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King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul)

C. L. Wilson

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Total reviews: 32 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Awesome 5 out of 5 stars.
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As always very pleased when dealing with Amazon.
Very happy with C.L. Wilson. The book picked up where the other left off. There were some twists that you just did NOT see coming. Can't wait to read the next one.

loved it!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a great book, but note there are 2 other books to be read before this one. I cannot wait for the next book!!!!

Amazing book...Can't wait for the next one! 5 out of 5 stars.
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King of Sword and Sky-great book by C.L. Wilson. Third in the continuing series of Rain and Ellysetta (Tairen Soul-the Fading Lands). If you have not read this series, I highly recommend that you start at the beginning and enjoy them all. C.L. Wilson has created a world full of magic with great characters and a wonderful storyline (Good vs. Evil on a grand scale).

This book picks up where the second book ended with Rain and Ellysetta (along with the Fey and Ellie's remaining family) journeying to the Fading Lands to begin preparing for the coming war with the evil Elden Mages. I truly enjoyed this book and took my time reading it because I just did not want it to end. There are some wonderful surprises along the way and some sad moments for the Tairen. Also, some very disturbing scenes of torture by the High Mage against Ellysetta's captive Fey parents and others that demonstrate the true extent of the Evil they will have to face.

As expected, the book has a cliffhanger ending. There is another book coming in the series so we will have to wait to see how everything is finally resolved. Personally, I hope it will not be the last book in the series. The author has created so many wonderful secondary characters. I hope she will continue on and give us some of their stories as well.

Dream Chaser (A Dream-Hunter Novel, Book 3)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

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Total reviews: 58 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherrilyn Kenyon

The spellbinding Dream-Hunter series continues!

Hades doesn’t often give second chances...

Xypher has one month on Earth to redeem himself through one good deed or be condemned to eternal torture in Tarturus. But redemption means little to a demigod who only wants vengeance on the one who caused his downfall.

Until one day in a cemetery...

Simone Dubois is a medical examiner with a real knack for the job. Those who are wrongfully killed appear to her and help her find the evidence the police need to convict their killers. But when a man appears and tells her that she’s more than just a psychic, she’s convinced he’s insane.

Now the fate of the world hangs in her hands...

It was bad enough when just the dead relied on her. Now’s there’s the seductive Dream-Hunter Xypher who needs Simone’s help in opening a portal to the Atlantean hell realm to fight insatiable demons. The future of mankind is at stake—and so is her life. The only question now is: Who is the bigger threat: the demons out to kill her, or the man who has left her forever changed?

“Brisk, ironic, sexy, and relentlessly imaginative.”—Boston Globe

Dark Gold (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 3)

Christine Feehan

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Total reviews: 114 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Dark Gold 4 out of 5 stars.
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Yet another amazing , Hot , and Sexy book.
I started reading the entire Series by accidnetly starting with Dark Symphony ...I have not ordered and read the entire Dark Series( in under 2 weeks) ...and Dark Gold was certainly not a disappointment , You can't get enough !!

Editorial Review:

They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light . . .

Alexandria Houton will sacrifice anything--even her life --to protect her orphaned little brother. But when both encounter an unspeakable evil in the swirling San Francisco mists, Alex can only cry to heaven for their deliverance . . . And out of the darkness swoops Aidan Savage, a golden being more powerful, more mysterious, than any other creature of the night. The ageless Carpathian male snatches them from a hideous fate. But is Aidan Alex's salvation . . . or her sin? If she surrenders to Aidan's savage, unearthly seduction, and gives him the color, the light, the family he craves, will Alex truly save her brother? Or sacrifice more than her life?

Dark Light (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)

Jayne Castle

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Total reviews: 32 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great Paranormal Romance 5 out of 5 stars.
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"Jayne" has done it again! Dark Light is a paranormal romance set in Harmony a former colony of Earth which has been cut-off when the "curtain" closed. Great Romance and Suspense, bit of mystery in as well. If you like paranormal romance you will love this book.

Boring 2 out of 5 stars.
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I waited for this book with much anticipation having read the other Ghost Hunter Series and I have to say this one is totally boring. This book just drags along slow and painful. The characters are just there with no real depth. Just a very disappointing book!

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Tabloid reporter Sierra McIntyre wants a scoop when she interviews Ghost Hunter Guild boss John Fontana about the disappearances of retired, homeless hunters. She doesn’t want to trust the physically and psychically powerful man, but her intuition—and her dust bunny companion—give her the green light. To uncover the conspiracy within his own organization, Fontana proposes…marriage. And though it’s purely a business arrangement, there’s nothing pure about the attraction that sizzles between them.

Danse Macabre (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)

Laurell K. Hamilton

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Total reviews: 614 Average rating: 2.0 of 5

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It was the middle of November. I was supposed to be out jogging, but instead I was sitting at my breakfast table talking about men, sex, werewolves, vampires, and that thing that most unmarried but sexually active women fear most...

