A chilling tale of loss, tragedy, psychic warfare, and eternal love.
Amber Macklin’s world is cruelly shattered when she loses her baby girl three months after her husband’s sudden death. Her cousin, Bryce, comes to her rescue, moving her into his home for fear she will kill herself from the grief. He provides solace and a shoulder to cry on, and he has loved her as more than a cousin for a long time. Amber and Bryce soon discover they are not blood relatives, which opens the door for romance as he pulls her through her darkest hours. When Mike, a college friend of Bryce’s, stops by to visit, Amber senses a deadly secret behind his nice guy persona. She has a frightening dream that Mike is trying to kill her and recurring sleepwalking episodes where she draws detailed pictures of him torturing her. Deeply troubled, Bryce uses his ability to astral travel to investigate Mike and uncover his terrifying past. Mike has had his eye on Amber for some time, and when he learns that Bryce and Amber have become lovers, he is furious. Mike abducts Amber and takes her to his rural Georgia hideaway, and Bryce must rely on his astral abilities to track her down. But will he be too late?
Uncaged Review: This book straddles the line between suspense, thriller and paranormal. The paranormal and the time travel is more of an ability to astral travel, which is the ability for the soul to travel outside the body, and Bryce uses his ability to try to save Amber after she’s abducted. There is a lot going on in this book, and it keeps a great pace. This is the second book in the series, but the authors gives us a great prologue to catch you up in case it’s been awhile since you read the first one, or like in my case, you didn’t read the first.
I definitely enjoyed this story and the originality. This book is well written and well worth your time. Reviewed by Cyrene
Uncaged: Can you tell readers more about your Cat’s Paw Cove series that you have running?
The Cat’s Paw Cove series features paranormal romances set in or around the fictional town of Cat’s Paw Cove, Florida, located south of St. Augustine on the Atlantic coast. The name Cat’s Paw Cove is derived from the small islands in the harbor, which look like the pads of a kitty’s paw. The town was founded in 1645 by a few British families that (mostly) survived a shipwreck on their way from England to Barbados.
My longtime friend and fellow romance author Wynter Daniels and I had talked about creating a shared story world, and since we both love cats, and have both adopted rescue kitties from local animal shelters, we decided to create our own breed of feline, called Sherwoods, that have magical abilities and had arrived in the town along with the founding families. All of the Cat’s Paw Cove stories will include at least one kitty.
We founded CPC Publishing in January 2019 and kicked off the series in September with a fun, fast-paced time travel romance called A Witch in Time, which we co-wrote. Our multi-author holiday anthology, Meows & Mistletoe, was officially launched at a special two-hour event on November 2 at the Orlando Cat Café. Wynter has her own connected books within Cat’s Paw Cove, and so do I, and we also have 13 guest authors writing about the town, its businesses, annual events, and historical sites. Five Cat’s Paw Cove series books are available now in print and eBook; two are also available in audio, and we have a fabulous lineup of all-new stories to be released in 2020.
Uncaged: You also write in the historical genre and you’ve taken part in several collections and sets. How do those come about?
I’ve written over 20 historical romances and plan to continue to write them as well as contemporary-set Cat’s Paw Cove books. One of the joys of being an author is meeting other writers, sharing marketing ideas and strategies, and helping each other find new readers. Boxed set bundles are a great way to cross-promote and hopefully connect with people who haven’t read our stories before. I’ve coordinated a number of historical romance collections and am participating in several for 2020.
Uncaged: What are you working on next that you can tell us about?
I have several new projects in the planning stages: a medieval novella for a historical romance bundle that will be published next Fall; a sequel to Hot Magic, my Cat’s Paw Cove series novel about a modern-day antiques dealer who is actually a reincarnated 12th century knight, and his cat, who is in fact his reincarnated teenage squire; a sequel to A Witch in Time, which I will co-write with Wynter; and two other historical romance stories that would be part of multi-author bundles in 2020. I’m glad to be busy, but some days I wish I could write in my sleep. LOL!
Read the rest of the interview in the issue of Uncaged Book Reviews below.
