Starquest 2 [Paperback]

Kate Douglas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 2008

StarQuest - Synergy By Kate Douglas Book 4 in the StarQuest series Transported a hundred years into the future by an absolutely gorgeous young man, Carly Harris quickly turns the tables on the sexy Sensitive who tells her that use of his telekinetic power leaves him impotent. He's used a lot of power to bring Carly forward in time, but he still has plenty left. Before long, Carly and Tim Riley move beyond their awkward introduction and discover the reason Tim's libido is so active-Carly is a Synergist, a Sensitive with the talent to increase the power of those around her. Does Tim really love her, or is he using her for the power she gives him? Before Carly can get past that twenty-year age difference, she needs to learn the truth. StarQuest - Bold Journey By Kate Douglas Book 5 of the StarQuest series Bolden, the mixed-species son of Jenna of Earth and Garan of Mirat, is the only survivor of a freak accident while on his long awaited StarQuest. Marooned on a primitive world for almost two years, he captures and then befriends Cené, a beautiful young woman who serves the goddess of her planet. Bold makes an amazing discovery-not only is Cené's goddess very real to her, she is also the sentience of the planet, an entity who is able to take on human form by sharing Cené's body. The goddess wants to experience passion, something Bolden promises her if she will help him return to Earth. Bold finds more than passion with the goddess/woman-he realizes he is also falling in love. But is it with the guileless young Cené or the immortal Lady who shares her body. And Evil stalks them. The makáo were once ephemeral creatures of pleasure, created to give the goddess sexual gratification. Now they are taking on form and substance, as if another entity directs their actions. In a world far from home, decisions that will affect an entire planet rest in the hands of a young half-breed and the woman/goddess he loves.

Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: Ellora's Cave (November 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419951459
• ISBN-13: 978-1419951459
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,418,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been married for almost forty years to a terrific man who puts up with the idiosyncrasies of life with a writer. We raised two really great kids who are now wonderful adults with terrific spouses--and they've produced six grandchildren for us. ALL perfect, of course!

I currently write for two Kensington imprints with my long-running Aphrodisia erotic romance series Wolf Tales (which includes the Sexy Beast anthologies I-VIII) and the new erotic Dream Catchers series, as well as The DemonSlayers series from Kensington Zebra and coming in 2013, a new series called Spirit Wild. This one will follow the lives of the second generation of Chanku shapeshifters, beginning with Lily Cheval's story in TO LOVE A DARK WOLF.

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The whole series..., January 17, 2006

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Amanda "([e-mail])" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starquest 2 (Paperback)

Starquest:
1. "Lionheart" This was a great intro to the series. The actual development of the relationship was a bit glossed over with the author spending more time on the actual sex (of course) as well as the setting and development of the war. I really liked these two characters and was really happy at this point.
2. "Night of the Cat" After reading this short I was sure I found a great treasure. Every scene with this couple was great, and there were plenty of them. And the intrigue at the end with his father was nice and suspenseful.
3. "Pride of Imar" Now here's where I started to get nauseas. This sick military General abducts the two main characters. He forces his four soldiers to "bring her to pleasure" by any means necessary while she's tied down and her lover is tied to a wall and has to watch. She's part lion and the soldiers are repulsed that they are forced to be intimate with an animal, which in turn kind of grosses us out also, not to mention she's being abused and is not happy, which does not make for good entertainment in my humble opinion. I was really disappointed with this installment.

Starquest 2:
4. "Synergy" In this short both characters are human with physic talent. He is asked to bring over a woman. By seeing an image of her through another's vision he can locate and bring her 100 years into their future. This one was a bit boring without either of the characters being Lions, just plain old boring humans, which I can forgive, but then, at the end she's kidnapped and he can't find her! Hmm...he can zap her into the room through time...but he can't do it again when she's being held a few doors down? I was done at this point. So all in all, this series really had promise, but started to go down hill pretty fast. I never did read the fifth book "Bold Journey."

3.0 out of 5 stars Starquest 2 completes the series, February 20, 2009

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[e-mail] "Roni@romancebooksc... (Oakley, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Starquest 2 (Paperback)

Book Description:
Synergy--Transported a hundred years into the future by an absolutely gorgeous young man, Carly Harris quickly turns the tables on the sexy Sensitive who tells her that use of his telekinetic power leaves him impotent.

He's used a lot of power to bring Carly forward in time, but he still has plenty left. Before long, Carly and Tim Riley move beyond their awkward introduction and discover the reason Tim's libido is so active-Carly is a Synergist, a Sensitive with the talent to increase the power of those around her.

Does Tim really love her, or is he using her for the power she gives him? Before Carly can get past that twenty-year age difference, she needs to learn the truth.

Bold Journey--Bolden, the mixed-species son of Jenna of Earth and Garan of Mirat, is the only survivor of a freak accident while on his long awaited StarQuest. Marooned on a primitive world for almost two years, he captures and then befriends Cené, a beautiful young woman who serves the goddess of her planet. Bold makes an amazing discovery--not only is Cené's goddess very real to her, she is also the sentience of the planet, an entity who is able to take on human form by sharing Cené's body. The goddess wants to experience passion, something Bolden promises her if she will help him return to Earth.

Bold finds more than passion with the goddess/woman--he realizes he is also falling in love. But is it with the guileless young Cené or the immortal Lady who shares her body. And Evil stalks them. The makáo were once ephemeral creatures of pleasure, created to give the goddess sexual gratification. Now they are taking on form and substance, as if another entity directs their actions.

In a world far from home, decisions that will affect an entire planet rest in the hands of a young half-breed and the woman/goddess he loves.

My View:
Originally sold as separate e-books, it is nice to be able to get these books all inclusive in a two book set, instead of five books. I liked the first story in this book a little better than the first. In Synergy readers meet a couple who meet under unusual circumstances. Tim brings Carly back from the future on the request of one of his fellow rebels. The couple fall in love quickly. Carly didn't realize that Tim was so young and when she finds out, freaks out a little about their 20 year age difference.

I liked the story but had a problem giving it such a high rating because of a major flaw I saw in the story line. Tim was able to bring by Carly from the future based on seeing her from his friends vision, yet he couldn't find her when she gets kidnapped in the movie. Perhaps I missed something while reading. Aside from that the story was great.

The second story was fine for what it was, but it could have really been read completely separate from the series without any connection. The only connection was being was that Bolden was the son of the couple from book three. I liked the comparisons in the story, but it shouldn't have been part of the rest. Good story though if you get away from that part of it. Sci-fi fans will like the alien and his lion like features in the story.