Street Game (GhostWalkers, #8)

Jul 19, 2012 Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of romantic/paranormal suspense and action

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***Reread from July 17-July 19, 2012

My Thoughts:

Looking back at this book, I can't believe how much I came to love Team 3. They are firmly entrenched in my heart. Initially I felt sort of thrown and betrayed that Ms. Feehan had left my beloved Teams 1 and 2 and went to a bunch of folks I didn't know. I am eating my words. These guys (and two girls) rock! A different feel and relationship with this group. All the teams are a family, but these folks grew up together, and that bond is many years in...more ***Reread from July 17-July 19, 2012

My Thoughts:

Looking back at this book, I can't believe how much I came to love Team 3. They are firmly entrenched in my heart. Initially I felt sort of thrown and betrayed that Ms. Feehan had left my beloved Teams 1 and 2 and went to a bunch of folks I didn't know. I am eating my words. These guys (and two girls) rock! A different feel and relationship with this group. All the teams are a family, but these folks grew up together, and that bond is many years in the making. I could feel that family tie between them and it makes this book shine.

Jaimie and Mack--

This couple is very complementary. Mack is hard and decisive. Authoritative. Jaimie is warm and welcoming. Her strength is in her mind and in her heart. She is thought and intellect. Her mind is kind of scary and beautiful at the same time. Mack is acting and moving. Jaimie is pondering and mental exploration and examination. That is not to say that Mack is not intelligent and Jaimie isn't decisive. But in those areas where one abounds, the other benefits. I liked that about this book.

I liked Mack more this time around. I could see that he loves deeply and strongly, but that's not about declarations, but about doing. He did learn a lesson when he lost Jaimie the first time, and it has impressed on him that he needs to give her what she needs, the affirmation. We can take people for granted, assuming they know how important they are. But Jaimie didn't know how important she was to Mack. She thought that she was an add-on to his life, easily replaceable or forgettable. She didn't know that his life more or less fell apart without her. When he comes back, she can't understand his anger. But the thing about a man like Mack is that if he can't change or fix something, it makes him mad. When Jaimie left him, he couldn't fix that. So now he is angry at her for taking something so precious away from him and not understanding how important she was. She thinks she's the one who has more of a grudge to bear against him.

Their job now was to find that way of giving each other what they truly needed. I liked seeing them come to this point of understanding that one was not too hard or the other too soft, but perfect for each other. Together they were complete and full, making something even stronger as a unit. It was also funny seeing how the family worked through and around their issues with each other, because their relationship affected the whole group and the guys loved them both. I liked how integrated the romance aspect was into the overall group dynamics.

Overall Thoughts: I didn't think this was a favored romance in this series, because Mack is so pushy in some ways. In the end, and even moreso on the reread, I loved it so much. It's different from all the other books (as each one is). While Mack isn't my favorite GhostWalker, I have come to love him for who is. There are some people who challenge you in a way that no one else does. And that's good. Because their presence in your life makes you well-rounded in ways you lacked before. I am taking Mack this way. He is teaching me to deal with the kind of guys that get on my nerves, and teaching me understanding. I do need that.

A different installment, but great in its own way. Love Team 3, love all the characters, and I loved the escalation and expansion of the conspiracies.

Another thumbs up. Yes I am hopelessly in love with this series!

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Original Review:

To express my powerful feelings for the GhostWalker series, I would like to borrow the words from Oliver by its namesake: "May I have some more please?"

Street Game takes the GhostWalker series to a different level, but captures everything that I loved about the preceeding books. I love how this series is so intricate, with different storylines that intersect. There are familiar things here that continue to light my fire for this series, but this story is also unique as Mack McKinley and Jaimie Fielding get closure on their past relationship.

Street Game focuses on the Urban Warfare team led by Mack McKinley. He loves his job and what he does. He even loves the enhancements that Whitney's program has given him. This is slightly different from the heroes in the prior books, because they generally felt betrayed that their bodies had been manipulated in such a fashion. Mack takes it all in stride, enthusiastic that his enhancements enable him to do what he does best, fighting the bad guys and protecting his country.

Mack is very much an alpha hero. In fact, he almost comes off as nearly unlikeable at times. He is the macho type, not one to express his feelings unless it involves putting his fist into something, giving orders to his men (and girlfriend), and expecting them to be followed, or having a bout of energetic sex with his girlfriend. He is blown away when Jaimie leaves him. He tells himself that she'll come back, because she needs him much more than he needs her. However, he finds that to be far from the case. Jaimie was his everything, and every day without her is like a gaping hole in his life. When a mission leads him to Jaimie's doorstep, he's determined to get her back, still baffled that she left him.

I said that Mack nearly was hard to like at times. Well, this would be be the case without Ms. Feehan's masterful handling of him. Hugely surprising to this GhostWalker fan, but Mack is probably the most alpha hero yet in this series. He is aggressive and intensely male, take charge, and used to giving orders. At first, it's hard to see his vulnerabilities, because he's quite adept at keeping that part of himself concealed. He's not a man who likes feeling helpless or wounded, and doesn't know how to express himself emotionally. Being in control is crucial for him. Before, this was something that Jaimie was used to. Mack was the one who kept their self-formed family together. They met when Jaimie was an eight year old genius who was already in high school, and Mack took care of her from the very beginning, protecting her from bullies and watching over her, along with the rest of the guys and girl they grew up with in their Chicago neighborhood. Over time, their relationship became a romantic one. For as long as he could remember, Jaimie was his, to protect, to watch over, and to come home to, loving the fire that they had together. Mack always admired Jaimie's intelligence, and was proud of her, but he didn't like her expressing doubts about the GhostWalker program, especially on a botched mission, and his way of dealing with it turned out to be the last straw for Jaimie.

