Infinitys Embrace

When she runs afoul of the law, she's left as bait in dragon territory. She only has one chance to survive - to somehow tame a dragon and get it to obey her. You'd think being abducted by aliens would be the worst thing that could happen to me. And you'd be wrong. Because now, the aliens are having ship trouble, and they've left their cargo of human women - including me - on an ice planet. And the only native inhabitant I've met? He's big, horned, blue, and really, really has a thing for me King Grim Vasteri is the strongest and most feared warrior in the Tornian Empire.

He is the King of Luda, blood brother to the Emperor, and his line will die with him. He will have no offspring for no female would join with him for once he was scarred he was considered "unfit". The Tornian Empire has been dying ever since the great infection caused the birth of females to become a rarity. Since then they have been searching the known universes for compatible females.

When the topic of grandchildren comes up during a weekly sewing circle, the matriarchs of the founding families seek out the witch Elder to scry to see if their sons have mates. They are shocked to discover that many of their son's mates are out in the world and are human! Fearing that their future daughter in laws will end up dead before being claimed and providing them with grandchildren to spoil, they convince their own mates that something must be done.

Gracie Jones was little more than a child when Earth was invaded by an alien species. Escaping into the subway tunnels of New York City, she hid in fear of being captured.

Discovered by four men who became her protectors, she fought alongside them, and they became known as the Freedom Five. At 17, she made a decision that turned the tide in the war between Earth and the Alluthans, but in exchange, she gave up all that she knew. Abby Tanner is content to live on her mountain while she creates beautiful works of art and enjoys the peace and quiet. All that changes when a strange golden spaceship crash lands on it. Now Abby has to deal with a golden ship, a tortured alien, and an insane local sheriff.

Torkel Alonson has had enough of being ignored and looked over by females on his adopted home world of Enotia. His pride has suffered and he must accept the painful truth. Females will never choose a male with his evil lineage despite his honorable service to his government's military. Tattooed, muscled, and fierce, they look like felons; but these highly trained agents are humanity's protectors - the only ones standing between Earth and the threats of the galaxy.

They are the Star Guardians. A born geek, Juanita has dreamed of exploring the stars for as long as she can remember.

Getting kidnapped by slavers from another planet? If she's lucky, she might be able to convince the hot guy protecting her from the others to help her escape. Cassandra Chamberlain has always stood out. It's hard not to at 6'1" and pounds, with jet black hair and sapphire blue eyes. And if that isn't enough, she is also brilliant, graduating from Harvard at 15, teaching at MIT at 19, and up for the prestigious Magellan Award at She's never really fit in. Not with her peers, not with her contemporaries, only with her family. But everything changes when the Earth is attacked, and Cassandra and her niece, Victoria, are the only survivors.

Suddenly the smartest woman on the planet has to relearn everything. Rescued from captivity by a group of rather intimidating Kordolians, Noa finds herself recovering at a strange facility in the middle of the desert. SynCorp's medical experiments have left her with an impossible ability she can't control, and nobody really seems to know how to help her. She's fragile and shattered, a mere shadow of her former self, and she has nowhere else to go. She doesn't know what to make of the Kordolians, especially when she can't stop their thoughts from leaking into her mind.

After several visits to her spot she finds someone in her head. How can this be and who is it? Ashrael, called The Silent One, is a Kodrolian asassin with a mindbond that forces him to kill The General and bring his mate back h Noa and Ashrael Noa's brain was operated on; it changed her and she doesn't like it. Ashrael, called The Silent One, is a Kodrolian asassin with a mindbond that forces him to kill The General and bring his mate back home to his Dark Planet.

Yet when he contacts the mind of the woman in the desert he looses the compulsion to kill his target. Who is she and why can she stop his mindbond. This was a good twist on the mated couple. I am really enjoying this Dark Planet Warriors Series.

