Hold Onto the Night

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Summary: Intriguing story
Review: As a fan of the movie "Ladyhawke," I was naturally drawn to this tale of a jaguar man in the South American jungle. Ms. Michaels does a wonderful job of creating the smells, sounds, and sights of the rainforest. The psychic connection between Katherine and Guerriro added an additional layer to their romance. I enjoyed it a lot!

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Summary: wonderfully exotic read
Review: Dalco Oil geologist Dr. Kathleen Dawson knows first hand how different the Costa Sierra rain forest is from her hometown of Dallas. However, though nervous at night and loving the primitive landscape during the day, Kathleen never expected the jungle myth Jaguar Man to abduct her. Speaking for the trees, the enigmatic kidnaper tells Kathleen to return to the States. She refuses to heed his advice as she hopes this trip will gain her the long desired approval of her father.

The next day, Kathleen awakens in her camp with all her guides missing. When a tropical storm washes her into a raging river, her abductor rescues her. As he protects her, he falls in love with his American guest. She returns the feelings, no longer caring what her father thinks. However, though he wants her and to remain with him forever, Guerriro, as she knows him, refuses to allow her to live his cursed life.

Shauna Michaels shows powerful descriptive skills that bring the rain forest into living color for the audience. That along with an exciting romance makes HOLD ONTO THE NIGHT a great tale to read. Kathleen is a brave, but somewhat foolish person willing to test anything for parental approval. Guerriro is a mysterious hunk who will capture readers' hearts. Their forbidden love is hotter than the climate where they met.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: Excellent supernatural romance
Review: Dalco Oil geologist Dr. Kathleen Dawson knows first hand how different the Costa Sierra rain forest is from her hometown of Dallas. However, though nervous at night and loving the primitive landscape during the day, Kathleen never expected the jungle myth Jaguar Man to abduct her. Speaking for the trees, the enigmatic kidnaper tells Kathleen to return to the States. She refuses to heed his advice as she hopes this trip will gain her the long desired approval of her father.

The next day, Kathleen awakens in her camp with all her guides missing. When a tropical storm washes her into a raging river, her abductor rescues her. As he protects her, he falls in love with his American guest. She returns the feelings, no longer caring what her father thinks. However, though he wants her and to remain with him forever, Guerriro, as she knows him, refuses to allow her to live his cursed life.

Shauna Michaels shows powerful descriptive skills that bring the rain forest into living color for the audience. That along with an exciting romance makes HOLD ONTO THE NIGHT a great tale to read. Kathleen is a brave, but somewhat foolish person willing to test anything for parental approval. Guerriro is a mysterious hunk who will capture readers' hearts. Their forbidden love is hotter than the climate where they met.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: A classic melding of passionate soul mates: WOW
Review: Hold on to your seats! Here's a story that catapults you into a fast-paced adventure that never lets up. No leisurely read here. No time to savor the delicacies of a flowering romance. Hold on to the Night is a mainline express to primitive passion.

This Amazonian tale combines the raw animal force of nature with the unstoppable tides of passion. With page-turning anticipation this combination produces a mystical union of two compatible souls destined to be perfectly mated in this life and the eternal hereafter.

Paranormal romances provide a perfect venue for the ultimate erotic experience. A human male may give his beloved a natural high. But a supernatural male, a superman, a warlock, a Jaguar Man, ah, there is a male that could shake the very foundations of reality.

Hold on to the Night delivers! It takes you into the shadowlands of the heart, through the misty world of watery mansions, and ends in the surprised joy of soul mates fusing. Hold on to the Night offers the intrigue of a mystery, the fantasy of science fiction, the suspense of a thriller, and the emotional consummation of the best romance. What's not to like?

Shanua Micheals is an author at the height of her powers. Her creative skills seem best put to use in the paranormal romance. The author takes great pains to demonstrate that the primal passion that fuels this story does not objectify the other into an interchangeable sex object. Both hero and heroine place the pleasure of the other ahead of their own. Each is willing to sacrifice his or her life for the other. This is pure romance.

If you think of a romance novel as a luxury automobile, this book exemplifies the red-hot engine that drives all romances (be they: 'runaway bride', 'marriage of convenience', 'amnesia', 'mistaken identity', 'secret baby', 'childhood crush', 'tomboy friend to lover', whatever). In this respect Hold on to the Night reminds me of Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' which crystallized the very essence of the coming Romantic Movement in one short novel.

Aspiring romance authors should read this book early in their careers to see what's 'under the hood' of romance. Everyone else may read it for the pure joy of experiencing excellence.

Rating:
Summary: A classic melding of passionate soul mates: WOW
Review: Hold on to your seats! Here???s a story that catapults you into a fast-paced adventure that never lets up. No leisurely read here. No time to savor the delicacies of a flowering romance. Hold on to the Night is a mainline express to primitive passion.

This Amazonian tale combines the raw animal force of nature with the unstoppable tides of passion. With page-turning anticipation this combination produces a mystical union of two compatible souls destined to be perfectly mated in this life and the eternal hereafter.

Paranormal romances provide a perfect venue for the ultimate erotic experience. A human male may give his beloved a natural high. But a supernatural male, a superman, a warlock, a Jaguar Man, ah, there is a male that could shake the very foundations of reality.

