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Insatiable (Federation Chronicles #3)
by
Lauren Dane
The bestselling author of Relentless returns to "an intriguing alternative world" (Joey W. Hill) for this sexy new adventure.
Carina Fardelle holds the key to calming the rising tensions between the Federation and Imperial 'Verses. Daniel Haws has been enlisted to smuggle her to safety, but removing her from under the fiercely watchful eye of her evil father, the Supreme...more
Carina Fardelle holds the key to calming the rising tensions between the Federation and Imperial 'Verses. Daniel Haws has been enlisted to smuggle her to safety, but removing her from under the fiercely watchful eye of her evil father, the Supreme...more
Paperback, 340 pages
Published
July 6th 2010
by Berkley Trade
(first published June 28th 2010)
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Nov 03, 2009
Shawna
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The hottest, most studtastic, swoon-worthy, yummy man candy cover hunk, EVER!!!! *I think I swallowed my tongue!*
You know how the saying goes? “Never judge the book by its cover?” Well, in this case it’s more than true. The cover is a very good marketing strategy (Susan, unfortunately you were right). This happens to be the second book I purchased this year based solely on the cover (well, the blurb sounded good, too), and they both left me disappointed.
I don’t want to be unfair. It was a good story, well-structured with equal amounts of action, drama, and steam, but it was the narrative style – also affec...more
I don’t want to be unfair. It was a good story, well-structured with equal amounts of action, drama, and steam, but it was the narrative style – also affec...more
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Third in the Federation Chronicles and first in the Phantom Corps romantic sci-fi series with the couple focus on Daniels Haws and the Princess Carina.
My Take
Omigod. This was so bad. Just… I have to believe Dane either didn't have an editor or they didn't care. It's an interesting enough story with the usual theme of the nasty despot destroying all around him while the brave and glorious good guy is trying to protect it all.
Dane has one of her characters commit suicide, but never explains why....more
My Take
Omigod. This was so bad. Just… I have to believe Dane either didn't have an editor or they didn't care. It's an interesting enough story with the usual theme of the nasty despot destroying all around him while the brave and glorious good guy is trying to protect it all.
Dane has one of her characters commit suicide, but never explains why....more
This is the 3rd book in the Federation Chronicles series and the 1st in the Phantom Corps series, kind of a mini-series within a series. I'm not sure what the purpose of that is since it all involves the Federation, but oh well. Once again, the banter between our couple is what made this book for me. It has one of the sweetest romances I've read in a while between and alpha-male and his strong-willed love. There was a lot of humor and laughter between our lovers and parts of it were just fun to...more
Review Courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales
Quick & Dirty: Hot. Damn.
Opening Sentence: There was no sound other than heavy breathing and then an in-drawn breath gone liquid.
The Review:
Phew. That’s all I’ve got to say. I think the temperature just rose 10 degrees in here and all I did was read this book.
So, sit right down and let me tell you all about it. *grin*
Daniel Haws is HOT super spy extraordinaire. His latest mission is to rescue a princess from enemy territory and bring her and her cargo back...more
Quick & Dirty: Hot. Damn.
Opening Sentence: There was no sound other than heavy breathing and then an in-drawn breath gone liquid.
The Review:
Phew. That’s all I’ve got to say. I think the temperature just rose 10 degrees in here and all I did was read this book.
So, sit right down and let me tell you all about it. *grin*
Daniel Haws is HOT super spy extraordinaire. His latest mission is to rescue a princess from enemy territory and bring her and her cargo back...more
In the future the people of Earth have emigrated to other plants, have adapted, and set up new systems of government that bear no resemblance to life as we now know it. But a war is erupting between the Federation and the Imperial ‘Verses. Daniel Hawes runs an elite military corps within the federation named the Phantom Corps and his latest assignment is to smuggle the daughter of the leader of the Imperial territory out of her home and back to the Federation. Carina is implanted with data that...more
Insatiable by Lauren Dane
Erotic Paranormal - July 6th, 2010
4 1/2 stars
In Insatiable Lauren Dane again brings to life her incredible futuristic world filled with dangerous intrigue and super sexy men!
