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"Fun, fresh, and fabulous! Sherrilyn Kenyon's imagination is a bright as her future."--Teresa mederios, author if A Kiss to Remember

"By turns funny and touching, Fantasy Lover is a comelling story that will make you laugh out loud. The gods haven't been this much fun since Xena!"--Susan Krinard, author of Secret of the Wolf
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Fantasy Lover is fun, fresh and fabulous! Sherrilyn Kenyon's imagination is as bright as her future. -- Teresa Medeiros

Fantasy Lover is sure to become the standard by which all paranormals will be measured and found wanting. -- Pinerock Book Reviews

Funny and touching. A compelling story that will make you laugh-out-loud. The gods haven't been this much fun since Xena! -- Susan Krinard, author of Secret of the Wolf

Not since DaraJoy have we seen so powerful a voice, so imaginative a writer and so steamy a love scene. -- Pinerock Book Reviews

Sherrilyn Kenyon's imagination should be considered a national treasure. -- Pinerock Book Reviews

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PRAISE FOR SHERRILYN KENYON

"Kenyon is the reigning queen of the vampire novel."--Barbara Vey, Publishers Weekly

“An engaging read.”—Entertainment Weekly on Devil May Cry

“Kenyon’s writing is brisk, ironic, sexy, and relentlessly imaginative. These are not your mother’s vampire novels.”—The Boston Globe on Dark Side of the Moon

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Product Details

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (November 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312979975
ISBN-13: 978-0312979973
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (241 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,528 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Julian of Macedon, Rodney Carmichael, Peter Pan, Palm Pilot, Officer Reynolds, Grace Alexander, Jackson Square, The Iliad, New Orleans

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This book cites 1 book:

A Kiss to Remember by Teresa Medeiros in Front Cover

16 books cite this book:

Kiss of the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
Dance with the Devil (Dark-Hunter, Book 4) by Sherrilyn Kenyon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
Seize the Night (Dark-Hunter, Book 7) by Sherrilyn Kenyon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
Night Embrace (Dark-Hunter, Book 3) by Sherrilyn Kenyon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
Night Pleasures (Dark-Hunter, Book 2) by Sherrilyn Kenyon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! The relationship in this book sings., February 20, 2002

By	Freelance Reviewer "Carla" (USA) - See all my reviews

Twenty-nine year-old sex therapist Grace Alexander has been celibate for four years after experiencing a horrendous relationship with a self-centered, cruel former lover. Grace's flamboyant, exotic friend Selena decides it's time to get Grace back in the swing of things and she has just the solution -- an ancient tome holding a magnificent male specimen cursed to live between the pages of the book for eternity -- until he's called forth with a magic spell to serve as a love slave to his summoner for a period of one month. Having experienced Selena's so-called magic spells before, Grace isn't worried that the gorgeous guy in the picture is going to magically appear. Surprise, surprise, and happy birthday to Grace!

Julian of Macedon, half God, half mortal, is so exceptionally good looking that he made women fall at his feet and men green with envy and jealousy, in his time -- 149 BC. Jealousy and atonement for his sins, is what finds Julian cursed and trapped between the pages of a book only free for one month at a time, if he's lucky. Sometimes that freedom only comes once every one hundred years. When Grace summons him from the book, Julian is resigned and ready to fulfill her every sexual dream and fantasy. Grace, however, has other ideas for Julian. When she discovers just what a heartbreaking, loveless and dark life he's lived, Grace decides to show Julian just what friendship and love mean.

Ms. Kenyon creates an absorbing tale filled with larger than life characters from the lowly mortals on up to Greek gods, goddesses and mythological beings. Grace is one of the strongest, most compassionate heroines and Julian one of the most sympathetic, confused and tortured heroes to ever grace the pages of a romance novel. Julian's family runs the gamut of evil to misunderstood, with his mother, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, taking center stage toward the climactic and poignant ending. Readers get a glimpse of things to come and an introduction to the character in the beginning series of Dark Hunters, which I can't wait to read!

