Blood Debt
Release July 15, 2012
Series: Touched #1
Description:
Her whole life, it had just been the two of them. Before her mother’s last breath, she gave Camille the information she had craved her entire life: the identity of her father. Daring to contact him, Camille was welcomed by an entire family she never knew existed. But nothing comes without a price, as she discovers when her family claims a legendary heritage tracing back to a centaur touched by Zeus.
As she learns the secrets of her Centaur bloodline, she is drawn into a forbidden love with Drake. Her life may be the blood debt required to pay for her mother’s transgressions. The same person who once held her mother captive, and forced her into decades of hiding, now controls Camille. Her only chance is to seek a piece of her mother’s past that will win her freedom and the life she desperately wants.
As she learns the secrets of her Centaur bloodline, she is drawn into a forbidden love with Drake. Her life may be the blood debt required to pay for her mother’s transgressions. The same person who once held her mother captive, and forced her into decades of hiding, now controls Camille. Her only chance is to seek a piece of her mother’s past that will win her freedom and the life she desperately wants.
Review:
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This book was a breath of fresh air. I love mythology but never have I read anything in depth about Centaurs before and that's what this book was about. It was a wonder and joy to read about them and their different customs and of course the history of their mythology as told by the author. I loved every minute of it, I couldn't put it down and now I can't wait to find out what is going to happen next.
This book was a breath of fresh air. I love mythology but never have I read anything in depth about Centaurs before and that's what this book was about. It was a wonder and joy to read about them and their different customs and of course the history of their mythology as told by the author. I loved every minute of it, I couldn't put it down and now I can't wait to find out what is going to happen next.
Centaur Legacy
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Series: Touched #2
Description:
Camille and Drake are on the run from the head of the Centaur Council, seeking the mythical pasture of Thessaly and a family heirloom that may keep them safe. As their journey progresses from the rolling hills of Ireland to the snow covered forests of South Dakota, Cami learns more about her mother’s secrets, including a twin brother and a Centaur legacy that puts a death warrant on her entire family.
Camille and Drake don't know who to trust or where to hide. Camille’s family is quick to come to her aid, but who among them can be trusted?
A supernatural benefactor forces Drake to choose between being the man he wants to be and the Centaur warrior Camille needs him to be.
Camille and Drake don't know who to trust or where to hide. Camille’s family is quick to come to her aid, but who among them can be trusted?
A supernatural benefactor forces Drake to choose between being the man he wants to be and the Centaur warrior Camille needs him to be.
Review:
The next chapter in the lives of the Centaurs was not a disappointment
at all. Once I started reading the book
it bought back memories of the first one since I read it a while ago and I remember
all the action and mythology and fell in love all over again. This book was a great continuation to the
saga that is the lives of centaurs. Nancy
Straight knows how to bring you into her world and want to live in it.
Spoilers if you haven’t read the previous book!
Now that Cami is free from her grandmother she’s off with
her chosen Drake in search of some help from her old relatives in Ireland,
which will later bring her to South Dakota to find her long lost twin brother. There isn’t much mentioned of him in this
book as it focuses on Drake and Cami’s relationship but I can’t wait to find
out more about this mysterious twin who seems to have known more than he is
leading on.
There is some great action in this book as it is really
packed with fights and old drama along with some special guests from the
heavens above. It kept me at the edge of
my seat wondering what was going to happen next the entire time. It was all very exciting to see how much they
believe in all their old customs and ways.
Sometimes I just wanted to throw caution to the wind and tell them just
go for it, go hide somewhere where no one will find you, but the characters
feel too much loyalty and the need to do the right thing.
Watch out counsel because here they come and they are
bringing the big guns.
Centaur Rivalry
This series just gets better and better, I don’t know why I waited so long to read all these books but I’m so happy I’ve finally picked them up again thanks to this great tour. Nancy Straight is just brilliant and kept me anticipating every moment in this book. I didn’t think it could get any better, but it definitely has.
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Series: Touched #3
The Centaur world is rocked as news spreads of the Lost Herd, Camille's existence, and her Centaur protector. A death order against Camille's father and family sends all into hiding.
Camille and Drake leave the country pursued by the Lost Herd as well as by Centaur Council enforcers. Camille's twin brother Cameron is manipulated by the Council Head and is quickly becoming her newest enemy.
