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Echoes at Dawn (KGI #5)

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Grace Peterson is desperate, in hiding, and on the run after escaping a shadowy group determined to exploit her extraordinary ability to heal others. Her only lifeline--an unerring telepathic ability she shares with her sister--has been severed, leaving her alone and vulnerable. And time is running out...

Enlisted to bring Grace home is Rio, relentless member of the KGI. H...more

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Published July 3rd 2012 by Berkley Sensation (first published January 1st 2012)

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Jul 06, 2012 Saly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: cops-law-enforcement-security, psychic-special-ability, read-in-2012, romantic-suspense

Rating 3.5 stars
This is kind of continued with the other book, since Grace and Shea are sisters. Grace has the ability to heal people, something that is painful to her since she absorbs that person's disease. To save her sister Grace cut their mental link and now she has escaped from her captors, injured and on the verge of giving up when Rio's team gets to her.

Grace is pushed beyond her limits to survive and Rio doesn't coddle her instead makes her take strength from her reserves and they take...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Darnit! I wish I could put my finger on the exact reason this disappointed me, but it was really just a culmination of a lot of little things. 1. Yes, she is fierce. Please stop telling me how fierce Grace is. 2. Bad guys shoot to kill...never made sense Titan letting them get away in the first place. 3. I got it, the Kelly's are the most incredible family in the world. 4. Grace is fierce. 5. Psychic abilities and secret government organizations only appear when you need to fix a damaged plot li...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bodyguards-protectors, challenge-2012, dangerous-or-bad-boy, hiding-or-on-the-run, military-or-ex-military, paranormal-elements, rs-mystery-thriller, tormented-heroine, own, my-4-star-romances, latin-lovers

The fifth addition to the KGI series. The story continues where the previous book, Whispers in the Dark, left off. Rio volunteers to find Shea's sister, Grace and he does. Of course there are lots of bad guys chasing after them so they have to hide. That gives our couple time to get to know each other. lol. I wasn't feeling this one as much as the previous books in the series. I'm not sure why but it didn't grab me like the others. I liked it well enough and will definitely keep it and continue...more

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Jul 03, 2012 Sonya Heaney added it

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So, Maya Banks did the right thing by me. I wanted this to be my favourite book of the series – as it features my favourite character of the series (that would be Rio) – and it is. In all its lovey-dovey, seriously dramatic glory, it is. While I prefer straight suspense to paranormal suspense, if you like Christine Feehan’s very popular GhostWalkers series, then this is in a similar style.

I really think you should read the book before this one first. I couldn’t tell you if...more

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Feb 10, 2013 Wendy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, men-in-uniform, romantic-suspense

There's nothing better than a strong heroine to bring a tough warrior to his knees. Grace and Rio sure didn't disappoint, the sizzling chemistry, non-stop action, great plot, hot smexin' and loveable secondary characters, makes this an enjoyable and engaging read. Enjoy!

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Aug 26, 2012 Vanessa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: telepathy, paranormal-romance

I don't know what I expected of this one but i was still between the lines on it. Honestly, I expected more from it because I enjoyed Nathan & Shea's book a little too much. I expected more from Grace especially since she was a huge concern in the last book. I certainly expected more communication between her and her sister. I think I would have liked more interaction between her and Rio as well, I mean, besides the fact that the both saved each other I didn't feel the connection that I felt...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Shawna rated it 4 of 5 stars

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4 ½ stars – Romantic Suspense

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Apr 24, 2013 Ameliacullen1 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Grace Peterson is desperate, in hiding, and on the run after escaping a shadowy group determined to exploit her extraordinary ability to heal others. Her only lifeline—an unerring telepathic ability she shares with her sister—has been severed, leaving her alone and vulnerable. And time is running out...

Enlisted to bring Grace home is Rio, relentless member of the KGI. He's unprepared for his reaction to this wounded, damaged woman, and he's fiercely determined to protect her from those who nearl...more

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Jul 04, 2012 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: family_sibling_series, for_review, rom-suspense

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The story opens with Grace fighting for her life. She’s on the run, she’s incredibly weak from being held captive and being forced to use her gift of healing on numerous people. She can heal anyone by taking their injury or disease into her own body and using her accelerated healing abilities to fight off whatever it was she took in. She has her limits and death isn’t something her ability can keep away and she’s at her limit now. She’s...more Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads
Blog rating: 3.5/5

The story opens with Grace fighting for her life. She’s on the run, she’s incredibly weak from being held captive and being forced to use her gift of healing on numerous people. She can heal anyone by taking their injury or disease into her own body and using her accelerated healing abilities to fight off whatever it was she took in. She has her limits and death isn’t something her ability can keep away and she’s at her limit now. She’s alone, running from men who want to grab her and use her healing power, but if Rio has anything to say about it, he’ll find her first and keep her safe from everyone.