Catherine Kean is an award-winning, Kindle Unlimited All-Star author of medieval romances whose creative muse has coaxed her to also write in other romance genres. She wrote her first medieval romance, A Knight’s Vengeance, while her baby daughter was napping, and now has a backlist of over 20 published books.
Catherine’s novels were originally published in paperback and several were released in Czech, German, and Thai foreign editions. She’s won numerous awards for her stories, including the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Her novels also finaled in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the National Readers’ Choice Awards, and the International Digital Awards.
In 2019, she co-founded CPC Publishing with author Wynter Daniels and is busy writing books for the Cat’s Paw Cove Romance series.
When not working on her next book, Catherine enjoys cooking, baking, browsing antique shops, shopping with her daughter, and gardening. She lives in Central Florida with two spoiled rescue cats.
While clearing out her late mother’s home in Cat’s Paw Cove, Florida, Molly Hendrickson finds an unusual antique necklace. Wearing it makes her feel confident and sexy—things she hasn’t felt since her ex broke off their engagement or, really, ever. She decides to keep the jewel but takes other items to Black Cat Antiquities, the local antique store, to have them appraised.
Lucian Lord, a reincarnated 12th century knight, moved to Cat’s Paw Cove after a scandal in which he revealed his magical abilities to his former girlfriend. Demoted by his superiors, he’s running the antiques shop while his grandfather is on vacation. But, when Molly brings in artifacts tainted by dark magic, Lucian is duty-bound to find and contain the dangerous energy before it wreaks havoc not only on the town, but the world.
Living by the knightly code of honor, Lucian vows to help Molly, especially when he realizes the necklace is the source of the ancient magic he’s hunting. He’s determined to save his headstrong damsel and redeem his tarnished reputation—but first, things will get very, very hot.
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Did he see anything that interested him?
Hell, yeah.
Lucian clenched his jaw on a silent groan while he fought to control his inappropriate stirrings of desire. He gripped the rounded edges of the desk and pretended to be contemplating the items in front of him. Far better than what he really wanted to do: walk around the counter, pull her into his arms, and kiss her.
Regardless of her perfect, cherry-red lipstick.
Regardless of the fact they’d only just met.
Regardless of the fact she was a client, placing her trust in his professionalism.
What was wrong with him? Sure, she was a beautiful woman, but he’d known many beauties. Something about her, though, intrigued him and sent anticipation tingling through his veins: The slightly wry curve of her mouth, or the kindness he sensed within her, or the intelligence in her bright blue eyes.
He’d never been tempted so intensely before. Not even by his ex, Stephanie, a successful model with a wicked sense of humor and a passion for running marathons. His heart constricted as a memory flashed though his mind, of Steph wheeling her suitcase out of their apartment and slamming the door behind her.
Bitterness gnawed, because her leaving wasn’t entirely his fault. Of course he could have done a few things differently in their relationship, but his duties for the Experts had created the rift between them. Those same duties would stand between him and a less-than-superficial relationship with any woman.
They always would.
“Don’t look so grumpy, Lucian,” Galahad mewed from Molly’s arms. How smug the squire sounded, as though he’d guessed how much Lucian liked her. The squire would know Lucian’s taste in women, though, after more than eight hundred years spent together.
“What was that meow for, Galahad?” Molly cooed. “She likes me,” the feline said. “Ohhh, but she knows how to pet me juuuust right.”
Lucian’s fingers tightened on the desk.
“You are cheeky, with all that kitty talk.” Molly nuzzled the cat’s head.
Lucian silently groaned. If only she knew what the hormone-driven teenager she cuddled was really saying. Thankfully, she’d never find out.
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As a Taurus witch, it’s hardly a surprise that she dreams of warlocks. Yet each time, it’s the same mysterious man with long black hair and icy blue eyes. For years, he haunts her dreams… until the day she finally meets him, face to face.
Liam.
When Liam steps out from the shadows, he claims he’s come to protect her. Tall, dangerous, and ethereal, he has a noble bearing… and a dark edge.
