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Star Runner #1
Midnight's Ghost
The timeline is excruciating.
Taran has three days to get her former lover – whom she’s barely speaking to – and the mysterious teenager she knows nothing about from one planet to another. Given the fact her ship, Eidolon, is the fastest in the star runner fleet, Taran knows she can make the run in the time Wallace has allotted. As the best – and only – female pilot, she’s got something to prove.
As if things weren’t complicated enough, Wallace, and the teenager he has in tow, are both escapees from the harshest prison facility in seven galaxies. Not only is Taran putting her career on the line, she’s got the Intergalactic Patrol hot on her heels. It isn’t long before unresolved feelings and tempers flare to life again and Taran is left second-guessing her decision of putting everything she stands for on the line.
Her determination may just cost her everything.
One man who feels no remorse for a crime he committed and one woman pilot determined to fulfill her promise equal one impossible mission.
Taran has three days to get her former lover – whom she’s barely speaking to – and the mysterious teenager she knows nothing about from one planet to another. Given the fact her ship, Eidolon, is the fastest in the star runner fleet, Taran knows she can make the run in the time Wallace has allotted. As the best – and only – female pilot, she’s got something to prove.
As if things weren’t complicated enough, Wallace, and the teenager he has in tow, are both escapees from the harshest prison facility in seven galaxies. Not only is Taran putting her career on the line, she’s got the Intergalactic Patrol hot on her heels. It isn’t long before unresolved feelings and tempers flare to life again and Taran is left second-guessing her decision of putting everything she stands for on the line.
Her determination may just cost her everything.
One man who feels no remorse for a crime he committed and one woman pilot determined to fulfill her promise equal one impossible mission.
- GenresScience FictionRomance
206 pages, Paperback
First published May 10, 2010
49 people want to read
About the author
Sara Brookes
36 books224 followersA native Virginian, Sara sold her first published romance novel, FLASH OF DARK, an urban fantasy romance pitting vampires against the Fae, in 2009. Since that fateful day, she's published over 20 books in various sub-genres of romance, been generously honored with several awards, and saved the world from evil chocolate chip cookies.
Though she may insist otherwise, Sara loves the places her mind conjures and has always been fascinated by the strange, the unusual, the twisted and the lost (tortured heroes are her personal favorite). She is an action movie junkie, addicted to coffee and has been known to stay up until the wee hours of the morning playing RPG video games. Despite all this geekiness, she is a romantic at heart and is always a sucker for an excellent love story.
Though she may insist otherwise, Sara loves the places her mind conjures and has always been fascinated by the strange, the unusual, the twisted and the lost (tortured heroes are her personal favorite). She is an action movie junkie, addicted to coffee and has been known to stay up until the wee hours of the morning playing RPG video games. Despite all this geekiness, she is a romantic at heart and is always a sucker for an excellent love story.
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May 21, 2010
I knew the moment Sara told me about this book that I need to read it. You may have noticed that I have a little obsession with science fiction so it's not surprising that I jumped up and down like a crazy teenage girl when Sara offered me a copy for review. First I have to say, I really like the cover. It resembles Taran and Wallace so good and I really like the colors and the layout. Me and my cover infatuation again.
But back to the important part of the book: the actual novel inside. I grabbed this book yesterday evening and am writing the review now only 18 hours later(and I slept a few of those hours). I practically inhaled this book from the first to the last word.
Midnight's Ghost starts with a big bang. Let me quote the first few lines for you:
That was enough to get me hooked. Taran, our heroine is a real kick ass woman. She is a Star Runner which means she transports persons or cargo through the universe with her OWN spaceship. How cool is that? One of my never forgotten childhood dreams. As you can see in the first few lines the world she lives in has no problem with beating the shit out of a girl but she knows how to defend herself. She is strong, not only with her hands but also with her mind. She is witty, says what she thinks and is never too shy to giver her 2 cents. She is her own boss with her own ship(I can't say that often enough) and business, because she has this little problem with taking orders. *wink* This girl is exactly the way I like them. Okay I admit throughout the story I wanted to slap her from time to time for being way to stubborn but I know I can be that way too from time to time so I won't throw any stones.
Taran meets her ex in all the mess of this little, let us call it "discussion with hand and feet" and I'm not sure what's worse for her the fight or Wallace presence. He broke her heart in the past, even if I think that this is something she just sees that way because of her stubbornness but women are women after all. He still is what she wants, she would never admit it but he is what her heart and her body craves. I have to say I agree with her body very much.
So let me talk about Wallace a bit. He is an Ilium an alien race as near to a human as you can get. He's bossy, funny, a total smartass and sometimes a bit full of himself or better said that is what the reader thinks at the start. He needs Taran's help. He has to reach the planet Delphine Five in 3 days which is near impossible for most ordinary star runners. But he knows that Taran can make it and he has no other person to turn to. It is a really important mission and he needs to be sure that it will be done- no matter what. So even if he knows that she just hates his guts he has to ask and take all the insults and curses she throws at him.
The relationship between these two was scorching from the start. Taran tries to keep her distance but she sees soon that her resistance is futile (LOL..sorry I couldn't resist). There was this one scene on the ship where nothing really happened besides Wallace telling Taran what he wants to do *huge wink* and OMG I really had to fan myself. I love the build up between them and I liked that we only discovered bit by bit of their past through the story. They captured my attention and didn't let go.