Anita Blake needs to be concentrating on a dangerous situation: The ardeur, the sexual power that flows between Anita and Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, the volatile werewolf who loves her passionately, is reaching new levels, perhaps evolving into something altogether new. The ardeur seems to be choosing new lovers for Anita, acting with a will of its own. As Jean-Claude says, the ardeur is hunting powerful prey. The unexpected effect of this is that Jean-Claude's own power as a master vampire has grown to new levels - and Richard, never predictable, is changing, too.

But as the days pass, Anita's less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women down the ages: She may be pregnant. And, if she is, whether the father is a vampire, a werewolf, or someone else entirely, she knows perfectly well that being a Federal Marshal known for raising the dead and executing vampires is no way to bring up a baby…

The Dream-Hunter (A Dream-Hunter Novel, Book 1)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

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In the ethereal world of dreams, there are champions who fight to protect the dreamer and there are demons who prey on them...

Arik is such a predator. Condemned by the gods to live eternity without emotions, Arik can only feel when he’s in the dreams of others. For thousands of years, he’s drifted through the human unconscious, searching for sensation. Now he’s finally found a dreamer whose vivid mind can fill his emptiness.

Dr. Megeara Kafieri watched her father ruin himself and his reputation as he searched to prove Atlantis was real. Her deathbed promise to him to salvage his reputation has now brought her to Greece where she intends to prove once and for all that the fabled island is right where her father said it was. But frustration and bad luck dog her every step. Especially the day they find a stranger floating in the sea. His is a face she’s seen many times.... in her dreams.

What she doesn’t know is that Arik holds more than the ancient secrets that can help her find the mythical isle of Atlantis. He has made a pact with the god Hades: In exchange for two weeks as a mortal man, he must return to Olympus with a human soul. Megeara’s soul.

With a secret society out to ruin her expedition, and mysterious accidents that keep threatening her life, Megeara refuses to quit. She knows she’s getting closer to Atlantis and as she does, she stumbles onto the truth of what Arik really is.

For Arik his quest is no longer simple. No human can know of a Dream-Hunter’s existence. His dream of being mortal has quickly turned into his own nightmare and the only way to save himself will be to sacrifice the very thing he wanted to be human for. The only question is, will he?

Jacob (The Nightwalkers, Book 1)

Jacquelyn Frank

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Total reviews: 95 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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Since time began, there have been Nightwalkers - the races of the night who live in the shadows of the moonlight. Love with humans is absolutely forbidden, and one man makes certain to uphold this ancient law: Jacob, the Enforcer...For 700 Years, He has resisted temptation. But not tonight...Jacob knows the excuses his people give when the madness overtakes them and they fall prey to their lust for humans. He's heard every one and still brought the trespassers to justice. Immune to forbidden desires, uncontrollable hungers, or the curse of the moon, his control is total...until the moment he sees Isabella on a shadowy New York City street. Saving her life wasn't in his plans. Nor were the overwhelming feelings she arouses in him. But the moment he holds her in his arms and feels the soft explosion of her body against his, everything changes. Their attraction is undeniable, volatile, and completely against the law. Suddenly everything Jacob has ever believed is inflamed by the heat of desire...Bring on the night.

Dance of the Gods (The Circle Trilogy, Book 2)

Nora Roberts

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Total reviews: 86 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Vampire bandwagon not working for Roberts 3 out of 5 stars.
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At first I thought this was going to be better than the first, but it's not. Everything as far as love goes is just a bit too easy for the characters. None of the drama comes from the romance. A good romance novel gets its drama from both the external circumstances and the blooming love between the characters, but Roberts does not pull that off in this book. Additionally, there's a distinct homophobia in the novel (in the form of the vampire queen having a female lover and the two of them "threatening" to not only vamp characters, but turn them into lesbians). This left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

Excellent! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I absolutely loved this whole series. I read them so fast because I just couldn't put them down and now I will have to read them again and take my time! I especially liked Larkin's fun loving character in this book.

Norah roberts 5 out of 5 stars.
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I don't read a ton of her books but from what i've read this is her best series so far.

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Second in the new paranormal Circle Trilogy.

With one vampire determined to rule the earth, the Circle of Six prepares to battle for their lives-and their hearts.

Dark Challenge (Leisure Paranormal Romance)

Christine Feehan

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Total reviews: 100 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

ridiculously repetitive 1 out of 5 stars.
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The first book that I read in this Dark series was Dark Symphony. This is not the type of book I usually read but I was on vacation and the little bookstore was offering slim pickings. Nonetheless, having gotten back to my guest house and having settled in for a read I found myself being pleasantly surprised as I went along. Antoninette, the book's protagonist, was well characterised. She felt herself to be a little heavier than she ought to be, was blinded in an accident at five years old that killed her parents, was a genius and celebrated pianist, had strong business acumen, had a love hate relationship with her family members who were interesting in and of themselves, and took lovers but never let anyone get too close. She was real, and every Creative Writing professor's dream.

