The Quelling Tide

The Gifted Realm #7

by Jillian Neal

He ended them all with his bare hands and it almost cost him everything good in his life. Dan Vindico and the Gifted Iodex police force buried the world’s most brutal criminal organization, the Interfeci. They’d taken far too much to be allowed to exist. Dan lost a child in the fight, and his determination not to lose one more thing drives his vengeance. He walked away from the takedown broken but determined.

Fionna was safe, their family was expanding, and Dan was ready to finally live his life. The darkness that robbed him of every good thing in his life has passed. He’s ready to step into the light, but the evil he somehow survived seems unwilling to let him go.

Money is missing, officers are being brutally murdered, and someone takes something from one of Dan’s top officers, Rainer Lawson, that can never be returned. From the Pentagon in Washington D.C., to an island deep in the Florida Keyes, to Paris, France, if Dan is ever going to have peace he’ll have to discover who is behind the attacks that ultimately put his wife and his precious little girl back in the vicious crosshairs of danger. Will the fire ultimately consume him, or will he finally find peace in the Quelling Tide?

410 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2015

About the author

Bestselling author, Jillian Neal, was not only born 30 but also came accessorized with loads of books and adorable handbags in which to carry them, at least that’s what she tells people. After earning a degree in education, she discovered that her passion could never be housed inside a classroom. A vehement lover of love and having maintained a lifelong affair with the awe-inspiring power of words, she set to turn the romance industry on its head. Her overly-caffeinated, troupe-spinning muse is never happy with the standard formula story. She believes every book should be brimming with passion, loaded with hot sexy scenes, packed with a gut-punch of emotion, and have characters that leap off the page and right into your heart.

Her first series, The Gifted Realm, defines contemporary romance with a fantasy twist. Her Gypsy Beach series will leave you longing to visit the sultry shores of the tiny bohemian beach town, and her erotic romance series, Camden Ranch, will make you certain there is nothing better than a cowboy with some chaps and a plan. The sheer amount of coffee required to keep all of those characters dancing in her head would border on lethal, so she unleashes their engaging stories on page after page of spellbinding reads.

Jillian lives outside of Atlanta with her own sexy sweetheart, their teenage sons, and enough stiletto heels, cowgirl boots, and flip-flops to exist in any of the fictional worlds she brings to life.

Reviews

[↜ƈɦǟռ☂ɛℓℓɛ↝ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I HAVE SUCH A BOOK HANGOVER!!!


This was such an emotional roller coaster.

now that it is over. I want MORE, MORE, MORE. I will never get enough of The Gifted Realm.

Read this series!!!!

Reading Order
Within The Realm(The Gifted Realm book 1)
Lesson Learned (The Gifted Realm book 2)
Every Action (The Gifted Realm book 3)
Rock Bottom(The Gifted Realm book 4)
An Angel All His Own (The Gifted Realm book 5)
All But Lost(The Gifted Realm book 6)
The Quelling Tide (The Gifted Realm book 7)

*ARC provide for honest opinion*

[Dianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a world where humans with special “gifts” live among us “regular”people, is a family who has given its all for the gifted realm and only their strong familial ties have made them strong when evil continually seeks to bring them down. But hasn’t that evil been vanquished? Hasn’t the Interfeci been taken down? Can this family begin to rebuild, renew and fortify their ties or has someone else been plotting to destroy their good name?

Jillian Neal, with her own special “gift’ takes us aback one more time to the gifted realm with The Quelling Tide as Dan Vindico and his new family try to forget the past pains and losses and move forward with life and shared love. Will he ever get the peace he deserves? Even his overbearing and judgmental mother can’t let him feel joy. Worse, the nightmare may not be over because his former fellow officers are dying, honeymoons are becoming fodder for titillating gossip rags and once again, Dan is under the gun to keep those he loves safe. How does one man remain anything less than his own private war machine while trying to leave his past behind him?

Once again, it is “Father Knows Best” meets passionate erotic love as the Haydenshires and their extended family are tossed under the bus by Jillian Neal’s creative streak. Jillian Neal gives us conflict and danger, as well as loyalty, understanding and powerful humanity to each page. And passion? Bring out the asbestos gloves and the heat shield, because one thing this family has is a healthy passionate side that often becomes the only means to hang on to their sanity by connecting as only the gifted can do. Not for the easily embarrassed, there is steam to spare coming off these pages and it isn’t just the conflict raising temperatures! Great reading, filled with moments of humor and family love, the only thing negative I have to say is, watch the senior Mrs. Vindico’s cooking!


I received an ARC edition from Jillian Neal in exchange for my honest review.

Series: The Gifted Realm - Book 7
Publication Date: May 26, 2015
Publisher: Realm Press
Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance
Print Length: 463 pages
Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Reviewed for: http://tometender.blogspot.com

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had my emotions all over the place. I cried and laughed. He acted that this morning as the end and I'll never know if Garrett ever eats his words and settles down with one woman. I really enjoyed this series. It was different than what I'm used to from Jillian Neal's previous books, very much worth the anxiety of going through the whole series.

[Gabby · Rating 5 out of 5]

This entire series has drawn me in and has made me fall in love with the Haydenshire family over and over again. Each and every couple who has had their story told in this series has had their own unique and enthralling chemistry. Jillian is a master at giving each of her characters a complete story all their own. Each couple has their very own chemistry and even the love scenes are completely different from the other couples. Different in style, pace, and description. But one thing that's the same in ALL of the books and in all of the couples' stories is the hot sex scenes! Steamy doesn't even cover it!

"The Quelling Tide" wrapped up all of the series' cliffhangers seamlessly. Fi and Dan's story is my favorite. It was so great to see how theirs ended. But I was so sad to have finished the last book. I will miss these characters dearly! I'm really hoping Jillian will dive back into the Realm at some point and give us hopeless Gifted Realm addicts some more!