Biting Me Softly is book four in an interconnected standalone, which means I was able to enjoy this story without knowing previous books. You can see characters from other books so that would be nice to know them, but it's not necessary - so if you don't have time for others just dive in!
Liese is a person that can be called a geek, and like in that manner she's living her own life. You know the drill. Add to it helping your mother and dealing with the aftershock of a really nasty breakup. It's something that would thru earth standing person out of balance - and now it can be so troublesome in that case.
Logan is the CEO of the firm that specializes in security just like Liese, he's hot, brooding, and intriguing to the core. Add to it that he's a vampire and wants Liese so much! I was in the mood for paranormal and his character delivered what I wanted.
Our heroine has big issues are big and as far as I like dealing with that, the number of bad decisions on Liese account was getting strange, but she was trying and getting there. This was what I liked. If you like PNR stories with some issues, and sexy times I think you will enjoy biting me softly, I have high hopes for the next books, as this one is on the 'ok' shelf.

The book started off well enough, but as soon as Liese and Logan start interacting with each other, I lost my interest. I tried several times. It just wasn't’ for me. DNF
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

Admittedly, I dove in here, so these can clearly be read as a standalone. That being said, there are some overlapping characters that would help in knowing, or at least make you happy to "check in" with them.

Liese is a geeky girl, making her own way while supporting her mother and recovering from an epically bad relationship. She's shocked to discover that history can indeed repeat itself when the blood bank she works for hired an automation specialist to install a super fancy computer that can essentially replace her. Desperate and scared, when hottie CEO of this firm ends up hitting on her, she goes into instant survival mode. He persists and, well, there's paranormals all over the place in this town!

In general, the larger story revolves around territorial disputes over blood between vampires. There's good vampires, bad vampires, and some people that are somewhere in between. Liese, however, handles vampires a lot easier than she does guys who are genuinely interested in her. Her trust issues are *massive* and take a lot of hand holding to overcome. Do we get there? Sure! But it takes a lot of bad decisions along the way that had me cringing and dreading the next turn of the page. Like I said, though, we get to a good happy ending, and there's lots of smutty goodness on the way.

The man liked to pacify his woman, “of course, sweetheart,” he crooned. “I’m the nastiest male there is. It’s my fault, all of it. Shh, Liese, I’ve got you.” I liked this book, I liked Logan.