Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder.
On Meli Galdes' home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport--in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family's interests. She's more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask.
Kill the man who ruined her life.
Celino Carvanna's razor-sharp business acumen--and skills with a blade--won him the freedom to do as he pleases. There's only one thing he can't seem to control--his reaction to the mysterious woman who tantalizes his senses. Her eyes alone set his blood simmering, stirring ridiculous adolescent fantasies about breasts and honey. With a few words she dissects his soul. Who is she? And how does she slide so easily under his well-guarded skin?
It's almost too easy to draw Celino within the kill zone. Meli plans to revel in him. Drink him in. Wring every drop of pleasure out of every moment.
And when she's sure he belongs to her, she will finally repay a decade's worth of pain--in a single, brutal dose of reality. From Goodreads:Claire Shannon is a killer. She uses no weapons, only her mind.
Born on a planet locked in a long war, Claire is a psycher, a woman with the ability to attack minds and infiltrate a biological computer network where psychers battle to the death. But when the war abruptly ends, Claire must hide her psycher's ability to survive. She is deported to a new planet, a vivid beautiful place, where she meets Venturo Escana, a powerful psycher, whose presence overwhelms both her mind and her body.
She thought she had left war and death behind, but now she must fight for her new life and this battle might just cost her everything...On a world far far away, where cute things eat computers and the sky is emerald green, a small team of scientists struggles to save the planet and their own careers by mixing genetic engineering and Arthurian legend. Too bad they had forgotten the first rule of planet exploration: Nature always has the last laugh.
From Goodreads:Warning: this story is one big dirty joke. There is no actual sex, but there is a lot discussion about it. It was written on a dare. Someone told us that we couldn't write a short story around one particular phrase, and we did. So I recommend this for people 18+. Because you know, we wouldn't want to corrupt your minors. My Review:
This was a really great collection of stories! I've read all of them at one point or another, but at the time, I wasn't aware that they were all set in this same world. Some of them, yes, but not the really short stories that are up on their website, that those were in the Kinsmen world. So to read them all together was really great!
Silent Blade, and Silver Shark, this world of the Kinsmen and the abilities that they have, they're all so interesting to read! I remembered some of how things ended, since I knew they were all happy endings, but not the particulars.
Questing Beast was really funny, because they have all this technology, and they have to create this old fashioned beast to get their data back. It was just a lot of fun, though there are some interesting developments that are going to affect this world-nature finds a way!
A Mere Formality, oh, it was a really great read! I loved all the politics, and figuring out what happened, and finding a way to settle everything down. The ways that they each tried to shock each other, to come to terms, yeah, it was a lot of fun to read!
Loved reading all of these, and I can't wait for the latest when it comes out, it sounds fantastic!
Author: Ilona Andrews
Series: Kinsmen #1, 2, 3, Koslov Universe
First Read: July 27th, 27th, 2018, August 20th, 20th, 2021
Read: September 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike, Online
Reason Why: Love their writing, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Books!
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, NYLA, Ilona Andrews
Published: June 2nd 2009, September 16th 2011, May 16th, 2010, 2008
Silent Blade:
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Silver Shark:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Questing Beast:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
A Mere Formality:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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