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Piatkus (2011), Kindle Edition, 364 pages
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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. HTML:BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Keri Arthur's Destiny Kills and Darkest Kiss. She's hunting a killer�?? and shattering every boundary�?? she's ever known.�?� Part vamp, part werewolf, Riley Jenson plays by her own rules, whether it�??s her stormy love life or her job as a guardian. But when her family�??s alpha male demands that she solve the mystery of a vanished girl, Riley can feel a trap closing in around her. Because the job comes with a catch: if Riley fails, her own mother will die. Now the stakes are raised, the hunt is on...and when more women vanish, Riley is caught between a lover who demands that she give up her work, a serial killer who knows no boundaries, and a club where humans and supernaturals mix�??at their own peril. Thrust into a realm of seduction and violence unlike any she could have imagined, Riley has to battle to save everything she holds dear. But the ultimate hunt has o… (more)
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LibraryThing member dulcibelle
This series stays wonderful. An intelligent romance that doesn't turn on how many times the heroine jumps into bed. I really feel sorry for Riley and her all-too-real (even in a paranormal romance) man troubles.
LibraryThing member bookwormteri
Good, but not quite as good as the others. However, the novels do stand alone, you just might not get all the backstory.
LibraryThing member lewispike
The range of baddies continues to expand - this time a double investigation that seems at points to cross-over. We have insane human hunters and ghosts this time, plus more on Riley's history as she is approached by wolves from her former pack.
The story of Riley's lovelife continues to be
The politics of acceptance and intolerance of gay and lesbian behaviours gets a sort of side-swipe mention too.
The story of Riley's lovelife continues to be
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tumultuous, even as, in fact because, she develops more and more confidences as a guardian. The whacky drugs also extend their effects.The politics of acceptance and intolerance of gay and lesbian behaviours gets a sort of side-swipe mention too.
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LibraryThing member teharhynn
This book was very good. I love Riley's character, which is why the ending was so sad. I missed Quinn, because while I know that he's not great for her, they do love eachother... or at least, she loves him. I'll be happy to see what happens in the next one.
LibraryThing member ToxicMasquerade
The Riley Jensen series just keeps getting better with every book. I cried at the end. A lot of women die in this book. The ARC1-23 drug is still changing Riley, and the changes are getting bigger. Kellen wants to go solo with Riley, but, will she go solo with him?
LibraryThing member fairypenguin
In general I find this series enjoyable despite what I see as some major issues. It's not that the entire book is ever bad, or even entire subplots. But for some reason I have these moments of frustration and boredom when I read these. A big example for this book was every scene when Riley entered
The plot of this particular book was fairly interesting to me. First, Riley is pursuing men who have been kidnapping werewolves and other shapeshifters--most often beautiful females. Additionally, Riley is called upon by the Directorate to investigate what appears to be the serial murders of unfaithful women. I thought it was clever that the plots surrounding fidelity and emotion so closely mirrored what was going on in Riley's personal life. Her lover Kellen, is pressuring her to go solo with him, a major step for her. Unlike some of the previous books, this one showed Riley go through significant self realization as she matures as a character. She has an independent spirit, is tough as nails, but still manages to show heart.
I feel like with this book, Keri Arthur is finally pushing the series toward its potential. Based on that potential alone, I recommend this series to urban fantasy fans.
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the club, Mirror Image. I'm sick to death of those clubs and the role they play in these books. I think that the author need to diversify settings and situations a bit. The plot of this particular book was fairly interesting to me. First, Riley is pursuing men who have been kidnapping werewolves and other shapeshifters--most often beautiful females. Additionally, Riley is called upon by the Directorate to investigate what appears to be the serial murders of unfaithful women. I thought it was clever that the plots surrounding fidelity and emotion so closely mirrored what was going on in Riley's personal life. Her lover Kellen, is pressuring her to go solo with him, a major step for her. Unlike some of the previous books, this one showed Riley go through significant self realization as she matures as a character. She has an independent spirit, is tough as nails, but still manages to show heart.
I feel like with this book, Keri Arthur is finally pushing the series toward its potential. Based on that potential alone, I recommend this series to urban fantasy fans.
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LibraryThing member hollieberrie
This is the 5th book in the series and I liked it. I am really glad I kept going and did not give up. This one again follows Riley Jensen the reluctant guardian. Quinn in out of the picture and Kellen wants to go solo. Of course then there is the job that always seems to put her right in the middle
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of everything. This book had meat to it and just the right amount of sex. Unlike the other books the sex there but not shoved in your face or talked about every other page. Overall a very good read. Show Less
LibraryThing member DebbieMcCauley
Book 5 in the Riley Jenson series. Riley Jenson, a rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, works for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, an organisation created to police the supernatural races whilst protecting humans. She is on an island holiday recovering from the events of the last year when
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Blake Jenson, her family's alpha male, appears and demands that Riley help the pack. Both Riley and twin brother Rhoan were thrown out of the red pack back when they had been thirteen-year-old pups. Her first instinct is to refuse but Blake threatens Riley’s mother's life. Riley must also investigate the murder of a woman who appears to have been torn limb from limb by her fiancé. Working on both investigations at the same time, she finds herself under attack from an unknown assailant as well as dealing with demands from Kellen who wants an exclusive relationship with her. Show Less
LibraryThing member spazp
The ending made me cry!! ::sob:: Each book gets better and better, it's so true. Riley grows up and evolves over the series and I can't put these down.
LibraryThing member barbgarcia1987
This is actually the first of her books I have ever read. The blurb inside the cover said it was a new series, so I thought it was the first book, opps. I enjoyed the book & she provided enough back story for it to be understood. I plan to find the rest of the books now.
LibraryThing member TheYodamom
Two dangerous cases at once...She is trying to stop the horrible deaths of women from an unknown, risking her life once again. Meanwhile Riley is forsed into searching for a member of her "pack". The pack that kicked her out. Both her and her brother are kidnaped and taken to an unknown island. But
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this is not enough stress for the young wolf, her lover wants a comitment. She is fighting to save her life, her brother's life, human lives and make an important chioce. How can she do it all ? Show Less
LibraryThing member Lara-IT
Liked it better than the previous one, after all the love-triangle situation seems solved, but the conclusion of both "mysteries" was too rushed in my point of view.
The author built really well the increasing suspense but it seemed to me that, at the breaking point, after saying for 300 pages how
The author built really well the increasing suspense but it seemed to me that, at the breaking point, after saying for 300 pages how
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difficult was to kill the bad guys, it all ended a little too quickly. I don't know how to explain it but I had the impression that, while Riley worked hard for the whole book trying to have the upper hand, at the end the bad guys die as they suddenly run out of luck...does it make any sense?! Am I the only one that had this impression? Show Less
LibraryThing member London_StJ
It's about what you'd expect. I do have to say, it's kind of refreshing to read a "romance" that doesn't try to wrap the sex scenes in a fluffy padding of euphemisms. The plot may have been overly predictable, but the honesty alone makes Arthur's books worth reading.
LibraryThing member StarKnits
I'm heart broken
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Original publication date
2007-07-31
Local notes
Once again Riley is involved with another murder investigation with the Directorate. She's kicked Quinn to the curb and is now spending quality time with Kellen. Some people from her and Rhoan's past make an appearance and ask Riley for a favour; however, these aren't friendly people and they don't ask nice.