Black Legacy

Black Opals #1

by Juliana Stone

Frankie Black is a woman in need of a mission- a Black Opal, a warrior woman whose sole purpose in life is to time shift either backward or forward in order to, well, save the world. For someone who is used to working with little or no time to spare, the last six months have been a lazy blur. But that's no longer the case. She has been summoned home rather abruptly, and charged with a mission to save the life of Dekkar James, an infamous rock god living three hundred years into the past. There are forces working against her. The New Order, her family's archenemies, would love nothing more than to wipe out the Black Opals. They're operatives who manipulate time with no regard for consequence. What she doesn't know is that they've found a way to seek out the predestined mates of all the Black Opals, and unless she can save Dekkar's life, her future will be the first casualty in a battle that could destroy humankind forever.

Genres: Paranormal Romance, Time Travel, Futuristic, Science Fiction

44 pages, ebook

First published January 6, 2010

About the author

Juliana Stone is also known as J.A. Stone.

USA Today bestselling author and 2015 RITA® winner JULIANA STONE fell in love with books in the fifth grade when her teacher introduced her to Tom Sawyer. A tomboy at heart, she splits her time between baseball, books, and music. When she’s not singing with her band, she’s thrilled to be writing young adult as well as adult contemporary romance—books that have garnered starred reviews from Publishers Weekly & Booklist—from somewhere in the wilds of Canada.

Reviews

[Claire Louise¤°.¸¸.•´¯`» · Rating 4 out of 5]

rated 4.5 out of 5
My thoughts:
The synopsis explains the book well, so i will jump right into what i thought of Black Legacy by Juliana Stone. In a word, i was hooked! Right from the first page until the very last. It is rare for a novella to catch my attention so deeply and engross me in the lives of two characters as i was with Frankie and Dekkar.

Frankie doesn't know when she meets the described 'rock God' Dekkar that he is her destined mate, all she knows is she's protecting him from her enemies The New Order (I love that name for the baddies) and when she lays eyes on him she's in instant lust. You can't blame her, i was lost when he was described as having blue black hair and "His incredible torso was covered in an elaborate array of colorful tattoos that snaked up, caressing the hard abs" oh yeah! i could understand Frankie's reaction to him too! She is such a cool character to read, tough as nails, a warrior protecting all of the galaxies and the girl likes sex! When we first see her she is getting major tongue action of the south variety, so you can guarantee the smexy time with Frankie and Dekkar is SMOKIN'! Juliana Stone brought it!

Favourite Quote:
Frankie had never in her life experienced such a kiss. It was both passionate and brutal in its intensity. She knew she was lost. There would never again be such a first kiss. Not ever.
This is an awesome beginning to a great Novella Series. Hot, erotic, fast paced, adventurous, with one of the sexiest men i've ever read! You're going to want to pick this book up and devour it as i did.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frankie is a member of the Black Opals - a team of female warriors who protect the world by travelling through time. The team consists of Frankie and her sisters and is run by their mother - the ability to time travel is passed down through the female line. For the last 300 years there have been artificial jumpers who travel through time & across different planets to try and change the future and the Black Opals are the only ones who can stop them.

The New Order have discovered a way to find the predestined mates of the Black Opals and they are travelling back in time to try and eliminate them. Dekkar is the first on their hit list and it is Frankie's job to find and protect him.

I really enjoyed this short story - Juliana has given us a good insight to the world she has created and has given us some interesting characters. I really liked Frankie - she is strong and smart and very good at her job but is looking for something more from life. What can I say about Dekkar? Well, he is Hot with a capital H! A modern day rock star who lives a life of excess but is searching for someone to spend his life with. His character was inspired by Nikki Sixx who I'd never heard of before but you can find a great picture of him on Juliana's blog.

If there was anything I didn't like about the story it would have been that the fight with the New Order was over a little too quickly but considering it is a short story Juliana managed to get an awful lot of information in there & I'm really looking forward to reading the next installment.

[Aymee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful first story in the hopefully long Black Opal series. The ending is a bit abrupt but effective. Very anxious to read more about Frankie, her sisters, and Dekkar.

Deserves a 4.5 at least, but Goodreads won't allow halvsies.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The starting blurb does help a lot in introducing this book. A little to quick and a lot is left with the reader knowing whats going on. Great story just to short could have really develop the romance better and no real HEA. Good start to series though.

[S.J. Clarke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this read, but was disappointed at how short it was. That small complaint aside, I'll read the rest because, once again, Ms. Stone created characters that grip and intrique me.