Her Best Enemy by Maggie Shayne - 3
Kiley is a reporter determined to debunk the various new age con artists. She's been trying to bust Jack for several years. After discovering her house is haunted she seeks Jack's help. Story didn't work well for me.
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I picked this one up to check out the Charlaine Harris story in this collection of supernatural romance novellas (novellae?). Hers was decent, Hambly's was better - they both had dance elements and I liked Hambly's bellydancer in Manhattan. Sadly, Shayne's story was fairly lame. (November 10, 2006) ( )

I was dissappointed with Ms. Harris's story, and didn't read more than a couple pages of the 2nd story, but I loved Ms. Hambly's story! The barrier between the main characters made sense, instead of being contrived. The female lead dealt with her own problems, then invited the male lead to her life - she didn't need a man to make her complete. The writing was delicious, and the sexy bit were realistic and quite romantic. I can see myself in this sort of relationship. I kind of have a crush on both the main characters, truth be told :)

Overall, it's a good enough collection of romance stories. If you're not a romance fan, just read the last story, "Someone Else's Shadow" by Barbara Hambly. ( )

This was a collection of three novellas. Each novella has a heavy paranormal theme to it along with some romance. All the stories also feature women who have a history of abuse by men and the stories are somewhat about them overcoming that past.

My favorite of the bunch was “Dancers in the Dark” by Harris. This story actually made me a bit sad because it reminded me what a great writer Harris was before she stopped editing her books (around the True Blood TV series time).

Overall, all of the novellas are decent and I would recommend if you are a paranormal romance fan. I have brief review of each novella below.

Dancers in the Dark by Charlaine Harris (5/5 stars)
Great story about Rue and Sean. Really enjoyed it.

Her Best Enemy by Maggie Shayne (4/5 stars)
This was a good story about a haunted house. The woman who moves in there debunks psychics for a living and needs to request the help of her great enemy, a psychic named Jack, to get the evil ghost out of her house. The story was good and creepy; I didn’t think the chemistry between the two characters was all that great though.

Someone Else’s Shadow by Barbara Hambly (4/5 stars)
In this story a young woman who teaches belly dance is creeped out by the building she works in. When her roommate, a fellow dancer, starts acting strange she begins to suspect that the building is haunted by an evil presence. This was an okay story; it’s a good creepy mystery but the chemistry between the two main characters was just so-so. ( )

Three quick and enjoyable tales from three excellent authors. I have only read Charlaine Harris before. I'm not big on anthologies, too short and not enough world building for my taste. I read this as a book club challenge and I am glad I did. All stories have a slightly dark side and light romance. ( )