Carina lives in fear. On her planet woman are regulated to property without any rights. Although she is a princess on her world, she realizes that she is merely a pawn and hides her intelligence behind her beauty and playgirl persona. In desperate rebellion she and her mother have secretly been p...more
Erotic Paranormal - July 6th, 2010
4 1/2 stars
In Insatiable Lauren Dane again brings to life her incredible futuristic world filled with dangerous intrigue and super sexy men!
Carina lives in fear. On her planet woman are regulated to property without any rights. Although she is a princess on her world, she realizes that she is merely a pawn and hides her intelligence behind her beauty and playgirl persona. In desperate rebellion she and her mother have secretly been p...more
This one puts the Flat in Flatulence. I picked this book up because I really enjoyed Chaos Burning- OMG, was this even written by the same author? Seriously, this book doesn't even come close to the book I read before it, it was like reading a Stepford Author; downright spooky. It had the fantasy feel of a book written by a twelve year old. Characters were superficial, plot line was seriously weak, and the sex scenes were just downright disturbing (probably because I couldn't get that childish 1...more
Carina Fardelle lives day by day in fear of her life. The daughter of the Imperialist leader, Ciro Fardelle. When her father decides the waiting is over and she must marry, he picks a cruel groom. But he makes one mistake, he under estimates is wife and daughter as they make plans to get Carina out of Imperialist territory along with secrets Ciro would rather the Federation never find out about. Born a princess, but never acts like one, Carina falls deeply for the man who has come to rescue her....more
Carina Fardelle's father, Ciro, holds the position of Supreme Commander of the Imperial Universe. Carina is disgusted by her father who treats her mother like dirt. He has decided to marry her off to an odious man without any care for her feelings. Her mother Esta has lost two sons, one to death, the other to desertion because of her husband and doesn't want Carina to suffer like she does. She has figure out a way for Carina to escape her tyrannical father, and that is to steal very important in...more
I LOVED this book. I think Lauren Dane's futuristic world is the best created society I've ever read about in romance. She has really thought through the politics, the hierarchy of social ranking, and the technology of the world she's made come alive, and I've become more and more intrigued as I'm introduced to a truly unique alternate universe: this is not just a case of an author basically writing a contemporary novel and just adding flying spaceships in an effort to call it sci-fi.
The other...more
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By the time I closed this book I looked at the cover of INSATIABLE and all I wanted to say was; It’s me, not you, in why I struggled with your story. The fact remains though that I did struggle with this story and the main irritation for me was Carina. The story begins with the separate introduction of Daniel Haws and Carina Fardelle, and at that moment I had no problems. Daniel came through as a skill-honed Phantom Corp warrior who was preparing himself for a dangerous mission and Carina, in he...more
This is my forth attempt at writing this review. Weird stuff kept happening, so I figured I'd better heed the signs. (fingers crossed) Here goes.
Princess Carina has no illusions about her usefulness to her father. She is a bargaining chip and nothing more. She detests the role she is forced to play as an empty headed, spoiled princess, but women are considered property on her father's world. To show her true colors would be an invitation for her to disappear permanently, like her brothers and s...more
Princess Carina has no illusions about her usefulness to her father. She is a bargaining chip and nothing more. She detests the role she is forced to play as an empty headed, spoiled princess, but women are considered property on her father's world. To show her true colors would be an invitation for her to disappear permanently, like her brothers and s...more
When I began reading this book I was afraid it would be a two star book. I was going to DNF this book because, damnit, I paid too much for this trade copy! Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. The heroine did not make any Too Stupid to Live decisions. When Daniel tells Carina to "Get Down!" she listens. She doesn't endanger him with stupid heroic antics when the bullets are flying. Carina shares her feelings right away. There are no Big Misunderstandings, Cruel to Be Kind Push Away scenes, nor Se...more
THIS IS A FILTHY, DIRTY REVIEW THAT YOU SHOULD ONLY READ IF YOU'RE OVER THE AGE OF CONSENT. This review has been rated R for L (language), S (sexual content), PO (personal opinions), and OS (other stuff). Parental discretion would be weird, you shouldn't read this with your parents.
Ok, now I think I understand why I'm having such a hard time with this series. It looks as though there is a Federation Chronicles series, which Phantom Corps is a spin-off of? I read and kinda enjoyed Undercover (FC#...more
Ok, now I think I understand why I'm having such a hard time with this series. It looks as though there is a Federation Chronicles series, which Phantom Corps is a spin-off of? I read and kinda enjoyed Undercover (FC#...more
This book continues in the same setting as the previous two [in fact, the hero is the brother of the heroine in Relentless]. Princess of the opposing [Imperium] Universes defects carrying information that will help the Federation. Our hero is the Phantom Corps operative sent to bring her out. [He's not alone, several other Corps members are spotlighted - they will have their own books later.]
