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What creative characters and an imaginative story line Wolfe has come up with! It is a delightful foray into the legends of Atlantis, King Arthur and the Faerie Kingdoms combined with past lives of the female lead. Jaguar shifters, a Starbourne, a master illusionist, a shaman, the fey, the Queen of Darkness, zombies, a medallion, a special doorway, a soul thief and a journey round out the story.

Mira, the female lead, has always just known things and has been able to tell how people felt. She meets a jaguar shifter who, after almost giving her a heart attack, tells her she needs to go to Denver on a journey where four men will help her find the answers. She learns later all four are immortal and they had all loved one of her past life selves. And because these woman are still apart of her, all four are her soulmates.

This is an urban fantasy story that flirts with being a paranormal romance. There are a couple of steamy scenes with the female lead and two of the four soulmates (individually, not a three-some). The other two soulmates are kinda left out in the cold. {grin}

This could make a great full length novel by adding more to the exploration of the relationship with each soulmate and their interactions with each other. As it is, the main characters are mostly on the go trying to complete the journey all the while the main antagonist is hurling obstacles in their way.

I enjoyed this story and I think urban fantasy and fantasy fans will like this as well.

As American John Locke becomes the first self-published writer to sell a million Kindle electronic books, the first “indie authors” to top the UK e-books chart explain their success.

Fed up that your latest masterpiece has failed to make it out of the literary agents’ “slush piles” of unread manuscripts?

Self-publishing – paying a printer to run off a few hundred copies – has long been available as a last resort to frustrated amateur authors.

But it does not come cheap, and the chances of having a hit are virtually non-existent – it’s with good reason that the practice is known as “vanity publishing”.

Help appears to be at hand in the form of websites on which writers can publish their novels and sell them as e-books for electronic readers such as the Kindle.

On the face of it, the rise of such technology has the potential to democratise the publishing process.

British authors Louise Voss and Mark Edwards gave up on their dream of writing a bestseller years ago when their two finished thrillers failed to attract the attention of publishers.

Voss and Edwards take 35% of the sale price of their e-books

But when Edwards, who is the marketing director of a student finance website, bought an e-book reader last autumn and heard about Amazon’s free direct publication system, he sensed a second chance.

Their second co-written novel, Catch Your Death – the tale of “a killer virus” and “a race to save the world” – is currently number one in the company’s e-books bestsellers chart ahead of works by Stieg Larsson, John Grisham and Michael McIntyre.

It follows the success in the chart of their first novel, Killing Cupid, also still in the top 10.

“Its extraordinary and really unexpected,” says Voss, a concert organiser at Kingston University.

“We did a lot of work and we worked hard to promote them but I don’t think either of us thought in our wildest dreams that we’d be number one for two weeks and have two books in the top 10.”

‘Sales doubled’Apart from their material, the key to success has been learning how best to market their material, including “piggy-backing” on the success of other similar e-books, as well as cross-promoting within their own two novels.

“We rewrote the blurb for Killing Cupid to try to make it a lot more commercial and straightforward and within an hour sales doubled,” she says.

“I was published a few years ago. I had a publishing deal and one of the things that was very distressing was how out of your own hands your destiny is.”

Promotion methods for e-books were “very specific” and “in another six months or so, the publishers will have caught up with how to market books and get them up there and keep them up there”, she added.

Voss and Edwards’ two e-books have achieved combined sales of more than 30,000, with Catch Your Death now selling an average of 1,000 copies a day and Killing Cupid 500.

US contemporary crime writer Locke, who has enjoyed huge success with his Donovan Creed series, boasts on his website that “every seven seconds, 24 hours a day, a John Locke novel is downloaded somewhere in the world”.

Locke, who has become only the eighth member of the “Kindle million club” – alongside authors including Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, Nora Roberts – charges 99 cents for his e-books.

He has said he started with this pricing system as a “loss leader” to entice readers into buying his more expensive titles.

