Review: The Trustworthy Redhead: A Loveswept Classic Romance by Iris Johansen

The Trustworthy Redhead: A Loveswept Classic Romance by Iris Johansen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Trustworthy Redhead is the 3rd book in Iris Johansen’s Sedikhan Series.
This is a sheikh romance….

But it’s not exactly the usual sheik living in the desert, who kidnaps the virginal heroine and makes her fall in love with him…..you know those stories…

No, this sheik is a more westernized one…he lives in Houston, USA….and yes, he did live in his desert kingdom when he was a young kid…but he’s more of a metro sexual guy….though he is an oil baron!!!!

So here we have Alex Ben Rashid heir to a vast, oil-rich Middle Eastern sheikdom, Sedikhan, billionaire, suave, good looking, arrogant with a penchant for red-haired beautiful women.
Sabrina Courtney, our heroine is hired by Honey, Princess Rubinoff (remember her from the previous book, The Golden Valkyrian??) to deliver a special present for Alex’s birthday party. Now, one of the many jobs Sabrina has is that of a belly dancer…

Oops,,,,sorry, this is not the right bellygram dancer sent as a present for Alex…Sabrina is a red-haired gorgeous woman….something like this

Anyway, after the sensual belly dance, Alex is totally hooked!!!! I guess that was Honey’s plan all along!!!
And that’s where things becoming a bit weird for me. In the previous book, Alex was a totally different guy from what he’s here!!!! His behavior is beyond strange. He immediately wants her, becomes jealous, demands she becomes his lover and even goes as far as having her fired from her job when she refuses his demand that she quit her job!!!!! I was somewhat turned off by this guy/hero!!! Yeah, he had a horrible childhood and he doesn’t trust anyone…blah blah blah…but really!!!! That’s no reason for his behavior towards women…and believe me there are a lot of them in his life…..in fact, his reaction to Sabrina’s initial “brush-off”….sleeping with other women…but wait, he does tell her that it was not that great..right…he’s nothing but a

Yes, a man-whore!!! Never mind that it’s the 80’s!!!! The only thing that saved him in my eyes was that in the end he does redeem himself!!!!! Mind you, I would have loved a bit more GROVELLING…!!!!!

I liked Sabrina….well not so much the way she behaved around Alex….but she had such a caring heart….how loving and patient she is towards her damaged friend!!! Actually the scenes with David, her friend are really sad and heartbreaking.

There were some really interesting hot and sensual moments between Alex & Sabrina

….like someone wrote in their review…..kind of sweet and vanilla version of Fifty Shades of Grey!!!!!

I liked the plot and the settings and there are some very endearing and likeable characters.
I did enjoy the return of some of the characters from the previous books.
If you are interested, read my reviews on the series so far here -
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So, continuing onto the next book in the series and checking out what the next Sedikhan adventure come my way!!


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Review: Second Sight (Arcane Society, #1) by Amanda Quick

Second Sight by Amanda Quick
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I am not exactly an historical romance lover and you probably thinking…if so, why did I even pick this book up and what made me like it so much………….. ?

Having read and liked 5 of the books in Jayne Ann Krentz’s Arcane Society Series, I have wanted to read the rest of the series and discovered that Second Sight was Book 1 and it would give me the back-story on the series and how the secretive Arcane Society was started and what it represents. Men and women with paranormal abilities!!!!

The book blurb:
According to the blurb, Second Sight is set in Victorian England. The characters include Gabriel Jones, one of the infamous Jones men of the secret paranormal organization, the Arcane Society and Venetia Milton, a photographer with a special way of "seeing" beyond her subjects. The other two high ranking Jones men, Thaddeus Ware and Caleb Jones, are also involved in the mystery. Gabriel and Venetia must pose as husband and wife as they work to track down a dangerous opponent of the Joneses.

This was a quick-paced, well-thought out and intriguing story set in the late Victorian era, filled with romantic suspense, likeable and endearing characters, paranormal forces, twists and unexpected turns, witty dialogue and some sizzling and sexy moments between the two main characters. Nothing I was expecting from an historical novel…..

Just some of the things I liked about this book:
The heroine –

She was a woman before her time!!!!! I loved how she was comfortable with who she was and did exactly what she wanted to do with her life!!!!
The hero -

I liked that, whilst he had this over protectiveness towards Venetia, he still admired her independence and her adventurous spirit. And he was a hell of a hot guy!!!!!
I so enjoyed the historical detail in the story and the vivid writing almost made me feel I was living in the Victorian time in London…

A really good read.

