Rebekah Ganiere

Rekindling Christmas by Rebekah Ganiere

No sooner had Jesse set foot in his old college town than her ran into the reason for his return.  Annika and Jesse had been engaged when he got an offer from the NFL.  Jesse left town to pursue his football dreams and Annika finished her degree and went on to teach at the same college.  Fifteen years later, Jesse is retired from football and realizes what he missed out on: the family he always wanted with Anna.

Anna resists his advances. She’s been hurt badly by Jesse’s departure and by other men.  If Jesse wants to win her back, he’s got a long road ahead of him.  Fortunately he has some allies:  Anna’s son T. J and a little blond girl who keeps popping up with advice.

This book Rebekah Ganiere’s first contemporary romance.  She does a great job.  The characters are deep and the conversation is snappy.  An enjoyable read.

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The Bride, by Rebekah Ganiere

In The Bride, Pria is the youngest of four adult children.  She does all the shopping, cooking and cleaning for the family.  When her father must travel to check into some investments, he leaves Pria in charge, much to the ire of her siblings.  Not only that, he tells Pria she must buy a new dress and go to the ball her mysterious new neighbor is planning.

From the moment his carriage almost ran her over, Blue has been struck by Pria’s beauty and charm.  He has vowed to make Pria his, but his inconvenient ”allergy” to the sun means he can only watch over her at night until he finds her in the city and is able to show her around.

I really enjoyed this unusual twist on several fairy tale themes and I tried to guess what would happen.  I won’t spoil the surprise, but there are several fairy tale tropes mixed with supernatural ones.  This makes the Bride a highly inventive and satisfying story.  The ending is not a cliffhanger, but leaves the door open for future adventures.

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Promised at the Moon, by Rebekah Ganiere

Book 1 of the Wolf River series.

Story teaser:

Twenty year old Natasha is awakened in the middle of the night and her mother hands her a bug-out bag and urges her to run.  Her ex-boyfriend won’t give up on her and now her family is under attack.  A voice through her headphones guides her along an escape route.  The voice belongs to Tate, from Night Shift, a shifter relocation service.  Tate and her contact Liam may be her only hope to get through this alive.

 

Liam helps get Natasha established in a new town and enrolled at a community college.  He and Cara, her new roommate, help her adjust to a new life, but she can’t help worrying about her parents and wondering if her ex is still looking for her.

 

Despite their plans, Liam and Natasha are attracted to each other.  But they’ve both been hurt before and don’t know if they can trust again.

 

Opinions:

I really enjoyed the book.  The plot had lots of action and suspicious characters so you didn’t know who to trust or what their motives are.  It was a good foundation to the series and I look forward to reading more.

I received a free review copy of this book.  My opinions, as always, are my own.

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Reign of the Vampires, by Rebekah Ganiere

Book one of The Society series.

In Reign of the Vampires, humans are a rarity and are slaves in an elaborate stratified society run by Vampires at the top, vampyrs next and vamps at the bottom. An outbreak 15 years ago turned most humans into vamps and caused human civilization to fail. Vampires took over and rebuilt society.

The book opens on a group of humans trying to eke out a living on the run. They are forced to steal to survive and are constantly pursued by slavers. Mason, one of the strongest in the group, has an anger problem. He’s not “just” human and has a raging beast inside that he must constantly calm to avoid others finding out about him. When his group is captured by slavers, they’re all at great risk, particularly Mason with his secret.

Danika is a vampire lord in charge of the Midwest area and her family’s corporation. She feels that her position is precarious because she is young, the only female lord, and unrated. In addition past mistakes have made some question her rule. As the book opens she is in poor health because she hasn’t been eating or sleeping.

When Danika tours an upcoming slave auction she meets Mason and plans to buy him and some others in his group. She’s intrigued by Mason, immediately realizing that he’s not not a normal human. Meanwhile, Mason’s beast awakens for Danica, despite his hatred of Vampires.

At first I wasn’t sure I would like this book because the tempo slowed after the capture of the humans as the Vampire world was set up and explained. This was intermixed with mysterious clues about Danika and Mason’s secrets so that it kept things interesting. After the backstory and world was established the plot really picked up and I was hooked. Once I got into it, I enjoyed the book very much and I look forward to reading other books in the series.

I would classify this book as a mystery/paranormal romance based in a dystopian urban setting. There was a lot of world-building, but that is necessary for the first book in a series with such a unique world.

I received a free review copy of this book. My opinions, as always, are my own.

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