Amid unexpected new protectors, enemies, and romances, Camille and Drake make their plans to travel to Africa to confront the Centaur Council. They hope acceptance of Camille as Chiron's heir, yet knowing that her link to the Lost Herd could require them to kill or to be killed.
Camille and Drake leave the country pursued by the Lost Herd as well as by Centaur Council enforcers. Camille's twin brother Cameron is manipulated by the Council Head and is quickly becoming her newest enemy.
Amid unexpected new protectors, enemies, and romances, Camille and Drake make their plans to travel to Africa to confront the Centaur Council. They hope acceptance of Camille as Chiron's heir, yet knowing that her link to the Lost Herd could require them to kill or to be killed.
Review:
This series just gets better and better, I don’t know why I waited so long to read all these books but I’m so happy I’ve finally picked them up again thanks to this great tour. Nancy Straight is just brilliant and kept me anticipating every moment in this book. I didn’t think it could get any better, but it definitely has.
With the introduction to new characters such as Jessica and
Katherine, and the growing love that Drake and Cami have for one another there
is no chance you can even consider putting this book down. Daniel is ever hilarious and charming. We are still in South Dakota hiding out from
the Centaur Counsel Enforcers, when something happens to Drake, it’s a glorious
thing that I can only imagine, but you will have to read to find out what it
is.
There is still so much action in this book and throw in a
good flirtatious background love story and of course the everlasting love of
Drake and Cami. I’m telling you at some
points it definitely made me have some glassy eyes from the near tears that
were going to fall because it was so heartbreakingly beautiful in so many
ways. There is a lot of family
interaction too, and let’s just say how much I hate Zandra, there is something
wrong with that woman and I can’t wait to see her be taken down by her own
granddaughter. I’m telling you, it
better happen.
Before they can go to meet with the counsel Cami and Drake
finally tie the knot because their anticipation of each other was even killing
me. Talk about hot, hot, and hot. You can just feel the tension between the two
and it’s exciting. Again Nancy does an
amazing job with these characters definitely bringing them to life and giving
them some substance. They are not two
dimensional and you definitely feel for the characters as you get completely
invested in their lives and their fight and their cause. Go team Lost herd!
Off to find out what happens when they final encounter the
ever empowering counsel and the evil chairman (aka grandma lol).
Centaur Redemption
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Series: Touched #4
Description:
Cami and Drake’s honeymoon is cut short as they escape attacks by the Council Enforcers and head to South Africa for the meeting of the Centaur Council, which has ordered a death sentence on Cami and all members of the Lost Herd. The Council Chairman is her grandmother, her most dangerous foe. Surrounded by family and friends, Drake and Cami face the Council, Cami’s power-hungry uncles, an ambitious twin, taking the battle all the way to Zeus to attempt to win the freedom of the Tak herd.
Review:
This was to put it simply one of the most perfect endings to
an amazing series I’ve ever read. There
was a little bit of everything in this book and then a little more. Nancy Straight is a brilliant writer who
should definitely not be overlooked. She
can bring you into a world and make you want to live in it; I can literally see
the different scenes as clear as day and you will not be disappointed in any
way other than that it has come to an end.
We are all gathered together at the counsel as Cami and her family
is going to take their final stand against them but one thing leads to another
and while winning the trust of the counsel certain events transpire. These events cause Drake to leave her side
and protect another, it’s always bad when Cami and Drake are separated, but it’s
for a reason. There are things that
happened in the past that need to be reviewed and corrected and there is only
one way of doing that, confronting the gods themselves.
There are a lot of small betrothals/love stories throughout
the book, a new one comes to light and old ones are still revisited which is
always good because there has to be some side stories to look at as well. There is a great deal more mythology in this
book (which I love); there is definitely action and a wrath of the gods, much
more love and some moping. I don’t want
to give too much away because really you should experience it for the first
time yourself but this series, this book, this author is all well worth the
time. This definitely was not a book you
could predict because when you thought one thing was going to happen something
completely different did.
Overall I love this series, I love these characters and I will
miss their presence in my reading world.
This is a must read for anyone of any genre because you will fall in love
with a new idea, Centaurs. I’m not too fond of this cover only because if that’s
supposed to be Drake that’s definitely not how I pictured him but throughout
the other covers have been consistent and beautifully done. I can’t praise this book enough, but it’s
hard not giving bits and pieces away because you just want to keep talking
about it more in detail. Go read the
book, stop by and let’s chat.
One final note - not a dry eye in the house, perfect ending!
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