Rhapsodic (The Bargainer, 1)

From bestselling indie author Laura Thalassa comes the newly revised and edited first book in her smash-hit dark fantasy romance between a siren and the "bargainer" she owes countless favors to.

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past.

For the last seven years Callie has been wearing a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she once received. Only death or repayment will fulfill her obligations.

Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He's a man who can get you anything you want ... at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for Callie, he's never asked for repayment. Not until now.

When Callie finds the Bargainer in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first it's admitting a truth--a single bead's worth--acknowledging the attraction between them. But the Bargainer is after more than just rekindling their connection. Something is happening in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are going missing one by one, and only the women are returned, each in a glass casket, a child clutched to her breast.

For the Bargainer to save his people, he'll need the help of the siren he spurned long ago. If she can forgive him.

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400 pages

Average rating: 6.44

18 RATINGS

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melbeesue
Oct 16, 2023
4/10 stars
Like a bad movie where you can't look away, I just couldn't stop reading even though I knew I wasn't reading fine literature. I had to find out how things would end even though I felt a bit "dirty" afterwards. Unfortunately, this book ended with a bit of a cliffhanger, and so I feel compelled to read the next book...

I confess that I liked the 2 main characters and found the overall concept of the book to be unique, which is why I'm going with 2 stars rather than just 1 star. I just wish there wasn't so much overly descriptive sex within these pages. This kind of over-sexed drama seems to give an unrealistic view of relationships - like it's all a honeymoon. If all of us behaved in this fashion, nothing would ever get done.
Maddy0930
Sep 18, 2023
8/10 stars
This book made me very emotional at certain points, more than other books I’ve read lately and I was not ready for that. It was so captivating and I can’t wait to read the next one.
catarinadsdias
Apr 05, 2023
6/10 stars
I was really enjoying it up until the “big revelations”
after the revelations it was just bad. the reason why he was away was just lame, even the sex scenes were bad afterwards

when Karnon showed up I thought it was going to be a romantic triangle or something and I was INVESTED, but then the imprisonment part ended super fast and he was killed…

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