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Shadow Protector
The only surviving witness of the Blindfold Killer, Sera wanted to lie low, but when danger finds her yet again, she has no choice but to turn to gorgeous local sheriff Logan. Logan's determined to be her protector...and find his way into her guarded heart.
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First published September 1, 2010
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Jenna Ryan
105 books129 followersJenna Ryan was born in Victoria, British Columbia. After long stints in different cities across Canada, she returned home to Vancouver Island where she has lived ever since. She has had thirty-one books published in the Harlequin Intrigue series. Her ideas come from real life, and she is helped in her writing by her sister Kathy.
She enjoys reading and is a big fan of women's fiction, psychological suspense and mystery novels. She also enjoys watching classic suspense movies. She loves strong heroines, heroes with character, romance stories and a good whodunit by the fire on a rainy night.
Her heritage is a blend of English and Irish — which is probably where the gift of blarney comes from. She is unmarried, but involved with a wonderful man. She also has a little white cat named Sheena.
Whenever she is not writing, she travels as much as time and finances will allow. After North America, Europe is her favorite continent to explore, because it was in those countries that many of the myths and legends she drew upon in her early years of writing were born.
Growing up, she considered various careers and dabbled in several of them, including, after university, the travel industry, tourism, sales and modeling. Work in the fashion industry in Toronto and Montreal gave her an interesting peek into various aspects of that world. She learned that where money, power and people come together, there will always be unpredictability — an element she feels is essential to a strong mystery. Add a healthy measure of personal conflict, an intriguing setting and a spicy romance into the mix, and you have the ingredients for what she believes to be the best of all possible stories — a great romantic suspense.
She enjoys reading and is a big fan of women's fiction, psychological suspense and mystery novels. She also enjoys watching classic suspense movies. She loves strong heroines, heroes with character, romance stories and a good whodunit by the fire on a rainy night.
Her heritage is a blend of English and Irish — which is probably where the gift of blarney comes from. She is unmarried, but involved with a wonderful man. She also has a little white cat named Sheena.
Whenever she is not writing, she travels as much as time and finances will allow. After North America, Europe is her favorite continent to explore, because it was in those countries that many of the myths and legends she drew upon in her early years of writing were born.
Growing up, she considered various careers and dabbled in several of them, including, after university, the travel industry, tourism, sales and modeling. Work in the fashion industry in Toronto and Montreal gave her an interesting peek into various aspects of that world. She learned that where money, power and people come together, there will always be unpredictability — an element she feels is essential to a strong mystery. Add a healthy measure of personal conflict, an intriguing setting and a spicy romance into the mix, and you have the ingredients for what she believes to be the best of all possible stories — a great romantic suspense.
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December 17, 2010
This one is tricky for me to rate, so I'm giving it 3.5, but sticking to 3 stars.
It's a good story, the plot has really great twists and the setting is used well, with just enough description, likewise the secondary characters.
I have two main problems with it though. First, the heroine really annoys me. I hate it when authors use "citygirl" as a euphemism for flaming idiot. I'm sorry, I live in a city, my friends live in a city and yet, we don't spend our lives in white capris or wear 3 inch Manolos hiking in the backwoods, and actually I don't know anyone who does. She's also this hot psychiatrist with years of experience and all the accreditations under the sun, but to have worked for several years in her job AND be 29 she must have graduated from high school in her diapers. This struck me as a bit unnecessary - why not make her 5 years older and credible? Also, and this really annoyed me about her, she was pissed because the hero actually had to concentrate on his work during the day and didn't put it off to have sex with her all day, as well as all night. Ok, the case he's actuallu working on is trying to stop her getting smooshed by a serial killer, and he IS the Police Chief, so he kinda has a job to do. It was really the sort of sentiment a sulky teenager would have, no some hot-shot, mature MD.
My other problem came with the whole chemistry thing. Apparently, the hero and heroine fancied each other straight off, but I got no impression of chemistry until after they'd done the dirty, and then they're in lurve. It just didn't work for me.
So yeah, maybe they did have a HEA, but I could see them splitting up a few years later and him finding love with some cute artist type who makes great brownies, and doesn't wear white capris.
Good plot though. 3 stars.
It's a good story, the plot has really great twists and the setting is used well, with just enough description, likewise the secondary characters.
