112. Lora Leigh ~ Dawn's Awakening ~ Berkley Sensation (Feb 2008)

     Well, I finally finished it!  Dawn's Awakening was an outstanding story ~ but then I expected no less.  It's another excellent chapter in Lora Leigh's Breed series.  And there was a lot more interaction between the various Breeds ~ Feline and Wolf.  I'm very much enjoying watching the various Breeds work together for the benefit of all... and I can only hope that this series goes on for a long time to come.  There are so many other Breeds that need to have their story told.  Next up is Mercury Warrant's story ~ Mercury's War ~ coming out late this summer... I can hardly wait!

RATING:
Excellence: Excellent ~ 4.5 stars
Steaminess: Inferno

BOOK READ:
Lora Leigh; Dawn's Awakening; Berkley Sensation; February 2008

FROM the BACK:
     The runt of the lab she was created in, Dawn Daniels endured years of torture by her pride brother and the Council soldiers.  Finally freed from her torment, she's now a Breed Enforcer, in control of her own life.  Then she's assigned to protect the one man destined to be her mate ~ and realizes it's far too easy to lose total control.
     One of the Breeds'  most important supporters, Seth Lawrence has spent years trying to forget Dawn, knowing that her lost innocence has made it impossible for her to get close to anyone.  But suddenly neither of them can find the strength to fight the overwhelming passion between them.  At least until the most brutal tormenter from Dawn's past reappears ~ and threatens to destroy their newfound love, along with their lives...

MY NOTES:
     As I mentioned a few days ago in a blog post, very shortly into this book my emotions were already running amok.  That fast Lora Leigh had me enmeshed so totally in Dawn's story that what affected her, got to me in a big way... and that's the beauty and strength of this amazing author's writing; how she can get you so connected with her characters that you are involved. 
   Dawn's story has been in the making for a few years now, and as I've watched her progress from a severly traumatized young woman to a woman who can make Breed males very wary in her presence, it's been a fascinating glimpse from time to time as she grows.  She's the one that everyone protects ~ but is that what she really needs?
     Come along on the journey as we follow Dawn's Awakening... from victim to survivor; from a woman lost to a woman in control; from a woman alone to a woman revelling in love.  It's not an easy journey, by any means ~ but very often, the best that life has to give us comes after pain and suffering.
     This is a story of family, fear, courage and most of all love and what this most powerful of emotions can do for anyone.

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April's mini challenge ~ It’s Raining Men

     Seth Lawrence is an amazing man... for 10 years he's done what he can to protect Dawn, to help her in any way that he can... but when he realizes that she needs far more than the protection that has been part of her life for so many years, he finds it within himself to provide all she needs ~ easy or not.  An amazing man who is the perfect man for Dawn. 
   I like Seth, but for me he's larger than life and far more than I would need, or could handle.  The guy on the cover is very much in the shadow, but what I see, I like!  As to who I'd want to play Seth, I'd have to go with... *sigh* David Morin... fitness model... (I know I chose him for Aiden... but I found someone better... so all's good.)

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Books read in April: 5
Har / Sil ~ 0
Others ~ 5

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kalyko ~ Reading: One of life's little joys and a much needed reward!