It's a good read, the heroine is enthusiastic about escaping and enjoying the freedoms of her new life -...more
It's a good read, the heroine is enthusiastic about escaping and enjoying the freedoms of her new life -...more
Carina was such an obnoxious heroine. She was like a spoiled child. I hated her. The dialogue and narrative was choppy. It seemed like for this book, as well asMesmerizedand Captivated that an editor or someone gave Ms. Dane a thesaurus from Regency England and said, here: Use this. The following words were used: kip, wanton, rogue, rake, abode, as well as many other. As I remember them , I'll add them. It was so incredibly jarring.
I love Lauren Dane books and I am a big fan of her Federation Series.
I can always connect with Lauren Dane's female characters. I just adore them. I want to be them! lol
Great turn paging plot. I really liked how she got the two main characters together. I read somewhere that she had Eric Bana in mind when she was writing Daniel and I so felt it.
One the things that I really really liked is that she included the previous couple, Abbie and Roman, in this book too. I was so happy about that becaus...more
I can always connect with Lauren Dane's female characters. I just adore them. I want to be them! lol
Great turn paging plot. I really liked how she got the two main characters together. I read somewhere that she had Eric Bana in mind when she was writing Daniel and I so felt it.
One the things that I really really liked is that she included the previous couple, Abbie and Roman, in this book too. I was so happy about that becaus...more
At 3/4 through, I'm waiting for something horrific to happen in the storyline. Not that I'm hoping for it really, but thinking that the story needs to have one of those serious traumas to bring it to the somewhat happy ending. Otherwise, it's been a good read so far. The characters are interesting and believable.
My only wish is that authors would stray a bit from the fit and strongwilled twenty-something hooking up with an older, strong and supportive man, and move more toward a fit and strongw...more
My only wish is that authors would stray a bit from the fit and strongwilled twenty-something hooking up with an older, strong and supportive man, and move more toward a fit and strongw...more
What is going on? The third in this series is the worse one I've read so far. I just couldn't get into Carina. I did like Daniel as I admired him from afar in the previous book. I couldn't care less about Carina. Yes, she has a crazy father and she did her best to stand up to him and then escape him to help his enemy. But she just didn't pull me in like Sera or Abby. I hope the next book with Andrei in it doesn't suck. I had high hopes for this series as I like the war conflict and I really like...more
It's more a 3.5 Stars. I really wanted to love this book. I've enjoyed the other books in this series and I was sooo looking forward to reading this one just by looking at the cover. This has to be one of the hottest covers ever!
I enjoyed the story enough, it was a good plot, but there wasn't enough action. The heroine, Carina, was a bit immature and childish to my liking at times, not enough that I would consider her annoying, but she came across as very needy. One good thing about her was that...more
I enjoyed the story enough, it was a good plot, but there wasn't enough action. The heroine, Carina, was a bit immature and childish to my liking at times, not enough that I would consider her annoying, but she came across as very needy. One good thing about her was that...more
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3.75 stars
Things are heating up between the Federation and the Imperialists and stuff is brewing on The Edge. When Carina Fardelle has to defect to Federation territory with crucial Intel about her father's plans, Daniel, leader of the Phantom Corps, is to head-up the extraction mission.
Daniel is part of an elite team of assassins called Phantom Corps. Recently promoted to leader of the Corps the responsibility that rests on his shoulders is significant. Daniel is an impatient man, which I found...more
Things are heating up between the Federation and the Imperialists and stuff is brewing on The Edge. When Carina Fardelle has to defect to Federation territory with crucial Intel about her father's plans, Daniel, leader of the Phantom Corps, is to head-up the extraction mission.
Daniel is part of an elite team of assassins called Phantom Corps. Recently promoted to leader of the Corps the responsibility that rests on his shoulders is significant. Daniel is an impatient man, which I found...more
A good sci-fi romance with a strong heroine that grows from a sheltered girl molded to be a pawn in her fathers political plans, to a strong, sensual woman how know what she wants and isn´t frightened to fight for it.