Jaimie never stopped loving Mack, although she knew they couldn't be together, because they were too different, and she didn't like the violence of what their GhostWalker abilities allowed them to do. She didn't trust their superiors when they went into a mission that could have led to the death of some of their team members. When she tried to express her doubts about it, Mack doesn't listen. Instead he dismisses her concerns. She's devastated that he doesn't trust her or take what she's saying seriously, and knows that she has to leave him. Two years later, Jaimie has made a new life for herself, but plans to set up her business so she can take care of her brothers. She knows she can't be with Mack any more that way, but she still cares about him. When Mack and his team end up on her doorstep, she isn't surprised, knowing that she's being set up to be taken out because of the information she had recovered about the conspiracy behind the GhostWalker experimentation.

This book delves further into the conspiracies behind the GhostWalker program, going above and beyond Whitney to the power players that have ties with the White House. Jaimie is a thinking woman's heroine. Her phenomenal brain and analytical skills are used to follow the trails of information to find out who is setting up the GhostWalker teams and why. This installment of the series flows seamlessly into the other books, although the only returning characters are peripheral ones, or characters we only got an intriguing glimpse of in past books. Instead, we meet a whole new group of men, who managed to claim their place in my heart. What I love about this series is that each book makes me want more.

Christine Feehan really knows how to write characters that you become attached to, and yearn to read about. You see their flaws and their pain, and you want them to be happy. This book challenged me, because men like Mack tend to rub me the wrong way. I'm not a big fan of chest-thumping type men. But I was allowed to peel back the layers to see that Mack is a simple, yet complex man who takes his responsibilities very seriously. He has to be brash and confident, because he takes the lives of his team as a powerful responsibility. His way of taking care of others is leading and protecting them. For him, his feelings for Jaimie couldn't be described with mere words. Yet, Mack had to learn that Jaimie needed more from him that he was giving her. He thought that she saw his devotion and adoration, but she felt as though her only place in his life was as his hero-worshipping, cheerleading, brainy, and nurturing girlfriend.

This book has some moments that really strike me with their emotional intensity. These moments show the profound nature of the feelings between the characters. My favorite is when Mack is finally able to express into words just how much he loves Jaimie. I love how that scene is written, and how unexpected it was. She's blown away by it, and so am I. You know that Mack will never be the type to say the three words all the time, and freely, but it's more than clear how much he does love Jaimie. The steamy sex in this novel is pretty awesome, but the emotions behind it are what really enthrall this reader. You feel the fire between Mack and Jaimie, and the powerful bond between them that goes beyond the bedroom to the deepest parts of their heart and minds.

As usual, I love all the interactions between the GhostWalker team. I already love the new characters introduced in this installment, and look forward to seeing more of them. Each character brings something different to the table. I am impressed with the incredible storyline that Ms. Feehan has created with this series. I love reading about the abilities of the different characters, and how they seem imminently plausible, but fantastic at the same time. The action scenes are well-done, and I feel that this book would appeal to a fan of techno-thrillers as much as paranormal and romantic suspense fans. But what I love about these books is how you get the octane moments, the well-thought out and often mind-boggling plot involving the GhostWalkers, the steamy love scenes, the funny and heartwarming moments, and the three-dimensional characters that you cannot help but love, all fashioned together into a beautiful package. This book ends with the evidence that there are more adventures ahead, as the groundwork is laid to follow up on some important storylines introduced in the preceeding books, and touched on in this installment. And all I can say is, I Can't Wait!!(less)

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Sep 10, 2011 Dina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, series-ghostwalkers

I love the GhostWalkers series, so it was a given that I had to read Street Game even if I didn’t particularly love the previous book, Murder Game. When I heard this new book was going to be about a whole new team, I was a bit wary. Why introduce a bunch of new characters when there’s still a lot of characters from previous books whose stories haven’t been told yet? Well, there was nothing for me to do but go along with Ms. Feehan’s decision and enjoy the read…

Master Gunnery Seargent Mack McKinl...more I love the GhostWalkers series, so it was a given that I had to read Street Game even if I didn’t particularly love the previous book, Murder Game. When I heard this new book was going to be about a whole new team, I was a bit wary. Why introduce a bunch of new characters when there’s still a lot of characters from previous books whose stories haven’t been told yet? Well, there was nothing for me to do but go along with Ms. Feehan’s decision and enjoy the read…

Master Gunnery Seargent Mack McKinley is the leader of this new GhostWalkers team. Jaimie Fielding is the girl that got away, and Mack wants her back – not necessarily on the team, but mainly in his life. The way he sees it, they belong together and she’d better accept that. He was taken by surprise when she took off 2 years ago, but now that he’s found her again, he’s going to keep her for good. Jaimie doesn’t want Mack and the GhostWalkers back in her life, but she hasn’t much say in the matter when it becomes clear that someone has gone to great lengths to reunite them and her life might be in danger. So Mack and his First Seargent Kane Cannon move into her house, while the rest of the team scatter themselves in her neighborhood to protect her. One woman, surrounded by several testosterone-driven men at her service… If this was a Lora Leigh book, Jaimie would be one very busy lady, LOL. Anyway, I digress…

While Mack struggles to rebuild his relationship with Jaimie, he also has to figure out who set them up and catch some terrorist who, by coincidence or not, happen to have a big load of illegal weapons stored in a warehouse near Jaimie’s. And if that wasn’t complicated enough, Jaimie’s also working "in the shadows" to find evidences against Dr. Whitney and his wrongdoings. It’s obvious that Dr. Whitney is still as powerful as ever, and it’s hard to tell who’s friend or foe – especially when it looks like their own CO Seargent Major Griffen can’t be trusted and there seems to be a traitor in the team.