The plot In Midnight's Ghost was wonderfully woven into the romance and I liked that .it took the centre stage at the end. I enjoyed the action and who doesn't like spaceship fights? The political intrigue behind the action was fascinating and well thought through. I can't wait to read what happens in the next book.
All in all Midnight's Ghost is an action packed erotic romance and in my opinion even not as geeky readers as me will appreciate the science fiction part. Highly recommended.
But back to the important part of the book: the actual novel inside. I grabbed this book yesterday evening and am writing the review now only 18 hours later(and I slept a few of those hours). I practically inhaled this book from the first to the last word.
Midnight's Ghost starts with a big bang. Let me quote the first few lines for you:
Whoever said karma was a bitch wasn’t kidding. I wondered what cosmic entity I had pissed off this time in order to earn this particular boot in the stomach. I mean that literally, by the way.
That was enough to get me hooked. Taran, our heroine is a real kick ass woman. She is a Star Runner which means she transports persons or cargo through the universe with her OWN spaceship. How cool is that? One of my never forgotten childhood dreams. As you can see in the first few lines the world she lives in has no problem with beating the shit out of a girl but she knows how to defend herself. She is strong, not only with her hands but also with her mind. She is witty, says what she thinks and is never too shy to giver her 2 cents. She is her own boss with her own ship(I can't say that often enough) and business, because she has this little problem with taking orders. *wink* This girl is exactly the way I like them. Okay I admit throughout the story I wanted to slap her from time to time for being way to stubborn but I know I can be that way too from time to time so I won't throw any stones.
Taran meets her ex in all the mess of this little, let us call it "discussion with hand and feet" and I'm not sure what's worse for her the fight or Wallace presence. He broke her heart in the past, even if I think that this is something she just sees that way because of her stubbornness but women are women after all. He still is what she wants, she would never admit it but he is what her heart and her body craves. I have to say I agree with her body very much.
So let me talk about Wallace a bit. He is an Ilium an alien race as near to a human as you can get. He's bossy, funny, a total smartass and sometimes a bit full of himself or better said that is what the reader thinks at the start. He needs Taran's help. He has to reach the planet Delphine Five in 3 days which is near impossible for most ordinary star runners. But he knows that Taran can make it and he has no other person to turn to. It is a really important mission and he needs to be sure that it will be done- no matter what. So even if he knows that she just hates his guts he has to ask and take all the insults and curses she throws at him.
The relationship between these two was scorching from the start. Taran tries to keep her distance but she sees soon that her resistance is futile (LOL..sorry I couldn't resist). There was this one scene on the ship where nothing really happened besides Wallace telling Taran what he wants to do *huge wink* and OMG I really had to fan myself. I love the build up between them and I liked that we only discovered bit by bit of their past through the story. They captured my attention and didn't let go.
The plot In Midnight's Ghost was wonderfully woven into the romance and I liked that .it took the centre stage at the end. I enjoyed the action and who doesn't like spaceship fights? The political intrigue behind the action was fascinating and well thought through. I can't wait to read what happens in the next book.
All in all Midnight's Ghost is an action packed erotic romance and in my opinion even not as geeky readers as me will appreciate the science fiction part. Highly recommended.
July 11, 2010
A perfect mix of romantic tension, heart pounding action and passion that leaves you breathless!!! I can hardly wait to get my hands on the next one...
March 15, 2011
Sara Brookes takes us on an emotional journey through space as Taran is reunited with her former lover Wallace, for a dangerous mission. The characters must work through their feelings while in close quarters and deal with their past.
While I found Midnight's Ghost to be more scifi than romance, Taran and Wallace still had their hot moments. I loved Taran's attitude and her refusal to admit her feelings for Wallace. That made it feel real to me.
Midnight's Ghost was far from predictable and left me wanting to read the next book in the series, Midnight's Shadow.
While I found Midnight's Ghost to be more scifi than romance, Taran and Wallace still had their hot moments. I loved Taran's attitude and her refusal to admit her feelings for Wallace. That made it feel real to me.
Midnight's Ghost was far from predictable and left me wanting to read the next book in the series, Midnight's Shadow.
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January 24, 2011If you think feisty space cowgirls deserve their day in the sun (or wherever else their bucket of bolts may take them), this one's for you. Taran (not remotely biased because of the heroine's name) is a female Han Solo/Capt Malcolm Reynolds and eclipses all of them when it comes to spunk. Looking forward to seeing where the next book takes Taran, her bad boy lover and her hunky robotic second-in-command.
February 14, 2011
I won this book in a contest that Sara Brookes was running in celebration of the new release in this series, Midnight's Shadow (which I'm about to go buy lol)
It has everything I love in a sci-fi romance -- betrayal, secrets, estranged lovers, a truly epic Big Bad, loads of sexual tension and some red-hot smexin.
In short, I loved it! Solid 5 stars
It has everything I love in a sci-fi romance -- betrayal, secrets, estranged lovers, a truly epic Big Bad, loads of sexual tension and some red-hot smexin.
In short, I loved it! Solid 5 stars
December 9, 2013
I thought the ending was a bit abrupt, but looking forward to reading more about these characters.
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