Title: A DARK GUARDIAN
Series: The Shields #1
Author: Donna Grant
Publish Date: 2006
Publisher: D.L. Grant, LLC
Category /Genre: Paranormal, Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Received from: Amazon purchase
Goodreads link: A Dark Guardian
Date completed: 06.12.15
Description from the publisher:
Dear Reader,
Have you ever wanted to travel through time with weapons crafted by the Fae themselves? To experience adventure so thrilling and dangerous you don't know if you will live to see tomorrow? To know that the lives of your men and villages depends on the accuracy of your instincts? To lead a group of highly skilled warriors from other times and realms? Now my men and I are faced with fighting creatures only thought to live in legend but which have been brought to Earth by evil bent on annihilating all the realms. That is my life--and I love it.
At least I did until I found myself staring into the angelic, innocent face of Lady Mina of Stone Crest. In all the time I have led The Shields I have trusted my instinct to keep us alive, yet now I don't know what to believe. Everything points to Mina as the evil summoning the creatures, but she proclaims her innocence.
I should be able to see through her lies, if she is indeed lying, but my attraction to her blinds me to even that. The last time I found myself so attracted to a woman, it nearly cost me the lives of my men. I cannot allow that to happen again. I won't allow that to happen again.
Yet every time she looks at me, begging me with those blue-green eyes to believe her, I find myself sinking farther under her spell. Her mouth is a temptation mortal men will never know and her love will either bring me the peace I thought I'd never find--or the death I've managed, thus far, to avoid.
Hugh the Righteous
Have you ever wanted to travel through time with weapons crafted by the Fae themselves? To experience adventure so thrilling and dangerous you don't know if you will live to see tomorrow? To know that the lives of your men and villages depends on the accuracy of your instincts? To lead a group of highly skilled warriors from other times and realms? Now my men and I are faced with fighting creatures only thought to live in legend but which have been brought to Earth by evil bent on annihilating all the realms. That is my life--and I love it.
At least I did until I found myself staring into the angelic, innocent face of Lady Mina of Stone Crest. In all the time I have led The Shields I have trusted my instinct to keep us alive, yet now I don't know what to believe. Everything points to Mina as the evil summoning the creatures, but she proclaims her innocence.
I should be able to see through her lies, if she is indeed lying, but my attraction to her blinds me to even that. The last time I found myself so attracted to a woman, it nearly cost me the lives of my men. I cannot allow that to happen again. I won't allow that to happen again.
Yet every time she looks at me, begging me with those blue-green eyes to believe her, I find myself sinking farther under her spell. Her mouth is a temptation mortal men will never know and her love will either bring me the peace I thought I'd never find--or the death I've managed, thus far, to avoid.
Hugh the Righteous
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This is the first book in the
Shields series. They do need to be read
in order of release.
The good: great concept – warriors, the best of the
best from throughout history, are trained by the Fae to protect the Earth Realm
(and therefore their own) from the forces of evil. Well planned outline - I did not guess the
who, how, why, until it was revealed.
The “bad:” I wouldn’t really call it
bad, just “meh.” Is this a spin-off to
another series? I just felt like I was
missing background from the beginning and never felt like I was caught up to
speed. I wanted to love Mina and
Hugh. I always want to love the H and h. Mina is Disney princess sweet (and tortured),
but she falls in love and lust (and bed) with Hugh even when she knows that he
doesn’t trust a word that comes from her mouth.
Seeing with his own eyes is not enough for Hugh to fight his so-called
instincts. His instincts are a misogynistic
belief that all women are evil because one hurt him long ago. He doesn’t deserve Mina and I never felt the
redemption that was supposed to come.
The most believable character was
the demon!
This is the first story I have read
from Donna Grant. I’m told that her
other series are wonderful, maybe I’ll try one of those.
Grammar/editing: B – errors, missing words
The Shields series:
- A Dark Guardian
- A Kind of Magic
- A Dark Seduction
- A Forbidden Temptation
- A Warrior’s Heart
Other Books from Donna Grant:
- Savage Moon
- Forever Mine
- Mutual Desire
- Wild Dream
Dark King Series:
- Dark Heat
- Darkest Flame (coming soon)
- Fire Rising (coming soon)
Dark Warrior
Series:
- Midnight’s Master
- Midnight’s Lover
- Midnight’s Seduction
- Midnight’s Warrior
- Midnight’s Kiss
- Midnight’s Captive
- Midnight’s Temptation
- Midnight’s Promise
- Midnight’s Surrender (Holiday novella)
Dark Sword Series:
- Dangerous Highlander
- Forbidden Highlander
- Wicked Highlander
- Untamed Highlander
- Shadow Highlander
- Darkest Highlander
Druids Glen Series:
- Highland Mist
- Highland Nights
- Highland Dawn
- Highland Fires
- Highland Magic
- Dragonfyre
Sisters of
Magic Series:
- Shadow Magic
- Echoes of Magic
- Dangerous Magic
Royal
Chronicles Novella Series:
- Prince of Desire
- Prince of Seduction
- Prince of Love
- Prince of Passion
Wicked
Treasures Novella Series:
- Seized by Passion
- Enticed by Ecstasy
- Captured by Desire
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