I have two main problems with it though. First, the heroine really annoys me. I hate it when authors use "citygirl" as a euphemism for flaming idiot. I'm sorry, I live in a city, my friends live in a city and yet, we don't spend our lives in white capris or wear 3 inch Manolos hiking in the backwoods, and actually I don't know anyone who does. She's also this hot psychiatrist with years of experience and all the accreditations under the sun, but to have worked for several years in her job AND be 29 she must have graduated from high school in her diapers. This struck me as a bit unnecessary - why not make her 5 years older and credible? Also, and this really annoyed me about her, she was pissed because the hero actually had to concentrate on his work during the day and didn't put it off to have sex with her all day, as well as all night. Ok, the case he's actuallu working on is trying to stop her getting smooshed by a serial killer, and he IS the Police Chief, so he kinda has a job to do. It was really the sort of sentiment a sulky teenager would have, no some hot-shot, mature MD.
My other problem came with the whole chemistry thing. Apparently, the hero and heroine fancied each other straight off, but I got no impression of chemistry until after they'd done the dirty, and then they're in lurve. It just didn't work for me.
So yeah, maybe they did have a HEA, but I could see them splitting up a few years later and him finding love with some cute artist type who makes great brownies, and doesn't wear white capris.
Good plot though. 3 stars.
November 30, 2010
She saw a killer's face, but can't remember it, so a cop, before she might end up dead, whisks her off in the middle of Wyoming, to the only man who can protect her.
But who will protect the small-town Chief of Police from the bombshell with a serial on her heels?
Yes! Another winner by (one of my favorite authors) Jenna Ryan. I absolutely loved it from beginning to end, the pacing was spot-on, the characters amazing, the tension wonderful, the attraction between Sera and Logan palpable, the suspense chilling...Everything clicked.
I absolutely loved it.
But who will protect the small-town Chief of Police from the bombshell with a serial on her heels?
Yes! Another winner by (one of my favorite authors) Jenna Ryan. I absolutely loved it from beginning to end, the pacing was spot-on, the characters amazing, the tension wonderful, the attraction between Sera and Logan palpable, the suspense chilling...Everything clicked.
I absolutely loved it.
April 24, 2025
Sera witnessed a murder but because she hit her head in the process of escaping she can't remember the killers face. The detective in charge decides that she needs to get away since there might be a leak in the department too. She's taken to Wyoming from San Francisco.
She's left in the care of the detective's nephew Logan who is the police chief of the small town. Logan wasn't always the chief he use be in LA as a cop. He stopped for dinner on the way to a friend's but got hired instead as the town's police chief.
He is only one that his uncle trusted and Sera learns why while they are dodging bullets and knives too. Sera is not one of these women that don't fight back. She fights back and then some. It's not just the killer after her either there are town locals with knives and also someone's robbing places which Logan realizes aren't kinked.
I loved Sera's fighting will and the fact she could shoot. Loved Ella, Logan’s dog. And the town's people were great too. Sera fell for the place while taking care of the town's people who's actual doctor wasn't worth a hoot.
When the killer did get caught it wasn't anyone I'd suspected so that was a nice surprise.
She's left in the care of the detective's nephew Logan who is the police chief of the small town. Logan wasn't always the chief he use be in LA as a cop. He stopped for dinner on the way to a friend's but got hired instead as the town's police chief.
He is only one that his uncle trusted and Sera learns why while they are dodging bullets and knives too. Sera is not one of these women that don't fight back. She fights back and then some. It's not just the killer after her either there are town locals with knives and also someone's robbing places which Logan realizes aren't kinked.
I loved Sera's fighting will and the fact she could shoot. Loved Ella, Logan’s dog. And the town's people were great too. Sera fell for the place while taking care of the town's people who's actual doctor wasn't worth a hoot.
When the killer did get caught it wasn't anyone I'd suspected so that was a nice surprise.
March 25, 2019
HI #1227 = 2.5 stars
September 9, 2011
I have to say that I’m fairly disappointed in this story. The reason is that I think it had great potential, but didn’t deliver in the end.
The love story was typical and you can’t help but fall in love with a rough and tumble cowboy that also is trying to protect the heroine. However, his backstory was lost amid the other unnecessary drama going on in the story so it was hard to empathize with his reasons for leaving the “big city.” I would have loved to have seen more of his character development and learned more about what made him tick.