Though Liam is everything Elaine should fear, he speaks to her with a strange familiarity, stirring distant recollections. Everything about him is woven through the fabric of her shattered memory: His voice. His touch. His promise to keep her safe.
And while her memories of Liam are sparse, she finds herself drawn to him in a way that suggests he’s the very opposite of her enemy.
Liam’s dark nature drives him to possess her. Elaine knows she should resist… but with his first wicked touch, she’s lost to his seduction.
Uncaged Review: This book is a great surprise for me – with some original takes on the faerie worlds. The characters are likable and memorable. When Elaine escaped the Blackfrost Lord in Arcadia, her memories were ripped to shreds, but a man haunted her dreams – and when she finally comes face to face with him, she begins to remember bits and pieces. The chemistry that these two have jump off the page, and the world building is terrific. When Elaine needs to return to Arcadia – to help Liam, she begins to learn the truth of everything.
The book keeps a nice pace and author does a nice job with this new world – and I’m definitely onboard for book two, which is Simon’s story – whom we met here in book one. Reviewed by Cyrene
Uncaged: Your latest book will release on January 2, and it’s the fifth book in a series. Can you tell us more about this series? Does a reader have to read these in order or can they be picked up anywhere in the series?
After the Soviets shot down the U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers over the USSR, the CIA and the President vowed to never again put a manned surveillance aircraft in harm’s way. The problem was, of course, that in the early 1960s the state of technology didn’t allow for reliable unmanned surveillance flights on an as-needed basis. My books are based on the premise that a retired CIA executive teams with a retired Marine Corps fighter pilot to conduct secret limited aerial surveillance missions on a contracted basis for the CIA, in apparent direct opposition to the national policy. The only people who knows of this unique black program is the President, the CIA Director, and the retired CIA exec and the Marine pilot. The program becomes wildly successful and missions are expanded. It allows the President and the CIA to use the pilot and his airplane in various ways not ever envisioned by previous CIA Directors or Presidents, such as finding and killing the top 100 terrorists on the planet.
After spending a few years with the U.S. Border Patrol, the pilot, Drue Duncan Hunter, develops the skills “to find people who do not want to be found.” The secret to his success is a unique “quiet airplane,” one of 11 which were built for the U.S. Army at the end of the Vietnam War. And he doesn’t only find terrorists but “enemies, both foreign and domestic.” Politicians with split allegiances. My five novels are based on various international missions (such as finding terrorists camps or hideouts, or the location of hostages in the mountains of Colombia, or conduct aerial eradication of opium poppies in Afghanistan).
I purposefully designed my novels so that they do not have to be read in order. Reading them in order is helpful. At book signings I tell prospective readers that they can pick up any of my novels and they will be brought up to speed very quickly on the previous exploits of Duncan Hunter.
Uncaged: Is this an open-ended series or do you have set plans on how far the series will go?
I believe my cast of characters are “older and more mature” than what you’d find in other series of novels. In many ways these are the exploits of men and women at the top of their game, near the end of their careers, racing to finish the “unfinished business” of some of the major terrorism problems of the intelligence community before they are also retired from the program. After eradicating the vast majority of terrorists abroad, Hunter and company find there are enemies “domestically” and struggle with how to deal with them. I think there’ll be several more Duncan Hunter novels.
Uncaged: Aviation has been a huge part of your life, from the dreams of a child to the time in the military. First of all, thank you for your service. Do you still fly for recreation?
I say the only way I fly now is “first class.” After flying jets off carriers, I’m comfortable with my past and gladly allow others to take me where I want to go. I’m one of the luckiest guys I know—anytime a kid gets to fly the jet of his dreams, that is a remarkable story.
Read the rest of this interview in the issue below
Mark A. Hewitt is a retired aviation executive, college professor, and military pilot. The ideas for his books spring from life experiences, his extensive international travel, and an admiration for the unique “quiet” spyplanes from the Vietnam War. He holds a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His novels have been approved by the CIA’s Publication Review Board.
Basking in the glory of killing Osama bin Laden, the President revealed that US Navy SEALs carried out the mission. His constant heralding of their heroism and capabilities damaged the SEAL’s operational security, revealed tricks of their trade, and endangered them and their families.
