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The Temple [Kindle Edition]

Heather Marie Adkins
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Vale Avari has a mysterious past and a laundry list of super-powers, but that's nothing compared to what she finds upon moving from small town U.S.A to jolly-good England.

A chance dart throw lands her in Quicksilver, an off-the-map place with a big problem - people are dying, and word is, it's supernatural.

At her new place of employment, a temple dedicated to the ancient Mother Goddess, Vale learns something even more shocking - women guards are disappearing at an alarmingly patterned rate; women who possess special gifts like her own.

Supernatural powers aside, Vale isn't ready to believe in the Wild Hunt as the culprit, and she's determined to prove the deaths are acts of human violence.

Plagued by a brute with a history of domestic violence and lusting after a dark-eyed man with a secret, Vale has a limited amount of time to discover the killer before he strikes again. In the process, she'll learn things aren't always what they seem and the supernatural might not be so extraordinary after all.

The Hunt could ride for her.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 690 KB
  • Print Length: 310 pages
  • Publisher: Heather Marie Adkins (23 Jun 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B0057XOQ1E
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #47,203 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Entertaining enough 13 April 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Written in an easy-to-read style, pleasant & unchallenging read if not particularly original or dynamic. Romantic suspence with a bit of supernatural to spice.
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Pretty good, but not perfect 4 Dec 2011
By Febgrl77 - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was also swayed by all of the 5 star reviews for this book. Is it good? Yes. Is it creative and better than most indie authors? Yes. But is it 5 star? Sadly, not. It's still a little rough around the edges, particularly with some of the writing style and the leaps that are taken to make plot connections and resolutions. That being said, I really did enjoy this book and read it in 2 days because the plot and storyline was unique and interesting. Overall, I would recommend it, even with its imperfections.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Paranormal Romance for People Who Don't Read Romance Novels 4 July 2011
By Larry Marshall - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I don't read romance novels. It's a guy thing. But I picked up The Temple because of a discussion of the book elsewhere. The author's imagination and ability to write wonderful descriptions combine to produce a story that, while there is romance, there is also adventure, a dose of fantasy and a splash of humor. I really enjoyed it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fun, but could use the help of an editor 13 Dec 2011
By The Book Keeper - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
Vale Avari decides to leave her home in Mississippi, throws a dart at a map and it sticks in Quicksilver, a small town near York, England. Her father knows someone there, so she arrives with a job and an apartment waiting. Predestination is only one of the mystical plot devices in "The Temple." Vale has several powers that she uses in her employment. This time, she is guarding a temple dedicated to three personifications of the Goddess: Cerridwen, Freya and Bast. The Wild Hunt rages around the temple every night and terrifies the village. Villagers have gone missing, to be found dead of natural causes and The Wild Hunt is blamed. Vale discovers some of the temple guards have also been victims. Were they killed by The Wild Hunt, or mundane methods? Vale makes it her business to find out and meets a number of characters that help her. She also meets a handsome guard named Brett that she is attracted to. The attraction is mutual, but Brett seems to be hiding something.

This is a difficult review to write because I found so much in this novel annoying, yet I also enjoyed it.

Let's get the annoyances out of the way first. Editing in the first two chapters was poor, although it did improve as the book continued. Poor sentence structure, messy wordage, wrongly used references, some inconsistencies, one of which is so obvious, I can't believe the editor missed it. Transition from one action to another was often nonexistent.

Also in the first few chapters where vital plot points should be established, I was not convinced the story took place in England. It felt more like small town USA. And I do wish writers would properly research when they write about another country. The bin of crazies?

Some of the characterization was repetitive. Flamboyant gay men. A LOT of "overweight" people, most of them women. Overweight is a broad term and came across as judgmental. Also, the women Vale did not care for were, for the most part, garishly dressed. And (pet peeves) the author seems to think dogs are not a sentient species!

What did I like? I love Vale, her personality and her humor. Her observations, particularly of the attractive men in her life, were hilarious. Once it got going the plot moved along nicely with a good blend of suspense, mystery, romance and humor with a twist at the end. I did struggle with the first few chapters but after that this novel sucked me in and kept me in. Recommended if you can ignore "the annoyances."
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