There was so much going on that it was impossible to get a firm grasp on what was really happening. I think it was a ploy by the author to throw the reader off and I suppose she did that because I didn’t really know what the heck was going on half the time. There were too many coincidences where things would happen to give the serial killer an opportunity to sneak in and try to get at the heroine. Most didn’t seem plausible.
Don’t get me started on the believability of the story. The first time the serial killer would have appeared they would have moved her or at the very least made sure she was thoroughly protected. Instead, she was constantly put in situations where she had little to no protection. For example, the first time they realize he has found her, she’s outside his house and shots are fired. Uh…hello? He knows where she’s staying! Wouldn’t that be a HUGE motivator to move her? There were so many instances where she was in danger that I started to question the competency of the hero to do his job, either that or her stupidity to allow herself in those situations.
I think that the distractions in the story (the Bulley Boys & family) and all of the unimportant secondary characters made it even harder to follow. The author would have been better off to simplify a bit and focus more on character development. The mystery aspect of the story had potential, but personally, I think she could have done the story more justice by focusing on one diversion to throw the reader off. Using the Bulley Boys (several times) as a distraction to keep the Chief occupied, especially when they weren’t really in cahoots with the serial killer (sorta), was overkill.
Anyway, again, I think the story had potential, but the author went overboard and tried too hard to confuse the readers. I didn’t have the ah-ha moment at the end, instead I was left scratching my head and wondering why the author went the direction that she did with the story. There was a much simpler way that would have left the reader with a sense of understanding and resolution, but this author chose the crazy route that didn’t feel realistic.
The love story was typical and you can’t help but fall in love with a rough and tumble cowboy that also is trying to protect the heroine. However, his backstory was lost amid the other unnecessary drama going on in the story so it was hard to empathize with his reasons for leaving the “big city.” I would have loved to have seen more of his character development and learned more about what made him tick.
There was so much going on that it was impossible to get a firm grasp on what was really happening. I think it was a ploy by the author to throw the reader off and I suppose she did that because I didn’t really know what the heck was going on half the time. There were too many coincidences where things would happen to give the serial killer an opportunity to sneak in and try to get at the heroine. Most didn’t seem plausible.
Don’t get me started on the believability of the story. The first time the serial killer would have appeared they would have moved her or at the very least made sure she was thoroughly protected. Instead, she was constantly put in situations where she had little to no protection. For example, the first time they realize he has found her, she’s outside his house and shots are fired. Uh…hello? He knows where she’s staying! Wouldn’t that be a HUGE motivator to move her? There were so many instances where she was in danger that I started to question the competency of the hero to do his job, either that or her stupidity to allow herself in those situations.
I think that the distractions in the story (the Bulley Boys & family) and all of the unimportant secondary characters made it even harder to follow. The author would have been better off to simplify a bit and focus more on character development. The mystery aspect of the story had potential, but personally, I think she could have done the story more justice by focusing on one diversion to throw the reader off. Using the Bulley Boys (several times) as a distraction to keep the Chief occupied, especially when they weren’t really in cahoots with the serial killer (sorta), was overkill.
Anyway, again, I think the story had potential, but the author went overboard and tried too hard to confuse the readers. I didn’t have the ah-ha moment at the end, instead I was left scratching my head and wondering why the author went the direction that she did with the story. There was a much simpler way that would have left the reader with a sense of understanding and resolution, but this author chose the crazy route that didn’t feel realistic.
October 10, 2010
Confession: I still read a lot of series romance. My favorite lines are Silhouette Romantic Suspense, Harlequin Intrigue, and Silhouette Desire. I love these books. They are my secret vice. While I can see the umm cheesiest sometimes, I still devour them.
I couldn't devour SHADOW PROTECTOR. Usually I can read a series romance in about a day and a half, it took me almost two weeks to read SHADOW PROTECTOR. I just couldn't get into it.
Usually when I read a series romance I can see that even if it wasn't to my tastes where it fit into the line it was published into. I didn't get that sense with SHADOW PROTECTOR. If you are familiar with the Harlequin/Silhouette lines, while reading SHADOW PROTECTOR if felt like I was reading a Harlequin American romance instead of a suspense novel and the American romance line isn't one of my favorites.
