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Garrison Hearts #1
Pixilated
At age six half-pixie, Kayseri Bruin, fell in love with a young garrison captain and vowed she would have no other. Now in adult stasis, she returns to Qets Garrison determined to win the love of the one man her heart recognizes. She will do whatever it takes to gain his notice even work a bit of pixie mischief, but mischief has unintended consequences.
What is a sane man to do when his best friend's suddenly delectable daughter kisses him? Run! Run fast! However, words like run and sane are not a part Kree Fawr's psychological makeup. So when Kayseri and the horse Kree gave her, goes missing the garrison's audacious captain sees his mission—pursue and retrieve.
But pursuit becomes a dangerous chase that drives the unlikely couple deep into elfin intrigue, and to the very brink of war. With life and death balanced on a sword's edge, will Kayseri's mischief tear them apart or bind them together forever?
What is a sane man to do when his best friend's suddenly delectable daughter kisses him? Run! Run fast! However, words like run and sane are not a part Kree Fawr's psychological makeup. So when Kayseri and the horse Kree gave her, goes missing the garrison's audacious captain sees his mission—pursue and retrieve.
But pursuit becomes a dangerous chase that drives the unlikely couple deep into elfin intrigue, and to the very brink of war. With life and death balanced on a sword's edge, will Kayseri's mischief tear them apart or bind them together forever?
185 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 23, 2010
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Jane Atchley
3 books7 followersJane Atchley is an award-winning author of romantic fantasy adventure. Trapped in a world of user manuals and accounting, she dreamed of something beyond technical writing. One night over nachos and margaritas with the great ladies, a world of elves, pixies, and a certain goddess-born cavalry captain beckoned. Now she and her two terriers, Buck and Piper, are chasing the dream. She loves to hear from readers. Email her at jane@janeatchley.com.
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December 1, 2014
I'm sort of caught between a four and a five.The summary made me think geeehhhhh this might be really stupid! but oh well better read it and it was WORTH IT!
The world building is top notch even when it came to sub species and military life. most books are so vague about military or just how a group operates. This was well planned out there is a history that has been built and it's such a fresh writing I really enjoyed it.
We start out with a military rescue operation and you are given a nice taste how how she builds her characters. Then we enter the heroine, she is young so I give her some leeway on her actions in the beginning. She isn't annoying or too headstrong she made some errors but mostly to help plot but not by much. You still have the feeling that the adventures could have happened without her actions which I think is a plus.
We have the Captain, literally bred for war and paying for the consequences and advantages of his birth he dedicated his life to his garrison. You can't help but really like him, sometimes I did roll my eyes but he never gets mushy which I THANK GOD for haha!
There are slight very slight smut but like maybe a long paragraph if you put all the sentences of the book together, so it wasn't some stupid lust book. That was a refreshing just for that reason.
The fighting scenes are detailed but you don't get lost and it's not vague where you want to roll your eyes.
Well made ! I probably will read this again!
( though i wish some magic hocus pocus could fix a few heartbreaking problems)
The world building is top notch even when it came to sub species and military life. most books are so vague about military or just how a group operates. This was well planned out there is a history that has been built and it's such a fresh writing I really enjoyed it.
We start out with a military rescue operation and you are given a nice taste how how she builds her characters. Then we enter the heroine, she is young so I give her some leeway on her actions in the beginning. She isn't annoying or too headstrong she made some errors but mostly to help plot but not by much. You still have the feeling that the adventures could have happened without her actions which I think is a plus.
We have the Captain, literally bred for war and paying for the consequences and advantages of his birth he dedicated his life to his garrison. You can't help but really like him, sometimes I did roll my eyes but he never gets mushy which I THANK GOD for haha!
There are slight very slight smut but like maybe a long paragraph if you put all the sentences of the book together, so it wasn't some stupid lust book. That was a refreshing just for that reason.
The fighting scenes are detailed but you don't get lost and it's not vague where you want to roll your eyes.
Well made ! I probably will read this again!
( though i wish some magic hocus pocus could fix a few heartbreaking problems)
June 30, 2014
This was a wonderful book with endearing characters and skillful world-building built into the story without ever overloading on backstory. I did have trouble seeing Katie as an adult. Her thinking is almost always childish and naive, though she has occasional flashes of adult behavior. Kree is a wonderful hero, an amazing guy but with a bagful of human weaknesses. The biggest problem with this book is the editing. Punctuation errors are rife, found on almost every page, with too many word order errors and even tense changes. It's as if the unedited draft was published instead of a polished product. The story is so good, it rises above these distractions, but it would be so much better if one didn't have to pause every few paragraphs to think about what is really intended.
December 3, 2013
A delight to read, "Pixilated (A Garrison Love Story, Book One)" by Jane Atchley. Read it. Full of Unpredictable adventure and fun romance, with characters to fall in love with stirred in. My attention was captured from the first page and it was as impossible for me to put down as it was for the people to break their hold on the goose that lay the golden egg. The story led me on a merry chase that left me breathlessly wanting more from this author. It was an up all night read for me. http://janeatchley.com/index.html
March 6, 2014
Loved it
The story is great, the characters are engaging, the plot entertaining. The only problem is that there are so many mistakes in here that I couldn't even guess at a count. That includes typos as well as missing words. This is what editors are supposed to be for.
The story is great, the characters are engaging, the plot entertaining. The only problem is that there are so many mistakes in here that I couldn't even guess at a count. That includes typos as well as missing words. This is what editors are supposed to be for.
November 17, 2015
One of the best books I have ever read.
Oh I have to say I loved this book. I will be reading it again in my future. I highly recommend this book. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
Oh I have to say I loved this book. I will be reading it again in my future. I highly recommend this book. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
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