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Tales from the Edge #2
In the Void
Book two of Tales from the Edge
Catherine Rodgers doesn't like Mercy spaceships, or the courtesans who work on them—not after her husband left her for a Mercy woman. But after her luxurious transport ship gets blown up to prevent her from cracking the lid off a corporate scam that's left hundreds dead and a few people very rich, the only vessel around to save her is the Bonnie Belle.
Sean Harrison has worked as one of the Belle's courtesans for years, bringing happiness to countless women along the space lanes. When he's asked to look after Catherine while the Belle brings her to safety, it should be just another job. Somehow it's anything but.
Sean is captivated by Catherine's sense of justice and responsibility. And Catherine finds a softer, more emotionally intelligent man in Sean than she expected. Drawn together in darkness under the threat of death, they find the beginning of something lasting. But with pirates after the Belle and a price on Catherine's head, that beginning might be all they get.
89,000 words
Catherine Rodgers doesn't like Mercy spaceships, or the courtesans who work on them—not after her husband left her for a Mercy woman. But after her luxurious transport ship gets blown up to prevent her from cracking the lid off a corporate scam that's left hundreds dead and a few people very rich, the only vessel around to save her is the Bonnie Belle.
Sean Harrison has worked as one of the Belle's courtesans for years, bringing happiness to countless women along the space lanes. When he's asked to look after Catherine while the Belle brings her to safety, it should be just another job. Somehow it's anything but.
Sean is captivated by Catherine's sense of justice and responsibility. And Catherine finds a softer, more emotionally intelligent man in Sean than she expected. Drawn together in darkness under the threat of death, they find the beginning of something lasting. But with pirates after the Belle and a price on Catherine's head, that beginning might be all they get.
89,000 words
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 6, 2014
70 people want to read
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Sheryl Nantus
60 books369 followersSheryl Nantus is an award-winning romance writer published by Entangled, St. Martin's, and Harlequin's Carina Press.
When she's not writing about hunky heroes, she is sipping tea, playing board games and writing haiku.
A total fangirl at heart, she met her husband through an online fanfiction community and currently lives in Pennsylvania.
When she's not writing about hunky heroes, she is sipping tea, playing board games and writing haiku.
A total fangirl at heart, she met her husband through an online fanfiction community and currently lives in Pennsylvania.
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August 10, 2022
This book takes place several weeks after In the Black, but picks up with courtesan Sean as the main male romantic lead and a new character, Catherine, as the survivor they pick up in void after her ship is sabotaged. Catherine is a corporate whistleblower, and is being hunted for what she knows. Since powerful people are trying to ensure her death, she brings danger to the Bonnie Belle crew. Unlike book one in the series, this installment is not a murder mystery. It is, in many ways, the story of how the misfit crew of this ship become a team. Catherine and Sean rediscover themselves and their passion during the adventures. I was very happy to see Captain Sam and Marshal Daniel from book one have major roles as well.
March 14, 2015
I do love a good space opera, and throw in a "Mercy Ship" (ie a floating brothel), a tortured hero, and a heroine with a strong dislike of prostitution, and I was instantly hooked.
This story features a fairly large cast of characters, each well-rounded with their own personalities and histories, and the camaraderie between the crew of the Bonnie Bell is what really sold it to me.
There were a few pacing issues, as well as not one but two Big Misunderstandings that made me want to shake everyone involved, but overall, it was a very enjoyable read, and I am interested to see where the rest of the series goes.
4/5 Stars
This story features a fairly large cast of characters, each well-rounded with their own personalities and histories, and the camaraderie between the crew of the Bonnie Bell is what really sold it to me.
There were a few pacing issues, as well as not one but two Big Misunderstandings that made me want to shake everyone involved, but overall, it was a very enjoyable read, and I am interested to see where the rest of the series goes.
4/5 Stars
October 29, 2014
Drawn together in darkness, Catherine and Sean find the beginning of something lasting but with a price on Catherine’s head, that beginning might be all they get in this thrilling sci-fi romance.