What baffles me about this series is why it’s not written under one name but two!!!! Jayne Ann Krentz and one of her pseudonyms Amanda Quick!!!


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Review: Cat's Lair (Leopard People #7) by Christine Feehan

Cat's Lair by Christine Feehan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I really love Christine Feehan and though the Leopard Series is not my favorite….The Dark Series is the one for me….I have still enjoyed the books I have read about the leopard shifters. But Cat’s Lair was more than just disappointing…..it was beyond totally boring!!!!!

I was hoping that Cat Benoit’s story would be a good one!!! But what happened???
Starting with Cat hiding from her evil and violent Rafe Cordeau, to whom her mother had sold to when she was eleven years old, it continues with her working in a bookshop/café and meeting the mysterious Riley Cromer, who actually is Eli someone, a leopard shifter.

Then they have sex. She then discovers the truth about Eli. Then they have sex again. He rescues her. Then they have sex again. She makes great coffee for him in his hideaway home. Then they have sex again…..and so it goes on and on and on!!!!!

Its coffee, sex, open for me, I love your taste, you are mine, say you are mine, let go for me and so on and on and on…..
Okay, let me skim over some pages…..and some more pages…maybe there will be something interesting happening next!!!!

Well, apart from the part where we get to meet up with Jake Bannaconni and his wife, Emma and their kids from Burning Wild (Leopard People #3), and the other leopard shifters, nothing else happened that was of interest to me.

I was hoping that we would get some background info on Rafe Cordeau and who he was and why he did the things he did….but no……..absolutely nothing….he was just a bad guy and a rogue and gone mad shifter!!!! The end!!!!

I was so looking forward to this book but it just did not do it for me.

I am hoping that the next installment will get me back into this series!!!!


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Review: Oceans of Fire (Drake Sisters, #3) by Christine Feehan

Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We return to the magical world of the Drake Sisters

Oceans of Fire is the 3rd book in the enchanting Drake Sisters Series written by one of my most favorite PNR authors, Christine Feehan.

From the moment I read the first paragraph – I was hooked!!


Murder, intrigue, Russian mob, Interpol spies, second chances, love, romance, magic, mystical powers, family, secrets, danger……from the moment Abigail Drake finds herself and witness to a murder whilst swimming with dolphins and meeting up with a Russian Interpol agent, who she has a past history with….it becomes a journey of not only keeping themselves alive and discovering the love that has never died between the two of them.

The love story of Abigail Drake

and her true soul mate Alesandr Volstov

I adored the storyline with the dolphins…..total magic!!

I am really enjoying this series. I love the Drake sisters dynamics, the magic and love they share with each other and totally fabulous meeting each member of the “family”. The more I discover about them, the more I become enchanted with them.

There are some amazing secondary characters and I can’t wait to read more about the sisters.

This is yet another fantastic series by this author.


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Review: Dark Skye (Immortals After Dark, #14) by Kresley Cole

Dark Skye by Kresley Cole
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I absolutely love this series and always wait eagerly for the next book!

I liked Thronos and Lanthe who were introduced in Kiss of a Demon King and was looking forward to their story.
A winged Vrekener and a Sorceri , friends since they met as children and becoming enemies when the heroine's family is killed by members of the hero!!!

I did like the two together but just did not feel enough of an emotional pull with them. I felt frustrated with all that kept them from actually getting together.

Also the writing felt a bit different from the author's other books in this series.

Saying all that, I did like reading this book...but did not LOVE it.....



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Review: The Golden Valkyrie (Sedikhan, #2) by Iris Johansen

The Golden Valkyrie by Iris Johansen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

So, here we are on the 2nd book in Iris Johansen’s Sedikhan Series….and what can I say???

It’s more like a Mills & Boon story…..our feisty heroine, Honey (I kid you not!!) Winston is a PI and is on a job to get incriminating letters for her client from the gorgeous and sexy and zillionaire Prince Rubinoff…oh yes, this is a contemporary novel!!!!

She gets caught and the prince falls under her spell…..okay, she’s this tall and gorgeous women with long flowing white-blonde hair…thus the name Golden Valkyrie…and she’s cheeky too!!!!

