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Fire Hawk
The RITA® Award winning final book in The Hawk Trilogy! (standalone novel)
RT Best Historical Fantasy Romance Winner
She'll become the warrior's woman to save her people.
In a time of legends, wizards, mists, and magic, the Hawk clan's ancient spell of protection surrounding their secluded and peaceful forest is weakening. When a vicious warlord threatens the clan's existence, their only hope lies in finding a great warrior with the skills to save them. The task falls to Jenna, but convincing a legendary warrior who has buried his sword to save her people will cost her everything.
Kane has a past filled with betrayal and a prophecy that warns him taking up the sword again will mean his death. Despite the danger, he's unable to completely refuse Jenna's plea for help. He agrees to train her in the arts of war in return for her innocence. All too late he realizes he's made a fool's bargain; he wants much more than her body. She owns his soul, and that may cost him his life.
Author of more than sixty books, Justine Dare Davis is a four-time winner of the coveted RWA RITA® Award, and has been inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame. Her books have appeared on national bestseller lists, including USA Today. Find out more at her website and blog at justinedavis.com, Facebook at JustineDareDavis, or Twitter @Justine_D_Davis.
RT Best Historical Fantasy Romance Winner
She'll become the warrior's woman to save her people.
In a time of legends, wizards, mists, and magic, the Hawk clan's ancient spell of protection surrounding their secluded and peaceful forest is weakening. When a vicious warlord threatens the clan's existence, their only hope lies in finding a great warrior with the skills to save them. The task falls to Jenna, but convincing a legendary warrior who has buried his sword to save her people will cost her everything.
Kane has a past filled with betrayal and a prophecy that warns him taking up the sword again will mean his death. Despite the danger, he's unable to completely refuse Jenna's plea for help. He agrees to train her in the arts of war in return for her innocence. All too late he realizes he's made a fool's bargain; he wants much more than her body. She owns his soul, and that may cost him his life.
Author of more than sixty books, Justine Dare Davis is a four-time winner of the coveted RWA RITA® Award, and has been inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame. Her books have appeared on national bestseller lists, including USA Today. Find out more at her website and blog at justinedavis.com, Facebook at JustineDareDavis, or Twitter @Justine_D_Davis.
242 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Justine Davis
252 books216 followersAuthor biographies are supposed to give you all those statistics, books written, awards won, etc. and I will, I promise...but first let me tell you about this ornery little tomboy (back then, the boys had all the fun...) who was always the one to make up the stories the neighborhood kids would "play". For those who came of age in the computer game era, this is something that was done usually in the backyard, by any number of summer-bored children, with props where appropriate. (Did you know a 55 gallon drum tied to a picnic bench makes a very cool horse?) It wasn't until much later that this tomboy realized two things: A) not everyone made up stories in their heads all the time, and B) in real life, the boys that had already had all the fun now seemed to always be winning.
But I digress. I was born on a farm down in Iowa....well, not quite, but close; Boone, Iowa is in the middle of farm country, but I arrived at a hospital. In a snow storm. Make that a blizzard. My sister tells me she knew my destiny when I was very young, because when I first saw the Disney classic Old Yeller, I was apparently so upset that I promptly went home and rewrote the story. In my version, the dog lived, of course. Should have been a clue.
Possibly in response to that blizzard I was born in, I've been a West Coaster since before I was a year old, and intend to stay that way. I have a history of staying. I started my first full time job right out of school (well, there was a very brief sojourn at a place where they made, among other things, burial vaults, but I prefer not to recall that one...) and stayed for twenty-one years. I've been married to the same wonderful guy for going on two decades now. We lived in our last house for seventeen years. (I won't even mention how many dumpsters we filled moving after that long....)
Readers seem as fascinated by my first career as they are with my writing. My time in law enforcement was many things, exciting, nerve wracking, and irritating, but most importantly never, ever boring. It was fascinating enough that I didn't think about writing seriously for several years. I kept a journal, and wrote long letters, collected quotes, mentally rewrote movies, and still made up those stories in my head, but never dreamed of actually writing for publication. I was having too much fun helping to catch bad guys, and being continually amazed at the situations people get themselves into. And eventually I walked away with a wealth of background and story ideas, and knowing some truly great people who work very hard to keep all of us safe. I'm proud to have been one of them, and I'm very aware that I have had the great good fortune of having had two jobs in my life that I love. Many people don't get even one.
But now that I'm in the delicious position of being able to make a living telling those stories in my head, I promise my readers two things: A) I'm staying--I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading, and B) in my stories, the girl--tomboy or not--always wins!
