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Beyond the Highland Mist (The Highlander Series, Book 1) Mass Market Paperback – May 29, 2007

by Karen Marie Moning (Author)
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He would sell his warrior soul to possess her. . . .

An alluring laird...

He was known throughout the kingdom as Hawk, legendary predator of the battlefield and the boudoir. No woman could refuse his touch, but no woman ever stirred his heart—until a vengeful fairy tumbled Adrienne de Simone out of modern-day Seattle and into medieval Scotland. Captive in a century not her own, entirely too bold, too outspoken, she was an irresistible challenge to the sixteenth-century rogue. Coerced into a marriage with Hawk, Adrienne vowed to keep him at arm's length—but his sweet seduction played havoc with her resolve.

A prisoner in time...

She had a perfect "no" on her perfect lips for the notorious laird, but Hawk swore she would whisper his name with desire, begging for the passion he longed to ignite within her. Not even the barriers of time and space would keep him from winning her love. Despite her uncertainty about following the promptings of her own passionate heart, Adrienne's reservations were no match for Hawk's determination to keep her by his side. . . .
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Karen Marie Moning is the internationally bestselling author of the Highlander and Fever novels. Her books have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists, and have one numerous awards, including the prestigious Rita. She lives in Georgia and Florida with her husband Neil and the world-traveling cat, Moonshadow.

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Hawk placed a finger beneath Adrienne's chin and tilted her head back, forcing her to meet his flinty gaze.

"I will tear from you anything Adam gives you.  Remember that.  If I find his body draped over yours, he will suffer the same fate." His eyes drifted meaningfully over a scrap of crimson silk stuck on the bark of tree, flapping like a dead thing in the breeze.

"Why?"

"Because I want you."

"You don't even know me!"

His mouth curved in a beautiful smile.  "Oh, sweet lass, I know everything about you.  I know you're a complex woman, full of dualities; you're innocent, yet tough; intelligent"--He cocked a teasing brow--"but lacking a smidge of common sense."

"I am not!" Adrienne scowled her protest.

He laughed huskily.  "You have a wonderful sense of humor and you laugh often, but sometimes you're melancholy." He crowded her with his body and gazed down at her with heavy, hooded eyes.  Adrienne tossed her head, trying vainly to dislodge his finger from beneath her chin and escape his penetrating gaze.

He cupped her face firmly with both hands.  "You're a willful woman, and I'd like to be the focus of such a willful woman's desire.  I'd like to have you yield your trust and loyalty to me as steadfastly as you withhold it.  I'm a mature man, Adrienne.  I will be patient while I woo you--but woo you, I will."

Adrienne swallowed hard.  Damn him for his words!

Not only will I woo you, lass--I will win you completely, the Hawk added in the privacy of his heart.  But he couldn't say that aloud, not yet.  Not when she was staring at him, her lower lip trembling ever so slightly, but enough.  Enough to give him hope.  "I'm going to teach you that one lifetime isn't long enough for all the pleasure I can bring you, lass," he promised.

Adrienne closed her eyes, willing the image of him to hell and beyond.  "Where's Olivia?" she asked, eyes closed.

"Fallen over a cliff, if the gods are smiling," Hawk replied dryly.

Adrienne opened her eyes and crinkled her nose, peering at him.  Did she see the hint of a smile in his dark gaze? A passionate Hawk was deadly, but she was on guard against passion.  A teasing Hawk might slip right through her defenses.

"Or if I'm really lucky and the gods are forgiving, she wandered into Adam's arms and he's been struck by the same thunderbolt that hit me when I saw you.  Wouldn't that solve my problems?"

The corner of her mouth twitched.

"Oh, nay.  I have it.  She wandered into the forest and the fae mistook her for one of their own--the wicked banshee--and she is never to return."

Adrienne laughed and was immediately rewarded with one of the Hawk's devastating smiles.

He was melting her, disarming her defenses.  And it felt good.

More seriously he said, "I instructed the guards to see to Olivia's return journey the moment her horses are rested enough to make the ride."

Adrienne's spirit elevated at his words.

"Adrienne." He sighed her name like a rich port, complex and sweet.  "It's only you--"

"Stop!"

Abruptly his mood changed, lightened like quicksilver.  "I want to take you somewhere.  Come, lass.  Give me this night to show you who I really am.  That's all I ask."

Adrienne's mind shrieked a resounding no .  .  .  but perhaps it wasn't too dangerous.  Let me show you who I really am .  .  .  how intriguing.

You mean besides beautiful beyond bearing?

But what harm could there be in conversation?

"What harm could there be in conversation, Adrienne?"

