Viper Game (Ghostwalker)

I've finished "Viper Game" the 11th book in her Ghostwalker series by Christine Feehan.

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GhostWalker Wyatt Fontenot knows the price he paid for the secret military experiments that gave him his special catlike abilities. After all, he left his bayou home a healer and came back a killer.

While Wyatt and his GhostWalker brother Gator may have known exactly the sort of game they were getting into, Wyatt never anticipated where it would lead — or to whom.

The swamps hold many mysteries, but few are as sinuously seductive as Le Poivre de Cayenne. The woman the locals call Pepper is every bit as enigmatic as the three little girls she’s desperately trying to protect. From what, Wyatt is soon to discover. Right now Pepper needs a man like Wyatt.

Passionately. But her secrets are about to take them both deeper into the bayou than either imagined — where desire is the deadliest poison of all.

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED

INCLUDES A BONUS EXCERPT FROM CHRISTINE FEEHAN’S GHOSTWALKER NOVEL, NIGHT GAME

About the Author

In addition to her GhostWalker novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan is the author of the Dark Carpathian series, the Leopard series, the Sea Haven series, the Drake Sisters novels and the Sisters of the Heart novels.

Product Details
Series: Game/Ghostwalker (Book 11)
Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Jove (January 27, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515155543
ISBN-13: 978-0515155549

My Review:

I really like how Wyatt was so patient with Pepper but a little forceful to get her to listen to him.

Glad that Pepper didn't take any flak from anyone and could stand up for herself.

4/5

PNR Review: Dark Wolf (Carpathian) Hardcover

I've finished "Dark Wolf" the 25th book in her Carpathian series by Christine Feehan.

WHERE DARK LYCAN ENDED, DARK WOLF BEGINS

BOOK NUMBER 25 IN CHRISTINE FEEHAN'S ACCLAIMED CARPATHIAN SERIES

In Dark Lycan, Christine Feehan journeyed into the heart of the Carpathians, and into the souls of two lifemates stirred by the flush of passion and the threat of annihilation. In Dark Wolf, the breathtaking story continues as the bonds of family are imperiled, and the fate of two lovers lies hidden in the seductive shadows between life and death.

Skyler Daratrazanoff always recognized the miracle that was Dimitri Tirunul, a man beyond any dream that had ever engaged her nights. But she was human. Vulnerable. He was Carpathian. Nearly immortal. She was nineteen. He was an ancient. Yet she held half his soul, the light to his darkness. Without her, he would not survive. Caught between the two warring species, Dimitri has spent centuries hunting the undead to keep his people free, and humans safe. He had survived honorably when others had chosen to give up their souls. But now, marked for extermination by the Lycans, Dimitri found himself alone, and fearing for his life. But salvation was coming.

No Lycan would ever suspect someone like Skyler to dare mount a secret rescue operation. A teenage girl. A human of untested abilities. But she had something no one else had. She was predestined for Dimitri — as he was for her. And there was nothing stronger for Skyler than her desire to see her life-dream come true. Whatever the risk.

INCLUDES A PREVIEW OF CHRISTINE FEEHAN’S NEXT CARPATHIAN NOVEL, DARK BLOOD

About the Author

I come from a large family with 13 brothers and sisters. My husband and I have 11 kids, 5 dogs, and lots of grandchildren. They keep me busy.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I've been published since 1999 & have over 30 books in print in multiple languages & formats. I usually write 3 books a year.

I have been fortunate to have wonderful readers who have helped me to make many bestseller lists and honors. I'm very grateful to them for their support of my writing. 

Product Details
Series: Carpathian (Book 24)
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (January 7, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425270793
ISBN-13: 978-0425270790

My Review:

Finally we get the book that everyone has been anticipating is Skyler and Dimitri's book.

At the end of Dark Lycan Dimitri was captured and tortured by the Lycan's just because of his mixed blood. In Dark Wolf it has been two weeks since Dimitri was taken and Skyler with her two best friends Joseph (a Carpathian) and Paul (a human) sets out to free him since she doesn't believe a rescue team has been sent. When they finally reach Dimitri that is when most of the action starts.