The hero….swoon …swoon….is more than what the paparazzi say about him. He’s not really a man-whore…well, let’s just say….this guy sleeps around!!!!! But wait, underneath all that …he’s really a deep and talented artist....and insecure…yes, he’s an incredible painter but is afraid of what the world will think of his work!!!! You don’t believe that’s possible???? Well, neither did I!!!!
But look this is fiction and anything is POSSIBLE!!!!!! Anything is BELIEVABLE!!!!!

So he and his cousin, Alex Ben Rashid, who is also a man-whore with a penchant for red-haired women…he strongly tells Honey that the reason for that is not because of his love for his cousin, Lance…oh that’s Prince Rubinoff’s name (what a naff name for a prince…yes, I know it’s short for Lancelot…what in this day and age!!!!...okay…fiction…fiction..) who has auburn hair…they are not GAY!!!!! The reason Alex likes the red is because he feels safe with Lance!!! What!!!!!!

Okay….let’s get away from that and get back to Honey and Lance’s love story!!! He takes her to his private island, discovers she’s a 24 year old virgin…not kidding here…..spends his days and nights painting ….and more painting. She finds his work ASTOUNDING…AMAZING….of course she does!!!

Eventually do the deed!!!! And voila…..the prince falls in love with Honey and is prepared to give up EVERYTHING for her!!!! In between Honey’s deflowering, there are some bad guys who arrive on the island bent on assassinating both her prince and his cousin!! Did I mention that she’s being hired by the US State Dept to be these two guys bodyguards??? Of course she gets the villains…what a brave kick-ass heroine!!!! Did we ever doubt that!!!!

OMG…it gets even better!!! There’s this German princess…not very gorgeous…wears glasses, fat, bad dresser…and is totally in love and dedicated to marrying Prince Lance because their two lineages are just perfect…..arrives on the island and within minutes persuades poor old Honey that she must give up the prince for his own good!!!! German princess is the right one not some poor and unknown PI with a terrible name like Honey that just does not make it as Princess Honey!!!!!

And being the most idiotic heroines of all time….she leaves the poor prince and disappears for the next six months. The prince is heartbroken and misses her.

I must admit that I laughed through most of this book. It was so ridiculous that I actually was looking forward to the next page…I had to find out what would happen next!!!!!

Okay, this book was first published in the early 80’s and there are a few scenes that are out-dated…check the disco Honey takes the two boys to!!!!
However, I finished reading it because I was blown away by the outlandishness of the storyline!!!!

And I think I may just continue reading the series.


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Review: Hold on to Me (Against All Odds, #2) by Elisabeth Naughton

Hold on to Me by Elisabeth Naughton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved Wait for Me, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... and having been introduced to Mitch, who I found totally adorable and engaging, I was so looking forward to his story.
Somehow Hold on to Me, the sequel kind of disappointed me. I was totally frustrated with each page I turned..this was me…..

The reason….Simone!!!! What the hell happened to the sexy, sassy woman we met before???
She turns into this totally unrecognizable person!!!! I lost any connection I had with her!!
Her behavior towards Mitch was absolutely appalling. Why did she not come clean about her past? Why would it change the feelings she had for the guy???
So, here we have her….Oh Mitch…..I’m doing all these stupid things because I love you!!! And I want to protect you!!!! Really….is that how a grown-up behaves???

Her daughter shows more gumption than her!!!

And Mitch…jeez….this guy must get his head together!!!
Why they don’t talk and get all their baggage out of the way is beyond me!!! She has secrets….he has secrets!!! And the time they took to tell each other about them is totally insane!!!! If you love each other, why is it so difficult to open up to each other????

It would have solved a lot of heartache and misunderstandings!!!!

What I did like about this book was:
Shannon & Julia’s deviousness and antics
Seeing Kate & Ryan again and getting more about their lives together
Rock star Tate Kendrick….please can we get his book?????


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Review: Magic in the Wind (Drake Sisters, #1) by Christine Feehan

Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Drake Sisters series is based on the extraordinary Drake sisters, Sarah, Kate, Abigail, Libby, Hannah, Joley, and Elle, bound, not by blood, but by magic, mysticism and each gifted with special and strange powers.
Their family home is the enchanting and magical Drake House

, which is set on the cliffs overlooking the sleepy, peaceful, charming and delightful coastal town named

The prophecy tells that the gates of their home will open only for each sister’s soul mate.

