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Rebel:: The Blades of the Rose Kindle Edition

by Zoe Archer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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On Canada’s frontier, nature is brutal—but the supernatural can really do you in… “The action explodes on page one and the pace never lets up.”—Ann Aguirre, New York Times-bestselling author of The Leopard King

A Lone Wolf

Nathan Lesperance is used to being different. He's the first Native attorney in Vancouver, and welcome neither within white society nor his sometime tribe. Not to mention the powerful wildness he's always felt inside him, too dangerous to set free. Then he met Astrid Bramfield and saw his like within her piercing eyes. Now, unless she helps him through the harsh terrain and the harsher unknowns of his true abilities, it could very well get him killed. . .

…And The Woman Who Left The Pack

Astrid has traveled this path before. Once she was a Blade of the Rose, protecting the world's magic from unscrupulous men, with her husband by her side. But she's loved and lost, and as a world-class frontierswoman, she knows all about survival. Nathan's searing gaze and long, lean muscles mean nothing but trouble. Yet something has ignited a forgotten flame inside her: a burning need for adventure, for life--and perhaps even for love. . .

Praise for The Blades of the Rose

“Crackles with adventure, a rich sense of place, and terrific characterization.”—Mary Jo Putney on Warrior
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003VWC1QK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zebra Books (November 1, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1310 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 431 pages
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Zoe Archer is a RITA-award nominated romance author. She has written the acclaimed Blades of the Rose series, as well as the Hellraisers, Nemesis Unlimited, and many other romance series featuring smart, capable heroines and the heroes who love them. She also writes Regency-set romance as Eva Leigh. Please visit her on the Web at http://www.zoearcherbooks.com/

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S. Donovan
5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional Installment to a Fantastic Series
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2011
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How many romances set in the Northwest Territory of North America in the later part of the nineteenth century have you read? I'm guessing none. One of the distinctive pleasures of the Blades of the Rose series is the way it convincingly transports you to different parts of the globe. And even though most of this story takes place in a chilly wilderness, it's unbelievably hot.

Astrid Bramfield is a former Blade in self-imposed exile after the death of her husband five years earlier. Solitary and as tough as they come, she hasn't let herself feel anything in a long time. Nathan Lesperance, on the other hand, radiates emotional warmth. A Native taken from his tribe as a child and raised in white schools, he's an articulate attorney with a wild streak within him that he doesn't understand. That wildness inside him becomes stronger when he travels on business to the region where his ancestors lived.

Nathan and Astrid feel an immediate and powerful connection that Astrid at first tries to deny. An early argument about Astrid's choice to cut herself off from family and friends feels thoroughly believable. Nathan's sense of displacement, and his compelling mix of fierceness and beautiful vulnerability, make him one of my favorite romance heroes of all time. His reaction to a huge change, his speech about what Astrid means to him to a Native tribe who aren't too happy with having a white woman trespassing on their sacred lands, and the love scene near the end of the book are sections I re-read again and again.

As always, Archer writes about non-European cultures (in this case, Native tribes) with careful research, respect, and sensitivity. Archer also describes magical phenomena in a more original and credible way than any writer I've read. The story crackles with action as Astrid and Lesperance pursue a mission and later fight with other Blades against the Heirs of Albion.

Catullus Graves, the Blade's genius-in-residence and adventurer with an excessive love of fine waistcoats, has a bigger role in this story. Graves's stoic loneliness, and his meeting with the woman who will be the love of his life, got me very excited to read the final volume of the Blades of the Rose.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Addition To The Series
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2011
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I had a bit of a hard time getting into this book. It was still interesting, but I was very much aware that I was reading a book instead of being sucked into a story. About the time Nathan and Astrid started to open up to each other was when I started to get into it. I don't know why, but I couldn't seem to connect to their characters. Their past tragedies and their budding connection with each other wasn't resonating with me. I knew about them because I was told about them, not because I was really feeling it.

This book seemed to have a different tone than the previous two. I had it pointed out to me by a friend that there was less humor, and she was right. The tone was more quiet and somber. The characters were falling in love, but they both were rather withdrawn so their connection was quieter.

Other than the obvious factor of Astrid being a member (or prior member) of the Blades of the Rose and Catullus showing up, this one didn't seem strongly tied to the previous books. Perhaps it's because we never met Astrid before, we only heard about her in passing. Whatever it is, I think this one would be able to stand on its own well without having read the previous books.

In the beginning as we were getting Astrid's thoughts about her husband I saw a lot of grief there, of course, but I also noticed some stray thoughts here and there that seemed to subtly be grooming the reader to see the new love interest, Nathan, as a better match than the previous spouse.

"Few possessed enough spirit to gain her respect. Even Michael, much as she had loved him, wavered at times. Not Lesperance. He was her equal. In many ways. A frightening prospect."

