A Dark Guardian

Shields, Book 1

By: Donna Grant

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Hugh and his men are faced with fighting creatures only thought to live in legend but which have been brought to Earth by evil bent on annihilating all the realms. That is Hugh's life - and he loves it. At least he did until he found himself staring into the angelic, innocent face of Lady Mina of Stone Crest.

In all the time he has led the Shields Hugh has trusted his instinct to keep his men alive, yet now he doesn't know what to believe. Everything points to Mina as the evil summoning the creatures, but she proclaims her innocence. He should be able to see through her lies, if she is indeed lying, but his attraction to her blinds him to even that. The last time he found myself so drawn to a woman, it nearly cost him the lives of his men. Hugh cannot allow that to happen again. He won't allow that to happen again. Yet every time she looks at him, begging him with those blue-green eyes to believe her, he finds himself sinking further under her spell. Her mouth is a temptation mortal men will never know, and her love will either bring him the peace he thought he'd never find - or the death he's managed, thus far, to avoid.

©2012 Donna Grant (P)2013 Tantor

I can't wait to begin the next book.

Would you listen to A Dark Guardian again? Why?

Absolutely. It was exciting and romantic with all the action of a paranormal adventure,

What did you like best about this story?

It pulled me into the story right away and kept me wondering who was the villain.

Which character – as performed by Antony Ferguson – was your favorite?

Lady Mina

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When they were in the barn together, his fierceness to have her belong to him was amazing.

Any additional comments?

I love Donna Grants writing and am always looking for her next adventure to begin. Her highlander novels are incredible.

Exceptional

i did enjoy this book it is kinda long winded though and does go on and on, narration though was extremely good and is what actually kept me interested had i had the actual book i probably would have put it down.

PARANORMAL INTRIGUE,DUTY & LOVE MAKE A GREAT COMBO

Six handsome hunky time travelling Warriors working for the Fae battling evil and saving realms then moving on to the next evil threat. This was a delicious start to DG's new paranormal series that had fast paced action, mystery, magic, a murdering demon, romance, sex, love, evil siblings, a few twists - and all this was intertwined with the 'oh, who is it?' basis of the storyline that keeps you guessing..... and your earphones glued in.

Great characters, Hugh the leader of The Shields is instantly attracted to Mina however they were there to do a job and so he tried to fight his attraction to the lovely Mina but, of course, he failed. However, her family had really done a great job in tormenting her through the years so her self-worth was at zero but despite that she started to believe him. Hugh had been deceived before by love and just couldn't trust her and this played a big part in the story which, unfortunately, became repetitive and a bit annoying coupled with Mina's constant low self esteem issues sadly lost this otherwise exciting listen a point from me.

Worth a credit? Now we've met the characters, learned some of the who, what's and whys of The Shields the foundation has been set and I can't wait to discover what imaginative supernatural story-lines DG will conjure up for us in her forthcoming books as she adds and subtracts the Warriors in the series. Sorry, back to the worth a credit question - well that should of been easily answered by my review - an absolute YES.

awesome

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

A good story, but it has its flaws.

This is a mix of an old fashion historical romance and a fantasy all rolled up together, this includes the character development. Overall I enjoyed this story and I will continue with the next book to see what happens next. There were admittedly some parts to the book that did not jive with how people really react and while I was in disbelief I still enjoyed the storyline. I think the most annoying part was how long Hugh actually thought that Mina was part of the conspiracy. To me it was easy to figure out who the bad guys really were, but mostly I was reading this for the action and the romance so it works for me. Narrator was not too bad he had a nice voice, although he did sometimes use the wrong voice for the character he was portraying.