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Shadow Wars: Homebound
Did you ever feel as though you don't belong? Veil had been a step out of place all his life. Until one day he found a phone that took him on a path far beyond the world he knew. But to get all the answers he had to save the princess he fell in love with – only to lose her once he made her a queen. Nikki never felt she quite belonged. Until she met a man who saved her life and placed her on a throne she never knew was hers. But in order to be queen and save a world at war, she had to give up Veil. Would you walk away from the love of a lifetime if you could prevent the destruction of a planet?
- GenresRomance
352 pages, Paperback
First published August 30, 2014
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About the author
LaVerne Thompson
60 books239 followersLaVerne Thompson is a USA Today Bestselling, award winning, multi-published author, an avid reader and a writer of contemporary, fantasy, and sci/fi romances. She also writes romantic suspense and new adult under the pen name Ursula Sinclair also a USA Today Bestselling Author, her alter ego, who likes her relationships a little more complicated.
Her stories are highly sensual with erotic elements but she has a few that are considered erotic. Most of her books also have a touch of violence and a few more than that. She enjoys good action scenes in movies and has incorporated some of those elements in quite a few of her books. She is also a certified chocoholic.
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Her stories are highly sensual with erotic elements but she has a few that are considered erotic. Most of her books also have a touch of violence and a few more than that. She enjoys good action scenes in movies and has incorporated some of those elements in quite a few of her books. She is also a certified chocoholic.
Sign up for her newsletter to receive a chance at special freebies and sneak peeks at her work in progress. And no worries. The newsletter only comes out a couple of times a month. http://bit.ly/1hA7C9W
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March 21, 2019
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August 19, 2015
ABR's original Shadow Wars Homebound audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.
Ursula Sinclair’s Shadow Wars: Homebound is a creative and interesting story about two people meeting via technology and by all reasoning, accidentally. Veil, a young adopted male living in the U.S. finds a unique cell phone. Face-time capabilities he discovers a beautifully stunning woman answering the phone. Nikki has been kidnapped, her phone only dials the one phone which he holds in his hands and a bald fierce looking man is holding her prisoner in England.
The fierce bald looking man and some others radiating blue laser blasts are now tracking him down. They take on an entire police force and kill an F.B.I. agent before Veil decides to hop a plane and rescue his princess. To save her, he must not only find and free her but he has to get her away from the “out of this world” men in dark trench coats.
Now, Veil and his princess Nikki discover they are linked in more ways than just the cell phone. She is his princess and he is her lead. Together they must reclaim and rule a distant world and fight off an army of Shadow Warriors. The ending was a twist I was not expecting!
Shadow Wars is a creatively written science fiction book with some romance. The character development was well done; she made all the characters come to life for me. The story line flowed easily and was consistent. Nikki and Veil came across as very strong characters that are visibly growing.
Todd Van Linda did a good job of narrating for the most part. I did not enjoy his rendition of the sex scenes. He was a bit enthusiastic and noisy. I found myself laughing. Otherwise I thought he did a good job.
The production of this book was a bit confusing at times. Words were repeated and at times spoken too quickly as if it were on fast forward. I do not believe this was Todd Van Linda’s performance but rather technical.
Audiobook provided for review by the author.
Ursula Sinclair’s Shadow Wars: Homebound is a creative and interesting story about two people meeting via technology and by all reasoning, accidentally. Veil, a young adopted male living in the U.S. finds a unique cell phone. Face-time capabilities he discovers a beautifully stunning woman answering the phone. Nikki has been kidnapped, her phone only dials the one phone which he holds in his hands and a bald fierce looking man is holding her prisoner in England.
The fierce bald looking man and some others radiating blue laser blasts are now tracking him down. They take on an entire police force and kill an F.B.I. agent before Veil decides to hop a plane and rescue his princess. To save her, he must not only find and free her but he has to get her away from the “out of this world” men in dark trench coats.
Now, Veil and his princess Nikki discover they are linked in more ways than just the cell phone. She is his princess and he is her lead. Together they must reclaim and rule a distant world and fight off an army of Shadow Warriors. The ending was a twist I was not expecting!
Shadow Wars is a creatively written science fiction book with some romance. The character development was well done; she made all the characters come to life for me. The story line flowed easily and was consistent. Nikki and Veil came across as very strong characters that are visibly growing.
Todd Van Linda did a good job of narrating for the most part. I did not enjoy his rendition of the sex scenes. He was a bit enthusiastic and noisy. I found myself laughing. Otherwise I thought he did a good job.
