Critiques en avant-premièreDoranna Durgin

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. RULE #1: FAMILY COMES FIRST RULE#2: IF YOU BELONG TO KIMMER REED'S FAMILY, IGNORE RULE #1 She'd never planned to see her so-called family again. But that didn't help Hunter Agency operative Kimmer Reed when her brother showed up on her doorstep, men with guns just minutes behind. Seemed he'd gotten in over his head and had decided to give his former mob "business partners" a new target: Kimmer. Not so fast. Because Kimmer is no longer a scared teen--she's a highly trained covert agent wth things worth fighting for. A job she loves. A house that's truly a home. A sexy man who loves her and believes that family is sacred...uh-oh. It's time for... RULE #3: WHEN YOUR LIFE, LOVE, AND MANGY BROTHER ARE AT STAKE, THERE ARE NO RULES... ~~~ "Doranna Durgin's BEYOND THE RULES (4) is action-packed from start to finish. Kimmer is so strong that readers won't doubt for even a minute that she'll come out on top in the end. And Rio is a hero any woman could love." --Romantic Times, Four Stars "BEYOND THE RULES is a fascinating addition to the Bombshell line. Part action-adventure, part family drama, this story explores how far someone will go to do what's right..." --Jennifer Wardrip, Romance Junkies "BEYOND THE RULES is one of those reads that leaves you saying WOW! Kimmer Reed is a truly amazing heroine...the story flows wonderfully and keeps you on the edge of your seat." --Wendy Keel, Romance Reader's Connection "...Filled with unrelenting danger, heart-stopping action plus a wonderful touch of romance...With Kimmer's sharp-edged nature and brazen wit, Ms. Durgin has created a dynamic heroine. The storyline of this book merges the ever-present action and suspense with a heartfelt romance," --Amelia Richard, CataRomance " Filled with action and suspense...an exciting read." --Jennifer Bishop, Romance Reviews Today

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. You Can't Go Home Again... But Hunter Agency operative Kimmer Reed has to. She'd fled as a teen, swearing never to return, but now--vastly changed, greatly disguised--her latest assignment has brought her back. Still, watching over a computer genius who also has her own bodyguard should be a piece of cake--after all, who'd think to look for Carolyne Carlsen here? Surprise. Everyone. And so Kimmer plays a dangerous cat-and-mouse game to keep her mission hidden, the genius protected--and the bodyguard far, far away.... ~~~ "Imagine the pace of the TV show Alias, the smart, emotional whammy of Buffy, and characters you care about every minute." --Julie Czerneda, Aurora-winning Author of the Night's Edge series

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. Half-breed bounty hunter Trevarr is gone, captured by the Ghehera Tribunal and in the hands of a resentful former companion who will stop at nothing to extract the name of his clandestine partner: Lisa "Garrie" McGarrity, Southwest Reckoner. Garrie hunts Trevarr with grim intent, determined to find him in spite of the danger. But reckoner teammates Quinn, Drew, and Lucia want her focused on the rising ethereal threats at home, any one of which spells disaster of the cataclysmic kind. Garrie knows in her heart what her team doesn't--that Trevarr barely survives, that he needs help--and that they all need him just as much as she does, if they're to have any chance of stopping the massive invader hunkered invisibly over the mountain beside Garrie's New Mexico home--trapped, wounded, and infinitely more dangerous than it ought to be. If only Ghehera doesn't find them all first. Praise for Storm of Reckoning: "Storm of Reckoning broadens Garrie's understanding of herself and what she can handle, leaving readers with a big cliffhanger that is sure to open even more potential paths for her and her team. Durgin deftly focuses on the question of what love can conquer." --Romantic Times "It simply amazes me how much action Durgin can pack into so few pages without losing sight of the goal at hand." --Night Owl Reviews

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Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. When Blaine Kendricks discovers strangers in Shadow Hollers, she thinks they've come to trade. She couldn't be more wrong. When Dacey Childers comes to Shadow Hollers, Blaine's family thinks he's there to hunt game. They couldn't be more wrong. When the Annekteh come to Shadow Hollers, they think the isolated community living there has no way to resist their invasion. They're pretty much right on target. But the last man of the lost seer's blood has returned, and is about to draw Blaine into his magic, his adventure...and the most dangerous hunt she could ever imagine.

