Review: Holdin’ On For a Hero by Ciana Stone

Holdin On For A Hero: A Three Book Set By Ciana Stone

Paranormal Romance

Released November 7, 2014

Self Publishing

Reviewed by Jean

Three full length paranormal tales of love and passion, featuring ex-military heroes and things “not of this world.”

Wolfe Tale

Wyatt Wolfe is a warrior, a man without fear. At least that’s the picture he presents to the members of his Navy SEAL team. He’s a stone-cold killer with a reputation as a woman magnet, and needing no one.

But appearances can be deceiving. Wyatt is a man torn by love and betrayal. His only need, his one weakness is Chance-a woman from his past he can never have, can never trust. She ripped his heart out with her betrayal and he has vowed never to look upon her again.

Chance never expected to hear from Wyatt. Especially not in the middle of the night, sounding afraid and unsure. The call serves to bring feelings she’d never escaped back to the surface. She’s been his as long as she can remember and no matter how much he shuns her, she has to find him. Help him.

Wyatt will be forced to see her and face the old feelings that have haunted him for years, because something inside him, an entity of violence and lust, is fighting for control of his mind. And his only chance of survival depends on the strength of Chance’s love,

That Which Survives

Senna Laserian, a professor of physics, may find her life quiet and uneventful, and her love life lukewarm at best, but that’s okay. There’s enough pain and mystery in her past to last a lifetime.

Until she meets Konnor Chase. Dark, brooding, Konnor awakens yearnings Senna wasn’t aware she was capable of. In fact, she isn’t certain she wants to be around him at all.

But when a string of murdered scientists lead the police and the corrupt leader of a covert agency to Senna, embroiling her in a series of events that take her ever closer to discovering the deadly secrets of her past, Konnor, an ex-operative of the same covert agency shadowing Senna, may be the only person who can save her.

Konnor wants nothing more than to forget his past and the mystery of the six missing weeks of his life. Content to run his small martial arts school, he works on finding inner peace that eludes him after more than a decade of trying.

When fate thrusts Senna into his life, his primary goal is to keep her alive. But now he must discover if he’s man enough to deal with the strong emotions she’s awakened inside him and dare to love.

A Matter of Trust

Turning dreams into reality? Nikki Morgan, whose life has been more about hard work than fanciful dreams, is about to find out that all things are possible. Her search for a priceless artifact brings her face-to-face with the unknown dark-haired man who has been inhabiting her dreams.

Max Weston is about to meet the one woman whose love and belief in him can rescue him from the cruel prison he’s been trapped in for years.

Two people, one dream. And a sensual awakening that will rock both to the core. Against a backdrop of breathless sexual interludes and the reuniting of two kindred spirits, it’s a race against time—and a ruthless family that will stop at nothing, even murder—to find the artifact and be the custodians of the immense power it holds.

Where recovering lost or stolen memories bind their past, present and future

Wolfe Tale

Wow what a good read and not totally what I was expecting from the book blurb. While Wyatt and Chance definitely have to deal with both of their feelings of betrayal and come to terms with the fact that they have always belonged together, discovering just who their enemies are is a wild ride. Get ready for Native American mythology come to life, spirits indwelling, a long list of who is playing who and more twists than you can count. As I said a wild ride all the way to the end.

That Which Survives

This book keeps you guessing, just who is the real enemy? Who is the mastermind of the game of chess Senna and Konnor’s lives have become? So many factions are trying to own her memories. Both suffer from missing chunks of time in their lives. The world is at risk of a weapon of mass destruction and Senna’s memories hold the answers, too bad she can’t remember. Senna’s fellow scientists are being murdered. She is under suspicion. Konnor is her protective lover but just who does he really work for? Underlying it all is the question: were ancient civilizations actually aliens or angels? Do they walk among us once again? This was a wonderful read that kept me guessing until the end.

A Matter of Trust

Nikki and Max share visions and fantasies of each other long before they are brought together. Nikki is a down on her luck, $23 from destitution doctoral student when she is approached with a ruse to provide companionship to a handicapped boy while searching for an artifact that is integral to her thesis. Expecting to care for a young boy she is shocked to come face to face with the man of her dreams. Max is a man imprisoned within himself, an ex-army ranger, a genius with no way to communicate. Thought to be mentally unstable and treated as a child he struggles to trust anyone. As a magical bond of hot fantasies and visions builds between them, Nikki and Max eventually come to trust one another. Multiple plots surround them. Murder, manipulative parents, doctors and lovers surround their hunt for the artifact and the pursuit of Max’s freedom. Although I didn’t spend as much time guessing who the enemies were in this story, it was fun to watch them be played off against each other. Tying this story to the previous was the theme of ancient civilizations and the possibility of an alien race or angels. Again this was a great read.All three stories contain some aspect of lost memories and how the hero and heroine deal with the resulting challenges and issues that arise. I loved the paranormal elements as well. I would recommend any of the stories separately, but combined they make for a wonderful collection. Enjoy!