It wasn’t until people started shooting at her that Eve Salutem had an inkling she was anything other than an elementary school teacher suffering from a rare form of cancer. Discovering she was a walking source of the vaccine for lethal bioweapons and that her previous twenty-seven years were based on lies, lies, and more lies, shattered her fragile world and threatened her sanity. She wanted to … to lock the doors, close the shades and hide in the closet, but he wouldn’t let her. According to him––a guy she’d first encountered next to the fresh fish case in the grocery store for Pete’s sake––he was there to save her from some unknown bad guys and her own government.
He didn’t do personal protection––he assassinated people. He didn’t work domestic ops––he was strictly foreign. This babysitting gig in Rochester, Minnesota surveilling a woman who may or may not be an innocent victim was absolutely not in his job description. Dragging her ass across half of America on a forced road trip infuriated him even further. He didn’t need or want to spend days locked in a car with a sexy young woman whose bucket list included drinking champagne, getting a puppy and being kissed. How had this become his life? Her purity and goodness bordered on irresistible, but if he touched her, he’d leave a black smudge on her soul.
In Eve, he saw the goodness of humanity, and Thanatos would storm the gates of Hell to protect her; but a creature of purity and light could never belong to the assassin who was named after a God of Death.
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What a fantastically twisted story and unpredictable romance to get immersed in!
Fast paced, loaded with action, their chemistry hot, Dolan who’s hardened, and Eve with her innocence, bring so many emotions to this journey you can’t help but love them.
Stand alone, but part of a series, these Guardians just keep getting better.
Thanatos is another fantastic book in Kris Michaels Guardian Security Shadow World. My emotions were on a rollercoaster as usual with Ms Michaels books, laughing, crying, and don’t forget turning up the ac when she brought the heat. What really hit me most though was the angst that Eve felt about falling in love with an assassin. Eve lived her entire life with the future being uncertain. She almost died time after time. How could she, who believed life was so very precious, fall in love with a man whose entire life was about taking the lives of others, no matter the reason? Thanatos lived his entire adult life under a code that he believed in. Could he give up the only life he knew for a future with Eve? Read Thanatos to find out. After reading the epilogue, now I can’t wait for the next book in this series.
Another 5 Star Hit
Thanatos is the next story in the Shadow series and spin off from the Guardians series that Kris is well known forThanatos receives information from an unlikely source and when he informs Guardian, they send him on a mission to protect a woman by the name of Eve.
Eve is an elementary school teacher and is now on holiday. However, when Mr GQ model moves in next door she finds she attracted to him and they eventually become friends. When a doctors appointment goes wrong, she calls him and he bails her out…..however, the dominoes are falling and they need to get out of dodge for a while, but will it be as friends or as something more
Can’t wait for the next Shadow story
Thanatos is the fourth book in Kris Michaels Guardian Security Shadow World Series…. And what a book it is.
Thanatos has a lot of action in it, there’s something happening in every chapter. Which makes this story flow so well, you never get bored and Ms. Michaels always keeps you guessing. Nothing is predictable about this book!
Thanatos is a Shadow employed by Guardian Security, his missions are to eliminate treats. So when he gets an assignment to watch over a person of interest he’s completely at a lost at what to do.
Eve believes she has a rare form of cancer but when she meets her new neighbor she suddenly finds herself questioning everything she once knew.
I absolutely LOVED THIS STORY!!! The emotion and angst combined with all the action packed scenes, made me unable to put this book down. I’m so happy with the ending and look forward to more from Guardian Security Shadow World
Eve Salutem is truly one of a kind. In fact, quite possibly the only one her kind in the world. She’s now been given a commutation of her death sentence thanks to Dolan McDade, AKA Thanatos. He’s a killer, a loner, a man who operates without emotion. Providing security is not what he does and yet here he is doing just that for Eve. Getting tangled up with this innocent, guileless woman who is his mission was definitely not in the plan. Hiding away for an idyllic three weeks, Dolan reveals his “good side” to Eve as he fulfills some things from her life list. Unfortunately, when the real world comes crashing in, Eve sees Dolan’s true nature and she is terrified and appalled. Recovering from this revelation maybe too much to ask
When the action started it was hot, heavy and furiously paced. Kris Michaels puts you right in the middle of the action with the way that she creates those scenes. Her characters are always enthralling, dynmic, strong, and flawed. It’s those flaws that make them genuinely likeable and completelt unforgettable. As usual there are a number of Guardian characters woven into this wonderful love story.