A delicious strong special ops hero with a good sense of right and wrong and a bit to well developed mind of propriety. So much so that even if he is the operational head of Phantom Corps he think he isn´t worthy of a princess (the heroine). Pfft, silly man!
I like that the relations...more
A delicious strong special ops hero with a good sense of right and wrong and a bit to well developed mind of propriety. So much so that even if he is the operational head of Phantom Corps he think he isn´t worthy of a princess (the heroine). Pfft, silly man!
I like that the relations...more
4.25 stars
This is my favorite erotic romance series, and I loved the story as much as I do the cover. (I'm not usually into man-chest covers, but I LOVE this one.)
Daniel was a wonderful alpha hero: in control (but not controlling), sure of himself, a bit world weary, and extremely nurturing and protective of the women in his life. Carina is what a sheltered virgin heroine ought to be. Guileless, but not naive. Forthright and unembarrassed by her inexperience. Often, she has to remind Daniel that...more
This is my favorite erotic romance series, and I loved the story as much as I do the cover. (I'm not usually into man-chest covers, but I LOVE this one.)
Daniel was a wonderful alpha hero: in control (but not controlling), sure of himself, a bit world weary, and extremely nurturing and protective of the women in his life. Carina is what a sheltered virgin heroine ought to be. Guileless, but not naive. Forthright and unembarrassed by her inexperience. Often, she has to remind Daniel that...more
I really liked Daniel from the last book, he was so protective of Abbie, so I was so happy to see he was at the center of this book. I liked that we got to see a more in depth view of his life in the Phantom Corps. It showed just how dangerous a man he was, one who kept a strict hold on himself and to separate the two parts of his life.
I liked Carina from the start, but wasn't sure about a romantic pairing with Daniel. But as they escaped I realized she was just what he needed. She is smart, kno...more
I liked Carina from the start, but wasn't sure about a romantic pairing with Daniel. But as they escaped I realized she was just what he needed. She is smart, kno...more
Another awesome entry in Dane's Federation Chronicles. I loved that the heroine was so strong and so willing to fight for what she wanted - namely the hero. It was great that the roles were reversed in many ways, the heroine claiming she was going to keep the hero no matter what he said.
The overall story arc also moved forward, and I look forward to seeing where Dane is going to take things.
The overall story arc also moved forward, and I look forward to seeing where Dane is going to take things.
Enjoyed this one a lot. It's classified as book 3 in the Federation series and book 1 in the Phantom Corps. I was hoping it would lean more towards a book 1 and it did take a while to pick up what certain things said meant, and the places, etc. But this story felt very heavy on the relationships and that's what I most loved about it. Lauren Dane writes relationships, both romantic and family so well.
Nice addition to the Federation Chronicles series. Not anywhere as good as Relentless, the second book in the series, which was excellent. But still a good continuation of the wars of the 'verses.
Loved this book. Great addition to the series. This is the third in her Federation series. Great characters and great storyline, in this book and to move the series along. Carina is running away from her insane father who is also the ruler of the Imperial Verses. She is being smuggled out by Daniel (Abby from the second book's brother) who is in the Phantom Corp of the Federation Verses. Because of trying to avoid her father's troops it takes them a couple of weeks to get to Federation space and...more
Was a bit taken aback at how quickly I devoured this book - I couldn't wait to finish, yet didn't want it to end. *g*
I love Lauren's writing style and this book was certainly no exception.
Wonderful set up for the next book too and I can't wait for it.
I love Lauren's writing style and this book was certainly no exception.
Wonderful set up for the next book too and I can't wait for it.
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Lauren Dane has been writing stories since she was able to use a pencil, and before that she used to tell them to people. Of course, she still talks nonstop, and through wonderful fate and good fortune, she’s now able to share what she writes with others. It’s a wonderful life!
The basics: Lauren is a mom, a partner, a best friend and a daughter. Living in the rainy but beautiful Pacific Northwest,...more
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“Your precious dirty underpants and scores of blades are untouched by me. But I'm not thick. I can actually see something dangerous and not poke myself in the eye with it.”
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“Does this mean you're going to marry me then?"
"I've only been pestering you to marry me since the day we met, Daniel. What clued you in that I'd be interested other than that?”
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"I've only been pestering you to marry me since the day we met, Daniel. What clued you in that I'd be interested other than that?”
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