The Velvet Chair [Mass Market Paperback]

Jennifer Stevenson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 20, 2008

“Hot sex and hysterical humor. It doesn’t get any better than this.”
–Kate Douglas, author of the Wolf Tales series, on The Brass Bed

THE TREAT: Life with a sex demon is never boring
Jewel freed Randy from two centuries in a brass bed. Now he’s her booty slave.

THE TRICK: The Venus Machine will make you irresistible!
A new age swindler is selling beauty via the “Venus Machine.” Fraud cop Jewel is gonna bust him. So’s Jewel’s new partner, sexy con artist Clay. Randy and his mojo are along for the ride.

THE TRUTH: Can the contraption bring attraction?
Jewel gives the Venus Machine a test run to prove it’s a fountain of flimflam. Something wild kicks into high gear. Powerful machine or power of suggestion?

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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: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345486692
• ISBN-13: 978-0345486691
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.8 x 6.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,548,979 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

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars engaging lighthearted urban fantasy, June 7, 2008

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

After spending the day insuring gas stations were not gouging customers, 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. They are to investigate the claims of the owner of the suddenly very popular the Venus Machine.

The owner claims the velvet chair can make anyone attractive. Jewel assumes they are dealing with a professional con artist. Her flim flam theory is affirmed when the trio soon learns that the Venus Machine is connected to Clay's dad, who mentored his offspring re the art of the con and tied also to another investigation involving a spa. To prove fraud, Jewel sits on the velvet chair, but to her shock something strange and fascinating begins to happen to her.

This is an engaging lighthearted urban fantasy starring an intriguing heroine and her retinue. The story line is fast-paced, but newcomers should read the first Jewel of a tale to better understand how the lead female ended up with two male hunks as "partners". Very creative, sub-genre fans will enjoy the antics of THE VELVET CHAIR.

Harriet Klausner

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hoot!, August 14, 2009

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This review is from: The Velvet Chair (Mass Market Paperback)

I really really enjoyed this book. Jennifer Stevenson is such an intelligent and witty writer, and I love the fact that the heroine, Jewel, has had a checkered past and is not going to apologize for it. The sexy parts of the story are imaginative, innovative and sometimes funny as well; not the usual tab A, slot B stuff some writers trot out time after time. Highly recommended, but read The Brass Bed first (also very rewarding) so that everything will make sense.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Velvet Chair is a fun ride, October 25, 2010

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This review is from: The Velvet Chair (Mass Market Paperback)

The Velvet Chair is the second in a trilogy by Jennifer Stevenson set in a magical Chicago. In this one, a bunch of people assemble at a mansion with the idea of looking at a chair that supposedly has magical powers. Some are con artists, some are law enforcement people under cover, and some may be both. It is a lot of fun, and the story takes some great twists. Definitely a good follow-up to the first book, (The Brass Bed), I would read that one first.