The production of this book was a bit confusing at times. Words were repeated and at times spoken too quickly as if it were on fast forward. I do not believe this was Todd Van Linda’s performance but rather technical.
Audiobook provided for review by the author.
April 3, 2015
I received a digital copy in exchange for an honest review from the author.
I had a blast reading Shadow Wars. I'm convinced that I really need to get deeper into the Sci genre more often because Ursula has done an impressive job bringing to life all her colorful characters and her very impressive world.
Its funny how difficult it is to create so many realistic descriptions and intense plots for readers to enjoy that doesn't sound like something they've read from a thousand other authors, yet Ursula does it so well it seems as if it comes naturally to her.
Shadow Wars Homebound is the first book I've read by the author but I am so impressed and I enjoyed the story so well that I will be looking forward to reading more by her in the near future.
Way to go Ursula Sinclair for creating such a complicated world for the rest of us to enjoy and making it look so easy!
I had a blast reading Shadow Wars. I'm convinced that I really need to get deeper into the Sci genre more often because Ursula has done an impressive job bringing to life all her colorful characters and her very impressive world.
Its funny how difficult it is to create so many realistic descriptions and intense plots for readers to enjoy that doesn't sound like something they've read from a thousand other authors, yet Ursula does it so well it seems as if it comes naturally to her.
Shadow Wars Homebound is the first book I've read by the author but I am so impressed and I enjoyed the story so well that I will be looking forward to reading more by her in the near future.
Way to go Ursula Sinclair for creating such a complicated world for the rest of us to enjoy and making it look so easy!
February 1, 2021
Dynamic Pageturner!
A smooth as silk read, with characters who could walk right off the page and into your life. Peppered with light humor, lots of guys shooting blue glowy streams of death and destruction. Add in on stubborn as heck Earth-raised Arriasian, and her hunky, loyal Paladin Lead and you have a story that will keep you reading until the very last page... And wanting more books in this world.
So if you haven't figured it out from my review so far, I highly recommend this book. I look forward to reading more books by this author.
A smooth as silk read, with characters who could walk right off the page and into your life. Peppered with light humor, lots of guys shooting blue glowy streams of death and destruction. Add in on stubborn as heck Earth-raised Arriasian, and her hunky, loyal Paladin Lead and you have a story that will keep you reading until the very last page... And wanting more books in this world.
So if you haven't figured it out from my review so far, I highly recommend this book. I look forward to reading more books by this author.
August 2, 2015
2.5 Stars
*This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com, at my request.
Veil finds a phone of an image of a stunning woman on the front when she calls. Her text surprises him but figures it's something along the lines of a kinky thing with owner of phone, something about never going to release her. Veil finds, a few hours away from the restaurant and on his way to Cape May, that he left his phone with the hostess instead of the similar one in his hand. Nikki has been imprisoned in tunnels beneath central London for two days now. Her cell phone battery is dead but she's some how able to connect with her kidnappers alien tech phone, and see the speaker. Aldon, her kidnapper has headed to the USA to get another. She's not sure what it means, but if she can convince Veil to come help her, she's sure the phone in his hand is the key to find and release her from the invisible barrier keeping her hidden. Where they end up afterward is something out of this world.
I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook. I was a bit disappointed in this one. There were a few moments the narrator seemed to miss deletions in the editing phase and repeated words. There was a point in the story where it sounds like a slight twang to the background of the room, giving a sound of a small echo to his voice. Then in the fast moving scenes of being on the flee, fighting, or thinking the pacing felt off. In trimming and editing his recording, he splices sentences together to fast to try to show the quickness of the moment, but it sounds like a run-on sentence. I really don't like this feel as it made the cadence wrong for me. He does do a slight accent for Nikki who's grown up in England as well for a few other characters we meet through the story.
The first third was a bit rocky for me, with the lusting and desires of both and the feel of the story going no where. I just didn't feel the connection between the characters. Veil is attracted to the image of Nikki from the first time he saw her. Nikki finds him handsome when she sees him on the phone. They have some sort of attraction before they even know each other. Oh goodness. Veil lusts after Nikki at just the sound of her voice. Nikki finds him gorgeous. *sigh* This just feels like no connection for me. Just lust. It all feels forced.
I kept going, and about half way the heat between them kicked up to a high. At this point I was finally feeling comfortable with them as a couple and what they needed to do. If they hadn't had such a strong feel and sleep together so soon, I might have been better with their relationship as later in the book I feel they are stronger as a couple.
