One family brings its own brand of justice to the streets of Chicago’s shadowy underworld as #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan returns to a series hot enough to burn…The paparazzi can’t get enough of infamous bad boy Giovanni Ferraro. But unknown to them–and the women he beds–he’s just playing a role. Keeping the spotlight on himself keeps it off the family business. And … the family business. And if this lethal shadow rider can’t hunt in the dark, he’ll find his pleasure elsewhere…
Sasha Provis grew up on a Wyoming ranch and thought she knew how to protect herself from predators. But in the nightclub where she works, she’s fair game–until one of the owners steps in to protect her. Giovanni is gorgeous. He’s dangerous. And his every touch takes her breath away.
The devil at her heels may have finally met its match…
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It’s part of the new series and I really love this series
The third book in the Shadow Rider series is a fantastic read that I was unable to put down until I had read every last word.
This thrilling new paranormal world is full of wonderful characters that are strong, sexy and captivating, easily drawing readers in and holding them hostage until the very end. Giovanni and Sasha are the hero and heroine of Shadow Keeper and they have some strong sizzling chemistry that leaps off the pages and captures the reader’s attention from the get go. The romance is sweet but full of heated passion as well as emotional turbulence as Sasha is introduced to Giovanni’s world of secrets and danger, which means Giovanni has his work cut out for him as he tries to win her heart while keeping her safe.
This fast paced plot keeps readers on the edge with lots of thrilling danger that gets the adrenaline pumping and surprising twists and turns so that there is never a dull moment to be found. And to make it even more suspenseful, Giovanni must determine if he has been betrayed by one he trusted which adds to the emotional turmoil and the uncertainty facing this couple.
So far, I have to say that Christine Feehan has another spectacular series going. She makes all her worlds come alive for her readers as well as making all her wonderful characters vibrant and life like. I can always get lost in her stories and never doubt that I am going to love it, which is why I tend to read them over and over again. Each of her Shadow Riders stories have an intense feel to them and have some unique elements that make them different from other paranormal stories and I can’t wait to read the next one.
Perception – fostering an image that prevents other from seeing the real person. The Ferraro family has given the outside world a perception of rich playboys, while concealing their true lifestyle. In book 3 of the Shadow series “Shadow Keeper”, we get family, passion, vulnerability, Giovanni’s story.
Having survived an attempt on his family’s lives, Giovanni is forced to be on the sidelines unable to work and having to provide cover for others. He’s bored, tired, and frustrated until he hears a laugh that sends an instant jolt to his body. He has to get to know her but she is less than impressed with his family. Can he overcome her initial impressions and show her that he is truly what she needs?
Growing up in a loving family Sasha is accustomed to working hard for what she wants, after the untimely death of her parents and her brother being severely injured; she is working to support them both. Hired to work in the club, she overhears Giovanni setting down the rules to a game that leads her to believe the perception she has of the family is in fact true.
When Giovanni spies a new waitress, he can’t take his eyes off of her, something about her calls to him and though he realizes that she is not the least bit impressed after overhearing the rules of the game. He has to find out more about her. When an unruly patron puts her in a compromising position, he steps up to protect her and so their story begins.
Sasha is quickly put to the test when she appears to have a stalker. Is she truly the target or is she being used to draw out Giovanni?
Shadow Keeper is a fun read full of life, love, misunderstandings, and family. Giovanni and Sasha have so much to learn, not only about each other but also from each other that you won’t want to put it down.
Oooh lawd. Christine Feehan has me over here fantasizing about shadows! Did that one just move? The Shadow series and the uber yummy Ferraro Brothers, will have you looking a little harder the next time you see a shadow move across your field of vision. Shadow Keeper is the third installment of the Shadow series, and I would encourage you to read them in order. While each story has its own arc, it will benefit you to have some of the back story from earlier books. Plus, the whole series has been great so you won’t regret investing the time.
The hero of this installment is Giovanni Ferraro, our playboy Ferraro brother. Or is he? If you have read the previous books, you will know that Giovanni was shot in the leg and has been unable to ride the shadows while he recovers. This means he is spending more than his normal share of time in the nightclubs being the “face” of the Ferraro family, and a distraction for their enforcement activities. When Giovanni finds his “one” – his fated mate – all those alpha male protective instincts come to the fore to bring his woman on board and agree to tie their shadows together for life. Now the Ferraro men tend to railroad their women until they accept the foregone conclusion that they belong together. While some don’t like the pushy alpha males… they really engage in this behavior for all the right reasons, and you can’t imagine a woman treated better than these heroines. I seriously love Feehan’s heroes, they all tend to have the alpha characteristics in common, and I don’t think I’ve met one that I didn’t like.
Our lucky heroine is Sasha Provis, a somewhat sheltered girl from the farm in Wyoming. Sasha was a very likable heroine. She was sweet and family-oriented, but she also didn’t fear sticking up for herself or saying what she wanted. I loved the playful side that surfaced once she accepted Giovanni. In addition, she was a dedicated sister and did all in her power to provide the best care for her disabled brother, Sandlin. And Sandlin, dios mio, he just broke my heart.
