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Touch of Darkness (Darkness Chosen, Book 2)
written by Christina Dodd
Studio : Signet
by Signet
Publisher : Signet
Released : 2007-08-07
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780451221841
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 21 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $4.17
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Product Description |
Handsome, powerful Rurik Wilder holds the power to transform himself into a fierce bird of prey-a gift that's caused death and destruction.
At last he's offered the chance to redeem himself. Only one woman stands in his way-a beautiful writer determined to wreak revenge on the assassins who murdered her family. Assassins, it's been rumored, who have powers no human should ever possess... |
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Just as good as the first one |
Once again Dodd out did herself. I liked this book just as much as the first one. The sexual tension between Rarik and Tasya was palpable.
In the second novel Rarik has more control over his ability to shift into hawk form that Jasha did into wolf. Rarik isn't as intense as his elder brother but there is a scene on a train that had my heart racing to the point that once again I had to put the book aside and catch my breath.
Like the first book it took me a whole day to read it. I simply couldn't put it down and couldn't help be annoyed when I was interrupted by every day life. A WONDERFUL series thus far.
I can't wait to start in on Arik's story! |
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This is definitely better than the first, not as light, which is more suited to series about a family cursed to Hell. Although there was arguably more action than romance in this one, I enjoyed the book, and Rurik makes an interesting hero, definitely not typical to say the least: airforce pilot turned archaeologist. Once again the Wilders' Russian background is interesting, although I did think Rurik's half-hearted "betrayal" was brief, as well as Tasya's necessary reaction, and perhaps not as important to the book as the rest. No big complaints though. Good read! Dodd crafts a tight, embroiling story and the Varinski villains are once again easy to hate. |
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I read the first book and was blown away, but this one was absolute a drag for me. The book carried on about facts of the family curse and less about the hero and heroine. I never felt the connection between the two because too much information was thrown in for some odd reason. It felt like she used this book to try and explain the facts missing in the first one and too make sure you were going to get the third one right off the bat. I love Christina Dodd but cant say this was one of her best. It needed MORE romance then maybe I could feel the Love! |
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3 stars |
To free his family from the ancient curse that condemns them to Hades, Rurik abandons his career as a pilot to go on a quest for the pieces of an icon that has the power to end his ancestor's deal with the devil. Just as he nears the second object of his search, Tasya Hunnicutt, quintessential girl reporter, barges into the cave where his hunt has led. From then on, the once upon a time lovers find their fates joined. The intrepid pair, all the while fighting their attraction to each other, race against time and try to stay ahead of those who want to stop them. Tasya is determined to avenge her family against a clan of assassins, not suspecting until it is too late and her heart is given, that Rurik is related to them. Yet, his part in breaking the curse can only happen with her help, according to prophecy.
*** Energy and adventure crackle off the pages of this high speed romance. Ms. Dodd always writes with wit and humor. The cliffhanger on which she ends this novel is guaranteed to win readers for book three. ***
Amanda Killgore for Huntress Reviews. |
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Action, Suspense, Supernatural Shape-shifting and Romance... |
Over a thousand years past, a man sells his soul and that of his descendants to the Devil in exchange for the ability to shape-change into a predator and gain power and wealth. The family, the Varinskis, based in the Ukraine, are now assassins and thugs for hire. One man went against tradition, marrying a gypsy girl against family rules, and leaves the family; moving to the American Pacific Northwest and changing his name to Wilder. His family of three sons and a daughter (true Varinskis only bear sons on their partners), fight to stay alive and now are trying to break the ancient curse to save the father's life and their immortal souls.
In this book (second in the series, but may be read alone), Rurik Wilder is returning to his archaeological dig in Scotland after visiting home and learning that he needs to find his true love and a sacred icon in order to try and break the curse on his family. He knows whom he loves, Tasya Hunnicutt, a feisty photographer, whom he had once had wild sex with, ending with her leaving him cold.
Tasya, he finds, is at the dig in order to take photos... but also for secret motives of her own. When she was a child her parents were killed by the Varinskis and she hopes to find something in this tomb that will help in her revenge. Rurik, of course, has his secrets, such as being able to shape-change to a hawk and that he is related to the very people Tasya hates. He, too, hopes to find something in the tomb.
When the Varinskis arrive and blow the tomb up, Tasya and Rurik are on the run, on a suspenseful trip to evade death from a family of professional killers with super-natural powers. And they are all on a search for the same treasures for different reasons.
I happen to like my romances with plenty of plot and back-story, and this book had lots of all of that. And of course lots of sparks fly from Rurik and Tasya's hot but difficult relationship. I liked that they had some real problems to solve for the story and for their relationship. If you like a bit of "Bourne Identity" suspense along with your sizzling sex scenes, along with some paranormal shape-shifting, this book is for you.
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