WAITING ON WEDNESDAY #86 Fire Bound (Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #5) by Christine Feehan

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and is where we can talk about books we are looking forward to being released.

Title: Fire Bound

Author: Christine Feehan

Series: Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #5

Expected publication: April 26th 2016

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Flame-haired Lissa Piner is a skilled glass blower whose delicate gift conceals a burning inner strength that can destroy as exquisitely as it can create. Commissioned to design chandeliers for a string of luxury hotels, her remarkable skills have taken her to Italy. But Lissa’s real mission there is a secret. For her entire life has been a lie, leading to a chance to avenge a terrible wrong.

Enlisted as her bodyguard is Casmir Prakenskii, a trained assassin living off the grid. In Lissa, he sees a kindred spirit—something unexpected and wicked, mysterious and sensual. But more than desire is about to bring them together: because both of their pasts cry out for revenge. And for two people with this many secrets, this much passion, and this many enemies, someone is bound to get burned.

What are you waiting on Wednesday??? 

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Review: Earth Bound (Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #4) by Christine Feehan

Title: Earth Bound
Author: Christine Feehan
Series: Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #4

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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After escaping from a cult, Lexi found refuge with her sisters on the farm that more than sustained her body—it nurtured her soul as well. But she never forgot the terror she left behind or the always present fear that the cult would find her again, and claim her. Then her nightmare came true.
Lexi was discovered and threatened—only to be suddenly saved by a stranger. He is Gavriil Prakenskii, and he’s awestruck by the woman he’s rescued. She is destined for him. He can feel it in his soul. But how can Lexi find happiness with a man steeped in secrets and shadows, one intimately acquainted with violence, and whose very love could be the death of them?

Earth bound is the fourth book in the Sea Haven series and tells the story of Lexi, the sister gifted with the earth element and Gavriil Prakenskii, one of the oldest brothers.

When Lexi moved to Sea Haven with her five sisters to start anew she was pleased to run their farm being responsible for a farm isn’t easy but Lexi loved taking care of it. It also helped that she could feel what the earth needed. But Lexi’s past isn’t that different from that of her sisters’.

Her past is once again haunting her. Lexi was just eight when she was kidnapped from her home and forced to live with a monster who abused her. She may have escaped and moved on but she has never forgotten her past. When the monster of her past comes looking for her she is the one that will trap him this time. But there is another man at her farm, only he isn’t there to harm her but to protect her.

Wow! Gavriil was so defferent from his other brothers. They were all forced to watch their parents get killed, they were later separated and trained. Gavriil was supposed to be a killing machine, he was trained to be and they succeeded. But he never forgot his brothers. As one of the oldest, he always watched over them from afar. Now they are all in grave danger and he has come to warn them, especially Illya, the youngest of all.

Lexi and Gavriil were very alike. They have both suffered physical and emotional wounds but together they managed to heal. Gavriil was a very likeable character. He had endured much but yet he never once broke. He loved his brothers and he came to love the young farmer who teased and protected him from the porch while he lay healing on her bed.

Earth bound was an amazing book. The story was heartbreaking and emotional but in the end the pain was worth it. I loved that we got to see Illya and Jonas. I’d have loved to see Jolie too but that didn’t happen.

Lexi and Gavriil’s story captivated me. I read it in one sitting. I just wanted to find out what their future held and I did. I hope we get to see more of them in the upcoming books. I’m really looking forward for more.

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Review: Air Bound (Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #3) by Christine Feehan

Title: Air Bound
Author: Christine Feehan
Series: Sea Haven/Sisters of the Heart #3

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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For as far back as she can remember, Airiana Ridell has always been aware of her extraordinary gift. She can intuit revealing and illuminating 'patterns' in the air around her-whether in a spray of mist, in billowing clouds, or in the dense swirls of an impenetrable fog. Her abilities led to her placement in a secret government training facility when she was a child, but everything changed after her mother was murdered.
Airiana fled the program, but she couldn't outrun the desperate members of a shadowy cabal who want her, who need her, who will kill to get her. Kidnapped and held aboard a ship bound for dangerous seas, her only chance for rescue is Maxim Prakenskii. He has his reasons for helping her, but he isn't about to reveal them to Airiana. Not yet. Not as the two are drawn together as moth to flame. Not when there are so many secrets yet untold that could shatter the quaint community of Sea Haven and all who reside there...

When Airiana’s mother is brutally murdered, she decides to move to Sea Haven to lay low and find someplace safe to live. Airiana never expected to find a home so fitting and such good friends, her sisters of heart. As her sisters so and Airiana has a gift of her own. Airiana’s abilities lie within the air element. Her sisters know that Airiana’s gift is valuable and so does a man who would give anything to possess her gift.

Airiana never knew her father so when Maxim Prakenskii comes to save her from the man who kidnapped her, Airiana isn’t sure whether to trust him or not. Airiana can’t but notice that a man like Maxim has an agenda of his own. Why else would he save her? Airiana is in serious trouble not because she was kidnapped but mostly because she will have to stay close to Maxim and she’s not sure when the time comes if she will be able to let him go. Little does she realize that Maxim doesn’t plan on leaving her behind. Now that he has had a taste of what life can be like, he won’t let her go.

The first book I read by Christine Feehan was Water bound the first book in the Sea Haven series. When the second book was released, I immediately read it so I have no idea how I missed this one. Recently the fourth book in the series, Earth bound was released and thankfully I had the opportunity to read them both.

Airiana was very talented with her element. She was a kind and compassionate character but she was really brave and at the same time sassy. Maxim was the typical alpha hero. Arrogant, protective and sexy as hell but that’s only a few of his charms. Maxim was much more than that. The Prakenskii brothers are all scarred, both physically and emotionally, so it’s only fair to say that Max was a loner. Being with Airiana made him see all that he was missing.

Air bound was action packed, suspenseful, it had romance, a paranormal aspect due to the sisters’ gifts, many twists and a few surprises. I especially loved seeing Lev and Rikki, Stefan and Judith and a few new characters.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

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