This is the first Christine Feehan book I've read, and for some reason I collected quite a few of her books... I'm hoping they get better, lol! This is the first book in the Drake Sisters series - there are seven Drake sisters and they all have different magical abilities. This book (really just a novella) focused on Sarah, the oldest sister, and Damon Wilder, a man who comes to town to retire (and to hide); I guess it could be described as a witch-romance. I found the romance to be unbelievable, and while the different abilities and interactions between the sisters was somewhat interesting, it just wasn't enough. Also, too much sex - I don't mind sex, but with a romance that is not believable. ( )

This book is about perfect people experiencing perfect moments, perfectly understanding and complementing each other and so on.
The only conflict in the story is a twodimensional clicheé group of villains that only exist for the purpose of being the villains, never creating more than very mild tension.
And there is some supernatural thing related to fate and death for a bit of ominous atmosphere.
The book suffers from painfully awkward exposition.
Honestly, it's all ridiculously cheesy and cringeworthy and without any sense of real danger but as it is just a hundred pages long I actually perceived it as light and refreshing but in larger doses, this would become very tiresome and boring very fast. I can not imagine how 7 consecutive books of this could keep any interest. You would need to be hardcore softcore I guess. ( )

Sarah es la mayor de siete hermanas. Viven en un antiguo caserón en un acantilado de Sea Haven, que las protege del mundo exterior. Una antigua profecía predice que cuando llegue el momento adecuado, la verja se abrirá para dejar entrar al amor de la hermana mayor. A partir de ese momento, las demás hermanas irán cayendo en los brazos de sus amores verdaderos una tras otra.
Damon Wilder es un científico que se ha refugiado en Sea Haven. Desde que llegó no hace más que oír la misma frase: «Sarah ha vuelto, Sarah ha vuelto». Hasta el viento parece repetirlo. Un impulso irresistible lleva a Damon hasta la casa de las hermanas. Una casa que protege a sus habitantes y no permite que nadie entre sin ser invitado. Sin embargo, cuando Damon llega a la puerta, ésta se abre, invitándole a entrar. La antigua profecía se ha cumplido.

This short novel/novella begins the Drake sisters series. There are seven Drake sisters every generation and they all have interesting psychic gifts. Sarah is the oldest. She has precognition and works as a bodyguard. Her latest assignment is to keep scientist Damon Wilder alive.

Damon doesn't know why he came to Sea Haven. Something about the place appealed to him when he retired from his secret government job and needed to recover from the torture he suffered when he was kidnapped by villains who wanted his latest discovery.

When they meet, they are almost instantly attracted even while Damon hates the idea that he needs a bodyguard and hates putting anyone else in danger. Bur Sarah knows that Damon's arrival has triggered a long-standing prophecy - if she can keep him alive.

The kidnappers are on Damon's trail and Sarah enlists some of the residents of the quirky seaside town to help her find them. She also has the help of three of her sisters who arrive soon after Sarah does.

I liked the magic and I really liked the relationship between Damon and Sarah. The story was well narrated by Eve Bianco who managed both the pacing and the characterizations very well. ( )

Real quick and enjoyable read.

I had actually stumbled upon the last book in the series so thought I would go back and see what I missed.

Interesting because it starts to explain the sisters and their prophecy about the seven of them and what would happen to the seventh sister.

Met the people of the town and now some of what happened in that last book make sense. ( )