Adrienne blinked.  He must have plucked the words right out of her mind.

"Look, Adrienne, the moon comes out, peeping from behind the rowans." The Hawk pointed, and her eyes followed.  Down the muscled curve of his arm, over his strong hand to the shining moon beyond.

"Cool silver orb that guides the night's slumber," Hawk mused softly.  "I wager you sleep little on such nights as this, lass, when a storm hovers, threatening to break through the fragile night.  Do you feel it? As if the very air is charged with tension? A storm threatening has always stirred a restlessness in me."

Adrienne could feel herself weakening with each word, beguiled by his enchanting brogue.

"'Tis a restlessness I feel in you as well.  Walk with me, Adrienne.  You'll never sleep if you return to the castle now."

The Hawk stood, hand outstretched, gazing down at her with promises in his eyes.  Not touching her, just waiting for her to choose, to commit--if only to walking with him.  His breath was shallow and expectant.  Her fingers twitched hesitantly beneath the heat of his smiling eyes--eyes with tiny lines at the outer corners.  Eberhard hadn't had any wrinkles.  She could never trust a man without a few wrinkles about his eyes.  He hadn't lived and laughed enough if he didn't have a few faint creases.  How had she failed to notice the fine lines of life on the Hawk's face?

"Give yourself this moment, lass," he breathed huskily.  "Try."

Adrienne's hand slipped like a whisper into his and she felt him jerk at their contact.  His ebony eyes flared, and she felt the exquisite sensation of his strong fingers closing over hers.  He swayed forward and she felt the brush of his lips skim her cheek, an unspoken thank-you for the chance that pushed no further.

"I used to walk here when I was a boy.  .  .  ." He took her hand and steered her westward, away from the circle of rowans and the forest's edge.

Tell her about yourself, he thought.  About the boy you used to be before you went away.  About who you couldn't wait to be when you got back.  But most especially--make her love you before she discovers who you were in between.  Love still might not be enough to make her understand, but then at least there's a chance.

They talked and strolled while the Hawk wove his wild tales of boyhood impetuosity and bravery and she laughed into the gentle breeze.  They sat atop the cliff's edge and tossed pebbles down into the surf, the crisp salt air tangling her silvery-blond mane with his raven silk.  He showed her where he'd hung a hammock, just over the edge and down a man's length, and he made her laugh at how he used to hide there from Lydia.  Lying on his back, his arms folded behind his head he would watch the sea and dream while his mother searched the bailey for hours, her lilting voice demanding he return.

Adrienne told him about the nuns and the sultry streets of New Orleans, even got him to say it like the locals did a time or two.  N'Awlins.  And he listened without chiding her for believing such fantasy.  Whether he believed she was weaving tall tales or he somehow placed it all in the context of the sixteenth century, she didn't know.  All she did know was that he listened to her like a man had never listened before.  So she told him about Marie Leveau the voodoo queen and Jean Laffite the famous pirate, and the great plantations that once stood with their magnificent sprawling houses and the scents and sounds of Bourbon Street.  When she spoke of the jazz, the lover's croon of a deep sax, the trumpeting blare of the brass horns, her eyes grew deep with mystery and sensual arousal, and he found he could almost believe she was from another time.  Surely from another land.

"Kiss me, lass."

"I .  .  .  shouldn't."

Her breathless, husky murmur enchanted him.  "Is it so bad then?"

Adrienne drew a deep breath.  She stood up, moved away from him, and tipped her head back to study the sky.  The night had cleared; the cloud cover had furled out to sea and the storm had passed without breaking.  The sound of the surf ebbed and flowed below them in unfaltering rhythm.  Stars pierced the mantle of night and Adrienne tried to locate the Big Dipper when suddenly a small, bright star seemed to shiver, then plummeted from the sky.

"Look!" she said excitedly.  "A falling star!"

Hawk surged to his feet.  "Whatever you do, don't wish, lass."

She turned a pure, glowing smile his way, and it dazzled him so completely that for a moment he couldn't think.  "Why ever not, Hawk?"

"They come true," he finally managed.

Her gaze fled back to the falling star.  Adrienne held her breath and wished with all her might.  Please let something very good happen to me soon.  Please! Unable to say the words even beneath her breath, she willed her vision to the stars.

He sighed.  "What did you wish?"

"You can't tell," Adrienne informed him pertly.  "It's against the rules."

Hawk cocked a questioning brow.  "What rules, lass?"

"You know--the wishing-on-a-star rules," she informed him in a tone that said everybody knew those rules.  "So what did you wish that came true?"

Hawk snorted.  ...