So, have I enjoyed this read? Yes, absolutely. But I didn’t love it, and I "blame" Mack and Jamie for it. Their romance didn’t raise my temperature. Don’t get me wrong, their love scenes were steaming hot – except the one where he was "interrogating" her, which was kind of uncomfortable to me – and I had some fun with their banter, but there was no real conflict in their relationship. Simply put, there was no reasonable explanation for them to be apart. Jaimie was the one who left, so she should have a plausible explanation for that, right? Well, I doubt she knew why she had left... First, it was because she wanted a commitment Mack wasn’t willing to give; then, it was because she couldn’t stand the violence that surrounded the GhostWalkers way of life; later, it was because she was investigating Dr. Whitney’s dirty deeds and she didn’t want to put Mack and his team in danger; then, it was back to Mack’s commitment issues… Lather, rinse, repeat. Get it together, woman! As for Mack, he was one of those alpha males I love to hate. He had a one-track mind when it came to Jamie, and I had no problem with that. Yes, I wanted to smack him in the head a couple of times, but I ended up understanding why he had to be so dominant. His sense of humor was key to make me more sympathetic towards him. Without it, he’d be nothing more than a big bully.

Considering how disappointing I found Mack and Jaimie, you might be asking why I gave this book 4 stars. Well, the romance was meh, but the rest was great. The whole GhostWalkers concept is very fascinating to me: even though the series has become more far fetched as it progressed, it still contains some elements that I could see happening in real life and I love this mix of PNR with a twist of reality. I also love the "tech talk". I know most readers don’t care for it, but I’m a computer geek so I can’t help it. :) Last, but not least, I can’t forget to mention the action scenes: Ms. Feehan really knows how to write them. I was on the edge of my seat, even though I knew the good guys would win in the end. Great job there, Ms. Feehan!

As expected, this book introduced a lot – and I mean A LOT – of new GhostWalkers. Two of them, Kane and Brian, should be familiar to those who have been following the series, but all the others were brand-new heroes in the making. I admit I got a bit confused in the beginning of the book, having to learn all those new names and trying to remember who was who, but it didn’t take long before I saw them as longtime friends. Kane, Javier and Gideon have already claimed a piece of my heart. Hopefully, one of them will be the hero in the next book in the series. Can’t wait! ;)
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Jan 06, 2010 Kathrynn rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone interested in starting this series.

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For the most part, I enjoyed three-fourths of Street Game and it was well on it's way to a 5 star read, but the last quarter of the book didn't do it for me. This book took a whole new spin on romance, in that it was more of an obsession that the hero resented and didn't treat the heroine all that well. Something we see via flashbacks only. Thankfully. Two years later, when the main H/h reunite, he tries to play a different tune, but it's a struggle for his SEVERE alpha personality.

Initially, I...more For the most part, I enjoyed three-fourths of Street Game and it was well on it's way to a 5 star read, but the last quarter of the book didn't do it for me. This book took a whole new spin on romance, in that it was more of an obsession that the hero resented and didn't treat the heroine all that well. Something we see via flashbacks only. Thankfully. Two years later, when the main H/h reunite, he tries to play a different tune, but it's a struggle for his SEVERE alpha personality.

Initially, I had a hard time liking the hero, Mack McKinley. He was the team leader, so I expected him to be hard-nosed and have an ask-no-questions-personality, but I found him too pig-headed, self-centered, dominating and controlling--toward the heroine--Jamie Fielding. He was able to redeem himself as the book progressed, but for most of Street Game I found him hard-to-like.

I did not approve of or like his method of "interrogating" Jamie. Sex with anger to teach someone a lesson is abuse and that's not romantic for me. That alone almost knocked this down to three stars.

With minor references to the previous 7 books in this series, this was all new stuff. It's the GhostWalkers that still work for Whitney that had been talked about in the earlier books. Ms. Feehan talked about the other teams here and eluded to more that may be the focus of later books. One team in particular is a total mystery to the others at this point. The twin brothers that were captured in the Congo were mentioned a few times, but never by name. Flame was mentioned, but, again, not by name.

For anyone interested in starting this series, this would be a great place to begin.

At least one member of this team participated in Whitney's Breeding Program--Kade. So get ready for his story because I feel it may be next. Having read this new spin and knowing the little that was eluded to here that set up Kade's story, I'm concerned that the focus of the romance is going to shift from love to yeah-I-abused-you-but-now-I-see- we-are-stuck-together-so-let's-make-the-best-of-it-while-I-work-on-my- self-and-you-better-do-everything-I-say-as-I-treat-you-like-a-child.

I dislike books that climax-build-climax over and over. The ending did just that. It was too much. The enormous amount of new characters that got added in the last 1/4 of the book--most inconsequential--to continue plunging the book up and down again was too much. Blech!

I thought it was interesting to see "things" from the inside of Whitney's control rather than from the outside of the team that got away & the orphaned girls that Whitney used as lab rats (books 1-7). At this point, they do not know each except one person has been exchanging e-mails with Flame. And, Flame, of all people! I don't remember her being particularly computer savy, but that's fine.

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May 02, 2010 UniquelyMoi *Dhestiny* BlithelyBookish rated it 5 of 5 stars

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My Review:

I’m going to apologize right up front for this review because even though it’s taken me weeks to write, I’m still making a mess of it. There are so many things about this book that seemed different to me – unique from the others – and yet, I can’t put my finger on it. It is more a feeling than anything I can point to and say, “This is what makes this one different…”

In Street Game, we’re being introduced to a new GhostWalker team, this one headed by Mack McKinley whose specialty is urba...more

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Jan 28, 2010 Gamatst rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: pshycic-abilities, audio-i-ve-listened-to

I'll admit I wasn't happy with the switch to a new Ghostwalker team but Feehan did a great job in catching my interest in this new team. The continuity to the other teams came when I recognized Kane from Deadly Game. Getting to know him here and knowing he'll get his story with Rose and their baby made me hope his book is next.

