"Great beginning of Paranormal Romatic Suspense Series"
Awaiting a Catherine Spangler book is like waiting for
that
elusive present you only get on birthdays or Christmas
mornings. Her gripping sci-fi romance originals have
delighted fans of the genre for quite a long while and I
couldn't have been happier to see this new release.
Spangler takes a break from the future though and opens
our
eyes to an evil walking right here, amongst humans on
present day earth. Dr. Kara Cantrell is hiding from an ancient evil, one that
took her beloved from her and one that now has the power
to
destroy her son Alex as well. When she spies Sentinel
Damien Morgan, a dispenser of Atlantian justice, she's
sure
trouble has found her again. He wants her--to help track
down the Belian, crazed followers of an ancient dark rebel
Atlantian that is committing murders in her town of Zorro,
Texas. With his responsibilities in the forefront, Damien
cannot afford the distractions the lovely Kara brings to
his emotionally stripped world. He will do everything in
his power to gain her help, for if she refuses, the
citizens of Zorro will be in far greater danger than they
have ever imagined. Malice and murder have set sights on
Kara and Alex and only Damien can stop it. Will Kara let
go
of her past fears in time to help...and will Damien learn
to open his heart to what he thought never to have? One of those all-nighters, "Touched by Darkness" is a fast-
paced, action infused thrill of a romance. No one pens a
tale of this magnitude like author Spangler and I am
absolutely thrilled with her newest series. Kara is a
mother desperate to preserve a sense of normalcy for a son
that is anything but normal. Her plight is heartbreaking,
but at the same time readers are reassured by Damien's
handling of the problem. He steps in, as mentor to Alex
and
at the same time must guard himself against a growing
attraction to Kara. Damien and Kara's romance is one that
simmers slowly and builds to a heart-tripping crescendo,
only to build again and again over the course of the
story.
Spangler's style, I'm happy to say, has changed quite
spectacularly with this new series and she infuses a new
feeling into it, guaranteeing readers are getting a
totally
new experience from her. At the end of the book, I am
still
flying high in anticipation of the next one, "Touched by
Fire" which is due out fall of 2007. As always, Ms.
Spangler, one hundred percent satisfied.
Reviewed by Kenda Montgomery
Posted January 24, 2007
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Dr. Kara Cantrell settled in the sleepy town of Zorro, Texas, convinced she and her child had escaped the sinister reach of a supernatural underworld. But now dark forces may jeopardize her new life. Her only hope is Damien Morgan, a dangerous, alluring man with superhuman abilities. He and Kara share a mystical link that triggers desires they must ignore. But as they work together to protect her son, and begin tracking the evil stalking them, something threatens to push them toward the edge...of darkness. Look for TOUCHED BY FIRE, Luke Paxton's story, in October 2007.
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