Escaping a hellish Syrian prison, U.S. serviceman Ray Stavrakis emerged with uncanny mind-control powers and an eerie ability to morph into a mythi...
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Dec 10, 2011
Kris (KindleRomance)
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This was such a well written story. I just can't get over how much I enjoyed it. It was a paranormal, romantic suspense novel. I have a lot of nice things to say about this book, but the best part of it for me was how smooth the writing was in the story. I felt like I was in the story watching everything happen live. There was a lot of very realistic dialogue between several very interesting characters. There was just enough happening to keep me on More...
This was such a well written story. I just can't get over how much I enjoyed it. It was a paranormal, romantic suspense novel. I have a lot of nice things to say about this book, but the best part of it for me was how smooth the writing was in the story. I felt like I was in the story watching everything happen live. There was a lot of very realistic dialogue between several very interesting characters. There was just enough happening to keep me on More...
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Feb 04, 2012
Sharon
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Dark Sins and Desert Sands by Stephanie Draven is romance novel
that combines suspense and the paranormal in a contemporary setting. It
is part of Draven's Mythica series, but the only one that I have read. I
enjoyed that the characters were flawed individuals and I appreciated
the new twist on mythology and the gods. It was a quick read, with
action and romance that moved at a fast pace.
In Dark Sins and Desert Sands, Ray Stavrakis is an American
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that combines suspense and the paranormal in a contemporary setting. It
is part of Draven's Mythica series, but the only one that I have read. I
enjoyed that the characters were flawed individuals and I appreciated
the new twist on mythology and the gods. It was a quick read, with
action and romance that moved at a fast pace.
In Dark Sins and Desert Sands, Ray Stavrakis is an American
soldier t More...
Jan 07, 2012
Rhonda
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Review: Dark Sins and Desert Sands by Stephanie Draven
3 STARS
Kept getting confused in the story. Had a lot of sex scenes. Lot of deaths.
Their is also self sacrifice, love and forgiveness.
Dr. Layla Bahset has no memories of her life except the last two years. She woke up in the deseret in a car, box of certificate she earned and plenty of money enough to set up her office.
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3 STARS
Kept getting confused in the story. Had a lot of sex scenes. Lot of deaths.
Their is also self sacrifice, love and forgiveness.
Dr. Layla Bahset has no memories of her life except the last two years. She woke up in the deseret in a car, box of certificate she earned and plenty of money enough to set up her office.
Ray for years was in a prison and torured they wanted to have him confess to treason. Till one day More...
Jan 02, 2012
Judy & Marianne from
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Who would ever have believed that the path of vengeance would lead to the discovery of love? A man born and recreated and a woman created yet reborn join together to find that which others denied them. Dark Sins and Desert Sands ends up being a powerful and completely entertaining tale that kept this reader on the edge of her seat.
I was fascinated with the heroine that Ms. Draven created. It seems she explor More...
Who would ever have believed that the path of vengeance would lead to the discovery of love? A man born and recreated and a woman created yet reborn join together to find that which others denied them. Dark Sins and Desert Sands ends up being a powerful and completely entertaining tale that kept this reader on the edge of her seat.
I was fascinated with the heroine that Ms. Draven created. It seems she explor More...
Oct 03, 2011
SOS
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I generally shy away from romantic suspense and paranormal books. But the contributing elements of the story – an US soldier, an interrogating psychologist, and ancient mythology – inspired me to review this book. This is the first book I’ve read by Stephanie Draven and I realized that I have missed out on her gripping stories. DARKS SINS AND DESERT SANDS is a page turner from desert to desert – Syria to Las Vegas. Indeed, each locale stands on opposite ends of a cultural spectrum. Yet bo
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Sep 19, 2011
Mimi
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Dark Sins and Desert Sands
After spending two years locked in a Syrian prison’s torture chamber for a crime he didn’t commit, Rayhan Stavrakis, has only one plan once he escapes.
To make everyone that tortured him pay…especially Dr. Layla Bahset.
