Saturday, April 9, 2016

Week 15 Reviews: Beat of Temptation, Whisper of Sin, Slave to Sensation, The Shower, The Cannibal Princess, Visions of Heat, Caressed by Heat, Miss Leozandra's, Mine to Possess, A Conversation, Hostage to Pleasure, A Gift for Kit, Movie Night, Branded By Fire, The Party, Blaze of Memory, Christmas in the Kitchen










From Goodreads:
In Beat of Temptation, innocent Tamsyn has always had a place in her heart for Nathan, a blooded DarkRiver sentinel. But is she ready for the fierce demands of the mating bond?

From Goodreads:
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her phenomenal Psy-Changeling world as a woman in peril finds herself in the arms of a dangerously beautiful shapeshifter…

San Francisco is under threat from a violent gang…a gang that has no idea who they're challenging. The DarkRiver pack of leopard changelings has already claimed the city as their territory, and they will fight with wild fury to protect its residents. Emmett, a lethally trained leopard soldier, isn't about to let outsiders muscle in on his home ground—especially when they target a human named Ria.

Emmett has one word for the smart stranger with her curvy body and tough spirit: mine.

Possessive, dominant, unyielding in his demands and desires, Emmett is unlike anyone Ria has ever before met. But while the sexy leopard changeling makes her body ignite, his kisses molten and his touch addicting, she's no pushover and she has a few demands of her own. This leopard has met his match…

From Goodreads:
THE HOT NEW NAME IN PARANORMAL ROMANCE. Nalini Singh dives into a world torn apart by a powerful race with phenomenal powers of the mind-and none of the heart. Born a Psy, Sascha Duncan must hide the emotions which mark her as flawed. But a passionate Changeling will tempt her to reveal everything-and risk her very soul.

From Goodreads:
Free short story giving a glimpse of the life of Sascha and Lucas from Slave to Sensation.

Timewise, this story is set after Slave to Sensation and before Visions of Heat.

From Goodreads:
Hailed as a major new talent in paranormal romance, Nalini Singh takes us deeper into the world of the Psy and the changelings in her latest extraordinary novel, where a gifted woman sees passion in her future-a passion that is absolutely forbidden by her kind... Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous-aching need...exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she yearns to embrace could be the end of her.

Changeling Vaughn D'Angelo can take either man or jaguar form, but it is his animal side that is overwhelmingly drawn to Faith. The jaguar's instinct is to claim this woman it finds so utterly fascinating and the man has no argument. But while Vaughn craves sensation and hungers to pleasure Faith in every way, desire is a danger that could snap the last threads of her sanity. And there are Psy who need Faith's sight for their own purposes. They must keep her silenced-and keep her from Vaughn...

From Goodreads:
Nalini Singh explores new heights of sensuality, returning to the world of the Psy - where two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts...

As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now he is a defector, and his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins - cold, pitiless, unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna...

Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted - and had her mind violated - by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep, she fears she could become a killer herself. Then the first dead body is found, victim of a familiar madness. Judd is her only hope, yet her sensual changeling side rebels against the inhuman chill of his personality, even as desire explodes between them. Shocking and raw, their passion is a danger that threatens not only their hearts, but their very lives... 

Miss Leozandra's
This text was originally written as a continuation of  the scene that ended on page 166 of  Caressed by Ice with Brenna saying: "Miss Leozandra's" to Vaughn.

From Goodreads:
In Stroke of Enticement, a wary young teacher, skeptical about love, arouses the man—and the animal—in an aggressive leopard changeling who must prove his affections are true. 

From Goodreads:
Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed...and committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man and losing his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she, too, was dead.

Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her life--the street children she works to protect are disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart and returns to ask the help of the strongest man she knows...

Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again, his hunger to possess her, a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin must face the violent truths of their past...or lose everything that ever mattered.

From Goodreads:
Short story that takes place sometime after Mine to Possess in the Psy-Changeling Series.

A conversation between Teijan, the Rat Alpha, and his right hand, Zane.

From Goodreads:

Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race, Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy--cool, calm, emotionless...at least on the surface. Inside, she's fighting a desperate battle to save her son and escape the vicious cold of the PsyNet. Yet when escape comes, it leads not to safety, but to the lethal danger of a sniper's embrace.