I really like Skyler because she is courageous, spunky and despite the horrible experience she had during childhood she has overcome her fear of loving someone.

I really like Dimitri because he understood why Skyler had to rescue him. I also liked how he didn't claim her as a lifemate since he knew wasn't ready.

 

4/5

 

Thanks Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

PNR Review: Dark Storm (Carpathian) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Dark Storm" the book in her Carpathian series by Christine Feehan.

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Awakening after all this time in a world of absolute darkness and oppressive heat, Dax wonders in how many ways the world above must have changed. But it is how he has changed that fills him with dread and loathing. Buried alive for hundreds of years in a volcano in the Carpathian Mountains, Dax fears that he has become the full-fledged abomination that every Carpathian male fears, a victim of the insidious evil that has crept relentlessly into his mind and body over the centuries.

But there are some things that never change.

His name is Mitro, the vampire Dax had hunted all these long centuries. Second in command to the prince of the Carpathian people he is the epitome of everything malevolent, and perpetrator of one of the most shocking killing sprees known to man — and beast. Even his friends and family weren’t safe from Mitro’s bloodlust. Neither was Mitro’s lifemate, Arabejila, an extraordinary woman with extraordinary gifts.

But now that Dax has re-emerged, so too has Mitro. The ultimate battle between good and evil has been re-engaged. Between Dax and Mitro, a violent game has begun — one that has marked Riley Parker, the last descendent of Arabejila, as the reward.

About the Author

Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many romance novels and novellas. She lives in California.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition (October 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425255808
ISBN-13: 978-0425255803

My Review:

Many centuries ago Carpathian hunter Dax was in pursuit of a vampire named Mitro.  Mitro's lifemate Arabejila performed an ancient ritual approved by Dax that sealed both man in the center of a volcano.  This ritual must be performed every 5 years by a female descendant of Arabejila.  This ritual is handed down from mother to daughter and is a sacred duty for any Arabejila bloodline. 

The book opens with Riley and her mother traveling through the Amazon to get to the volcano where Dax and Mitro are sealed.  They are too late though because of the illness and death of Riley's father.  Mitro grows more powerful as the hour of the ritual expires and does everything in his power to stop them from performing the ritual.  As a result, Riley's mother is brutally murdered and both Dax and Mitro escape the volcano.  Mitro causes chaos wherever he goes and it's pretty brutal and painful.

It was great to see Jubal and Gary traveling on the same boat as Riley.  They are on a mission to find a flower that may have been used by the Carpathians centuries ago.  I really enjoyed their deep friendship, caring attitude and the way they both protected Riley against some savory characters.

Dax and Riley's relationship was very sweet and caring.  I really liked how they respected each others abilities and they both felt safe with each other.  Glad that Dax wasn't really an overbearing alpha male and made Riley do things she wasn't comfortable with.

4/5

PNR Review: Samurai Game (Game/Ghostwalker) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Samurai Game" the 10th book in her Ghostwalker series by Christine Feehan.

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In a world so dark and seductive, expect nothing less than a triple-cross in the explosive all-new Ghostwalker novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan …

In an underground club, a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon, it’s her job to fulfill them. But she’s playing a far more dangerous game — one of blackmail, politics, and murder that reaches into the shadow world of the Ghostwalkers, and the creation of a spectacular, one-of-a-kind new weapon of defense.

But when a dictator makes his own catastrophic moves, the Ghostwalkers have no choice but to bring in two major players — a man and woman both driven by passion and revenge. Both expendable. Both with nothing left to lose.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Jove (July 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515151548
ISBN-13: 978-0515151541

My Review:

Azami 'Thorn' Yoshiie is a Japanese business women sworn to exact revenge against the man who hurt, tortured and left her for dead.  She was viciously taken and brutally tortured for experimentation by evil and cruel Dr. Whitney and was then thrown away because she didn't exhibit any extraordinary powers like the other lab children.  She had hid her powers from him and she was very lucky to have been rescued by a powerful and reputable Japanese man.  He taught her the way of the samurai by fighting with a sword and other deadly weapons along with her two adoptive brothers.

