Concerned more with getting an adrenaline fix and making money to live on his own, Jace cares little for family ties or matters of the heart. On the faraway planet Celta, there are some forces you cannot fight… A few reviews mention that the main couple seemed to lack chemistry, but many loved the fate mate trop. The hero and heroine has some past history with one another, and are now forced to work together.

Owens is $3.79 at Amazon and $3.99 elsewhere! This is book twelve in the Celta’s Heartmates series. When their own lives are placed in danger, they realize that denying their HeartMates is only denying their own future. Suspicion flares, but they have little choice but to investigate the crime together.

Thrown together by duty, Garrett and Artemisia find the body of the last Black Magic Cultist who ruined her family. She wants nothing more than to guard her livelihood and protect the secrets she’s sworn to keep. Since her family was publicly disgraced, she’s used to such treatment. Still mourning his loss, he refuses to acknowledge her. He is monitored by Healer Artemisia Panax-his HeartMate, a love he never pursued. The Healers of Celta have something else in mind: Discover why he survived. Now, as a private eye, he strives to banish the memories of his past and rebuild his life. When a virulent disease killed the woman he loved and her baby, Garrett Primross was left alive, a reluctant survivor. On the faraway planet Celta, there are some things you can never tell-until someone discovers your Heart Secret… Some readers felt the villain was too over the top, though many enjoyed the mystery at the center of the plot as well as the romance. This has some second chance romance vibes, and can be read as a standalone. Owens is $3.79 at Amazon and $3.99 elsewhere! This is book eleven in the Celta’s Heartmates series. Communicating cats are a great reason to love the books.Īnyway, of the 14 books in the series, 13 titles in the Heart books starting with Heart Mate, plus one collection of short stories, there was only one book that didn’t work for me. There are pet familiars they can communicate telepathically with their bonded humans.

The series is set on the Planet Celta, with a Wiccan belief system. The premise is that their ancestors fled earth because of persecution of their psychic natures most of the population has some magical ability and use it in everyday work. They are willing to overcome and have a good future. Everyone has some sadness or trouble in their back stories but they are not only victims. The heroines are independent and the heroes are alpha without being alp-holes. You can tell an adult is writing the books, which is what I also feel about Patricia Briggs. Owens writes a good story and there are actual plots with resolutions. Owens’ Celta’s Heartmates series, which is currently featuring several of it’s books on sale.

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