As some in the Special Operations community expected and feared, a number of SEALs are systematically killed across the country. The Navy’s legendary SEAL commander, Captain Bill McGee, believes he is the next target of a sniper and seeks help from a close friend with unusual contacts and capabilities.
Duncan Hunter, a retired Marine Corps fighter pilot, flies a top-secret airplane with his mentor, Greg Lynche, the sometimes über-liberal retired CIA Chief of Air Branch. Together, in their quiet airplane, they execute some of the CIA’s most sensitive airborne counterterrorism missions under a Special Access Program. Saving McGee from a sniper’s bullet comes at a price as Duncan Hunter finds himself at the crossroads – either remain a contract pilot and betray a friend or become a patriot and risk exposure as a traitor. His decision pulls him into one intrigue after another, finally revealing the truth behind several conspiracies hidden behind the firewalls of top-secret security clearances, CIA files, and Special Access Programs.
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0700 October 10, 1996 Del Rio International Airport, Del Rio, Texas
The overnight thunderstorms blew out just in time. Duncan Hunter sat back in his chair and stared into the distance, as dozens of maquiladoras on the other side of the Rio Grande disappeared over the horizon and into the haze. Aircraft mechanics slogged through the hangar dripping with sweat. In a couple hours, it would be show time.
It was another humid Thursday in Del Rio, and the US Border Patrol’s Director of Aircraft Maintenance would soon be on his way to the other end of the airfield either to bring Border Patrol aviation into the 20th century or watch it lapse back into a glorified flying club—or die altogether.
The uncertainty made Hunter nervous. For a former Marine fighter pilot, the feeling was new and a bit unsettling. There was a career resting on how well the presentation went. Depending on who one talked with, it was not a good fit having a former fighter pilot and aircraft maintenance officer with a couple of graduate degrees as the Border Patrol’s new Aircraft Maintenance Director. It was an odd choice for a new civil servant with little to no civil aviation experience.
Law-enforcement aviation and FAA regulations were completely different beasts than military flight and maintenance operations, but the GAO report suggested either the Border Patrol get some adult leadership to turn its aviation program around, or it would be shut down.
Not many applied for the job. Hunter was a surprise selection. Within the first hour of his first day, he met the crusty old Chief Pilot for the first time. Charles Rodriguez jabbed a finger into Hunter’s chest and spat, “Who the fuck do you know in the Border Patrol?”
Taken completely by surprise by the outburst from the short, heavily wrinkled man in a flight suit, Hunter coolly replied, “You try that again, and I’ll break your finger. I don’t know anyone in the Border Patrol.” He saw a rectangular nametag, a Border Patrol aviation patch, and a shoulder holster containing a 9mm Beretta.
Skye Giovanni was seven years old the first time death came to her.
She has been haunted by visions of death since she was a child. It is her legacy and her curse. What good is power when you have no control over it?
Detective Lucas MacConnell is being hunted.
Crime scenes with ritualistic murders are starting to pop up everywhere, and the only thing Lucas knows for sure is that the mysterious Skye is at the center of it all.
An ancient power rises determined to end them both.
Thrown together by fate, and a destiny slowly spiraling out of their control, they will have to learn to trust each other or the next deaths might be their own.
Uncaged Review: This is a great first book, and very different from most magical fantasies that are on the market today. We are met with Druids and Gypsies, and the Fae in this book. The characters are well flushed out, and likable, and the world building is good without bogging down the book. The chemistry between the characters is spot on, and the author drags this out as a slow burn. Even though the book takes place over only a few days, a lot happens in the amount of time.
My only grump about the whole book, is even though it didn’t leave off on a cliffhanger that has you gritting your teeth, it’s still a cliffhanger and I knew as the book drug on that they weren’t going to solve this arc in the amount of space that was left in the book. It didn’t even solve any of the small arcs within the main one. But this is a trilogy, and I am all in. Reviewed by Cyrene
Dr. Alexander Manning’s vampire allegiant demands loyalty and secrecy. Keeping their existence hidden from humans is the Prime Directive. So when he accidentally reveals himself to a woman, a beautiful woman he can’t resist, he’s forced to make a choice: report her to his commander or ‘deal’ with her himself.