Magic in the Wind is the 1st introduction to this series and tells the story of Sarah, the eldest Drake sister.

Sarah, a security expert returns to her home and meets Damon Wilder, a scientist hiding in the town from his past and trying to find some peace in his life after having gone through a very traumatic time in his life. He is also hiding from very bad people who are determined to kill him. He’s drawn to Drake House and keeps hearing about Sarah.
When he arrives at Drake House, the gates open up for him. Now, of course, we all know what that means!!!!

Mystery, magic, prophecies, evil, love, intrigue, humor, romance, ..... we get all that plus introduced to some amazing characters, especially the sisters who arrive to help Sarah in helping Damon.

This is a sweet and lovely love story. I would have liked the story to have been a bit longer…it’s rather short for me to have really got into Sarah & Damon.
However, it does give us a chance to meet the characters i.e. sisters for the upcoming books in the series.

If you want to read more about the Drake Sisters prophecy….check out the poem the author gives us….i really liked it (view spoiler)[

DRAKE SISTER PROPHECY~
These things say she
Who holds the gifts of the seven
Who walks at twilight
Holding the seven golden lamps

Seven sisters intertwined
Controlling elements of air, land and sea
Cannot control the fate they flee
One by one, oldest to last, destiny shall claim them

When the locked gate swings open in welcome
The first shall find true love
As the sisters stand in wonder
At what destiny has done

Within each sisters heart now beats passion
While love turns as a key
By the time the year is ended
Each will follow thee

Remember therefore from whence you came
Knowing that in the end it is the seventh
That will renew the line again
Seven daughters of a seventh daughter

Each gifted each giving each tied to one another
For those who have ears let them hear
For those who have eyes let them see
For all that I have said shall come to be

To the eldest is gifted agility, grace
And the knowledge to see what future we face
Second in line speaks peace with a word
While the third calls truth from the unspoken word

Next comes the healer with hands that can find
That which is deadly and make it unbind
The fifth harnesses elements of air, wind and sea
As the sixth sister sings a spell over thee

Last of the seven youngest of all
Possesses the greatest gift of them all
To her falls the bearing of children to be
So that the line will continue and forever more be

Each gift has a challenge which must be overcome
The seven free sisters must act now as one
With grace and agility comes great bodily fatigue
While speaking peace raises ire and continual need

The calling for truth from the unspoken word
Gives way to illusion for naught has been heard
She whose hands can undo death for another
Will take on the illness and hope to recover

The harnessing of wind tides and sea
Gives way for the unknown to be
As the spell singer sings casting her spell
One misspoken word and alls to no avail

For the seventh child of the seventh daughter
New corridors open holding illusion, power
But which path to take and where does it lead
Choices to make while each plants a seed

These things I have spoken so harken ye well
For lives you are changing with each casting of spell But know in your heart when you must turn away For some will be lost as it is destinies way

Yours is a legacy not easily born
So beware of the pitfalls and careful of thorns
The gifts they are many
Born from the past

Surviving the years for the future to last
From mother to daughters
And back through the line
The gifts that you carry always will bind

Prophecy written by Anita Toste, eleventh daughter in the infamous and magical King family, in the year before the great wars between Magick and Science.

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Review: The Golden Barbarian (Sedikhan, #1) by Iris Johansen

The Golden Barbarian by Iris Johansen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I have kind of gone off sheikh romances and not exactly mad about historical romance
…..so why I decided to read this book ?????….I have no idea!!!
Perhaps it’s that the author, Iris Johansen, is one of my favorite romantic suspense writers. I think I have read most of her books but somehow missed this series. But right now, I am so happy with this find…in fact I am ….kinda feeling like this

Why I found this story so fascinating was the fact that it’s not your usual cheesy sheikh meets virginal heroine, bends her to his rules making her a total simpering idiot!!!!

No, this is a timeless love story between an honorable desert sheik and a feisty and independent princess. Fabled kingdoms, desert tribes, fearless women, love, politics, passion and inspiration.

Galen ben Rashid, sheikh of the exotic kingdom of Sedikhan

Offers Princess Theresa Christina Rubinoff a chance to gain her independence.

Agreeing to a marriage of convenience which will benefit both of them, Tess, her independence and Galen being able to join both their kingdoms to enable him to unite his people…..they are thrown into a journey filled with danger, excitement, adventure, love and discovering what means the most in their lives. Seeing them fall in love with each other….feeling their sexual tension!!!!!! Fab Fab Fab!!

