Phantom Shadows

Immortal Guardians, Book 3

By: Dianne Duvall

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Dr. Melanie Lipton is no stranger to the supernatural. She knows immortals better than they know themselves, right down to their stubborn little genes. So although a handsome rogue immortal seems suspicious to her colleagues, Sebastien Newcombe intrigues Melanie. His history is checkered, his scars are impressive, and his ideas are daring. But it's not his ideas that have Melanie fighting off surges of desire....

Bastien is used to being the bad guy. In fact, he can't remember the last time he had an ally he could trust. But Melanie is different - and under her calm, professional exterior he senses a passion beyond anything in his centuries of experience. Giving in to temptation is out of the question - he can't put her in danger. But she isn't asking him....

©2012 Dianne Duvall (P)2012 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Both characters have realistic and very human emotions, lending them significant relatability. Duvall uses recurring characters from previous titles to continue building her intriguing paranormal world with increasing flair and writerly skill." ( Publishers Weekly)

Melanie and Sebastián

This series is turning out to be pretty good. It's a totally different spin on vampires. I really like the characters. It has plenty of action and the romance is sweet with a little spice. Strong female characters that can "kick butt".

Excellent.. Each time I read them..

I first read this around September 25th, 2013. The third in the Immortal Guardian series and I have to admit I liked it better than Kresley Coles’s Immortals After Dark series, of which I read the first 14 then stopped. There was just something more exciting about these books, better storylines, and the characters were so much more likable. But, that’s just my opinion.

AnyWHO, I Love, love, loved Sebastien and Melanie’s story. He was a jerk every time he opened his mouth and almost every other Guardian wanted him dead. You’ll have to read this book to find out why. His hatefulness was understandable. There were more battles with vampires and more battles with the mercenaries, of which, the Immortals kicked some ass every time. And Melanie almost died twice, until she had to be transformed. And the guy, Emrys, who had tortured Ami for 6 months, finally got what he deserved.

No matter which book I read I still love Seth and David the best. They are so awesome. No one knows what they are so that makes them more interesting.

There were a couple of explicit sex scenes in in this and the F-bomb was used 57 times.

As to the narration: Kirsten Potter is just incredible.

Really liked it

Great story telling and future characters build up. Nice setup for next book . Narrator doing good job.

Good Story and Narration

Overall this was a good story but I found it confusing for the first several chapters and was unable to figure out who was who. I continued to listen to the story until it began to make sense to me and I enjoyed it from that point on. The narration was really good.

Love love love

Love these books this is my 3rd time listening to them each time I hear apart I missed out on the last time.