When we last saw Rio in Whispers in the Dark, he had taken one look at Grace on a surveillance video and knew he had to be the one to rescue her. Grace’s sister, Shea, was already being watched over by the man she loves, Nathan Kelly, but Grace was out there alone and had no one. Rio tracks her down, helping her recover and regain her strength. The threat to both Shea and Grace is still out there but Grace is the one they want now. A man desperate for his dying daughter to live hires a group, Titan, to bring Grace in to heal his cancer stricken young daughter. Rio is very familiar with the group Titan, and knows they’ll stop at nothing to complete whatever mission they’ve agreed to. Failure isn’t an option for them and Rio along with KGI and Steele’s team, plan their attack to make sure Grace and Shea can live their lives in peace.

I liked the relationship between Rio and Grace. Rio is very alpha, very much about protecting Grace and keeping her safe and he’s felt a connection with her since the first time he saw her on the video. Grace has been through hell. Her “gift” causes her so pain, but the guilt she feels when she sees a sick child or someone that she knows she can help drives her to do more than she really should. Throughout the book, Grace is constantly recovering from helping someone. Grace has also lived a very solitary life. She’s never gotten close to anyone other than her sister Shea and with Rio, she experiences a lot of firsts. Their romance felt very much like a whirlwind. There were definitely some swoon worthy moments between the two, but one thing that I’ve never been a big fan of is a declaration of love after only knowing the person for a few days. It happens between them and I understand how intense and emotional their scenes are, but it still felt a little fast. As it was with Shea and Nathan, there is still the element of Grace’s telepathy and she and Rio can speak to each other in their minds. I could take or leave this and really in the end, if felt like the things they were saying in their minds mirrored what they were already saying out loud, so I’m still a little puzzled as to why this storyline was brought into the series in the first place.

They’re not on page for long, but I have to mention P.J. and Cole and how much I’m looking forward to their story. P.J. is a smartass, tough and even in just a few short pages, they made me laugh and cheer and I’m so looking forward to them leading their own book.

The story takes place primarily at Rio’s home in Belize. There’s a ton of action in the first part of the book and Rio’s team is front and center during all of it. I liked getting to know his team members and put personalities with a few of the names. That said, since this was Rio and Grace’s show, the Kelly family was MIA for almost the entire book. They’re there in the background, in the form of KGI, but I missed the big Kelly family scenes. And yes, I absolutely get that it wouldn’t have made sense to have that in Rio’s book, he’s a part of KGI, but he’s definitely a man who takes orders from no one, including Sam and KGI. We do get a nice big family scene at the end and a well-deserved moment for Shea and Grace.

I overall enjoyed the story. Personally, I needed to look at this as a story within the KGI series, but very separate in its own way. Rio is very sweet with Grace and he shows a different side to the Rio we’ve known in prior books. He’s still that same hard, leader who will do what it takes to get the job done, but he’s more emotional with Grace and let’s himself feel love and be loved for the first time. Rio and Grace had a nice romance, I just wish the pace of it had slowed down a little or had more of a time passage. This book can certainly be read as a stand alone and fans of the KGI series will enjoy getting to know Rio a little more up close and personal. (less)

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Apr 12, 2013 Miraphora rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspance

