The Burning Star (Star Series) [Kindle Edition]

Jessie Lane (Author)

Book Description

She'll have to believe the unbelievable to survive.

The doctors have told Kay that she will die before she reaches her eighteenth birthday. Her mother’s determination to save her life leads them to a move outside of Asheville, NC to a new set of cancer specialists in the hopes to help her. But it’s not what Kay and her Mom find in the doctor’s offices in Asheville that lead them on the journey to save her before time runs out. It’s what Kay finds in the woods outside of Asheville, and an inhumanly gorgeous guy named Ryan, instead.

Myths and fairy tales come to life before Kay’s eyes, bringing her closer to the ultimate cure if she can stay alive long enough to get there. And if the cancer doesn’t kill her before she finds the cure, the secrets her mother has hidden from her may be the beginning of the end.

Can she reach her destiny before tragedy strikes?

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jessie Lane is the writing team of Crystal Leo and Melissa Pahl. The two sister-in-laws share a great love of naughty romance, cliff hanging suspense, and out-of-this-world characters that demand your attention or threaten to bitch slap you until you do pay attention to them. Because really, it is ALL about them. They often live half their lives with their heads in the clouds dreaming of alpha military hunks, werewolves and kick ass heroines crazy enough to chase after things with weapons that they really should know better than to chase. With several projects underway ranging from teen to adult romance they are looking forward to showing the rest of the world their crazy stories, heroes and heroines that often plague their minds until written and hope you will join them on their journey!

Product Details

• File Size: 438 KB
• Print Length: 346 pages
• Publisher: Jessie Lane (May 24, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00865SLNE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,654 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read! November 2, 2012

By OpenBookSociety dot com

Format:Kindle Edition

Brought to you by OBS reviewer Dawn

I had a lot of fun reading this book. I feel like a fan-girl, but I am adding Jessie Lane to my authors to watch list.

We jump right in getting to know Kay from the beginning, but it's not too descriptive. Lane shows and tells us necessary information but she found the perfect balance. At first, I thought The Burning Star might fall into the cliched boy meets girl, instant love, etc...but the author broke that mold quickly.

Kay has cancer and she and her mom have just moved, again. Kay tries to hide the pain from her mother; she puts on a brave face so as not to worry her mom. Kay is not a cliched lead character. I appreciated her strength, sarcasm, and realism. I love knowing what's going on in her head because it's usually damn funny. She's a self-deprecating spitfire who won't take crap from anyone.

There's a lot going on in Kay's new world. She meets Ryan and Nick right away, having no idea that they are not what they seem. Once she meets them it's as if her world goes on fast-forward. She learns about beings she'd only previously read about. Kay is being given so much information about herself and the "other" world, it's overwhelming. She held her ground, took things in stride. I felt she handled it well, considering her foundation was knocked out from under her.

Kay carefully considers her choices. They weigh on her mind as she tries to understand the far-reaching affects her choices could have on others. She shows a great deal of maturity in how she considers Nick's offer of protection.

Lane keeps the reader's attention with her clever plot twists and her vivid imagery. Lane lays out the world of supernatural beings and their customs. I think this might be the best book I've read describing the other realms and races of supernatural beings and their ancestry. I especially loved the back-story of the wolves.

The points of view change frequently but not in a confusing way. I felt the character development was heightened by being in their head. It also allowed us to know what the enemy was up to. Kay is the lead character but we get to know Nick, Ryan, Kira and Kane as well.

In fact, I've become attached to Kira as well and cannot wait to know more of her story. Kira's story is sad and one I understand well as I dealt with an abusive parent. Her strength of character was impressive. She manages to go on despite not having any kindness or love in her life.

I would suggest this book to everyone because it has a bit of everything. There's enough male humor for the guys and just enough femininity for the girls. It's a well written book with a solid story line. In my opinion it's a must read. I intend to make sure I follow the series.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Once Upon a Twilight.com Reviews October 30, 2012

By Yara Santos

Format:Kindle Edition

The Burning Star is a very cute new supernatural romance written by Jessie Lane. Each chapter is written from the point of view of one of the characters and starts with Kay. Kay is our main character who has been battling a form of cancer for a while and her mother and her have returned to the small town of Asheville to continue treatments. This is also the same small town where her mother met and fell in love with her father. Kay does not have very high self esteem and isn't thrilled about having moved again. Her mother and her fight about whether she should be home schooled vs. starting over at a new school when she is already so physically weak from the medicines she has to take on a daily basis.

It's not until Kay runs across something unexplainable in the woods, that she decides to settle this fight once and for all and give her mom her way. It's very unlike Kay to give in to her mother's demands and her mom is surprised Kay has given up without a fight but she doesn't know the ultimate reason for the change of heart. On her stroll through the woods she came across an unexplainable event in which she ends up taking care of a very bloody and very attractive boy named Ryan. After trying to get Ryan to open up to her about what she saw in the woods, he realizes that it's possible Kay does not belong to the strictly human realm, but rather may be the long lost Fairy Princess that was abducted from the Seelie Court shortly after her birth.

Ryan isn't the only extremely handsome boy that comes into Kay's life though. While preparing for her date with Ryan, she meets Nick, a boy who will turn out to be a wolf. Not just any wolf though, a wolf that she has seen on two separate occasions watching her on the edges of her property. Caught up in her dilemma now of having two severely handsome boys pining for her, she finds that not only could she be a long lost fairy princess, but that she has a brother named Brendan, (Ryan's best friend and Prince of the Seelie Court), werewolves do indeed exist and her mother is not in fact her mother. Kay doesn't lose her sense of humor though. She believes that either she's gone to crazy town or that everyone around her has, including the woman who has claimed to be her mother all these years.

It's a wild ride for Kay on her journey to find out the truth and the reader is not let down by the speed of this story. There is adventure and drama at every bump and bend in the road. If you're a fan of faeries, werewolves and other things that you wish weren't myths, then this story is definitely worth reading. I'm definitely looking forward to reading The Frozen Star (book 2) in 2013. - Jennifer

4.0 out of 5 stars Great read May 19, 2013

By Natasha

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

Great read, very entertaining and kept me wanting to read more of it and I was sad when I got to the end. Can't wait for the next book to come

More About the Author

Jessie Lane is the writing team of Melissa Pahl and Crystal Leo. The two sisters-in-law share a passionate love of naughty romance, cliff hanging suspense, and out-of-this-world characters that demand your attention, or threaten to slap you around until you do pay attention to them. Because really, it is ALL about the characters. (They're kind of megalomaniacs - but don't tell them that we said that.)

Their first YA novel, The Burning Star, was released in May 2012. Big Bad Bite is their second novel, but their first adult paranormal romance, and was released in January 2013. Their third book, Secret Maneuvers, will release in June 2013, and will be the start of a new adult contemporary romance series (Ex Ops Series). They are now working on their next two novels, Walk On The Striped Side (Big Bad Bite Series #2) and The Frozen Star (YA Star Series #2).

With these projects underway, they are looking forward to showing the rest of the world their crazy stories, heroes and heroines that often plague their minds until written, and hope you will join them on their journey!