Locke has also written a non-fiction title, How I Sold 1m E-books in Five Months

But “my loss lead became my biggest earner”, he says.

Independent authors who sell their e-books for less than $2.99 (£1.84) receive 35% of that figure, taking 70% for books selling for above that price threshold.

These terms are far more generous than the cut taken by authors in conventional publishing.

Voss says she and Edwards priced low – Catch Your Death is on sale for 95p – “because we’re not known authors” but always intended to raise the price to £1.99 “if the momentum got going”.

But the duo – who as of last week have an agent working on securing a conventional publishing deal – now have no intention of changing the price.

“We’re superstitious and, now that it’s number one, we don’t want to mess with it in case it suddenly drops out of the chart.”

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Published: March 12, 2011
Category: Non-Fiction » Reference » Writing skills
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Everything you need to know to make your manuscript into a self-publishing success! This book is based on my own experience self-publishing my bestselling novel, MERCURY FALLS. Learn how to select a print-on-demand company, how to publish your book for Kindle and other e-readers, and how to market your book to your target audience using social networking and other tools.

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Everything you need to know to make your manuscript into a self-publishing success! This book is based on my own experience self-publishing my bestselling novel, MERCURY FALLS. Learn how to select a print-on-demand company, how to publish your book for Kindle and other e-readers, and how to market your book to your target audience using social networking and other tools.

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Review by: Shannan Sinclair on May 01, 2011 :     
If you are thinking of self-publishing your novel, I highly recommend this book. A straightforward, easy read with very helpful advice.
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Review by: gypsy girl on April 20, 2011 :     
This is how ALL DIY books should be written, by someone that has tried and failed/succeeded by the different things he’s done in the self-publishing industry.

Mr. Kroese gives you real-life examples of what worked for him but doesn’t tell you to do the same, like most DIY authors, because you may not get the same result.

“Self-Publish Your Novel” is an excellent read. Even if you aren’t looking to self-publish right now, it’s worth downloading a copy just and flipping through.

There is some valuable first hand knowledge in this ebook.
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Paranormal Doorway of the Triquetra

Ebook By Lenore Wolfe
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Published: June 12, 2011
Category:Fiction » Literature » Fantasy (paranormal)
Category:Fiction » Literature » Romance – Fantasy
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When an ancient medallion is passed down to her, Mira is not happy to learn she is the next Jaguar Witch, bound by the blood of the Jaguar, to cross the doorway and learn the Way of the Stone. She must find the Doorway of the Triquetra, but each move she makes only leads her to a deeper mystery, where all of her past lives are bound–to four immortal men.

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On the misty streets of Saint Louis, late at one night, Mira spots something she could not possibly be seeing on these city streets, unless the zoo has lost a large black cat, a jaguar to be exact. When she peeks to see if the cat has come after her, an old woman stands before her, long, black hair, threaded with black fur, and shot through with silver, falls down the old woman’s back. She cannot get a sense of her age. Mira senses the jaguar she’d spotted, only moments before, in the movements of this old woman before her. One moment, she appears very old, the next, strong and supple. Her eyes have a strange mixture of yellow-gold, and dark gray. She hands Mira a large, silver disk. Mira looks down at the ancient disk, to find she is holding some kind of medallion, engraved with Hebrew lettering, and when she looks up, the old woman is gone.

The answers to the medallion lead her on a journey to find the Doorway of the Triquerta and revelations of her kin, the Jaguar people, the ancie… (Read more)

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For most people, an experience with social networking helps them connect with new acquaintances and bridge the gap between long-lost friends. But one man has adopted its resources to fulfill a more sinister agenda. Brandon Thornley uses the database to search for potential victims as he feeds his thirst for blood. What Brandon doesn’t realize is that someone has accepted his request…and this person is even more ruthless than him. New Haven Police Detective Patrick Morgan is assigned to investigate a string of ritualistic murders, which leads him to discover that the killer has left behind something valuable. Armed with the evidence he needs to bring a madman to justice, Detective Morgan sets his sights on his target. Unfortunately for him, he’s not the only one, and his competition will do anything to ensure he fails.

