutionary mob. Julius Rudel's conducting is totally idiomatic. --Joe McLellan
Lotfi Mansouri spared no effort or expense in making this production special. He personally directed the staging, and handpicked an outstanding cast (right down to the very young and then-unknown Ben Heppner in the small role of Hervey). The visual elements--sets, costumes, and camera work--are also handled with great care, and Sutherland's positive response to this dedication can be sensed in her performance as the unfortunate wife of King Henry VIII. James Morris is best-known as a Wagnerian singer--perhaps the leading Wotan of our time--but he is equally at home in many of the villainous roles that are the fate of bass- baritones (Iago, Scarpia, Don Giovanni). In this sinister tale of an innocent woman ruthlessly destroyed, he shows a surprising knack for the bel canto style. Judith Forst is also excellent in the role of Jane Seymour. --Joe McLellan