This steady to fast paced and smooth flowing plot keeps readers on their toes with lots of suspense, action and romance. The author captures the imagination with well written scenes and images that bring the story to life while the fascinating world ensures that the reader’s come back for more. The characters are strong, compelling and grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning and the well orchestrated suspense and action adds lots of thrills to the story.
Catherine and Sean’s attraction to each other couldn’t be more inconvenient for them. Catherine doesn’t like mercy ships or the courtesans that work on them and Sean is one of those courtesans. The reader can’t help but get caught up in their relationship as they work through emotional issues with some interesting help from the rest of the crew. The crew’s loyalty and friendship for each other adds lots of depth to the story making them seem like a family and the reader feels as if they are right there with them on their adventures which makes them cheer, cry or fight along with them.
Spine tingling tension builds throughout the story as the danger escalates through numerous attempts on Catherine’s life and the fascinating world and uniquely unconventional characters make for a refreshing change and add lots of their own special charm to each story. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the crew of the Bonnie Belle again and so far their conclusions are unique but and fit each couple perfectly and I can’t wait for their next adventure.
This steady to fast paced and smooth flowing plot keeps readers on their toes with lots of suspense, action and romance. The author captures the imagination with well written scenes and images that bring the story to life while the fascinating world ensures that the reader’s come back for more. The characters are strong, compelling and grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning and the well orchestrated suspense and action adds lots of thrills to the story.
Catherine and Sean’s attraction to each other couldn’t be more inconvenient for them. Catherine doesn’t like mercy ships or the courtesans that work on them and Sean is one of those courtesans. The reader can’t help but get caught up in their relationship as they work through emotional issues with some interesting help from the rest of the crew. The crew’s loyalty and friendship for each other adds lots of depth to the story making them seem like a family and the reader feels as if they are right there with them on their adventures which makes them cheer, cry or fight along with them.
Spine tingling tension builds throughout the story as the danger escalates through numerous attempts on Catherine’s life and the fascinating world and uniquely unconventional characters make for a refreshing change and add lots of their own special charm to each story. I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the crew of the Bonnie Belle again and so far their conclusions are unique but and fit each couple perfectly and I can’t wait for their next adventure.
August 3, 2014
I loved In the Black, ( see review here) the first book in Tales from the Edge, and was really excited when I saw In the Void. It immediately went to the top of my TBR pile. I finished it last night and was not disappointed.
I love the Bonnie Belle and her crew. Last time it was the captain, Sam and Daniel who got their unusual HEA. This time it is Sean Harrison and it is something he never expected.
Once again there is danger for the Belle. Catherine Rodgers is a whistle blower and people are out to stop her at any cost. When her ship is blown up the Belle is the only ship that can retrieve her escape pod. That put the ship and crew right in the heart of the danger. Since Sean is the medic on the Belle he is assigned to help Catherine after the rescue. Both romance, excitement, and danger take center stage from there.
I got to see more of Sam and Daniel as well as learn more about the other courtesans on the ship. There was one new addition to the group. There are still stories to be told in the series and I will be looking for the next book.
Again I love the setting for this SFR series. I think it is one of the most unique I have run across. This series is a must read for any fan of SFR. Pick it up and prepare to have a very enjoyable time reading.
Watch for the book to come out on October 2,2014
I love the Bonnie Belle and her crew. Last time it was the captain, Sam and Daniel who got their unusual HEA. This time it is Sean Harrison and it is something he never expected.
Once again there is danger for the Belle. Catherine Rodgers is a whistle blower and people are out to stop her at any cost. When her ship is blown up the Belle is the only ship that can retrieve her escape pod. That put the ship and crew right in the heart of the danger. Since Sean is the medic on the Belle he is assigned to help Catherine after the rescue. Both romance, excitement, and danger take center stage from there.
I got to see more of Sam and Daniel as well as learn more about the other courtesans on the ship. There was one new addition to the group. There are still stories to be told in the series and I will be looking for the next book.
Again I love the setting for this SFR series. I think it is one of the most unique I have run across. This series is a must read for any fan of SFR. Pick it up and prepare to have a very enjoyable time reading.
Watch for the book to come out on October 2,2014
August 18, 2016
Two-book Review: In the Black and In the Void (Tales from the Edge, a 2-book series) by Sheryl Nantus
Yes, I'm reviewing both of these books here together so be warned...and yes, inputting the same review under both books...