Jan 14, Kimberlee rated it it was amazing. I'm so glad the author to the time to write this beautiful story of the Silent One Assassin and the beautiful Telepath that the SynCorp had been torturing. They make such a beautiful pair. Their stories so sad but so wonderfully woven together. I'm excited for the future to see what happens to the mighty Kordolian Empire going forward. May 15, Kelly rated it it was amazing Shelves: He was a MESS when we first met him and it took time for him to work through the conditioning he'd been subjected to and find something to focus on that wasn't all about mayhem and murder.

That thing he ended up focusing on? Noa, the human experimented on by SynCorp who now has a whole lot of crazy going on in her head. On the plus side, Ashrael has been trained in controlling the very thing driving Noa batty. Which is a major plus for her, because now she has someone who can teach her the ins and outs of not letting her newfound power get the best of her.

I really, REALLY liked Ashrael's transformation from a brainwashed assassin to someone willing to face down anything to keep his special someone safe. He seriously came a long way and it was great. Also, his complete focus on Noa was sex-ay. Assassins have insane focus, man. My soft spot for emotionally stunted warriors who fight hard and love harder is endless, it seems. I'm all in and I'm planning on staying this way. Nov 03, Lyndi W.

Again, jumping into a well-established series like this means there are a few things that just don't really compute, but they are so unimportant to the current story that I don't feel like I'm missing out on much. But the romance was on point, the conflicts were varied, and the characters were both developed really well. I honestly have no complaints. Actually, by the end of chapter two I was fist pumping because the heroine gets some crazy superpower and is like "I'm gonna learn how to rock this Again, jumping into a well-established series like this means there are a few things that just don't really compute, but they are so unimportant to the current story that I don't feel like I'm missing out on much.

Actually, by the end of chapter two I was fist pumping because the heroine gets some crazy superpower and is like "I'm gonna learn how to rock this shit" instead of the typical "omg my life is ruined, this is sooo hard" nonsense. This was a win for me.

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Jan 02, Cindy rated it it was amazing. Surreal I think this is the most surreal part of this series. From Noa's music to Ash's near death experience it was spiritual in its intensity. Noa is from the 3rd book and one of the survivors saved when Abbey was abducted and found. I was hoping we would see her again. I loved her story and admired her strength.

She has the most intense of the Kordolians. Ash is honed to be a killing machine. The others are tame compared to him. Tarak is probably his only equal. Scary guy but what I love about Surreal I think this is the most surreal part of this series. Scary guy but what I love about this series is how the fiercest males are struck down by these beautiful and brave women. May 16, Andrea Koopaloop rated it really liked it Shelves: Mar 10, Amanda rated it it was amazing.

Dec 11, Nicole Timmer rated it it was amazing. Another great edition to the series, which I absolutely love. I was so excited to see a new book by this author. Noa and Ash were perfect together. Their 'powers' complimented each other so well. It was amazing to see them heal each other. Noa's gifts in particular were very intense.

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Will the next book be located on Kythia after its near destruction? Back on Earth with another rescued patient? Looking forward to it whatever it is. Dec 27, Sommertime rated it liked it Shelves: I liked the alternate storyline with the silent ones instead of the same old Kardolians. I've enjoyed this series and look forward to more by this author.

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Dec 13, Rosa Maria Garcia rated it it was amazing. Absolutely Wonderful This is such an awesome book with just as interesting characters? This is an adventure you will not be able to put down? Filled with steamy romance, suspense, and a very highly recommended series. Jun 27, Sonja rated it really liked it Shelves: Despite being incredibly aggravated with Noa at the beginning, I ended up quite enjoying this one.

Though that probably had a lot to do with Tarak acting like the badass General I love so much again. Oh how I missed this side of him. Noa was one of the humans rescued along with Abbey and the experiments done on her gave her a sort of telepathy. But it turns out it was more than that.

She now can harness and detect the same energy forces that the Empire's Silent Ones can. It kind of annoyed me the Despite being incredibly aggravated with Noa at the beginning, I ended up quite enjoying this one. It kind of annoyed me the big deal that was made about how she used to be some huge pianist before being taken. She even says some crap about having the world in the palm of her hand because of her skill.