DarkRiver sniper Dorian Christensen lost his sister to a Psy killer. Though he lacks the changeling ability to shift into animal form, his leopard lives within. And that leopard's rage at the brutal loss is a clawing darkness that hungers for vengeance. Falling for a Psy has never been on Dorian's agenda. But charged with protecting Ashaya and her son, he discovers that passion has a way of changing the rules... 

From Goodreads:
A short story that comes after Hostage to Pleasure and before Branded by Fire.

From Goodreads:

A glimpse into Judd and Brenna's life when they have a night to themselves, no Pack business to handle and no enemies at the door. This story slots in a few months after Caressed By Ice (not long before Branded By Fire).


From Goodreads:
When a brilliant changeling researcher is kidnapped, DarkRiver sentinel Mercy, a cat, and SnowDancer lieutenant Riley, a wolf, must work together to track the young man-before his shadowy captors decide he's no longer useful. Along the way, the two dominants may find that submitting to one another uncovers not just a deadly conspiracy, but a passion so raw that it'll leave them both branded by fire.

The Party:
I absolutely love this deleted scene from Branded By Fire! The reason it didn't make it into the book is that while it's heaps of fun, the reason for it – to show how close Mercy is to her pack – was something that was already apparent through the rest of the story.

I hope you all enjoy!

From Goodreads:
A woman without a past becomes the pawn of the man who controls her future...

Dev Santos discovers her unconscious and battered, with no memory of who she is. All she knows is that she's dangerous. Charged with protecting his people's most vulnerable secrets, Dev is duty-bound to eliminate all threats. It's a task he's never hesitated to complete...until he finds himself drawn to a woman who might prove to be the enemy's most insidious weapon yet.

Stripped of her memories by a shadowy oppressor and programmed to carry out cold-blooded murder, Katya Haas is fighting desperately for her sanity. Her only hope is Dev. But how can she expect to gain the trust of a man who could very well be her next target? For in this game, one must die...

From Goodreads:
This story slots in before Bonds of Justice and features several members of the DarkRiver leopard pack, including two sentinels (the most senior members of the pack aside from the alpha).

My Review:
I loved reading this series! Which might be apparent by the fact that I read the first seven books and the novellas, short stories and deleted scenes this week. It was something of an obsession, this amazing world and these characters!

I have to talk more about this wonderful world! That it's set about 70 years in the future  with alternative history, what with the Psy and the Changelings, yeah. It was just so fascinating! Plus there was the complicated politics and the changes that happened as the books went on!

It was just an absolute pleasure to read about these characters! They had their connections and relationships, and as the series went on, things became more entangled and it was just amazing to read that! I loved how these were individuals, and who they were with their loved ones!

Absolutely loved all the developments in this world! There was something new in each book, building on the previous books, and being treated foundation for future books! There was a lot of political shifting as well, power grabs, plots and long term plans and it was just great to watch the good guys win!

Love this series so much, and I can't wait to catch up to what's been currently published. Though I'm kinda dreading because this series is so great, and I'll have to wait for more! The wait is going to be evil! 

Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Psy-Changeling #0.5, 0.6, 1, 1.1, 2, 3, 3.4, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 5.6, 6, 6.1, 7, 7.5
Read: April 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 6th, 8th, 8th, 2016
Source: Tuebl
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2016 Books!
Publisher: Berkley Sensation, Jove, Berkley Books, Penguin Group (USA)
Published: March 5th 2013, February 25th 2014, September 1st 2006, March 6th 2007, September 4th 2007, March 5th 2013, February 1st 2008, September 2nd 2008, 2009, March 12th 2012, July 7th 2009, November 3rd 2009, December 21st 2012

Beat of Temptation:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Whisper of Sin:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Slave of Sensation:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









The Cannibal Princess:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Visions of Heat:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Caressed by Ice:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Miss Leozandra's:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Stroke of Enticement:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Mine to Possess:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









A Conversation:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Hostage to Pleasure:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









A Gift for Kit:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Movie Night:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Branded By Fire:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









The Party:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Blaze of Memory:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars









Christmas in the Kitchen:
5/5 Hearts
5/5 Books
5/5 Stars

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