Friday, March 27, 2009

ECSTASY *Book 1 in Shadowdwellers series* by Jacquelyn Frank

Publisher: Kensington Books
Date published: January 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8217-8070-1
Paranormal Romance
Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Dawn




Shadowdwellers…..one with the night and the shadows it holds. In order to survive, they shun the light that is in the real world for the shadows they inhabit. For one man, it is home and for one woman it is a world she has never known……until now.

Trace holds the power of the throne and royal family as protector of the royal family. When he discovers a plot that has far reaching effects, he finds himself near death and meeting a woman who can see him and then heals him with her touch. For Ashla Townsend has just found herself in a world where nothing is the same and nothing makes sense except the one man who stirs her blood and makes her long for his embrace. A bond that reaches them deep inside mystifies them as well as draws them to a blazing passion that will either leave them dead or thriving as a deadly threat has emerged to hit close to Trace’s home that will cause him to lose everything he loves in one fell swoop.

ECSTASY is the first book in Ms. Frank’s Shadowdwellers series and it is a heart stopping ride. From the first page to the last, the reader is sucked into a parallel world where shadowdwellers live and where the new cast of characters here will keep you entertained for hours. If you enjoyed her Nightwalkers series then you won’t be disappointed in her newest series, Shadowdwellers.

I was drawn to Ms. Frank’s beautiful story from the start. It is a well written, heart pounding story that will keep you up all night just to see what happens next. The characters are very well rounded, with vulnerabilities that make you ache for them and man, the scorching hot sex scenes will leave you breathing hard and longing for your own shadowdweller to ease the tension. With edge of the seat twists and turns, I was awed by the sheer scope of imagery and prose this author uses and it will definitely have you looking at the shadows differently after reading ECSTASY.

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