This Tales from the Edge series was recently brought to my attention, so a quick jump over to Amazon to grab it showed that I bought both books of this 2-book series nearly a year ago – how had these gotten lost in my digital TBR pile? Especially for a series that has been compared to Firefly, one of my most favourite shows ever! Well, ok, that was probably part of the reason – am I the only one getting tired of seeing review after review of SFR books being compared to Firefly only to read them and find out that the similarity is usually a group of people…on a spaceship?
So it was with a bit of skepticism that I started reading. Imagine my surprise…a group of people…on a spaceship…but wait, this isn’t just any ship, this is a Mercy ship – a ship of paid companions who travel to mining colonies offering paid services…and an ex-military captain…and a ship’s mechanic that could have been my beloved Kaylee reincarnated! The atmosphere is a little gritty, too, as everything and everyone seems to be controlled by larger corporations or organizations, while even basic necessities like food, clothes, and even shipboard gravity come at a price. OK, this has been an oversimplification, but yeah, there are some valid comparisons this time.
Tales From the Edge - In the Black
In the Black seemed to start off a bit slow, the first 10% of the book was all about captain, Sam Kellar, hawking the wares of her Mercy ship: that is, giving a presentation to the people of a mining colony about the six courtesans offering “resources for your pleasure”. Then I realized I was still in chapter one! And that I had picked up quite a lot of information already about not only the courtesans, but also the captain herself. And can’t leave out the spaceship Bonnie Belle, controlled by an artificial intelligence that makes it seem as if it’s another character all of her own. (I kept envisioning a miniature Moya, the ship from Farscape, which really is a biological entity.)
In the Black really picks up quickly after that, as there’s this pesky murder that occurs, putting the Bonnie Belle and the mining colony on complete lockdown until Marshal Daniel LeClair arrives to investigate. Daniel is almost the epitome of an old-West marshal riding into town to save the day, even if he is riding his own AI spacecraft instead of a horse and is better represented by his leather jacket rather than a cowboy hat. But Sam can’t just wait, especially with demons from her previous military experience haunting her, and this quickly brings her into Daniel’s path when he arrives. Without more spoilers, just going to sum it up to say that the mystery is solved, the murderer is caught, and Sam and Daniel find they can’t resist each other.
Tales From the Edge - In the Void
In the Void picks up about six weeks after the events of In the Black. Nothing slow here, this one starts off with a bang. Almost literally.
The Bonnie Belle receives a distress call, and while Mercy ships are not equipped to provide aid or defense, Sam cannot resist helping. They arrive in time to watch a star yacht explode…with a single intact lifepod as part of the debris. Jenny, the mechanic, proves her creativity in finding a way to retrieve it.
Inside is Catherine Rogers, vice president of Global Transport, one of the largest builders of spaceships in the galaxy. She was on her way to a Justice base to provide testimony about largescale corruption she had uncovered within GT. Of course, this makes the explosion of her yacht suspicious and soon the Bonnie Belle and its crew, finds itself racing off to get Catherine to safety. Marshal Daniel LeClair is on his way to help, too, but it’s going to take days for his arrival even at top speed.
Meanwhile, Sean Harrison, one of the older courtesans onboard the Bonnie Belle, is tasked with watching over Catherine. Sean has some basic medic training, so he is the obvious choice to take care of the burns and bruises Catherine has suffered during her escape in the lifepod. Catherine has come aboard with a bad impression of Mercy ships and the people that serve on them thanks to a former cheating husband, but she quickly learns that not every ship or every courtesan is alike, and you can’t judge everyone from one bad experience.
Sean is quickly overcome by attraction to Catherine, coming to terms with the ghosts of his own past while trying to maintain professionalism and emotional distance. As Catherine works out her feelings about the Mercy ship, its crew, and especially those growing emotions between her and Sean, someone is trying to finish what they had started: kill her. Everyone on the Bonnie Belle is now in danger because they provided her aid, so the crew has to quickly come together to defend themselves – and each other – as they face assassination attempts, a bounty placed on Catherine’s life, and an invasion by mercenaries.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading both In the Black and In the Void, along with an extremely, all-too-short, more-of-a-blurb-than-a-story piece called Interlude that comprise the Tales from the Edge. The series has a lot of action, a lot of attraction, and some nice romance.