There were such a lot of things I enjoyed about this book.
Galen for me was the ultimate hero. Instead of being overbearing and over-alpha and bending Tess to his way – instead he gave her the freedom to be herself!! I adored the love for his people, his patience, his understanding and how he dealt with the obstacles that he had to face.

He was really an endearing character.

Tess was a woman before her time!!!! A pioneer of women’s liberation!!!!!! Unafraid to face the challenges in her life. Clever, adventurous, honest, straight-forward, caring and totally lovable. I could not help but fall in love with her!!!

Great dialogue. Some fabulous secondary characters….my favorite…Tess’s cousin Sacha!!!! I can’t wait for his story!!!! As I was so happy to discover….this is the 1st book in the Sedikhan Series…yes, I am going to read the entire series!!!

Wonderful love story. Wonderful story line. Wonderful characters. Wonderful settings.
And of course……..Tess & Galen……..

What more can I say????



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Review: Wait for Me (Against All Odds, #1) by Elisabeth Naughton

Wait for Me by Elisabeth Naughton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A love that never dies. A love story that survives anything!!!!

An almost unbelievable story but so compelling that it becomes somehow believable! Okay, maybe I am not making sense here…but let’s take a look at the storyline of this book.

Kate Alexander’s life began when she woke up from a coma a year ago. She remembers nothing before that time.
Her husband is killed in an air crash and her life is turned upside down when she discovers documents and a foto of a small child that looks exactly like her, that he had kept locked in his study. This has her going on a mission to discover what else had been kept hidden from her.

Ryan Harrison, handsome and charismatic CEO of a huge pharmaceutical company had lost his wife, Annie, in an air crash 5 years previously. He has never got over her death, which caused him to become a hard and emotionless man.

A twist of fate, kismet…whatever one calls it… the two meet and Ryan is adamant that she’s his missing wife. Kate is not sure, even though she feels some connection to him and his daughter, Julia.

This is a fast paced story, filled with suspense, great dialogue, mystery, secret and dangerous doings in drug testing by companies, lies, deceit, family, love, humor and characters that you can sympathies with .

I certainly did not expect the twist at the end…..total surprise!!!!

I liked Kate Alexander and at first I thought Ryan Harrison was a bit of a dolt…make that an asshole. His reaction and behavior towards Kate was OTT most of the time but in the end I did warm up to him. Almost understood his pain and loss and how hard it was for him to find his lost love who remembers nothing about their life together.

Adored Julia– let’s just say that at times the things she did and say were a bit…like is this kid just 10 years old!!!! But seeing her pain at thinking that she may lose her mother again was pretty heartbreaking.

The other secondary character I loved was Kate’s brother, Mitch. He was a totally endearing character and I am eagerly waiting to read his story in the next book, Hold on to Me.

My favourite quote:

This is a really good read.


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Review: Stolen Fury (Stolen Series, #1) by Elisabeth Naughton

Stolen Fury by Elisabeth Naughton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have just discovered this author and read her paranormal romance Eternal Guardians Series which I loved.

Having seen that she also writes romantic suspense, which is another of my favorite genres, I started with her Stolen Series, described by the author as..

Filled with globe-trotting adventure, steamy romance and riveting suspense, the Stolen books are red-hot romantic adventures that will appeal to fans of Romancing the Stone and Indiana Jones.

Stolen Fury, the 1st book in the Stolen Series, gave us all of that!!!! And more!!!
A female Indiana Jones……as the lead character!!! I could not wait to start reading !!

The adventure begins from the first sentence….

Dr Lisa Maxwell – is the kind of heroine I adore. Mature….yes, no simpering, naïve and whiny woman…in her thirty’s, knows what she wants and goes for it.

And what she’s on a treasure hunt to find an ancient Greek relic (yes a bit of Greek mythology here!), which she does and which she has stolen from her when she allows herself to be seduced by a gorgeous and mysterious man attending her lecture in Milan.

That man is known by many names, one of them - Rafe Sullivan (just by the way, his real name is Rafe Garcia!!!!). This is the ultimate anti-hero.
Dark, sexy and gorgeous (described as looking a bit like Antonio Banderas!!!! ) Imagine any woman being able to resist a man like this!!!!!