Oh sgrunt. Siamo al quinto romanzo della serie e anche questo, come il precedente, ha rosicchiato 3 stelline.
Uffa, uffa e ancora uffa. Dovevo immaginarmelo, dovevo prevedere che come Nathan anche Rio avrebbe avuto su di me lo stesso identico effetto.
D'altronde Echoes at dawn sembra una copia di Whispers in the dark. Non lo dico in senso negativo, sia chiaro, perché la Banks è molto brava e - anche se ci sta propinando la stessa minestra - riesce a risultare interessante e avvincente. Con copia...more Oh sgrunt. Siamo al quinto romanzo della serie e anche questo, come il precedente, ha rosicchiato 3 stelline.
Uffa, uffa e ancora uffa. Dovevo immaginarmelo, dovevo prevedere che come Nathan anche Rio avrebbe avuto su di me lo stesso identico effetto.
D'altronde Echoes at dawn sembra una copia di Whispers in the dark. Non lo dico in senso negativo, sia chiaro, perché la Banks è molto brava e - anche se ci sta propinando la stessa minestra - riesce a risultare interessante e avvincente. Con copia intendo che la struttura della storia e i personaggi, oltre che lo svolgimento della trama, sono praticamente uguali. Identici.
Dovevo prevederlo, come dicevo, perché la protagonista Grace è la sorella di Shea e anche lei ha gli stessi super poteri, scappa come la sorella, soffre come lei e come lei si ritrova accudita dalla KGI. Praticamente dall'inizio del romanzo si sa già come reagiranno i personaggi, cosa faranno, cosa penseranno e come finirà tutto. Se da una parte lo sapevo, e avevo accettato la cosa, dall'altro il dover leggere - ancora - una storia che non mi aveva fatto proprio impazzire mi ha fatto iniziare il libro con il pregiudizio che il precedente mi aveva lasciato.
Con tutta la buona volontà ho cercato di far finta che la storia di Rio e Grace fosse una completa novità, ma il continuo richiamo a Shea, ai poteri e agli eventi di WITD mi ha reso impossibile leggerlo a mente aperta. A onor del vero i cattivi cambiano e si introducono nuovi soggetti ambigui che possono o meno essere negativi (dipende da come li gestirà più avanti la Banks).
L'unico aspetto positivo è che - spero - l'elemento paranormale dei poteri non verrà più ripreso: sono finite le sorelle...anche se forse rischiamo di leggere di più sugli esperimenti. Spero proprio di no, anche perché i prossimi protagonisti sono P.J. e Cole e io voglio amare la loro storia. Voglio, lo pretendo.
Se dimentico per un attimo la trama e i super poteri, posso parlare abbastanza bene dei due protagonisti. Grace ha il pregio di non abbandonarsi a fastidiosi quanto inutili tira e molla: appena si rende conto che Rio è il suo real deal gli pianta le unghie nella carne per non farselo scappare. Non ci pensa nemmeno a tirarsi le storie sulla presunta bontà di Rio e del suo team: si fa due conti veloci e capisce che si deve buttare e fidarsi. Accetta il rischio senza mettere in gioco la sua vita con azioni eroiche inutili.
La parte finale è molto piacevole, ben gestita e soprattutto credibile. Per una volta non è l'eroe che spacca i culi e salva il mondo, ma è Grace mentre Rio si dimostra molto umano e - per questo - fallibile. Ecco, Rio non mi ha acchiappata come eroe. Fin dalla sua prima battuta ho capito che non faceva al caso mio e che in nessun caso avrei potuto apprezzarlo come un Ethan o un Garrett o...santo cielo...Steele. Il suo principale pregio è quello di non nascondersi dietro il passato, o dietro un atteggiamento sprezzante. Rio è molto pacato, gentile e disponibile anche se le sue azioni, il suo ruolo e il suo aspetto lo inseriscono perfettamente nel gruppo KGI. Non gli manca il fascino, questo è sicuro, perché alcune scene sono molto sensuali, però al di fuori dell'ambito amoroso non è abbastanza incisivo.
Anche se 3 cuoricini sono un voto buono, non riesco a togliermi il senso di delusione che mi porto dietro da WITD e che mi voglio lasciare alle spalle con una certa impazienza. Confido nel prossimo.(less)

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Jan 25, 2013 Musing rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks was again, another wonderful addition to the KGI series. This is Rio's story, and I can assure you, I didn't think Rio would be a Hero that I would like. However, due to Ms Banks' incredible skill in character development and storytelling, as with all the other Heros in her previous books, I fell in love with Rio as well. The ability to create so many characters, especially the highly trained, warrior- fierce band of hulking men that she writes, I was astounded that...more Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks was again, another wonderful addition to the KGI series. This is Rio's story, and I can assure you, I didn't think Rio would be a Hero that I would like. However, due to Ms Banks' incredible skill in character development and storytelling, as with all the other Heros in her previous books, I fell in love with Rio as well. The ability to create so many characters, especially the highly trained, warrior- fierce band of hulking men that she writes, I was astounded that despite their similar gruff, bad-ass, mercenary exterior, each man's heart beats differently.

Rio was a dependable man with integrity, who works with KGI, who had an isolated and overwhelmingly sad history. He was slow to trust, and quick to defend. He was loyal, impressive but guarded. His interest in tracking the disappearance of Grace Montgomery was piqued when he first saw her in Video footage at her and her sister Shea's family home. He couldn't explain his instant feeling of pull towards Grace, knew somehow, that the magnetic lure was a feeling he mustn't ignore.

Fearless and formidable Grace was such an incredibly gifted and generous woman. For the last 12 months, she had been hunted, captured, left for dead, and was at the end of her strength. Through Rio's attentive and insistent care, she not only grew physically stronger, but also emotionally as well. She found love in the most unexpected arms. In Rio's eyes she was someone who had "Goodness that goes bone deep. Unwavering convictions and empathy for others." She was strong. She was resilient. She was Rio's.

