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Edge of Darkness

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Long ago, there was a secret society of wizards whose sole purpose was to protect the innocent from evil at any cost. They were forced to hide themselves. Soon, normal people forgot about wizards and stopped believing in magic. Today, the three Edge brothers (Gabriel, Caleb, and Duncan) carry on the legacy. They are special operatives with the secret paranormal branch of T-FLAC. This is Duncan's story.

Serena Campbell is a powerful wizard. Her specialty is with water. Last year she became the wealthy widow of Ian Campbell who owned the Campbell Foundation. Other than being a humanitarian, no one could figure out why a gorgeous woman would marry a man fifty years her senior. Most believed it was for the money, greed being the number one reason. However, in truth, Serena and Ian really did love each other. Ian has two sons, both in their mid-fifties, who want nothing more than to contest Ian's will and get more money than the million left to each of them. Ian, knowing his sons, left the Foundation and the rest of his assets to Serena who is continuing their humanitarian work. In between court times and visiting her godfather, Henry Morgan, in a German hospital, Serena teleports to the Arctic Circle where her team is currently designing and testing a giant "heating blanket" that would eradicate world hunger! Serena knows that the Russian Mafia, the Red Mantis, and one or two others were in the area, but pay-offs are the norm for that area and Serena pays them all to leave her group alone. Since the Foundation is not interested in oil, there is no problem. But then "Hot Edge" comes back into her life.

Duncan Edge, Trey Culver, and Serena basically grew up together. The three were always competing against each other. Duncan suspects Serena is being unwittingly used by terrorists somehow and her godfather, Henry, keeps sending him mental distress calls to help her. Duncan sends men to find out what she doing and to keep an eye on her, but Serena just sends them back to Duncan...in embarrassing ways. Duncan is forced to deal with Serena personally. But then Duncan, Trey, and Serena find themselves in the Council Chambers. With Henry in a coma, the three will compete in dangerous tests to determine which of them would be granted the position of Head of Wizard Council.

***** The third Edge brother's story has finally arrived and it was worth the wait! All three tales are happening simultaneously. At the end of this one, all three brothers have their stories merge into a climatic ending. Author Cherry Adair writes some of today's best supernatural and romantic stories around. I cannot help but feel pity for anyone who misses this outstanding trilogy. Fantastic! Enough said. *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

I read with relish the first two books of this series by Cherry Adair. I waited with much anticipation the final book, Edge of Darkness. So much so, that the folks at Books a Million were tired of me walking in and going straight to the section that contains these books. After finishing the book in three days(it took me that long to get into it!) I was very disappointed.
This book had the potential to be very good. The time that Ms. Adair took to re-tell the story of the first two books seemed to be the first half of EOD. There was potential for the brothers to interact with each other, and their new loves. No dice. The love scenes in the first two books were very good. These were like an old married couple- boring and predictable.
The next time Ms. Adair decides to write a trilogy, she might consider the stories, and not release a book a month. Believe me, we readers would rather wait a while for a great book than get a book a month and a hurried, not-so-spectacular conclusion.

This third and final book in the trilogy about the Edge brothers, Gabriel, Caleb and Duncan who are wizards, work for the psi-section of T-FLAC, an private anti-terrorist organization and are under a 500 year old curse, truly wrapped up the story in very exciting ways!

Duncan or "Hot Edge" as Lark (his T-FLAC boss and a wizard in her own right) calls him loves being a wizard and was happy to agree with his brothers that none of them should marry and thus the Curse would end with them. The Curse says the brothers haven chosen "duty o'er love" 500 years ago, will now be denied love in that if they find their true "Lifemate", she will die. So all the brothers have avoided romantic entanglements all their lives and now in the early thirties each of them as the previous two novels cover, are finding a Lifemate!!

Duncan has received several mental "shouts" from Henry, current Head of the Council of Wizards and Duncan's teacher and mentor that say "Help her!" They sound frantic so Duncan tries to reach Henry but voice mail, email, etc. receive no reply. Duncan assumes that the "her" Henry wants him to help is Henry's former ward and Duncan's former schoolmate, Serena Brightman Campbell. Serena is also a wizard who controls water. She is famous for her temper which can cause all kinds of havoc. Duncan sends some "Halves" -- part human/part wizard to keep an eye on her where she is in the desert doing work for the Campbell Foundation that she runs. Her late husband, Ian Campbell died just over a year ago and left the Foundation to her.

As Duncan begins a meeting with fellow members of the psi section of T-FLAC, one at a time his 3 operatives who were "watching" over Serena are sent back -- dripping wet!! Duncan gets a kick out of her temper but in the meantime, a couple of wizards -- full level ones, twos -- have been killed so there is serious business and trouble. Once back at his place, Duncan decides to bring Serena to him to see what she is up to and what Henry is so concerned about. He teleports her to his apartment while she is finishing up a shower so she arrives wet and naked. You begin to sense her temper as items in Duncan's kitchen start flying around and you also sense both Duncan's amusement and attraction to her.

As Duncan begins following Serena to Siberia where her Foundation is developing a thermal blanket to help produce crops in frigid areas, the two of them plus another old classmate (and former boyfriend of Serena's) Trey Culver are summoned before the Wizard Council and told the three will be in competition to be the new Head of the Council. This is a coveted position as the Head wears a medallion that contains the powers of all wizards who have lived since it was created. There are 4 Tests total and the first candidate to pass 2 Tests is the new Head.

