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The Talisman
COUGAR ROMANCE (Paranormal BBW Menage Romance)
Everyone has secrets, but some can change your life forever…
Diana Grant does not fawn over celebrities. She has always been a quiet, serious type of person. A budding anthropologist, she is interested in facts. Not romantic ideals. She finds it odd then that, ever since she saw a picture of Catahasa Yazzie, the young billionaire CEO of a property company in New Mexico, she’s felt herself inexplicably drawn to him.
She finds it even odder that, when she accepts a temporary position at his company's headquarters, he seems equally drawn to her. What Diana doesn’t know is that her new boss has a secret. A secret with roots that go back to an ancient civilization older, perhaps, than time itself.
When the fruits of this secret reveal themselves to Diana, will she be able to survive the encounter?
★★★★★
"POWERFUL! Paula Knight creates an intensely romantic world for young and old alike. A place where there is darkness and light, love and hope, and if you dare to go there you will never want to leave."
Everyone has secrets, but some can change your life forever…
Diana Grant does not fawn over celebrities. She has always been a quiet, serious type of person. A budding anthropologist, she is interested in facts. Not romantic ideals. She finds it odd then that, ever since she saw a picture of Catahasa Yazzie, the young billionaire CEO of a property company in New Mexico, she’s felt herself inexplicably drawn to him.
She finds it even odder that, when she accepts a temporary position at his company's headquarters, he seems equally drawn to her. What Diana doesn’t know is that her new boss has a secret. A secret with roots that go back to an ancient civilization older, perhaps, than time itself.
When the fruits of this secret reveal themselves to Diana, will she be able to survive the encounter?
★★★★★
"POWERFUL! Paula Knight creates an intensely romantic world for young and old alike. A place where there is darkness and light, love and hope, and if you dare to go there you will never want to leave."
33 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 28, 2015
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Paula Knight
49 books7 followersBest selling author Paula Knight heats things up in her saucy novels!
With a passion for romance and creativity like none other before, she brings riveting stories to life that you won't want to put down and that might make you want to make sure no one else is around to watch you moan with excitement and suspense!
When she's not writing about romance she's living it through her online dating portal where she gets a ton of ideas for her steamy romance novels. You won't find her without a glass of red wine, once a week girls night out, shaking her hips on the hottest salsa dance floors with the sexiest men, snuggling with her kitty, Jasper or traveling the world.
From paranormal romance, shapeshifters, vampires, contemporary romance, urban fantasy and straight forward love affairs, you'll find Rebecca offering you exactly what you're looking for!
With a passion for romance and creativity like none other before, she brings riveting stories to life that you won't want to put down and that might make you want to make sure no one else is around to watch you moan with excitement and suspense!
When she's not writing about romance she's living it through her online dating portal where she gets a ton of ideas for her steamy romance novels. You won't find her without a glass of red wine, once a week girls night out, shaking her hips on the hottest salsa dance floors with the sexiest men, snuggling with her kitty, Jasper or traveling the world.
From paranormal romance, shapeshifters, vampires, contemporary romance, urban fantasy and straight forward love affairs, you'll find Rebecca offering you exactly what you're looking for!
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September 27, 2015
It's been a while since I last read a book involving shape-shifters & Native Americans and I don't know why, but I always find myself drawn to this tribe stories.
Talisman is a short first story in the Cougar Romance series and I must say, the storyline has got a lot of potential. We are introduced to Diana Grant who was hired as a temporary receptionist in the Yazzie Properties. She thought she was on her way to meeting the man himself, the enigma Catahassa Yazzie, but she was put out by the villainess assistant Amanda Hawkins for reasons unknown. It is on the latter part of the book where we discover what lies beneath Amanda and what future awaits Diana. How about Yazzie? Well, only one thing to find out..
And I can't wait to read what happens next. Paula Knight sure got my head wondering and yearning to know more about the feuding black and white cougar and the fierce mountain lion. This is surely going to be a great series!
Talisman is a short first story in the Cougar Romance series and I must say, the storyline has got a lot of potential. We are introduced to Diana Grant who was hired as a temporary receptionist in the Yazzie Properties. She thought she was on her way to meeting the man himself, the enigma Catahassa Yazzie, but she was put out by the villainess assistant Amanda Hawkins for reasons unknown. It is on the latter part of the book where we discover what lies beneath Amanda and what future awaits Diana. How about Yazzie? Well, only one thing to find out..
