About this title: Bewitching rock superstar Joley Drake can have any lover she wants. But when her life is threatened, her dangerously sexy bodyguard is the only man she needs. There's just one problem: his shadowy reputation as a secret Russian hit man may put Joley in even greater peril. Original.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780749908638ISBN:0749908637
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780515145069ISBN:0515145068
Description: Grade: F. Catalog: Romance Paranormal Synopsis: Ratty tatty XLibrary book with stamps, stickers, tape, soft and worn. Reading copy only. 325 pages. Christine Feehan turns to the world of the paranor... read more
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780515145069ISBN:0515145068
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"I am stunned at how much I enjoyed this book. Though I think that much of that was the reader of the audio. Alyssa Breshahan's Russian accent and pronunciations were fluid not forced. Joley is the 6th Drake sister. Her power is in her voice and she and her band are world class. Bodyguard Ilya Prakenskii has saved her family multiple times, but Joley knows he works for the Russian mob. How can she love a man who is evil? But Ilya is more than he appears. It helps that I haven't read the other books because I wasn't tripping over backstory and the other sisters. The sex is well written and though Ilya is too authoratative for my taste, he had reasons for his behavoir that were explained. Though Joley hated to listen to him, she didn't fall into the too-stupid-to-live category, even though someone really was after her life. There was a very interesting gay storyline that was sweet and sad and funny. While I won't rush to read the other books, I am very happy I listened to this one."
Every time I pick up a Feehan book I'm reminded of why I don't read books by her very often. She does great with internal dialogue, plot and characters but her style of conversation between characters have always been a bit awkward for me to read.
This is book six in a seven book series. I read it as a stand alone, and I have to say it wasn't hard to get a "feel" of the large and close family. Of course I wasn't familiar with all the previous characters and their stories but that's ok, Joley and Ilya's story stood well alone also.
Overall...a pretty good read. Would I recommend it to friends? Well, no."
"Ever since Ilya Prakenskii was introduced as a secondary character in this series and possible love interest for Joley that I have been convinced that their book would be one of my favourites. I love mysterious bad boys with a dangerous aura and Ilya, from the first, seemed exactly one of that kind.
I have realised that in my latest reviews of the series I have been somewhat remiss in mentioning the Drake sister's powers and how that influences their stories. The truth is that sometimes I think Feehan goes a bit overboard in the magic department and since I tend to ignore what I don't like I just review them as contemporaries and that's that. It helps that they do live in a contemporary world and their most used powers are the knowledge that one of them may not be well and telepathy. Each has individual powers but they are only called into action when needed.
It's not as easy to ignore them in this story. What makes Ilya so interesting is the fact that he has powers much like the Drake sisters, in fact as the story progresses we realise he alone may have almost all of her powers. That is what enables him to make such an easy contact with Joley using telepathy whenever he wants and what allowed him to mark her as his - a scar in her hand that burns whenever...
The problem is that for a time it seems that Ilya may well be one of the bad guys. He is the bodyguard of a notorious Russian mobster and it is undeniable that he has killed more than his share of people at his boss's orders. This leaves all the sisters nervous as well as Jonas, Hannah's husband and the usual male protector the girls have. Especially as Joley, a superstar singer (yes Feehan also goes overboard with the kind of jobs she gives the sisters) usually attracts the wrong kind of male attention. Her power is precisely that with her voice she can attract, convince people to do what she wants.
A big part of the book is devoted to Joley and her band's life style, the problems with groupies and drug abuse and to a possible human trafficking ring that may have abducted a young girl who was a fan of the band. I must confess that I was not as interested in this as in knowing more about Ilya and in that Feehan does not disappoint. He may be brooding and mysterious but in this book he is clear and direct, he wants Joley! He has always been alone, having been raised to be a sort of super spook (spy) and his current job is part of an undercover operation. Although this somehow reassures the Drake's there is still the problem, or mystery, of his powers and what he really is. I really enjoyed knowing that and I'm looking forward to know even more about it as it seems a new series is already in the works. I can't really say much more without it being a spoiler but I guess it's no news that by the end of the story Ilya is accepted by everyone even though had to fight her sisters a bit in the beginning to make it so.
Joley and Ilya do make an interesting pair even if Joley does take a bit too long before trusting him. It can't be easy to put your trust in a possible Russian mobster but once the truth about him was revealed I think it was more her fears of commitment especially to such a determined alpha male that took centre stage.
It has occurred to me that fans of Anne Stuart's Ice series may well enjoy this book although Ilya ends up being a much lighter character than Bastian and his friends. Grade: 4.5/5"
"I feel like Christine Feehan is hyped all over goodreads. Her plot was creative but her writing was plodding. Her exciting plot line was dragged down by Feehan's refusal to just let characters show what they are thinking.
For example (pg. 193 - picked at random): Brian returned within a few minutes, his steps heavy, his shoulders slumped. He looked as if the weight of the world was on him.
Either sentence would have been enough. But don't worry, Feehan goes on:
Joley glanced around her to see if anyone else was watching. Tish knew. Joley could see it in her eyes when she looked at Brian as he walked back toward them. The others didn't notice, but Tish knew heartbreak, and Joley was becoming all too familiar wit it, and there was no missing the pain in Brian's expression.
Holy God, unwieldy sentence. Really the passage could have ended with Brian's return and a worried glance between Tish and Joley. Feehan's over-analysis of characters really detracted from a creative plot, interesting paranormal activity and a very intriguing hero."
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