Azami needs to know if the Ghostwalkers are in league with Dr. Whitney so they head off to the compound where she meets Sam Johnson one of the members.  While on the way to the compound they are attacked by unknowns so they split up and Sam and Azami are forced to fend for themselves.  They manage to defend themselves and get out alive.  There is an instant attraction between them but both are wary of each other.  They don't know if they should trust each other or what!

Azami was a great character because she can kick ass and defend herself with different sets of weapons.  With Sam as a partner they made a great team that shouldn't be underestimated with the great powers both weld.

3.5/5

PNR Review: Dark Predator (Carpathian) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Dark Predator" the book in her Carpathian series by Christine Feehan.


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All New from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

As brutal as the undead he hunted, Zacarias De La Cruz was a master executioner. Now his stark and savage journey has ended. For his brothers, Zacarias had walked to the edge of madness, but with centuries as a killing machine now left to the past and without a hunt to define him, Zacarias wonders, for the first time in his life, who he really is.

The answer awaits him back home, in Peru, in the betrayal of a woman who is readying her trap, in the vengeance of an old enemy, in the inevitable consequences of a bloody family legacy - and in the deliverance of a lifemate he never could have imagined...

About the Author 

Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many romance novels and novellas. She lives in California.

Product Details
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition (September 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425241971
ISBN-13: 978-0425241974

My Review:

This book is about Zacarias De La Cruz an ancient assassin the oldest of five De La Cruz brothers.  He's feared by all even his younger brothers and he has decided to end it all by returning to his ranch in Peru.  Instead he finds his lifemate Marguarita who saves him from the darkness.

Marguarita can't talk because her vocal cords was savagely attacked by a vampire and Zacarias discovers she is his lifemate.  He's not sure why she affects him so since she can't talk to him vocally.  As he interacts with her he starts to feel things but he doesn't trust her and thinks she is there to trap him.  Eventually he starts to see colors and realizes she is his lifemate and wants to protect her at all costs.

Zacarias reminded me of those long time ago Cavemen or even those men in the bodice ripper novels because in some scenes when he interacted with Marguarita he was quite brutal with her.

Glad to see that Marguarita is very determined and loyal to her friends and people she thought as family.  Pretty happy that she stood up to Zacarias and didn't let him push her around.  I thought she was really capable in taking care of herself and it was a delight when both she and Zacarias mind spoke to each other.

Hmm I wish that Zacarias got to fight along side his brothers against his long time enemy Ruslan or even the minor vampire enemies. 

I have to admit it was more about Marguarita and Zacarias getting to know and living with each then actually action.

I really hated the enemies in this book!


4/5

Thanks Penguin Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Savage Nature (Leopard) [Paperback]

I've finished "Savage Nature" the 5th book in her Leopard series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

Danger lurks in the shadows and desire shimmers in the sultry heat as leopard shifter Drake Donovan is sent to a Louisiana bayou to investigate a murder. He's ready for anything except the insatiable hunger that rocks him when he meets Saria Boudreaux, a woman with a compelling motive -and ability - to distract him from the task at hand...

Product Details
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Jove; First Mass Market Edition Editi9on edition (April 26, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515149330
ISBN-13: 978-0515149333

My Review:

Saria Boudreaux grew up on the Louisiana Bayou, which may explain why she feels a special affinity to the place's eeriest secrets. Saria happens to come upon several corpses all containing leopard bites which causes her fear for her older brothers who are all were-leopards though she knows her siblings would not commit these atrocities.

Saria decides not to call the cops but instead contacts land owner Jake Bannaconni. He sends Drake Donovan to investigate the serial killings. At first sight and sniff Drake realizes that Saria is his mate as he struggles to control his euphoric inner leopard. He also senses she is on the verge of her first shift. As he makes inquiries into the murders and starts his courtship of his beloved, Drake learns a lesson about life on the Bayou when none of the leopard-shifting families including Saria's kin cooperate with him.

Saria is a wild and beautiful young woman who takes no crap from anyone but does as she sees fit. Raised by an alcoholic father and five brothers who could care less what she was doing in her youth so Saria retreats into the swamp to photograph the world around her.  She's very sassy that one!