At first I was afraid Mack was going to be a bit too much of a jerk but Feehan makes you understand why Mack is Mack. Jaimie knew what she wanted and was strong enough to...more

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Feb 12, 2010 Mojca rated it 2 of 5 stars

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The GhostWalkers move out of the swamp and jungle and into the territory of urban warfare with a completely new team of enhanced soldiers, together since childhood, that stumble upon "the one that got away" two years ago, breaking all their hearts, one more than the rest.

Jaimie left the brutal world behind her, but it came knocking on her door yet again, with Mack McKinley bringing his team into "her" city on the heels of an arms-trafficking terrorist group. Jaimie and Mack were close once, but...more The GhostWalkers move out of the swamp and jungle and into the territory of urban warfare with a completely new team of enhanced soldiers, together since childhood, that stumble upon "the one that got away" two years ago, breaking all their hearts, one more than the rest.

Jaimie left the brutal world behind her, but it came knocking on her door yet again, with Mack McKinley bringing his team into "her" city on the heels of an arms-trafficking terrorist group. Jaimie and Mack were close once, but her sense of self-preservation made her leave him (apparently he didn’t care for her beyond the bedroom, despite him constantly keeping her safe from herself, him and his world), breaking his heart in the process.

Now he’s back, her heart is jumping of joy, yet her head is more reluctant. And just as he’s about to launch a full-scale attack onto her senses, danger comes crashing in. So what else is new in the world of the GhostWalkers?

I’m a big fan of Christine Feehan's work, but I have so say this book was quite a disappointment for me. The major problem was the fact I was thrust into an unknown group. I never "met" these men before, I didn’t know they’re background (well, most of it), I didn’t really know what made them tick, so it was truly like meeting new people for the first time and finding yourself threading carefully around each other, assessing, watching, learning.

The second problem was the hero. Ms. Feehan loves to write about her alphas, big, surly brutes with hearts of gold, that, after a while, are more than happy to be brought down to their knees by the right woman. Sorry, but Mack didn’t fall into that category. Sure, he was alpha, sure he was surly, but he was also too much of a jackass for me to actually like him and care whether he got his happy ending or not.

But taking things from this perspective, I’m more than happy he ended up with a brat like Jaimie. Spoiled, petulant, throwing tantrums when things didn’t go her way, leaving instead of sticking with the man she supposedly loved. Sheesh!
She loved him for protecting her, for being big and not scared of anything ,always taking matter into his own hands, yet resented him those same traits, because "he didn’t listen to her". Can you spell spoiled brat?

The amount of angst in this book was enormous, taking the spotlight off the action scenes, which are actually the reason I read these GhostWalkers books. But even when I managed to finally concentrate on the suspense part of the book, the action scenes, the intrigue, the mystery, and the tension felt sort of flat, like they were slapped together in a hurry, without much thought or finesse, resulting in the pacing being way off and certainly not par with her previous novels.(less)

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Jan 15, 2010 MB rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-urban-fantasy-paranormals, romance-and-chicklit

Quit at page 270. Needs heavy-duty editing to cut repetitive dialogue, some real-world commonsense applied (inappropriately timed & placed sex scenes anyone?), plotholes fixed, and annoying main characters with continuous repetitive pushme/pullyou dialogue and motivations/actions fixed. (These two need a marriage counselor.) Too bad, because it had an interesting sounding plot.

Christine Feehan is starting to be like Stephanie Laurens for me. There's a lot of gold down deep, but I don't have...more

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Jan 12, 2010 Evelyn Bryant rated it 3 of 5 stars

I like this series; it has action and intrigue as well as the interaction between the alpha male and the alpha female. Still even with that, this one got a little tedious with the angst back and forth and back and forth between them. It seems to me that also, that at some point, people with the "powers" that the Ghostwalkers have would not have so hard a time finding the dastardly Whitney. This book dragged on just a bit too long to keep the attention. If or rather since Mack had a plan why didn...more

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Jul 16, 2009 Beth NC rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: zz2010-summer-challenge, fiction, mystery-suspense, paranormal, series

I have loved the other Ghostwalker books, they are a great deviation from the normal Paranormal Romance. This one, I had a hard time wrapping my mind around. And the female character who started out strong, became more of a wimp and way too angsty. Maybe once I get this new team of urban warfare figured out, I will like this part of the series better. There were a few good action scenes and a few non-angsty relationship scenes, but if I had been Jamie, I would have knocked Mack down a step or tw...more

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Mar 06, 2013 Elsa rated it 4 of 5 stars

A autora introduz neste livro uma nova equipa de Ghostwalkers - a Equipa 3.
Esta equipa é especialista em guerrilha de rua, onde os perigos espreitam a cada esquina e podem estar disfarçados de muita coisa.
É um grupo coeso, que cresceu junto e entrou para o programa do Dr. Whitney na esperança de desenvolver melhores capacidades para desempenhar as suas funções.
O protagonista, Mack, é o líder da equipa e juntos perseguem um grupo terrorista - Doomsday - que lhes tem escapado por entre os dedos at...more A autora introduz neste livro uma nova equipa de Ghostwalkers - a Equipa 3.
Esta equipa é especialista em guerrilha de rua, onde os perigos espreitam a cada esquina e podem estar disfarçados de muita coisa.
É um grupo coeso, que cresceu junto e entrou para o programa do Dr. Whitney na esperança de desenvolver melhores capacidades para desempenhar as suas funções.
O protagonista, Mack, é o líder da equipa e juntos perseguem um grupo terrorista - Doomsday - que lhes tem escapado por entre os dedos até então.
Mas a pista que recebem leva-os a um armazém ocupado por uma única mulher: Jaimie. Antigo membro da Equipa 3 e ex-namorada de Mack, Jaimie conseguiu sair e estabelecer-se por conta própria, graças ao seu enorme talento para computadores e tecnologia.
Apesar de ter abandonado Mack dois anos antes, a atracção que sentem um pelo outro reacende-se no momento em que se encontram.
Desconfiando que caíram numa armadilha, começam a tentar perceber quem os poderá ter enviado ao encontro de Jaimie e por que razão a célula da Doomsday está inactiva após um conveniente ataque cardíaco do seu líder. Para agravar mais a situação, Jaimie é alvo de ameaças e tentativa de assassinato.
Quem estará por detrás de toda esta conspiração?
Conseguirão ambos aceitar as suas diferenças e trabalhar em conjunto para apanhar os responsáveis?
Conseguirá Jaimie voltar a usar o seu dom psíquico para ajudar a equipa?

