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New Atlanta #4
Being Free
Survivor, Journey Doe, is right where the Resistance wants her... within striking distance of New Atlanta's vicious leader General Morgan. Prepared to give her life to rid the world of the man and the Repopulation Laws, Journey has accepted her fate and welcomes the end of her miserable life.
Silas Morgan, General Morgan's second in command, is handsome, powerful and immediately drawn to the new nanny in the General's top secret Birthing Corps. The more Silas learns about Journey, the more mysterious she becomes, feeding his drive to find out the truth about the woman who has captured his attention so entirely.
She wants nothing more than to free the people of New Atlanta.
He wants her.
Can opposite sides find love and free the world in the process?
Silas Morgan, General Morgan's second in command, is handsome, powerful and immediately drawn to the new nanny in the General's top secret Birthing Corps. The more Silas learns about Journey, the more mysterious she becomes, feeding his drive to find out the truth about the woman who has captured his attention so entirely.
She wants nothing more than to free the people of New Atlanta.
He wants her.
Can opposite sides find love and free the world in the process?
180 pages, ebook
First published January 16, 2016
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Sylvia Ryan
7 books147 followersSylvia lives the life of an ordinary wife, mother and professional existing in Midwest Suburbia, USA. She reads voraciously and loves to lose herself and fall head over heels for the alpha males in the novels she reads.
When she gets the chance to shed the prim and proper persona of average wife and mother, her secret identity, Sylvia Ryan, emerges. This alter ego strives to write original ideas in extraordinary settings for her readers to remember long after the book has been read. Her dream is to transform her racy thoughts and naughty nature into tangible works of erotic fantasy for others’ secret identities to enjoy.
When she gets the chance to shed the prim and proper persona of average wife and mother, her secret identity, Sylvia Ryan, emerges. This alter ego strives to write original ideas in extraordinary settings for her readers to remember long after the book has been read. Her dream is to transform her racy thoughts and naughty nature into tangible works of erotic fantasy for others’ secret identities to enjoy.
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February 15, 2016
Lightly kinky, Being Free nicely concludes the New Atlanta Series. Journey Doe is part of the Resistance ready to take down the power hungry Hitler wanna be, General Morgan. This is the end game and it is fitting that the book is numbered four. This story nicely wraps up the breakdown of the zones and the crazy rantings of General Morgan. Journey Doe is ready to lay her life down to ensure a better life for all. She is perfectly placed to take down the head of this evil government.
This story carries a somber note from beginning to until almost the end. There is a sense of hopelessness because Journey is a woman well experienced with being left behind and unwanted. Her tale from a childhood orphan to her single status adulthood is sad and explains her desire to die for her cause. She really has nothing to live for and this is when a person becomes most dangerous. Ms. Ryan does a good job of building her character and showing both Journey's strength and vulnerabilities. What Journey desires more than anything is to have a place in someone's heart. To be wanted for herself and not be a stand in seems to be so little to ask for yet so hard for Journey to receive. When Silas Morgan, the brother of the evil dictator takes interest in Journey, it isn't clear if this is a good or bad thing.
Silas is odd for me. He seems to come out of nowhere. He reminds me a little Rock. What confuses me about Silas is how he is close to his brother, General Conrad Morgan. Is G. Morgan so delusional he does not understand the threat he is under? One would think after numerous attempts at his life, he would be more paranoid and have his brother, Silas killed. The fact that G. Morgan also likes to take Silas's things and break them, does that not mean Silas would be in more danger and not likely to be in G. Morgan's inner circle? Some of the set up in this book just didn't work for me. It didn't make sense.
From an erotic standpoint, this story is lightly kinky. Once again CALM Therapy is mentioned. Unlike in a couple of the previous books, it is only mildly shown. It is almost clinical in a way to help Journey experience a cathartic moment as prescribed by a former lover. The lack of intimacy between Silas and Journey makes for a toned down sexual interlude.
The ending comes swiftly as crazy Conrad Morgan loses it and strikes out. The resolution is a bit anticlimactic after all the pain G. Morgan has perpetrated upon a broken society. The epilogue is a sweet conclusion to a lost girl finally found. This happily ever after wraps up a Lord of the Flies dystopian world with a message of hope and love. Recommended for dystopian readers who enjoy a kinky twist.
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This story carries a somber note from beginning to until almost the end. There is a sense of hopelessness because Journey is a woman well experienced with being left behind and unwanted. Her tale from a childhood orphan to her single status adulthood is sad and explains her desire to die for her cause. She really has nothing to live for and this is when a person becomes most dangerous. Ms. Ryan does a good job of building her character and showing both Journey's strength and vulnerabilities. What Journey desires more than anything is to have a place in someone's heart. To be wanted for herself and not be a stand in seems to be so little to ask for yet so hard for Journey to receive. When Silas Morgan, the brother of the evil dictator takes interest in Journey, it isn't clear if this is a good or bad thing.
Silas is odd for me. He seems to come out of nowhere. He reminds me a little Rock. What confuses me about Silas is how he is close to his brother, General Conrad Morgan. Is G. Morgan so delusional he does not understand the threat he is under? One would think after numerous attempts at his life, he would be more paranoid and have his brother, Silas killed. The fact that G. Morgan also likes to take Silas's things and break them, does that not mean Silas would be in more danger and not likely to be in G. Morgan's inner circle? Some of the set up in this book just didn't work for me. It didn't make sense.
From an erotic standpoint, this story is lightly kinky. Once again CALM Therapy is mentioned. Unlike in a couple of the previous books, it is only mildly shown. It is almost clinical in a way to help Journey experience a cathartic moment as prescribed by a former lover. The lack of intimacy between Silas and Journey makes for a toned down sexual interlude.
The ending comes swiftly as crazy Conrad Morgan loses it and strikes out. The resolution is a bit anticlimactic after all the pain G. Morgan has perpetrated upon a broken society. The epilogue is a sweet conclusion to a lost girl finally found. This happily ever after wraps up a Lord of the Flies dystopian world with a message of hope and love. Recommended for dystopian readers who enjoy a kinky twist.
*provided by BDSM Book Reviews
January 15, 2016
Finally the end of the New Atlanta Saga:)
Writing a series of books is more challenging than I ever thought it would be, and I couldn't be more happy with this final story. The heroine, Journey, has been a minor character in all of the New Atlanta books, and I knew early on that the final love story would be hers...Nobody deserves is more, am I right? You will love this final love story (with an unlikely hero) and the opportunity to say goodbye to all the New Atlanta characters.
Thanks for reading,
Sylvia
Writing a series of books is more challenging than I ever thought it would be, and I couldn't be more happy with this final story. The heroine, Journey, has been a minor character in all of the New Atlanta books, and I knew early on that the final love story would be hers...Nobody deserves is more, am I right? You will love this final love story (with an unlikely hero) and the opportunity to say goodbye to all the New Atlanta characters.
Thanks for reading,
Sylvia
March 1, 2016
After the previous books this one just felt like the author didn't know how to finish out the series. The entire book felt rushed and half thought out. I didn't like the fact Journey was drugged but almost instantly forgave Silas once she found out. I loved the other three books so I guess I just wanted more.
April 8, 2017
Loved this series. Wish there was more.
January 10, 2018
Satisfying conclusion
Great wrap up to the New Atlanta series. This book not only ties up loose threads from previous books and touches base with characters from previous books, it is a satisfyingly read in it's own right.
Great wrap up to the New Atlanta series. This book not only ties up loose threads from previous books and touches base with characters from previous books, it is a satisfyingly read in it's own right.
July 19, 2016
Great end to the series:)
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