Sentinels: Jaguar Night [Kindle Edition]

Doranna Durgin (Author)

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At dusk he prowled the Southwest, a huge, sleek black jaguar with startling blue eyes and a man's thoughts. A shape-shifting Sentinel, Dolan Trevi¤o projected an intensely animalistic aura that hid the scars of his past. Yet as fierce as his pride was, this immensely powerful guardian needed the intuition and spirit of an innocent horse trainer to find redemption.

The moment he set foot on her ranch, Meghan Lawrence rejected the shape-shifter's protection--but she couldn't turn her back on her family legacy. Her mother had died protecting a magical manuscript that the Sentinels' dark counterparts would now do anything to recover. With an unbreakable will and all-consuming passion, only Dolan possessed the strength to save Meghan. But was she strong enough to tame the beast within?

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 278 KB
• Print Length: 288 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette Nocturne (April 1, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0027KRSPQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,374 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Doranna responded to all early injunctions to "put down that book/notebook and go outside and play" by climbing trees to read & write.

Such quirkiness of spirit has created a wandering path through the publishing world, spanning genres and form to include thirty novels and counting--mystery, SF/F, action-romance, and franchise, including the Compton Crook-winning Dun Lady's Jess--and a slew of essays and short stories.

But after all that, mostly she still prefers to hang around outside with the animals. She doesn't believe so much in mastering the beast within, but in channeling its power. For good or bad has yet to be decided.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting fantasy western, June 6, 2009

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Renee C. Mulhare "matrixrefugee77" (MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jaguar Night (Sentinels, Silhouette Nocturne) (Mass Market Paperback)

In some ways, this reads like a fantasy Western: Meghan Lawrence is like the archetypal plucky female ranch owner (correction: she *IS* the archetypal plucky female ranch owner), while Dolan Trevino is a new take on the drifter who comes along and ends up helping the ranch owner fend off the cattle rustlers or the bandit gang that are harassing her and her property... But in fact, Meghan's mother was a shape-shifter who died protecting an ancient tome hidden carefully on her land from a dangerous cabal known as the Atrum Core and may have passed some of her magic to her daughter, and Dolan is a jaguar shapeshifter working for a magical faction known as the Sentinels, whom he distrusts because his elder brother died in their service, while trying to protect Meghan's mother. Now Dolan is back to protect both Meghan and the tome, but will Meghan accept his presence as well as her own innate talents? There's a heady mix of reticence and attraction between these two lovers and that only adds to the complexity of their relationship and the depths of their personalities.

4.0 out of 5 stars terrific urban fantasy romance, May 8, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jaguar Night (Sentinels, Silhouette Nocturne) (Mass Market Paperback)

Agents of the Atrum Core arrive near Meghan Lawrence's ranch seeking the evil tome the Liber Nex. Sentinel Jaguar shapeshifter Dolan Trevino also arrives at her ranch to protect Meghan and to insure the evil Atrium Core does not find and take the ancient book.

However, Meghan rejects Dolan's offer of protection, as she holds his group culpable for the death of her mother, a Sentinel, two decades ago. In spite of her refusal to accept his safeguard offer, he remains diligent. As they fall in love, she keeps reminding herself her mom a Sentinel died protecting that book while the group failed to keep her safe as they promised.

Although the plot feels a bit thin, JAGUAR NIGHT is a terrific urban fantasy romance due to Meghan, who rejects anything Sentinel as her memory is they failed her mother. The story line is totally driven by the lead couple from the moment Dolan comes to Megan's ranch to keep her safe and she tells him to leave. Fans will enjoy his efforts to keep the woman he loves safe and her efforts to keep the man she loves out of her life.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting new series, June 2, 2009

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Lynn M. Calvin "romsfuulynn" (Aurora, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jaguar Night (Sentinels, Silhouette Nocturne) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is an excellent beginning to a new paranormal series. Durgin's sense of place and sensitive and well informed understanding of horses and the natural world make this story a sensual and intellectual pleasure.

I always look forward to what this author tries and this new book does brings off a well envisioned world and some real realized motivations and characterizations on the part of the characters.