Monster Hunter for Hire Series (.5, 2, 3) by L West-a review
FILTHY CREATURES
Monster Hunter for Hire .5
by L. West
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, paranormal, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 1, 2021.
Meet Helena Graves, monster hunter for hire, in this action-packed urban fantasy short story!
When an innocent boy goes missing on Halloween, Helena vows to do everything in her power to find him. With the help of a few shape-shifting friends, they pick up the scent of the vampire responsible for the child’s disappearance.
Helena is no stranger to dangerous villains. She’s fought more than her fair share thanks to her own strange supernatural heritage.
Reluctantly, Helena decides to ask Dominick Pierce, the local vampire king, to help her find the boy before it’s too late.
Will this new alliance change the way Helena has always viewed the monsters once and for all?
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REVIEW: FILTHY CREATURES is the prequel novella in L. West’s contemporary, adult MONSTER HUNTER FOR HIRE paranormal series focusing on club owner/ monster hunter for hire Helena Graves.
Told from first person perspective (Helena) FILTHY CREATURES follows thirty-six year old Helena Graves, club owner/monster hunter/ and single mother as she is tasked with finding a missing child. It is Halloween, and Helena’s club is hosting the MMA style supernatural fights but when one her her employee’s child goes missing, Helena calls in the shifters to ‘sniff’ out a possible lead, revealing a vampire is the likely suspect in the child’s abduction. Her only hope is Dominick Pierce, the vampire king. Helena reluctantly asks for help, knowing to gain access may require the finesse of vampire royalty. As Helena and Dominick take down the people responsible, the human police are about to make Helena an offer she cannot refuse.
FILTHY CREATURES introduces some of the players and pawns in L. West’s new MONSTER HUNTER FOR HIRE paranormal series including a possible love interest for our story line heroine. Helena Graves is not quite human but no one, including Helena herself, knows the truth about the who, how or what of our heroine’s heritage. We are introduced to Helena’s seventeen year old daughter Emery, Dominick PIerce, local vampire king; Werelion Henry, Werebear Amos, Werewolf Calvin; and human Detective Levi Cade.
FILTHY CREATURES: Monster Hunter for Hire is a quick read; a fast paced, entertaining and intriguing introductory story line that leaves the reader wanting more.
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POWER HUNGRY
(Monster Hunter for Hire 2)
by L. West
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, paranormal, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 12, 2021
Monster Hunter Helena Graves has her hands full planning her daughter’s 18th birthday and preparing her for the possibility of inheriting Helena’s rather complicated powers.
She doesn’t have time to get dragged into shifter politics. But she can’t sit back and do nothing when the shifters and vampires are on the brink of war, not when her boyfriend Dominick is a vampire, and her best friend Henry is a werelion.
Unfortunately, when a pack of wolves attack Helena, tensions between the two supernatural groups grow even more strained.
When the shifters join forces to turn on Helena and Henry, their lives are left hanging in the balance.
Will help come for them in time, or will the monsters finally get the better of the hunter?
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REVIEW: POWER HUNGRY is the second instalment in L. West’s contemporary, adult MONSTER HUNTER FOR HIRE paranormal romance series focusing on club owner/monster hunter for hire Helena Graves. POWER HUNGRY can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion as their is a continuing premise throughout.
Told from first person perspective (Helena Graves) POWER HUNGRY follows Helena as she prepares for her daughter’s eighteenth birthday, a birthday that should reveal her daughter’s potential powers but a war is about to be declared between the shifters and the vampire, and our heroine is caught in the middle when she is offered a lucrative contract to kill them all. Not only is Helena’s lover Dom a vampire, but her best friend Henry, is a were lion, and in this, our heroine refuses to kill in the name of speciesism and hate. All is not well in the were shifter community when both Henry and Helena are targeted in a fight to the death but a betrayal finds Helena struggling in her personal life, a life that has quickly spiralled out of control.
POWER HUNGRY is a quick read; a revealing and action packed story of betrayal and vengeance; power and control; secrets and lies; revelations and understanding. Helena Graves is a monster hunter but may very well be a descendant of one of the supernatural races she is hired to kill.
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SPOOKSHOW BABY
(Monster Hunter for Hire 3)
by L. West
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, paranormal, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 6, 2021
Helena is struggling to deal with a shocking twist in her unconventional personal life when someone kills her friend and employee. To catch the witches or warlocks responsible, Helena and the police will need to seek the help of an expert in magic – her old flame.
It’s been nineteen years since Helena has seen Emery’s father Aiden. She thought it would be a happy reunion for her and Aiden as they work together to solve the murder, but she is sadly mistaken. Aiden turns out to be yet another complication in her life.
In the rush to find the killers before they take the life of another innocent woman, Helena and her entourage of supernatural beings run headfirst into someone they never saw coming.
A terrifying figure believed to be a theological legend is currently walking the streets of Sebring, trying to convince Helena that not only are the two of them related, but that she’s going to need his help to stay alive.
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REVIEW: SPOOKSHOW BABY is the third instalment and novella in L. West’s contemporary, adult MONSTER HUNTER FOR HIRE paranormal, romance series focusing on club owner/monster hunter for hire Helena Graves. SPOOKSHOW BABY should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events of POWER HUNGRY.
Told from first person perspective (Helena Graves) SPOOKSHOW BABY follows our heroine as she must come to terms with the new direction of her life but when several of her friends, and club workers are found dead and apparently sacrificed to Satan, our heroine must return to her roots, and face the man who broke her heart, her daughter’s father Aiden. All does not go well with Aiden, a warlock of immense power, when he refuses to help, once again, pushing Helena out of his life but the number of bodies is increasing, and Helena’s own life is rapidly changing, including the appearance of a mythological creature who claims to be our heroine’s grandfather, and the destroyer of mankind. As Helena, and her intrepid group of supernatural lovers must face down the ultimate demon, said demon may become a permanent fixture in the lives of everyone Helena loves.
SPOOKSHOW BABY reveals a little bit about Helena’s past, the conception of her daughter, and the rejection by the man she continues to love but SPOOKSHOW BABY also reveals the ongoing love of one woman for three men, and the potential future for a polyamorous/ reverse harem relationship, and the growing family from which a demonic entity is claiming paternal rights. The fast paced premise is intriguing and entertaining; the characters are energetic, powerful and lost to the love of a very special woman.
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