Showing posts with label The Unwanted. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Unwanted. Show all posts

Monday, August 26, 2013

The Protected by Shiloh Walker (spotlight tour, giveaway and review)



The Protected 

 


 

The FBI Psychics #4

A new tale of danger and desire from national bestselling author Shiloh Walker featuring psychic FBI Agent Vaughnne MacMeans… 

An Assignment She Can't Refuse

Agent Vaughnne MacMeans would do anything to avoid setting foot in Orlando again. But her new assignment, keeping tabs on a psychic kid who may or may not be in danger, is forcing her right back to the city where her sister was murdered. And she didn’t count on a startling attraction to the boy’s guardian…

An Attraction He Can't Deny

Protecting Alex is a priority for Gus. Gus may not understand the young man’s “gift” but he knows that some people would kill for it. When a beautiful stranger moves in next door, his impulse is to take the kid and bolt. But Gus has learned never to flee without a plan, and besides…she doesn’t exactly look like an assassin.

A Game They'll Play For Keeps

But when some dangerous people from Gus’s past do catch up to him and Alex, it’s too late to run. His new neighbor is the last person he thought he could turn to, but Vaughnne isn’t just beautiful. She’s fearless. And she’s the only chance Gus and Alex have left.

Read an excerpt

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15985386-the-protected


Buy links:

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A little about Shiloh:
Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more…ah…serious works of fiction. She loves reading and writing just about every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.  She writes romantic suspense and paranormal romance, and urban fantasy under the name J.C. Daniels.

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My Review:

4 1/2 out of 5 stars
The Protected by Shiloh Walker is part of the enthralling ‘FBI Psychics’ series and features people with extraordinary mental abilities.  Vaughnne MacMeans appeared in a previous story in this series and has had very traumatic experiences that she is trying to recuperate from.  She reluctantly accepts an assignment to ‘babysit’ a pair of individuals who aren’t to know about her task but she is shocked to realize that her mental skills will be sorely tested by an ostensibly simple duty.  Gus Hernandez and his young relative are shockingly tense and exhausted but their wary tolerance of their new neighbor is overridden by the danger that she seems to represent.  Vaughnne’s reluctant attraction to both of them is tempered by her assessment that they represent just as much danger to her.  The question becomes whether their alliance will be more harm than help and whether they will all survive to work out their relationship.




I am a big fan of stories that feature those with extraordinary mental capabilities so this is a series that appeals to me immensely.  Combine that with Shiloh Walker’s ability to create remarkably intense and unique characters who are extremely memorable and I am a very happy reader.  I love the way there are cameos by some of the intriguing people from previous tales and I definitely hope there will be additional books that feature  some of the secondary players in this story.  Gus’ young charge is a fascinating combination of powerhouse and impressionable kid who is being honed by all of the stresses he is under and one wonders whether he will shatter from the pressure or get polished into an invaluable diamond.  The amazing powers that are described encompass quite a range of abilities and the enigmatic Mr. Taylor Jones continues to manipulate the resources at his command and frustrate his agents, whetting one’s appetite for more hints about his background.  I always look forward to more works from this talented author and this book is a wonderful example of her ability to create a vivid and enthralling story and I can only hope that the series continues to grow.


a copy was provided to me in return for an honest review...which has been submitted to Night Owl Reviews


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There is a GIVEAWAY for the tour!

Please enter the Rafflecopter and leave a comment with a valid e-mail address about which book (or series) by Shiloh Walker you love the most and why.  If you haven't read any of her books (shame on you, lol), what is your favorite romantic suspense author. 


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Please visit the other stops on the tour:

Tour Stops

08/26   SSLY Smile Somebody Loves You
08/27   Bad Barbs Place
08/28  United by Books
08/29  Open
08/30  Open
08/31   I am a book addict…and proud of it
09/01  Open
09/02    Under the Covers
09/03   SmexyFabFour
09/04   Cocktails and Books
09/05   Queen of the Night Reviews
09/06   Harlie’s Books
09/07   Book Loving Pixie

Friday, July 26, 2013

Unwanted by Shiloh Walker (tour, review and giveaway)

The Unwanted          
by Shiloh Walker

Sizzling, suspenseful, and very, very dark—THE UNWANTED is a sexy, fast-paced thriller that will leave you breathless!-Alyssa Day, New York Times bestselling author

Amazon      BN   iBooks        Kobo   Samhain

A Novella of the FBI Psychics

Destin Mortin’s psychic gift comes with an ugly twist—she excels at tracking down violent rapists. But it’s rough on relationships. Once, her partner Caleb was her everything: filter, shield, rescuer, lover. The only man who didn’t think her a freak. Then he walked away.

Destin turned her back on the FBI to work for a private agency, but now a particularly horrendous case has come up, and her boss wants her paired with only the best.

For Caleb Durand, leaving Destin was an act of self-preservation. Every time she flung herself headlong into dangerous situations, every time he nursed her through soul-crushing visions, he’d died a little more inside.
Now they are forced to work together one last time. Tragedy has changed them both, but Caleb knows if he lowers his shields for an instant, he won’t have an icicle’s chance in hell of resisting the temptation to lose himself in her wild power.

But to catch the rapist, it’s exactly what he’ll have to do.

Read an excerpt HERE


A little about Shiloh:


Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more…ah…serious works of fiction. She loves reading and writing just about every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.  She writes romantic suspense and paranormal romance, and urban fantasy under the name J.C. Daniels.

Website
Facebook
Twitter
Goodreads

Please leave a comment about whether you believe in psychic phenomena


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Please visit the other stops on the tour:
Tour Stops
7-21 I am a Book Addict…and proud of it
7-22 Rambling Reads
7-23 United by Books
7-24 Fiction Vixen
7-25 Book Loving Pixie
7-27 Smile Someone Loves You
7-28 Wicked Reads by Tawania
7-29 Storm Goddess Book Reviews & More
7-30 That’s what I am talking about
7-31 Enchantress of Books
8-1 Salacious Reads
8-2 Harlie’s Books
8-3 Queen of the Night Reviews


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My review:

“The Unwanted” by Shiloh Walker is a novella in the ‘FBI Psychics’ series. Destin Mortin is a psychic whose abilities connect her with sexual predators and aid her in tracking them. Her failed relationship with Caleb Durand is painfully revisited when he is brought in from his latest FBI assignment to assist her. Caleb’s own abilities have garnered him a position away from the woman who both completed and tortured him and they both have gathered visible and non-visible scars as they struggle to survive without one another. They will have to resolve their issues if they plan to move on with their lives, let alone solve the case which has even more ties to them than they realized.

This mesmerizing tale provides a glimpse of intriguing characters who have remarkable powers that wreak their own cost upon those who are blessed (or cursed) with these amazing talents. This author always seems to provide starkly emotional tales that feature people who are somewhat damaged yet have found a way to continue to function, not always efficiently, but enough to survive. This is a great vignette that gives an insight into the lives of two driven people who are scarred and tied together by bonds that they are not sure they want to maintain. The mulitlayering that characterize Ms. Walker’s tales is apparent in this tale that showcases several complicated people and prompts a desire to read more of this series. I am hopeful that there will be many more stories in this fascinating series although I admit that I am torn because I am anxious to read more in another of this talented author’s series. If only she could clone herself and work on both at once!  


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I received a copy of this title in return for an honest review.