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And now, the official stats:
Justine Dare Davis sold her first book in 1989, and followed that up with the sale of nineteen novels in less than two years. Her first four books were published in 1991, and she saw all reach the finals for either the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award or the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award. She has since won the RITA award four times, along with several Reviewer's Choice awards and three Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. At the 1998 national conference, Justine was inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame, making her one of a very select group of just eight writers. She also had four titles on the Romantic Times "Top 200 of All Time" list. Her sales now total more than 45, and her books have appeared regularly on best seller lists, including the USA Today list. She has been featured in several local newspapers and nationwide by Associated Press, has appeared on CN
But I digress. I was born on a farm down in Iowa....well, not quite, but close; Boone, Iowa is in the middle of farm country, but I arrived at a hospital. In a snow storm. Make that a blizzard. My sister tells me she knew my destiny when I was very young, because when I first saw the Disney classic Old Yeller, I was apparently so upset that I promptly went home and rewrote the story. In my version, the dog lived, of course. Should have been a clue.
Possibly in response to that blizzard I was born in, I've been a West Coaster since before I was a year old, and intend to stay that way. I have a history of staying. I started my first full time job right out of school (well, there was a very brief sojourn at a place where they made, among other things, burial vaults, but I prefer not to recall that one...) and stayed for twenty-one years. I've been married to the same wonderful guy for going on two decades now. We lived in our last house for seventeen years. (I won't even mention how many dumpsters we filled moving after that long....)
Readers seem as fascinated by my first career as they are with my writing. My time in law enforcement was many things, exciting, nerve wracking, and irritating, but most importantly never, ever boring. It was fascinating enough that I didn't think about writing seriously for several years. I kept a journal, and wrote long letters, collected quotes, mentally rewrote movies, and still made up those stories in my head, but never dreamed of actually writing for publication. I was having too much fun helping to catch bad guys, and being continually amazed at the situations people get themselves into. And eventually I walked away with a wealth of background and story ideas, and knowing some truly great people who work very hard to keep all of us safe. I'm proud to have been one of them, and I'm very aware that I have had the great good fortune of having had two jobs in my life that I love. Many people don't get even one.
But now that I'm in the delicious position of being able to make a living telling those stories in my head, I promise my readers two things: A) I'm staying--I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading, and B) in my stories, the girl--tomboy or not--always wins!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And now, the official stats:
Justine Dare Davis sold her first book in 1989, and followed that up with the sale of nineteen novels in less than two years. Her first four books were published in 1991, and she saw all reach the finals for either the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award or the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award. She has since won the RITA award four times, along with several Reviewer's Choice awards and three Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. At the 1998 national conference, Justine was inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame, making her one of a very select group of just eight writers. She also had four titles on the Romantic Times "Top 200 of All Time" list. Her sales now total more than 45, and her books have appeared regularly on best seller lists, including the USA Today list. She has been featured in several local newspapers and nationwide by Associated Press, has appeared on CN
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January 1, 2016
Fantasy/Romance I am so relieved they got their happily ever after, I would have cried buckets of tears if they hadn't.
If this was a movie, it would be a major blockbuster, think Gladiator plus Ladyhawke. This is one story that has held the test of time, with two of the most commendable characters I've come across.
I've read lots of stories that made my cry, this one went a step further by leaving me with a serious lump in my throat. Good thing I'm writing this instead of talking about it.
This is my favorite kind of story, where the hero and the heroine are never at odds with each other, they are each willing to sacrifice their lives for each other, which is what makes for such a harrowing ending. The danger in this book is so well done, more so than any fantasy or romance I can remember.
And there is a wonderful mystery woven in as well, does anyone know if the author wrote the full story of Tal and his raven? I need that book. Right now!
Highly recommended. I know this is an oldie, originally published in 1997, but it is not a bodice ripper. This is a hero you will pull for with all your heart, and a heroine worthy of the title.
The story has no bad words, and only one or two intimate scenes, easily skipped.
Many thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. And you can believe me on that, this is the first five star I've given a Netgalley book.
If this was a movie, it would be a major blockbuster, think Gladiator plus Ladyhawke. This is one story that has held the test of time, with two of the most commendable characters I've come across.
I've read lots of stories that made my cry, this one went a step further by leaving me with a serious lump in my throat. Good thing I'm writing this instead of talking about it.
This is my favorite kind of story, where the hero and the heroine are never at odds with each other, they are each willing to sacrifice their lives for each other, which is what makes for such a harrowing ending. The danger in this book is so well done, more so than any fantasy or romance I can remember.
And there is a wonderful mystery woven in as well, does anyone know if the author wrote the full story of Tal and his raven? I need that book. Right now!