I'm sorry, I don't care how good you are at playing the piano, you most assuredly do not have that sort of power. Most people wouldn't even know who the hell she was. She hates being stuck in the compound despite being treated well because she can't stand the overwhelming thoughts of all those around her. Her headphones help drown it out, but only to a point. She she sneaks away to find some peace and quiet in the middle of nowhere when she can. What she doesn't know yet is that that pocket of silence isn't because of the distance.

It's because of the captured Silent One near by. Ashrael is the Silent One that Tarak cut off his arm and captured. Despite Tarak's confidence that he will break the mindbond that compels Ashrael to kill him, Ashrael knows the most dangerous thing at this point is any sort of hope. So he bides his time and plays along. After all, what other choice does he have at this point?

So he's locked up in his prison when he detects Noa's presence and is immediately curious. She has no idea of what she can do and her control is non existent, giving Ashrael a chance at escaping. Too bad he didn't count on her determination and power, making it pretty much backfire on him. With Noa's display of power there, she has now come to Tarak's attention.

And of course, he's going to use any and all that he has to to get what he wants. Along with another like Ashrael, Tarak hopes that together they will be able to break that annoying mindbond on Ashrael. Which turns out to be a lot harder than they expected and they fail. But Noa refuses to let Ashrael die, and lucky for her the two of them have already mentally bonded and she's able to bring him back from the brink of death.

And that's when Noa started to annoy me. Ashrael had tried to take control of her body and succeeded to a point I think less than a day before. During that they already connected which formed a link between them. Okay, I'm on board with that. But here you've got Noa freaking out because she has begun to depend on this link and can't imagine going on without it.

Dude tried to usurp your will and control you and you can't live without him? What is wrong with you? Though that fails, they realize that when Ashrael is within a certain distance of Noa he is able to resist the mindbond that forces him to want to kill Tarak. So Tarak takes a risk with him and decides to go forward with his plan to topple the Empire. All the women are brought up to Silence along with Ashrael and Noa, and off they go to sector one.

During which time Noa works on her power, they strengthen their connection to increase the distance they can be apart, and plans are finalized. Ashrael was impressive to say the least when he finally goes down to Kythia to do his part. And for a second I thought he was going to not do it. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't manage to escape before being caught by his brainwashing mistress and thrown into a literal hell for one such as himself.

Which cuts the connection that he has with Noa, leading her to annoying the hell out of me again when she freaks the fuck out and starts almost destroying planets and ships when she gives into the darkness. In the end though, everything works out as Tarak wanted. Ashrael and Noa practically get kicked out of that sector because Tarak doesn't want him anywhere near them, and they go back to Earth.

Where Noa is able to come back from the dead and for some reason her brother still has one of her apartments. I'm just excited to dive into the last book and get more of my Tarak. This is is Noa's book. I have been always curious about her and how she got at the facility. At first I believed that she was an alien but then come to find out she is human. It was an interesting twist. We meet her when is plays music to Abbey to keep her calm. Noa is such a fascinating character. Her background is different but the way she goes through life currently is a bit depressing.

I get back to her in a bit. Ashrael is someone who has intrigued me from the beginning. Being called a Sile This is is Noa's book. Being called a Silent One is some serious business. You do not get that name unless you have gone through some things. The chemistry between the two was just okay. Noa to me felt a bit to needy. She was easily overwhelmed with everything and everyone. I understand there are a lot of issues that she had to deal with but for me she just needed to stop complaining and start doing.

The fact it took her to find a man, I hate when a heroine has to find a man to be strong and complete, just to get a bit of control was sad. The back story and all the different adventures was great. There are so many questions that I wanted answered that I did not get but that is okay. The ending left a lot to be desired however.

I do not understand how Noa can just go back to her life after all she has been through. It does not seem as though she has coped with all she has gone through. But yet she is back living her old life.

Infinity's Embrace

It is as though the past year has meant nothing. Dec 18, Grace Vincent rated it it was amazing. All of the series is great, but this one is my favorite. Ashrael was taken at birth because he had a sixth sense. He had his sight and ability to speak taken from him and he was trained to be the perfect assassin.