BLURB:
Someone
wants Skye Hunter’s son and they’re willing to kill her or anyone else to get
to him. On the run for her life, she is forced to turn to the only person who
can help her—a complete stranger with a shared past—David Bishop, a renowned
illusionist.
David’s life
is also an illusion, built of smoke and little else. He meets Skye, a woman
filled with passion and conviction, and the pain he sees in her eyes is a
mirror to his own soul. But when he realizes she has the same strange,
telekinetic phenomenon inside her body that he does, he is forced to question
his life, his childhood and the father who raised him. Can these two lost souls
uncover the mystery behind their powers and save Skye’s
son and themselves in the process?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
H.D.
Thomson moved from Ontario, Canada as a teenager to the heat of Arizona where
she graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Business
Administration with a major in accounting. After working in the corporate world
as an accountant, H.D. changed her focus to one of her passions-books. She
owned and operated an online bookstore for several years and then started Bella
Media Management. The company specializes in web sites, video trailers, ebook
conversion and promotional resources for authors and small businesses. When she
is not heading her company, she is following her first love-writing.
REVIEW:
Skye Hunter has a secret, but she doesn't know why. David Blaine is a magician in Las Vegas who potentially holds the key to who she is, and why she can do what she does. Oh, and throw in a very gifted, talented, little boy, an ex-hubbie with a drug problem, an ex-cop out for revenge, and a psycopathic "doctor" who likes to experiment on children with paranormal gifts, and you have Shrouded in Illusion. Like all reviews, I refuse to give spoiler alerts, and this one is no different. With enough action, suspense, thrills, a little romance, and a few well-placed plot twists, this book is a very good read. There isn't much I can say about it that won't give away what happens in the book, so this review is very short, shorter than my usual reviews. What I will say, though is, while this is much shorter than usual, that does NOT in any way mean this book is not worth the time it takes to read it. I HIGHLY recommend Shrouded in Illusion to any age group over, say 16, because there is a bit of sex in it. On my usual 5 star rating, I give it a 4.5.
She glanced up at him. This time he hadn’t been ogling her
breasts, but his thoughts hadn’t been any better. Twice now she’d caught him.
The woman must have a sixth sense when his mind hit the gutter.
“Possibly. But the evening’s not over. I could go all night.
It depends.”
At the double-entendre, his gaze sharpened, but her angelic
expression gave nothing away. Maybe he’d twisted her words into something he
wanted to hear. Then again, her mind might have dove into the gutter alongside
his. Wishful thinking perhaps...
“What’s your favorite number?”
At her abrupt question, he frowned. “Seven.”
“Then seven it is.”
She placed her remaining chips on his lucky number.
David stiffened. “Are you sure you want to do that?”
“Don’t worry. If I lose, I won’t come after you.”
David swallowed. Another innuendo.This one worse than the
last. If he kept this up—
Jesus. There he went again—
“Watch,” she urged in a whisper.
David did. The ball tumbled and clattered around the
roulette wheel. As the wheel slowed, the ball landed on seven and quivered as
if struggling against some invisible force. The wheel whispered to a stop and
the ball stilled and remained on...seven.
Just like that. She’d recovered her losses and added a
couple of thousand to her pot.
“That’s amazing!” he exclaimed. And strange. The odds of
something like that occurring were astronomical. “By God. Talk about luck!”
“You think it’s luck?” She searched his face, her expression
growing serious.
“What else could it be?”
“I thought you might know.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
At the sudden, unnerving intensity of her gaze, David
tensed, feeling strangely vulnerable.
“Nothing.Absolutely nothing.” She shook her head and looked
disappointed as she collected her chips. “I’ll see you around.”
She planned on cashing in, and David hadn’t even gotten her
name. “Hey, don’t go yet. How about a drink?”
“Not tonight.”
She turned and didn’t give him another glance.
“Hey, tell me your name,” he called after her as he stood,
acting completely out of character. He didn’t chase after women. And he sure
the hell didn’t yell after them either.
She paused and glanced over her shoulder. Their gazes
caught.
“It’s Skye Hunter.”
Her name hit David as if someone slammed a fist into his
face. He stood unmoving, unable catch his breath, think or respond as he
watched her turn back around and walk away. Sudden sweat filmed across his brow
and sent a chill racing across his flesh. For a wild second he thought he was
going to pass out. He shivered and frantically searched his pockets. He pulled
out a roll of antacid tablets and stuffed two down his throat.
Skye Hunter.
Just saying the name in his head launched his heart rate
into overdrive. The crazy part of the whole thing—he didn’t know why. He’d
never heard it until she’d told him seconds before.
So then, why in God’s name did her name bother
him so much?
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DISCLAIMER:
*I was given a copy of Shrouded in Illusion by the author to read and give my honest review. No compensation was given for said review. All thoughts and opinions stated in the review are those of this blog's author* ~My Life on the Crazy List~
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