Desire Untamed: A Feral Warriors Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

Pamela Palmer (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 30, 2009 | Series: Feral Warriors

For a limited time, and at a special price, discover Pamela Palmer’s Feral Warriors with Desire Untamed, the first book in the series. Plus, receive deleted scenes and excerpts from Pamela’s entire collection, including her new book, A Love Untamed, available December 26th.

In Desire Untamed, Kara MacAllister thinks she’s just an average, small-town pre-school teacher until the night a mysterious stranger shows up at her door claiming she’s not only immortal, but the chosen one of a band of powerful shape-shifting males. Lyon steals her away from everything she knows and thrusts her into a world beyond her comprehension, a world filled with magic, nightmares, and perilous danger where Kara discovers an inner strength she never knew she possessed, and a passion in the arms of Lyon beyond anything she ever imagined.

As he works with Kara, preparing her to become the source of power for the Feral Warriors, Lyon is swept away by Kara’s vulnerable beauty and tempted beyond all reason by a desire he can’t deny. But when Lyon realizes his band of warriors has been infiltrated by an ancient evil, he begins to question whether Kara is quite as innocent as she seems.

And he begins to wonder if the woman who’s stolen his heart is destined to be his salvation...or his doom.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Magic and passion run wild in this steamy paranormal series debut. Kara MacAllister has a normal life as a preschool teacher until Lyon, leader of a group of near-immortal shape-shifting Therian warriors, attempts to kidnap her. Like Lyon, Kara is a Therian, and the only one who can give the warriors the magical power they need to fight the energy-stealing draden. Though drawn to Lyon's sensuous body, Kara is horrified when he insists she undergo a ritual to choose a lifelong mate. Palmer (The Dark Gate) piles on the searing kisses and passionate interludes as she sets up an intriguing world, but the characters never develop and the violence verges on excessive. The fast-paced action keeps readers guessing about the villains behind the scenes—but not about whether true love will win out in the end. (July)
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About the Author

When New York Times bestselling author Pamela Palmer's initial career goal of captaining starships didn't pan out, she turned to engineering, satisfying her desire for adventure with books and daydreams, until finally succumbing to the need to create worlds of her own. Pamela lives and writes in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Avon; Original edition (June 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006166751X
• ISBN-13: 978-0061667510
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.1 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #386,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pamela Palmer is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels including both the Vamp City and Feral Warriors series. When Pamela's initial career goal of captaining starships failed to pan out, she turned to engineering, satisfying her desire for adventure with books and daydreams until finally succumbing to the need to create worlds of her own. Pamela lives and writes in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice surprise November 7, 2011

By ejaygirl

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

What an exciting new series involving a group of warrior shapeshifters! This story has it all..romance, intrigue, mythology and mystery. Lyon and Kara's romance has the right level of steam, tension and compatibility. The mix of warriors is interesting with several complex personalities whose backstories I cannot wait to discover. The ending was climatic and it delivered with just enough unresolved to whet my appetite for the next book.

Were these warriors borderline Neanderthal at times? Of course but there was a definite shift as the story progressed that was consistent with the storyline. What would you expect when a woman comes to live with nine male animals with no female influence? Kara left her imprint by the end of the book.

Despite some of the other reviews posted here, i believe this was a very interesting and exciting start. I am a big fan of some of the other series mentioned in comparison and remember those first books needing a little refinement. The first books are tough...you have to establish the premise and world, lay the character groundwork and create an exciting story. Palmer delivered and I can't wait to begin the next book.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars new dark fantasy series that explodes with action immediately July 27, 2009

By Kelley Hartsell VINE™ VOICE

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Courtesy of CK2S Kwips and Kritiques

A CK2S K2 Recommended Read!

With Desire Untamed, Pamela Palmer has started a brand new dark fantasy series that explodes with action immediately and keeps going full speed ahead until we reach the conclusion.

Kara MacAllister's life is irrevocably changed one dark night when she is stolen away from her terminally ill mother's side into a world she never knew existed. Suddenly a strange man is telling her she is immortal and the salvation of an ancient race of shape shifting warriors who will die if she does not take her place in their world. And that odd "stretch mark" that recently appeared? It's the mark of the Therians, declaring her their new Radiant. When hideous creatures attack her the same night, she sees just how dark this new world is.

Lyon is the leader of the Feral Warriors and the only one who was able to track down their new Radiant, who's power will give the warriors back their ability to shape shift and give them the power to fight their enemies, the Mage and the Draden. Now the Draden are growing in numbers and the Mage seem to be on a mission to release their greatest enemy, high Daemon Satanan and his followers. If Kara doesn't accept her place in Therian society soon, the Feral Warriors will not have the power to defeat their enemies. He never counted on the Desire Untamed he would feel for Kara.