Highly recommended. I know this is an oldie, originally published in 1997, but it is not a bodice ripper. This is a hero you will pull for with all your heart, and a heroine worthy of the title.
The story has no bad words, and only one or two intimate scenes, easily skipped.
Many thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. And you can believe me on that, this is the first five star I've given a Netgalley book.
October 1, 2010
Read and reviewed in 1997 when I was a gushing fool.
I hesitated reading this book, not because I have anything against Justine Dare/Davis (she is one of my favorite authors) but because FIRE HAWK is the third in Dare's Hawk trilogy, and I have a thing about reading books in order and I don't yet have my hands on the 2nd book HEART OF THE HAWK yet. When I heard Dare was taking a different approach to the trilogy - writing them backwards - I decided to take a chance and read her latest FIRE HAWK first. And I'm real glad I did because, IMO, I think this book should be read first (not to mention it's a WONDERFUL read!). To my understanding all of these books are related by a mysterious tome that appears in each story when there is only one member of the Hawk line remaining. This book, FIRE HAWK, explains the origin of the mysterious tome that guides the Hawk family and introduces the characters who began the Hawk line back in the tragic and brutal medieval time period.
Jenna and her clan have managed to live in peace for years in their magical glade while the world around them is torn by war and death. But all of that comes to an end when an evil Warlord sets his sights on their glade and slowly begins killing them off as they wander from their safe haven ignorant of what awaits them. After her Brother is murdered Jenna is named Hawk - leader of the clan - an honor she never wanted. With this heavy responsibility on her shoulders, fear and anguish in her heart, she realizes the only way to save the few remaining members of her clan is by seeking out the mystical warrior known only as Kane, a man she fears may not even exist except in legends. She hopes he will teach her people, who've never learned how to fight, how to defend themselves and possibly save their magical land from invasion.
Kane has escaped his brutal and haunted past and found solitude on his isolated mountain. He is less than thrilled when Jenna shows up and asks him to don his warrior garb and help her out. He repeatedly refuses but her persistent arguments and his increasing attraction to her force him to take drastic measures to get her the heck away from him ASAP. He's bad for her and he knows it so he offers her a bargain that is sure to have her running in terror. But he screws up big time because he misjudges her courage and love for her people and she accepts his very ungentlemanly deal. Now he feels guilty and is in one heck of a mess but he can't take back his offer so he begins her lessons and puts his his heart in danger.
Kane and Jenna's love story is not an easy one. They have a lot of pain and obstacles to face before they can find love but with the help of Kane's gorgeous wizard friend, Tal, they get a little magical push to help them along. Both are strong, courageous and likable characters. And although the book is filled with adventure the story never loses focus of the love story. The sensual tone and the heart-wrenching emotions it tugged out of me kept me anxiously turning the pages and dropping everything to get back to the book. If I have anything to complain about it would be that Tal's interesting past is never fully explained. I'm going to be really bummed if Dare doesn't write his story!!! Anyway, I very highly recommend it, especially to those who like wounded/tortured heroes and courageous heroines
I hesitated reading this book, not because I have anything against Justine Dare/Davis (she is one of my favorite authors) but because FIRE HAWK is the third in Dare's Hawk trilogy, and I have a thing about reading books in order and I don't yet have my hands on the 2nd book HEART OF THE HAWK yet. When I heard Dare was taking a different approach to the trilogy - writing them backwards - I decided to take a chance and read her latest FIRE HAWK first. And I'm real glad I did because, IMO, I think this book should be read first (not to mention it's a WONDERFUL read!). To my understanding all of these books are related by a mysterious tome that appears in each story when there is only one member of the Hawk line remaining. This book, FIRE HAWK, explains the origin of the mysterious tome that guides the Hawk family and introduces the characters who began the Hawk line back in the tragic and brutal medieval time period.
Jenna and her clan have managed to live in peace for years in their magical glade while the world around them is torn by war and death. But all of that comes to an end when an evil Warlord sets his sights on their glade and slowly begins killing them off as they wander from their safe haven ignorant of what awaits them. After her Brother is murdered Jenna is named Hawk - leader of the clan - an honor she never wanted. With this heavy responsibility on her shoulders, fear and anguish in her heart, she realizes the only way to save the few remaining members of her clan is by seeking out the mystical warrior known only as Kane, a man she fears may not even exist except in legends. She hopes he will teach her people, who've never learned how to fight, how to defend themselves and possibly save their magical land from invasion.
