Cade Shepherd is on top of the worldas this year's Ultimate Fighting Champion. He doesn't even remember his life asGage Dempsey, a Shadow Walker with the ability to magically transport himselffrom shadow to shadow. In fact, he can't remember anything before waking up ina cheap motel room ten years ago with mysterious burns on his hands--not eventhe woman he almost died for.
Embry Hollister has picked up the pieces of her life, learned to control herability to generate flame, and now works an enforcer for the Council of Races.But when her father is captured by the human military and the Council refusesmount a rescue mission, Embry has no choice but to go rogue. All she has to isfind the man with the new name and new life who was completely wronged by herpeople, give him back the memories they stole, convince him to join her onwhat's probably a suicide mission, and hope that after ten years of living as aregular guy he still remembers what her father taught him.
And after that, she just has to leave him. Again.
The Story Behind This Book
Forsaken By Shadow is my debut in paranormal romance. It is a novella, the prequel to my Mirus series, intended to whet your appetite for my world and all the exciting adventures to come.
Praise and Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Romance + Great
Action!, April 6, 2010
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This review is from: Forsaken
By Shadow (Mirus) (Kindle Edition)
Cade Shepherd is on top of the world as this year's Ultimate Fighting
Champion. He doesn't even remember his life as Gage Dempsey, a Shadow
Walker with the ability to magically transport himself from shadow to
shadow. In fact, he can't remember anything before waking up in a cheap
motel room ten years ago with mysterious burns on his hands--not even
the woman he almost died for.
Embry Hollister has picked up the pieces of her life, learned to
control her ability to generate flame, and now works an enforcer for the
Council of Races. But when her father is captured by the human military
and the Council refuses mount a rescue mission, Embry has no choice but
to go rogue. All she has to is find the man with the new name and new
life who was completely wronged by her people, give him back the
memories they stole, convince him to join her on what's probably a
suicide mission, and hope that after ten years of living as a regular
guy he still remembers what her father taught him.
And after that, she just has to leave him. Again.
Forsaken by Shadow flawlessly blends romance with a non-stop action
story, set in a world filled with three-dimensional characters and
fascinating other-worldly detail. It's a story that pulls you in from
its first pages and doesn't let up until the finish. Highly recommended.
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Great Characterization and Dialogue, March 27, 2010
This review is from: Forsaken
By Shadow (Mirus) (Kindle Edition)
Forsaken by Shadow was a pleasure to read. Kait Nolan grabs hold of you
on the first page and doesn't let go until the last page. There are a
lot of novellas in the paranormal romance genre that are poorly
developed stories where basically nothing happens but sex. This isn't
one of them. FBS gives you a fully developed story, so fully developed
in fact, that at the end you feel like you've just read an entire novel.
The world is multi-layered and well-developed. What you need to know
is explained to you but it isn't over-explained. There are also no "as
you know Bob"'s where things are just said to one character so the
reader can get the info.
The relationship between the hero and heroine is believable and
intense. The storyline is far from predictable. Ms. Nolan is able to put
characters into an impossible situation and then get them out, without
it feeling contrived or predictable.
Ms. Nolan also handles sex very well. I typically skim sex scenes in
romance novels and novellas because they are usually boring and
overwritten. Not here.
Give this author a try if you like paranormal romances. You won't
regret it.
Also another reviewer mentioned her fight scenes. I've never seen a
woman write a fight scene so well. Men may find themselves able to
really engage with this story as well. i.e. If you liked the movie
HellBoy, you'll probably like this too.
I'm really looking forward to future stories in this series.
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Action and Romance: A little bit for everyone., May
6, 2010
This review is from: Forsaken
By Shadow (Mirus) (Kindle Edition)
I met Kait Nolan on Twitter, and liked her style. I'm a huge paranormal
romance fan, plus I love to cook. (FYI - she also has a cooking) From
the beginning, the action and romantic suspense reel you in, and keep
you coming back for more. The fight scenes are easy to visualize, and
the romance....ahhhh steamy. Even her secondary characters jump out, and
leave you wanting more. If there's a follow-up book, count me in!