The Bearskin Rug [Mass Market Paperback]

Jennifer Stevenson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 24, 2008

“Supernatural, sexy, tender, smart-ass, surprising, and funny as hell.”
–Nalo Hopkinson, on The Brass Bed

THE MAGIC: A live-in sex demon sure keeps a girl up at night
But for Jewel, a fraud cop leery of commitment, Randy could be too much of a good thing.

THE MISCHIEF: Hinky and kinky
Something seriously weird is going on at an erotic film studio. Jewel and her sexy partner, Clay, take the case–and Randy finds an outlet for his special skills.

THE MAN TROUBLE: Two hotties and a hard decision
If Jewel’s the luckiest girl in Chicago, how come she’s sleeping alone so much?

Look for more sex and fun with these novels by Jennifer Stevenson

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About the Author

Jennifer Stevenson bought a bed last summer, but it wasn’t possessed. She loves dark chocolate, Chicago, and crows, and she would never buy cigarettes for pigeons. After years of trying to be a fragile artiste, she has released her inner silliness. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband of thirty years and two cats. Her first novel, Trash Sex Magic, was longlisted for the Nebula Award in 2005 and 2006 and shortlisted for the Locus Awards Best First Novel in 2005.

www.jenniferstevenson.com

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345500245
• ISBN-13: 978-0345500243
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,409,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jennifer Stevenson lives in the Chicago area with her stagehand husband of thirty years. Her stories have been published in a number of anthologies. She also posts at www.bookviewcafe.com, on facebook as Jennifer Stevenson, and on Twitter as JenStevenson.

"Late in life I've gotten athletic. I'm a quad roller skater with the Fleetwood Speed Team. I ride horses. I swim every day. And I do a sickening number of extra exercises so I can stay good at all these things. Crazy, huh?

I'm also a crow nut. Feeding crows is totally unnecessary, so of course I love tossing them peanuts, or putting out my Thanksgiving turkey carcass so they can pluck the bones. Pound for pound, crows are smarter than we are. And they always look like they're having fun."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lighthearted Jewel urban fantasy, July 2, 2008

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bearskin Rug (Mass Market Paperback)

Chicago Department of Consumer Service detective Jewel Heiss and her partner former con artist Clay Dawes are going undercover. Joining them is the Randy the sex demon she freed from THE BRASS BED. Her assignment is to look into first hand erotic weirdness at a film studio.

Jewel assumes that a studio making porn would have hinky kinky erotica, but it is Randy who becomes an actor and Clay who becomes an avatar to a sex goddess who get the roles. Concerned over how easily her two male companions have been sexually entranced, Jewel goes deep undercover to end the siren enchantment of sexual harassment that leaves pathetic men like Clay and Randy thinking with their lower heads and women stars of the grope.

The third Jewel lighthearted urban fantasy continues the adventures of the heroine in a somewhat magical Chicago; although almost everyone is in denial that magic exists. The story line is fast-paced as the trio assaults the studio with differing results. The triangle seems to have been resolved, but the audience should read the previous two tales (see THE VELVET CHAIR) to better understand how Jewel ended up with two males in her life.

Harriet Klausner

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It just gets better and better, August 14, 2009

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Elaine McCarthy "ECM" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bearskin Rug (Mass Market Paperback)

Not only does this book have all the wit, imagination, intelligence and charm of the two earlier books in the series, it displays the writer's growing understanding of her characters as well. Actual depth! I'm SO impressed. I will definitely be re-reading all three of these books while I wait impatiently to see where Stevenson takes her hinky Chicago folk next.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!, March 3, 2009

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Maria Cardoso (Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bearskin Rug (Mass Market Paperback)

I simply love this book. The rest of the story is also a must buy ('The Brass Bed' and 'The Velvet Chair').

The book arrived 1/2 weeks earlier than expected which is absolutely awesome.