So the relationship between these two moves at a pretty fast clip, as is the tendency in the fated mates trope. I don’t mind that. In fact, I am super happy when the fated heroine accepts her fated Ferraro brother and things start getting good. These alphas are super steamy and skilled, and I loved the play and banter between Sasha and Giovanni.
The secondary storyline for Shadow Keeper involves a stalker who puts our heroine in danger. I felt like this was laid out very well and helped to advance the plot so that it wasn’t all romance and sexytimes. The Ferraros do danger very well, and it makes them all the more appealing. Our future books in the series are shaping up to be explosive and dramatic, and I can’t wait!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book that I received from the publisher, Berkley.
Shadow Keeper is one of the most balanced books I think I’ve ever read by Feehan! Both Giovanni and Sasha were strong, intelligent, honest, and capable. Sasha was no simpering miss and gave as good as she got. Colored me surprised over this fact, because typically Feehan writes over-the-top alpha males (and I do love reading them) with…not as strong heroines (drives me bonkers).
At any rate, I loved the flow of Shadow Keeper. Getting to see more Ferraro’s is always a bonus and the family is out in numbers this go around! Giovanni and Sasha had great chemistry and a straight forward relationship, but I do agree with a few others. The sex scenes are multiple and I started skimming them because, well, I got bored. Even with that little nuisance, this was still a really good read!
Shadow Keeper continues the story of the Shadow Riders. These men and women can literally meld into the shadows! They can detect lies by crossing shadows with people. Its really unique and I love the world that Feehan has created with this series!
Sasha left the farm in Wyoming in order to get the best care possible for her brother. She is working 2 jobs to pay for his care facility but she would do anything for Sandlin. When she meets Giovanni, sparks fly. However, she doesn’t have the best impression of the manwhore playboy. Giovanni isn’t going to let that stand in his way. I liked that Giovanni wasn’t really such a manwhore. It was a ruse created out of necessity and it was kind of brilliant in its simplicity. Before he can really get to know Sasha, they discover she has a super creepy stalker. This guy is deranged. It was ominous and really helped build the tension. However, the ending felt anticlimactic and a bit abrupt. All that lead up kind of fizzled.
I can’t believe I am going to say this, but my biggest problem was the sex. I love the fated mates thing. That wasn’t the problem. I struggle with how they went from strangers to kinky sex and how they had sex all the time. They didn’t really talk about what was going on, they just had kinky sex with a few random comments about current events. I skimmed so many sex scenes. So many.
I loved the supporting characters and am really excited to continue reading about the Ferraro family. Feehan’s Shadow Riders are fascinating and even with my issues in the book, I was totally caught up in this world of Shadow Keeper!
I love how each male member in the family has their own special someone waiting for them and only them. Their shadows connect in a unique and firework display. Can’t wait to find out who the next nook will be about. Definitely a great book!
Once again C. Feehan writes a great book. I love all her series. The Shadow riders has just begun. I think the momma met her match with Sasha. The mom needs to lost in a tube. I’m like Sasha, I want hope for her brother. When he passes, I willcry with her. Can’t wait for the next.
Love this book could not put it down
I loved this book. Along with the romance and the difficulties it faced, there was a mystery that I didn’t solve before the reveal. The writing was excellent, as always.
I absolutely love this series! And Giovanni and Sasha are great. Undeniable fascination and recognition of their shadows and abilities. But Giovanni is demanding. Well, he is a Ferraro! But he’s so endearing with Sasha. And Sasha is an independent woman, unwilling to accept help…until absolutely necessary.
And the dance begins… As does the stalking and threats.
I love the loyalty, devotion, and intensity of the Ferraro’s. And Francesca is still as sweet as ever, and she knows exactly how to handle and accept Stefano. Mariko seems so comfortable in her own skin now. She and Ricco had this intensity and balance that works very well for them.
And the dynamics between Valentino Saldi and Emmanuelle have me excited for their story. I think it’s going to break my heart.
Taviano seems so tortured and Nicoletta is equally so. They just can’t connect even though she is his. Her traumas weigh so heavily on her and she is trying to figure out how she fits; who she is.
Vittorio? Well, he revealed a bit more of himself to Sasha. It will be fun to see his character develop more.
Giovanni and Sasha have this strong love of family and would do anything to protect them. Trusting in what they have and are together isn’t so easy for Sasha, but when they come together is passionate and poetic.
Giovanni is grounded from doing serious work as a shadow rider, side lined due to an injury, metal plates in his leg no riding shadows for him. Instead he is forced to stand in as a playboy, a role he is beyond frustrated of taking on. His mouth gets him in trouble with a waitress working the VIP section of one their most popular night clubs. Sasha is disgusted by the game she overhears the Ferraro men plotting. Little does she know moments later Giovanni will be coming to her rescue.
Sasha works two jobs trying to take care of her brother so she doesn’t have time for a player, Giovanni has to prove to her he is much more than what she has heard in the bar and read in the rags. Shasha is honest, loyal, fierce..the perfect match for Giovanni, now if he can only get her to see that.
