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A Dark Guardian

Shields, Book 1

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A Dark Guardian

By: Donna Grant
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
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Hugh and his men are faced with fighting creatures only thought to live in legend but which have been brought to Earth by evil bent on annihilating all the realms. That is Hugh's life - and he loves it. At least he did until he found himself staring into the angelic, innocent face of Lady Mina of Stone Crest.

In all the time he has led the Shields Hugh has trusted his instinct to keep his men alive, yet now he doesn't know what to believe. Everything points to Mina as the evil summoning the creatures, but she proclaims her innocence. He should be able to see through her lies, if she is indeed lying, but his attraction to her blinds him to even that. The last time he found myself so drawn to a woman, it nearly cost him the lives of his men. Hugh cannot allow that to happen again. He won't allow that to happen again. Yet every time she looks at him, begging him with those blue-green eyes to believe her, he finds himself sinking further under her spell. Her mouth is a temptation mortal men will never know, and her love will either bring him the peace he thought he'd never find - or the death he's managed, thus far, to avoid.

©2012 Donna Grant (P)2013 Tantor Fantasy Gothic Historical Historical Fiction Horror Medieval Paranormal Paranormal & Urban
Exciting Storyline • Fast-paced Action • Excellent Narration • Intriguing Mystery • Imaginative Supernatural Elements
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Would you listen to A Dark Guardian again? Why?

Absolutely. It was exciting and romantic with all the action of a paranormal adventure,

What did you like best about this story?

It pulled me into the story right away and kept me wondering who was the villain.

Which character – as performed by Antony Ferguson – was your favorite?

Lady Mina

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When they were in the barn together, his fierceness to have her belong to him was amazing.

Any additional comments?

I love Donna Grants writing and am always looking for her next adventure to begin. Her highlander novels are incredible.

I can't wait to begin the next book.

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i did enjoy this book it is kinda long winded though and does go on and on, narration though was extremely good and is what actually kept me interested had i had the actual book i probably would have put it down.

Exceptional

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This is a mix of an old fashion historical romance and a fantasy all rolled up together, this includes the character development. Overall I enjoyed this story and I will continue with the next book to see what happens next. There were admittedly some parts to the book that did not jive with how people really react and while I was in disbelief I still enjoyed the storyline. I think the most annoying part was how long Hugh actually thought that Mina was part of the conspiracy. To me it was easy to figure out who the bad guys really were, but mostly I was reading this for the action and the romance so it works for me. Narrator was not too bad he had a nice voice, although he did sometimes use the wrong voice for the character he was portraying.

A good story, but it has its flaws.

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I can appreciate characters developing throughout the story. However, I wasn't entertained by the characters. Didn't connect with the main characters and felt the story line prodded along. I liked the narration more than the plot.

Main characters exhibit high levels of anxiety and insecurities.

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Six handsome hunky time travelling Warriors working for the Fae battling evil and saving realms then moving on to the next evil threat. This was a delicious start to DG's new paranormal series that had fast paced action, mystery, magic, a murdering demon, romance, sex, love, evil siblings, a few twists - and all this was intertwined with the 'oh, who is it?' basis of the storyline that keeps you guessing..... and your earphones glued in.

Great characters, Hugh the leader of The Shields is instantly attracted to Mina however they were there to do a job and so he tried to fight his attraction to the lovely Mina but, of course, he failed. However, her family had really done a great job in tormenting her through the years so her self-worth was at zero but despite that she started to believe him. Hugh had been deceived before by love and just couldn't trust her and this played a big part in the story which, unfortunately, became repetitive and a bit annoying coupled with Mina's constant low self esteem issues sadly lost this otherwise exciting listen a point from me.

Worth a credit? Now we've met the characters, learned some of the who, what's and whys of The Shields the foundation has been set and I can't wait to discover what imaginative supernatural story-lines DG will conjure up for us in her forthcoming books as she adds and subtracts the Warriors in the series. Sorry, back to the worth a credit question - well that should of been easily answered by my review - an absolute YES.

PARANORMAL INTRIGUE,DUTY & LOVE MAKE A GREAT COMBO

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Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

awesome

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This was a decent read/listen. I liked the story enough, however I will say it did take all the way to the end to get any answers at all, with no other surprises or twists. The end did get a bit cheesy even for a HEA. The characters were very likable and there was plenty of dialogue. There was a couple decent sex scenes in book.

Although I liked the book well enough, I don't feel like it was a potential addiction book that gave me a rush to read the next in the series.

The narration was good enough. Antony Ferguson is no Robert Petkoff who is the best male narrator ever.

A decent read/listen

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I have read all of the warrior, sword, dragon and reaper series and absolutely loved them. This book was definitely not in the same category as any of them.
While it was okay read, I didn't care much for the hero. Now if believed what the heroine said against all odds than it would have been a great story. But the fact that he thought that she was the one responsible for the evil creature until the very end was ridiculous. He even said that he loved but still thought she was a liar and involved with the evil that was killing the people in her village.
I will give the next one a try, but if the book is similar I will move on to another series.
The narratwas absolutely wonderful.

Not her best

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This is the first book I’ve listened to by this author and I’m pleasantly surprised. I usually like a lot of steam in my romance books and this one had a good story and good amount of steaminess. Apparently from the reviews of the last book in the series each book is of each member of the original surviving shield members with all of them appearing in the last book. Can’t wait to start the next!

Good first book

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What can I say about this book, it was filled with misunderstanding after misunderstood. Get to the point already. The heroine was stupid and silly, I couldn't finish this book.

Dull, and more dull

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