Friday, April 3, 2015

Forsaken by Caitlyn O'Leary

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Forsaken
Synopsis
Caught Between Duty and Love… Seth Natani is one of the DEA’s best operatives thanks to his “found” abilities, but he’s hanging on by a thread. It is thoughts of the love of his life keep him sane. In the meantime he finds solace in his dreams.
Clinging to Hope… Parted from the man that means everything to her, Annie desperately holds onto the past that they shared, and prays for the day they can be reunited. In the meantime she finds solace in her dreams. Where Dreams Are Real... Night after night Seth and Annie cling to one another in their dreams, finding a passion that leaves them gloriously fulfilled in sleep, but achingly lonely upon waking. Just when Seth thinks his assignment is ending, it takes a turn for the worse when he finds out the people he is investigating are trafficking in young women. When Annie is taken, will Seth be able to save the woman he loves and make their dreams reality?

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“Stop.” Thiago continued. Seth grabbed Thiago’s forearm in a punishing grip, seconds away from breaking it. “Let go,” Thiago said, through gritted teeth. “You forget yourself.” “Until I say differently, she’s my property, or I leave now.” Seth was truly scared. Labado was a murdering sadist, and he might have pushed him too far, but he couldn’t ignore it for one more second. Labado stared at him and slowly let go of the whimpering girl. She dropped to the floor. Labado cradled his arm and toed her with his shoe. “Is she the one?” “How would I know, I haven’t seen the others,” Seth said in a calm voice. “Anton, bring in the next sample,” he called out. Four more young women were brought in for Seth to view, all slightly older than the girl who remained silently crying on the floor at his feet. After they all were standing in a row, Leslie turned to him. “Well?” “And the one in the picture?” “She’s not as docile, and she has bruising.” Seth gave her a toothy smile. “So she has spirit and marks up well. Too bad you didn’t bring her.” He set down his drink and got up. “She’s in the hall. Bring her in Anton.” He continued to stand. This was it, his palms were damp, and a bead of sweat trickled down his neck. The bastard was gripping Annie tightly by the scruff of her neck, forcing her into the room. Her face was mostly hidden by her hair. It was a trick he had seen her use many times to assess a situation without people being aware of what she was doing. Then like a laser, she saw the girl lying on the ground and she yanked out of the man’s hold and was on her knees in front of Labado, cradling the girl’s head in her lap. “Oh, I like a woman who knows her place,” Labado crooned. Why didn’t I break the fucker’s arm? “What did you do to her?” Annie demanded, her head turning to Labado, as Leslie watched Seth. He looked at her, schooling his features, so he could survive the contempt he would see in his lover’s, his love’s face. But while her face was hard and cold her eyes held nothing but joy. “She is not your business.” “I’m making her my business.” “You’re in no position to negotiate. You’re a captive. All but naked on the floor. Where is your leverage?” “Apparently I’m a commodity of some value, or I wouldn’t be here.” She tossed her hair and looked at Labado. “I’m of value to him. I have leverage.” She helped the girl off the floor, murmuring softly to her. God, she was magnificent. He kept his face flat and raised an eyebrow at Labado. “You seem taken.” Seth said stating the obvious. “You don’t. I thought spirit and easily marked were two of your criteria.” Labado’s eyes followed Annie as she took the young girl to a sofa. Anton followed her with an amused expression on his face. “I find myself drawn to both of them. They both have,” Seth paused, “certain qualities.” “I am in complete agreement. I will take whichever one you pass up.” “But you told me the other day your current mistress was to your liking.” “A man can always make room for two women.” Labado licked his lips as he looked at the women/girls on the sofa. Seth looked at the four other women in the room. He wished a man could always make room for six. God, they had to stop this tonight, but it wasn’t going to happen. Could Kota and Nate somehow keep track of these four? “I’m sorry. I really can’t decide. If you’re intent on taking one of these two, I’m going to have to go through with the divorce.” Labado pulled his gaze away from the sofa and stared incredulously at Seth. “You are talking crazy. You have what you want. You just said so.” “But you are intent on taking what I truly desire.” He watched as the sick bastard processed what he was saying. Leslie laughed. “Well aren’t you just full of surprises. First you didn’t want any of the women I had to offer, and now you want two. But I thought you liked spirit, and one seems like a bit of a victim.” “I like the dichotomy. But the point is moot.” He looked at the sofa and couldn’t see Annie’s face, her hair hid everything. He knew exactly what was going on in her mind, in her soul, because it mirrored his own heart. He had to pull this off. 

REVIEW
4.5 stars
Forsaken is book 2 in the Found series. I did not read the first book prior to this one so I missed out on some background between the characters but there was plenty of info to catch me up and keep me from being lost.

Seth accepts one last assignment that is only supposed to last a few short months but is now approaching the two year mark. He ends up in so deep that he's completely cut off from everyone. There's a leak in his office so he's basically off the grid.
He's surviving a living hell and the only thing that keeps him going are thoughts and memories of the love of his life, Annie.

Annie in the mean time has given birth to his daughter Nell who is now her whole reason for living. 
Seth and Annie begin to share dreams, they are each others lifeline at times until Annie finds out what he's done and she blocks him.
After his mission is explained to Annie she knows she has to help, she volunteers to go undercover to assist. During this time their daughter goes looking for her parents in her dreams and cannot be awakened.
Seth and Annie are reunited and the case is closed but now they face trying to bring their daughter back.

After reading Forsaken I have to go back for the first in the series, I want to know everything about these people!! I look forward to reading more Found.

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Synopsis
Tortured beyond Endurance… Kelly Wachowski has no memory of her life before she was five. Despite being one of the ‘found’ children and her uncanny ability to assimilate languages, she’s managed to live a normal life for twenty years until the day she was kidnapped. Tortured beyond endurance she prayed for death while she dreamed of a boy long forgotten—Noah.
A Hero with a Secret… Samson Noah Kukailimoku is another ‘found’ child. His existence was kept secret by the Polynesian family who adopted him. Now he’s a highly decorated naval officer, and part of an elite unit whose mission is to rescue children like Kelly. The closer he gets to finding her the more he connects to her and shares the pain of her torture and the dreams of their shared past. A Love That Is More than a Dream… After her rescue, Kelly is convinced she’s losing her mind as she experiences Noah’s life in a waking dream. Knowing she’s in danger, Noah must save Kelly from herself and those tracking her, moving Heaven and Earth to protect her. Linked by their past, danger and deception follow them everywhere. Together they discover a love and passion surpassing all of their dreams, but before they can have a future together they have to solve the mystery of their past. 
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Author Bio
Caitlyn O’Leary was raised in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. She has always been an avid reader. Her earliest creative writing endeavors consisted of “ghost writing” exercises where she pretended to be her younger brothers and sister when she did their homework assignments. Years in corporate America honed her ability to manipulate words by day and at night she read everything she could get her hands on, including many steamy romances. Now happily married to her long, tall Texan and living in Southern California, Caitlyn has finally found the time to write erotic happily ever afters. She enjoys swimming, traveling, babysitting for her nieces and nephews, spending time with friends and family, and doing lots of “research” with her husband for upcoming novels. 

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