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5.0 out of 5 stars
Third Book in the Starquest Series., January 24, 2003
This review is from: Pride of Imar: Book 3 of the Starquest series (CD-ROM)
Sheyna is the sister of Garan. She wants to come to Earth and help the rebels wounded by a machine that has left them little more that breathing corpses. She meets Malachi who is the healer for the group of rebels. Malachi is instantly attracted to Sheyna and wants to develop a realtionship with her. Sheyna is also strongly attracted to Malachi.
When they try to begin a relationship they a both kidnapped by a madman who is in command of the opposition troops. He a perverted and sick individual that uses the attraction the two have against them.
Malachi is rescued, but Sheyna is put through even more sexual abuse. Before she is rescued she experiences a repressed memory and goes into deep depression. Malachi tries to help her and so does her brother Garan, but she will not tell them what is wrong only that she wishes to go home.
Events build and Malachi finally convinces Sheyna to let him help her. They discover that she was sexually abused by her father. Malachi and Sheyna heal the damage and go on to fall in love.
Kate Douglas has done a wonderful job with this series. She gets involved with the characters and what is going on around them and to them. I hope she continues to write wonderful books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Timeless Tales review by Brenda Gill, November 11, 2002
This review is from: Pride of Imar: Book 3 of the Starquest series (CD-ROM)
Sheyna leaves her home planet of Mirat to come to Earth. She is a healer, and she knows her talent could help the rebellion. Somehow she feels her destiny lies on Earth. Among her own race, she is an outcast because her bloodline isn't pure. Only her brother, Garan, has shown any love for her. Other Miratans only tolerate her.
When Sheyna arrives on Earth, she goes to work with Malachi Franklin, the Rebellion's healer. Malachi is instantly attracted to Sheyna. She affects him like no other woman ever has. He admires her unusual beauty and respects her courage and bravery. He wants her. Sheyna feels the same instant attraction and hopes that Malachi is the answer to the loneliness she has always felt among her own people.
Before their budding romance can journey into intimacy, Sheyna and Malachi are captured by Merrick White, the sadistic leader of the World Federation. Merrick White is a madman, and even his own men are afraid of him. Before the Rebellion forces can free them, Malachi is badly beaten and Sheyna is degraded, abused and left badly traumatized by the ordeal. Can Malachi convince her of his love and show her the wonderful, strong person she really is? But Sheyna keeps an even darker, more horrible secret deep in her memory, that even the strength of Malachi's love may not be able to fight.
Kate Douglas just gets better with each book in the Starquest series. In Pride of Imar, she takes a painful and traumatic subject and writes about it with skill and sensitivity. Ms. Douglas brilliantly portrays the love, respect, and need of two people deeply in love with each other and proves that love really is the best medicine of all.
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