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The fourth original eBook in the steamy
Shadows paranormal romance series features a woman forced to choose a mate, and a Shifter prince who may need to give up everything to win her.
Held hostage until she chooses a mate, Kendra Terriot must play a careful courtship game when choosing among the dangerous Shifter heirs. As a prince in the House of Terriot, Cale knows he can be the leader his clan needs with Kendra at his side, but first he must learn to become the kind of man she desires. In a treacherous race for the crown, where weakness means death, the only way to win her trust could mean surrendering his throne. But the only way to win her heart could mean letting her go…
This book was a tough one. I’ve actually re-written this review four times because I want to be fair.
The first two chapters are choppy and violent. Just a really strong and negative first impression of some sort of MMA fighter’s twisted fantasy. Then you get the rest of the book, which is cohesive, multi-dimensional and most importantly more plot than posture.
The book centers on the Terriot Clan of Nevada. I was able to ascertain that they are wolf shifters but not much more than that. The book never establishes a back story for the shifter powers and abilities.
The Terriots are ruled by a ruthlessly violent patriarch who nurtures dissension among his sons to the point that he has twelve sons by 12 different women. The patriot’s name is Bram which immediately conjures a comparison with Bram, the patriarch of the wolves in The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. But that is where the similarities end because the styles of these books are as different as oil and water.
Cale and Kendra grew up together in the pack but are tragically split apart by a horrific act of violence perpetrated by Bram and witnessed by both lovers as children. Kendra is smuggled out of the Terriot compound and raised in semi-seclusion for most of her life. Now in her late 20′s Kendra is brought back to the Terriot compound to participate in a competition to choose Bram’s next successor and their mate. The sons are made to compete against one another in a series of battles and events that leave several brothers dead or wounded. Kendra is selected to be the new mate of the competition’s winner.
Before the book is finished the story will touch on rape, incest, child abuse, drug addition, spousal abuse, fratricide, patricide, murder, and clan warfare. You will not learn why it took so long to get Kendra back to the complex. You won’t even begin to understand how she couldn’t have a a clue that Silas was married and a had a child. There are many more questions but they are also spoilers so I don’t want to go into detail.
The writing in this story is weak in several places. The hyphen has been overused to the point of exhaustion, two or more at a time in an attempt to create non-existent words. Why not take the time to think of a better word? And, bless their hearts, the lead characters in this novel just aren’t that smart. Kendra is brave, naive and immature. Cale is malicious, arrogant and emotionally conflicted. In other words, this is very much a soap opera type of drama with MMA fighting, villains galore, huge betrayal and ok sex scenes. At its core, Prince of Shadows is a story about true love and its power to redeem and save those it touches.
This novel hits e-stands on May 27th.
Author: Amy Bartol
Title: Intuition
Release: December 2011
Series: The Premonition #2
Reviewer: Eowyn
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon
I don’t open my eyes so I can’t see him, but I can smell him. He thickens the air I breathe, choking me with …
Author: Amanda Forester
Title: A Wedding in Springtime
Release: May 7, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: The Marriage Mart #1
Source: Publisher
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Five minutes into Miss Eugenia Talbot’s presentation at court, notorious rogue Mr. William Grant made her …
Author: Susan Elia MacNeal
Title: His Majesty’s Hope
Release: May 14, 2013
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Publisher
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World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle intrepid …
Author: Leila Howland
Title: Nantucket Blue
Release: May 7, 2013
Reviewer: Mona Leigh
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
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For Cricket Thompson, a summer like this one will change everything. A summer spent on Nantucket with her best friend, Jules …
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CAGED WARRIOR BY LINDSEY PIPER
The first installment in this fierce and sensual new paranormal romance series features demonic gladiators, ruthless mafia villains, and a proud race on the brink of extinction.Ten years ago, Audrey MacLaren chose …
Author: Bec McMaster
Title: Heart of Iron
Release: May 7, 2013
Reviewer: Chrissy
Series: London Steampunk #2
Source: Publisher
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In Victorian London, if you’re not a blue blood of the Echelon then you’re nothing at all. The …
Author: Jocelynn Drake
Title: Dead Man’s Deal
Release: May 7, 2013
Series: The Asylum Tales #2
Reviewer: Mona Leigh
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
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The dark and dangerous follow-up that continues the adventures of a magical tattoo artist begun in …
Author: Grace Burrowes
Title: Nicholas
Release: May 7, 2013
Series: Lonely Lords #2
Reviewer: Mona Leigh
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
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Nicholas Haddonfield has something to hide…
After a wild youth, Nicholas Haddonfield, Viscount Reston, has promised his ailing father he’ll …
It’s May 3rd which for the past 6 years since I discovered Sookie Stackhouse can only mean one thing. The next book will be out this coming week! Only this year it’s different. It’s the …
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Author: Julie Kagawa
Title: The Eternity Cure
Release: April 30, 2013
Series: Blood of Eden #2
Reviewer: Mona Leigh
Source: Publisher/NetGalley
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Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured …
THE UNION STREET BAKERY BY MARY ELLEN TAYLOR
Life can turn on a dime. It’s a common cliché, and I’d heard it often enough. People die or move away. Investments go south. Affairs end. Loved ones betray us…Stuff …
In conjunction with the release of her new book, Twice Tempted, Jeaniene Frost came to Doll Elvie’s local Barnes & Noble and graciously consented to answer readers’ questions and sign anything put in front of …
Author: Teresa Grant
Title: The Paris Affair
Release: March 26, 2013
Reviewer: Noa
Source: Personal library
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In the wake of the Battle of Waterloo, the Bourbon court in Paris and their victorious allies give lavish parties …
Author: Jeaniene Frost
Title: Twice Tempted
Release: March 26, 2013
Series: Night Prince #2,
Night Huntress – Complete World #10
Reviewer: Elvie
Source: Personal Library
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Dating the Prince of Darkness has its challenges…
Leila’s psychic abilities have been failing …
Author: Amy Noelle
Title: Code Red
Release: April 11, 2013
Reviewer: Teresa
Source: Publisher
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After getting hurt in college by a gorgeous man, Nicole Magette vowed never to risk losing her heart again. Now she lives …
Amy Carol Reeves is a Hoosier by birth, a South Carolinian by marriage, and a Victorian governess in her imagination. She has a PhD in nineteenth-century British literature and published academic articles before deciding that …
Author: Maureen O. Betita
Title: A Caribbean Spell
Release: March 5, 2013
Series: A Caribbean Spell #1
Reviewer: Eowyn
Source: Publisher
Purchase: Amazon
First in an exciting new series from the author of The Kraken’s Caribbean. Blending romance, pirates, paranormal, scifi and …
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