Dark Defender

By Alexis Morgan

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Format: Paperback, 338 pages Published In: United States, December 2006 Other Editions: Paperback, USA $12.99 $12.97 View Quantity Available: 1 24 hour shipping Morgan continues her dazzling paranormal Paladins of Darkness series about larger-than-life, immortal warriors who repeatedly die in an eternal battle to save humanity and protect the women they love. Original. From The Publisher: Alexis Morgan continues her dazzling paranormal series about larger-than-life warriors and the women they love.... As a Paladin warrior, Blake Trahern fights and dies again and again to keep mankind safe from the Others. Sensing his humanity slipping away with each battle, he retreats from the world...until the one person who still has a claim on his soul needs his help. It's been twelve years since Blake vanished from Brenna Nichols's life, years that have turned her from a love-struck teen into a headstrong, sensual woman. He'll fearlessly give his life to protect her -- yet he dare not risk his heart. Brenna is stunned by Blake's reappearance, and by a shocking discovery about her father. Everything she has ever believed is thrown into question -- everything except the desire that Blake still ignites. But as they search together for a traitor among the Paladins, danger looms: the next battle could tip Blake into madness, destroying his life, his soul...and the only woman he has ever loved. Publisher: Pocket Star Books ISBN: 1416520376 EAN: 9781416520375 Dimensions: 17.17 x 10.62 x 2.51 centimeters (0.17 kg)

Alexis Morgan is a fantastic story teller - her stories are sexy and humerous, with dark brooding men and feisty women. Blake is a Paladin who is fast loosing his soul, every time he is revived from death he slips a little closer to the edge. Paladins fight a never ending battle to protect mankind from the 'Others'. Brenna's father, a judge, is killed in front of her eyes and Blake reappears in her life to protect her. They both try to find out why Brenna's father died and while doing this fall in love with each other. Both characters warm your heart and you are cheering for them from the onset.

This is the second in Morgan’s Paladin series, and is almost as good as the first, ‘Dark Protector’, which is saying something since ‘Protector’ was excellent. In ‘Defender’, Blake Trahern, the Paladin closest to turning Other, discovers that his mentor has been murdered and his friend’s daughter, who had been like a sister to him, is injured. Blake heads to the rescue, finds that Brenna no longer inspires sisterly feelings in him, and he and she head off on the road to adventure and love. Of course the road is somewhat rocky, what with assassins, rogue Regents, Others, and Brenna’s realisation that Blake isn’t quite human, but a rocky road can be very enjoyable when you’re with your soul mate . . . although when you seem him decapitate an enemy it can put a damper on things. Naturally Brenna’s kidnapped, naturally Blake is wounded, and naturally nature takes its course. You learn much more about the Others, and in fact the next book in the series is about Barak, the Other who is temporarily in residence with Devlin Bane and his Handler, Laurel Young.