Kane has escaped his brutal and haunted past and found solitude on his isolated mountain. He is less than thrilled when Jenna shows up and asks him to don his warrior garb and help her out. He repeatedly refuses but her persistent arguments and his increasing attraction to her force him to take drastic measures to get her the heck away from him ASAP. He's bad for her and he knows it so he offers her a bargain that is sure to have her running in terror. But he screws up big time because he misjudges her courage and love for her people and she accepts his very ungentlemanly deal. Now he feels guilty and is in one heck of a mess but he can't take back his offer so he begins her lessons and puts his his heart in danger.
Kane and Jenna's love story is not an easy one. They have a lot of pain and obstacles to face before they can find love but with the help of Kane's gorgeous wizard friend, Tal, they get a little magical push to help them along. Both are strong, courageous and likable characters. And although the book is filled with adventure the story never loses focus of the love story. The sensual tone and the heart-wrenching emotions it tugged out of me kept me anxiously turning the pages and dropping everything to get back to the book. If I have anything to complain about it would be that Tal's interesting past is never fully explained. I'm going to be really bummed if Dare doesn't write his story!!! Anyway, I very highly recommend it, especially to those who like wounded/tortured heroes and courageous heroines
did-not-finish
January 29, 2021I absolutely loved Heart of the Hawk but I’ve tried twice to get into this and it’s just not gripping me. Maybe because the previous book was a western and this is more paranormal/fantasy which is not really my thing. Oh well.
September 29, 2025
It was an interesting read with a paranormal twist. He was a warrior who had escaped to the mountains to seek peace and solitude. She was the leader of her village seeking a warrior to help fight the evil that had encroached upon their peaceful life.
March 10, 2021
Reread
I had read this before but needed a bit of renewal . liked it just as much this time kept me involved until done
I had read this before but needed a bit of renewal . liked it just as much this time kept me involved until done
October 14, 2012
This book was somewhat elusive - none of the local UBS had it, so I found myself searching evilbay last year. It does complete the series. But I'm more interested in the wizard (whose situation reminds me of Ladyhawke)
So let's see...
The H is a former leader of a warlord's army - he found he no longer had the stomach for what his psychopathic boss/father wanted. He's become a hermit.
The h is the leader of a small clan of people who reside in a protected glade. The warlord wants the glade added to his holdings and is picking the clan off. She goes to the H for help. He spends the first half - 2/3 of the book teaching her. She goes home, voice in his head tells him she needs help, he leaves his mountain and goes to see her - and finds out the enemy is dear old dad. Interestingly enough, the last third of the book is less than a week, yet the first 2/3 or so was a month. Uh Huh.
There is no clear time period; just that this was before Arthur. There are vague references to hell/Hades, and suggestions that being a wizard could get you burned at the stake, but no clear sign of Christianity - or really, any religion. No clue where this was - was it the British Isles pre-Roman? Europe? I'd guess somewhere in Europe since there were mountain peaks that maintained a snow cover year round. But a fortress seems out of place, so does a serpent capable of eating a human. And it isn't exactly fantasy since there is a western historical and a contemporary in the series. So, somewhere on Earth for sure. Yeah - the anal-retentive side of me had a hard time with this.
More...annoying...though...was...the...overuse....of...these...little...boogers. When a word or punctuation starts to stand out, you know you've overused it.
So let's see...
The H is a former leader of a warlord's army - he found he no longer had the stomach for what his psychopathic boss/father wanted. He's become a hermit.
The h is the leader of a small clan of people who reside in a protected glade. The warlord wants the glade added to his holdings and is picking the clan off. She goes to the H for help. He spends the first half - 2/3 of the book teaching her. She goes home, voice in his head tells him she needs help, he leaves his mountain and goes to see her - and finds out the enemy is dear old dad. Interestingly enough, the last third of the book is less than a week, yet the first 2/3 or so was a month. Uh Huh.
There is no clear time period; just that this was before Arthur. There are vague references to hell/Hades, and suggestions that being a wizard could get you burned at the stake, but no clear sign of Christianity - or really, any religion. No clue where this was - was it the British Isles pre-Roman? Europe? I'd guess somewhere in Europe since there were mountain peaks that maintained a snow cover year round. But a fortress seems out of place, so does a serpent capable of eating a human. And it isn't exactly fantasy since there is a western historical and a contemporary in the series. So, somewhere on Earth for sure. Yeah - the anal-retentive side of me had a hard time with this.
More...annoying...though...was...the...overuse....of...these...little...boogers. When a word or punctuation starts to stand out, you know you've overused it.
August 20, 2015
Fire Hawk is Book 3 of The Hawk Trilogy by Justine Davis. However, this trilogy is one that goes backwards in time. Book 1, Wild Hawk is contemporary with Book 2, Heart of the Hawk being a western story and this one is early medieval times. Each book is connected by the Hawk family legacy of a magical book that appears when there is only one surviving family member. This is the beginning of that family history that the book has supernaturally documented.