Inicialmente confesso que estranhei um pouco a introdução de uma nova equipa, quando ainda existem outras personagens para trabalhar das outras duas. Mas depois compreendi que após 7 livros a trabalhar exaustivamente com os mesmos personagens, a série precisava de uma lufada de ar fresco, especialmente após o desapontamento que foi o livro anterior...
Além disso, um dos membros desta equipa já tinha aparecido num dos livros anteriores (lembram-se de Kane, que ajudou Rose - a amiga de Mari e que estava grávida - a fugir do complexo?).
Foi muito bom conhecer a nova equipa e sentir a coesão do grupo, enquanto família. Gostei do facto de não ter havido cenas de sexo logo no início da história, o que se tornou consistente com os sentimentos que ambos os personagens partilhavam.
Como sempre, o enredo dá inúmeras voltas, mas a conspiração é fascinante, embora por vezes se torne um pouco confuso estar a reter tanto pormenor, especialmente quando estou a ler os livros em inglês...
Mas gostei.
Como nota, fica a menção a uma 4ª equipa de Ghostwalkers, aparentemente Força Aérea/Paraquedistas de elite...
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Jul 13, 2012 Lexi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Street Game is the the 8th book in the Ghostwalkers series and the reason for the 3 stars instead of 4 like I gave the previous books is because the series takes a jump here and goes from the the characters in the first Ghostwalker Team to a new set of characters (Ghostwalker team 3) that haven't been in the series at all until now so it feels a bit disjointed from the rest and I had to become invested in them and their story much more than I had to in previous books. The plot is fine, but that...more

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Jan 14, 2011 Jen (Red Hot Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ghostwalkers, pararnormal-romance

As a rule, I'm not good with change. But when Christine Feehan jumped from her original group of Ghostwalkers to focus on the SEAL team, I was surprisingly pleased with the new direction of the series. I'm not nearly so jazzed now that we are moving on to Ghostwalker team 3.

Our male lead is Mack, the leader of the crew, who specializes in Urban Warfare. The men and women of the team grew up together on the streets of Chicago. And they all went on to join the military and sign up for psychic enh...more As a rule, I'm not good with change. But when Christine Feehan jumped from her original group of Ghostwalkers to focus on the SEAL team, I was surprisingly pleased with the new direction of the series. I'm not nearly so jazzed now that we are moving on to Ghostwalker team 3.

Our male lead is Mack, the leader of the crew, who specializes in Urban Warfare. The men and women of the team grew up together on the streets of Chicago. And they all went on to join the military and sign up for psychic enhancement. It turned out there was more to being a Ghostwalker than they expected. They were also physically enhanced and many were paired with Ghostwalkers of the opposite sex with the hopes they would one day create superbabies.

As we begin our story, Mack is leading a mission to take down some gun runners. But instead of catching the bad guys, Mack and the team find themselves in a warehouse owned by Jaimie. She was once part of their team and the love of Mack's life. Unfortunately, she wasn't cut out for the violence of the military. And beyond that, when she pushed Mack about their future years ago, he blew her off. So she left to make a new life for herself. But when face to face with Mack, all their feelings come rushing back.

Since she has been away, Jaimie has used her amazing computer skills to research Dr Whitney, the evil mastermind behind the Ghostwalker program. But she is getting too close and now she is a target. So Mack and the rest of the team band together to protect her.

Even though the team is new to us, there are a couple of familiar names. Kane was mentioned in Deadly Game as the Ghostwalker who got a woman pregnant at one of Whitney's breeding facilities and helped her escape. And we met Brian in Predatory Game --he worked with Saber at the radio station. But those slightly familiar threads weren't quite enough to enthrall me with the team.

As for the love story.... It's not hard to see why Jaimie left Mack. He keeps repeating to himself how preposterous it was that she left him, but frankly, who wouldn't have left him? He was a self-centered domineering jerk who took her for granted. Obviously, he learns to see the error of his ways. And like all Christine Feehan books, there is great sexual tension and steamy love scenes.

Hopefully, I'll grow more invested in these guys as we get to know them better in later books. 3 1/2 stars.
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Jul 26, 2010 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Street Game is the most recent installment in the Ghostwalker series and marks an interesting sort of turning point. I'm all for expanding the pantheon of characters in a series and preparing the series to go in a new direction, but frankly I hope that moment of finished transition is near on the horizon for the Ghostwalkers. After reading Street Game, I kind of feel like I've been stopped in traffic for a really long time. I WANT to keep going, really I do, but the circumstances just aren't let...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Tori smexys_sidekick rated it 3 of 5 stars

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For Mack McKinley and his team of GhostWalker killing machines, urban warfare is an art.
But despite a hard-won knowledge of the San Francisco streets,
Mack knows from experience that too many things can still go wrong.
Danger was just another part of the game—and now he’s come face-to-face with a woman who can play just as tough.

She’s Jaimie, a woman with a sapphire stare so potent it can destroy a man.
Years ago she and Mack had a history—volatile, erotic, and electric. Then she vanished.
Now she’s...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Mandi Schreiner marked it as to-read

Review by: Tori

I have read this series from day one and have to say the direction they are taking is a little disappointing. It’s the same underlying theme each & every time. Ghostwalker meets love of life, they have sex, they fight, he dominates, they do a mission and all is well.

