Trade Agreement voted Best Book by LASR
Ms Keller throws you right into the heart of her plot then keeps our attention riveted while we hold our breath to find out what happens next. I loved her method of storytelling by giving readers snippets of how the tale evolved in alternating chapters, while using the other chapters to fill us in on what’s happening now. If she doesn’t get you with her edgy characters she will with her thrill a minute dynamic dialogue. You get to know her players intimately and you want to because her characters are so well defined. She makes you cheer for the good guys and hate the evil ones. She is a first class storyteller with a unique way of telling it. Her love scenes are evocative, sensual and sizzle on the page, while her romance between our hero and heroine is sweet and sensual.
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Momma Mia! I need a cold shower and some aspirin. There was so much passion in DARK SHADOWS that I thought my head would explode. I LOVE THIS BOOK!! In fact, I love this book so much that I nearly blew off finishing my day's work so that I could finish it in one setting. Duty called, however, and I got to it as soon as I could. And what a finish! DARK SHADOWS has it all: Good versus Evil; Love, Lust and Secrets competing for dominance; boundless love and those velvet ties that transcend even the strangest of circumstances.
Mark and Tori are leading relatively normal lives, tending to the bar they inherited, the Dark Shadows. For all intents and purposes they are "normal" folks, except they have not-so-normal abilities. Tori is a "fire-starter" and Mark is a telepath. [Editor's note: This would be a handy talent to have when the beer has been flowing a bit too freely.] Life is as usual until a HOT guy begins to visit the pub on a regular basis. He catches Tori's eye. She catches his eye as well. Good?
Not really. He's not human. He's a "guardian," one of the entities entrusted to eternally walk the earth and locate black/evil souls and dispatch them to Hell. He'd been at his job for a while and was delighted to find diversion in the lovely Tori. But, he won't tell her his secret. It's the old immortal-loves-mortal complaint, (she'll grow old and die and I'll be left with painful memories), but author Keller wields her pen with skill and compassion. Love blooms and Henri, the guardian, decides it will be better to be mortal with his love than live forever without her after her life's natural span completes. The Powers That Be agree, but with one condition: "Locate your replacement, Dude. These dark souls are not gonna go away just cuz you're hitched." Luckily, there's Mark.
I won't tell more of the story line, out of respect for the author, but the story continues with enough plot twists and passion for this reader to be glued to her seat. What a ride! As I said before, I LOVE this story. Sure, it has the classic fairy tale ending, but the story is crafted with such skill that I didn't mind. Indeed, I wouldn't have been a happy reader if there hadn't been a Happily Ever After end. I mean, this is a romance books after all. Right?
Anyway, this book is fabulous and romantic and going on my Keeper shelf. If J.J. Keller has more books in this line, feel free to push them in this direction. Fan for Life!! That's me.
Five Mystique Moons. (Outstanding) Class Three sensuality. (Standard Romance)
Please view my new book trailer for Trade Agreement, coming soon at The Wild Rose Press. (see the cover blurb under www.thewildrosepress.com, coming soon, Crimson Rose) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxf1tPBXdSY
About Me
About jj Keller
Biography
I'm married and have two sons, both amazing individuals.
Location
Indiana
Interests
Hobbies: dreaming, reading, writing and gardening.
Occupation
Applied Research Coordinator
MySpace Page
www./myspace.com/jjkellerauthor
Reading
Small Giants: Companies that choose to be great instead of BIG, by Bo Burlingham