The story was strong, filled with intrigue and constant battles - enough to wet your appetite for Alpha males in rescue mode should you need. The characters were compelling and the required HEA provided as well. I was impressed with the fact that Rio was a warm, rich character who loved with incredible passion and largess. I am looking forward to sinking my teeth into the next instalment Shades of Gray. (less)

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Jan 06, 2013 Aurian Booklover rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

From the first time Rio saw Grace on some surveillance video, he knew she was his woman. And he would do everything to find her, to safe her and to keep her safe. She was out there somewhere, wounded and on the run, and he would be the first to get to her. There was no other option. Keeping her safe was not as easy as finding her, now Titan was after her. Rio used to work for Titan, and he new they never failed a mission yet. He thought them that, nothing is as important as the mission. But who...more From the first time Rio saw Grace on some surveillance video, he knew she was his woman. And he would do everything to find her, to safe her and to keep her safe. She was out there somewhere, wounded and on the run, and he would be the first to get to her. There was no other option. Keeping her safe was not as easy as finding her, now Titan was after her. Rio used to work for Titan, and he new they never failed a mission yet. He thought them that, nothing is as important as the mission. But who has hired them, when even he thought they were disbanded a few years ago?
Grace is on the verge of dying, ready to give up, tired of running and being tortured. And now some guy has found her, and he wants her to keep living, to push herself even more. Why is he so interested in her? Is it true that he knows her sister Shea? She never had the chance of living a normal life, being home schooled by their “parents”, and to shy to go out and meet people. Then their “parents” get murdered, and she and Shea spent the next years on the run, never staying long in one place. And still they got caught and experimented upon. She is determined never to go back to that.

Being in Rio’s home in Belize gives Grace some much needed time to heal, both physically as psychically. She misses the psychic connection with her sister, and fears that it will never come back. But Rio is there to support her, to give her hope. He wants her, and she cannot think why. No one ever cared for her, apart from her sister. And slowly, she blossoms, and dares to explore a relationship with Rio. They won’t have much time together before they have to return to the normal world and normal life again.

But the rich man who needs Grace to heal his daughter won’t give up. She is his last hope, and he will have her, no matter the costs. And Titan is not about to fail on this mission. Not even if the whole of KGI is there to protect her. And Grace is not willing to have other people die for her sake. Not even Rio can prevent her from doing what she needs to do, nor their new love for each other.

I love Maya Banks KGI series. A bunch of tough as nails brothers and the men they work with. Doing the things the American government and black ops teams cannot or will not do. But with a conscience. Rescue missions, stealth missions. Armed with cutting edge technology and weapons, they will get the job done. Shea has become part of their family in the previous book, and now Grace needs rescuing. They will do what is necessary to protect her, and they will free her again if they can.
I liked Grace. She comes back from the brink of death again and again, and she still is a sweet woman. But she has a backbone of steel, as Rio soon finds out. He cannot push her farther than she is willing to go, and she will stand up for herself and her man. She really stole the show a few times on that account.
Rio made some bad choices back then, and he deeply regrets it, thinking not very highly of himself. Thinking he does not deserve a woman like Grace, but also determined not to let her go. He is honourable, good at what he does, and of course very handsome, muscular and hot. Together they make quite the pair.
Mix those two great main characters with meeting all the Kelly’s again, and you have a recipe for a great book. Some things in the plot sure surprised me, and I am looking forward to the next book, which should be on its way home already.

9 stars

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Nov 26, 2012 Christine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, suspense-thriller

I wasn't as taken with this book as some of the others in this series. We've met both Rio and Grace before, in previous books -- Grace is the uber-psychic sister of the heroine from Whispers in the Dark, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Rio is one of KGIs team leads, secretive and secluded. Grace is in big trouble because she can heal people and, well, people want that for themselves. Rio saves her and they fall in love.

I never fully bought into the romance between these two. I think it's because Ri...more

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Sep 22, 2012 Vickie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Echoes at Dawn – Book 7 (KGI Series)

Echoes at Dawn is Rio and Grace’s story. Rio leads one of the teams for KGI. We were introduced to Grace Peterson in Whispers in the Dark. She is the sister of Shea Peterson, Nathan Kelly’s fiancé.

At the end of Whispers in the Dark, KGI was working on trying to locate Grace, Shea’s sister. Once the surveillance footage of Grace appeared on the screen, Rio leapt to his feet and declared that he and his team would locate Grace and bring her home.

Grace was being...more Echoes at Dawn – Book 7 (KGI Series)

Echoes at Dawn is Rio and Grace’s story. Rio leads one of the teams for KGI. We were introduced to Grace Peterson in Whispers in the Dark. She is the sister of Shea Peterson, Nathan Kelly’s fiancé.

