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I used to think my sister and I were just two nice southern girls who’d get married in a few years and settle down to a quiet life. Then I discovered that Alina and I descend, not from good wholesome southern stock, but from an ancient Celtic bloodline of powerful sidhe-seers, people who can see the Fae. Not only can I see the terrifying otherworldly race, but I can sense the sacred Fae relics that hold the deadliest of their magic.

When my sister was found dead in a trash-filled alley in Dublin, I came over to get answers. Now all I want is revenge. And after everything I’ve learned about myself, I know I have the power to get it….

MacKayla Lane’s ordinary life underwent a complete makeover when she landed on Ireland’s shores and was plunged into a world of deadly sorcery and ancient secrets.

In her fight to stay alive, Mac must find the Sinsar Dubh–a million-year-old book of the blackest magic imaginable, which holds the key to power over both the worlds of the Fae and of Man. Pursued by Fae assassins, surrounded by mysterious figures she knows she cannot trust, Mac finds herself torn between two deadly and irresistible men: V’lane, the insatiable Fae who can turn sensual arousal into an obsession for any woman, and the ever-inscrutable Jericho Barrons, a man as alluring as he is mysterious.

For centuries the shadowy realm of the Fae has coexisted with that of humans. Now the walls between the two are coming down, and Mac is the only thing that stands between them.…

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13244 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-16
• Released on: 2007-10-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

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A Q&A with Karen Marie Moning

What inspired you to launch a new series? And what is the single greatest new twist in the Fever series that fans can expect to enjoy?
Inspiration is a kind word. I didn’t have a choice. It’s the story idea that came and wouldn’t go away. I think the single great­est new twist in the Fever series is that Mac is a continuing heroine, on a critical mission, who gets caught in a danger­ous love-lust triangle with two of the most seductive men I’ve written to date.

If you were casting the Fever series for television, who would be the ideal actress to play Mac. Why?
That’s a tough one. I don’t watch much television and what I do see is after the DVD’s have been released, so I’m woefully out of date. If backed to a wall I'd say Mac is one part George from Dead Like Me, one part Sara Pezzini from Witchblade and one part sweet southern belle who's being forced to discover there's steel under all that magnolia, after all.

You write vividly sexy scenes. You write thrilling suspense plots. Do you find any one part of crafting these novels more challenging than another?
I find them equally challenging. The suspense plots have to be tightly constructed and seamlessly interwoven through the five books of the Fever series, which makes for a lot to keep up with, what to reveal, what not to reveal, how and when. The sexy scenes are very intimate and I don’t shy away from detail, which demands both total immersion and separation of self to write. There are some "sexy" scenes in this series that are far more disturbing than seductive and those are among the most difficult to write. I hope if I'm squirming, wanting to rescue Mac, so is my reader.

Were you surprised at any point in the writing of Blood­fever—meaning did anything come up in the creative pro­cess that was not what you anticipated when you began Darkfever, the first novel in the series?
In Faefever, the third book of the series, Mac says: "Sometimes my dreams feel so real it's hard to believe they're just the subconscious's stroll across a whimsical map that has no true north. Sometimes it seems like Dreaming must be a land that really exists out there somewhere, at a concrete latitude and longitude, with its own rules, laws, treacherous terrains and dangerous inhabitants." (She later finds out The Dreaming does, indeed, exist.) I feel the same about the Fever world. It’s so complete to me, so vividly and exactingly detailed that I think it must really exist out there somewhere. Since the story came to me in toto, there have been very few, minor surprises.

If you could stand in a room with your heroes—the men from any of your novels—not just the Fever novels—who would you most like to interview yourself? Why? What of the women?
Men: The Unseelie King. He’s rumored to be a million years old. I want to know if he’s sorry.
Women: Queen Aoibheal. I want to know if she’s really for­gotten, or if she’s just pretending.

Describe your writing routine when composing the Fever novels.
The location varies but the schedule is the same. I write best in the morning when my subconscious is still simmering with images and metaphors from dreaming. I wrote Darkfeverin Georgia, and Bloodfever in Key West; all that sunshine was a nice counterpoint to the darkness of the story. I start early in the morning, usually around 4:30 or 5:00 and write until 11, break for a two-hour lunch and go back to it around 1. I use the afternoons to edit and work on other aspects of my busi­ness. Before I go to bed I block out the scene(s) I plan to write the next day so my subconscious can mull them over while I sleep.

