Phantom in the Night (B.A.D.: Bureau of American Defense, Book 6) (Paperback)

by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Author), Dianna Love Snell (Author)
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Product Description
In New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon's thrilling novel of romantic suspense, a gutsy female agent from the Bureau of American Defense encounters an elusive killer who isn't at all what he seems.

After losing her mother to a vigilante killer, Terri Mitchell has dedicated her life to justice. Working covertly as a new agent for the Bureau of American Defense agency, she's consulting with the New Orleans Police Department to bust an organized crime ring suspected of funding terrorism. But when rumors surface of a phantom ghost terrorizing and killing the very people she's investigating, she's suspicious.

Nathan Drake has spent his life protecting his family, the only thing that matters to him...until the most feared drug lord in the southeast takes everything Nathan holds dear. Now he's a man on a mission with nothing to lose. He figures he only needs to stay alive long enough to protect the innocent lives the killers are out to destroy.

As the two of them seek a similar goal by different means, Terri and Nathan are drawn deep into an evil underbelly that cuts through all levels of society. Now two people who have no reason to trust must trust in each other or die. And if they die, a deadly attack will be unleashed on thousands of innocent people.

About the Author
Sherrilyn Kenyon, who also writes under the name Kinley MacGregor, is the international and New York Times bestselling author of several series, including The Dark-Hunters, Brotherhood of the Sword, The MacAllisters, and Sex Camp Diaries. She is also the creator of the BAD series, featuring the sexy agents of the Bureau of American Defense, found in the story collections Born to Be BAD, Big Guns Out of Uniform, and Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down, as well as in her first full-length BAD novel, BAD Attitude. Also an award-winning web designer, she lives with her husband and sons near Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her on the web at www.sherrilynkenyon.com.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Pocket; 1st Pocket Books Trade Pbk. Ed edition (June 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416503579
• ISBN-13: 978-1416503576
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,239 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This is item 3 in The B.A.D.: Bureau of American Defense Series.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Sudden Co-Author?, June 10, 2008

By	A Book A Day - See all my reviews

I pre-ordered this book on Amazon in March 2006. Back then it was supposed to be written by Sherrilyn Kenyon and was titled "Look Into The Dark." So over two years later, the book arrives and it's got SK's name in huge type, a new title, and lo and behold, a co-author. Uh-oh. Yeah, the BAD series isn't my favorite from SK, and now there's some other author involved. It's not a bad book. Really. But I didn't see much Sherrilyn Kenyon in it. I've never read Dianne Love, but I'd bet she did the heavy lifting on this one. This book isn't funny; the main characters are distant, although I liked the hero better than the heroine; the baddies are a bunch (and I mean *bunch*) of (undefined, but seemed kinda Catholic) religious nutjob sadists...blech. I found it unbelievable...and I totally accept the existence of Acheron and the Dark-Hunters. The ending wrapped up really fast, leaving a wide open space for sequels galore. The last BAD book I remember reading had lots more interaction of BAD agents; this one had cameos with Joe, Tee, Carlos, and Mako. The whole thing left me very unsatisfied.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Another Kenyon Disappointment, June 24, 2008

By	J. J. Newman (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The one thing which can be said for S. Kenyon is that she is creative in finding new ways to disappoint her readers. A Phantom in the Night is not a Kenyon book it is a Diana Snell book. S. Kenyon has decided to follow in the footsteps of fellow authors such as James Paterson who creates a world for one or two books (The Women's Murder Club) and then passes it off to a co-author. The reader then believes he is getting a Kenyon or Patterson book but it is really the work of the co-author. The more established writer is used to draw readers in and to price the book at the better selling author's price point.

Unfortunately, the co-authors seldom have the writing experience to write a best seller and generally shift the "world" which was originally created into their own vision.

A Phantom in the Night has very little to do with B.A.D. as it was originally presented. The agent depicted in this story is brand new (2 to 3 months on the job) and is working a case on her own with only cameo appearances by the other agency operatives.

Other reviewers have described how hokey the villains of the book are so I won't go into detail. If you choose to purchase and read this book (it's not a horrible read just a terribly average one) do so with the understanding that it does not have the Kenyon flair nor does it have the excitement of a B.A.D. sequel.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars meh, June 5, 2008

By	trekchick (Walton, KY United States) - See all my reviews

I wanted to like this book. It was on my must-have list and I bought it the day it came out. It's possible that I over-hyped the book in my own mind and that my diappointment in it is exaggerated, making me judge it more harshly than deserved.

I can't really pinpoint my least favorite part of the book. Maybe it was misused words (i.e. lathed when laved seemed appropriate) or maybe it was the cartoonish over the top secret society villians. I had to roll my eyes several times at the utter lack of plausibility, even within the confines of suspended belief required to enjoy fiction. Often, I wondered at the seemingly out of character actions for such highly trained operatives. I finished the book, and I even enjoyed parts of it, but I had to repeatedly put it down when the story became tedious and/or boring.

Overall, I'd say it was inconsistent, with delusions of grandeur.