See? That was only on page 66 and there were a lot of little comments like that. (Lesperance is Nathan's last name by the way.) Possibly the comments weren't meant that way, but after years of reading romances I am particularly sensitive to the habit authors have of devaluing the previous relationship just enough to make the new guy not have any competition. How can you have a competition with a dead man, you ask? I don't know, I've been wondering that for years.

Another thing that I noticed in this book was that even though we saw a lot more of Catullus than we did in the previous two, we didn't have as many steampunk gadgets as we did in the previous books. It's not a huge negative to me, it's just something I noticed.

Despite liking it less than the previous two books, I still thought it was a fun book. It isn't going to be a favorite of mine, but the action was a lot of fun and Astrid was a strong heroine. I also liked that Nathan's magic opened up an unexpected avenue in the author's world. I didn't think that we'd see any of that in this series, but it was definitely interesting to explore.

After getting to know Catullus a little better here I am even more excited to read his book. Hopefully we'll be able to end the series on a high note.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Too conventional for me
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2010
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I got this as a free download. The problem with kindle freebees is that they are like halloween candy - you get what you are given and have to be excited. But this is not delicious nutty candy. I actually really liked the beginning with both the leads, Nathan the Native American raised as not quite a white boy, and Astrid the British loner mountain woman. They were intially both enigmatic and strong characters. I loved the setting, Canada in the late 1800's, and the whole survivalist theme. But the magic grew way too much, and by the final battle I was bored. No one significant was going to die, so get it over with already. There was not enough tension, too much was obvious and the themes were way too repetitive. I started to skim. I will not read the rest of the books in this series, the set up was too heavy handed and while the world building was good, the writing was not, and the book bogged down.
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Erinome
4.0 out of 5 stars 4 - 4,5 Sterne: Packende Liebesgeschichte in der kanadischen Wildnis
Reviewed in Germany on January 27, 2013
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Der Anwalt Nathan Lesperance reist in eine Grenzstadt in der kanadischen Wildnis, um dort einen Auftrag für seine Kanzlei auszuführen. Er will das Geschäftliche so schnell wie möglich hinter sich bringen und wieder nach Hause zurückkehren, da trifft er auf Astrid Bramfield. Astrid hat nach einem traumatischen Einsatz den Blades of the Rose den Rücken gekehrt und lebt nun völlig allein und isoliert in der Wildnis. Nathan und Astrid sind plötzlich widerwillige Verbündete als die Heirs of Albion auf den Plan treten. Offenbar ist irgendwo eine Quelle versteckt und die Heirs gehen wieder einmal über Leichen, um sie in ihre Hände zu bekommen. Astrid kann nicht tatenlos zusehen, wie die Heirs alles niedermachen, und zusammen mit Nathan macht sie sich auf, sie zu stoppen.

REBEL ist der dritte Band der BLADES OF THE ROSE SERIES, aber man kann das Buch auch ohne Kenntnis der Vorgänger lesen, da die Serie nur recht lose miteinander verbunden ist.
Im Zentrum von REBEL stehen Astrid und Nathan. Astrid war jahrelang ein begeistertes Mitglied der Blades, nach einem entsetzlichen Einsatz in Afrika hat sie jedoch jeglichen Kontakt zu ihrer Familie und ihren Mitstreitern abgebrochen und sich in selbstgewählte Isolation begeben. Sie hat eigentlich geplant, nie wieder in den aktiven Dienst zurückzukehren, die Ankunft von Nathan und den Heirs machen ihr jedoch einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Astrid hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Sie ist eine sehr starke und selbstbewusste Frau, die unbeirrt und kompetent ihren Weg geht. Als Blade schrecken sie auch nicht die haarigsten Situationen und sie stellt sich den Heirs furchtlos in den Weg. Nathan ist ein Einzelgänger, der sich nur auf sich selbst verlässt. Seine Begegnung mit Astrid zeigt ihm zum ersten Mal, dass er sich auch auf andere Leute verlassen kann, und er muss sich auch mit einem Geheimnis auseinandersetzen, dass er schon seit er denken kann mit sich herumträgt. Nathan ist ebenfalls eine sympathische Figur und er und Astrid ergänzen sich sehr gut. Sie erweisen sich schnell als unschlagbares Team und sie kommen sich auch schnell näher.
Die Handlung von REBEL ist spannend und actionreich. Astrids und Nathans Abenteuer haben mir gut gefallen und sie müssen sich einigen Herausforderungen stellen. Neben der Jagd auf die Heirs und die Quelle spielt natürlich die aufkeimende Beziehung zwischen Astrid und Nathan eine große Rolle. Auch die Beschreibungen Kanadas haben mir gut gefallen und sie haben viel zur Stimmung des Romans beigetragen.
Alles in allem hat mir REBEL gut gefallen. Astrid und Nathan sind sehr sympathische Figuren, die Handlung ist spannend und ich werde mir auf jeden Fall die Fortsetzung STRANGER ansehen. Empfehlenswert!
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