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dell (May 29, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0440244161
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0440244165
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.29 x 1.09 x 6.88 inches
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Karen Marie Moning is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fever Series and the Highlander series. She is a winner of the prestigious RITA award for best paranormal romance and is a multiple RITA award nominee, and a Goodreads Reader's Choice Award winner. An alum of the Immaculate Conception Academy, she attended Purdue University where she completed a BA in Society & Law, with minors in Philosophy, Creative Writing and Theatre. Prior to becoming a full time writer, she worked in the insurance industry directing commercial litigation and intercompany arbitration. She agrees with Jorge Luis Borges that paradise must be some kind of library.

You can learn more about her at www.karenmoning.com.

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POSSIBLE SPOILERS:He's an experienced womanizer and fairly proud of it. He's a rogue and laughs at his reputation as a prowess. He's a living legend among women and they clamor over him. He's also honorable, compassionate and chivalrous. With his long black hair and piercing dark eyes, Sidheach James Lyon Douglas [aka; "Hawk"], is built like a viking warrior...and he's earned the wrath of Finnbheare, King of the Fae. Yeah, King Finnbheare is jealous of Hawks famous womanizing reputation and plays a cruel jest on him. He allows a woman from the future - - one who harbors a special hatred for beautiful men such as Hawk - - to travel 500 years back in time. He brings Adrienne de Simone, originally from New Orleans (recently from Seattle) back in time to the 16th century and then sit's back and enjoys watching Hawk grovel at her feet while she spurns his attentions.It's 1997 and Adrienne de Simone is alone in the world and running from the law. She hides from everyone and trusts no one. She's feisty, smart and resigned to living her life alone with her cat. And one moment she's in her 20th Century home, minding her own business, and the next moment the floor disappears from under her feet and she's sitting in the lap of a revolting, belching, smelly, fat and old Scotsman. She literally fell through one of Alices' Rabbit holes! And if not for the disgusting strange man she was now staring at, she'd had thought she was dreaming. But Adrienne takes it all in stride. She's first and foremost, a survivor. And when she discovers she's to marry the legendary Laird Sidheach Douglas, she rolls her eyes. Lord!...what did she do to warrant marrying a materialistic, unfaithful, conceited, inconsiderate, self-indulgent playboy?I absolutely adore this author and have read everything she's published. I initially read this story years ago and decided it was time for a reread. This story simply has all the qualities that contribute to good, entertaining, reading enjoyment. The plot is well laid out and with all the hijinxs of the Fae world, all the twists and turns....it always stays true and never disintegrates. Full of hilarious dialogue balanced nicely with original narrative.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ...let the game begin
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He's an experienced womanizer and fairly proud of it. He's a rogue and laughs at his reputation as a prowess. He's a living legend among women and they clamor over him. He's also honorable, compassionate and chivalrous. With his long black hair and piercing dark eyes, Sidheach James Lyon Douglas [aka; "Hawk"], is built like a viking warrior...and he's earned the wrath of Finnbheare, King of the Fae. Yeah, King Finnbheare is jealous of Hawks famous womanizing reputation and plays a cruel jest on him. He allows a woman from the future - - one who harbors a special hatred for beautiful men such as Hawk - - to travel 500 years back in time. He brings Adrienne de Simone, originally from New Orleans (recently from Seattle) back in time to the 16th century and then sit's back and enjoys watching Hawk grovel at her feet while she spurns his attentions.

It's 1997 and Adrienne de Simone is alone in the world and running from the law. She hides from everyone and trusts no one. She's feisty, smart and resigned to living her life alone with her cat. And one moment she's in her 20th Century home, minding her own business, and the next moment the floor disappears from under her feet and she's sitting in the lap of a revolting, belching, smelly, fat and old Scotsman. She literally fell through one of Alices' Rabbit holes! And if not for the disgusting strange man she was now staring at, she'd had thought she was dreaming. But Adrienne takes it all in stride. She's first and foremost, a survivor. And when she discovers she's to marry the legendary Laird Sidheach Douglas, she rolls her eyes. Lord!...what did she do to warrant marrying a materialistic, unfaithful, conceited, inconsiderate, self-indulgent playboy?

