Council of Fire

Brotherhood of Warriors #1

by Aimée Thurlo

Hunter Blueeyes was sent to retrieve a stolen ceremonial dagger. Unbeknownst to him, security expert Lisa Garza was after it, too, to prove her father's innocence. But Lisa's savvy was no match for the brute force of those who wanted the priceless artifact... and would gladly kill for it. She needed the mysterious Hunter as an ally. His network of high-tech safe houses was puzzling... especially in desolate northwestern New Mexico. Old stories spoke about the clandestine Brotherhood of Warriors. Was Hunter one of their modern-day warriors, bound by honor and tradition to protect the tribe at all costs? The blazing chemistry between Hunter and Lisa was irresistible, but would their separate loyalties find a common purpose?

Genres: Romantic Suspense, M F Romance

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Aimee and David Thurlo are the authors of the Ella Clah mysteries, the Sister Agatha mysteries, the Lee Nez vampire novels all set in New Mexico. David grew up on the Navajo Indian Nation, and Aimee, a native of Cuba, lived in the southwest for forty years.

Aimée passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of February 28, 2014, after a brief struggle with cancer and related complications. She was attended by her husband of 43 years, David. Aimée was 62 years old.

Reviews

[Katya · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading some of the Thurlo's other work, I took advantage of an opportunity to read this and another of Aimee Thurlo's romances from a different series. I didn't love it, but it was an enjoyable read. The plot was there, and it was action-driven. The story is somewhat dialogue heavy compared to other romances I've read, but it lacked the purple prose that usually annoys me in romances, so that's a plus. I really appreciate that the heroine and love interest don't suffer from the insta-love curse. They have a common goal and vastly different motivations, and that drives the story rather than their feelings.

[Kay Benavidez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Harlequin romance. set on Navajo nation and in NM. Found this on a 'random' sort from the library, and sometimes that's the best way to find something interesting to read. Some of the cultural stuff didn't feel quite accurate, but I still enjoyed reading the book. There are a few in this series, and I will keep reading. :-)

[Janet · Rating 2 out of 5]

HI #988 = 2.5 stars

[★¸. • * ° *Jillie* ° *•.¸☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another look at the Brotherhood of Warriors fighting evil on Navajo Reservation. Loved it.

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three and half stars. This is a fairly sophisticated romantic suspense, heavy on the action. The action sequences were well written but the dialogue was too often overly expository and on the nose. Minor characters popped in regularly to either explain information needed to move the plot along or to offer words of wisdom to the heroine.

The romance had potential and there was lot of good stuff but it was apparent that a big edit happened. Soon after meeting the characters started speaking as if they had experienced many things together when in fact that had known each other a few hours. More humorously, when it is time for their declarations of love at the book's conclusion the heroine declares that she has waited so long to hear those words from him despite having known him for only a couple of days!

The main plot was poorly set up. We learn in the prologue that the Council blames the heroine's father for their sacred knife going missing but the author simply forgets to mention how that occurs. It isn't until most of the way through we learn that he was hired to protect it. This wasn't meant to be a mystery it was just really lousy editing. Speaking of forgetting to mention things, there is absolutely no physical descriptions of the heroine in any way and for the hero only a couple of oblique mentions. That would be weird in any book, but is really strange in a romance.

Despite all of that, the story moved along quickly and was a fun read. I might check out the next one and see if the author got any better at writing romance as I believe this was her first stab at the genre.

Really bad Kindle formatting. It was just brought in as one unpaginated chunk with no recognized chapter breaks.