SHADOW PROTECTOR seems more about the quirky characters Sera meets in the town she's hiding away in instead of the suspense (who's trying to kill her) and her relationship with the hero (the local sheriff).
Things I didn't understand.
• Someone is trying to kill her and she is still wanders about all by herself. Despite various attempts made on her she is still wanders around town like she doesn't have a care in the world. VERY, VERY, VERY implausible!
• Sera the heroine is a psychiatrist, yet she acts in a manner that I can only describe as TSTL. One of her best friend's has died, someone keeps trying to grab her, yet she acts in a TSTL manner when the hero tries to protect her. She doesn't need him hovering over her.
• In a brand that is so focused on the romantic relationship between the hero and heroine, there was very little if any interaction and sexual attraction/tension/relationship buildup between Sera and Logan.
• All the quirky characters, some who seem very stereotypical to what you find in small towns, distracted from the developing relationship between Sera and Logan.
• Not sure how to describe it. The plot seemed very disjointed. Like it wasn't meant to be a series romance. As if the writer had written the story to be a single title romantic suspense and had to chop it down to try to make it fit as an Intrigue.
I couldn't devour SHADOW PROTECTOR. Usually I can read a series romance in about a day and a half, it took me almost two weeks to read SHADOW PROTECTOR. I just couldn't get into it.
Usually when I read a series romance I can see that even if it wasn't to my tastes where it fit into the line it was published into. I didn't get that sense with SHADOW PROTECTOR. If you are familiar with the Harlequin/Silhouette lines, while reading SHADOW PROTECTOR if felt like I was reading a Harlequin American romance instead of a suspense novel and the American romance line isn't one of my favorites.
SHADOW PROTECTOR seems more about the quirky characters Sera meets in the town she's hiding away in instead of the suspense (who's trying to kill her) and her relationship with the hero (the local sheriff).
Things I didn't understand.
• Someone is trying to kill her and she is still wanders about all by herself. Despite various attempts made on her she is still wanders around town like she doesn't have a care in the world. VERY, VERY, VERY implausible!
• Sera the heroine is a psychiatrist, yet she acts in a manner that I can only describe as TSTL. One of her best friend's has died, someone keeps trying to grab her, yet she acts in a TSTL manner when the hero tries to protect her. She doesn't need him hovering over her.
• In a brand that is so focused on the romantic relationship between the hero and heroine, there was very little if any interaction and sexual attraction/tension/relationship buildup between Sera and Logan.
• All the quirky characters, some who seem very stereotypical to what you find in small towns, distracted from the developing relationship between Sera and Logan.
• Not sure how to describe it. The plot seemed very disjointed. Like it wasn't meant to be a series romance. As if the writer had written the story to be a single title romantic suspense and had to chop it down to try to make it fit as an Intrigue.
April 1, 2016
This wasn't horrible and in the end I really enjoy the story, but a lot of it exasperated me to no end. First off, I don't care how out of the way, podunk-y type of town this is, there is no excuse for people who are going around threatening people by knife and alluding to rape to only be detained for a night in jail. Logan even said something along the lines of "this happens all the time."
REALLY, CHIEF OF POLICE? YOU KNOW ABOUT A LOVELY GROUP OF PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND THREATENING INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH WEAPONS AND YOU'RE LIKE "it's another tuesday~"
Uh... that rubbed me the wrong way.
REALLY, CHIEF OF POLICE? YOU KNOW ABOUT A LOVELY GROUP OF PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND THREATENING INNOCENT PEOPLE WITH WEAPONS AND YOU'RE LIKE "it's another tuesday~"
Uh... that rubbed me the wrong way.
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January 9, 2017This book starts off as a pretty good serial killer thriller involving a doctor who manages to survive an attack by the mysterious Blindfold Killer. She is sent to Wyoming for her own safety - and from there things just started to fall apart. The writing felt a bit choppy and the book jumped around too much for me to stay interested so DNF for me
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Shadow Protector
Sera and Logan seemed destined to be together. This was a very good novel. Several good cops died trying to keep Sera alive.
Sera and Logan seemed destined to be together. This was a very good novel. Several good cops died trying to keep Sera alive.
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