The sexy Dr. Bahset spent hours questioning him and messing with his head, while her cohorts did things to him that forced him into becoming everyone’s worse nightmare; a Minotaur capable of controlling the minds of others and More...
After spending two years locked in a Syrian prison’s torture chamber for a crime he didn’t commit, Rayhan Stavrakis, has only one plan once he escapes.
To make everyone that tortured him pay…especially Dr. Layla Bahset.
The sexy Dr. Bahset spent hours questioning him and messing with his head, while her cohorts did things to him that forced him into becoming everyone’s worse nightmare; a Minotaur capable of controlling the minds of others and More...
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Feb 12, 2012
Kerry of Musings of a bookworm
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This was an enjoyable story with very likeable main characters. The story was interwoven very well and I enjoyed the strings all coming together. The sizzle between Ray and Layla was great and the tension caused by their history made it even better. The only problem is the book unravel a little at the end. The show down becomes just that bit too out there for it to be believable. I know Seth is arrogant so would think he can do what ever he likes and Isabel is somewhat the same but the showdown
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Jan 25, 2012
Shay
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Ms. Draven has created a world that very closely resembles our own except for the fact that the Gods walk among us as well as other creatures out of legends. And it could be possible as I am positive that there are more things out there then we have discovered as of yet. I found this world to be interesting and it does cause one of wonder if the war in the desert has been going on for long due to a God's interference.
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I found DARK SINS AND DESERT SANDS to be an interesting book wit More...
Oct 26, 2011
Annie the Destroyer *Leather Lust*
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Ray Stavrakis is one scary sonovabitch! With his ability to use mind control and morph into a Minotaur, Ray is definitely a force to be reckoned with. However, it wasn’t just his uncanny abilities that made him freaky, it was his testosterone-driven I-will-kill-you vibe he was sporting through the entire book. I will admit, I did not like Ray in the beginning of this book. In fact, I thought he was a jerk with a big chip on his shoulder.
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Ray Stavrakis is one scary sonovabitch! With his ability to use mind control and morph into a Minotaur, Ray is definitely a force to be reckoned with. However, it wasn’t just his uncanny abilities that made him freaky, it was his testosterone-driven I-will-kill-you vibe he was sporting through the entire book. I will admit, I did not like Ray in the beginning of this book. In fact, I thought he was a jerk with a big chip on his shoulder.
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Oct 16, 2011
Books-n-Kisses
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My reviewer Kellie's Thoughts:
Let me start by saying I read and listened to this book at every opportunity until it was read. I listened in the car while running errands, read between chores and I feel asleep while trying to get in one more chapter.
Dark Sins and Desert Sands is a love story with a twist; a love story that overcomes the worst betrayal and the powers of Gods. When you’re meant to be together no unworldly powers can’t stop it.
Ray and Layla fight others, More...
Let me start by saying I read and listened to this book at every opportunity until it was read. I listened in the car while running errands, read between chores and I feel asleep while trying to get in one more chapter.
Dark Sins and Desert Sands is a love story with a twist; a love story that overcomes the worst betrayal and the powers of Gods. When you’re meant to be together no unworldly powers can’t stop it.
Ray and Layla fight others, More...
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Oct 31, 2011
Lillie
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As with the other books in Stephanie Draven's MYTHICA series, DARK SINS ANS DESERT SANDS is a walk on the dark side of the human condition, with war-forged and war-born mythological characters come to life on the page. Ray Stavrakis is a minotaur in a human body, and he's out for vengeance against Layla Bahset, a woman he believes had a hand in torturing him while he was imprisoned.
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My Review:
As with the other books in Stephanie Draven's MYTHICA series, DARK SINS ANS DESERT SANDS is a walk on the dark side of the human condition, with war-forged and war-born mythological characters come to life on the page. Ray Stavrakis is a minotaur in a human body, and he's out for vengeance against Layla Bahset, a woman he believes had a hand in torturing him while he was imprisoned.
There is just something about More...
Nov 02, 2011
Anna
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Being new to the Mythica series I wasn't quite sure what to expect from a romance based on a mind controlling minotaur, it just seems more far-fetched than what I normally read, so I was surprised that the romance practically scorched the pages! Not sure how I feel about a man that can command orgasms with his mind (I think I might prefer the traditional way on that one) but it was an interesting idea and fit with the storyline of Layla's missing memories.
