Beyond Fearless (Beyond, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Rebecca York (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 2007

Rebecca York continues her thrilling paranormal series that started with Beyond Control.

Blessed with uncanny psychic abilities, Anna Ridgeway now uses her gift in a mind-reading nightclub act. But when she meets treasure hunter Zachary Robinson, their physical and psychic bond astonishes them. They find they share a common past-and an uncommon passion for each other.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In her second Beyond romance (after Beyond Control), York follows treasure hunter Zachary Robinson and magician-psychic Anna Ridgeway, two loners who meet on a Caribbean island and find that they have an indelible, unexplainable mental connection. Soon enough, Anna and Zach's romance is off with a bang, and the two lovers find they can't get enough of each other. Unbeknownst to them, another man is keeping tabs on their movements, a shop owner named Raoul San Donato, who's using his own black magic to watch Anna, who he covets for his own. When Zach gets too close, San Donato plots a vile kidnapping scheme, but the couple have a few more tricks (both in the bedroom and out) they can dispatch against the crafty foe. Though it's little more than a shameless sexual romp with touches of magic, York's magnetic characters make this novel a sexy good time. (Dec.)
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Review

"York's writing is fast-paced, suspenseful, and loaded with tension."
-- Jayne Ann Krentz

"York delivers page-turning suspense."
-NORA ROBERTS

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (December 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042521866X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425218662
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"[Rebecca York's] books. . . deliver what they promise: excitement, mystery, romance. . ."
- Michael Dirda, Washington Post

An award-winning, best-selling novelist, Ruth Glick is the author of over 100 books. Writing as Rebecca York, she has authored or co-authored over 50 romantic suspense novels. The first of her Berkley Sensation paranormal romantic suspense novels, KILLING MOON, was published in June 2003; EDGE OF THE MOON followed in August 2003 and WITCHING MOON in October 2003. KILLING MOON and EDGE OF THE MOON were launch books for the Berkley Sensation imprint.

She writes the popular 43 Light Street series for Harlequin Intrigue. Over 30 Light Street Intrigues have been published. NOWHERE MAN was called "one of the most heart-wrenching, moving works of romantic suspense in several years," by reviewer Harriet Klausner.

Ruth's many awards include two Rita finalist books. She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery. NOWHERE MAN was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book has been selected as one of their Reviewers' "all-time favorite 400 romances." In addition, she received the 1998 Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, also for NOWHERE MAN. Ruth's book, KILLING MOON won the 2003 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for best Paranormal. AMANDA'S CHILD won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary and was nominated for Best Intrigue of 2000 by Romantic Times. "Tyler" in BAYOU BLOOD BROTHERS won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for best Novella. In 2007 THE SECRET NIGHT received the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for best Harlequin Intrigue. Ruth's cookbook, 100% PLEASURE, was picked by USA Today as one of the 12 best cookbooks of 1994; her FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE was a finalist for the MidAtlantic Publishers Association's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award.

Several of Ruth's Moon books (WITCHING MOON, SHADOW OF THE MOON, and NEW MOON) have been on the USA Today best-seller list.

Ruth and her husband travel frequently to research settings for novels and taste new dishes for cookbooks. Her many unique experiences are apt to end up in her books--like the time she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle or took a flight in a hot air balloon.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewed for Between Your Sheets .com, December 20, 2007

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Mira Morgan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Fearless (Beyond, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Beyond Fearless
By: Rebecca York


With a beautiful tropic island as her backdrop, Rebecca York has woven a complex, highly textured novel of dark magic, psychic connections, and fated love that endures beyond the taint of evil.

Anna Ridgeway is making a living with her psychic abilities in a club on the island of Grand Fernandino. She can sense her intense connection to treasure hunter Zach Robinson, but her fears overwhelm her until the moment they touch. That touch transcends time and space, thrusting them into a world where their minds and bodies blend in a truly mystical passion.

But it is those same psychic abilities that have attracted the attentions of another man, one who covets Anna's powers because they will amplify his own to the point where he can dominate all of Grand Fernandino. Raoul's greedy worship of the goddess Ibena is pushing him closer and closer to committing the ultimate crime. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants, becoming an unquenchable incarnation of evil.