Kane and Jenna are strong individuals who wish for peace. Jenna’s clan has suddenly lost their peaceful existence and Kane is a former warrior that she seeks to out to help. As they work through the complications and differences of opinions a romance begins to grow. I loved the wizard and the help he gave to the romance as he pushes these two together. In fact, I would love for Tal to have his own story. Perhaps he already does since Fire Hawk is a re-issue.
In 2015, Fire Hawk is still an interesting and engaging read. Time has not hurt this story at all.
Copy provided by the publisher through Net Galley for an honest review.
Kane and Jenna are strong individuals who wish for peace. Jenna’s clan has suddenly lost their peaceful existence and Kane is a former warrior that she seeks to out to help. As they work through the complications and differences of opinions a romance begins to grow. I loved the wizard and the help he gave to the romance as he pushes these two together. In fact, I would love for Tal to have his own story. Perhaps he already does since Fire Hawk is a re-issue.
In 2015, Fire Hawk is still an interesting and engaging read. Time has not hurt this story at all.
Copy provided by the publisher through Net Galley for an honest review.
September 19, 2015
I really wanted to like this book...but I really didn't. It started off so well, heroine wants to save her people and will risk anything to do so. She finds what she is looking for and risks it all for her clan. The characters were well developed, but there comes to a point where they are over developed. The story dragged and instead of dialogues you got character thoughts for 3 pages! Half the time it was the same thoughts you read 7 pages before! I got to the point where I skipped and glanced at pages. I know inner thoughts are important, but there comes a time when you just got to stop them. There was a good heartfelt ending. I would say the price for the book was not worth it.
Received a copy for a honest review.
Received a copy for a honest review.
August 22, 2016
I know this is an older book, but really good books never go out of style. That being said, "Fire Hawk" is one of those. Historical romance with a bit of the mystical, the story of Kane, a man with a horrible past and Jenna, the Hawk leader was such fun to read. While reading the story of love, tragedy, and two people finding who they are and what was to come, I found the pages flew by and before I knew it, I was reading a HEA. This is a book for all ages with some violence, but a lot of fun with the fantasy. If a well written romance of a long ago past is your genre, then I would recommend reading "Fire Hawk". I would like to thank NetGalley and BelleBooks for gifting me with a copy of "Fire Hawk" and asking for my honest opinion. This is mine. 4.5 Stars!
August 29, 2015
This is book three in "The Hawk Trilogy" series and the first one I have read by this author. This is a paranormal book with wizards, magic and set somewhat in medieval time. Our heroine is Jenna whose Clan is now being disturbed from their peaceful existence. Jenna goes to our hero, Kan who used to be a swordsman but has been warned not to take the sword up again or it could be death to him. But they do go off to try and solve her family/clan issue and along the way find that they care for each other greatly..also thanks to some extra wizard help that is. Great read if you are looking for something different with some excitement. Hope you enjoy the book too!
February 22, 2008
Fire Hawk - OK
Justine Dare (aka Justine Davis) - 3rd of Hawk series
The final novel in the dazzling "Hawk" trilogy! Finding herself the head of her clan after a brutal skirmish, a woman who knows nothing of war desperately seeks the aid of a legendary warrior. She never realizes how handsome he could be--or that his father is none other than the leader of her people's mortal enemy.
Only okay.
Justine Dare (aka Justine Davis) - 3rd of Hawk series
The final novel in the dazzling "Hawk" trilogy! Finding herself the head of her clan after a brutal skirmish, a woman who knows nothing of war desperately seeks the aid of a legendary warrior. She never realizes how handsome he could be--or that his father is none other than the leader of her people's mortal enemy.
Only okay.
July 3, 2015
Outstanding book!
Wizards,Warriors,love. What a book! This book is part of a trilogy, it won't matter in which order you read...they are all fantastic. I started with the cowboy, then the businessman, and lastly the warrior. Strong woman...Jenna Hawk, leader of her clan must find Kane the Warrior to teach her how to help her clan fight off an invader. This is the beginning of a dynasty....a true "keeper" on your shelf.
Wizards,Warriors,love. What a book! This book is part of a trilogy, it won't matter in which order you read...they are all fantastic. I started with the cowboy, then the businessman, and lastly the warrior. Strong woman...Jenna Hawk, leader of her clan must find Kane the Warrior to teach her how to help her clan fight off an invader. This is the beginning of a dynasty....a true "keeper" on your shelf.
April 3, 2013
A bit annoying in some sections cause the redundancies. Last book in the trilogy.
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