There were a few moments I wasn't sure if I would believe in happening, in the beginning. And the scene with shots fired felt like the narrator was trying to feel the rush but the sentences were to long or to much detail to take in at the same moment or something. I can't tell if it's the writing or the narrator but it seems like the sentences don't have a flow but a choppy set of sentences that don't feel to lead to each other. To me there are unexplained reactions. For instance, the characters are suddenly closer than strangers just meeting at moments. The reactions at sudden death just feel wrong, there is no lead up to it.
It seemed the story was at a stall in the beginning. They were on the run with no hopes of getting information as to why. It felt like a struggle to get them off Earth and to where they could start to bloom as characters. When they did bloom into more, it was thanks to the technology of another world.
Once Nikki is in the position she's to be in by her right, she excels at a strong, smart woman. She knows what she wants and gets the job done. I will give Nikki her credits for that. I do enjoy the way she uses the unspoken hinted knowledge to her advantage. Very well done Nikki. For this, the book earned some credit back in my mind.
Where I was expecting a nice science fiction story with a touch of romance, I found an erotic romance with a touch of science fiction. I'm not much of a fan of love at first sight type feel from books, my brain gets in the way. This was more lust at first sight, on both parts.
This book is one that I would suggest to someone that enjoys instant desire between a couple and enjoy full sex scenes. Definitely for 18+ with the descriptions given.
*This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBlast dot com, at my request.
Veil finds a phone of an image of a stunning woman on the front when she calls. Her text surprises him but figures it's something along the lines of a kinky thing with owner of phone, something about never going to release her. Veil finds, a few hours away from the restaurant and on his way to Cape May, that he left his phone with the hostess instead of the similar one in his hand. Nikki has been imprisoned in tunnels beneath central London for two days now. Her cell phone battery is dead but she's some how able to connect with her kidnappers alien tech phone, and see the speaker. Aldon, her kidnapper has headed to the USA to get another. She's not sure what it means, but if she can convince Veil to come help her, she's sure the phone in his hand is the key to find and release her from the invisible barrier keeping her hidden. Where they end up afterward is something out of this world.
I had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook. I was a bit disappointed in this one. There were a few moments the narrator seemed to miss deletions in the editing phase and repeated words. There was a point in the story where it sounds like a slight twang to the background of the room, giving a sound of a small echo to his voice. Then in the fast moving scenes of being on the flee, fighting, or thinking the pacing felt off. In trimming and editing his recording, he splices sentences together to fast to try to show the quickness of the moment, but it sounds like a run-on sentence. I really don't like this feel as it made the cadence wrong for me. He does do a slight accent for Nikki who's grown up in England as well for a few other characters we meet through the story.
The first third was a bit rocky for me, with the lusting and desires of both and the feel of the story going no where. I just didn't feel the connection between the characters. Veil is attracted to the image of Nikki from the first time he saw her. Nikki finds him handsome when she sees him on the phone. They have some sort of attraction before they even know each other. Oh goodness. Veil lusts after Nikki at just the sound of her voice. Nikki finds him gorgeous. *sigh* This just feels like no connection for me. Just lust. It all feels forced.
I kept going, and about half way the heat between them kicked up to a high. At this point I was finally feeling comfortable with them as a couple and what they needed to do. If they hadn't had such a strong feel and sleep together so soon, I might have been better with their relationship as later in the book I feel they are stronger as a couple.
There were a few moments I wasn't sure if I would believe in happening, in the beginning. And the scene with shots fired felt like the narrator was trying to feel the rush but the sentences were to long or to much detail to take in at the same moment or something. I can't tell if it's the writing or the narrator but it seems like the sentences don't have a flow but a choppy set of sentences that don't feel to lead to each other. To me there are unexplained reactions. For instance, the characters are suddenly closer than strangers just meeting at moments. The reactions at sudden death just feel wrong, there is no lead up to it.
It seemed the story was at a stall in the beginning. They were on the run with no hopes of getting information as to why. It felt like a struggle to get them off Earth and to where they could start to bloom as characters. When they did bloom into more, it was thanks to the technology of another world.
Once Nikki is in the position she's to be in by her right, she excels at a strong, smart woman. She knows what she wants and gets the job done. I will give Nikki her credits for that. I do enjoy the way she uses the unspoken hinted knowledge to her advantage. Very well done Nikki. For this, the book earned some credit back in my mind.