At the end of Whispers in the Dark, KGI was working on trying to locate Grace, Shea’s sister. Once the surveillance footage of Grace appeared on the screen, Rio leapt to his feet and declared that he and his team would locate Grace and bring her home.

Grace was being held prisoner and experimented on. She had to power to heal. The drawback to her ability was that she actually took their sickness, whether it be an injury or disease, mental illness or sickness, into her body. Under normal circumstances, she could heal herself as well from whatever she had taken inside her. Unfortunately, she had not been able to heal each time her captors has forced her into saving someone. She was weak and ready to die when there was sudden chaos in the compound where she was being held. Explosions and gunshots were everywhere. In the mayhem that ensued, she was able to make her escape, even in her weakened state.

She was aware that there were people following her and had been managing to hide, but she also knew how weak she was and that she wouldn’t be able to continue. She was resigned to her fate and willing to die when Rio and his team reached her. By the time his team got to her, she was gravely injured. She had internal injuries, broken bones and mentally, she was toast. Rio and his team knew something wasn’t right with what happened at the compound where she was being held and knew that maybe more than one group was after Grace. Rio was determined that she would live and he and his team set out to get her out of there and give her time to heal. On their trek out, someone from Rio’s past appears to give him a warning about who was after Grace. And a one time pass.

Once they are out of harm’s way, Grace starts her healing process at his home in Belize. At first, she is torn over whether to trust Rio or not. Once she finds out that he promised Shea he would bring her home, she started to trust him. She had trouble reconciling the warrior that she knew him to be and the gentle caring man who was helping her to heal. Once Rio reveals to her that she is his and that he had known it from the moment he saw her on the surveillance footage, she begins to feel hope for the first time. She and her sister had been alone for so long and she hoped and prayed that she wouldn’t wake up tomorrow and find it all a dream. Luckily for her, and for Rio, it wasn’t.

I loved this book. This story has a little bit of everything. There is betrayal, which shocked me. There is, of course, a sweet love story. And there were a couple of times toward the end that had me tearing up. Okay, to be honest, I cried. But the biggie?? There is a twist at the end that shocked me. I can’t even tell you what it is or what it pertains to, because, if you haven’t read it yet, it’ll blow it for you. I don’t know if I’m getting slow in my old age and just missing the signs of these twists or not, but for a minute, I was like “WHAT??!!”. LOL!!! The very end had the entire group together for a celebration. And, Grace was welcomed into the Kelly fold. Can’t wait for the next installment in this great series. *whispering* I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it or not, but I love Maya Banks!! ;) And, I’ll say it again. If you haven’t read Maya’s KGI series, you are missing out on some serious hotness!!
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Aug 16, 2012 Kathy Davie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action, romance, suspense

Fifth in the KGI romantic suspense series revolving around the Kelly brothers and their independent security company. The couple focus is on Rio and Grace Peterson.

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At last!!! I have been waiting for Banks to take care of Grace, it seems like forever!

Banks does not disappoint! Plenty of action, betrayals, and a surprise twist at the end.

Nice handling of Grace's reaction to being stashed away by Rio. Believable in Grace's lack of trust and Rio is so patient and yet insistent. Although, the...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Kyleigh Trott rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So I read this on an off/on, five-hour spree where I kept getting distracted by movies.

The book was okay.

It picks up where Shea's story leaves off, and takes you right into the shoes of Grace, which everybody has been wanting to know for a while! I really like Bank's writing style, I really do. I've been with the KGI series since it launched - but for some reason. . . This book wasn't flipping my switches.

Maybe it's because it was a lot of down time for Grace (after what happened to her, I ca...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Sandy M rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, romantic-suspense

I await the books in this series with bated breath. Anxiously. Until I can’t wait anymore. And, luckily for me, it’s about that time that a new KGI story comes around so I don’t keel over. Until the next go-round with the next book anyway. Though this addition to the series focuses on Rio instead of one of those hunky Kelly boys – and I have to say I was a little nervous about that since I lurve me those boys – I should have known better than to fret. Maya Banks’ talent just won’t let her write...more I await the books in this series with bated breath. Anxiously. Until I can’t wait anymore. And, luckily for me, it’s about that time that a new KGI story comes around so I don’t keel over. Until the next go-round with the next book anyway. Though this addition to the series focuses on Rio instead of one of those hunky Kelly boys – and I have to say I was a little nervous about that since I lurve me those boys – I should have known better than to fret. Maya Banks’ talent just won’t let her write anything but sexy, to-die-for heroes and intelligent, kiss-ass heroines when it comes to romantic suspense.