Both Alex’s loyalty and secrecy are tested.
Elizabeth should be afraid of tall, handsome, god-like Alexander, who she’s figured out is a vampire. Knowing he’ll come for her, she prepares for the worst and even considers sending her daughter away to live with her ex.
Alexander shows up, not to harm her though. To seduce her. Nights of unending pleasure however take a very serious turn, neither was expecting.
Until Alex’s past catches up to him and threatens to destroy his precious secretive world with Elizabeth and loyalty to her and her adorable seven-year-old daughter.
Will Alex obey his allegiant commander and submit to a woman he hates, or fight?
Never force a vampire to mate…
Uncaged Review: I haven’t read a good vampire romance in some time, and this is a nice start to a new series. It did start a little slow for me, and that could have been from the switching point of views from chapter to chapter. I think it might have made it easier if it was made clear in the beginning of the chapter whose point of view we were reading from. I like reading from both characters, but it can be confusing when you have to read a couple lines from the first paragraph or two to find out who you are dealing with. I did get used to it quickly enough and the book ramped up quite a bit after about 25% in and then this book turns into that “hard to put down” category.
I liked the chemistry of Alex and Elizabeth and there is enough suspense to keep you flipping the pages. This is a steamy romance with a fresh take on this genre and I even enjoyed some of the secondary characters that I hope will be in the future installments. Reviewed by Cyrene
Uncaged: Your latest book, Lady Abigail’s Perfect Match released in October and is second in a series. Can you tell readers more about this book and the series? Can they be read as standalones?
Sure! Lady Abigail’s Perfect Match is part of my Townsbridge novella series in which each of the five Townsbridge siblings eventually get their HEA. In Lady Abigail’s Perfect Match, it’s James’ turn. Having experienced his parents’ wonderful marriage and his older brother Charles’ blissful union, he believes in love and longs to find the right woman with whom to settle down. Unfortunately, he ends up getting caught in a compromising situation with a woman who seems to dislike his company entirely, to the point where he believes he makes her feel physically ill. But, he’s determined to give the inevitable his best shot anyway and his effort does pay off since it allows him to learn that Lady Abigail’s constant queasiness is caused by painful shyness – particularly relating to him – and this is something he plans on helping her overcome.
These books can be read as standalone stories.
Uncaged: What are you working on next that you can tell us about?
I’ve been pretty busy. Since publishing Lady Abigail’s Perfect Match in October, I’ve finished writing the third and final book in my Crawford series as well as a Gothic inspired Regency romance novella that’s going to be part of an anthology in September 2020. Right now I’m plotting the sixth book in my Diamonds In The Rough series so I plan to start writing that one soon.
Uncaged: What inspired you to write in the historical genre?
My mother-in-law introduced me to the historical romance genre and then one day, when I happened upon Julia Quinn’s, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton, I just knew I had to try writing my own historical romance novel. Julia Quinn’s style is lovely and it spoke to me more than any other romance novel I’d read at that time, because of the brilliant sense of humor.
Read the rest of the interview in the January issue of Uncaged Book Reviews below
Born in Denmark, USA TODAY bestselling author Sophie Barnes spent her youth traveling with her parents to wonderful places all around the world. She’s lived in five different countries, on three different continents, and speaks Danish, English, French, Spanish, and Romanian (with varying degrees of fluency). But, most impressive of all, she’s been married to the same man three times—in three different countries and in three different dresses.
When she’s not busy dreaming up her next romance novel, Sophie enjoys spending time with her family, swimming, cooking, gardening, watching romantic comedies and, of course, reading.