And I can't wait to read what happens next. Paula Knight sure got my head wondering and yearning to know more about the feuding black and white cougar and the fierce mountain lion. This is surely going to be a great series!
September 2, 2015
Just okay
It took a while to really get into the story. Wished it hadn't ended to suddenly. Needed ,ore back story on the characters. Otherwise it was okay. If it hadn't been free, I don't think I would have purchased it.
It took a while to really get into the story. Wished it hadn't ended to suddenly. Needed ,ore back story on the characters. Otherwise it was okay. If it hadn't been free, I don't think I would have purchased it.
September 5, 2015
Could be awesome but a little lacking
I finished the talisman last night and was excited at first because it had so much potential. But was let down after only three chapters were included in the book. There was no romance and there were holes in the plot, it's set up well to give you the answers later but if that's all of book one then it needs more, just more. I am making assumptions that the male lead is Mr. Yazzie, but the very brief encounter with him in the book was not enough to solidify my belief. Honestly , this has the makings of a very good series. One I would pick up on kindle or in store with no hesitation. But I feel like the third person writing style along with the brief book that it is somewhat deters me. There was more time in the book spent on unnecessary details than developing characters or story line. You couldn't really form an opinion about the female lead you did meet and enough time was spent with the peach that is Amanda that you automatically dislike her, although she could easily be turned into an awesome character!
Ultimately, 1. I could have liked the characters if the author had developed them more.
2. I could have gotten behind the storyline, but in 3 short chapters there was nothing to grab hold to
3. The book needs more. I am unopposed to cliffhangers, but you have to have a solid story behind it to give the correct effect.
4. Tell the author to write more into this story. Give it its full potential.
I hope I wasn't too harsh. I just wanted to be thorough and hopefully the author appreciates the honesty
I finished the talisman last night and was excited at first because it had so much potential. But was let down after only three chapters were included in the book. There was no romance and there were holes in the plot, it's set up well to give you the answers later but if that's all of book one then it needs more, just more. I am making assumptions that the male lead is Mr. Yazzie, but the very brief encounter with him in the book was not enough to solidify my belief. Honestly , this has the makings of a very good series. One I would pick up on kindle or in store with no hesitation. But I feel like the third person writing style along with the brief book that it is somewhat deters me. There was more time in the book spent on unnecessary details than developing characters or story line. You couldn't really form an opinion about the female lead you did meet and enough time was spent with the peach that is Amanda that you automatically dislike her, although she could easily be turned into an awesome character!
Ultimately, 1. I could have liked the characters if the author had developed them more.
2. I could have gotten behind the storyline, but in 3 short chapters there was nothing to grab hold to
3. The book needs more. I am unopposed to cliffhangers, but you have to have a solid story behind it to give the correct effect.
4. Tell the author to write more into this story. Give it its full potential.
I hope I wasn't too harsh. I just wanted to be thorough and hopefully the author appreciates the honesty
September 17, 2015
Downloaded this book for free... With only 40 pages, if that, it wasn't a bad read. Some interesting concepts were explored such as:
“It’s supposed to mean that...some Zuni tribe members can...after intensive training...turn into cougars at will,” he answered, almost hesitantly.”
Excerpt From: Knight, Paula. “Cougar Romance: The Talisman: Secret Shades of the Alpha Blood Series (Paranormal BBW Menage Romance).” iBooks.
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The title is awful... I liked the hint as mythology but didn't really find the cliffhanger necessary and would've preferred the story to be longer, you kind of just get thrown into the paranormal without getting her reaction or a greater understanding of what the mythology has to do with the paranormal or what she has to do with the karma or,al or why she's singled out, etc. too much information given without enough answers.
“It’s supposed to mean that...some Zuni tribe members can...after intensive training...turn into cougars at will,” he answered, almost hesitantly.”
Excerpt From: Knight, Paula. “Cougar Romance: The Talisman: Secret Shades of the Alpha Blood Series (Paranormal BBW Menage Romance).” iBooks.
This material may be protected by copyright.
The title is awful... I liked the hint as mythology but didn't really find the cliffhanger necessary and would've preferred the story to be longer, you kind of just get thrown into the paranormal without getting her reaction or a greater understanding of what the mythology has to do with the paranormal or what she has to do with the karma or,al or why she's singled out, etc. too much information given without enough answers.
October 12, 2015
Another novel split up into three parts....I'm just not a fan of the format, so I won't be getting the second and third ones. Which is really too bad, because it's a great start! There's a bit of a different twist with some Native American elements and some anthropology references that my inner nerd went crazy for. Not sure how accurate they were, but I like when an author at least tries.
