Review-Lady of the Nile by Susan Krinard
Heart Of Darkness Anthology
Gena Showalter, Maggie Shayne,
Susan Krinard
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: HQN Books (January 1, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0373774319
From the masters of paranormal romance, three brand-new tales of seduction…
The Darkest Angel by Gena Showalter
A Lords of the Underworld tale
An iron-willed demon assassin, the angel Lysander has never known lust—until he meets Bianka. Spawned from the bloodline of Lucifer, the beautiful but deadly Harpy is determined to lead the pure-hearted Lysander into temptation….
Love Me to Death by Maggie Shayne
Twenty-two years ago five teenage boys were convicted of a young girl's murder. Now, in the form of a beautiful woman, the "victim" is seeking vengeance. And only one man dares to dig into the past to uncover its secrets… and set her free.
Lady of the Nile by Susan Krinard
Lady Tameri believes herself to be the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian princess, and Leo Erskine has set out to prove her wrong…never dreaming that the two of them are about to discover a prophecy that will bind them together forever.
Lady of the Nile by Susan Krinard
Lady Tameri, a widowed Duchess in 1890 England, has memories and flashbacks to ancient Egypt and believes she is the reincarnation of an Egyptian princess.
Leo Erskine finds himself drawn to Lady Tameri, fascinated by her claim of reincarnation. However he is skeptical of her claim and intends to prove her wrong.
When Leo witnesses Lady Tameri during one of her flashbacks he begins to wonder if there may be some truth to her claim. When he eventually experiences a flashback himself and realizes that both he and Lady Tameri experienced it at the same time, he is shaken and thinks her claim deserves investigating.
Through a sequence of events the two discover they are connected in ancient history and must fulfill a prophecy, so that the realm of mortals would be safe for all time.
I struggled a bit with this story in that I found the dream sequences and flash backs confusing and the story a bit difficult to follow. I had to reread passages and page back at times to keep up with whose dream or flash back I was reading. The subject matter was quite interesting for me but the story just did not flow and that kept me from enjoying this novella as much as I’d hoped I would.
ARC was provided by the publisher
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6 Comments:
Flash backs can be great but its no fun for the reader when it is so confusing or you have to re-read passages to understand it all. It would get me out of the story each time I had to re-read :S
I hate it when there are too many flashbacks in a storyline like this. It makes everything choppy and hard to follow.
Usually with anthologies I maybe like 2 out of the 4 stories. Yet, I still read them which is weird.
Hrmm...flashbacks are tricky. No fun when you can't get immersed in the story because you have to reread..has happened to me before too.
Too bad that this third story of the anthology didn't work for you as well as the other two. Though two out of three is not a bad score :) I usually don't get a better score than that with anthologies.
I hate flashbacks when it is not working for the story, it disturbs the flow of the story, at least you liked the other two stories in this anthology.
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