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Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed.

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Eric Randall’s plan is simple—fix the mess his researchers have created in Malaysia, experience the pleasures the country has to offer, and return to the comforts of America. All it takes is one beautiful aborigine, and Eric finds himself stranded in a world of Malaysian myths and legends.

A novice shaman amongst her people, Berani is free and independent. Yet all is not well in her homeland. Demons prey on her people, pushing them to extinction. When a strange speaking man invades her forest, she has one more worry to add to her already troubled life. Attraction or no, she will fight Eric tooth and claw to maintain her freedom. But will she destroy herself in the process?

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When an ancient medallion is passed down to her, Mira is not happy to learn she is the next Jaguar Witch, bound by the blood of the Jaguar, to cross the doorway and learn the Way of the Stone. She must find the Doorway of the Triquetra, but each move she makes only leads her to a deeper mystery, where all of her past lives are bound–to four immortal men.

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For seventeen year old Mina Singer, falling in love with an Arthurian Knight on a white horse was never part of the plan – especially being that she’s an ordinary college girl living in the twenty first century.
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An author having a conversation with his fictional character, or losing control of his character, mind numbing points leading one twists and turns spinning the mind of the reader with hallucinogenic colors, concepts, and eurekas. The short stories begin simplified, and walks together with the author as he takes a personal journey deep within the universe of his own consciousness, dwelling, prodding, dissecting, and creating… 

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It’s been three months since former enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon and the notorious assassin Sicarius thwarted kidnappers and saved the emperor’s life. The problem? Nobody knows they were responsible for this good deed. Worse, they’re being blamed for the entire scheme. With enforcers and bounty hunters stalking them, and the emperor nursing a personal hatred for Sicarius, it’s going to be hard to earn exoneration.

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Nobody said exoneration would be easy.

 Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk by Lenore Wolfe (Paranormal Fantasy)

Amanda Kane has always had visions of the man she’s destined to marry–a cowboy who will help her save her ranch. But Hawk is no ordinary cowboy. He carries a powerful secret. A secret that leads to betrayal.

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Published: Feb. 19, 2011
Category:Fiction » Literature » Romance – Western
Category:Fiction » Literature » Romance – Paranormal
Words: 81764 (approximate)
Language: English

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Amanda Kane has always had visions of the man she’s destined to marry–a cowboy who will help her save her ranch. But Hawk is no ordinary cowboy. He carries a powerful secret. A secret that leads to betrayal. She spent years with a secret society of Lakota women, who taught her the ancient ways. Now, she must seek the Grandmothers, from beyond the veil, if they are stop a man behind a mask.

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He was magnificent—standing there, waiting for her to reach his side. And soon after she did, their lives became irrevocably woven together. Mandy likened it to a silvery, invisible thread, joining their hearts. And she knew the Grandmothers smiled.

She felt rebellious, right now, with their sure vision of her path. A path with the Hawk . . . their lives entwined. Her heart pounded—fanciful thoughts. But her mind soon followed down the path her heart had taken, with what would have been—could have been—had she not insisted this marriage be—in name only…. (Read more)

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Review by: Readin Chillin on June 25, 2011 : (no rating)
This book was wonderful and haunts you because of the love, role of family and the spirituality associated with the symbol
of the hawk.
I loved it!!
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Review by: WildAboutBones on June 22, 2011 :   
Posted at: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/171529973
This is a good historical western romance that ends up with not one but two romances with two more burgeoning romances. It also features a brutal massacre, a man with no face who stays in the shadows, betrayal, Indians, land grabbing cold murdering cattle barons, cattle rustling and a couple of subplots.