Desire Untamed is such an intense book full of danger, passion, and magic that my synopsis cannot even come close to doing the full story justice. Also, since it is the first book in the new Feral Warriors series, we are subject to a lot of world-building, but Pamela Palmer does this brilliantly. There are no information dumps here, which drive me crazy in paranormals and urban fantasies. Everything is explained in bits and pieces throughout the book to the heroine, Kara, since up until Lyon comes and kidnaps her she has no idea what she truly is.

Desire Untamed is a dark story, no doubt about that, with an ancient war between the Mage and the Therian ongoing for thousands of years. They joined forces once hundreds of years ago to defeat Satanan, giving up much of their respective powers to the cause, but hatred runs deep. Each side hopes the day will soon come to give them the edge to defeat their enemies forever. We have some shocking revelations come about here that turn the story upside down and give us a very good indication of what is to follow in future books in the series.

Kara and Lyon's passion for one another defies everything Lyon has believed for centuries. This leads to some intense conflict as they fight their attraction when all they want to do is claim their mate in each other no matter what it may do to their cause. This tension just adds fuel to the fire and when these two finally discover a way to be together, we know the result will be a conflagration intense enough to rival the Radiant's fire. I fell in love with all the Feral Warriors (especially Tighe, Paenther, and Jag) and am impatient for the next two books in the series. I am excited to know that we will get Tighe and Paenther's stories in Obsession Untamed and Passion Untamed respectively.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, June 2009. All rights reserved.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewed by Wild on Books! July 2, 2009

By Natalie S VINE™ VOICE

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The Therians, along with their animal counterparts, the Feral Warriors, have been protecting the uninformed world from evil beings known as draden for hundreds of years. They guard the Daemon blade in their possession because to lose it would mean giving the draden hordes the ability to free their vile leader, Satanan. The Feral Warriors' numbers have dwindled to almost nothing - nine warriors are all that is left standing between good and evil but they have not been unaffected. Their Radiant, the woman they need to channel their energy to shape shift, has died and without her they are unable to shift and these alpha males grow more animalistic with each sunrise. When the ritual they invoke to find their Radiant reveals her presence, Lyon, the leader of the warriors volunteers to bring the newly found Radiant home to their compound. Lyon, with the king of the jungle shifting in his veins, is surprised to find that the Radiant he and his warriors need has been raised as a human and has no idea how important she will become - especially to him.

Kara MacAllister's life changes in an instant when she finds a huge man in her home. Taking care of her mother, Kara grows more despondent as her mother's health worsens. She is having a hard time concentrating and is unable to settle her moods. Further angered by the striking man's adamant orders to leave with him, Kara doesn't know why her heart races or why just the touch of this man alone seems to calm her. With visions of lust, warriors, and seemingly the whole world's weight on her shoulders, Kara finally leaves with him - she needs answers, right? Only the answers she and Lyon find are far from what they both desire. With malevolence afoot and nine warriors barely holding onto their humanity, Kara must learn her duties as the Radiant to save not only herself, but the man and his band of warriors from succumbing to the malevolence that is trying to break free inside of them.

Lyon, or Roar as his fellow warriors call him, is earthy and a true leader. Loyal and a steadfast leader, Lyon knows that Kara is his - and for that alone I loved him. Circumstances were not as they seemed and when Kara and he finally give in to the lust that has been raging through their bodies for days, the results were scorching hot. Each touch, each caress, and each kiss they shared combined their souls. Kara was an extremely strong female character. Thrown into a world she did not understand, I found her brave and curious. Her attraction to Lyon was undeniable, pure and simple. She loved her lion and with clear resolve knew that she had to help him.

DESIRE UNTAMED is a strong first release to this tantalizing and animalistic series. Each character's name is a clue as to which animal they are able to become when shifted. The men strive to be close but each is so very different that I found it almost overwhelming to keep up with them - however, that didn't detract from my enjoyment of DESIRE UNTAMED. In fact, it made me want to read more of these interesting and unpredictable men. Just their names alone is enough to make a grown woman swoon and when you combine their animals with their human souls, I guarantee you won't want to miss a single word of DESIRE UNTAMED!

DESIRE UNTAMED is the first book of Pamela Palmer's Feral Warriors series. The second and third installments, Obsession Untamed and Passion Untamed, are set for release within the next two months. What more can a paranormal romance ask for? Gritty, raw, passionate, and full of desire and unexpected twists and turns, DESIRE UNTAMED is definitely a keeper to be read over and over again! It was magnificent!

Natalie S.