Redemption Lost City Shifters Book 2 edition by Eleri Stone Paranormal Romance eBooks
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Blamed for a heinous crime and banished from his tribe of Jaguar shifters, Adriano will do anything to buy back his rightful place—even steal a priceless artifact. First, he'll have to seduce Sophie Martin, an archaeologist researching the temple ruins and the one person who stands in his way.
Sophie wants to uncover the artifact as well—not to sell it, but to study it. It could unlock all the secrets of an ancient and mysterious civilization. But it's hard to focus on her work when the distractingly sexy Adriano is nearby.
What begins as a seduction quickly turns into mutual passion as Adriano's touch awakens a side of Sophie she'd kept hidden—and arouses his Jaguar instincts. To preserve his people's secret and earn his redemption, Adriano needs the artifact. But when a rival thief kidnaps Sophie, Adriano will be forced to choose—between the people who rejected him in the past, or the woman who could be his future…
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Redemption Lost City Shifters Book 2 edition by Eleri Stone Paranormal Romance eBooks
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Redemption Lost City Shifters Book 2 edition by Eleri Stone Paranormal Romance eBooks Reviews
Adriano is a jaguar shifter living in exile. He was cast out from his people five years ago. But he believes if he can uncover an ancient artifact of his people, he can use it to return to their good graces. He has worked his way onto the dig site where the artifact is hidden and he is getting closer to it everyday.
He is also getting closer to Sophie, one of the archaeologists at the site. He feels an attraction to her that he's never felt for a human before. He makes his move and they hook up. But before the relationship can go any further, other shifters begin to show up, placing his mission --and their lives-- in danger.
The sex is good. The story is... ok. The book is really more of a novella, and it isn't very fleshed out. The sexual pull --the animal attraction-- is easy to connect with. But it's harder to see the foundation for real feelings between these two. They basically just have a handful of conversations, when they aren't going at it (or running for their lives.) It's short and sexy... basically a fun way to spend an hour or two. 3 1/2 stars.
3-1/2 stars
Deep in the live the Yaguara, an ancient jaguar shape-shifting people where strength is everything. Blamed for a crime and banished from his people, Adriano has been making a living as a mercenary. He hopes by recovering an ancient artifact hidden at one of his people's temple, he will be able to buy his way back into his tribe. Only, there are humans scouring the site. Despite their inability to locate the REAL temple within the dig site, Adriano doesn't want to leave it to chance so he sets himself up as the security detail on the site. While watching the humans, he meets Sophie. Sophie's research is dependent on discovering the secrets hidden at the temple. When this unlikely couple hit it off, one's goal seems to counter the other's. However, when Sophie is kidnapped, Adriano is forced to choose between his tribe who rejected him and the possibility of a new future.
When I read Mercy last year, I was happy to discover an interesting and fresh new story about shifters, which I really enjoyed. Even though I enjoyed REDEMPTION, I don't feel that it was as good as the first one. The first involved mostly all shifters, whereas this story was about a shifter in the human world and her reaction when she discovers his furry side. The POV shifts between Adriano and Sophie, so we get a lot of back and forth on their take of things and their assumptions (which aren't always true and we know this because we get to see inside both their heads.)
For me, I think the story dragged because Sophie doesn't learn about Adriano's furry side until half-way into the book (it was about 51% marker.) That was a LOT of time of not really knowing each other. Also, the first half was just a lot of watching and setting up the scene. After this point though, there was a lot of action and adventure. However, the political intrigue that really held my interest in the first book just didn't really seem to gel for me in this one--it almost didn't make sense.
This was an enjoyable short story. I really hope there are more to come.
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Nestled deep in mountains thrusting up from the lush jungles of Peru, the ruins of an ancient civilization predating the Inca has captivated archaeologist Sophie Martin. Having come to the site to help restore what an earthquake has damaged, she has a habit of wandering off on her own time, poking around and uncovering the most incredible artifacts of a long-dead people and working to find evidence to support her academic thesis.
That habit both enchants and frustrates Adriano as he manages the crew of workers at the site...and conducts his own excavation deep in the ruins of the civilization of jaguar shape-shifters that are his ancestors. He is Yaguara. Exiled from his people for five years, he came to the ruins for one reason, to find the stone that will gain him re-entry into his family and his small, secluded tribe.
He is perplexed by his fascination with Sophie. She's human, a first for him, and she's stand-offish, with a focus on her work that precludes interpersonal connection. She keeps stumbling into areas that are neither safe for her nor for his personal quest. He wants her, and he wants her out of his way. Of course, having the first clue how to seduce a human would be helpful for both.
When Adriano catches the scent of another of his kind in the ruins, he is suspicious. When that scent his accompanied by that of a wolf shifter, he's stunned. Cats and dogs don't exactly go together among his kind. Their partnership can mean nothing good for his people, and when Sophie comes under direct threat, Adriano will be faced with a horrifying choice. Secure his tribe's history and guarantee secrecy for his people, or save a human woman who may mean more to him than he'd ever thought possible.
Caught between an ancient rock and a hard place.
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Wow! I was incredibly impressed by the depth and detail in the world building and the creativity and originality found in the mythos of this story. I don't know that I've ever read a novella that was so unique and richly developed in those areas before. Frosting on the cake is a setting and backstory that touches on my fondness for archaeology, the study of ancient civilizations, and Indiana Jones-type adventures. There was a lot for me to fall in love with very early into this story.
I haven't read the first novella of this series by Stone. Unfortunately it slipped past me. That's an oversight I plan on rectifying, because I was captivated by this one and a little stunned by the complex and creative story wedged between its covers. I would love to see how it all started. For now, though, I can be happy with what I have read.
Sophie and Adriano had thorough backstories and personal histories that added several layers to their character definition, as well as provided a nice bit of internal conflict. Both of them were solid and well developed, with quirks and charms that added to their personalities and brought them to life. Together they had a robust amount of sexual chemistry and their relationship worked well within the frame of the novella.
There were a few issues, a few trade-offs for the quality world building, mythos, and the depth provided the main characters. The external plot conflict was a little thin and sparsely detailed. Secondary characters and their ancillary plot threads petered out and were left unresolved. Several questions I had went unanswered or weren't addressed. There were also some abrupt transitions in the book, and a perhaps too-quick escalation of emotion in the romance thread.
Just about every one of those issues - actually, just about everything I thought and felt about the novella in entirety - made me wish that this was a full length novel. I would love to see what Stone could do with another twenty-five thousand words (I'm greedy that way). That sort of expanded format could have provided the necessary space to fill the few gaps, bulk up the external plot thread a little more, and allow for a more gradual relationship evolution.
Still, I liked this novella so much and so many aspects completely impressed me that I can't help but want more (again...greedy). I'll be keeping my eye out for other books by Stone, especially if they're about a secluded group of jaguar-shifters in Peru. I've got quite a yen-on for more of those.
Disclosure An ARC of this book was provided to me by Carina Press via NetGalley. This rating, review, and all included thoughts and comments are my own.
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A brief tale that mixes Indiana Jones and shifters. I would have liked more of a glimpse into how the world of the Panthers with the new king and queen was progressing. Also the narratives moved at a very disjointed pace.
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