Mandy, the female lead, is a strong willed young lady whose father has been murdered leaving her a ranch that McCandle wants. She is able to talk telepathically with the Grandmothers and she sees visions. The Grandmothers tell her she is to marry Hawk but she doesn’t want to nor is the alternative acceptable. It is not Hawk she objects to but marriage itself. She’s dreamed of him for years and loved him for as long. She knows they’ve been together in other lifetimes she and is actually drawn to Hawk. He awakens feelings in her she didn’t know existed. With just one smoldering look, he set her blood on fire.

Six year old Jordy McClain, raised by the Cheyenne, becomes Hawk (the male lead) – the “White Indian”, when going to live with the Lakota after seeing his birth father murder his friends and their families. Hawk is a bit on the gifted side. He fights his attraction to Mandy even though he knows they are destined to be together. He feels his soul is already lost, he can’t drag her down too. And when she learns his secret, he’s sure she won’t want him.

Hawk and Mandy are perfect for each other – both strong willed, stubborn and willing to do what needs to be done to get what they want – revenge.

The story has a slow beginning but like a snowball rolling downhill, or an avalanche, it gathers speed and mass. The first quarter of the book is told solely from Mandy’s point of view. Then the story starts to get better when we get Hawk’s point of view as well.

From the publisher’s description I was expecting it to be more paranormal. A little mystical is a better description. Stick with the Goodreads description – it is more accurate.
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Review by: Jayde Scott on June 06, 2011 :     
Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk is a historical romance with paranormal elements that drew me in from the very first sentence. I’m into paranormal romance bit time, usually because I love to read about paranormal creatures, but here it was the beautiful writing and voice that grabbed me from the start and didn’t let me go until the very end.

It’s 1871. Mandy has been fighting off Ashley’s advances for years. She’s neither interested in him as a husband, nor in the possibility of losing her land and ranch to the one evil person that seems to intimidate everyone in the village. Her heart has been filled with love for Hawk with whom she shares a deep spiritual connection, one that keeps calling to her, sending her visions. And while they’re destined to be together and they both know it, Hawk’s been hiding a secret for years, and this secret could cost them both everything they have — even the love they share.

I thought Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk was a beautiful romance with excellent writing and a loveable heroine. Mandy’s as feisty as she is beautiful, and she won’t let a man walk all over her. I also liked Hawk, who’s sexy and brooding and who comes with a dark past that just won’t let him get on with his life. The atmosphere was a foreboding one; one moment there’s hope that everything will turn out as it should, and the next the reader can sense something’s about to take place, but just won’t be able to point out what it is.
This was a fast, action packed read with well-developed characters. While the plot was one of twists and turns, it was the characters and beautiful writing that kept me glued to the page. I know this is one book I’ll read again!
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Review by: Christi Snow on June 03, 2011 :    
My Review:
This was a powerful story and I really enjoyed it. Set in 1871, in Wyoming, this is the story of Mandy, who is fighting to save her ranch from the local bad-guy, McCandle, who wants her ranch and plans to marry her to get it. For years, Mandy has had visions of the man that she will marry and it is not McCandle, it is Hawk.

Hawk is a white man with way too much tragedy in his life. At the age of 6, he was forced to abandon his new-born sister and saw his wagon train murdered by his father. Playing dead in the high grass, he was found and adopted by a Cherokee warrior. At the age of 10, his Cherokee family died and he was adopted by the Lakota. Now he is in Wyoming as a gunslinger with his own ideas for McCandle.

Both Hawk and Mandy have spent a lot of time with the Indians and understand the mystical qualities of the visions that they have both had about each other. But that doesn’t stop them from questioning the wisdom of their joining, although with circumstances the way that they are, and with their explosive chemistry, there really isn’t any other way for them to go.

