The Challenge

Rating:
Summary: Great Sexy SF
Review: I couldn't put the book down. The sex sizzled. I loved watching the tough, sexy hero fall in love with Tessa. The science fiction worlds were interesting and well thought out; the twists and turns in the plot kept me up all night. I especially liked that Tessa was strong and feminine and how she used her brains to tame a man she loved. Tessa didn't hold back. And neither did Kahn, the hero. I was sorry to see the book end and can't wait for THE DARE. If you like wild and edgy, this book is for you.

Rating:
Summary: Not again
Review: I love romance novels; I love Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Parnormal novels, and I especially love successful combinations of those genres.
It's so seldom that the Sci-Fi/Romance blend well.
The Challenge is an example of system failure.

I don't know what irritates me more.
A thinly disguised rape novel pretending to be sci-fi (very BAD sci-fi riddled with cliches; a sort of 70s Rosemary Rogers does a combo Star Trek/Viking/with MIB alien costumes novel), the fact that this got published (and is a successful genre) or that Amazon doesn't allow zero or negative star ratings.

I guess the novel ticks me off the most.
It's demeaning, badly constructed, cliched and a terrible waste of too many trees.

Writers with bad novels should be forced to plant and care for the number of trees destroyed to print those bad novels.

We would have forests everywhere.

Rating:
Summary: superb science fiction literally star-crossed romance
Review: Special Agent in Charge Tessa Camen is guarding the President of the United States (POTUS) when assassins attack. Tessa saves Madam President from the first assault getting her out of Jefferson Central High School, but the coordination with her team fails and she is alone. She gets POTUS to the car, but instead of one of her men as driver, a killer draws a gun. Tessa leaps in front of POTUS taking the bullet that kills the dedicated American agent.

Tessa wakes up believing she must be in heaven as she finds herself with a hunk. The man explains that he is Khan of planet Rystan, the year 2324, and the United States of North America and earth need her services. Khan explains she was selected to take the challenge of the Federation of Planets that earth desperately needs to join to obtain technology that will save the planet by finally cleaning the environment. At first disbelieving, then turning doubtful and cynical, Tessa eventually accepts the challenge, but has doubts about the psychic skills needed for success. As Khan prepares her, they fall in love, but another species wants earth to fail and interfere with the test.

THE CHALLENGE is a superb science fiction literally star-crossed romance that fans of both genres will fill enjoy. The story line is fast-paced, filled with action, and believable multiple species so that the audience will know they are in the twenty-fourth century. Tessa is a terrific heroine and Khan is her perfect mentor, lover, and sidekick. Susan Kearney soars to stardom with this sterling tale.

Harriet Klausner