The Elemental Assassin series focuses on Gin Blanco, an assassin codenamed the Spider who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional southern metropolis of Ashland. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, vampires, and elementals – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.
Fans of Estep's previous romance superhero novels might be shocked with her new urban fantasy series. Personally, I loved it and can't wait to read more about Gin. In this first installment in the series, one of Gin's jobs goes wrong. About to assassinate her mark, she in turn finds another assassin about to assassin her! Hightailing it out of the area as fast as she can, she dodges detective Donovan Caine and hurries back to her mentor, who she finds dead. She's determined to make whoever is behind the killing to make them pay, even if she has to partner up with Donovan. She previously killed his partner, so he may not be too thrilled with her, even if he does light a fire of desire in her. Spider's Bite is a gritty, urban fantasy with some hot sex scenes. Gin is a very determined and clever character who has just the right balance of good and evil to make her a super villian you will fall in love with. The world-building is phenomenal and I'm really looking forward to book two in the series, Web of Lies, due out in June 2010.
Book one: Spider’s Bite. Read the first chapter.
Jennifer Estep's Website is here.
About Jennifer:
By night, Jennifer Estep is an author, prowling the streets of her imagination in search of her next fantasy idea.
By day, Jennifer is an award-winning features page designer for a daily newspaper with a wide range of media and journalism experience. She’s also a certifiable fangirl and an authority on fantasy literature and culture. Jennifer is a member of Romance Writers of America, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and other writing groups. Jennifer’s books have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, and a variety of other publications.
Jennifer is also the author of the Bigtime paranormal romance series for Berkley. The Bigtime books feature sexy superheroes, evil ubervillains, and smart, sassy gals looking for love. Titles in the series are Karma Girl (2007), Hot Mama (2007), and Jinx (2008).
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