We have a no-name office temp, Diana, who has this strange obsession with her boss and finally get to meet him. But, or course, he isn't what she expects - I doubt he's even human, but we still aren't sure by the end of this little bit.
Good potential to make a great story, but something you will want to buy a bundle for instead of picking it up in 30 page segments.
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
We have a no-name office temp, Diana, who has this strange obsession with her boss and finally get to meet him. But, or course, he isn't what she expects - I doubt he's even human, but we still aren't sure by the end of this little bit.
Good potential to make a great story, but something you will want to buy a bundle for instead of picking it up in 30 page segments.
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
April 17, 2019
Wish it was a complete story.
December 17, 2015
In this first book in the Cougar Romance series we meet Diana Grant. When she arrives at Yazzie Properties where she's been hired as a temporary receptionist she expects to meet the owner, Catahassa Yazzie but instead sees his nasty assistant Amanda Hawkins.
In this unusual short story we see that things at Yazzie Properties are far from what they appear to be. We get a bit of insight into the Zuni tribe since Mr. Yazzie is a member. When Diana does meet Catahassa they find they have a common interest in anthropology as well as an interest in each other. To add to the unusual story, there is talk of cougar shifters too.
As for the characters in this story I liked Mr. Yazzie when he was with Diana. He was a nice person and interested in the same things she was. Since we didn't hear anything from him at any other time, I don't know if I liked him at other times. I hated Amanda which I think I was suppose to. She was so angry and possessive of Mr. Yazzie and her job that she was hard to like. Diana was so-so for me. There wasn't anything I liked or disliked about her.
Even though I didn't feel like there was a cliffhanger, the ending didn't leave me wanting to find out more. The feeling I had at the end was, "Huh?"
I got this story as bonus book with Billionaire Brothers 3 book set so the marketing was good to get readers started on the series but I wasn't hooked enough to buy the other two books.
Please remember that this is just my opinion and others may feel differently about this story. Since I don't care for serials (which this may not be but felt like it to me) or paranormal stories in general, this was just not to my liking.
In this unusual short story we see that things at Yazzie Properties are far from what they appear to be. We get a bit of insight into the Zuni tribe since Mr. Yazzie is a member. When Diana does meet Catahassa they find they have a common interest in anthropology as well as an interest in each other. To add to the unusual story, there is talk of cougar shifters too.
As for the characters in this story I liked Mr. Yazzie when he was with Diana. He was a nice person and interested in the same things she was. Since we didn't hear anything from him at any other time, I don't know if I liked him at other times. I hated Amanda which I think I was suppose to. She was so angry and possessive of Mr. Yazzie and her job that she was hard to like. Diana was so-so for me. There wasn't anything I liked or disliked about her.
Even though I didn't feel like there was a cliffhanger, the ending didn't leave me wanting to find out more. The feeling I had at the end was, "Huh?"
I got this story as bonus book with Billionaire Brothers 3 book set so the marketing was good to get readers started on the series but I wasn't hooked enough to buy the other two books.
Please remember that this is just my opinion and others may feel differently about this story. Since I don't care for serials (which this may not be but felt like it to me) or paranormal stories in general, this was just not to my liking.
September 2, 2015
Great start to the series. The book flowed nicely and set up a nice picture of a hostile work environment...lol Seriously! I wouldn't want to work for the Amanda character AT ALL. But Mr. Yassi, oh my stars, that man is an enigma and so alpha-male...he may have NEVER talked to some of the staff, but when he notices Diana...all bets are off. They share a common interest in the anthropology, and Mr. Yassi's office is full of artifacts from his Zuni tribal history. The conversation is easy between them and the chemistry is just starting its slow simmering...with the gift of a talisman, Diana may be in for more than she understands.
I can't wait for the next book, I certainly wished this one was longer and maybe a bit more in-depth...but all together a great super quick read that wets your palate for more! Glad I #oneclicked this cougar romance!
I can't wait for the next book, I certainly wished this one was longer and maybe a bit more in-depth...but all together a great super quick read that wets your palate for more! Glad I #oneclicked this cougar romance!
January 26, 2016
This is the first part of a serial involving cougar shifters and a myth that they are waiting for. Diana starts her new job and has to deal with a jumped-up bully of a supervisor, who seems to get away with a lot. She actually has a meeting with the reclusive top boss, and not only do they get on, but he gifts her with a necklace.
