Spirit Bound (A Sea Haven Novel) [Mass Market Paperback]

Christine Feehan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2011 | Series: A Sea Haven Novel (Book 2)

Lethally sexy undercover agent Stefan Prakenskii knows a thousand ways to kill a man-and twice as many ways to pleasure a woman. So he's looking forward to his new mission: arrive in the coastal town of Sea Haven and insinuate himself in the life of Judith Henderson, an ethereal beauty with ties to the crime lord he's determined to trap...

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About the Author

I live in the beautiful mountains of Lake County, California. I have always loved hiking, camping, rafting and being outdoors. I’ve also been involved in the martial arts for years—I hold a third degree black belt, instruct in a Korean karate system, and have taught self-defense. I am happily married to a romantic man who often inspires me with his thoughtfulness. We have a yours, mine, and ours family, claiming eleven children as our own. I have always written books, forcing my ten sisters to read every word, and now my daughters read and help me edit my manuscripts. It is fun to take all the research I have done on wild animals, raptors, vampires, weather, and volcanoes and put it together with romance.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Jove; Original edition (December 27, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 051514956X
• ISBN-13: 978-0515149562
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > General

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I come from a large family with 13 brothers and sisters. My husband and I have 11 kids, 5 dogs, and lots of grandchildren. They keep me busy.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I've been published since 1999 & have over 30 books in print in multiple languages & formats. I usually write 3 books a year.

I have been fortunate to have wonderful readers who have helped me to make many bestseller lists and honors. I'm very grateful to them for their support of my writing.

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65 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed, once again, December 30, 2011

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CinnamonGirl (Wilmington, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spirit Bound (Kindle Edition)

Come on, Feehan. Absolutely NO interaction between Ilya and his brothers? Alexandr doesn't warn Jonas that Stefan is dangerous? Jonas doesn't even think Stefan is dangerous?! After being around the sisters for so long, you would think he could detect "power" emanating from people. There's a storm that should have caused a ridiculous amount of damage to Sea Haven property, maybe even injury to some of its residents, with a tornado and walls of fire no less, but the town is just fine in the next chapter with barely a mention of it. Most importantly, the Drake sisters should have DEFINITELY been able to pick up on all that energy used and told Jonas about it. They should have even been able to trace it to its source. Finally, in a little town such as Sea Haven, wouldn't SOMEBODY have noticed a giant bear trap thingy being set up nearby, and wouldn't SEVERAL people have called 911 to report repeated gunshots during the shootout scene between Petr, Stefan, and Lev? I am so disappointed, Ms. Feehan, if you bother reading these, that the only repeated and redundant details in your recent books either have to do with the heroine's trade or skill and with the feelings the hero has for the heroine. SO many references to her basically being pure, shiny, perfect brightness...and the hero being cold, emotionless, a monster...gah! We get it already! I don't think I'm up for yet another book, in the future, that ignores so many important facets towards the writing of a good book: The details where they count and not leaving out or completely downplaying what should be KEY players in the story. I'm tired of holding out hope that these books will get any better. If I thought you were listening to your critics and fans, Ms. Feehan, I would.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Should have stopped with the Drake Series, January 5, 2012

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This review is from: Spirit Bound (A Sea Haven Novel) (Mass Market Paperback)

I suffered through Water Bound because it was "Christine Feehan". I even purchased Spirit Bound because, hey, she's entitled to a not-so-good-book. It is becoming more commonplace for author's of series to begin to change mythology or characters and it is a trend that is totally frustrating me. How can you have your loyal readers read books about Jonas, Jackson and Ilya as well as all the "powerful" Drake sister and then relegate them to unaware, unnecessary afterthoughts? How is it that Ilya isn't even a factor in this book as a player? other than mentioning that he is the younger brother and Oh, by the way happens to be living in the same small town with all of the powers that his brothers have combined? Jonas suddenly becomes an "okey-dokey" type of sheriff? I understand that this a new series but don't undermine/re-write all of the previous character development you did prior to this series. The reason I read Water Bound was for some updates on the Drakes.

It also seems like this series is going to portray the Drake's as being impediments/psuedo-enemies in this series; how is that possible? I found Judith to be likeable as a character but the build-up to her powers and abilities left me feeling let-down when she actually put them to use. It didn't seem like she could do much at all. Stefan made sense in the way that all of the Prakenskii characters make sense (they are dark, antisocial, gorgeous and powerful) I don't know how much else Feehnan can do to distinguish them other than change, their powers, hair/eye color. I just realized as I typed this that the same descriptor can be used for her Carpathian novels but I digress. At least in the Carpathian novels they freely admit that they are over-protective, chauvinist that can be excused by the fact that they were born centuries ago. The overbearing/domineering nature of the Prakenskii male in this novel can get to be a bit too much. Judith is the perfect foil for that since she pretty much stands around looking guilty, beautiful and helpless. I've reached my limit of spending my money on this series from now on I will borrow a copy from the library.

26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A some what disappointed read, December 31, 2011

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This review is from: Spirit Bound (A Sea Haven Novel) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read everything Feehan has written, i love her work, but i am very disappointed in Spirit Bound. This book took me quite a long time to read because the story line just seem to go on and on about Judith's sweet nature and the evil things Stephen has done. The final chapters were a disaster i cannot believe that Jean-Claude after obsessing about Judith for 5 years in prison and is a worldwide drug kingpin came after Judith and Stephen by himself there wasn't any entourage of bodyguards or nothing, there was no big face off between the old love and the new love. Once again there is no interaction between Ilya and his brothers and Jonas who is also very powerful was made to look like a fool.