Rainbow Reviews

BOOK BLURB:
Rynn made a mistake in taking the drug hextasy with his fiancée. It was supposed to be the ultimate sexual high, except that you have to sleep with the one you desire most. If you don't, your body won't be satisfied and you'll die. Rynn lived, Lynnette didn't, and now her parents want someone to pay. Either luck or Surseine, the god of justice Himself, takes pity on Rynn by putting his trial in front of one of His judges. Sursei are graced by the god they represent with the power to see truth and Sursei Shasertai finds Rynn innocent of murder.

But the drug is still out there and Shasertai and the people who travel with him are determined to root out the drug lord responsible for its existence. Shas invites Rynn to join them. He goes willingly, fascinated by the judge who gave him a second chance at life.

Rynn might be innocent and straight, but Shas isn't. He's gay, happily so, and very much drawn to the farm boy whose simple innocence is a balm to one who can hear through the lies. What he hears is that Rynn's not gay, so he vows not to get involved. Until another drug, another time, gets in the way...and then he and Rynn will have to deal with the each other's truths and their growing attraction.

BOOK REVIEW:
Someone is making and distributing hextasy, a drug that increases a person's passion but will kill them if they don't have sex with the one they desire. When word of a new death reaches the ears of Shasertai Kogin, a sursein judge, he and his entourage of marshals and bodyguards rush to Taft to preside over the hearing. After finding the latest victim not guilty of killing his fiancée, Shas agrees to let the man leave with them. Hoping to get new information that will help in his investigation Shas is intrigued with the young man and also surprised by his depth of desire for him.

Rynn Lort is devastated by the death of his fiancée, a result of taking hextasty. Standing trial and not sure what will happen to him, he is shocked when a sursein judge arrives to hear his case. Found not guilty of his fiancée's death Rynn must leave town in order to avoid his late fiancée's family. Traveling with Shas becomes a learning experience in more ways than one.

I loved this new story by Jet Mykles. I admit at first I did not like Shas, finding him to be a bit arrogant and manipulative, but he grows on you fast. I thought for a while that Shas and Rynn would never get together yet once they did the passion between them was hot. Their struggle to overcome an attempted murder and their feelings for each other kept me glued to the book until the very end. I hope we will be seeing more of these two soon.

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