Book Review: Born to Be BAD

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Born to Be BAD     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Romance   Romantic Suspense   Thriller   [Short Stories]
Series: B.A.D. (Bureau of American Defense)
Pocket, Sep 2005

“One Bad Night”. The Bureau of American Defense (B.A.D.) has assigned Agent Samantha Winslow to rectify the Road Runner problem as Jason Banks betrayed them by giving another agent’s name to terrorists. In Berlin, Sam shoots and abducts Jason to interrogate him. Though she hates him, she also finds herself attracted to the traitor.

“Bad to the Bone”. Thirty year old high school teacher Marianne Webernec dreams of being tall, thin, and terrific, but knows she is average. However, she looks forward to playing out her favorite romantic fantasy at a “sex camp”. Instead of pretend, Marianne finds herself underneath and in other positions with real life B.A.D. espionage agent Kyle Foster as she is on the wrong side of the vacation island, but the right side of her lover.

“Captivated by You”. To capture a terrorist B.A.D. Agent Rhea Stevenson is preparing for an undercover assignment as a dominatrix. Training with her for her role is Agent "Ace" Krux, who she has secretly desired. As they rehearse, passion flows between them.

These three good B.A.D. novellas are tongue in cheek (literally perhaps more so than figuratively) erotic romantic suspense tales with “One Bad Night” being new; the other two were in relatively recent anthologies. The B.A.D. collection is fun for Ms. Kenyon’s fans, but not on a par with the author’s Dark Hunter fantasies.

Harriet Klausner

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