The steam level of this series is surprisingly low. You’d think that a series based on a spaceship full of people selling sexual favours would be pretty steamy, but no, not here. Oh, there are a lot of references to sex, a lot of innuendo, a lot of flirtation, and yes, at some point our heroes and heroines do get down to consummating their relationships, but it’s not shown in much detail.
This isn’t so much a story about workers in the sex trade, but rather about a group of people who have found themselves together in an unusual and probably unexpected setting trying to not only survive, but make life a little better. They provide care and spread happiness when they can, but are not afraid to call upon unexpected abilities and resources, not to mention backbones of steel, when needed. It’s about people coming together to help each other deal not only with current crises, but also to come to terms with their pasts. The ending of each story seems more of a happy-for-now than a true happy-ever-after, but I think the HEAs are implied.
So why 4 stars instead of 5? I’m on the fence, so maybe I should say 4.5 stars. I enjoyed the stories, but both stories each felt a little rushed in places, particularly the endings. And the mystery of In the Black was a bit predictable. Also, there seemed to be some incompleteness. A lot of details throughout each story brings up questions that don’t get answered. Maybe if the author had written more books in the series some of this would have been cleared up.
There is a lot of interaction with the Guild, the organization that controls the Mercy ships and the people that serve on them, but there is a lot of mystery left untold about it. Some hints the Guild may have its hands in a larger scheme, which almost makes the characters we’ve met seem pawns in a larger game.
There are also a lot of questions about who, and what organizations and corporations, can be trusted. In addition to the Guild, there is the UNS, which is the galactic enforcement agency Daniel works for. Are there multiple levels of corruption spread throughout the UNS and Guild, maybe even tying them together?
Plus, we see a lot of hints about the backgrounds of the Bonnie Belle’s crew that leave me wanting more. Who is Kendra, the courtesan that seems to be the ‘mother hen’ of the group and why does she seem to have a grasp of the larger picture? Then there’s April, a deadly domme with defense skills that even a soldier would dream about. And Jenny, the sweet, seemingly-innocent mechanic who has surprising resources both on and off the ship and a creative mind that shouldn’t be restricted to just keeping the Bonnie Belle in working order. And then there is the Bonnie Bell herself, an AI-enhanced ship that seems to have emotions and a capacity for out-of-the-box thinking beyond what a simple AI should have. And who, really, does she answer, to – the captain, the crew, the Guild? Or just herself?
Bottomline: Read this series! Back-to-back if you can. Read in order, too, because there is a lot of background and world-building in In the Black that you will be missing if you only try to read In the Void. Just for personal reasons, I probably enjoyed In the Black the most. The interaction and flirtation between Sam and Daniel felt far more intense that anything steamy I’ve read in a while.
Yes, I'm reviewing both of these books here together so be warned...and yes, inputting the same review under both books...
This Tales from the Edge series was recently brought to my attention, so a quick jump over to Amazon to grab it showed that I bought both books of this 2-book series nearly a year ago – how had these gotten lost in my digital TBR pile? Especially for a series that has been compared to Firefly, one of my most favourite shows ever! Well, ok, that was probably part of the reason – am I the only one getting tired of seeing review after review of SFR books being compared to Firefly only to read them and find out that the similarity is usually a group of people…on a spaceship?
So it was with a bit of skepticism that I started reading. Imagine my surprise…a group of people…on a spaceship…but wait, this isn’t just any ship, this is a Mercy ship – a ship of paid companions who travel to mining colonies offering paid services…and an ex-military captain…and a ship’s mechanic that could have been my beloved Kaylee reincarnated! The atmosphere is a little gritty, too, as everything and everyone seems to be controlled by larger corporations or organizations, while even basic necessities like food, clothes, and even shipboard gravity come at a price. OK, this has been an oversimplification, but yeah, there are some valid comparisons this time.
