Posted by: nimiasum on: April 5, 2009
Darkness Unknown by Alexis Morgan
358 pages
Gwen Mosely’s life changes forever when she stumbles across a handsome stranger, bleeding and left for dead in the woods behind her farm. But the real shock is how his wounds heal overnight – a trait he shares with Gwen’s teenaged half-brother Chase.
Jarvis Donahue can’t keep his eyes – or his hands – off the sexy redhead who rescued him. Gwen’s warm smile and lust-filled eyes are impossible to resist…but Jarvis immediately recognizes Chase as a fellow Paladin, a warrior born to defend mankind in the relentless battle against the Others. Although Gwen may hate Jarvis for it, he is duty bound to introduce Chase to the Paladins’ dangerous lifestyle.
As the barrier between the two worlds weakens, the threat grows perilously close to Gwen’s farm. Jarvis is determined to protect his lover – but if he reveals his identity, he not only betrays his people’s secret, he risks losing her forever…
This is the fifth installment of Alexis Morgan’s Paladins series. For me, the series is still fresh & exciting. I really like the storyline & the characters are well written. There are some recurring themes of course, but as of this time, this isn’t one of those series that become the same book only the names have been changed to try & trick the reader into believing it is a new story. There are way too many series that have been around a while that have gotten very close to that line & a few have even begun to cross it. I am hoping that Morgan can continue to keep it fresh like she has been. I would most definitely recommend this series to any paranormal reader out there. It involves “Others” that are basically aliens, but they are more from a parallel universe than another world so it isn’t all sci-fi or anything too out there. I don’t really do time-travel or futuristic and luckily these are not either of those. There aren’t any vamps or weres in these books, but the Paladins are still pretty freaking cool. You really need to meet them if you haven’t already done so.
Finished April 4, 2009