He never imagined he’d be the man he was born to be, or that one woman’s faith in him would change his life forever…
When Carlton Guthrie, Scoundrel of St. Giles, encounters a runaway bride in the London slums, he offers to help her. Not out of kindness, but because she’s the Earl of Hedgewick’s daughter. Using Regina to exact his revenge on her father seems like the perfect plan. Until Carlton starts to fall for the innocent beauty.Seeking refuge with a notorious crime lord, was never part of Regina’s plan. But in her blind attempt to escape the fate her parents have planned for her, options are limited. What she doesn’t expect, is to pull aside Carlton’s facade, and to find a tormented man who makes her feel safe and cherished – a man she could easily love, if he’ll let her.
Seeking refuge with a notorious crime lord, was never part of Regina’s plan. But in her blind attempt to escape the fate her parents have planned for her, options are limited. What she doesn’t expect, is to pull aside Carlton’s facade, and to find a tormented man who makes her feel safe and cherished – a man she could easily love, if he’ll let her.
Chapter One
London September, 1820
Everything in Regina’s life had always gone according to plan. She’d been born on March fourteenth, exactly as the physician and midwife had predicted. Since then, her sole purpose had been to become an accomplished lady. She’d been educated in a manner befitting the daughter of a British peer. And so, it was not surprising that she could play the pianoforte, embroider monograms on handkerchiefs, converse in French, and dance as if floating on air.
Her life was as it should be, as it had been designed to be, and she had no illusions about the duty that would one day be required of her. As a female, she would have to make the best possible match. Love would not factor into this eventuality since her marriage would without doubt be one of convenience.
Her parents had spent the last eighteen years preparing her for this. And yet her father, Charles Berkly, Earl of Hedgewick, still managed to surprise her when he interrupted tea one afternoon to inform her that she and the Marquess of Stokes were to be married.
The very next day.
By special license.
Apprehensive and slightly dazed, Regina told herself that all would be well. Her father had made a magnificent match – one that would elevate not only her but her entire family. She trusted him to have her best interests at heart, so she did not think to protest the hasty union or to remind her father that she and Stokes had never met. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief when he described the marquess as a handsome youth with a fondness for poetry and music. She imagined herself enjoying his company, of entertaining him in the evenings with music and song, and of giving him children as duty required. She convinced herself that in time, love would blossom between them and that they would be happy together.
But when Stokes arrived that same evening for an introductory dinner, and was shown into the parlor by Plath, the butler, Regina realized that everything she’d imagined was but an illusion. Instead, she was expected to walk into hell and live there.
The resolve required to maintain her composure as Stokes approached her, to drop into an elegant curtsey and not run screaming from the room, was extraordinarily difficult. Like sitting still while a swarm of bees tried to sting you. But she now understood why she’d never met the marquess before and why she had to marry him faster than she could blink. Most likely, her father hoped to complete the task before she realized she was marrying a child.
For Sidney Hale, rescuing dogs is more than a hobby. It’s a calling. A deep-seated need. An unstoppable compulsion. For reasons so unsettling, she shares them with no one…until she meets Decker. After coming to her rescue while Sidney battled to save a dog—literally—the gorgeous SEAL proves he can be trusted with her secrets, her safety…maybe even her heart.
Saving an abused pit bull from a suspected dog fighter brings Decker “Gumby” Kincade not only the dog he’s always wanted, but the first woman in ages to catch his interest. Sidney’s reason for rescuing Hannah, and animals like her, is shocking…but it makes Gumby want her even more. Her harrowing past has made her the strong, brave, compassionate woman she is today. She could be The One…if Gumby can help curb her habit of putting herself squarely in danger’s path.
But he may be too late. Hannah’s previous owner is enraged over her loss…and looking for revenge.
Uncaged Review: Sidney Hale has an unstoppable, deeply ingrained compulsion to rescue dogs, even if it means placing herself in danger’s way. A recent hand to hand confrontation with a suspected dogfighter to save a Pitbull brings her face to face with Decker “Gumby” Kincade, Navy SEAL and fellow dog lover. Decker, who had a close call in Bahrain while on a mission, has had a change of plans for his life. Literally running into Sidney is an eye-opening and heart -opening experience. This book is a standalone in the series, with no cliffhanger and provides its own HEA. However, other characters and situations from book 1 are featured predominately and the reader would have a better understanding if they read book 1 first.
