Murders, Manipulators and Malnutrition! All this Succubus wants is a quiet life. Is that too much to ask?
This is the first Haven Homes book and the ninth in the Haven Hollow series. It is a collaboration between HP Mallory and JR Rain. The book falls in the Paranormal Women’s Fiction genre and although there’s the potential for romance, there are no scenes of a sexual nature.
I love the Haven Hollow stories and I’m delighted to see Fifi being given her own book as a main character instead of the secondary character she has appeared as previously. This series is a pleasure to read. The collaboration between HP Mallory and JR Rain works really well. The writing is easy to read, the story moves at a good pace and the characters are well developed. This book mentions and briefly features Wanda and Poppy, who have been the main focus of the series up until now and it is filled with other familiar characters.
Seraphina Stenham, known to her friends as Fifi, is a very reluctant Succubus and new owner of Haven Homes in the sanctuary town of Haven Hollow. Her mission is to cater to the more exotic and unusual supernatural being. It seems to be going well until a very prominent and potentially lucrative new client is murdered while viewing a property. It soon becomes apparent that someone out there might not want Fifi running her new business and she’s left with no choice but to try and find out who that could be and stop them before they ruin her.
Fifi is no ordinary Succubus; she’s a romantic at heart. Much to the disgust of her family and her interfering brother, she has decided to break with the tradition of using her good looks and sexuality to manipulate the rich and powerful in order to feed her inner sex demon. Fifi decided long ago to forgo the one night stands and meaningless encounters in order to look for a settled life with a husband and children. Not too much to ask, you’d think. It is if you’re a Succubus. Feeding from humans could drain all their life force and there are very few suitors in Haven Hollow who could withstand her need to feed on a regular basis. After five years of celibacy, Fifi is literally starving to death.
Will she be able to save her business? Will she be able to get her manipulative brother off her back? More importantly, will she be able to actually survive without breaking her own moral code?
The Haven Hollow series features Wanda’s Witchery, Poppy’s Potions and now Haven Homes. They all run in parallel to each other. If you haven’t already read those, the reading order so far is:
Gypsy Magic : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book One)
Cashmere Curses : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book Two)
Faery Enchantment : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book Three)
Spandex Sorcery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book Four)
Love’s Goddess : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book Five)
Demon in Denim : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book Six)
Taffeta Trickery : Wanda’s Witchery (Haven Hollow, Book Seven)
The Black Cat Cocktail Club : Poppy’s Potions (Haven Hollow, Book Eight)
French Country Frights : Haven Homes (Haven Hollow, Book Nine)
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