Tales From the Edge - In the Black
In the Black seemed to start off a bit slow, the first 10% of the book was all about captain, Sam Kellar, hawking the wares of her Mercy ship: that is, giving a presentation to the people of a mining colony about the six courtesans offering “resources for your pleasure”. Then I realized I was still in chapter one! And that I had picked up quite a lot of information already about not only the courtesans, but also the captain herself. And can’t leave out the spaceship Bonnie Belle, controlled by an artificial intelligence that makes it seem as if it’s another character all of her own. (I kept envisioning a miniature Moya, the ship from Farscape, which really is a biological entity.)
In the Black really picks up quickly after that, as there’s this pesky murder that occurs, putting the Bonnie Belle and the mining colony on complete lockdown until Marshal Daniel LeClair arrives to investigate. Daniel is almost the epitome of an old-West marshal riding into town to save the day, even if he is riding his own AI spacecraft instead of a horse and is better represented by his leather jacket rather than a cowboy hat. But Sam can’t just wait, especially with demons from her previous military experience haunting her, and this quickly brings her into Daniel’s path when he arrives. Without more spoilers, just going to sum it up to say that the mystery is solved, the murderer is caught, and Sam and Daniel find they can’t resist each other.
Tales From the Edge - In the Void
In the Void picks up about six weeks after the events of In the Black. Nothing slow here, this one starts off with a bang. Almost literally.
The Bonnie Belle receives a distress call, and while Mercy ships are not equipped to provide aid or defense, Sam cannot resist helping. They arrive in time to watch a star yacht explode…with a single intact lifepod as part of the debris. Jenny, the mechanic, proves her creativity in finding a way to retrieve it.
Inside is Catherine Rogers, vice president of Global Transport, one of the largest builders of spaceships in the galaxy. She was on her way to a Justice base to provide testimony about largescale corruption she had uncovered within GT. Of course, this makes the explosion of her yacht suspicious and soon the Bonnie Belle and its crew, finds itself racing off to get Catherine to safety. Marshal Daniel LeClair is on his way to help, too, but it’s going to take days for his arrival even at top speed.
Meanwhile, Sean Harrison, one of the older courtesans onboard the Bonnie Belle, is tasked with watching over Catherine. Sean has some basic medic training, so he is the obvious choice to take care of the burns and bruises Catherine has suffered during her escape in the lifepod. Catherine has come aboard with a bad impression of Mercy ships and the people that serve on them thanks to a former cheating husband, but she quickly learns that not every ship or every courtesan is alike, and you can’t judge everyone from one bad experience.
Sean is quickly overcome by attraction to Catherine, coming to terms with the ghosts of his own past while trying to maintain professionalism and emotional distance. As Catherine works out her feelings about the Mercy ship, its crew, and especially those growing emotions between her and Sean, someone is trying to finish what they had started: kill her. Everyone on the Bonnie Belle is now in danger because they provided her aid, so the crew has to quickly come together to defend themselves – and each other – as they face assassination attempts, a bounty placed on Catherine’s life, and an invasion by mercenaries.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading both In the Black and In the Void, along with an extremely, all-too-short, more-of-a-blurb-than-a-story piece called Interlude that comprise the Tales from the Edge. The series has a lot of action, a lot of attraction, and some nice romance.
The steam level of this series is surprisingly low. You’d think that a series based on a spaceship full of people selling sexual favours would be pretty steamy, but no, not here. Oh, there are a lot of references to sex, a lot of innuendo, a lot of flirtation, and yes, at some point our heroes and heroines do get down to consummating their relationships, but it’s not shown in much detail.
This isn’t so much a story about workers in the sex trade, but rather about a group of people who have found themselves together in an unusual and probably unexpected setting trying to not only survive, but make life a little better. They provide care and spread happiness when they can, but are not afraid to call upon unexpected abilities and resources, not to mention backbones of steel, when needed. It’s about people coming together to help each other deal not only with current crises, but also to come to terms with their pasts. The ending of each story seems more of a happy-for-now than a true happy-ever-after, but I think the HEAs are implied.
So why 4 stars instead of 5? I’m on the fence, so maybe I should say 4.5 stars. I enjoyed the stories, but both stories each felt a little rushed in places, particularly the endings. And the mystery of In the Black was a bit predictable. Also, there seemed to be some incompleteness. A lot of details throughout each story brings up questions that don’t get answered. Maybe if the author had written more books in the series some of this would have been cleared up.