Sidney is no shrinking violet. A rough childhood turned her into a fearless, compassionate, and independent woman who goes after what she believes in, sometimes to her own detriment. Decker is a Navy SEAL and has a protective streak at least a mile long. He is the kind of tough and tender, patient and understanding man every woman secretly wants—and deserves. Their fast connection is organic. These are two imperfect, emotionally damaged people coming together at the right time in their lives. Readers will not be able to help but root for them.
This story is edgy, gritty, suspenseful, with page-turning anticipation. Profanity does flow liberally, but it is in context to the character’s dialogue. The first—and only—sex scene does not happen until three-fourths through, but it is very explicit. Sometimes the dialogue between characters or internal monologues seem repetitive. The conclusion was expected and lacked originality but did give a satisfying HEA and a nice lead-in to the next book in the series.
Caution, this book does look at the harsh reality of dog fighting and other abusive crimes. Some scenes and descriptions may be upsetting to certain readers. Reviewed by Ryan Jo
Monsters killed my family, so I came back for revenge.
Chicago was supposed to be a fun vacation—and it was—until my family was slaughtered by demons. Now I’m caught in a war between immortals tasked to save our planet, and a dark primordial god intent on destroying it.
I may be mortal, and I might be in over my head, but that’s never stopped me before.
I’ll show these demons who to fear on the streets of Chicago. Blood will flow, and I’ll only be satisfied once they’ve been sent back to hell.
Except that’s kind of the problem.
Turns out, the Queen of the Dead’s been hunting me for years.
And she’s finally found me.
Uncaged Review: So the reason I picked up this book, is that I got the fourth book in the series as part of a larger author promotion and review request, and I’m one of those people that really hate reading out of order on a series. So I went back to start at book one as it sounded pretty interesting to me. And I’m so glad I did. All the Norse gods are here, and this book is focusing on Loki. The gods have been banished to Earth, fighting off the demons that plague the planet every night that humans can’t see. Well, except one human – Morgane. Morgane lost her parents and her sister, and can see the monsters – so she trains and goes out hunting the creatures that took her family. When one particular night goes bad, Loki is there and is drawn to her and takes her back to Mir – for healing. And this is when the book hits yet another gear.
They will need to go back to the Underworld, to face Hel, Loki’s evil daughter – and it’s non-stop. There is romance, humor and the age old fight of good vs. evil. Hard to put down once you get going. Looking forward to book two. Reviewed by Cyrene
Life has gotten a bit dicey, lately. Which is a major understatement. My normal gig as a demon slayer turns extra deadly when a group of them attacks my home. I manage to take them out, but not before it’s too late. My sister and I are hit by the deadly fire veins curse. We have only days to find a cure, so we’ve got to split up to cover more ground.
I’m lucky to have access to Declan, one of the most powerful fallen angels in the world. Not to mention, one of the hottest. One that I’m falling for faster than I like. But he’s the guy with the skill to help me find the cure, and I need all the help I can get.
As we hunt for the cure to the curse that’s killing me, we uncover that threat is far greater than I’d even realized. There’s a mystery here, one that could tear my whole world apart. I just need to figure out what it is.
Uncaged Review: This is a fast paced story – and this time, Aeri and Mari are hit with a curse – and it will kill them in days if they don’t get the antidote in time. Problem is, as they are searching for clues, Mari is kidnapped. And not just by anyone, by one of the oldest and most powerful of the Fallen Angels, one who is pure evil and very powerful. Aeri will need all the help she can drum up to save herself and her sister.
This story doesn’t let up on the gas, and it’s full steam ahead. Declan and Aeri are getting closer, even with the nullifying curse inside Aeri. This is a fantastic series that keeps ramping up, and the 4th and final book is out and I am looking forward to reading it, although a bit sad that it will be over. Reviewed by Cyrene
Mark A. Hewitt is a retired aviation executive, college professor, and military pilot. The ideas for his books spring from life experiences, his extensive international travel, and an admiration for the unique “quiet” spyplanes from the Vietnam War. He holds a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His novels have been approved by the CIA’s Publication Review Board.