I loved this story…quite honestly, much more than I expected to (you did notice yesterday what I said about historicals, right?) From the very beginning of the book, I was hooked and read it pretty much in one sitting (and it’s a full-length book.) There is a lot of action and a LOT going on in this book. Hawk is a tough, strong guy, but he is hiding a HUGE secret. He has withstood a lot in his life, but now he is all about protecting Mandy and saving her ranch. To help facilitate that, he brings in Jake and Kid…also, gorgeous tough guys (you can’t have too many of those in a book, you know?) But you know, Mandy is pretty tough too. She has been running the ranch by herself for 3 years and doesn’t like Hawk pushing her around. There are some great scenes with them as they have a battle of wills. The chemistry between the two of them is wonderfully written.

This is a wonderful western full of the mystical, magical Indian lore. It features a great romance (actually a few of them as you see some of the side characters fall in love too) and great cowboy action. There were a few minor issues with the book…the first half has some disjointed scenes that were a little distracting, but the quality of the story line (for me anyway) just made these a minor annoyance. The author also lists this as paranormal. I am not sure I would agree with that although seeing the bits about the next book in the series, I think that I can see where it’s going to a more paranormal slant as a series. This particular book, though, I would simply consider historical with some heavy mystical qualities. ;o)

I definitely would recommend this book especially if you are a fan of western romance. It was emotional, beautiful, and even suspenseful. A fabulous read!
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Published: Feb. 19, 2011
Category:Fiction » Literature » Romance – Western
Category:Fiction » Literature » Romance – Paranormal
Words: 81764 (approximate)
Language: English

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Ebook Short Description

Amanda Kane has always had visions of the man she’s destined to marry–a cowboy who will help her save her ranch. But Hawk is no ordinary cowboy. He carries a powerful secret. A secret that leads to betrayal. She spent years with a secret society of Lakota women, who taught her the ancient ways. Now, she must seek the Grandmothers, from beyond the veil, if they are stop a man behind a mask.

Extended Description

Excerpt:
He was magnificent—standing there, waiting for her to reach his side. And soon after she did, their lives became irrevocably woven together. Mandy likened it to a silvery, invisible thread, joining their hearts. And she knew the Grandmothers smiled.

She felt rebellious, right now, with their sure vision of her path. A path with the Hawk . . . their lives entwined. Her heart pounded—fanciful thoughts. But her mind soon followed down the path her heart had taken, with what would have been—could have been—had she not insisted this marriage be—in name only…. (Read more

Review by: Readin Chillin on June 25, 2011 : (no rating)
This book was wonderful and haunts you because of the love, role of family and the spirituality associated with the symbol
of the hawk.
I loved it!!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: WildAboutBones on June 22, 2011 :   
Posted at: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/171529973
This is a good historical western romance that ends up with not one but two romances with two more burgeoning romances. It also features a brutal massacre, a man with no face who stays in the shadows, betrayal, Indians, land grabbing cold murdering cattle barons, cattle rustling and a couple of subplots.

Mandy, the female lead, is a strong willed young lady whose father has been murdered leaving her a ranch that McCandle wants. She is able to talk telepathically with the Grandmothers and she sees visions. The Grandmothers tell her she is to marry Hawk but she doesn’t want to nor is the alternative acceptable. It is not Hawk she objects to but marriage itself. She’s dreamed of him for years and loved him for as long. She knows they’ve been together in other lifetimes she and is actually drawn to Hawk. He awakens feelings in her she didn’t know existed. With just one smoldering look, he set her blood on fire.

Six year old Jordy McClain, raised by the Cheyenne, becomes Hawk (the male lead) – the “White Indian”, when going to live with the Lakota after seeing his birth father murder his friends and their families. Hawk is a bit on the gifted side. He fights his attraction to Mandy even though he knows they are destined to be together. He feels his soul is already lost, he can’t drag her down too. And when she learns his secret, he’s sure she won’t want him.

Hawk and Mandy are perfect for each other – both strong willed, stubborn and willing to do what needs to be done to get what they want – revenge.

The story has a slow beginning but like a snowball rolling downhill, or an avalanche, it gathers speed and mass. The first quarter of the book is told solely from Mandy’s point of view. Then the story starts to get better when we get Hawk’s point of view as well.