There is a lot of interaction with the Guild, the organization that controls the Mercy ships and the people that serve on them, but there is a lot of mystery left untold about it. Some hints the Guild may have its hands in a larger scheme, which almost makes the characters we’ve met seem pawns in a larger game.
There are also a lot of questions about who, and what organizations and corporations, can be trusted. In addition to the Guild, there is the UNS, which is the galactic enforcement agency Daniel works for. Are there multiple levels of corruption spread throughout the UNS and Guild, maybe even tying them together?
Plus, we see a lot of hints about the backgrounds of the Bonnie Belle’s crew that leave me wanting more. Who is Kendra, the courtesan that seems to be the ‘mother hen’ of the group and why does she seem to have a grasp of the larger picture? Then there’s April, a deadly domme with defense skills that even a soldier would dream about. And Jenny, the sweet, seemingly-innocent mechanic who has surprising resources both on and off the ship and a creative mind that shouldn’t be restricted to just keeping the Bonnie Belle in working order. And then there is the Bonnie Bell herself, an AI-enhanced ship that seems to have emotions and a capacity for out-of-the-box thinking beyond what a simple AI should have. And who, really, does she answer, to – the captain, the crew, the Guild? Or just herself?
Bottomline: Read this series! Back-to-back if you can. Read in order, too, because there is a lot of background and world-building in In the Black that you will be missing if you only try to read In the Void. Just for personal reasons, I probably enjoyed In the Black the most. The interaction and flirtation between Sam and Daniel felt far more intense that anything steamy I’ve read in a while.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 27, 2018
Terrible. Just awful. Hated it.
October 3, 2014
Well I've just finished the second book in the Tales from the Edge series and it was great to be back with the crew of the Bonnie Belle. Once again this floating Mercy ship is in space on a mission to bring comfort and relaxation to remote mining communities but this time a lone life support pod is found near an exploded space ship. The crew of the Belle rescue it and it's occupant Catherine Rodgers but there's a lot at stake and an unknown enemy is coming to make sure the job of keeping Catherine permanently quiet is finished and as soon as possible!
Sean Harrison has been through a lot and now spends his days working as a Courtesan onboard one of the Guilds ships. Oh he realises that not everyone understands the true benefit of what he does but he has no reason to feel ashamed and in point of fact the benefits of the type of therapy he brings to his female clients is something he is rightly proud of. As the Belles acting medic when a nearby ship explodes and it's sole survivor is rescued it's up to him to tend to her but Catherine is the sort of woman that gets under Sean's skin and it's been a long time since that happened !
Catherine has no reason to approve of the type of people onboard the Belle as her ex husband left her for a Courtesan but spending time with the crew enables her to really see that no matter what the job they are still just human beings trying to survive and achieve a better life. Catherine has vital information about a conspiracy that is costing lives and it's imperative she gets to the proper authorities but it's clear whoever wants her dead will keep trying which puts everyone in danger. Sean and Catherine may be attracted to each other but how could two such different people ever hope to have a future together ? Besides the danger that stalks Catherine is far from past and now it's up to the crew of the Bonnie Belle to make a stand!
I really enjoy these stories and it was such fun to catch up with these diverse and colourful characters. Last time the story focussed on a murder mystery whilst throwing in the romance between Sam and Daniel and it was lovely to catch up with them and so amusing as they still struggle to be discreet about their relationship. The author writes with such humour but it's not in your face no it's much more subtle and works really well. As for the romance here it was a delight to read about Sean who has previously seemed a little subdued and clearly as a slightly more mature Courtesan knows his time working is running out. The simple idea of pairing him up with a mature responsible woman such as Catherine opens up a world of possibilities. She has obviously thrown her energy into her career and it's high time she had some fun and who would know more about showing a girl a good time then the experienced Sean? I loved the way their relationship slowly built and thought it so amusing as Catherine constantly second guessed herself whilst the ever knowing Sean saw through all her machinations!
Great story and I'm looking forward to more from this author.