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. The Reckoners: A powerful ghostbuster raised by a ghost, a brilliantly eccentric backup team, a cat who isn't a cat at all...and a fiercely driven bounty hunter from a different dimension who brings them together when worlds collide. Skilled Southwest ghosthunter Lisa "Garrie" McGarrity not only sees dead people, she wrangles them into submission. But her beloved ghostly mentor moved on years ago, and the Southwest has gone quiet under Garrie's hand. Garrie and her team have grown restless and...well, face it. Maybe willing to take a risk or two. So when the relentlessly mysterious and fiercely driven Trevarr (and his not-cat!) shows up asking for help, Garrie is inclined to listen. And when he describes big trouble at the San Jose Winchester Mystery House, she's inclined to go with him, even if it splits her team along the way. But she doesn't expect a mansion crammed with spirits on the brink of madness, and she doesn't expect to face off against the powerful and unfamiliar energies of semi-ethereal beings from another dimension. She definitely doesn't expect the fabric of her own world to unravel around her--with no one but her to stop it. And truly, she has no idea how deep Trevarr's secrets run. "Heart, adventure, and buckets of wonder." --Julie Czerneda, author of Rift in the Sky "The Reckoners is certain to carry readers along at a break-neck pace that is nonetheless savored along the way." --Jennifer Roberson, author of the Karavans series. "Ghosts, aliens, danger, romance, and a non-cat. As Lisa McGarrity might say, what's not to like?" --Anne Bishop, author of the Black Jewels series "Readers will enjoy the humorous dialogue and ghost-busting lingo..." --Publisher's Weekly "Heroic figures with problems even bigger than they are." --Jacqueline Lichtenberg, The Monthly Aspectarian "Doranna Durgin makes her mark with her new urban fantasy series, THE RECKONERS. The delicious debut titled, THE RECKONERS, features a topnotch ghost-hunting team, a tracker from another world, his mysterious sidekick, and all sorts of paranormal activity. The pacing is excellent and the plot engaging. Ms. Durgin's word-building is edgy and she provides some interesting takes on supernatural elements. Overall, the central mystery is complex, the action plentiful, and the developing relationship between the protagonists satisfying.... It is an exceptional read." --Romance Junkies

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. Magic is back in Reandn's world--and when wizards use it to slaughter his Remote Wolf Patrol, he is left adrift in a society still reeling from the changes wrought by magic' return. But King's Keep offers him a chance to regain his rank: escort the beloved Higborn woman through the rebel-torn Resioran border to King's Keep. Soon enough Reandn is embroiled in wizard's treachery. To make it out alive--to keep Kalena alive and prevent a catastrophic wizard war--he'll have to face his own worst enemy. Magic. "Wolf Justice will delight fans... Well-rounded and wildely appealing, this one comes highly recommended." --Hypatia's Hoard Praise for Touched by Magic: "Doranna Durgin envelops her appealing characters with a rare, shimmering aura of mystic legend." --Romantic Times "[Durgin] has a magic touch for creating rich fantasy." --Rochester Democrat & Chronicle "I loved Touched by Magic and was sorry to see it end." --S.M. Stirling "Mystery, suspense, and loyalty fill out the plot, but primarily this novel focuses on the dangers of obsession. it also deals hauntingly with loss: of loved ones, of home and status, of entire ways of life.... It will keep you guessing right to the end, and there are no simple solutions to the complex problems presented." --Hypatia's Hoard

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. ** This book is a short story ** The slavers who capture Kelyn's youthful hunting pack also threaten her village, which depends on the meat and trade pelts the pack brings in. But except for Kelyn, the pack is drugged...and Kelyn's nickname is Kelyn the Clumsy. A short story set before the events of Wolverine's Daughter.

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent a coupon code and the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. Magic has never been a part of Reandn's life. Almost gone from Keland when he was born, there is no trace of it left by the time he patrols the Keep lands as an elite King's Wolf. Magic has never been a part of Reandn's life. Until the people under his care start dying. Until the threat extends to his family--and then turns on him. Someone, somewhere, is trying to draw magic back into Keland, and they don't care what--or who--is destroyed in the process. But Reandn does. "Doranna Durgin envelops her appealing characters with a rare, shimmering aura of mystic legend." --Romantic Times "[Durgin] has a magic touch for creating rich fantasy." --Rochester Democrat & Chronicle "I loved Touched by Magic and was sorry to see it end." --S.M. Stirling "Mystery, suspense, and loyalty fill out the plot, but primarily this novel focuses on the dangers of obsession. it also deals hauntingly with loss: of loved ones, of home and status, of entire ways of life.... It will keep you guessing right to the end, and there are no simple solutions to the complex problems presented." --Hypatia's Hoard