A stalker has Sasha in his sites, the family will do everything in their power to protect her and her brother. She is the perfect woman for their brother and nothing is going to mess with that.
This book is one of my favorites, you have passion, suspense, romance, action and family. I couldn’t put it down. So many other side hints of future stories in play, Christine Feehan keeps you coming back for more.
I This is the Third book in Christine Feehan’s FANTASTIC Series: Shadow Riders.
This is the story about Giovanni Ferrago and Sasha Provis. Sasha works in one of the night clubs Giovanni and his family own. Sasha is from Wyoming and is trying to make money to pay for her brothers care.
There are so many twist and turns in this book. I couldn’t put it down. You will laugh and cry.!!!
I love this SERIES
I can’t wait for the next book in this series.love this series
I like the way the author works the characters from the other two books in the series into this Shadow book. I love Sasha and and Giovanni characters and the story line. Sasha stands up for her self, there is witty moments in the book, plus the hot love scenes!!!
Hot enough to burn…
The match between the infamous bad boy Giovanni Ferraro and Sasha Provis burns white-hot.
Giovanni is a great guy who takes nothing from anyone… and his family has his back. He’s always been the one in the spotlight, keeping the public’s eye on him, and not his family.
Sasha may have grown up on a Wyoming ranch and taught to protect herself from predators, but can’t do so in the nightclub where she works. She’s fair game for anyone who wants her, including her stalker.
Giovanni steps up to protect her, but at what price?
He’s more dangerous than any man she has ever known, setting her heart and mind in motion and on fire. She’s more beautiful and courageous than any woman he has ever known.
When he sets his sights on Sasha, nothing and no one will keep him from what he wants. He finds pleasure in her company and in the bed they share, but will that be enough for Giovanni? What will Sasha lose – or gain – from Giovanni’s protection?
Sasha you rock! Strength, class, family, passion. You checked all the boxes for me. In my mind you even raised Giovanni’s status . Okay people don’t hate me, Giovanni apparently made an impression on a lot of people in book 1 and 2. This series continues to evolve, each book is about one of the brothers and family. As they leave their own brand of justice in the world it raises some thoughts on right, wrong, does the end justify the means, but that is all on the individual reader. The story itself is about family. Family in a big way. There is intrigue, mystery, a little red herring and of course Christine Feehans trademark of detailed sex. In fact this book starts out with it, so if your like me and don’t require that to enjoy a plot, don’t give up. The plot itself is fantastic. I like that fact this is the Shadow world. Shadows are good and bad, they can bring comfort or fear and I think The Ferraro family brings it all. I received this arc from Berkeley and all opinions are my own. #ShadowKeeper
4.5 stars—SHADOW KEEPER is the third instalment in Christine Feehan’s contemporary, adult SHADOW RIDERS erotic, paranormal romance series focusing on a species of humans- The Ferraro Family- that are able to ‘use and ride’ shadows, to move about in secret. This is Giovanni Ferraro, and cocktail waitress Sasha Provis’s story line. SHADOW KEEPER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.
SOME BACKGROUND: The Shadow rider male must find his –a woman who is capable of riding the shadows-or at the very least with the ability to bear children with the shadow-riding gene. Within the family, the Ferraro siblings are tasked with finding a mate, fated by DNA, who is capable of continuing the family line.
Told from several third person perspectives including Sasha and Giovanni SHADOW KEEPER follows the building relationship between Giovanni Ferraro, and cocktail waitress Sasha Provis. To the public and the paparazzi Giovanni Ferraro is the family playboy, a role he despises since the shooting that left him unable to ‘ride the shadows’ but a role that keeps the spotlight away from the family business. Meeting Sasha Provis, the newest cocktail waitress at the family owned club, pulled at more than our hero’s heart but at their mutual shadows the began to intertwine. When several MMA fighters turned their attentions to Sasha Provis, Giovanni knew he had to protect the woman with whom he would fall in love. What ensues is the building and fated romance between Sasha and Giovanni, as the Ferraro family come together to protect one of their own.
Sasha Provis is a feisty, independent heroine who struggles to take care of her elder brother since the car accident that left him a shell of his former self. Alone but well aware of her surroundings Sasha and her shadow will cross paths with her future, a man as dangerous and powerful as he is beautiful. The relationship is intimate, erotic, intense and provocative. There is some light bondage and rope play.
All of Giovanni’s sibling play secondary and supporting roles, as well as a number of cousins, who use the shadows as they work for the family business, meting out justice for those unable to protect themselves. The Ferraro family is a tight-knit, fiercely protective family unwilling to risk the lives of the people they love including those under the protection in the Ferraro territory.
Christine Feehan does an incredible job creating the intricate, and secretive world of the ‘shadow riders’. The premise is intriguing, edgy and energetic; the characters are inspiring and colorful; the romance is seductive and dramatic. SHADOW KEEPER is an engaging, enjoyable and imaginative look at the paranormal.
Christine never disappoints
Another romance filled with some suspense in danger. A lot of back-and-forth trying to figure out who is behind things and what and why. I was not expecting that much mystery. More steam than the others. A good dose of all the family, as always.
A great paranormal romance series