Only together will Zach and Anna be able to defeat the curse that threatens their existence, and the safety of all inhabitants of the island. The beautiful intimacy of their bond takes them out of the shadows of despair to a love that is truly Beyond Fearless.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous - SImply Fabulous!!!, May 5, 2008

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M. Rondeau (West Springfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond Fearless (Beyond, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

When Anna Ridgeway got a gig on the Caribbean island of Grand Fernandino she thought the pay for her "magic" act was a bit high and after she arrived she also had feelings that things were just a bit off. Using her life-long psychic abilities Anna made a good living with her act, only one night in the audience she sensed another whom she mentally connects with.

Zachary Robinson is a treasure hunter. When his crew deserted him, Zach was biding his time yet felt drawn to enter the club where "Magic Anna" was the highlighted act. Quite soon the urgent psychic connection between the two had be consummated by a volatile pull of their physical attraction. Finding a true soul mate should have been a wondrous occasion only several obstacles stood in their way. One man has been searching for Anna and wants her dead; another who practices black magic wants her for his mate and will go to any lengths to make it happen; Zach has found the love of his life will do anything to protect her.

*** Wow - and to think I only had to wait over two years for Ms. York to come out with book two of this incredibly original and absolutely terrific series. I read a lot of books, and let me say that after a year or so, I will often forget the characters and plots, but not so with BEYOND CONTROL (Book 1 of the BEYOND series) - this plot was so impressive, I remembered it all!

Sensual, exciting, fast paced edge-of-the-seat thrills are all contained in this book as York grabs you from the very beginning and doesn't let you go. The imaginative plot is terrific with Seth and Anna discovering their mind link actually went back to their childhood even though neither had ever met. There is a solid reason for their connection (I'm not telling) and while Anna had been more aware by using her psychic gifts over the years, she'd always felt a loner. Seth had also been aware that he was `different' but never had he felt so powerful as when he'd connected with Anna. May I also add that the reader will find some really hot and heavy sexual scenes that adds to making their psychic abilities all the stronger.

While this is definitely a stand alone I highly suggest reading book one entitled BEYOND CONTROL as well to see how the two leads from BC fared and reappear in book two, BEYOND FEARLESS. You'll thrill to the excitement and expectation of seeing Ms. York continue her fabulous theme of the Darien Experiment children. It's definitely a sensual romp but add to that the danger and thrills that York weaves seamlessly into the story and you're in for one heck of a ride. The villains, Raoul San Donato, who practices black magic is a powerful adversary as is Jim Swift who wants to kill Anna all of the Darien children.

The intrigue and suspense, and the sensual romance will keep you turning the pages well into the night until the exciting and steamy end and have you wishing, as I do, that Ms. York not make you wait so long for Book three!

Marilyn Rondeau, for www.ck2skwipsandkritiques.com

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Fearless- A Joyfully Recommended Title, March 14, 2008

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M. Nix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond Fearless (Beyond, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

When her parents die, leaving her with a lot of debts, Anna Ridgeway turns her psychic talent into a way to pay the bills. She has a nightclub act where she can touch objects and tell people things about their lives. When she feels like someone is stalking her in her hometown, she accepts a job on Grand Fernandino, in the Caribbean, to hopefully escape the danger she knows she's in.

Diver Zach Robinson is on Grand Fernandino to dive on a wreck site, and recover valuables that were lost. When part of his dive crew sees an evil spirit at the wreck site, and refuses to go back down, Zach must wait for replacements from home before diving again. While waiting, he attends Anna's nightclub act, and feels an instant attraction to the woman.

While Zach and Anna explore the bond between them, something else is lurking in the shadows. Raoul San Donato, an island shaman, wants Anna for his own, thinking that he can join their powers and become very powerful. But Raoul isn't the only thing standing in the way of happiness for Zach and Anna. Someone else is lurking in the shadows; and that someone wants both of them dead.

Beyond Fearless is a fantastic mix of romance and danger. It continues the fascinating psychic world Ms. York created in Beyond Control. The bond between Zach and Anna is strong and pulls at the reader's heartstrings. Anna is strong and able to care for herself, and Zach is just plain yummy. Watching the two of them come together was a treat that kept me enthralled.

Ms. York's storytelling abilities always pull me in on the first page of her novels and keep me hooked until the last word. Beyond Fearless continued that trend, and is a definite Joyfully Reviewed Recommended Read.

Amelia
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