Mysteries and danger abound as Duncan and Serena are shot at, more wizards are killed, Serena's assistant Joanne has a full wizard lover and Duncan's brothers also fight their own battles!!

I loved this as it not only wrapped up Duncan and Serena's story but also Gabriel and Caleb's stories plus the story of Nairne's Curse!!

A very satisfying read!

This is the conclusion in a series (Edge of Danger and Edge of Fear are the other titles) that is the story of the Edge brothers: Gabriel, Caleb and Duncan.

Edge of Darkness is the story of Duncan and the ravishing wizard Serena Brightman Campbell. The Edge boys are all cursed wizards with different talents. Duncan's special affinity is for fire. They are all part of the paranormal division of T-FLAC, a counterterrorist organization.

Duncan has been getting subliminal messages to "stop her, help her" from his old friend Professor Henry Morgan, who raised Serena and works with her at her foundation to end world hunger, and who had recently suffered a stroke. Duncan does care about Serena and is trying to resist his attraction to her--for if she is his "lifemate," she will die--that is the family curse. He decides to keep an eye on Serena in her work all over the world, which really makes her mad. She has always loved Duncan, and thought he did not like her.

Duncan, Serena, and Trey Culver, who all went to wizard school together, end up in the running for Head of Council. They will need to undergo four tests; the first one to pass two challenges, wins. Because the tests are dangerous, they may be injured or even die.

In the midst of all this, they are dealing with a terrorist threat to Serena's project to build a thermal blanket to melt permafrost and make it possible for crops to grow in Siberia. Also, the son of Joanna, one of the lead scientists on the project, has been kidnapped.

Wizards, curses, a steamy attraction, brilliant and dedicated scientists, and nasty terrorists create an "edgy" suspenseful love story.

Armchair Interviews says: Well-written mixed-genre book.

I'm a sucker for smut romance like this (this is an affectionate name, I promise!). Typically I prefer historical romance that's more realistic, and one other novel I read by this author didn't really trip my trigger all that much. Now, I work in a bookstore, so I see thousands of books every day that I'm there. The first one of the Edge series was on display at the front of the store, and I was bored. So I read the synopsis on the back cover, and it caught my attention. I can't say it was one I stayed up and read from start to finish, but it went by quick. Luckily I read them all in the correct order, so that helped. I would have to say the first one is the best. I felt Caleb should've been the youngest based on his personality, and that Duncan could've passed for the oldest. But I suppose my bias toward historical romance is why I like the first one most, being based in Edridge castle. I must say that I love the spell/rhyme/curse Adair came up with. And though I love the amount of hot romance she uses, I felt she rushed too much through the other conflicts in the stories. I guess I didn't feel enough tension when the final fight scenes played out (the first one at most). But I loved the Epilogue. I knew there was something about Lark that was different, but couldn't put my finger on it. Overall, I really liked the series, and will probably someday reread them.

This is the final book in the Edge Trilogy, but you have to realize that the books take place in the same time frame. So the final chapters are the conclusion to the books. While not quite as good as the first two, I know you will want to read this one for the ending.

Duncan Edge is known as "Hot Edge" so we know he is hunky. He loves his powers and doesn't want to take the chance of loosing them by breaking the Curse. However he is very attracted to Serena and now they are in competition for the Leadership of the Wizards Council.

Serena is the head of a Humanitarian Research Center. Her husband has left her the money and determination to help the poor of the world. Serena is also a powerful Wizard. She has always had feelings for Duncan, very powerful angry feelings. Now her research center has a new project and terrorist seem to be trying to take over.

While both Duncan and Serena and another Wizard try to become the new head of the Council, there is also the threat of the terrorists to face. Cherry Adair writes a very hot romance and finally leads us to the end of the Curse of Nairne.

I don't know what book the other reveiwers read, but Cherry Adair spends so much time repeating herself in her book "Edge of Darkness" that there is very little room for anything new. There's a 500 year old curse - I get it! The two main characters have a history of unrequited love for each other - I get that too! Oh yeah, did I mention there's a curse?

I read this final book in the series because I was hoping it would be better than the last book (Caleb's story) and that the final conclusion would be interesting. Unfortunately, the ending was as confusing and frustrating as the rest of the book.

Others have described the story line so I'll leave that alone. I have long been a fan of Adair's work. TFLAC has held my attention since the very first book, Kiss and Tell, which I purchased in December, 2000. This trilogy has added another dimension to TFLAC. Operatives with psi. Thank you Cherry Adair for sharing your terrific imagination.

Duncan Edge's story is my favorite out of the Edge Trilogy. I fell in-love with a fictional character (Duncan); i also love Serena's strong personality. This is a good book, give it a chance.

I really enjoyed this book. Others have reviewed the plot lines, so I will not repeat. I thought it to be well written, with some neat plot twists and a good who-dun-it as well. I thought the paranormal aspect was well woven with her other T-FLAC novels. So far, one of the better books she has written. Sherrilyn Kenyon can't be beat, but this is a reasonable read.