Jackie Brighton gets passed over for a job promotion and drowns her sorrows in alcohol. When she wakes up in a dumpster, she thinks she remembers sex with a blue-eyed male with a very large package, but she doesn't remember the vampire bite, and she doesn't realize until an explanation and a few days of proof that she's now a succubus. The combination of sex with a fallen angel and a draining vampire bite mean succubus, so Jackie, who's always been a little heavy and not-so-good at relationships, now resembles every man's fantasy. Yep, boobs have gone from a B to a DD and her waist is thinned out, so she can wear all the minis and tank tops she wants. The flip side of this change is that the formerly not-so-sexual Jackie has to have sex every other day or she'll go mad.

Noah, the fallen angel, helps by introducing her to Remy, the only other succubus in town, and while the porn star means well, she's not the greatest teacher. The consequences are that Jackie makes some rather large mistakes, leaving Noah in the hands of a demon vampire queen and Jackie and Remy on the hunt for a halo that the queen and the angel Uriel both want. And, tagging along on the journey are Remy's partner of the hour and Zane, the queen's right-hand vamp, and also the vampire who helped turn Jackie into a succubus in the first place. She's tempted to sleep with him, but he's the enemy and she can't trust him, can she?

In this first installment of The Succubus Diaries, Jill Myles introduces readers-well, those of us who haven't read series by Nina Harper and Richelle Mead already—to life as a succubus. She adds angels, fallen angels and vampires to the mix along with a peek into long-ago Egyptian history for a unique twist. Myles keeps the story moving briskly.

Jackie appears quite intelligent, and it's expected that she'll make mistakes as she adjusts to her new life, but it seemed that she made more than she should given her intelligence, and that frustrated me. From what I read in the sneak peek to the next book in the series Succubi Like It Hot, Jackie seems to have it more together, so I think I will like her better in this next book.

While the book has an element of mystery, the bulk of the tension is of the romantic variety, with some steamy scenes including one memorable occasion in a church. For those readers with a specific genre preference, I'd classify this tale as paranormal romance. While the plot has some surprises, once halfway through the book you have an idea that it will go one of a couple directions. But which one and which man Jackie chooses remain undecided until the very end.

Book Summary

Who knew an angel could get a girl in so much devilish trouble?

Jackie Brighton woke up in a dumpster this morning, and her day has only gotten weirder. Her breasts grew overnight, her sex drive is insatiable, and apparently she had her first one-night stand ever . . . with a fallen angel. Of course, she only remembers gorgeous Noah’s enormous, er, package.

And their steamy shower sex. Hmm . . . and the dark stranger whose bite transformed her into an immortal siren with a seductive Itch. With help from Noah and fellow succubus Remy Summore, Jackie adapts to her new  lifestyle—until she accidentally strikes a deal that sends her lover into the deadly clutches of the vampire queen and lands Jackie, Remy, and the queen’s wickedly hot right-hand man into the middle of a fierce battle for an ancient halo.

But how’s a girl supposed to save the world when the enemy’s so hard to resist?

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