This particular books gives us insight into a different team that has nothing to do with the original team members we have been reading about. Which is interesting as it introduced us to some new characters and set...more Review by: Tori

I have read this series from day one and have to say the direction they are taking is a little disappointing. It’s the same underlying theme each & every time. Ghostwalker meets love of life, they have sex, they fight, he dominates, they do a mission and all is well.

This particular books gives us insight into a different team that has nothing to do with the original team members we have been reading about. Which is interesting as it introduced us to some new characters and set up addition stories. It is also confusing.

We see references to Jaimie emailing another female (which I think is Flame but not 100% sure). Mack has to be one the most aggressive ghost walkers to date. Very dominating & controlling. He tolerates no dissent in his decisions; which is why Jaimie leaves him in the first place.

I have to admit I was a little creeped out by Mack. He is very controlling and his "love" for Jaimie is obsessive; borderline stalker. He treats Jaimie as a not to bright child. And the rest of the team backs Mack's attitude with the platitudes:

"He loves you...he cares for you...cut him some slack." At one point Mack looks at her and thinks, "...that mouth that was every man's fantasy...remembering how he had taught her to use it for his pleasure. He had taught her-everything."

Ew.

Frankly his constant whining about, "how could she leave ME" got old quick. Jaimie builds a life for herself as a security's expert after she leaves Mack. She is also slowly unraveling Whitney's deception & building a case against the project. She is toted as being a highly intelligent Ghostwalker herself but you don't see much of it. The other characters have more personality and dynamics to them then Mack & Jaimie and I look forward to reading more about them.
Especially Javier-a skateboarding Ghostwalker. :P

The end went fast and was a little abrupt. Only took 20 pages for Jaimie and Mack to work everything out and complete a dangerous mission. I won't give up on the series but I'd like to see more action and less angst.

Rating: 3.5/5(less)

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Jan 14, 2010 Debbie rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book introduces a third Ghostwalker team and actually tells us that there are 4 official teams, one in each branch of the military. The team in this book is lead by Mack and also contains Kade who is briefly mentioned in Deadly Game as one of the men who help the imprisoned women from one of Whitney's bases. The one nice thing about this book is you kind of get an idea of how many Ghostwalker teams are out there and how they are related. I've been a big fan of this series but the latest boo...more

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Jan 01, 2010 Jess the Romanceaholic rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of the Ghostwalker Series

Recommended to Jess the Romanceaholic by: Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress

Shelves: psychic, paranormal-romance, auto-buy, military-or-special-ops, alpha-male, 2010-read, fated-to-be-mated, on-the-run, assassin-mercenary-or-bounty-hunter, betrayal, blame-it-on-your-parents, contemporary, its-a-conspiracy

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My first book of 2010, and I couldn't have chosen a better one :)

A huge fan of the entire Ghostwalker Series, I was glad to see Christine Feehan pull away from the we-just-met-but-OMG-I-just-have-to-have-you motif that's present in so many of her other books.

In Street Game, our hero and heroine have known each other their whole lives, and were even involved romantically before any of the pheremonal whatnot occurred.

Never fear, the conspiracy is still alive and kicking, with sev...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Jenny Delandro rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: author-christine-feehan

Although this is book number 8 in this series and I have not read any of the other books I feel connected to them and their lives.

Mack is the leader of his 'family' .. his team
Most of the team members have been with Mack for years, growing up on the streets and learning that they all different psychic abilities... then followed Mack into the army and special forces and through Dr Whitney's program to enhance their gifts.... to enable them to be better soldiers and battle bad guys and save the d...more Although this is book number 8 in this series and I have not read any of the other books I feel connected to them and their lives.

Mack is the leader of his 'family' .. his team
Most of the team members have been with Mack for years, growing up on the streets and learning that they all different psychic abilities... then followed Mack into the army and special forces and through Dr Whitney's program to enhance their gifts.... to enable them to be better soldiers and battle bad guys and save the day.....to be heros
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Jaimie's warehouse covers half a block and is 3 stories high. There is a wharf on one side and apartments in a converted warehouse across the street
How did the team's intel lead them here?
the SM arrives and has a sensitive mission for the team - rescue hostages and get them out of harms way without anyone seeing them.... easy - but they need Jaimie to help?
How convenient she was there
they discover the weapons are in a nearby warehouse and the buyer is trying to steal them so the team get them first...
Mark and Jaimie have a reunion and work some things out -
I have the next book in my hands
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Sep 12, 2011 Feliciamarie rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Shelves: paranormal-romance, 5-star, jealous-heroes, possessive-obsessive-heroes

i love,love,loved this book!
i read the review before but wasnt really interested but i am so happy i pushed that thought away and bought the book!
The story was absolutely hilarious!
I like the love that can be seen amongst them,as a family.how i wish i have a family like that!
Mack is so bloody adorable,i love the way he treats jaimie and how much he struggles to come to terms with the love he has for jaimie.
Jaimie is one of the few heroines that i actually love and can tolerate.Reading her succes...more

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Jul 03, 2010 TJ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense

I really liked the story of Jaimie and Mack. Feehan continues to keep things fresh in the romance department by picking couples, each with distinct and unique strengths and flaws. Mack and Jaimie grew up on the streets together as a makeshift "family", fell in love then Jaimie left. Discovering each other again after two years and having to work through the hurt and problems, along with the love that never left while riding the roller coaster of suspense that always accompanies the Ghostwalker s...more

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Jan 08, 2010 Penny Watson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Street Game by Christine Feehan

First let me say that this book broke me out of my recent reading funk. Although it was uneven in certain spots, overall this was a very enjoyable book. In fact, for the first time in a very long time, I became so absorbed in this story, that I forgot I was reading. It was only when my family started harassing me for dinner (for the love of God, couldn't they go to McDonald's or something??), that I was popped back into reality.