When we last saw Rio in Whispers in the Dark, he’d just stepped in and demanded he be given the assignment of rescuing Grace Peterson from those who held her captive. He promised Shea, her sister, he would bring Grace home. There’s something about the woman that calls to Rio, despite the fact he’s never met her. He and his team have come close to having her in their grasp several times, but something always happens to give the enemy the upper hand. But Rio can feel it, they’re close this time. Grace will be his soon. She’ll be safe, finally.

Having been forced to use her healing powers to heal person after person over and over again, Grace is now hanging onto life by a thread. She narrowly escaped her captors during the confusion after an explosion where she was being held, but she knows she’s now being hunted. Perhaps it’s just better to let go into the next world to find the peace she so desperately seeks. But before that can happen, she’s taken once again – this time by a man who seems to truly care what happens to her and who knows her sister. Can she trust him? Or is he just playing her to get what everyone always wants from her?

Now that Grace is safe with him, Rio plans to allow her time to heal herself, because knowing that Titan, a U.S.-backed and very unofficial black ops group, is after Grace is more bad news Rio doesn’t need. The only people he trusts right now are his team. Even the Kellys are suspect in the trust department. Eventually, however, Rio needs them and their resources, but before they can execute their plan, Titan strikes. It’s Grace who takes matters into her own hands, driving her destiny as best she can. This woman has a backbone like you wouldn’t believe. Especially after the torture she’s been through. I cheered her on at this point in the book, taking everyone by surprise with her demands. But it works and Grace faces this new enemy on her terms.

Both Rio and Grace have so much to overcome. Not once has Rio shared the guilt he carries of his past, but with Grace it’s different and he finds himself opening up to her. Grace’s life has always been on the run, protecting herself and her sister, never having a life of her own. It’s like heaven to be with Rio in his home, watching him cook, teasing, sharing a bed. It’s normal, and that’s all Grace has ever wanted. They heal each other the more they get to know one another. As tender as Rio can be with Grace, I love his straightforward “You’re mine” when she asks about the future. Their lovemaking is intense as they learn each other’s bodies and hearts.

I also enjoy Terrence and Diego, who are part of Rio’s team. One thing that really stands out in all of the heroes in this series is their protectiveness, chivalry, and definitely admiration of the women. Both Terrence and Diego would die to protect Grace and they admire her spirit and spunk, especially during the scene in the plane when Titan shows up, as well as on the tarmac when Grace lets everyone know how the current scenario is going to go down. I’m also very curious about Resnick’s character. Surprise after surprise has been cropping up about this man the last two books. Though he’s questionable right now, I think I’d love to see him get his own story and heroine. If anyone can turn a character around or pull one from the brink, Maya Banks can.

Another interesting tidbit is the next book in the series, Softly at Sunrise, a visit with Ethan and Rachel again. I’m really looking forward to this, because another aspect of Ms. Banks’ writing is the emotion she crams into her stories. And their story, at least so far for me, is the most emotional of all. So the anticipation is quite high until August when it hits the shelves.

As usual, I love everything about this book. Even the villain you have to feel for – just a bit. You can understand his emotion and why he does what he does to Grace, but you still want him to go down hard for it all. My appetite for this series never wanes, and once more I’m on pins and needles with bated breath until the next installment is in my hands.

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Jul 05, 2012 Monique Atgood rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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RIO:
“And don’t you dare cry on me either.” he warned. “A woman who’s survived all you’ve survived doesn’t cry. She holds her head up and dare the world around her to F*** with her.”

This is another great installment of the KGI series! It can easily be a stand alone book too.

Grace has the ability to heal people. She has been imprisoned and tortured by evil captors. Using her as a lab rat, they forced her to heal so many people from so many illnesses and injuries, that she teeters is on the...more QUOTE:
RIO:
“And don’t you dare cry on me either.” he warned. “A woman who’s survived all you’ve survived doesn’t cry. She holds her head up and dare the world around her to F*** with her.”

This is another great installment of the KGI series! It can easily be a stand alone book too.

Grace has the ability to heal people. She has been imprisoned and tortured by evil captors. Using her as a lab rat, they forced her to heal so many people from so many illnesses and injuries, that she teeters is on the brink of death and sanity. Rio rides in to the rescue. He brings her to his home turf to recover. In a remarkable burst of emotion from ROCK HARD BAD BOY HERO, Rio insists that he has felt that Grace is ‘his’ from the moment he saw her on some surveillance footage. He helps heal her mind and body and restore her mind.

SPOILERS: (OK - BUY the book - but if you’re like me and wanna know about it before hand...)

She survives another kidnaping when one of Rio’s team takes her in order to save his baby.