Then enter Byron, the hero, who poses a mystery to Antoinette's family: nobody ever sees him come or go, knows where he lives, why he is always on the scene to rescue Antoinette and her grandfather, and what he does for a living.

Cue fantasy...Byron is yet spell-bindingly handsome; won't look at any other woman, though such as Antoinette's cousin tries to arrest his attention to stroke her ego, Antoinette is blind after-all, shouldn't he be looking at her; he is a mind reader (yummm); has money; seems more or less physically invincible; courts his woman patiently; thinks Antoinette is the most beautiful woman on earth; and he's a wonderful lover. Okay...what's not to love.

Nothing. So much so, that upon learning that the Carpathians are a race of people and that more of the yummy men and their stories could be enjoyed in the Dark series, I immediately bought four-five more books in the series.

Yet with every successive read I have become more disappointed. There is a strong enough back drop story to flesh out this series: a race on the brink of extinction and all that that entails... wonderful, good read, ought to keep me on the edge of my seat, no?

NO.

For the author chose instead to take the route so many other mass-producing 'writers' have opted to take instead. There is now no story line in these books, ridiculously repetitive sex scenes that occupy altogether too much of the books' pages and thin characters. I say that figuratively and literally. The women have all become paper dolls with ribs protruding that their mates find sexy to count en route to their impossibly small waists. Their wrists are all fragile, their bone structure small, and their frames delicate. I'm a slim woman myself but this set up of the helpless female and domineering male is so obvious and patriarchal and chauvinistic I wonder if Feehan has forgotten that her audience is mainly female. Granted most women, including myself, like a man that's bigger and stronger, but must a woman be rendered a child to be thought sexy.

In line with that childlike innocence that Feehan is now promoting, why are more and more of the women in these books turning up virgins? I could write a dissertation on the cliches etc being enlisted here they are so apparent and archaic.

But moving on...yes woman light to males darkness, gotcha, Feehan only repeats it every page, ad verbatim. But are we to be so light, so compassionate that we endure rape lovingly (Gregori and Savannah in Dark Magic), willing to give up our careers (Jaxon and Lucian in Dark Guardian) and become comfortable with never letting another male in our proximity again (each book)? Granted these books allow the indulgence of unexpressed fantasies: many women want their man to be a little possessive, a little domineering, a little aggressive, a little a lot of things, but it seems that Feehan rather than express these desired traits has chosen to exaggerate them. Ridiculously so.

None moreso than the men's neediness and devotion. If I read, that the male needs the woman to tame his inner beast, to remove the stains on his soul, and to keep him from seeking the dawn or "You are my lifemate I can do nothing but secure your happiness" just one more time...oh my god! But then again, I shan't be reading those words anymore. This shall be my last in the series.

Julian and Desari's story is the same as all the others. They become involved impossibly fast, need "slams" into him (another of Feehan's favourite words repeated ad nauseum), she resists initially, but caves inevitably, he protects her, as his light and his life, from threatening evils, she bristles at his heavy-handedness but ultimately obeys, he is nearly invincible yet toward the end his arrogance gets him into some trouble from which the seeming weaker-sex woman saves him, she unearths his dark secret burdening his soul and she loves and accepts him in spite of it though he doesn't feel himself worthy of that love. They live happily ever after. Same Plot x 11= series.

To Ms. Feehan, less cut and paste, more time writing. And if you must make most of the book about the lovers' sexual encounters, find some new adjectives for the sake of those who haven't yet vowed to find better reading material elsewhere.

Editorial Review:

A New York Times Bestselling Author

Julian Savage was golden. Powerful. But tormented. For the brooding hunter walked alone, always alone, far from his Carpathian kind, alien to even his twin. Like his name, his existence was savage. Until he met the woman he was sworn to protect . . . When Julian heard Desari sing, rainbows swamped his starving senses. Emotions bombarded his hardened heart. Was Desari more than his perfect mate? Julian had met his match in this woman, but would she drive him to madness . . . or save his soul?

Dark Legend (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 7)

Christine Feehan

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Total reviews: 119 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

I read it - then I had to own it 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is one of my all time favourite series. I read the book - but that wasn't enough I had to own it. You can start with one carpathian hunter novel but be warned. One isn't enough, soon you'll want more.

I particularly like the way that the characters intermingle so that it leaves you wanting to hear the romances and stories of the other characters.

Editorial Review:

Gabriel wakes deep within the ground, and the first sensation he feels is an overwhelming hunger for blood. But as he hunts the dark streets of Paris for prey, a voice calls to him, soothing, calming, giving him the strength to control his craving. Francesca Del Ponce is a healer, a woman who radiates goodness as powerfully as the sun does light. Though Garbriel knows she will be like hot silk in his arms, though he knows the taste of her will be addictive, he fears for her life and his soul if he takes her. Then with one mind-shattering vow she gives herself-- I offer freely, without reservation, I offer my life for yours as is my right--and with a firestorm of long-forgotten feelings, he glimpses salvation. Love Spell Book Club selection!