Street Game is the latest installment...more

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Apr 01, 2012 Kristi Davis rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

I love Christine Feehan but sometimes I read to many of her books in a row and want to smack my head against the wall. Street Game was such a welcome change! I adore the Ghostwalker series and this book was a different theme than some of her other ones. It was fresh and new, and it makes me want to go back and read all of the others. I almost didn't buy this book and I'm so glad I did because I am back to being a huge fan of Feehan!

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May 27, 2012 BiblioJen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am giving this one 4.5 stars. I'm pretty sure I'm bumping it up half of a star because I was completely resistant to continuing this series when I realized that Feehan was introducing a third Ghostwalker team, and then these characters completely won me over. So, KUDOS for making that sale!

If you are NOT following the Ghostwalker series, stop here, go back and read Shadow Game (the first book published in this series,) fall in love with it, and come back to discuss this one. If you keep readin...more I am giving this one 4.5 stars. I'm pretty sure I'm bumping it up half of a star because I was completely resistant to continuing this series when I realized that Feehan was introducing a third Ghostwalker team, and then these characters completely won me over. So, KUDOS for making that sale!

If you are NOT following the Ghostwalker series, stop here, go back and read Shadow Game (the first book published in this series,) fall in love with it, and come back to discuss this one. If you keep reading, I am issuing a WARNING for minor spoilers in this review from the first seven books in the Ghostwalkers series.

If you ARE reading the Ghostwalker series, you know that the first seven books cover characters from two special forces black ops teams, composed of men and women with some natural psychic abilities who have undergone experimental augmentation. The results vary from individual to individual, but they all come out some form of WOW. Books 1, 2, 3 and 7 covered characters from the first team, and Books 4 and 5 (my two favorites) and 6 covered characters from Team Two. Now, given that we still have LOTS of bandwidth to explore with those two teams, I was NOT excited to see Feehan introduce a third team in "Street Game." So much so that, I bought the book, figured out that I had to learn a bunch of new characters, and just tucked it away on my shelf unread. Last weekend, my hubby and I were going camping, and I needed something to read that wouldn't run out of battery life. :-) I grabbed this paperback off of my shelf on a whim, and what a great choice that turned out to be!

Team Three is an urban warfare team, and we were, in fact, introduced to one of their characters in the Norton twins' books (#4 and #5 in the series.) Maybe I just needed the break, but I was immediately drawn back in by all of the things that attracted me to the Ghostwalkers in the beginning. I'm so drawn to the mystery and danger and competence and ANGST of these black ops guys. They carry the burden that comes with committing to do that which others cannot. The romance here sizzles, and Feehan has such a gift for writing families. Team Three is very MUCH a family, and a very important lost sheep is restored to the fold in this book.

The action was intense, and while there ARE a lot of new characters, we get eased into the team, meeting the folks we need to know right away, and being assured there is a great supporting cast waiting in the wings. Standouts were Mack and Jaimie, our protagonists; Kane, who gets his glory shot in Book #9; Javier, who is just freaking awesome and I can't wait for his book; and Gideon, who has silent, deadly hero written all over him. Paul was also a delightful little mystery. As we peeled back the layers on his character, we learned lots of new things that helped advance the overall Ghostwalker story arc.

And I would be remiss not to say a few words on that. Feehan has been weaving a complicated series mythology, with a evil megalomaniac villain, all kinds of political conspiracies and governmental cover-ups, child trafficking and dangerous genetic experimentation. I thought this book did a good job of advancing that world-building, while still giving the individual story a full treatment.

I wound up really enjoying this book, and I am off to get Ruthless Game so that I can find out what is going on with Kane. The characters of Team Three are worth your investment of time and energy, and my understanding is that Book #10 (Samurai Game, due out July 2012) takes us back for a visit with Team One. Of all of Feehan's series, the Ghostwalkers are my favorite! (less)

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May 18, 2013 Wendy rated it 3 of 5 stars

First off I have to say that the characters and team development I would have given a 5 star for. However the writing seem to stutter step near the end. The transitions from one scene to another seem to be lacking, as if the author was rushed to get the book out the door and just needed to get words to paper. OR the editors were rushed and did a poor job slashing and chopping the story that was written. Either way I had to give it a lower rating because I became frustrated while reading one of m...more

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Jan 27, 2010 marlene rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is my least favorite of the Ghostwalkers series so far. There was really not much advancement in the overall plot of finding Whitney and who is involved. There was a lot of talk about it, but it all seemed to go nowhere in the end. We did see Violet briefly and learn a little more about what she is up to. It does seem to set up the next story, or what i would assume to be the next story.

This team is one we havent seen before. They reference other teams and it seems like the lead heroine Ja...more

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Jun 09, 2010 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars

A good read but I didn't find it quite as page turningly intense as earlier books in this series. Maybe because it's a new team [essentially:] to the readers and you don't know them very well.

It's an interesting concept - this team was [mostly:] street kids who were mutually telepathic [and sometimes more:] who found each other and bonded together into their own 'family' - before Whitney ever started messing with them.

The plot is more relationship [second chance lovers:] than action driven. We...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Alicia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: pnr, romantic-suspense

Pretty good. I've found that I have to space out reading Feehan's books or they tend to all sound alike. The same dominant alpha male with extraordinary abilities, the same gentle but strong and talented female who has to overcome her fears of being dominated by the male, the same ultra-hot sex scenes where the male demonstrates his dominance over the female (sigh), etc.