The bad guys want Grace and aren’t going to go away. As Grace and Rio grow into their blossoming relationship, they decide to take the battle to the bad guys instead of waiting for it to come to them. An ambush is set up. All the Kellys and all their team mates owe their lives to Grace’s quick thinking and willingness to sacrifice herself. She literally puts a gun to her own head and threatens to deny the bad guys their prize unless they let the KGI group go.

I’m not including the ending. I’ll tell ‘ya it’s a whopper! Enjoyable suspense at the top of the author’s game. You will love this book and if you haven’t read the other KGI series, “Echos at Dawn” will grab you by the throat and insist that you go out and buy the rest of the series.

COMPLAINT:
There wasn’t much of the other Kelly’s. I want to more of the home town deputy guy. I’m looking forward to Rusty growing up and getting her own book. I love it when snippets of their home lives are in the stories. This one was short on that aspect.

Whew! What an awesome installment. I can’t wait for the next one to come out.

TOTAL ENDING SPOILER - STILL GO BUY THE BOOK BLEEP IT!
Bad guys take her to an island off Greece where mega rich baddie has a young daughter dying from cancer. The child is hours from death. Grace has the presence of mind to bargain for her own safety by insisting on Rio and team be at her side before she will attempt the healing. The healing is successful. The child’s father is killed, and Rio is badly injured. Grace jumps in and saves Rio but at the cost of her own life. Thanks to heroic efforts of the medics and surgery, she survives. Grace and Rio take the baddie’s daughter to be their own, and live happily ever after.(less)

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Feb 03, 2013 Ashley rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: hot-guy-alert, romantic-suspense

KGI #5, picks up immediately from the end of book 4, definitely not a stand alone book. First of the series to focus on a leading male that's not a Kelly brother - this is Rio's book. Rio and Steele are the two team leaders for the branches of KGI - they report to the Kellys but answer to no one. Steele's story is upcoming in book 7 (can not wait). What we've seen of Rio in the earlier books portrays a fearless, secretive, overall badass warrior. He's polite but aloof. Loyal to the mission but t...more

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Feb 03, 2013 figuranta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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4 stars

Yet again MB proves wot a good writer she is, I really liked this book, so much better than the 4 one and so good written.

Who would've believed how sweet Rio could be from the hard bad ass as he has been pictured in the previous books, a ex killer, the ex head of Titan, the team the government put together for cleaning they mess, off the book, transformed into this perfect boyfriend, kind and gentle doing everything in his power to protect the woman he loves, a man who likes to cook and h...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Trish rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, paranormal, romantic-suspense-military

4.5 Stars

Oh, boy--I am still recovering from Rio's book. He was yum-scrum-deli-ish with a side of Holy Hell.

There is no slow build-up with this book and it is imperative to have read the KGI Book Four-Whispers In The Dark-before reading this one. Otherwise, expect to be lost.

The reader will find his/herself smack dab in the forest along with Grace, Rio and his team, and the bad guys...fighting to stay alive and escape to Belize in order for Grace to recover from her horrific injuries while bei...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Jimena rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

This book continues the story from the previous KGI book Whispers in the Dark. In Whispers in the Dark Shea finds love and protection with the Kelly clan. Shea’s sister Grace is on the run and has broken the telepathic link she had with Shea to keep her sister save. Shea can’t get a message to Grace that she can join her and be save. Team leader Rio promises Shea to find Grace and keep her safe in Whispers in the Dark. This book is about Rio finding Grace, keeping Grace safe and falling in love...more

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Nov 05, 2012 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Short but sweet. I haven't read Maya Banks before, but she has good recommendations on GoodReads, so I thought I'd check her out. So far so good. I liked the story line of Who Grace was and what brings her and Rio together.
The story moves along pretty quick, and sometimes I roll my eyes that people fall for eachother so fast, but I do understand that high stress situations add to the conditions too.
I liked the story, and definatly made me think of the Special Ops stories from Lora Leigh.
I was...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Lucy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Awesome...incredible...sexy...couldn't put it down.

This story takes up where Whispers in the Dark left off. Rio and his team have been sent to find Shea’s sister Grace after Shea loses her telepathic connection to her. Grace had been captured by an unknown enemy and was being forced to heal subject after subject to test her healing abilities. She manages to escape when another faction bombs the facility she is being held in. Rio and his team finally locate her up in the mountains and reach her j...more Awesome...incredible...sexy...couldn't put it down.

This story takes up where Whispers in the Dark left off. Rio and his team have been sent to find Shea’s sister Grace after Shea loses her telepathic connection to her. Grace had been captured by an unknown enemy and was being forced to heal subject after subject to test her healing abilities. She manages to escape when another faction bombs the facility she is being held in. Rio and his team finally locate her up in the mountains and reach her just as the enemy manages to track her down.