When you aren’t writing your novels, what are you doing for fun? And what kinds of books or which authors are your favorites?
Lately a lot of lying in the sun—I’m still in Key West and I’m afraid Mac has rubbed off on me, or maybe it’s all the Jimmy Buffet they keep playing down here. Usually, however, I’m not so sedentary. I love to work out, hike, bike, rollerblade, shop with my sisters, and travel with my husband and our cat, Moonshadow. I don’t get nearly enough time to read. The most recent books I finished were the latest by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Charlaine Harris, and an early Dan Simmons.

And can you share a little sneak peek at what’s coming after Bloodfever?
The darkest hour is before dawn. It isn’t dawn yet.

From Publishers Weekly
Moning's latest feverish Fae dispatch (after Darkfever) finds that in Dublin the walls are coming down between Man and Faery. That means that the Buffy-like services of MacKayla Lane—the 22-year-old Georgia-born sidhe-seer (or one who can see the Fae) and slayer—are required. Mac is determined to kick the nasties back to faeryland and to avenge her sister Alina's murder by the Fae's dark Lord Master. She's also seeking the sinister Sinsar Dubh, a book of black magic. Jericho Barrons, Mac's enigmatic protector, is a purveyor of books and antiquities (and of course, is a major hunk). As Mac takes direction from Jericho, she must resist the sexy dangers of V'lane, a death-by-sex Fae, and learn about her true family of Irish sidhe-seers. Moning's delectable Mac is breathlessly appealing, and the wild perils she must endure are peppered with endless conundrums. The results are addictively dark, erotic and even shocking.

Review
“Spiced with a subtle yet delightfully sharp sense of humor … delectably dark and sexy.”—Chicago Tribune

Customer Reviews

Moning kicks the action up another notch
While Darkfever, the first book in the serial, left me breathless, Bloodfever left me gasping. From the first page we are plunged back into the Mac's life as she questions everything she has ever known about herself, and finding the answers is more than a little hazardous to her health.

Up to this point she has had to change from a slightly spoiled party girl to a modern warrior in her quest to find her sister's killer. The interesting tug of war between the trust and the suspicion that she feels for Barrons continues.

Upon finishing Darkfever I truly felt Moning had taken Mac's character as far as she could go, but in this book, Mac left me shocked and somewhat revolted at the steps she was forced to take to survive.

The side effects left me stunned.

The second book in this urban fantasy serial is as breathtaking as the first and wil leave the reader even more anxious for the next installment.

An important note to those who have not read Darkfever (Fever Series, Book 1): This series is a true serial. The books are not stand-alones and cannot be read out-of-order. Readers should be prepared to read all other books in the serial for the complete story. The books are also not romances. They are incredible urban fantasies that will leave the reader's head spinning with questions and anxious for the next book and the answers it might bring. I highly recommend them.

Bloodfever book
I borrowed the first book of this series from the library in audio form.
Loved it! Now I am hooked! I'm just sorry the third of the series isn't due out til Sept 08.
I've ordered more of Moning's books now. I'm a Moning fan now.

Liz Epps
Madison, AL

NOW..you have my attention
Like most other reviewers, I found the first book in this series to be rather lame.
But now that I have finished Bloodfever, I realize that KMM needed to show how incredibly vapid and vain Mac was, so that when she finally grew up, you would recognize the change.
Mac is learning to think for herself, and learning that her choices and actions have equal reactions. She simply cannot afford to be the MacKayla who came to Dublin any longer. I find it actually sort touching when she realizes with regret that she no longer has the luxury of simply having a crush on a random cute guy, or dressing like a pretty rainbow. (though frankly her earlier fashion choices made me gag)
Barrons is shaping up to be quite a fitting romantic lead. He has found his humor and even shown a brief moment of tenderness. and I for one am DYING to find out "what" he actually is.
And the romantic tension is hot between these two.
The introduction of a character (sort of) from her Highlander series was a nice suprise and I think fits in perfectly with the story arc.
The scene, that a previous reviewer alludes to as being "A Gross Out" is indeed extremely gross. But I think that is what makes it important.
Mac is forced, after being BRUTALLY tortured..to do something unthinkable in order to survive.
I think this is a crucial scene, because this separates the girl MacKayla, from the warrior Mac. She chooses to live. And by doing so, loses something that may or may not be valuable to her..a bit of her innocence.
And I do love her little glossary at the end of the books, amusing and imformative.