“He came to me in the dead of winter, his body burning with fever.”
Even near death, his sensuality is amazing…
Leo arrives on Tisana’s doorstep a beaten slave from a near-extinct race with feline genes. As soon as Leo recovers his strength, he’ll use his extraordinary sexual talents to bewitch Tisana and make a bolt for freedom…
She has only one chance to tame him…
Tisana, whose healing powers are legendary, already knows Leo’s the one who can help her fulfill her destiny… she can’t let him get away now. Forced together on a dangerous journey, Tisana must reveal all of her powers, and Leo must give all of himself to gain his freedom…
Last year, I read and reviewed Slave by Cheryl Brooks. Warrior, although not the sequel, still takes place in the same universe. I promised Holly that if there were any crazy nose sex scenes, or something on par to the nose sex, that I would let her know (she seemed to be a bit salty that I didn’t inform her of the sexual hijinks that took place in Slave. LOL) Fortunately, there was no crazy sexual hijinks (unfortunately maybe for some). Instead, Warrior was a sweet romance that takes place in a galaxy far far away…
Tisana is the local witch on her unidentified plant. She descends from a long line of witches who only give birth to daughters and live an isolated life on the outskirts of her village. The locals come to her when they need healing and she receives payments in goods, not cold hard cash. This doesn’t present a problem to Tisana until she meets Leo, her ex-lover’s slave.
Rafe, Tisana’s ex-lover, unceremoniously dumps Leo, a Zetithian (remember Cat from slave? A feline-esque humanoid alien type?), his newest slave, on her doorstep. Commanding Tisana to heal Leo, Rafe gives her one month to work her magic before he comes back for the slave.
As Tisana begins to heal Leo, they slowly begin to fall in love. But Tisana despairs for their future because Leo belongs to Rafe, and there’s no way Rafe is going to just give him to her. But fate is working on Tisana’s side and soon puts Rafe in Tisana’s debt.
Rafe’s two young sons have been kidnapped and in the dead of winter, Rafe asks for Tisana’s help to find them. In the past, Tisana had located a missing child, but what Rafe doesn’t know is that the animals helped Tisana, not her magic. (Although it can be argued that her magic gives her the ability to talk to animals.)
So yes, Tisana can talk to animals. Now that’s my kind of heroine! She’s also a strong, practical woman who people actually look to for guidance. Leo, her love, is a strong man doesn’t let the past drag him down. Plus he’s got a killer…um…appendage…that gives Tisana joy unlike any she’s known before. LOL
The majority of the book takes place on the trail of Rafe’s two young sons. And Tisana’s menagerie of animals grows along this trip, which I really enjoyed. The animals are too funny in Warrior. Their observations on human beings are right on target. They bring some levity to the book, which is a good thing.
So unlike Slave, Warrior doesn’t feature any intergalactic travel, but it still have a “road trip” feel to it. 4 out of 5
This book is available from Sourcebooks. You can buy it here or here.
I reviewed this book Monday on my blog. Looks like we gave it the same grade. 🙂
I liked it, but I missed the fun silliness of Slave. Did you like Slave better too? I hope she goes back to that style with Rogue.
Great review!
Hey Jen, I liked the silliness with the animals in this one. It did have a different feel than Slave though. 😛
I have this one to read too- didn’t read Slave- do I need too?
Nah, I think you’re fine without having read the first one. But you’ll miss out on the craziest group sex scene ever. LOL