Rebel

by Zoe Archer

Ebook, 2010

Status

Available

Call number

Fic Romance Archer

Collection

Publication

Zebra Books

Description

On the Canadian frontier in 1875, nature is a harsh mistress. But the supernatural can really do you in. . . A Lone Wolf Nathan Lesperance is used to being different. He's the first Native attorney in Vancouver, and welcome neither with white society nor his sometime tribe. Not to mention the powerful wildness he's always felt inside him, too dangerous to set free. Then he met Astrid Bramfield and saw his like within her piercing eyes. Now, unless she helps him through the harsh terrain and the harsher unknowns of his true abilities, it could very well get him killed. . . And The Woman Who Left The Pack Astrid has traveled this path before. Once she was a Blade of the Rose, protecting the world's magic from unscrupulous men, with her husband by her side. But she's loved and lost, and as a world-class frontierswoman, she knows all about survival. Nathan's searing gaze and long, lean muscles mean nothing but trouble. Yet something has ignited a forgotten flame inside her: a burning need for adventure, for life--and perhaps even for love. . . Praise for The Blades of the Rose "Crackles with adventure, a rich sense of place, and terrific characterization." --Mary Jo Putney on Warrior "The action explodes on page one and the pace never lets up. You're gonna love The Blades of the Rose." --Ann Aguirre, national bestselling author of Hell Fire on Rebel… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member amf0001
the problem with kindle freebees is that they are like halloween candy - you get what you are given and have to be excited. But this is not delicious nutty candy. It was a bit drab and certainly repetitive by the end. I actually really liked the beginning with both the leads, Nathan the Native
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American raised as not quite a white boy, and Astrid the British loner mountain woman. They were intially both enigmatic and strong characters. I loved the setting, Canada in the late 1800's, and the whole survivalist theme. But the magic grew way too much, and by the final battle I was bored. No one significant was going to die, so get it over with already. There was not enough tension, too much was obvious and the themes were way too repetitive. I started to skim. I will not read the rest of the books in this series, the set up was too heavy handed and while the world building was good, the writing was not, and the book bogged down.
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LibraryThing member Nena711
I am not a paranormal, shifter reader and I have this book because it was free down-load. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to read more of her work. The love scenes were so expressively written and her word choices rich in meaning and texture. The whole adventure was thrilling too. I recommend
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this read.
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LibraryThing member DeweyEver
Standard paranormal romance, very predictable. Meh.
LibraryThing member SunnySD
When the Heirs of Albion killed her husband, Astrid retreated from the world - all the way to the Canadian frontier where she isolated herself in a tiny remote cabin, cutting herself off from friends, family, and the Blades of the Rose. But when a naked, bloody man crosses her path, she can hardly
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leave him to freeze.

Lawyer Nathan Lesperance is a walking contradiction. First, he's a Native American. Second, he's a lawyer. Not a combination ever seen in the Northwest Territory. And he's about to discover that he's much, much more. But not before he's abducted, tortured, and escapes to drop bleeding and naked at Astrid Bramfield's feet.

And so opens the third installment of the Blades of the Rose, in which a motley band of freedom-fighters strive to thwart the scions of English privilege, the Heirs of Albion in the latter's quest to conquer the world.

Another page-turner.
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LibraryThing member TheYodamom
I was on the edge of my seat through most of this action based mystery. The story follows a Naitive American lawyer who was raised in camp after being taken from his family. He travels to the wilds and meets woman who brings out the magic hidden in him. His path leads him to stories of magic/native
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histories/danger/love and one great adventure. His eyes open to shifters/ witches/and anicent beings.
It reminded me a lot of The Tarin Soul series. It had the same feeling in the action/romance/magical/adventure.
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LibraryThing member readingbeader
So, I quit about halfway through because I got busy reading books for the HS library. It wasn't that I didn't like it because I really did. I want to buy the bundle for my Kindle. It's pretty cheap and even though it has Rebel in it, I'd like to read about the other Blades.

Zoe Archer does a great
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job making this world feel real and not too out there. I have purchased quite a few of her books for my Kindle.
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Awards

RITA Award (Finalist — Paranormal Romance — 2011)

Original publication date

2010-11-01

Local notes

Blades of the Rose, 3

DDC/MDS

Fic Romance Archer

Rating

½ (40 ratings; 3.8)
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