Zavir is a guardian. He’s the best the Krinar has. His assigned vocation is to uncover the Resistance movements popping up around the earth, and eliminate them. New information about a fast-growing Resistance camp sends him to Costa Rica, home of the largest Krinar Center. His informant is a human girl. She wants to make a deal–her traitorous family’s lives in exchange for information–but Zavir … Zavir doesn’t make deals, and he takes no prisoners. When the time comes to wipe out the secret organization, his pretty, innocent little mole will learn the truth. She made a deal with the devil, and the price is something far more tantalizing than information.
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Oh wow! I’m not sure I’ve ever read a hero as protective and possessive as this hero is over this heroine.
Liv meets Zavir to pass on information regarding the resistance in an effort to protect her family. What she doesn’t realize is that Zavir has tweaked the plan just a tad and the fallout is his possession of her until the Krinar traitor is caught. However, there’s just a little something else she isn’t immediately aware of…Zavir doesn’t plan to ever let her go.
I absolutely loved Zavir and his harsh, uncompromising claiming of Liv. In real life, no, no way. But here in the safety of this wonderful book, I was gobbling this hero up as quickly as I could. His methods were not the sweetly gentle wooing of his lady fair, it was full on take charge domination. There were also incidents of putting the little lady in her place. Women’s lib at this point of the book doesn’t even exist. I should probably hate that, right? Nope…I was completely consumed by his actions.
Liv was freaking amazing. I felt her disconsolation during her “imprisonment” and my heart hurt for her, but as the reader, I was aware of Zavir’ thoughts and I knew once they actually communicated they could work through their issues. But we’re talking about a guardian Krinar and Zavir, as the strongest of them all, isn’t really known as a communicator but more of a take action guy. Fortunately, Liv is more than capable of handling a crisis and when the opportunity to do so arises, she shines. Gah! I loved her just as hard as I did Zavir.
This book checked every one of my boxes for the things I love most in a hero. Filled with plenty of action, mystery and steam it also has so much intensity between the hero and heroine that I could barely stand it, it was so good. I hated to see this end.
Definitely a high recommendation if you like your heroes fierce and protective!
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Whoa… A few weeks ago I would have passed Sci fi based books, but lately loving them, so I jumped on the opportunity to be on Charmaine ARC team… And as her previous work, I wasn’t disappointed. She captured me from the first page with Zavir and Livs story. A true Alpha K who wants to protect his kitten at all cost, hot and steamy, dangerous with twist and turns at every corner, so romantic in his gestures, and I had to swallow hard when Zavir set Liv free, a token of true love where her happiness overrules his own. Thank you Charmaine for another great story! So talented!
Liv and her twin brothers are part of the resistance. Liv realizes that what the resistance wants to do will cause many deaths, including their own. When she befriended a Krinar’s charl, she realized the Krinar want a peaceful integration with humans. The only way to save her brothers was to become an informant.
Zavir has been tasked with meeting the resistance informant. He wasn’t expecting the pull he would feel to Liv from the first time he lays eyes on her. He’s one of those heroes who deal with their feelings in almost a military way. It’s all he’s known and that ultimately makes things harder for him and Liv. It’s quite the battle to witness.
I love his need to protect her and care for her. He just really sucked at communicating his reasons for that care. Liv, who has had heavy responsibility from the start doesn’t know how to just be cared for. She doesn’t see it for what it is. On top of such a tumultuous relationship, they have the resistance to still deal with and a possible traitor in the Krinar.
I’ve enjoy the Krinar world ever since I read Korum and Mia’s story by Anna Zaires. I love that the author opened this world up to other authors. Charmaine Pauls does an excellent job of bringing something new while keeping the same formula to the original. I would love to see her do more with the Krinar’s.
I was gifted my copy of this book, direct from the author, that I write a review was my choice.
This is Ms Pauls second step into the Krinar world and I loved it!
Liv wants to make sure her brothers survive, makes a deal with Zavir to ensure they will not be harmed when he smashes the resistance ring they are part of. But little Liv makes Zavir want to keep her, and the only way to do that, is to betray her trust.
OoOOOEEEEE!!! I loved these two!!
Powerful, instant attraction. Powerful hatred of the other. enemies to lovers. Betrayal from some many around them. So much right up my street, I read the whole book in one sitting, and did not move til I finished!
It’s sexy, it’s dark, it’s full of hope, and despair, the whole bloody gamut of human, and indeed, Krinar emotions all wrapped up in some 200 pages that is just bloody brilliant!!
Because it’s a world written by different authors, you don’t need to read them all in any order of order, I don’t think. But what I’m left with now, is the overwhelming NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED for every single book in this world, and there are a fair few!!
I loved this book, did I say that yet??
so, it can only get…
5 stars