Just when I think the books that Kris Michaels writes can’t get any better, Thanatos got released. OMG! It was awesome!! Ms. Michaels is truly an amazing talent. Now that I read Thanatos I can’t wait for the next book!!
While I enjoyed Thanatos’ book because I really liked Dolan, I struggled with my feelings toward his leading lady Eve.
Dolan never got close to anyone. When he was ten years old, he witnessed his parents being assaulted then murdered, before he was assaulted himself and left for dead. He’d spent his entire adult life searching for the man responsible while performing his job duties as an assassin named after a god of death for Guardian. Dolan watched Eve as he was instructed, but he didn’t believe her innocence or naiveness. By the time he realized she really didn’t know anything, Eve was in danger and he was fighting the feelings he had developed for her.
At first I genuinely liked Eve. She had been dealt a horrible hand and was used and tested by the doctors that had lied to her for her entire life. She believed what she’d been told about having a rare cancer because she knew nothing else and had no reason to discount what the doctors had told her. When Eve learned how much danger she was truly in, and Dolan told her who he really was, I liked how she knew she could trust Dolan and how they became so close.
What I did not like was how Eve was adamant that killing was wrong and judged Dolan for protecting her and saving her life. The people he killed were trying to kill them, yet she acted all high and mighty and arrogant. At one point, there’s a man with a knife at her throat and Dolan has to quickly react to save her life. He was shot and stabbed in the process and nearly died, while several others lost their lives. Yet Eve’s response was to scream and back away from Dolan as if terrified of him because he didn’t allow the bad guys an opportunity to surrender. This was his job and so many lives were saved because of the people he eliminated. Eve was told the unbelievable things these men had done, yet she took months making Dolan feel bad about himself before coming back to him, but still giving him an ultimatum about never doing it again. Yeah, she was too weak for a man as strong as him.
I was introduced to Kris Michaels’s work by Maryann Jordan when they joined forces for the Hope City Series. A million thank you’s! Kris Michaels brings her characters to life and as of today, Thanatos is my favorite Shadow. His background is dark and he doesn’t play well with others but he is given an assignment, that he wants to reject, and is thrown into various emotions that are foreign to him. The suspense & action are intriguing and Eve and Thanatos are great together. Many reviewers dislike Eve, but I can empathize with her way of thinking. When you face the possibility of death on a daily basis it makes you cherish the gift of life all the more, no matter what.
Kris Michaels – Thanatos (Guardian Security Shadow World- Book 4)
Stars: 2
Heat: Hot
Recommend: No
Three weeks ago, I found Kris Michaels’s books, and I love them. I am an avid reader and read mostly military romance. I have loved the authors writing style, suspense, and romance. I am happy that I have found a new author.
In less than three (3) weeks, I read all the Guardian Security books, including the spin-offs, which includes Thanatos. I like the character Thanatos. Eve, however, was the worst female heroin that I may have ever read. Eve spent most of her life in the hospital, so she had minimal experience in life, social skills, or anything. Eve is also twenty-seven (27), which limits her experiences, while Thanatos is Forty-Five (45). Eve was whiny, childish, and demanding that Thanatos change. If you love someone, you don’t require them to change something about themselves, especially such a big part of Thanantos’s past. She is not stable, strong, or brave, like the other female characters in all the previous books that had strong women that could stand beside the strong alpha male and not lose themselves or let the H get away with their sometimes high handed.
All the other women in the series understand that the H is on the ‘good side’ of humanity and that the monster must be taken down so the world will be a little better place to live. But, not Eve. She believes that it’s wrong, and if he wants to be with her, he has to give up his past and never allow Guardian to send him on a mission again. What this means is that Eve has judged Thanatos past life, and he come up short.
Since Eve and Thanatos will live in the complex with other operatives, she will never be able to be friends with the other males and females because they all believe that they are on the right side of the equation. What this means is Eve and Thanatos will be isolated from the group all because Eve refuses to look at the bigger picture. Perhaps the author can fix this in future books. Gosh, I hope so.