A
multi-plotted, cross-genre’ paranormal Romance
Within our modern society a parallel vampire world exists.
Two factions of vampires have fought against one another since ancient times.
Each faction started with seven men that were brought forth from the land of Tuat
and taken to ancient Egypt,
then transformed into what they remain, vampires. These fourteen are known as
the Ancients. They are the makers and the fathers of the both sides of the
vampire world we know today. The behavior of each side of the faction differs,
but their purpose has remained the same; to eliminate the other from the
Earth’s surface.
Contrasts are essential and play a strong roll through the
multiple points of view and plots that develop as the story is unveiled. Love
vs hate, honor vs betrayal, strength vs weakness, virtue vs evil, and death vs
birth are just a few of the contrasts that unfold in the first book in the
Guardians Incorporated Saga.
Set’s Army, evil by nature, have no regard for the human
race. They see mortals as nothing more than food that provides them with the
blood they need to survive. They survive in order to fight the Guardians, who
protect those of the Vampire Nation who live in harmony with the humans. Bagsu,
the first of ancient vampire created by Set has led his legions for centuries.
Guardians Incorporated is a legitimate multi-billion dollar
world wide protection agency that operates openly in the human world. They
protect dignitaries, world leaders, rock legends, the rich and famous, and
members of the Vampire Nation. The corporation was formed over a hundred years
ago and is still run by the seven Ancient Guardians. The leader of Guardians Incorporated is
Gabriel. Since the loss of his first love Akhakh in ancient Egypt; Gabriel, a man of few words
has become hard, cold, and distant from his emotions.
Jennifer, a Native American married woman of twenty four,
sets off on a short vacation to visit her best friend who is currently staying
at a lake estate near Chicago.
Soon after arriving she realizes that she is becoming
sexually drawn to two of the oversized gorgeous men that are guarding the
estate. Unknown to her at the time, both men have fallen in love with her. Not
wanting to break her wedding vows, she sets off on a surprise overnight trip to
visit her husband, a studio musician, who is staying in a hotel in Hollywood. Unlocking the
hotel door, Jennifer is surprised to find her husband is otherwise engaged. She
finds him locked in the arms of another man.
Her best friend and the two, who have fallen in love with
her, have followed her to Hollywood
with the intent of stopping her before she discovers her husband’s secret.
They arrive moments too late. Jennifer is attacked by her
husband’s lover, a half breed vampire. A fight breaks out between the Ancient
Guardians and her husband’s lover.
Jennifer falls into a
catatonic state believed to be shock.
She is flown back to the estate just outside of Chicago. The guardian’s believe that when
their physician removes the memories of what she has witnessed, she will regain
consciousness.
The guardian’s physician, Michael soon discovers that
although Jennifer has the blood of a mortal, she has the brain function of an
immortal. He is unable to remove her memories. After hours of research, they
suspect that Jennifer is something other than a mere mortal. Compiling all the
evidence, they have come to the conclusion that she is part Selkie.
A small group of her
friends travel to Jennifer’s home hoping to find an old photograph of her
biological father that has his name on the back. Instead of finding the old
picture that her friend saw years prior, they find Jennifer’s father, Ronan, in
person.
Ronan has been watching her from a distance since her birth.
Ronan, after being informed of what has happened to his daughter, tells the
group that he believes that Jennifer is not in shock. Like all Selkies,
Jennifer has always possessed the ability to place her life essence in nearby
animals. Rather than deal with what she witnessed, Ronan believes Jennifer jumped ship.
The first attempt to locate an animal possessing Jennifer’s
essence was futile. It is discovered
that the wolf she has raised since her early childhood possesses Jennifer’s
essence. The group returns to the Chicago
lake estate with Ronan and the wolf. They hope that by bringing the two
together Jennifer will return to her own body.
Meanwhile, the rock band, The Immortals, arrive at Yankee Stadium for their New York performance. When the helicopter descends in front of the
stage it is hit by a firework’s mortar and all hell breaks loose. Several more
mortars are fired onto the stage and into the massive crowds of spectators. In
all the confusion, Kathleen, a lifemate of one of the band members is kidnapped
by the soldiers of Set’s army.
A national search for her is conducted by Guardians
Incorporated; bulletins are posted on the World Wide Web and throughout the
Vampire Nation. A phone call is received on the Guardian’s hot line from an
unidentified caller. A male voice recites an address and hangs up. A well
organized assault team from the Guardians New York office descends upon a rural
farm house and discovers two, not one, lifemates being held prisoner. Kathleen
is returned to her husband. The Immortals,
after receiving injuries travel under the protection of G.I., to the lake
estate just outside Chicago.
At the lake estate Jennifer awakes in her own body to
discover she is now living in a whole new world; her soon to be ex-husband is
gay, she meets her father for the first time and her best friend lives in the
world of vampires. Suddenly, Jennifer is forced to mature and accept who and
what she is. Her Selkie half leads her to discover that she is in love with
Gabriel, the leader of G.I., and a vampire.
Gabriel is forced to confront his own repressed
emotions. He has fallen in love with the
tiny half Selkie, Jennifer. The passion
and intimacy continue to rise between the two when it is discovered that Set’s
forces are planning a full scale attack on the G.I. headquarters. Before Set’s
army is able to implement their plan, assault teams led by the G.I. Ancients
storm four of Set’s strongholds.
Gabriel is confronted by his old enemy Bagsu, one of Set’s
Ancients, who he had previously killed.
Two hundred years ago Bagsu was turned to dust when Gabriel severed his
head from his body. Mysteriously, the ancient along with three others have
returned from oblivion. Gabriel is
critically injured in the confrontation with Bagsu.
During the conflict several breed warriors are killed and
more are injured. One man is missing and believed to have been taken prisoner
by Set’s forces.
Armstrong, now a prisoner of Bagsu and three other ancients,
is being held captive in a house in Saint
Paul. Enduring days of torture, he has revealed
nothing to his enemy. He awakes no longer in the cell he has been in, but in a
comfortable bed being hand fed blood by what he believes to be; a fellow
soldier in arms. Bagsu felt that torturing Armstrong for the information he
desired was a waste of time and tried a new approach. He has assigned Alan
Roberts to befriend him in an attempt to extract the information.
To regain the army’s
strength, Bagsu divulges his plans. He
orders his soldiers to stand down and leave the Guardians alone for the time
being. Recruiting additional soldiers has become the top priority. New recruits
are to be targeted from U.S.
military instillations. An order is implemented to abduct female civilian
lifemates because their blood carries a strength giving substance.
Gabriel recovers and during an intimate setting discovers
that Jennifer is the reincarnation of his beloved Akhakh. While things are
quiet on the warfront he asks Jennifer to not only be his lifemate but to marry
him in a traditional human ceremony.
The guests and staff at the lake estate lend a hand to plan
and execute a grand elaborate wedding ceremony. Two days later, Ronan walks his
daughter down the isle in front of a crowd of over two hundred guests. They
adjourn to their underground chamber after the wedding, where Jennifer at last
becomes as his lifemate.
A review is simply “an opinion” I always try to base my reviews on the TARGET audience. If a book is well presented, delivers and is done right why should I diminish it in any way shape or form because it was not 100% for me, as an individual and could be 100% for someone else? If a book has its rightful place for a targeted audience I credit it with a high score. 
One
of the characters the readers have asked me about in particular is George
Farmer, an old man who is found on the streets of Northport by the police with
a suspicious fatal wound. What was George’s background? What was his purpose to
the story? Why was he found dead in that part of the book?