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Sep 23, 2011
Heather
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*3.5 of 5 Stars* Reviewed by request for http://booksavvybabe.com
In Dark Sins & Desert Sands, Ray is a soldier, escaped from prison and torture in the middle east. Ray had been accused of being a terrorist and seeks revenge on the people who wrongly accused and tortured him. Ray is not the same after his time in prison, while there, he was changed. He now has special powers, powers that he will use in his quest for justice. His primary target is the psychologist who mercilessly qu More...
In Dark Sins & Desert Sands, Ray is a soldier, escaped from prison and torture in the middle east. Ray had been accused of being a terrorist and seeks revenge on the people who wrongly accused and tortured him. Ray is not the same after his time in prison, while there, he was changed. He now has special powers, powers that he will use in his quest for justice. His primary target is the psychologist who mercilessly qu More...
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Dec 03, 2011
Debbie
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In Draven's paranormal romance novel, U.S. serviceman Ray Stavrakis emerged after escaping a hellish Syrian prison, with uncanny mind-control powers and the ability to morph into a mythical Minotaur. Half-man, half-bull, Ray was powerful but only one woman could prove his innocence. Ironically, it was the same woman who'd driven him close to insanity with interrogation and sensuality. But Vegas psychologist Layla Bahset had no memory of her past, only the sense of being stalked. Was it Ray w
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Oct 07, 2011
Ni_kii
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Ray Stavrakis is a man on a mission. After escaping from the prison where he was tortured for being an enemy spy, he now is on a race to clear his name. Ray is no ordinary man; he has the ability to walk into others dreams as a legendary Minotaur and to control their actions with the power of his mind. All this power is now channelled on finding the one person who can clear his name, the therapist that his captors used to interrogate him and who allowed them to hurt him more when he didn’t brea
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Sep 21, 2011
Laurie
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Kris's review below
This was such a well written story. I just can't get over how much I enjoyed it. It was a paranormal, romantic suspense novel. I have a lot of nice things to say about this book, but the best part of it for me was how smooth the writing was in the story. I felt like I was in the story watching everything happen live. There was a lot of very realistic dialogue between several very
interesting characters. There was just enough happening to keep me on the edge of More...
This was such a well written story. I just can't get over how much I enjoyed it. It was a paranormal, romantic suspense novel. I have a lot of nice things to say about this book, but the best part of it for me was how smooth the writing was in the story. I felt like I was in the story watching everything happen live. There was a lot of very realistic dialogue between several very
interesting characters. There was just enough happening to keep me on the edge of More...
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Oct 05, 2011
Christi
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Taut suspense, amazing layers to the characters, and a level of emotional depth that just blew me away. This is heads and tails better than an average paranormal. The modern day twist to ancient mythology sucked me in from page one. Several big twists I never saw coming, and the dark complexity kept me frantically turning the pages. Oh, and the sex scenes left my fingertips burning just from touching the page. This is a must read!
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Dec 10, 2011
Liss
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No question, this is my favorite of Stephanie Draven's Mythica books yet. There were so many excellent elements - the war story was compelling, the way the immortal characters were rendered and intertwined throughout was fascinating, and I was driven to finish quickly to unravel all the secrets waiting to be revealed. The classic romance scenes were scintillating (Oh. My. God.), but in between them was a meaty story that made me (gladly) forget that the book I was reading happened to belong to t
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Nov 03, 2011
Jeannie
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Pretty frickin' awesome. There is absolutely no other paranormal out there like this. More coherent review to come
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Nov 13, 2011
Chris
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Loved this book!! I started reading it the morning it arrived and finished that night. Couldn't put it down. I definitely want to check out more from Stephanie Draven. Will be dreaming about super sexy Ray for quite awhile!! BRAVO!!!
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Feb 03, 2012
Tamara
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Dark paranormal thriller, full review @ http://www.sizzlinghotbooks.net/2012/01/...
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