Hold on to the Night delivers! It takes you into the shadowlands of the heart, through the misty world of watery mansions, and ends in the surprised joy of soul mates fusing. Hold on to the Night offers the intrigue of a mystery, the fantasy of science fiction, the suspense of a thriller, and the emotional consummation of the best romance. What???s not to like?

Shanua Micheals is an author at the height of her powers. Her creative skills seem best put to use in the paranormal romance. The author takes great pains to demonstrate that the primal passion that fuels this story does not objectify the other into an interchangeable sex object. Both hero and heroine place the pleasure of the other ahead of their own. Each is willing to sacrifice his or her life for the other. This is pure romance.

If you think of a romance novel as a luxury automobile, this book exemplifies the red-hot engine that drives all romances (be they: ???runaway bride???, ???marriage of convenience???, ???amnesia???, ???mistaken identity???, ???secret baby???, ???childhood crush???, ???tomboy friend to lover???, whatever). In this respect Hold on to the Night reminds me of Goethe???s ???The Sorrows of Young Werther??? which crystallized the very essence of the coming Romantic Movement in one short novel.

Aspiring romance authors should read this book early in their careers to see what???s ???under the hood??? of romance. Everyone else may read it for the pure joy of experiencing excellence.

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Summary: A Mythical Shape-Shifter Who Rules the Jungle . . . .
Review: Hold Onto The Night by Shauna Michaels is a great paranormal romance.

Kathleen Dawson, geologist for the Dalco Oil Company, travels to a South America jungle. She is desperately trying to prove her worth to her father and sets out to find oil. Immediately, she feels that something isn't normal about the dark night. It is too quiet almost omnious and she can't shake the feeling that she is being watched. The guides who are travelling with her are very, very nervous. She had heard them whispering amongst themselves about the Jaguar Man. The guides are terrified of this mythical shape-shifter who rules the jungle both as a man and as a beast.

Kathleen is drugged and awakens to find herself in a cave with a mysterious man called Guerriro. She is afraid but at the same time, feels an attraction for this mysterious man. On some primative level, she desires him and is totally bewildered by the way her body is reacting to him.

Guerriro also feels desire for Kathleen but he reigns in on that desire unwilling to have her interfere with his duty to the people of the jungle. He tells her that he is responsible for the Jaquar Man myth and warns her to flee. She refuses, desperately needing to find oil in order to finally prove her worth to her father.

Kathleen's refusal to flee changes her fate forever.

She finds that her guides are missing, leaving her alone in a rain storm that soon becomes a flood. She is saved by a black jaguar and finds herself once again in Guerriro's cave.

Confronted with her growing feelings for him, Kathleen begins to question who he "really" is. What if he is really cursed to live his life as a jaguar by day and as a man by night? What will become of their growing feelings for each other if this turns out to be true?

Hold Onto The Night is an enjoyable read. Paranormal fans will not be disappointed as they unravel the mystery of the Jaguar Man.

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Summary: A Mythical Shape-Shifter Who Rules the Jungle . . . .
Review: Hold Onto The Night by Shauna Michaels is a great paranormal romance.

Kathleen Dawson, geologist for the Dalco Oil Company, travels to a South America jungle. She is desperately trying to prove her worth to her father and sets out to find oil. Immediately, she feels that something isn't normal about the dark night. It is too quiet almost omnious and she can't shake the feeling that she is being watched. The guides who are travelling with her are very, very nervous. She had heard them whispering amongst themselves about the Jaguar Man. The guides are terrified of this mythical shape-shifter who rules the jungle both as a man and as a beast.

Kathleen is drugged and awakens to find herself in a cave with a mysterious man called Guerriro. She is afraid but at the same time, feels an attraction for this mysterious man. On some primative level, she desires him and is totally bewildered by the way her body is reacting to him.

Guerriro also feels desire for Kathleen but he reigns in on that desire unwilling to have her interfere with his duty to the people of the jungle. He tells her that he is responsible for the Jaquar Man myth and warns her to flee. She refuses, desperately needing to find oil in order to finally prove her worth to her father.

Kathleen's refusal to flee changes her fate forever.

She finds that her guides are missing, leaving her alone in a rain storm that soon becomes a flood. She is saved by a black jaguar and finds herself once again in Guerriro's cave.

Confronted with her growing feelings for him, Kathleen begins to question who he "really" is. What if he is really cursed to live his life as a jaguar by day and as a man by night? What will become of their growing feelings for each other if this turns out to be true?

Hold Onto The Night is an enjoyable read. Paranormal fans will not be disappointed as they unravel the mystery of the Jaguar Man.

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Summary: Hold Onto The Night
Review: In Hold Onto the Night, Shauna Micheals has woven a deliciously sultry jungle tale. Guerriro is all any romance reader could hope for in a hero and Kathleen is strong enough to risk becoming a were-jaguar herself in order to stay with the man she loves. Thank you, Ms. Micheals, for providing this thoroughly engrossing read.

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Summary: wonderfully exotic read
Review: This book was the first time I've ever read a paranormal romance and I am addicted. Not only is the story fast moving and oh so romantic but wonderfully erotic too. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a little escapism. If only a man like Gueirriro really did exsist!