![]() ![]() The paranormal aspects could be ripped from today’s headlines of breakthroughs in genetic manipulation and merging technology with the human body. McKenna has the gift of making you instantly care deeply about her characters. If she’s going to be the heroine, there’s a LOT messed up in her life right now we don’t know about.” And I was right-the attraction between Simone and Zade is instantaneous but their secrets might be insurmountable if the truth is ever revealed. My next thought was, “Oh…this is going to be good. Simone had not been a favorite character from the first book, where she appeared briefly-as a potential enemy. When I saw who the heroine was, I admit I hesitated for a second. MY NEXT BREATH is book 2 in the series, picking up a few months after the first. THE OBSIDIAN FILES series is a rollercoaster ride of action, sensuality, betrayal, suffering, and redemption. Shannon McKenna does it again! If you read her regularly, this should come as no surprise-she never disappoints. Now, I have to go and buy the paper version for my bookcase :) And I know that it took me months to pick up the book, but now I really want to know what comes next. I really enjoyed Zade and Simone's couple as well as the interactions between Zade and Asa (he kind of made me think of Seth). We also have a lot of action (plot wise) and steamy scenes (in my opinion Shanon McKenna along with Linda Howard create the best oversexed heroes.). Like in her other books, My Next Breath is a fast paced story starring an alpha hero (Zade) and a badass as well as smart heroine (Simone). Because of that, it also took me some time to get into the book, but then the pace picked up and I was in for a ride. It took me some time to pick up the book, mostly because I'm a moody reader but also because to me, it's kind of difficult to reproduce the magic of the McClouds series. And in my book, in a day and age where anybody can self-publish any random crap and declare him/herself an author, that's something. To me, she is one of the best authors in the romance community regardless of genres and she's the only romantic-suspense author who manages to stress me out even though I know that all will end well. ![]() Shannon McKenna is the author who made me love romantic suspense and to this day, her McClouds & Friends series is still my favorite in that genre. *Arc received in exchange of an honest review* all that solitude and silence, a blank computer screen, and no one to blame. I never knew it would be so scary, and so hard. I wrote for them for a few years, and then made a bid for an erotic novella for the new Brava imprint, and oh joy, they accepted it. Everybody rejected it-except for Kensington. I found myself with many long, quiet days alone with nothing to do, so I slogged my way bravely to the end of the manuscript and sent it out. ![]() It wasn't until I moved to Italy (details of that Long Shot provided later on) that I got serious about writing, though. I think the day I finally grew up was the day I stopped trying to cover up what I was reading on the bus, train or subway. The sneakiness felt familiar, though, because I've been teased about reading romances since I was a kid. If my Boss du Jour walked by I could quick-like-a-bunny switch screens, and whenever the coast was clear, I went back to my story. ![]() So I sneakily set up a Document 1 and a Document 2 with a spreadsheet on it. Most artists choose a more practical Plan B to back up their improbable Plan A. I felt bad about the wasted time, though, and I needed something to round out my other chosen career, which was singing. I was working a temp job in an insurance office in Manhattan at the time, and the office manager had made it clear that even if there was nothing to do, I still had to look busy- never one of my big talents. I started writing my first romance novel in secret. Also wrote five category romances under the penname Shannon Anderson ![]()
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