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Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. Steve Spaneas doesn't have a clue. Who'd have thought that the woman who stumbles her way into his gym, looking and acting so very much like a street person off her meds, is really a CIA case officer whose memory has been obliterated by experimental drugs used by some very bad people? And seriously, who'd have thought that her attempts to untangle the few clues she's got would lead him right into her world of spies and counterspies, death and deception-and holy cow, stockpiled nuclear weapons? But Steve had better figure out who he trusts-his years of experience on the streets, or the heart of a gritty woman determined to reclaim herself-and he'd better figure it out fast. Because suddenly there's a body out behind the gym, surveillance teams lurking, and a series of unsavory goons following the trail of a woman temporarily named Mickey right through his life. "HIDDEN STEEL is a pulse-pounding suspense...Full of mystery and interesting characters, HIDDEN STEEL will grab readers from the beginning and is a book you don't want to miss." -Jennifer Bishop, Romance Reviews Today "Mow your lawn, finish doing the wash, and walk your dog BEFORE starting this book!" - B&N Reader "Another trademark Durgin, full of realism, deft strokes of humour (and pop culture), plenty of sizzle, compassion, action, and a heroine you not only believe, you want to be. Grab this one." -Julie Czerneda, Stratification series "HIDDEN STEEL is a page-turner voyage of discovery, with the fate of the free world in the balance. Well-drawn characters, numerous plot twists, and unexpected glints of humor are what I've come to anticipate in any of Doranna's novels, and this one definitely lived up to expectation!" -Michelle Shirey Crean, Dancer of the Sixth

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Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. Kelyn of Ketura. Daughter of a legendary warrior who left the mountains before she was born. Brave. Strong. Tempered by her struggle to survive in the hostile, craggy Keturan mountains. And plagued by moments of enormous and puzzling clumsiness. “Find your father,” the local wisewoman tells her. “To find your true self, find the Wolverine.” Angered by his abandonment, Kelyn doesn’t care about her father–but the lure of adventure in the Out Lands calls to her, just as it called to the Wolverine before her, and she accepts the challenge. New languages, new weapons. Magic. Witch hunts. The treacheries of civilization. She doesn’t know just how much of a challenge it’ll be. “With this new book, Doranna Durgin ventures into classic sword & sorcery — and turns the subgenre upside down... And I like Kelyn, who could kick Red Sonya’s steel bikini-clad butt from introduction to epilogue. Fantasy fans in general will love this book, but it has extra appeal for feminists and for warriors of the female persuasion.” –Hypatia’s Hoard

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. As a child, dog-loving Brenna Fallon naívely invokes an ancient Celtic deity to save her beloved hound--and inadvertently anchors the new-found power at a spring on her family's farm. She doesn't know she's also left an opening for a far more malevolent force. Years later, thanks to the actions of several angry young men, Brenna discovers the terrible potential of that gateway. With a devastating plague unfolding abruptly around her, she must depend on her wits, a stranger she doesn't trust, and a mysterious stray dog who becomes more than just a faithful companion as she struggles to drive back the threat of a modern Black Death. Welded by a desperate sacrifice, woman, man, and dog face the feral darkness together.

Format: Open, non-DRM file. Winners will be sent the URL of a webpage where they can download the eBook in ePub or Kindle format. Dun Lady’s Jess: all woman, all heart…all horse. When hikers Dayna and Eric find a naked and terrified young woman, they’re sure she’s the victim of foul play. But the truth is much more shocking: she isn’t human at all. She’s Dun Lady’s Jess, a horse transformed into this new shape by the spell that brought her and her rider, to whom she is utterly devoted, into this world. Possessed now of human intelligence but still a horse deep inside, Jess desperately searches this world for her master and rider, using her fiery equine spirit to take on human idiosyncrasies–and human threats. Other books in this series: Barrenlands, Changespell, Changespell Legacy. Winner of the Compton Crook Award for Best First SF/F/H; with special forward by Elizabeth Moon, and brand new remarks from Jess’s second edition editor, Julie Czerneda. “Dun Lady’s Jess is unique. Durgin has created a character who is utterly believable as both horse and horse-in-human-body... She cannot be, any longer, just another mare…she cannot be, ever, just another woman….” – Excerpt from Elizabeth Moon’s Forward for Dun Lady’s Jess. “A thrill ride with a fantasy twist, neatly done by a knowledgeable author – short, sweet, and paced at a gallop, Dun Lady’s Jess can’t help but to win you over.” –Janny Wurts