Drake has had his leg operated on and wants to know if he could still shift since he hasn't been able to for two years.  He's very dangerous and very protective of Saria.

Loved how he would try to get Saria to do stuff his way but she wouldn't take it. 

4/5

Thanks Laura from Simon and Schuster Canada for sending me this book to review, greatly appreciated!

Dark Peril (Carpathian) [Hardcover]

I've finished "Dark Peril" the ___ book in her Carpathian series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Dominic of the Dragonseeker Carpathians is on a desperate mission, in the very heart of enemy territory. Solange Sangria is one of the last of the jaguar people. She has long been fighting to save women who are able to shift from the hands of the man who slaughtered her family and everyone she loved-her own father. They are two warriors who have lived their lives alone. Now, a the end of their time, they find each other, a complication neither saw coming.

Product Details
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition (August 31, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425236595
ISBN-13: 978-0425236598

My Review:
 
I really liked Dominic because he was gentle, took care of Solange and never pressured her into having sex with him.  He cherished her well being and he understood what she was going through.  He also supported her decision to go after her enemy!
 
I really liked Solange because she survived the annihilation of her family and friends by the rotten males of her species.  She's on a desperate quest to rescue the  poor abused captives and to destroy the evil enemy!  She's more of a soldier and doesn't know how to act like a women and is afraid she will disappoint Dominic!
 
The love scenes are very tender and loving!  Wow are they hot and very graphic too!

4/5

Water Bound (A Sea Haven Novel) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "Water Bound" the 1st book in her new Sea Haven series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

Off the shores of Sea Haven, a beautiful diver rescues a man from drowning, a man with no memory of who he is - or why he seems to possess the violent instincts of a trained killer. But soon, he and his savior will be engulfed in a storm of dizzying passion and inescapable danger ...
 
The last thing Lev Prakenskii remembered was being lost in the swirling currents of the ocean and getting sucked deeper into the nothingness of a freezing black eddy off the coastal town of Sea Haven. Just as quickly, just a miraculously, he was saved—pulled ashore by a beautiful stranger. But Lev has no memory of who he is—or why he seems to possess the violent instincts of a trained killer. All he knows is that he fears for his life, and for the life of his unexpected savior.

Her name is Rikki, a sea~urchin diver in Sea Haven. She has always felt an affinity for the ocean, and for the seductive pull of the tides. And now she feels drawn in the same way to the enigmatic man she rescued. But soon they will be bound by something even stronger, and their tantalizing secrets will engulf them both in a whirlpool of dizzying passion and inescapable danger.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Jove (July 27, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0515148245
ISBN-13: 978-0515148244

My Review:
 
You learn a secret that Lev has been keeping!
 
I can't wait till Ilya, Jackson and Elle find out he is living in Sea Haven!  I can't wait to see the fireworks!!!!
 
Rikki has an connection to water since it soothes and calms her!  She has a troubled life since her parents were killed in a car accident and people she loves or cares for have been murdered!  She has finally found a home where she can settle down with a group of adopted sisters who have their own unique talents!
 
Lev is man with no past and no identity!  He has done some terrible things for his country (lie, seduce and kill) and they believe he is expandable!  They snatched him away from his family when he was very young and he believes there is no other purpose in life.  When he meets Rikki he wants to stay and love her (he believes she is his one redemption and salvation to start a new life)!
 
When we first meet Lev he doesn't remember who he is or what he is!  He does know he is dangerous and knows things normal people wouldn't!  He slowly regains his memory and I loved how he would nuture Rikki
and understand what she is going through.  He didn't belittle her and would make sure things were made easier for her!
 
Rikki is attracted to Lev but is used to living by herself and is afraid that whoever is after her and people she cares for would also be after him!
 
When Rikki and Lev finally get together it's quite hot and steamy!  Wow were the love scenes very hot and Rikki is very accomodating and loves to practise!
 
5/5

Hidden Currents (Drake Sisters, Book 7) (Mass Market Paperback)

I've just finished reading "Hidden Currents" the 7th and last book in her Drake Sister series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

In her Drake Sisters novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan delivers "everything her fans have come to expect" (Publishers Weekly). Now, she exceeds expectations as the fate of all seven sisters depends on the destiny of one.

