Bottle
Banished: Dreaming of Genie
Bottle
Banished
Book
One
C.L.
Riley
Genre: Dark Fantasy/Romance
Date of Publication: February 11,
2015
ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-1506170640
ISBN-10: 1506170641
ASIN: B00S1LBSC4
Number of pages: 301
Word Count: 80,500
Cover Artist: Steph’s Cover Design
Book Description:
Genie thought learning how to “do”
The Hustle was the worst thing about 1977, right along with strobe lights and
disco balls, but she discovers something far worse the day she is bottle
banished by an unsanctioned hunter obsessed with her destruction.
Thirty-seven years later, she is
awakened from her spellbound slumber by a homeless alcoholic who wants whiskey
not a wish. Overwhelmed with shame and keeping secrets from even himself, Reid
Romans is the worst master ever.
He stinks. He’s dirty. He’s rude,
but even more maddening; he’s sinfully sexy under all the filth and attitude.
When his green-eyed gaze captures
Genie for the first time, she’s hooked, and being hooked on a human is not
acceptable or allowed according to the genie rule book.
While Reid’s unsavory past bites
hard at his heels, and he’s accused of a murder he didn’t commit, a powerful
jinn is stalking Genie, intent on adding her to his harem. She has rejected him
too many times to count, but he won’t stop until he claims her—body and soul.
Genie and Reid have way more than
one love-sick jinn to deal with. A ruthless FBI agent; a cold-blooded cartel;
and a hateful hunter, who wants genie back in her bottle, banished forever;
keep them fighting for freedom and against the desire flaring between them.
Dark secrets, forbidden love, and
simmering suspense take Genie and Reid on an unforgettable journey where the
past and future collide and wishes run out.
Please
be advised: Bottle Banished is a multiple POV (Point of View) dark fantasy that
portrays graphic drug use, violence, language, and sexual situations some may
find offensive, including dubious consent, light BDSM, and a Ménage à Trios.
There is a Happily Ever After (HEA) for now, but several doors remain open for
future installments.
Readers will uncover numerous
references to current and past pop culture sprinkled throughout the story.
Watch author’s website for contests connected to these references!
MY OPINION
One of the more darker romance books I've read this year. It was interesting. I like the whole hunter/genie part. I don't know if I fully embrace so many points of view, I like knowing who was talking don't get me wrong, it totally helps with where this story went, but I personally didn't embrace it.
I really thought the love/hate relationship with Genie and Reid was rather funny. Where as most men would flip and go nuts to have a Genie, Reid was totally pissed off about the whole thing. It was cute. Then top it off with the lust craze Jinn and hey we have a party.
I totally didn't like the dip-shit FBI agent...what's his face...I mean yeah he did off the guy for a reason but he's an ASS with the capital A. OMG!!!
Among other things...and I'm not even going into the other things.
As for the whole scenic setting...I LOVE it!!! Anytime an author writes about an area that I've actually been to and can visualize I'm so on the mark. It make the characters even more real than just the images I have created in my mind from the words off the pages.
I would love to see how the next book plays off of this one. I'm sure they only get more extreme!
About
the Author:
C.L. Riley is addicted to books,
coffee, and playing around on the Internet where she cyber stalks things she
enjoys. She has a passion for reading dark fantasy, biker romance, paranormal
romance, erotic thrillers, and everything “genie.” She has four books to her
credit under a different name, thus the missing author photo. For now, she is
keeping her other identity top secret.
A native of Portland, Oregon, C.L.
Riley has a son in college and a teenage daughter that keeps her on her toes at
home. Her house is filled with books; something her kids, to her dismay, call
clutter. She is working on book two in the Bottle Banished series and the Scorched
Souls serial, a four-part, biker romance serial series.