Sure, the plotlines change, which is probably what saved this book from being a three star read. The plot was exciting and kep...more

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Feb 25, 2010 Stacie M. Ritchie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: christine-feehan, ghostwalkers, paranormal, romance

This is the latest Ghostwalker book by Christine Feehan. This is the first I have read in awhile and wondered how I would like it. This series has interested me, but she seems to be jumping around in the four groups of Ghostwalkers. The majority are about the first group with the rest about group 2. This one introduces another team that is headed by Mack. He seems to have held this group of misfits together since childhood, and his downfall and only weakness is Jaimie. She has special abilities...more

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Jan 29, 2010 Gina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

The past can haunt you.

A GhostWalker team, headed by Mack McKinley, heads to San Francisco after receiving a tip that an arms dealer has a cache hidden and waiting to be shipped. But the address can’t be right: only one loan occupant on the top floor of a three-story warehouse in the building? Tight security, but bypassable. Something’s not right. There’s nothing on the first floor, the second is high-tech, state of the art computers. But, discovering Jaimie, the woman he once had and lost, on t...more The past can haunt you.

A GhostWalker team, headed by Mack McKinley, heads to San Francisco after receiving a tip that an arms dealer has a cache hidden and waiting to be shipped. But the address can’t be right: only one loan occupant on the top floor of a three-story warehouse in the building? Tight security, but bypassable. Something’s not right. There’s nothing on the first floor, the second is high-tech, state of the art computers. But, discovering Jaimie, the woman he once had and lost, on the top floor, couldn’t be a coincidence… Could it?

Together since they were kids, the team is happy to see Jaimie again. She left a few years before, when Mack broke her heart. She’s determined to make it on her own. Creating her own software company, she on contract with the government creating high-tech software. But she has her own agenda: she’s hunting Whitney down. She wants to expose him, and those in the government who are backing him, to expose what he’s done, especially the experiments on children. She’s getting close, and they want her eliminated. However, they’ll only accomplish that over Mack’s dead body.

Mack’s ego and pride are what stopped him from going after Jaimie when she left. This time, he has no intention of letting her go. But can he convince Jaimie that he is what she wants him to be? A man who loves her?

**Another incredible book in the series! Strategy and adrenaline-packed action, it’s awesome to watch the play-by-play with all the characters. To see the comradeship between players who‘ve known each other since they were kids.

Mack, the strong, silent type, is a very intense man who will stop at nothing to keep Jaimie safe, and to bring her back with him. He refuses to lose her again.

Jaimie is determined to stop Whitney, to keep her team, especially Mack, safe. No matter how hard she guards her heart, she still loves him, even when he infuriates her.

The mystery continues, and you know the next book will receive top marks, just like this one. Action-packed, strategy-filled, with plenty of psychic energy between them all, you can’t help but love all the characters, and you can’t wait for their own stories. Two thumbs up, Ms. Feehan!!!(less)

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Jan 25, 2010 Smokinhotbooks K.C. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Why it Made Me Say…’Meh’

*”Meh” is an interjection, often an expression of apathy, indifference, or boredom.

All of you are aware how much I adore Christine Feehan, she is the author that got me addicted hooked on paranormal romance. That being said, I’ve been a bit dissapointed in her last two Ghostwalker books. By the way, this is another series I’ve redubbed the Game Series for some odd reason. (Don’t even get me started on musical lyrics, that’s a story for another day). Let’s start off with t...more Why it Made Me Say…’Meh’

*”Meh” is an interjection, often an expression of apathy, indifference, or boredom.

All of you are aware how much I adore Christine Feehan, she is the author that got me addicted hooked on paranormal romance. That being said, I’ve been a bit dissapointed in her last two Ghostwalker books. By the way, this is another series I’ve redubbed the Game Series for some odd reason. (Don’t even get me started on musical lyrics, that’s a story for another day). Let’s start off with the highs as I’m in a playful mood.

Even though it took me hours to try and figure out who Mack was in relation to the other characters in the previous installments , I still drew a blank as to how he became so important as to have his own book. What happened to the other guys? We have like four different Ghostwalker teams and I can barely keep up with who is who. What I did like is how Feehan deviated from her main characters, the orphaned girls, to a new set of enhanced soilders. I do feel like I should have popped in some ginkgo biloba to remember where we were first introduced to Mack. I think Mari and Ken’s story from Deadly Game? Moving on. I liked Jamie and Mack’s relationship dynamic, Feehan did a great job building the relationship tension between these two characters and yes, the first s-e-x-y- time scene fogged up my reading glasses. Usually when characters have a past history it can read a little ‘Gossip Girl’ for me, but I think it really worked for this story. And please,who doesn’t want to read about a sexy Alpha- male that would do anything to get you back into his life? *raises hand*

The not so bueno Street Game aspects

I could have done with a little less of the no means yes, and yes means no with Jaime. She is considered to be a genius with computers and security systems, but somehow a complete wet blanket when it comes to making decisions regarding her love life?I couldn’t help but think her reasons for not wanting a relationship with Mack were a little oversimplified and frankly boring. I’m all for a character showcasing vulnerability but come on, Jaime was at times a complete wuss and cry baby. I must admit I might be a little biased as Flame {Night Game} and Mari {Deadly Game} and Lily {Mind Game}are the only female characters I’ve liked out of this whole series. I am also getting really, really, really, really, really, {too many reallys?} tired of reading about the elusive, crazy, maniac, Dr, Whitney. I think Feehan overuses this suspense angle. Yes, I know he is the villain but you can only write so much about a character that appears so sparsely in the series that you forget why he is the bad guy in the first place. A real villain show’s up to the fight, this isn’t Doctor. Claw from Inspector Gadget, we need a physical connection as to why Whitney is so evil. It doesn’t help to have your main characters pontificate about his villainy we need to see the man in action!

Final Verdict: I think this is an improvement from Murder Game and those of you who liked the previous books will probably like Street Game. If you are like me and have been disappointed since Ken and Mari’s book, Deadly Game, perhaps we can console ourselves with her Leopard series, and keep are fingers crossed for her next installment. This is not a bad book just not what I was looking for.(less)

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