Where I was expecting a nice science fiction story with a touch of romance, I found an erotic romance with a touch of science fiction. I'm not much of a fan of love at first sight type feel from books, my brain gets in the way. This was more lust at first sight, on both parts.
This book is one that I would suggest to someone that enjoys instant desire between a couple and enjoy full sex scenes. Definitely for 18+ with the descriptions given.
July 5, 2015
Nikki has been kidnapped and locked away. While trying to figure a way out of this scary situation she realizes she still has her cell phone and tries to call for help. Her phone will only allow her to contact only one number and the person who answers is only interested in hooking up not helping out.
After Veil finishes his lunch he realizes someone has lost their cell phone. When know one lays claim to it, he decides to leave it at the hostess station in case some one comes to back for it. While making his way to the front of the restaurant to leave the pone, he realizes that there is some one on the line and she's asking for his help. After Listening to the woman's story about her abduction he promises to get her help and heads to the nearest police station not knowing that this one decision will drastically change both of their lives and forever bind them together.
NIkki and Veil's story was a very enjoyable one. While trying to figure out the mystery behind Nikki's abduction these to perfect strangers find that they are actually better together than they ever were apart. I love how Veil became very protective over Nikki without knowing exactly why he felt that way. Nikki's trust in Veil to keep her safe no matter the circumstances created a bond between the two them that was very heartwarming for me. Also, I loved the narrator of this story. Todd Van Linda makes for a wonderful storyteller. This story had all, mystery, drama, romance, betrayal. All the elements that make for a great story. I look forward to seeing what's up next for these two there's bound to be more drama in their future. Yes, it ends in a cliffhanger.
After Veil finishes his lunch he realizes someone has lost their cell phone. When know one lays claim to it, he decides to leave it at the hostess station in case some one comes to back for it. While making his way to the front of the restaurant to leave the pone, he realizes that there is some one on the line and she's asking for his help. After Listening to the woman's story about her abduction he promises to get her help and heads to the nearest police station not knowing that this one decision will drastically change both of their lives and forever bind them together.
NIkki and Veil's story was a very enjoyable one. While trying to figure out the mystery behind Nikki's abduction these to perfect strangers find that they are actually better together than they ever were apart. I love how Veil became very protective over Nikki without knowing exactly why he felt that way. Nikki's trust in Veil to keep her safe no matter the circumstances created a bond between the two them that was very heartwarming for me. Also, I loved the narrator of this story. Todd Van Linda makes for a wonderful storyteller. This story had all, mystery, drama, romance, betrayal. All the elements that make for a great story. I look forward to seeing what's up next for these two there's bound to be more drama in their future. Yes, it ends in a cliffhanger.
September 18, 2015
** I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review **
Veil and Nikki are from another planet...not knowing this, they have lived fairly normal lives on earth. Well it all gets a little crazy for these 2 and they are swept up in a dangerous adventure...Veil rescues Nikki and they are on the run! They fall for each other which is inevitable and when they learn there true identities they are shocked...but not even bloodlines and boundaries will keep these 2 apart...and we get a great ending!! I hope there is a book 2....because I would totally listen to it!!!
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Veil and Nikki are from another planet...not knowing this, they have lived fairly normal lives on earth. Well it all gets a little crazy for these 2 and they are swept up in a dangerous adventure...Veil rescues Nikki and they are on the run! They fall for each other which is inevitable and when they learn there true identities they are shocked...but not even bloodlines and boundaries will keep these 2 apart...and we get a great ending!! I hope there is a book 2....because I would totally listen to it!!!
Thank You Audiobookblast(dot)com
January 4, 2015
Interesting ideas and overall story.
The start though it was eventful didn't seem original. Therefore, the story for me picked up when the truth about them and their birth was revealed. Then on the interested never wavered.
Overall i loved the story.
That being said i also think that the hierarchy regarding the star systems and planets was not one that was explained until the climax. And when it was for me there were some more questions regarding the ruler of the star systems and so forth.
Would recommend this to anyone who loves Science Fiction.
The start though it was eventful didn't seem original. Therefore, the story for me picked up when the truth about them and their birth was revealed. Then on the interested never wavered.
Overall i loved the story.
That being said i also think that the hierarchy regarding the star systems and planets was not one that was explained until the climax. And when it was for me there were some more questions regarding the ruler of the star systems and so forth.
Would recommend this to anyone who loves Science Fiction.
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