Moonshadow, Tome 1

Résumé : Il veut l’utiliser pour avoir ce qu’il veut, mais elle n’est le pion de personne…

Elle ignore son passé et son futur est incertain…
Après avoir survécu à une fusillade, la sorcière Sophie Ross, consultante pour la police de Los Angeles, quitte son poste et rejoint le Royaume-Uni, où se trouvent les réponses sur son enfance. Lorsqu’elle rencontre un Daoine Sidhe chevalier à la Cour Obscure, elle se retrouve prisonnière de l’antagonisme opposant deux arcanes puissants.

Il a abandonné son corps et son âme pour défendre son peuple…
Exilé de sa terre natale ainsi que ses frères d’armes, Nikolas Sevigny est impliqué dans un conflit qui menace tout ce qui lui tient à cœur. Il n’y a qu’en réunissant les ressources de son peuple qu’ils ont une chance de l’emporter sur Isabeau, la cruelle Reine de la Cour Lumineuse.

Quand Nikolas rencontre Sophie, il ne voit qu’un pion sur l’échiquier.
La sorcière insouciante pourrait bien être la clé pour parvenir à franchir les passages qui ont été interdits aux chevaliers de la Cour Obscure.
Sophie n’a pas l’intention d’être le pion de qui que ce soit, mais le fier Nikolas est si convaincant qu’elle ne peut nier la tentation de son cœur.

Alors que la magie menace Lyonesse, la Reine Isabeau lâche ses cruels Chiens, et Nikolas et Sophie entament une course effrénée pour leur survie.

La passion qui s’éveille entre eux se révèle bientôt trop vive pour être niée…
Heureusement, ni l’un ni l’autre n’a l’intention de tomber amoureux…

Avis : J’ai lu un des romans de Thea Harrison que j’avais beaucoup aimé et si j’ai sa série la plus connue à la maison, je ne l’ai pas encore tentée. Mais je le ferai ! Oui, oui ! Un jour ! Bref, revenons-en à ce roman…

Sophie est une sorte de sorcière, même si elle ne connait pas vraiment qui sont ses parents. Elle vient de subir une tragédie et a du mal à s’en remettre. Alors quand une femme vient lui proposer un marché plus qu’intrigant, elle ne peut refuser. Elle doit essayer de rentrer dans une maison magique et si elle y parvient, la maison lui appartiendra.

C’était un roman sympa, mais je dois dire que je pensais connecter un peu plus à l’histoire parce que j’ai eu un peu de mal à accrocher. Sophie et Nikolas sont deux personnages que j’ai pris plaisir à suivre et j’ai trouvé que la relation entre notre héroïne et Robin était très mignonne.

C’était donc un roman sympa à découvrir mais je ne sais pas si je me lancerai dans la suite. Je suis sûre, dans tous les cas, qu’il plaira au plus grand nombre. Je suis devenue un peu difficile en romance paranormale.

The Treasure of Paragon, Book 2

Synopsis: Chicago: the Windy City, where something dark lurks just below the surface.

For decades he’s fought to be human…

It’s been a long time since Tobias spread his wings. The exiled dragon prince has worked hard to blend into the human world and practice his love for healing as a pediatric cardiologist. But when magic proves the only way to save a beloved child, he’s tempted to reengage with his past.

She awakens the monster within…

As a vampire-human hybrid, Sabrina is used to being different from the rest of her community. But all vampires need to feed. The night she chooses Tobias as her next meal, everything changes. He’s far more than he seems, and if she doesn’t protect his secret, it could cost him his life.

It takes a monster to know a monster…

One kiss thrusts Tobias into the dark underground world of Chicago’s vampires, where his dragon nature is his only hope of protecting Sabrina. But Sabrina knows the only way to keep him safe is to push him away.

Review: I had really liked the first volume and I was curious to start this second book to discover Tobias, Gabriel’s brother.

As each volume follows a different member of the family, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but Raven and Gabriel are also present in the story and I really enjoyed it. In fact, some chapters are only from their point of view. Of course, this volume follows the intrigue of the first volume and that was also very nice, because everything is connected.

Tobias is a renowned pediatric cardiac doctor and he decided a long time ago to live like a human to blend in. But everything changed when Gabriel called him for help and while he thought all this was behind him, his brother and Raven showed up in Chicago. On top of that, he will discover that Sabina, the charming nurse he works with, is finally much more than that, that she’s a human-vampire hybrid that could well turn his whole world upside down!

I really liked Sabrina, this young woman with a sharp mind who always thinks of her own whatever the circumstances. Yes, it was a very good second novel and I can’t wait to discover Rowan’s story now and of course, to find all the characters again. Many dangers are introduced in this novel and I wonder how our characters will cope with them! It’s really not going to be easy!

Time of Transition, Book 1

Synopsis: Kristin Montgomery is more than a little shocked when her aunts inform her they’re fairy godmothers. Worse, after dropping that bombshell they hand her a wand and head off on a world cruise. Now Kristin’s uncomplicated life as a CPA in San Diego has disappeared like magic and she not only has to deal with her burgeoning magical powers, but also a reluctant and distractingly sexy magical arbiter.

Tennyson Ritter is a historian. A scholar by choice, he is yanked from his studies to act as arbiter for the newly chosen fairy godmother. He doesn’t want to waste his time with a woman who doesn’t know anything about magic or the magical world, but soon the beguiling Kristin draws him away from his books and into her life.

But before Kristin can hone her skills and pass the tests necessary to fully claim her powers, she and Tennyson must work together to defend the world – both magical and human – against those that would claim her powers for their own.

Review: I had this novel for a long time, but it took me years to finally get into the story.

Kristin is a human who never really believed in magic. So when her aunts tell her that they are fairy godmothers, and that she is supposed to become one too, she doesn’t believe it! And yet, with her aunts away on a trip, our heroine will have to face not only her new powers, but also Tennyson Ritter, who has come to arbitrate her transformation. But our hero has no desire to teach her what magic is! Sexy, but also unbearable, Kristin will have to manage him without falling under his spell. If there was only that to manage, but it seems that magic attacks are taking place and that someone is taking advantage of the transition to take advantage of the lack of balance of magic.

It was a pretty cool paranormal romance novel. Our two heroes are a pleasure to discover, I was curious to see how things were going to turn out. I loved Callie, Zack, and Jake who bring a nice touch of freshness to the story. It was a light novel to have a good time with a heroine who discovers a world in which she is not at all comfortable. There are three volumes, one for each godmother, and I’ll be quite curious to see how it turns out, although I’ve seen that some readers say that each volume can be read separately.