Jaded [Paperback]

Anya Bast (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 7, 2011

The New York Times bestselling author takes erotic fantasy to the next level.

Haunted by an attack, Lilya Orensdaughter has become a courtesan in the Temple of Dreams, determined to never again lose control. But she'll do anything for Byron Andropov, the man who nursed her back to health-and now wants her to help his friend Alek Chaikoveii come to terms with the powerful magick he possesses. Lilya soon finds herself torn between her desire for the man who saved her, and the man whose soul resembles her own-only to discover that in the world of unrestrained passion there are no boundaries.

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About the Author

Anya Bast lives in the country with her Belgian husband, their tornado toddler of a daughter, and more cats, dogs, and rabbits than is sane. Ever since she was a little girl, Anya has told stories (much to her mother's dismay). She's happy to finally be making a career out of it.

A native of one of the colder states, she loves to ice skate and watch hockey. She has fascination for crows, ravens and birds of prey. She enjoys the study of Eastern philosophy, Celtic myth, dreaming, and shamanism and occasionally incorporates what she learns into her paranormal stories. She works part time as a data base editor and French translator.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (June 7, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425241092
• ISBN-13: 978-0425241097
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #957,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anya Bast lives in the country with her Belgian husband, their tornado toddler of a daughter, and more cats, dogs, and rabbits than is sane. Ever since she was a little girl, Anya has told stories (much to her mother's dismay). She's happy to finally be making a career out of it.

A native of one of the colder states, she loves to ice skate and watch hockey. She has fascination for crows, ravens and birds of prey. She enjoys the study of Eastern philosophy, Celtic myth, dreaming, and shamanism and occasionally incorporates what she learns into her paranormal stories. She works part time as a data base editor and French translator.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time, August 4, 2011

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Shana T. Hamanne (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jaded (Court of Edaeii) (Kindle Edition)

Honestly I wouldn't bother with this one. I have read and am a fan of most of Anya Bast's work but I have to say that this was probably the worst.

In this book (linked to jeweled) Bast's main character hire's his old acquaintance who works in a brothel to seduce his best friend. When he gets her to his house he becomes jealous when she actually succeeds and it takes the length of the book for them to acknowledge that they have loved each other all the time. Meanwhile the friend also falls in love with her and the become the typical anya bast menage a tois. What a surprise.

Save your pennies and borrow it from someone else if you are a die hard fan otherwise i'd suggest you give this one a miss.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sad Sequel, September 6, 2011

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Crystal, the librophiliac - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jaded (Paperback)

How sad and disappointing that Ms Bast decided to invest in repetitive sex scenes and eschew emotional bonding for the sake of an easy way out: making this book a threesome. Though the first book in the series leads to a justified forming of a three-way relationship, this does not. Instead of focusing on the clear and tender preference and deep psychological lock-and-key that are Byron and Lilya, the author keeps the forced pennybook-psychology Alek in the mix. Much better perhaps to release him to find his true way, once he is *healed* (how insulting to those who study psychological traumas for real), than to make him a cheap conduit for what is set up in the first third of the book as a beautiful love story between two people locked in their inability to communicate.

Too bad that nowadays some opt for what passes for *out-of-the-norm* solutions, not as a window into several different human interactive possibilities, but as a mediocre pseudo-thrill of *otherness*. Lord bless the Meljean Brooks and Nalini Singhs of this world!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars engaging erotic fantasy, June 7, 2011

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jaded (Paperback)

Powerful Magick Alek Chaikoveii is depressed so his friend Byron Andropov hopes to get him out of his funk. He asks Lilya Orensdaughter who has entered the Temple of Dreams to help. She agrees as she feels she owes Byron who saved her life following a vicious assault when she was eighteen by a madman.

Alek has wanted Lilya since he healed her from her injuries, but delayed showing his feelings. As he opens his heart to her, she feels fickle between loving Alek and Byron though her best friend Evangeline has two husbands (see Jeweled); while her personal predator who injured her stalks her as in his mind Lilya belongs to him, dead or alive.

The second Court of Edaeii ménage a trois erotic fantasy romance is an engaging heated but dark thriller that has a medieval and modern day (outdoor café in the downtown drinking coffee) Eastern Europe feel to the plot. The lead trio has suffered traumas, but love heals all wounds in their respective cases; while the obsessed villain acts maniacal in his belief that Lilya belongs to him. Jaded is an exciting character driven tale as readers anticipate a showdown over who controls Lilya.

Harriet Klausner