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Angel's Assassin by Laurel O'Donnel Review

4/27/2013

21 Comments

 
A Five Star Review ***** from the Picky Reviewer, which would be me.
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Angel’s Assassin by Laurel O’Donnell is suspenseful historic
romance. Lady Aurora lives in the time of romantic castles, ambitious missions and far-reaching cruelty. Her task is to undo the evil her mother has spread throughout the land under her rule, but Aurora is up to the task. A stranger enters the picture winning her trust, while keeping his true purpose behind his visit secret.

 Damien is a slave and a trained assassin. He is good at what he does, so
good, in fact, that his master agrees to release him if he kills one last person. As a cold, calculating killer Damien never asks why a person must die, he just carries out his duty that is until he meets Aurora. The woman shines like a light into his dark life, illuminating corners he’d forgotten, making him yearn for both home and love. The only problem is to gain his freedom he must kill the only woman who ever truly cared about him.

Lady Aurora is aware her mother’s evil continues to reap consequences no
matter how hard Aurora works to correct the wrong done. Her mother’s killer might possibly come back for her. Dark brooding Damien enters her world upsetting her already tenuous balance by creating forbidden desires for someone not of her station. She finds herself drawn to the unsuitable man. He is a stranger who keeps so much from her. Even though she knows all the reasons to stay away from Damien, she fails to heed them.

 Angel’s Assassin moves at a nice pace with excellent descriptions and supporting characters. There is a period flavor with no textbook-feel history lessons.  Damien and Aurora’s romance progresses in stages as most romances realistically do. Usually finding out your lover is also your
assassin is a bit off putting. As a reader, I wanted the two to work out their
differences with no bloodshed. 

  Angel’s Assassin is a wonderful page-turner romance. Make
sure you have enough time to finish it because you will not be putting it down.  Two thumbs up for Ms. O’Donnell and Angel’s Assassin.

Blurb for Angel’s Assassin:
Damien is an assassin, a man with no home and a tortured past. Sold into slavery as a young boy, he is trained to kill with cold calculation, without remorse. As a reward for his ruthless success, he is given
  a chance to earn his freedom from his cruel master. One last mission. One final person to slay…

Lady Aurora of Acquitaine is the epitome of purity and goodness, beloved by all her people. She lives her life trying to atone for her mother’s cruelty by being a fair and just ruler. Secretly she fears that one day her mother’s murderer will return for her.

When Damien enters Aurora’s life, tempting her with promises of dark passion and forbidden lust, he threatens to tear her peaceful world apart with shadowy secrets of his own.

Can Aurora’s light heal Damien’s dark spirit or will his evil consume her? The eternal battle of good versus evil, love versus hate, dark versus light, all come to a shattering climax in this historical romance set in medieval England. 

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21 Comments
morgan k wyatt
4/27/2013 10:45:14 am

Welcome Laurel

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 05:31:34 am

Thanks for having me, Morgan! I'm very excited to be here.
Laurel

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Angela Adams link
4/27/2013 09:34:27 pm

Intriguing premise and awesome book cover! Best wishes with your book.

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 05:33:02 am

Thanks, Angela! It was a challenging book to write. Damien was so stubborn. He just wouldn't do what I told him! But it worked out well in the end. :)
Laurel

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Stacey Brutger link
4/28/2013 12:42:27 am

Great Cover. I expecially like the blurb. Sounds like something right up my alley.

Congratulations!

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 05:37:30 am

Thanks, Stacey! If you pick up a copy, please let me know what you think.
Laurel

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Tina M
4/28/2013 02:18:20 am

Love the cover..Thanks for sharing this with all of us..

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 05:40:44 am

Hi Tina -
My pleasure. Enjoy.
Laurel

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Tina M
5/4/2013 07:06:32 am

:)

Tina M
5/4/2013 07:06:47 am

:).....

Tina M
5/4/2013 07:06:56 am

:).....Thanks!!

BookLady
4/28/2013 03:17:49 am

What an interesting book! Love the cover. Enjoyed the blurb and review. Thanks for sharing.

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 05:42:03 am

Hi BookLady -
Glad you enjoyed the blurb and review. I was happy to share it with you!
Laurel

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Sue M
4/28/2013 03:20:23 am

I love your books!

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 10:10:42 am

Hi Sue -
Thanks for stopping by!
Laurel

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Leanna h
4/28/2013 05:21:17 am

This sounds like a great book! I like books where the hero has to make a tough choice to get his heroin. In this case it appears thst with either choice he will be unhappy great tease makes me want to read this book.

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Laurel ODonnell link
4/28/2013 10:12:17 am

Hi Leanna -
Damien did have to make a tough choice. I put him through Hell! But I think it all worked out in the end. :)
Laurel

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Elizabeth Rose
4/28/2013 09:55:04 am

Laurel, you know I always love your books and characters. And this hero as a slave and assassin - only wish I had thought of it!
Those kind of heroes are right up my alley. Congrats on the great review.

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Janie McGaugh
4/28/2013 12:42:16 pm

I loved The Angel and the Prince; I imagine this will be great, too!

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Veronika
4/29/2013 08:40:15 pm

Nice review! Like the blurb and the cover is beautiful!

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Marilyn DeLuca
5/4/2013 04:19:44 am

This was the best book you have written to date and I am such a big fan of yours!

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