I absolutely adore this author and have read everything she's published. I initially read this story years ago and decided it was time for a reread. This story simply has all the qualities that contribute to good, entertaining, reading enjoyment. The plot is well laid out and with all the hijinxs of the Fae world, all the twists and turns....it always stays true and never disintegrates. Full of hilarious dialogue balanced nicely with original narrative.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ...let the game begin
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2014
POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
He's an experienced womanizer and fairly proud of it. He's a rogue and laughs at his reputation as a prowess. He's a living legend among women and they clamor over him. He's also honorable, compassionate and chivalrous. With his long black hair and piercing dark eyes, Sidheach James Lyon Douglas [aka; "Hawk"], is built like a viking warrior...and he's earned the wrath of Finnbheare, King of the Fae. Yeah, King Finnbheare is jealous of Hawks famous womanizing reputation and plays a cruel jest on him. He allows a woman from the future - - one who harbors a special hatred for beautiful men such as Hawk - - to travel 500 years back in time. He brings Adrienne de Simone, originally from New Orleans (recently from Seattle) back in time to the 16th century and then sit's back and enjoys watching Hawk grovel at her feet while she spurns his attentions.

It's 1997 and Adrienne de Simone is alone in the world and running from the law. She hides from everyone and trusts no one. She's feisty, smart and resigned to living her life alone with her cat. And one moment she's in her 20th Century home, minding her own business, and the next moment the floor disappears from under her feet and she's sitting in the lap of a revolting, belching, smelly, fat and old Scotsman. She literally fell through one of Alices' Rabbit holes! And if not for the disgusting strange man she was now staring at, she'd had thought she was dreaming. But Adrienne takes it all in stride. She's first and foremost, a survivor. And when she discovers she's to marry the legendary Laird Sidheach Douglas, she rolls her eyes. Lord!...what did she do to warrant marrying a materialistic, unfaithful, conceited, inconsiderate, self-indulgent playboy?

I absolutely adore this author and have read everything she's published. I initially read this story years ago and decided it was time for a reread. This story simply has all the qualities that contribute to good, entertaining, reading enjoyment. The plot is well laid out and with all the hijinxs of the Fae world, all the twists and turns....it always stays true and never disintegrates. Full of hilarious dialogue balanced nicely with original narrative.
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"This cannot be happening. This is not possible. This cannot be happening. Yet in the forefront of her mind, realist that she was, she understood that the words can't and impossible had not bearing when the impossible was indeed happening.

Unless she woke up soon from a nightmarish and vivid dream, she was in Scotland, the year 1513, and she was indeed getting married."

FINAL DECISION: An enjoyable and interesting mix of genres, I thoroughly enjoyed the story but felt that the mixture was clunky at times. I was both compelled by the story and also felt that this book needed more in the way of world-building to make this a great book. I would definitely read more based on the romance alone.

THE STORY: Adrienne de Simone has been cured of the attraction to handsome men. After the horrible experience, Adrienne knows that she will never trust a handsome man again. For this reason, Adrienne is chosen by a vengeful fey to bring her back in time almost 500 years in order to torment the fey's enemy.

Highlander Sidheach James Lyon Douglas, third earl of Dalkeith, known as The Hawk, has been a womanizer and has become a great lover. When the queen of the fey praises him too much, the Fae king and fool seek revenge by saddling him with a wife who will never love him and might even be persuaded to betray him. As a result of their intervention, Adrienne ends up taking the place of the Hawk's betrothed. Adrienne and The Hawk begin an contentious relationship. While the Hawk begins to fall for his wife, Adrienne remains committed to not being foolish again.

The two have to confront Adrienne's distrust, Hawk's painful past and lovers, and the enmity of the Fae.

OPINION: I thought this book was an intriguing mix of genres. That was one of its great strengths because it felt intriguing and fresh. It was also its greatest weakness because the mix didn't always mesh well. In the years since this book was written, many authors have taken to the mixing of genres and this early innovator suffers a bit in comparison. That being said, I enjoyed the romance and the interaction between the characters and I am willing to read more of the series to see how Moning developed the mixture of genres in future books.

The interaction between Adrienne and Hawk was a highlight of the book for me. Hawk was not what I expected in the book. It was especially nice to see such a strong, sexy, handsome historical character who really just wanted peace and a family. I liked how Hawk is a little clueless about how to have a relationship with Adrienne and continues to make mistakes that complicate his courtship. The book contains an interesting twist about his reputation with women that gives him a sympathetic past. At the same time, his painful past was written in a lighter fashion than I generally prefer. Despite his history (and that of Adrienne as well) the emphasis in the book is on the present story. While the characters have a history, it is quickly subsumed in the drama of the present.

Adrienne is a modern woman who is swept into the past. One of the problems I had with the book was that she didn't seem to have any trouble with adapting to the past. There was little time paid to the disorientation that would have to result. (I thought that the similar A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR by Jude Deveraux did a better job with dealing with that complication). But this book seems to be more of a paranormal fantasy book in that regard than a true time-travel.

