What was the title of

[james_davis_nicoll]

That paranormal romance/urban fantasy series whose lead was a woman with special abilities and unfortunate taste in romantic partners? I remember the books had covers and often a blurb.

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[ba_munronoe]

That would make him the unfortunate choice, like Northwest Smith.

[dragoness_e]

Funny you should mention Northwest Smith, I'm re-reading the stories now. Because of the name, people compare him to Indiana Jones. He's not--he's the original for Han Solo, if anyone. On the other hand, with all of Smith's "I'm an outlaw, I kill people, and Yarol and I are really obviously casing the dock warehouses for a heist in the backdrop for Shambleau", he's now reminding me of John Wick.

[dryadinthegrove]

Oo, Northwest Smith and John Wick? Yeah, I can totally see that.

[james_davis_nicoll]

Wick is competent. Smith gets by because women will literally die for him.

[dragoness_e]

He also gets by because Yarol the Venusian *is* competent, and checks in on Smith now and then.

- "Haven't seen Smith in three days, better see why. Oh, a medusa-succubus thing is eating his soul, better interrupt that."
- "Smith's been in a coma for days. Better find a doctor and try to wake him up. Also this scarf with the non-Euclidean geometry is really ugly so I'll set it on fire."
- "So you think maybe we shouldn't deliver the remains of the dark god to the crazy fanatic guy who hired us to retrieve it so he could rule the world with the power of a dark god of evil darkness? Sure, no problem--he paid in advance." (Sets it on fire with his blaster).

Sadly, he wasn't along on the Venus trip, and probably could have saved much trouble.