Character Analysis: The Hinky Brass Bed

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Hinky Chicago is a series of paranormal, dark fantasy and romantic comedy written by American author Jennifer Stevenson. The first novel of the aHinky Chicago series was The Hinky Brass Bed that was first published in 2008. The series of novels are best classified as magical realist romantic comedies.

Jewel Heiss the lead protagonist of the Hinky Chicago series works for the Department of Consumer Services in Chicago. She is in threesome with Clay her partner and Randy a sex demon. The three often go out on mission to try to rein in paranormal or human creatures who are misusing magical powers and upsetting the natural order of things. Over the course of the novels, Jewel gets to understand herself and her two partners even better even though she tends to still have double standards.

In The Hinky Brass Bed the first novel of the series, Jewel Heiss is assigned the task of heading up the magic cases department by Ed Neccio her boss. Ed Neccio always goes rampaging mad when magic gets on the news and trusts that Jewel will ensure it does not. However Ed has bigger problems, he believes that his wife’s tale of seeing a therapist is simply a cover for having a lover she sees on the side. Jewel goes on to investigate the said therapist Clay Dawes who provides a
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Jewel loves to live with Randy her sex demon who keeps her up at night but also needs someone afraid of commitment which is where Clay Dawes the commitment phobic fraud cop comes in. Something mischievous and bizarre is going on at the film studio and Jewel wants to find out just what. Randy sees the case as the perfect outlet to showcase his special talents and helps Clay and Jewel in trying to get to the bottom of the whole thing. But the more time they spend together the more Jewel cannot make a decision who she wants more between Randy and Clay, leaving her sleeping