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Keen swore never to love again, yet something about the stong-willed schoolteacher awakens his desire. He begins to wonder if she is the woman he has been searching for. The woman who can end the reign of the evil spirit known as Night Stalker. The woman who Dreams of an Eagle. Newly dead Jack Keegan may be doomed to wander the earth forever with only a lantern to light his way unless he atones for the sins of a lifetime. His love for Lucia Casale may be the only thing that can save him.
Halloran doesn't believe in love.
However, once she meets children's book illustrator Chris McCall, she begins to have her doubts. But it isn't until her determined guardian angel intervenes that D.
She thought her date was out of this world. Actually, he was not of this world. We've all been on bad dates, nightmare dates, dreadful experiences that turned out to be uniquely memorable in the very worst way. But at least our partners for these detestable evenings were more or less.
I felt there was a lot of chemistry in this story. With believable tidbits of modern terror in the big apple, I was blown away by the ending which surely must be setting us up for a new series by Handeland. Shockingly, I'd buy it as well! This is a 4 story anthology with very good stories.
Ivy is being pressured by her boss Art a vampire jerk and how she deals with him is downright funny; it also explains why she wound up as a runner for Interland Security. She is zapped by another researcher who wants to speed up human trials, and finds that as a result she can change her appearance to that of anyone else. This hasn't blown the plot thats about what happens at her high school reunion.
The disaster is quite funny and about as complete as could be expected. Several good surprises as well. She is working for the Interracial Council running down supernatural bad guys. She senses a heist at a museum fund raiser and meets Marsten a werewolf, thats when the surprises start. Some humor and an excellent plot. Its nice not to have the protagonists jump each others bones in a short. The characters are compelling and I would like to see more of them. Kit is a bored literary agent and has demon troubles this is a little rocky technically as the author is confusing members of the descending hierarchy with demons, but hey its a fantasy and demon hunter Chavez comes to the rescue.
Good characters, interesting plot. One brief erotic scene but thats central to the plot. Overall an excellent read. While these stores are short all are excellent for the genre and overall the book deserves 5 stars. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. I only purchased this for the first story in it connected to Kim Harrison's Hollows series.
That's what this review is based upon. I really enjoyed this story. It explains some of the back story of the main novels and gives insight into one particular character. It's plenty worth the money even for the one story to me. If you liked the novels, you should really read this novella because it fills in some blanks that make interesting reading, especially if you like the characters as much as I do.
I can't wait to read the next full novel in the series order after this one. See all 66 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway.
I will not be going into my problems with the names. Nov 22, Michele Lee rated it it was ok Recommends it for: I really liked this story! Ultimately, I see little value in this heroine. Both these guys are hotties and both are ambiguously moral enough that I'm just not sure who's I want her to end up with.
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Learn more about Amazon Prime. Elizabeth is captured by his father and given to Jimmy- he asked for her specifically. Well so she could become his sex slave and he could slowly kill her by a combination on more than daily doses of the BIG Jimmy if ya know what I mean and blood sucking. Well anyways this all gets resolved in a ridiculous manner and then when Jimmy "comes to" he says how horrible she was and the ninny pulls him close to comfort him and THEN invites him to have sex with her to ERASE the memories of him using her.
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I would have been pissed even if "it wasn't really his fault". Oh yes and silly me- the actual "concept" behind this thinly veiled romance novel is that the doomsday the events building to the apocalypse is at hand and Elizabeth is the only person who can make a difference The excerpt for the second book in the series was strong and it focused on Sawyer's evil goddess mother which might be enough to get me to pick up the next one. Especially if Jimmy is killed by her. Overall- Characters- weak with one standout exception Plot- cliche but neglected and abused anyways Writing- Compelling at times but slow more often May 04, Marta Cox rated it really liked it Shelves: I first discovered this authors work when I picked up Blue Moon the first book in her Nightcreatures series and happily admit I devoured the rest as soon as I could.
So seeing this the start of a new series I could not resist reading it but I think it fair to say the Phoenix Chronicles has much more of an urban fantasy feel to it. In spite of that though there is still a romance of sorts that permeates the story but I think with the authors background in paranormal romance that's not totally une I first discovered this authors work when I picked up Blue Moon the first book in her Nightcreatures series and happily admit I devoured the rest as soon as I could. In spite of that though there is still a romance of sorts that permeates the story but I think with the authors background in paranormal romance that's not totally unexpected.
The story however is! At the beginning of this book we meet Elizabeth Phoenix who is working as a cop in Milwaukee but Liz is not quite the usual cop on the beat. Events take place that rock her world not in a good way and that's when the story truly begins. Liz is no longer on the force and when she gets the feeling she should urgently visit the woman who fostered her it's to find her dying and that's when all the weirdness begins. Strange dreams, evil creatures and a blast from the past who will have Liz left wondering just what on earth is really happening! So I'm a tad hesitant in how I review this book if honest.
I liked the beginning with Liz working as a cop and kind of wanted that to continue but the author took it in a completely different direction. The world building is quite complex and just about everything you can imagine is thrown into it and I'm not sure that it felt right.
It turns out that Liz is a Seer but there's Nephilim , Skinwalkers, Dhampir , Witches and even Berserkers to name just a few and lots of Native American lore thrown in for good measure. There's also the relationship issues with two very different men , both flawed. I'm a firm believer in free will and choice so for this reader the sex scenes just didn't gel well. This book is firmly about Liz and it's impossible not to want her to come out on top and in a crazy kind of way she does. She seems unlucky in love and doomed to lead Demon killers in an effort to abhort the oncoming apocalypse.
A battle between good and evil and yet nothing is straight forward. The ending leaves the reader with questions but I'm not convinced Liz will be a heroine that all will love because at times she says things that had this reader rolling her eyes! Still it kept me engaged and yes I am curious about what will happen next.
I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review A three and a half from me Oct 02, Marian rated it liked it Shelves: For the most part I actually really enjoyed AGD. I was immediately sucked into Lizbeth's world and actually wanted to know what had gone on before we'd joined up with her and what would happen. Sometimes just as I thought something, someone would say it, or at least mention whatever had been bothering me, and that's almost always a plus.
The first problem comes up about the time Jimmy and Liz run to Sawyer.
Lizzie there lets herself believe the sex with Sawyer is just a dream even though it's pai For the most part I actually really enjoyed AGD. Lizzie there lets herself believe the sex with Sawyer is just a dream even though it's painfully obvious that's not the case. So, the book got put down for a bit. It still called and I figured she wasn't too thrilled about it, but maybe given time, after averting the end of the world, she'd kick his ass.
I still hold out hope, by the way. And the rest of the book kind of races towards the end, in a mostly good sort of way, up until it's time to kill the Strega. I'm sorry, but the explanation given makes no sense. I can buy that when Liz is told "blood of his blood" they meant it literally and Jimmy's blood on the stake is what did the job, or that Jimmy himself had to kill the Strega, but simply absorbing Jimmy's powers should NOT give Liz the ability to kill the big bad. You can't transfer that sort of thing. So, I hope that sometime in the next book or before the book is officially released someone, somewhere, deals with that.
I can accept that Sawyer was wrong in his information as to how to kill the Strega. I can accept the aforementioned literal blood interpretation, and I can even accept that Jimmy and Liz are related, and thus it wasn't Jimmy's connection at all that did the Strega in, but if someone else's blood bound destiny can be transferred like that, I think I'm going to go insane.