Sean Harrison has been through a lot and now spends his days working as a Courtesan onboard one of the Guilds ships. Oh he realises that not everyone understands the true benefit of what he does but he has no reason to feel ashamed and in point of fact the benefits of the type of therapy he brings to his female clients is something he is rightly proud of. As the Belles acting medic when a nearby ship explodes and it's sole survivor is rescued it's up to him to tend to her but Catherine is the sort of woman that gets under Sean's skin and it's been a long time since that happened !
Catherine has no reason to approve of the type of people onboard the Belle as her ex husband left her for a Courtesan but spending time with the crew enables her to really see that no matter what the job they are still just human beings trying to survive and achieve a better life. Catherine has vital information about a conspiracy that is costing lives and it's imperative she gets to the proper authorities but it's clear whoever wants her dead will keep trying which puts everyone in danger. Sean and Catherine may be attracted to each other but how could two such different people ever hope to have a future together ? Besides the danger that stalks Catherine is far from past and now it's up to the crew of the Bonnie Belle to make a stand!
I really enjoy these stories and it was such fun to catch up with these diverse and colourful characters. Last time the story focussed on a murder mystery whilst throwing in the romance between Sam and Daniel and it was lovely to catch up with them and so amusing as they still struggle to be discreet about their relationship. The author writes with such humour but it's not in your face no it's much more subtle and works really well. As for the romance here it was a delight to read about Sean who has previously seemed a little subdued and clearly as a slightly more mature Courtesan knows his time working is running out. The simple idea of pairing him up with a mature responsible woman such as Catherine opens up a world of possibilities. She has obviously thrown her energy into her career and it's high time she had some fun and who would know more about showing a girl a good time then the experienced Sean? I loved the way their relationship slowly built and thought it so amusing as Catherine constantly second guessed herself whilst the ever knowing Sean saw through all her machinations!
Great story and I'm looking forward to more from this author.
December 16, 2016
Fun quick read! Action was pretty well written. I liked reading about this group of characters again.
August 12, 2016
Well...I liked this one more than the first. Which I can't believe is possible because I adored the first book in the series. The action was so great and I had to slow myself down because I was reading it too fast. Catherine is really head strong and awesome.
I loved learning more about Sean and his tragic past. His past sounds so awful and just proves how strong of a character he really is. Sam and Daniel remain adorable and I really want a book of them like 20 years in the future. Honestly I want like ten more books in this series.
Loved, loved, loved it!!
I loved learning more about Sean and his tragic past. His past sounds so awful and just proves how strong of a character he really is. Sam and Daniel remain adorable and I really want a book of them like 20 years in the future. Honestly I want like ten more books in this series.
Loved, loved, loved it!!
August 30, 2016
Loved this one just as much as the first, and glad it was different enough to stand apart. Sean and Catherine are very different types of people than Sam and Daniel, but they're tough enough when the situation calls for it. It was nice to get a little more interaction and background on the other courtesans in this book as well - I would definitely read books about April and Kendra, though I'm not sure they're ever give up their lives to settle down with just one person.
Liked getting to see how Sam and Daniel are holding up in their relationship too, and
Liked getting to see how Sam and Daniel are holding up in their relationship too, and
October 8, 2014
I love finding authors whose books I'll devour and, in Sheryl Nantus, I found another one. I thought her previous book, IN THE BLACK, was good, but IN THE VOID is better. I liked the set-up, the two protagonists, the way Sam and Daniel's romance was shown as progressing without them taking over the book. I especially liked the elegant ending.
Nantus shows that she's an author who takes care in her world-building, and I couldn't be happier. I'll be eagerly awaiting her next book.
Nantus shows that she's an author who takes care in her world-building, and I couldn't be happier. I'll be eagerly awaiting her next book.
August 10, 2016
I found Catherine's part of the story to be a little heavier on the (silly) drama than the first book, but other than that, I liked this one. It was good to see Sean find a happy situation, and to see the close bonds among the crew and captain again.
August 7, 2017
The plot of the second book of the series is quite funny, I liked the general idea and, again, it's seems to me a waste put a lot of very interesting background and leave it unused. Ok, it's a romance book, but you can't leave me so courious.
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