Gifts

Duvall Inc #3

by Stella Price, Audra Price

The holidays are a time for giving, so when Marsh decides to give Jane a real Christmas, complete with family and friends, he never expected everything to go haywire. Meeting his family is only part of the problem. His parents, the reigning royalty of his race, are going to be a surprise to Jane, but no more so then his station as crown prince, a fact he had kept hidden from her till now. Throw in a conniving princess that contracts his death, an engagement ring and his quirky and outlandish parents, and Marsh has his hands full, just presenting Jane as his consort. Two days before Christmas, Trent Duvall, Janey's Silent partner in the assassin syndicate shows in Austria and informs them of the fact that a special member of the Duvall inner circle has gone AWOL, and its up to Jane and Marsh to help him get him back. With the help of Malcolm Frost and a few choice friends, Trent and Marsh leave Jane in Austria and go to Africa to retrieve their family member, and usurp the position of a murderous and insane Fallen Angel. And you thought your holidays were stressful.

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First published January 1, 2007

About the author

One half of the award winning best selling writing team of Stella and Audra Price, Stella is the older and more worldy of the two sisters. Stella and Audra write several series, including the Eververse series, the Dragon elementals series, Duvall Inc. and the Keepers of twilight series.

Stella lives in New York and is also a award winning cover artist. She does all of their book covers.

Reviews

[Kimmielinh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gifts follows the Wishbound (Wishes & Glamour) through the adventure of Janey an assassin and Marsh a Djinn. The books starts out with Janey getting an inquiry about a hit.. a hit on her Djinn by a very angry lady. Janey and Marsh heading to the Citadel, his parents home in Austria. With the offer of the hit still on the table, she finds out that it is from a Jenai. During the trip, Janey finds out some secrets that Marsh has been keeping from her. As the days go by, Janey cancels out the hit but killing her client and also winning the right to be at Marsh's side. At the same time, her trusted friend Kolo goes missing which now her father figure, Trent gets involved.

With Janey is a delicate condition, Trent and Marsh go to Africa to find Kolo and kill the fallen that has possibly captured and tortured Kolo. To do so, Marsh has to call on the vampire Malcolm for a secret weapon.

I love this series. It just gets better and better as it progresses. I can't wait to see what the Price Sisters has in store for Janey and Marsh.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story of Jane going to meet Marsh's parents could of been so-so, what makes it different is that she is an assassin and he is Crown Prince of the Djinn.

She is his bound consort but doesn't really understand what that means until she is presented at Court and has to fight a challenger to the death. No problem, she's an assassin.

She's more frightened of learning that she's pregnant.

This is obviously a series as events were mentioned that would take at least another couple of books worth.

I will be looking for further books in this series, both leads were fun and engaging.

And the Devil makes a startling appearance at the end, leading to further adventures of Marsh and Jane....

[Kayse Fabans · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this installment of the Duvall Inc, series the Price sisters deliver yet again with amazing erotic scenes and many emotional moments that you can barely handle (that leave you wondering how the characters handle them at all). In this book Marsh and Janey go to his home where they encounter his crazy (but not quite what she seems) mom, his sex crazed dad, some crazy scheming princesses, and some other very interesting family along the way. Throw in the discovery of a new member of their extended family in panther form and some other crazy surprises along the way, and this book will leave you wondering where it will go next and breathless with anticipation to find out. A++ yet again from these amazing authors.