Review – The Bodyguard anthology by Adair, Showalter and O’Clare

Blurb

Cherry Adair: “Temptation on Ice”

When paranormal operative Sebastian Tremayne heads to the Arctic Circle to keep an eye on red-hot physicist Michaela Giese, the polar ice cap isn2527t the only thing in danger of melting. This beautiful brainy woman could spark a nuclear disaster he cannot stop—even with magic—and ignite a fiery passion he cannot resist…

Gena Showalter: “Temptation in Shadows”

Tall, lean, muscular—and definitely rough around the edges—Sean Walker is not your typical nightclub bodyguard. He2527s a controller of shadows, able to wield darkness at will. But when a mysterious woman at the club turns out to have powers greater than his own, he has no choice but seduction…

Lorie O2527Clare: “Hunting Temptation”

A manhunter by trade, Seth is on the trail of his most dangerous prey yet: a living, breathing, man-eating werewolf. But the last thing he expects to catch in his trap is a beautiful, beguiling woman—with some wild animal urges of her own…

Review

Temptation on Ice – Cherry Adair
 
I2527ve heard of Cherry before but this story is the first
I2527ve read by her. While a good story, I feel that the history/purpose of the
T-FLAC team wasn2527t as detailed as it should2527ve been for a newbie reader to pick
up the book. It2527s evidently in the middle of a series and the books before it
should be read for a better understanding.
Sebastian was a great, sexy character and I respected
Micheala so much but the torture she suffered was hard to handle at times (I
normally don2527t mind reading about a main character who was abused but I think I
just wasn2527t in the mood for something depressing). I loved that wizards, magic
and psychic abilities played a big part in the book.
I feel that the characters jumped in bed together too
quickly but I understand their urgency so I2527m able to overlook it. What I
didn2527t like was the second time they slept together. Being stuck inside a tiny
sub tank, hidden in an ice cave with Russian and Chinese terrorists searching
for the sub, along with a nuclear bomb ready to denote in a few minutes a few
miles away is not a proper situation to get busy.
Overall, I enjoyed the story. I didn2527t find any typos and
the writing flowed beautifully. I hope to read more books in the T-FLAC series
in the future.
3 Stars
 
Temptation in Shadows – Gena Showalter
 
Gena is one of my favorite authors and she2527s the reason
why I picked up this anthology.
The first chapter really grabbed me as we watch Sean and
Gabrielle escape their kidnappers, then learn that Sean orchestrated the whole
thing. I didn2527t like that chapters two, three and four were flashbacks to weeks
before to explain why Sean kidnapped Gabby. Luckily, chapter five picked up
where the first chapter left off.
Abused and experimented on as a child, Gabby2527s psychic
gift is amazing but it2527s horrible that she has it. Sean was abused, too, but
the non-government agency he works for has helped him overcome his pain and
trauma, which is what he wants to do for Gabby.
I don2527t think this novella is part of a series but I hope
Gena starts one. I2527d love to read more about the side characters, like Rowan
and Bentley, and Rose Briar sounds like a kick-ass paranormal agency.
I found a few typos which we annoying but not enough to
for me to put down the book. Gena often writes in fragment sentences to better
show the emotion of a character and, while that used to really bother me, I2527ve
gotten used to it because the plots of her stories are just so good.
4 Stars
 
Hunting Temptation – Lorie O2527Clare
 
Lorie is another new author for me and I really liked her
werewolf story. I2527m more a vampire type of gal, so I don2527t read wolf stories
often, but I2527m glad I picked this one up.
An evil rogue werewolf is released from prison and
killing people. Seth is a bounty hunter and relies on Jeremy, a mysterious man
who baffles him, for help in some of his tougher cases.  Sparks fly when Seth meets Jeremy2527s younger
sister, Jenna, and then he2527s drawn into the dangerous world of the werewolves.
An interesting twist of wolf lure, I really liked how the
werewolves2527 eyes turned silver instead of the normal gold as I2527ve read about
before and seen in movies.
There were more typos in this story than I usually find
acceptable. I don2527t know why the author or editor didn2527t catch words like
‘gave2527 when it should be ‘give2527 or a few words missing altogether in the
sentence. I continued to read it because I was totally engrossed in the
characters and I want to read more in Lorie2527s werewolf series in the future.
3.5 Stars
 



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