From the publisher’s description I was expecting it to be more paranormal. A little mystical is a better description. Stick with the Goodreads description – it is more accurate.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Jayde Scott on June 06, 2011 :     
Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk is a historical romance with paranormal elements that drew me in from the very first sentence. I’m into paranormal romance bit time, usually because I love to read about paranormal creatures, but here it was the beautiful writing and voice that grabbed me from the start and didn’t let me go until the very end.

It’s 1871. Mandy has been fighting off Ashley’s advances for years. She’s neither interested in him as a husband, nor in the possibility of losing her land and ranch to the one evil person that seems to intimidate everyone in the village. Her heart has been filled with love for Hawk with whom she shares a deep spiritual connection, one that keeps calling to her, sending her visions. And while they’re destined to be together and they both know it, Hawk’s been hiding a secret for years, and this secret could cost them both everything they have — even the love they share.

I thought Dark Warrior: To Tame a Wild Hawk was a beautiful romance with excellent writing and a loveable heroine. Mandy’s as feisty as she is beautiful, and she won’t let a man walk all over her. I also liked Hawk, who’s sexy and brooding and who comes with a dark past that just won’t let him get on with his life. The atmosphere was a foreboding one; one moment there’s hope that everything will turn out as it should, and the next the reader can sense something’s about to take place, but just won’t be able to point out what it is.
This was a fast, action packed read with well-developed characters. While the plot was one of twists and turns, it was the characters and beautiful writing that kept me glued to the page. I know this is one book I’ll read again!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Christi Snow on June 03, 2011 :    
My Review:
This was a powerful story and I really enjoyed it. Set in 1871, in Wyoming, this is the story of Mandy, who is fighting to save her ranch from the local bad-guy, McCandle, who wants her ranch and plans to marry her to get it. For years, Mandy has had visions of the man that she will marry and it is not McCandle, it is Hawk.

Hawk is a white man with way too much tragedy in his life. At the age of 6, he was forced to abandon his new-born sister and saw his wagon train murdered by his father. Playing dead in the high grass, he was found and adopted by a Cherokee warrior. At the age of 10, his Cherokee family died and he was adopted by the Lakota. Now he is in Wyoming as a gunslinger with his own ideas for McCandle.

Both Hawk and Mandy have spent a lot of time with the Indians and understand the mystical qualities of the visions that they have both had about each other. But that doesn’t stop them from questioning the wisdom of their joining, although with circumstances the way that they are, and with their explosive chemistry, there really isn’t any other way for them to go.

I loved this story…quite honestly, much more than I expected to (you did notice yesterday what I said about historicals, right?) From the very beginning of the book, I was hooked and read it pretty much in one sitting (and it’s a full-length book.) There is a lot of action and a LOT going on in this book. Hawk is a tough, strong guy, but he is hiding a HUGE secret. He has withstood a lot in his life, but now he is all about protecting Mandy and saving her ranch. To help facilitate that, he brings in Jake and Kid…also, gorgeous tough guys (you can’t have too many of those in a book, you know?) But you know, Mandy is pretty tough too. She has been running the ranch by herself for 3 years and doesn’t like Hawk pushing her around. There are some great scenes with them as they have a battle of wills. The chemistry between the two of them is wonderfully written.

This is a wonderful western full of the mystical, magical Indian lore. It features a great romance (actually a few of them as you see some of the side characters fall in love too) and great cowboy action. There were a few minor issues with the book…the first half has some disjointed scenes that were a little distracting, but the quality of the story line (for me anyway) just made these a minor annoyance. The author also lists this as paranormal. I am not sure I would agree with that although seeing the bits about the next book in the series, I think that I can see where it’s going to a more paranormal slant as a series. This particular book, though, I would simply consider historical with some heavy mystical qualities. ;o)

I definitely would recommend this book especially if you are a fan of western romance. It was emotional, beautiful, and even suspenseful. A fabulous read!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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