This was an intriguing start that I enjoyed. It is clear that there is more to come, which I am looking forward to. There is just not enough in this instalment, complete with the cliffhanger ending to give it more than three for now.
* I received this book from Kindled Romance Publishing in return for a fair and honest review. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
This was an intriguing start that I enjoyed. It is clear that there is more to come, which I am looking forward to. There is just not enough in this instalment, complete with the cliffhanger ending to give it more than three for now.
* I received this book from Kindled Romance Publishing in return for a fair and honest review. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
January 11, 2016
Diana starts a temp job for the reclusive Mr. Yazzie. It is just temporary so that she can save enough money to go back to school to finish her graduate studies in anthropology. Except Mr. yazzie isnt quite so reclusive with Diana, he seems to want get to know her. Cliffhanger ending in short novella serial. Good start to the story, but i will reserve my judgment to see how the story progresses. Enjoy!
September 4, 2015
What powers can a necklace hold?
Diana has started a new job as a temporary receptionist for Yazzie properties. Her immediate boss, Amanda, is a b***, and looks down at everyone with a sour expression. Strange things start to happen when she meets the owner of the business Mr. Yazzie, and he gives her a necklace. Hoping to read a continuation of the story soon.
Diana has started a new job as a temporary receptionist for Yazzie properties. Her immediate boss, Amanda, is a b***, and looks down at everyone with a sour expression. Strange things start to happen when she meets the owner of the business Mr. Yazzie, and he gives her a necklace. Hoping to read a continuation of the story soon.
September 4, 2015
Two Short
I was really getting into this story when all of a sudden it stops I don't really like cliff hangers especially a book this short I think this could be a great series given the time to cultivate the story and characters more I hope this author has a second because I would buy it and read it The story so far was interesting Mimi
I was really getting into this story when all of a sudden it stops I don't really like cliff hangers especially a book this short I think this could be a great series given the time to cultivate the story and characters more I hope this author has a second because I would buy it and read it The story so far was interesting Mimi
September 3, 2015
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This was a really awesome read even though you left me hanging. Want to beat the shit out of Amanda and give Sandra a Lorazepam. Loved the connection between Cat and Diana. Now hurry up and give me more. Please.
September 4, 2015
Excellent beginning
This is a strong beginning. The story is unique, interesting, good pace. Action is swift. Characters are well developed so far...I just can't wait for the next part!
This is a strong beginning. The story is unique, interesting, good pace. Action is swift. Characters are well developed so far...I just can't wait for the next part!
September 7, 2015
Book was very short but I did enjoy the story hopefully in the next book has a little more romance. So far things are still a mystery between Cat and Diana. I want to understand the sister's story there's so much hostility there. Happy Reading!!
September 17, 2015
Diana's first day at her new temp job begins with meeting the sweet receptionist and then the office bully. She only agreed to the position in order to meet the boss. She gets her wish, but she may regret it. Great book, I enjoyed it.
I received this book free in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book free in exchange for an honest review.
September 10, 2015
Very much enjoyed reading the start to this series. The characters are interesting and the story line original. I have always loved anthropology and archeology and so this appealed to me in a special way. Excellent error free writing.
"Curiousity and Legends"
"Curiousity and Legends"
January 9, 2016
Very short and ends on Clifffhaner!
Very interesting! And then it just stops! I want more.......
Hope to find the rest of the story in subsequent books!
This book also contains a whole bunch of other stories that I have not yet read!
Very interesting! And then it just stops! I want more.......
Hope to find the rest of the story in subsequent books!
This book also contains a whole bunch of other stories that I have not yet read!
September 3, 2015
Quick, Easy read.
This was a very quick read, and leaves you wanting more. Can't wait to see how things develop with Mr. Yazzie and Diana. Bring on book 2.
This was a very quick read, and leaves you wanting more. Can't wait to see how things develop with Mr. Yazzie and Diana. Bring on book 2.
September 9, 2015
left hanging
Was left hanging at the end. I'm hoping this is not another series that could have been one book. I really like the story but was left hanging just as the good part.
Was left hanging at the end. I'm hoping this is not another series that could have been one book. I really like the story but was left hanging just as the good part.
September 13, 2015
Free read. This is part of a series and does not truly end. I liked the set up and enjoyed the characters. I look forward to reading the rest of the series to see where it goes.
December 2, 2015
Appears to be a great series. 1st book is too short!
April 11, 2016
I actually liked were the story was headed. Downloaded it on iBooks but I couldn't find book 2.
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