Vanished

Guardians #3

by Maureen Child

Forever fated to defend humanity against demons, immortal Guardian Rogan Butler has given up all hope of finding peace. But when a beautiful American unexpectedly appears, with all her self-assurance and charm, the winds of danger--and a soul-deep recognition--reawaken the warrior's long-buried desire....Alison Blair came to Ireland duty-bound to tell Rogan of a sinister premonition, only to be rebuffed. Then evil strikes when her sister mysteriously disappears, and only Rogan can protect Aly from a fate worse than death. Can this brooding warrior be her Destined Mate--the key to a forgotten past, and to her future?

Genres: Paranormal Romance, Harlequin, Paranormal, Romance, Harlequin Nocturne

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 27, 2009

About the author

USA Today best selling author Maureen Child is the author of more than ninety romance novels and novellas. Maureen is a five time nominee for the prestigious Rita award from Romance Writers of America.
One of her novels, A Pocketful Of Paradise, was made into a CBS-TV movie called The Soul Collector, starring Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Greenwood and Ossie Davis.
Over the years, she’s written under lots of different names and she prefers the term ‘pseudonym’ to ‘alias’. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing.

Under her own name, Maureen writes short contemporary novels for Silhouette Desire—books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling. Maureen is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances for NAL and darker paranormal stories for Silhouette Nocturne.

Maureen writes paranormal romance novels under the pesudonym of Regan Hastings

Reviews

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. Book 3 in the Guardians series. Guardians are warriors who are offered the choice to stay and protect humans by fighting demons who slip through the many portals between them and the demon worlds. Those who accept become immortal, those who don't move on. Yes it is similar to Kenyon's Dark Hunter books - but without the convoluted elements [Apollites, Aphrodite's whims, etc:] that can tie up a Dark Hunter plot. Fast action-oriented plot, good characters and a hunky Celtic warrior - who can ask for more of a simple entertainment read?

Guardians series
Eternally
Nevermore
Vanished

[Adrianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silhouette Nocturne is one of the weirdest and most wonderful Harlequin imprints. This one was set in Ireland and dealt with "Guardians" (demon fighters). The heroine is a member of a society that is vaguely defined (maybe it's better outlined in the previous books) who is there to help a gruff Guardian named Rogan. Her sister is kidnapped and she teams up with Rogan to save her. The tension between them is great, the sensuous scenes are sizzling. Child is good at describing action and the plot moves along pretty quickly. I appreciate the details of their connection, the telepathy, for example, without being too confusing. Decent writing, great sex scenes, and interesting romance and plot and nice details of Ireland.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book was very good. I need to find books 1 and 2 to read in series

[Korin: A Crone Running Amok · Rating 2 out of 5]

Demon fighter meets psychic. A standard paranormal romance, set in Ireland.

[Val · Rating 4 out of 5]

A spicy read!

[Amelia in PDX · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alison Blair has come to Ireland to give guardian, Rogan Butler, a message from a seer and a piece of her mind about his responsibilities to the Society they both work for.

While giving Rogan her earful, her sister has gone missing. In reporting Casey's disappearance to the authorities, she notices that there are a lot of tourists going missing in that area. In trying to find Casey, she finds the last folks to see her and after that draws a blank.

Rogan himself notices that there seems to be something wrong and then realizes that he's picking up on Alison's stress, so goes seeking her out... After that their past history (Alison having many past lives, to Rogan's immortality) comes to light and they both have to deal with past and present history as well as finding whose kidnapping the tourists from the demon world.

This book read a little faster than a lot of them do, but some of the story was very predictable.

[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yet another book my mother sent me. This one was not looking better than the last one she sent me. I wasn't impressed with the first few chapters and overall my first impression was right. Upon finishing this book I would definitely NOT recommend anyone to read this book. It was not just a cheesy romance novel with a very thin and predictable plot behind the romance, but it was too intimately descriptive for my taste. I almost didn't want to keep reading. I felt like I was intruding on something very personal even though I knew that the characters were fictional. In fact even though there were only two sections of the book with "that" in it, I just couldn't get past it to focus on the main storyline which was predictable and only slightly entertaining.

[Mirella Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yah, another 3 1/2 stars rating. Ceritanya masih tentang penjaga abadi (seperti 2 buku sebelumnya tentang Santos dan Kieran). Yang membedakan ternyata di buku ini Rogan Butler kehilangan status hidup abadinya.

Kayanya kisah para Penjaga Abadi, Penasihat, Pasangan Takdir oke juga nih. Jadi penasaran gitu, pengen tau lebih lanjut penjelasan penjelasannya. Udah baca 3 buku, malah makin penasaran aja, haha.

Back to novel... di novel ini, saya malah seneng banget sama alam Irlandia nya... Sempet cerita ke temen cowok yang emang devoted to Ireland, dan langsung bercita-cita ke Irlandia bareng. Ireland is amazing!!

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars This is book 3 in the Guardians series. Once again, I'm underwhelmed by the heat of a Harlequin Nocturne book. The main story is OK, the characters are OK, the chemistry between the leads is OK, the sex is OK, the writing is OK. BUT the understory is very intriguing regarding the demon dimension and the impending war with the humans was pretty interesing and if that carried on into a different series I would be willing to read it.

[Stacie]

This is the story of Rogan and Alison. He is a Immortal Guardian and she is an American traveling with her sister. She meets Rogan and they realise that they are Destined Mates. At first, Rogan is in denial because his previous destined mate has died. He believes that he can only have one distined mate. Then Alison's sister is kidnapped and they have to work together to fight demons.

[Ishanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once again, this is another example of "Never judge a book by its cover." The cover screams cheesy, but I've read other works by this same author and remember enjoying them despite the romance. This one bordered erotic at times, but the supernatural element kept me reading on. It was a decent story with strong characters.

[nurmawati · Rating 4 out of 5]

kasih 4.5 bintang...
suka banget ama alur ceritanya yang cepat dan so sweet...
rogan butler nya keren walo keukeuh banget menghindar dari ce pasangan takdir nya...tapi namanya jodoh gak kemana :p
endingnya rogan jadi manusia biasa...gak jadi immortal lagi...yah gpp lah....biarkan dia hidup bahagia bersama alyson :D

[Ren Puspita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this before joining Goodreads era, so I rated this just by what I feel after I finish read. So sad that Harlequin Nocturne titles was abolished, although some book can be pretty ho-hum (like this one), some titles are worth to read

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far so good =P
xox

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my second time reading it and I still loved it.

[Sweety · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ceritanya ga sebagus yang santos,
biasa aja yang ini, chemistrynya kurang kerasa

[Win · Rating 3 out of 5]

boringggg...tarik ulur hero-heroine sungguh menyebalkan n buat yg baca gregetan mikirin "kpnnnn sihhh???"

[Lelyana's Reviews · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bosen baca nya, jd males juga bikin spoiler nya....

[winnie gunawan · Rating 3 out of 5]

lumayan lah

[Sami · Rating 3 out of 5]

good book for light reading

[Alisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not much into the Demon/vampire stories but this kept me entertained.