As for the romance, I loved it and really connected with the characters. If this had been written as a historical or time-travel book, I might have given it a higher rating. At the same time, the paranormal elements are what make this book unique and memorable. I just felt that this book reads as a historical/time-travel in which the paranormal elements were not integrated as well. The Fae seem a bit disjointed from the rest of the book because they remain without a true history or world. There is some of the feel of Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM where the fairies interfere with the mortal world, but the Fae here feel less developed than I need to truly love this book.

While I didn't love this book, I was intrigued and fascinated by it and the possibilities as the author developed her craft further. This was my first book by Moning, but I definitely will continue reading the series.

WORTH MENTIONING: This book mixes paranormal, historical and time-travel. It definitely pushes the boundaries of what can be expected in one romance book.

CONNECTED BOOKS: BEYOND THE HIGHLAND MIST is the first book in the Highlander series.

STAR RATING: I give this book 3.5 stars.
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Amanda Albrecht
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book.
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This was a great book and very well written, BUT it definitely was not a book would read again. I rated the 5 stars because it deserved it and not because it was my kind of read. I can see how most would love this book.
The h was a complete B up to 65% of the book and I really hated that. There was reason but I just don't like that in what is supposed to a romance novel. The H was so wonderful to her and she was so awful no matter what he did. I have a real problem with that. Maybe up to 35% would have been fine but not 65 to 70% of a book. It's just not what I like to read. I finished simply because there were so many other things to enjoy. My heart truly went out to the H. Half the time I spent wishing he would just throw the h over a cliff. To be honest I never really felt like the h was good enough for the H. I realize that many people would have rated the book MUCH lower if they felt the way I did about the h, but I don't see that as being fair to the author. The h was just a personal preference in a romance. I'm truly on the fence about reading the next book in the series simply based on my hate of the h, BUT there were so many good aspects of this book that it leaves me wanting to read the next. I only hope the h in the next one isn't anywhere near as awful as the one in the first book.
If your looking for a book filled with great sex scenes this book is not the one for you. Nothing happens until 70% and considering the H is supposed to be sex god it sorely lacked in that department. When it FINALLY happened it was not at all what I expected. That gave me another reason to be on the fence about reading the next in the series. I know there are people who don't like much sex in their reads, so if your fine with that then you'll love this book.
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Love Karen Marie Moning. Highland and Fever series are worth the time to read.
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Its not that good. I expected a good medieval time travel story with sizzling romance but it just turned out to be a boring and highly exaggerated fantasy. It was hard to enjoy it. The only thing i liked is the love hero feels for the heroine. And he never gives up. But other than that nothing striked out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just wow!! 💖
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I'm in love with this series 😀. I accidentally bought the 4th and 5th books and adored them so when I noticed they were part of a whole series I just had to start from the beginning and read them all.

Adrienne is thrown in to the 1500s were she meets the legendary hawk a beautiful man whom she hates for just simply being beautiful because she was burned once before. She finds herself unwillingly married to this magnificent man who will stop at nothing to have a loving wife and perfect life and so The tug of war begins between the two.

Karen Marie moning has created a spectacular world in which time travel is possible. The characters are all well thought out with there own back storys and point of views. There are lots of secondary characters I'd love to read more like Grimm who is the main character for book two. The Rom are great I look forward to reading more about them maybe they will get a book to themselves further along with any luck.

This series is definitely worth the time and money, everything is well thought out it has a strong storyline with lots of twists and turns. I can't wait to read more.

5 easy stars from me I'll even throw a few shooting stars in there 😉.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this
Reviewed in France on April 20, 2012
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I was so curious to read this series cause I heard so many good things about it and I was not disappointed. Karen Marie Moning described the beautiful scottish countryside and the castle so well that it really felt like I was there. And then there's Sidheach Douglas, known as The Hawk, the laird of Dalkeith to complete the picture.

I loved the love story between Hawk and Adrienne. There was so much love, passion but also desperation and major hearthache in it. At a certain point of the story I could feel my own heart breaking. I had to put my kindle down for a few minutes and recover before I could read on. I really cursed Adam Black, the fairy fool, at that point.

Beyond the Highland Mist was a great read from start to finish, a great romance story with a paranormal twist.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This series is a definite keeper!
Reviewed in Australia on January 22, 2015
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I'm giving a fresh review because I've just started re-reading this series for the third time now and realised that I haven't graded all the books, which I now will do as I read on. I think it's therefore fair to say that I obviously have found them all to be great reads! This is my favourite time period and when you get into each book, you'll find that the 'magic' parts are very well done and not only feel totally believable, but keep you on the edge of your seat and not wanting to put the book down!

Although each book can be read individually and enjoyed in it's own right, as you read into the series, the main story line pulls you in and each book seems to get better than the one before!
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