FANTASY LOVER is an exceptional, fresh and original story from the compelling first page to the exciting, explosive end. I was enthralled throughout, barely able to put it down when real life intruded. Ms. Kenyon is a true word wizard with incredible writing talent. I highly recommend Julian and Grace's story as one that will stay in your heart long after you reach the last page.

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149 of 159 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fabulous!!!!, January 25, 2002

By	Glassary (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

Fantasy Lover is a definite addition to my keeper shelf. I was completely captivated from the first page to the last. Sherrilyn Kenyon has penned one of the best romance novels I have read in many a year. You will laugh, you will cry and you will never want the story to end.

Julian of Macedon has existed for millenia within the pages of a mysterious book. He is summoned from the book to serve as the ultimate sex slave. Countless women have called him forth, but only for his physical prowess, never caring who Julian really is.

Grace Alexander is a modern day woman who is in the proverbial dating drought. Her eccentric best friend Selena decides that Grace needs a man, and not just any man, she needs Julian of Macedon. Selena presents Grace with the book on her birthday and convinces her to call forth Julian. Of course Grace grudgingly goes along with Selena's plan to humor her friend. Who ever heard of summoning a sex slave from a book, it's crazy.
Much to Graces stunned surprise, it works.

Julian appears, ready to "perform" as all the other summoners have requested. After thousands of years and women, he has come to expect nothing more. But this time it's completely different. Grace actually wants to talk to him, imagine that!

In addition to Grace and Julian, Fantasy Lover is filled with an outstanding array of secondary characters. Ranging from Greek gods and goddesses to street artists of the French quarter.

This is a wonderful story and should not be missed!!!

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55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sensual Must Read!!, March 13, 2002

By	Tina (Queens, NY) - See all my reviews

I devoured this book in record time and can't rave enough about it. It was often amusing, at times poignant, sometimes intense, and always sensual. I'm surprised my hands weren't singed with the extraordinarily steamy scenes! Grace Alexander and Julian of Macedon were incredibly likeable characters and both had past hurts that needed to be overcome. She is a sex therapist who doesn't much care for the sexual act (after a bad first experience) but has a desperate desire to find love. Julian is a legendary warrior born of Aphrodite who has been cursed to be a love-slave for all eternity. After being cursed since 149 B.C., he finally finds out that there is a way to break the curse but there is a catch. Although there is a sizzling mutual attraction that is hard to deny, Grace refuses to treat Julian as a possession to be used physically, instead treating him with kindness and humanity. Julian having numbed his emotions to avoid further pain finds it hard to resist Grace. Physically she attracts him as no woman ever has, emotionally she lures him with a sensitivity he has never been shown throughout his painful life. Ms. Kenyon has an enviable imagination and does a wonderful job bringing to life Greek mythology with well-known gods and goddesses and interesting tales of harsh Spartan life. These are two characters that have you rooting throughout for them - from their first meeting to the very climactic conclusion. This book is a must read and has earned a spot in my keeper shelf.

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If you have never read any of Kenyon's Dark Hunter Books, I would say that this book does not really live up to the great writing in the series which starts with Kyrian's story in... Read more

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Fantasy Lover is one of the best books I've read. I love the time travel genre and her's are exceptitonally good. Read more

Published 1 month ago by M. A. Love

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
This is my first Sherrilyn Kenyon book and I was pleasantly surprised at how the story unfolded. I am a fan of the werewolf/vampire paranormal romance genre and had not... Read more

Published 1 month ago by T. Davis

1.0 out of 5 stars So, so, so so so bad... could be used for human torture
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Published 1 month ago by S.H.

1.0 out of 5 stars First and last book...
by this author. I can't anything too new compared to the other reviewers. It was just too unrealistic and I don't like the hero drooling all over the heroine from page one.

Published 1 month ago by M. Junkins

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