Grace has been so weakened by her constant testing, that she is barely holding on. Unable to contact the rest of the KGI teams Rio decides that it is best to keep Grace and Shea separated for now and he takes Grace “off the grid” so that she can have time to heal her own body and mind.

Grace has been on the run for so long, she is not sure who she can trust, but she so wants to trust Rio, especially when he talks to her about being reunited with her sister and finally being safe for the first time in her life.

But those who want Grace’s special healing abilities aren’t going to give up the search so quickly, and they are desperate enough to call in Titan, a supposedly non-existent black ops government team who are known for their motto “Failure isn’t an option.” Rio and his team know they are up against the best and it will take all of KGI to keep Grace safe.

We all have inner strength to get us through the rough times: lost job, death of a loved one, experimental testing…but how much easier is it to get through those rough patches with someone at your side? Maya Banks writes great characters that may bend, but they never break and they show us that you can survive anything and truly heal with the help of someone special.

This was a book I just could not put down! I wanted to know more about Grace after reading her character in Whispers in the Dark. In this story, just reading the torture Grace goes through and the dark places it takes her mind and her soul is painful, but Maya gives her Rio, who knows just when he needs to be tough and when he needs to be gentle to help Grace recover from her torment both body and mind.

This was another captivating story in the KGI series and should definitely be on your must read list.

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Aug 24, 2012 Sharon Kurtz rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This book rocked! It was nonstop action and romance from start to finish and I cried at the end. The story is about Rio and Grace Peterson who is an empath with telepathic and healing abilities. Rio rescues her from captivity, takes her to his hideaway with his team only to be betrayed by one of the men he trusts. Grace is also being pursued by a mercenary group named Titan who was hired by a billionaire mafioso to heal his cancerous daughter. Grace has already earned the respect of Rio's team,...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Elizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I don't mind when authors mix genres. Really. Psychics and SEALs? Sure, I'm game. But what I do mind? Plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. Repetitive, long-winded dialogue from supposedly stoic alpha males. Perfunctory lovemaking scenes. And where were the supporting characters and plot lines that so thoroughly enriched the first three KGI novels? Like J. R. Ward and the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, earlier novels interweaved B plots to get us more emotionally invested in future b...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Kara Lovell rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved, loved, loved all the books in this series. This actually was the first one I read. Yes, I ended up not reading them in order until I read this book. Then I went back and started with the first in the series. I then reread this book just because I wanted to get them in order and the full impact of the series.
I loved the relationship between Grace and Rio. I loved how kind and gentle Rio was with Grace and yet he still had that Alpha male thing going on. I thought the storyline was very...more

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Apr 27, 2013 Kate rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary

Yes, I knew in advance that Maya Banks has her KGI heroines go through some tough s*** (although in Shades of Gray she really went too far). I liked Grace as a heroine, I thought her supernatural abilities were interesting, and the obstacles that she faced really showed her strength. The unfortunate thing is that there was really not a romance or any internal conflict. The hero basically rescues the heroine and then "claims" her. We don't see the relationship develop, not to mention that they ha...more

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Jul 12, 2012 The Year of Reading Scandalously rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

3.5 good stars

When our Grace calls Rio a fluffball in a post-coital haze, she nails it. Our big tough man Rio is a fluffball in this installment of the KGI series. This was a sweet, sweet story. As in there was no need for dessert when I read this last night because it was just so darn sweet. I think I'm strangely ok with that.

Were there moments I made little noises while reading because of the aforementioned sweetness? Sure. (virginal sex days after Grace comes out of a near-death experience?...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Ann rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-romance, military-special-ops-romance

Liked it. Have been looking forward to Latin hottie Rio and his girl Grace. Still didn't quite pack the punch of bk 2 "No Place to Run", my fav so far of this series...Sam/Sophie. Was a bit choppy between Rio saving Grace and Rio/Grace getting down to business but still a good addition to this series. Interesting MB chose a side player for this bk and again for the next one - Shades of Gray with PJ/Cole, while brother Donovan is still out there all alone with his computers I'm just sure wonderin...more

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“Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It's not fair but then much of life isn't fair. It's how you live that matters. It's how you deal with the bumps in the road.” — 10 people liked it

“This doesn't just involve you, honey. If it did, then what you suggest might be the best option. But it involves Shea and, by proxy, everyone at KGI because now you and your sister both are part of us. We don't run from a fight. It's not what KGI is about. KGI is about family. It's about protecting what matters the most to us. It's about never letting anyone take what is ours. You and Shea are ours now, we'll protect you with our last breaths.” — 9 people liked it

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