About the Author

Bestselling paranormal romance author Christine Feehan was born in California. Since 1999 she has published over 30 works, including the popular Dark, Drake Sisters, Ghostwalkers, and Leopard series. Dark Prince, her first novel, won three Paranormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature, and she has received seven more for her other books. Feehan has also won two Golden Leaf Awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine for Contemporary New Reality, and the 2004 RIO Award of Excellence. She is married to Richard Feehan and has 11 children.
 
My Review:
 
I thought Christine finished her Drake Sister series off with a bang.
 
Wow Elle was raped, tortured and humilated is well detailed and descriptive (the way I like it not skimmed over).  Stavros is quite a sick and sadistic individual but his brother is even more (I can't for his come upptance) and I was glad to see Bomber (German Shepard) was telepathic too and could sense Stavros and warn them when he was near.
 
5/5

Dark Slayer (Hardcover)

I've just finished reading "Dark Slayer" a book in her Carpathian series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

The brand new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author features the rarest of Carpathians-a female.

Ivory-a rare Carpathian female-has been protected by her brothers for most of her life. But once she frees the mage Razvan from his prison cave, they must flee together, enemies of Carpathian hunters as well as vampires. Ivory senses that Razvan is more than he appears to be, and she vows to go against the entire Carpathian race to help him, risking both their lives in order to save their love.

About the Author

Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many paranormal romances and novellas.

My review:

I really enjoyed reading this book and thought Ivory and Razvan were a great couple.  They both suffered so much and understood what each went through.

I was wondering does anyone know how old Dimitri is suppose to be in human years, thanks?

5/5

Burning Wild (Mass Market Paperback)

I've just finished "Burning Wild" the 2nd book in her leopard series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Carpathian novels now returns to the exotic, sensual and dangerous world of her bestseller Wild Rain.

This time, what goes on between male and female is wilder than animal instinct—and twice as hot.

This time, what goes on between male and female is wilder than animal instinct—and twice as hot.

Jake Bannaconni has been abused, used and basically bred to be a shifter cat by his parents. Jake has always been smart though and he knew his abusive parents for what they were, users and abusers. He knows the perfect revenge on them - become more powerful, and hide from them the one thing they want, his leopard. He does, he becomes rich, successful can have any woman on the planet crawling on their knees for him but he doesn't have love.

When his girl of the moment gets pregnant he forces her to carry it to term. No child of his will be aborted wanted or not. When the same woman crashes her car into a innocent couple leaving him to care for their new born child alone, he meets Emma Reynolds. Emma is pregnant and has just learned her husband has died. Emma is all that is light and goodness in the world. Jake immediately knows he has to have her, make her stay with him. So he comes up with the perfect plan - make her his child's nanny. That way she has a place to stay, his son has a mother and he can convince Emma to be with him forever.

Perfect plan, but there is danger and secrets that are keeping them apart. Emma too is more than meets the eye, and Jake's past threatens all he loves and his future.

My review:

I didn't really enjoy this book because I thought there was alot of things wrong in the story.

The way Jake treated Emma like a prisoner and she had to make sure he knew everything she did and where she wanted to go.

The sex scenes where hot especially on top of his office desk but most of the scenes seemed like kind of rape.

2/5

Dark Curse (The Carpathians (Dark) Series, Book 16) (Hardcover)

I've just finished reading "Dark Curse" the 16th book in her Carpathian Dark series by Christine Feehan.

Product Description

A new Carpathian novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling “queen of paranormal romance.”(USA Today)

Born into a world of ice, slave to her evil father, Lara Calladine knew only paralyzing fear as a child. Only by escaping with her mysterious gifts unbroken would she survive to claim her great Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker…

Now, Lara is in search of the source of her nightmares—the cold, dark corners of her childhood just on the edges of her memory. Only one man has the power and the will to help her: dangerous, arrogant Nicolas De La Cruz.

Together, Lara and Nicolas search the treacherous Carpathian landscape for the truth about their pasts—and discover a passion that neither has ever known before.

About the Author

Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many paranormal romances and novellas.