Dr Lisa Maxwell certainly did not..pity it cost her the treasured piece she had just excavated from a cave in Jamaica…illegally I must add!!!! Totally enraptured by his seduction, she never realized what he actually was

A thief – but wait…he’s a good one though…what I mean is that this guy has a heart of gold…I kid you not…you find that out as we continue with the story!!! Look, let’s just say that he steals priceless items for a gallery he co-owns with a friend…but he only does that as a last resort – if the owner does not want to sell, he comes back to get it for free!!!!!! And one way he does it….seduces Lisa, drugs her and runs away with her treasure!!!!! Oh, he did feel a tinge of regret when he left her sleeping off the drug he gave her….especially sorry that they didn’t go all the way before she knocked out…should have checked the dosage!!!!!!!

This being the author’s debut novel was pretty impressive!!!!
Well written, believable and endearing characters, stunning settings, well researched Greek mythology and a fun and fast paced ride!


Liz tracks down the thieving Rafe to the Florida Keys…and their second meeting was so totally fabulous!

“Nice to see you again, querido." Her flat palms connected with his solid chest. She pushed hard, catching him off guard, knocking him right off his feet.”

Yes, Dr Lisa Maxwell is back to her normal self….

What follows is a funny, sexy, action packed, dangerous and exciting treasure hunt when the two form a “working” relationship that has them running from the bad guys who want the same thing they are looking for. The Greek mythical Furies statues

I loved the verbal sparring between these two. The sexual tension was – something like ….sparks flying!!!

Then trying to ignore the feelings that are growing for each other!!! It certainly made great reading….At times, it had me wanting to grab the two and get some sense into their heads…you know…

The secondary characters are really interesting. Lisa’s cop brother, Shane. Rafe’s ex wife, Hailey and Peter Kaufmann, Rafe’s business partner in the gallery they own together in Miami and I even warmed up to Rafe’s wasteful brother in the end.
I am really looking forward to their stories.

I am so looking forward to book #2, which is Peter Kauffman’s story!!!

And if you are a lover of paranormal romance, try her Eternal Guardians Series – you can check out my reviews here:
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Review: Twisted (Eternal Guardians, #7) by Elisabeth Naughton

Twisted by Elisabeth Naughton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

TWISTED is book #7 in the Eternal Guardians series, a paranormal romance series, with a twist of Greek mythology, which features seven warriors, descended from the greatest heroes in all of ancient Greece.
Nick, who we first met in Marked, book #1 in the series, has always been an interesting character and we finally get his story and a chance to find out what he’s all about.

Leader of the half-breeds known as Misos, who live in the human world and outcasts from the Argolean realm, he has always put others before himself, never given recognition for the many sacrifices he has made and he’s paying dearly for the courage and selflessness he showed to save the life of Isadora, his twin brother, Demetrius’s wife, who he has been struggling to get over the fact that she’s also his soul mate.

Held prisoner by Zagreus, son of the lord of the Underworld, Hades, he spends months being tortured until he breaks so that he can come into his true god powers, which Zagreus needs to enable him to free himself from his father.
Zagreus mistress of pain, Cynna is in charge of his torture and abuse.

Cynna sold her soul to the devil, Zagreus in order to avenge the deaths of her family but has come to realize that the price was nothing like she had expected.

Cynna starts to feel something for Nick and tries to help him during his torture. He also sees something different inside her……

She decides to escape from Zagreus and takes Nick with her. When wounded during their escape, she asks him to leave her but Nick feels that there’s something about her that balances him.

I liked seeing these two playing each other off. Though Cynna, whilst I could sympathize with her and what she had been through since the death of her parents and the bad decisions she had made, I became a bit irritated with the way she acted during her escape and when she’s taken by Nick to Argolea. At times I wondered if she was the right person for Nick.

This was a rather dark and a bit twisted romance. It was also had totally unexpected and unpredictable revelations!!!! Talk about surprises!!!!

Do I like this series?????? …

Yes, I love it….. It has everything I like in paranormal romance –an unique take on paranormal romance, a fabulous take on a fantastical world , amazing characters – who doesn’t like and women who don’t take shit from anyone….totally.. Greek Mythology, epic battles, wicked Greek gods……just doesn’t get any better!!!

One of the characters introduced in this story was Ari……now this is someone who I want to know more about and hopefully the series will continue and we will be able to get his story!!!!


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