Faythe Sanders likes to pretend she’s a normal college co-ed, but that’s only half the truth. It’s the other half that matters when her former lover appears on campus, sent to pull her back into a life her classmates could never understand, or even imagine. He has come to take her home, to where hunting doesn’t involve guns, the night isn’t for sleeping, and fur is much more than just a fashion statement.
Female werecats are disappearing from all over the south, and the Pride is helpless to find its missing members and stop the stray responsible. Confined to home for her own protection, Faythe must face everything she went to school to escape: the family she left behind, the love she turned her back on, and the destiny tradition says she’s bound to fulfill. And when it all becomes too much to handle, an emotionally charged error in judgment leads her into the unsheathed claws of the stray himself. Now, armed with nothing but animal instinct and a serious attitude, Faythe must free herself and stop the kidnappers before their horrific plot robs her Pride of its most valuable asset: its own continued existence.
1. I got an ARC from a super-secret source (and no it wasn’t eBay, lolol, but someone sent an ARC knew I wanted to read it more than they did so they sent it to me instead, and boy, did they miss out!)
2. I decided to crack it open at 10pm Monday night.
3. I didn’t go to bed until I was finished with it.
4. It’s 512 pages long if that tells you anything
5. Yes, I loved it.
6. I’d like the next book now, please, do you think Rachel would send it to me, even though she doesn’t know me from Adam?
7. If you’re a fan of Kelley Armstrong’s Bitten
8. There were times when I wanted to kick the heroine in the head for making seemingly stupid decisions, but it worked within her character and in the book. And at the end of the book, I liked it enough to forgive the heroine for her semi-stupidity.
9. A few scenes are gory and had they been on TV, I’d have closed my eyes. No, I’m not a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s films.
10. The book is genre labeled as paranormal, so not a romance, but there are definite romantic elements and I would recommend it to romance fans.
11. Did I mention I want the second book NOW?
12. Stray is incredibly fast-paced, a page turner, taking you from one scene to the next and not wanting to breathe. At one point, I was reading so fast because I just wasn’t sure if the author was going to take me places I didn’t want to go. My heart was pounding and I had to get to the next page!
13. I flipped to the end halfway through the book, because dammit, I HAD to know.
14. It doesn’t release until June so you’ll have to wait, but go to Amazon, preorder it
15. This book gave me that “good book feeling” where I’m afraid to start reading anything else because of the let-down factor.
Oooh, that was mean. I like it
But c’mon, I wasn’t really taunting. Look how many people hadn’t heard of the book but are going to put it on their TBB lists because of my review. That was pure promotional goodness and surely it deserves a reward *sniff*
It was a good review! She’s so excited and she’s probably floating in her recliner as she finishes WC3 right now.
And as a reward, I’ll tell you this, ROGUE will come out 6 months after STRAY. So you wan’t have to wait tooooo long. (at least I think it’s still 6 months…)
Awww, you guys are making me blush.
Angie, it was a fantastic review (my agent said they don’t get any better!) and I am thrilled with it, and by how much your kind comments spread the word.
Dana, in fact, I am sitting in my recliner finishing up the third installment! About the future release dates, they aren’t set in stone yet, but I’ve been told that both Rogue and the third (still waiting on approval for the title) will come out in ’08.
waves at Rachel
Well, dammit, Rachel, we need dates. That way I can start whining about how far away it is. And while I’m glad to be one of your first reviews, I don’t think I’ll be the last damn good one, so you probably ought to get used to it
I love it when you find a book that just won’t let go! The only bad thing is the lack of sleep