After being locked away in isolation for two-hundred years, Serena Brinn returns home to find nothing left of her old life. Many of her loved ones are dead. Life has moved on without her. Even her betrothed is now bound irrevocably to another woman.In an effort to create a new life for herself, she leaves the safety of her home and sets out alone. But the world has changed. Customs are different. … different. Technology has advanced beyond her comprehension. Even the tide of war has shifted. Their ancient enemy, the Synestryn, are winning. She is needed in battle, but is it worth losing her freedom?
Morgan Valens, charmer of women everywhere, has been tasked with bringing home the willful beauty, Serena, no matter what it takes. More than one man has tried and all have failed. He will not.
What Morgan doesn’t expect is the swift, intense desire he feels for Serena or the buried memories those feelings unearth.
When an ominous prediction warns them of a new threat to their people, Serena and Morgan must find a way to overcome their past and work together. Because if they fail, not only will they lose each other, their people will lose the safety found in daylight, forever….
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She was locked away in isolation for two-hundred years and returns to find nothing left of her old live, even Serena’s betrothed is now bound to another. Charmer of women everywhere, Morgan has been tasked with bringing home the willful beauty no matter what it takes. Their ancient enemy, the Synestryn are winning the war and when an ominous prediction warns them of a new threat to their people, Serena and Morgan must find a way to overcome their pasts and work together, because to fail means losing each other and the daylight.
The newest novel in the ‘Sentinel Wars’ is full of astounding suspense and emotions that keeps readers glued to the pages. The characters are strong, bold and easily draw readers into their lives as they both try to overcome their pasts to fight for the future of everyone, but while their attraction is magnetic and the chemistry is hot, forging a relationship is not so easy when emotions are turbulent and the pasts has such a strong hold on the hero and the heroine.
The fast paced plot is non-stop action and suspense with major battles and surprising twist that really keep readers on their toes. The Synestryn have added a new element to the war that keeps the stronghold under constant attacks. The story has so much going on that there is no way for readers to blink much less put their book/kindle down while reading this energetic, adrenaline pumping, emotionally gripping story down once they have started reading it.
4.25 stars–SAVING DAYLIGHT is the eleventh instalment in Shannon K. Butcher’s contemporary, adult SENTINEL WARS paranormal, fantasy romance series. This is Theronai warrior Morgan Valens, and Serena Brinn’s story line. SAVING DAYLIGHT can be read as a stand alone but for cohesion and back story I recommend reading the series in order as many of the storylines overlap and continue in each successive instalment. Shannon is an author who builds up future storylines in many of the previous novels.
SOME BACKGROUND: The Sentinels are three races descended from an ancient race of guardians known as the Athanasians, who defend and protect mankind from the demons at the door. The Theronai are the protectors whose Theronai lifemark-The Tree of Life-begins to lose its’ leaves if a Theronai warrior does not find his mate. The lifemark is a visual gage of a soul’s health, and all of the warriors suffering with the pain are running out of time. The Synestryn have killed most of the female Theronai and the warriors are in need of women whose DNA and heritage will match with their own: the Sanguinar are the healers (as well as blood feeders) and the Synestryn are the demons whose humanity has been lost for centuries.
Told from several third person perspectives including Morgan and Serena SAVING DAYLIGHT follows Morgan and Serena as they fight for their lives, as well as the lives of everyone they know. Morgan Valens has been tasked with retrieving one of the few remaining female Theronai but Serena Brinn wants nothing to do with another captivity having lived two hundred years in a prison of her mother’s making. Refusing to go from one jailer to another Serena battles both head and heart as she fights to destroy the demon-like Synestryn, all on her own but Morgan isn’t willing to face the future without her, having realized Serena is one of the few compatible females to save his Theoronai lifemark. As the battle continues to rage on at the Theronai compound, another battle begins to tear down the walls of Serena’s heart when Morgan is left fighting for his life alongside another warrior who is close to losing the last of his leaves. What ensues is the acrimonious relationship and détente between Serena and Morgan, and the potential fall-out as both believe they are not worthy of love or finding their own happily ever after.
Serena found the price of freedom meant battling the demons that were destroying her world. As the Theronai warrior slowly succumbs to losing his soul, others will find themselves facing an enemy that is much more than anyone could have imagined.
The relationship between Serena and Morgan begins acrimoniously when Serena refuses to return to the Theronai compound. As one of the few known remaining Theronai females in existence Serena has no desire to become someone’s mate, let alone become subservient to a man who only wants control. Knowing Serena is reluctant to tie herself down to eternity, Morgan is willing to sacrifice himself in order to give Serena her freedom, no matter the cost. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
Meanwhile, the Theronai compound is still under attack, and their defenses are slowly falling to the maurading hoards. Somehow, a new breed of Synestryn have developed the ability to move about in daylight, time when the Theronai could have taken the advantage. Lives will be threatened, babies will be born, unmated females will soon discover there are others looking to guard and protect.
SAVING DAYLIGHT is a story of survival and war; of fated mates, power and working together. The premise is startling, wonderful and gripping; the characters are feisty, dynamic and spirited; the romance is tender, encouraging and sensual. Shannon K Butcher invites the reader into a dramatic and intense instalment in the Sentinel Wars paranormal, fantasy series.
Having been in captivity before Serena refuses to return to it any way. She has no interests in being behind the walls of the compound or being mated and under anothera rule. So instead she goes out and fights the Synestryn alone with a sword just like a warrior. When Morgan is sent to bring her back he finds that she will not go back to the Theroni compound. Both wounded by their pasts they need to heal so that they can battle thier enemies stronger together. The books in this series are always so good I have teouble putting them down and this book holds up that tradition.
Part of a series this book can be read as a stand-alone but is better if read as the series because eash book is only a portion of a larger story. I read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Such Incredible Extraordinary, Beautiful Bliss to be back in the world of the Sentinels!!!!
This book was Unforgettably Amazing!!! The world of the Sentinels is one I love to visit and relive over and over.
The characters are beyond brilliant each and every one has a purpose, a meaning and an incredible part to play in the overall story. I love catching up with past characters and their futures.
Morgan is an interesting character of complete heartbreak and mystery, I loved his strength and integrity.
Serena is beautiful and strong yet broken. I loved her passion for life and her eclectic fashion sense.
As a couple they are fire and I loved seeing how important they are to the fight against the synestryn.
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the World of the Sentinel Wars there is always so much going on, so much action packed scenarios and the incredible love story that ebs and flows throughout. I always look forward to going back to this world.
All up original, refreshing and incredibly wonderful, I cannot believe how action packed and brilliantly written that was I cannot wait for more from the series and from the author.