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Turbulent Sea by Christine Feehan
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Turbulent Sea is book 6 in Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters series. Unfortunately, it's the last book in the series until June! What am I going to do? Luckily, I have about a bajillion books on my tbr list just waiting for me to pick them up. But I digress, back to the review.

Turbulent Sea is the story of world famous musician Joley Drake, and secretive bodyguard Ilya Prakenskii. Joley is the sixth daughter of the enchanting Drake family. Joley is a charismatic performer, and shares a powerful magical inheritance with her six sisters. Joley is a spell-singer, able to compel anyone who hears her voice to feel or act anyway she wants.

We first met Ilya Parenskii in Oceans of Fire. He grew up with Abbey Drake's fiance Alexsandr Volstov in a group home in Russia. From a very early age, Ilya was brutally trained for a high-stakes life among criminals. As a bodyguard for notorious mobster Sergei Nikitin, he is detached, enigmatic, and hard as nails, but his love for Joley is destined to melt his heart of stone, and in so doing will force him to reveal dangerous secrets that will put not only his life in jeopardy, but also the lives of Joley and her family.

Turbulent Sea was in short, everything I hoped it would be! It was the best book in the series so far, full of action, romance and mystery. I loved the characters of Joley and Ilya. The chemistry between them was complex and satisfying -I really enjoyed reading about all the characters in Turbulent Sea - every character, from Joley's band mates and crew to the crazed fans, were dynamic and well-written. The other Drake sisters took a back seat in this book, allowing the action to keep speeding toward it's conclusion.

I can't wait for the next book to see what happens with Elle Drake and Jackson Deveau. As the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter, Elle is destined to pass on all the Drake family's magical gifts to her seven daughters. I wonder how Jackson will handle the idea of being a father to seven magical little girls of his own! ( )
  susanbevans | Oct 11, 2009 |
I was a little disappointed. . .This story has been building and building with tension, background and unexplored passion. But we get to the story and I found our heroine to be a little whiny and the hero not sharing a darn thing. I was hoping for more background with his story but he choose not to share with her and told he never would. I felt the story revolved around the secondary characters more than the main, which was interesting but not what I expected or even wanted. For me the lowest rated book of the series, not up to my expectations. ( )
  encbks | Aug 18, 2009 |
This Series is bout a family of magical sisters and the family ledged that all seven have powers, the first 6 each have a different power and the seventh has all six.

This book is bout Joley the rock star. Her gift is singing which has made her an overnight sensation leaving her feeling trapped by fame and fortune …. She falls in love with Ilya Prakenskii a bodyguard, whom has powers of his own. He also was the enemy of Alekandr her brother in law. While trying to hide the fact that they are together after a missing girl and a dead person or two, he saves her and her family accepts him. ( )
  dbhutch | Jun 27, 2009 |
I liked most of the dark series by christine feehan that I have read , in fact I probably have read most of them, this series is similar I mooched this book off bookmooch, and have resent it to someone else already, I would have to say I like this series it reminds me of Nora Roberts Face the Fire series but this is a bunch of sisters with paranormal gifts and something dark trying to get them etc etc, nice for a rainy weekend a fast read with lots of steaminess, I liked this book better that the next one by far the lead male is *cough* Hot, a fantastical romance, not a bad couple hours read. ( )
  averitasm | May 28, 2009 |
The star: Joley Drake was born with a legacy of unexpected magical gifts, but it was the gift of singing that made her an overnight sensation—a rock and roll goddess trapped by fame, fortune, and ambition. Heated by the flush of success, Joley could have any man she wanted. But there’s only man who can give her what she really needs.

The bodyguard: Ilya Prakenskii, cool, inscrutable, dangerously sexy, and working in the shadow of his infamous reputation—that of a secret Russian hit man on the payroll of a notorious mobster. He’s the last man Joley should get close to, yet when her life is threatened on tour she has nowhere left to turn. But in the seductive safe keep of Ilya’s embrace, is Joley really as secure as she imagines? ( )
  amarynt | Sep 6, 2008 |
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Epigraph
"Turbulent Sea"

Darkness lives inside me
A secret that I hide
The light that comes from all the rest
Is lost upon the tides

A touch of lightning--magic
Has left me marked and cold
I want...I need...I crave for me
A love that sells my soul

Like a turbulent sea
Pulling at me
I'm drowning in passion and fear
With all that I am--or ever will be
I must fight for what I hold dear

And I fight
For what is right
But shadows follow...
Me into the night

I sing and I cry and I scream at the night
To change an unchangeable fate

The wave crashes
In my heart
Darkness follows
Light departs

Like a turbulent sea
Pulling at me
I'm drowning

-Sheila Clover English
Dedication
For my parents,
Mark and Nancy King,
who taught all of us how to love
First words
Joley Drake stared in a kind of sick dread at the mob of people crowding the gates and fence.
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Canonical titleTurbulent Sea
Original publication date2008-07-29
SeriesThe Drake Sisters (6)
People/CharactersJoley Drake, Ilya Prakenskii, Sergei Nikitin, Steve Brinkley, Logan Voight, Denny Simmons (show all 13)
Important placesSea Haven, California, USA
Epigraph"Turbulent Sea"

Darkness lives inside me
A secret that I hide
The light that comes from all the rest
Is lost upon the tides

A touch of lightning--magic
Has left me marked and cold
I want...... (show all)
DedicationFor my parents,
Mark and Nancy King,
who taught all of us how to love
First wordsJoley Drake stared in a kind of sick dread at the mob of people crowding the gates and fence.
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
DescriptionJoley Drake has an enormous career, the most famous of all the Drake sisters, her voice loved by millions. On her world tour, she finds both adoration and danger. Somewhere there is someone who loves her. There is someone ... (show all)
Book description
Joley Drake has an enormous career, the most famous of all the Drake sisters, her voice loved by millions. On her world tour, she finds both adoration and danger. Somewhere there is someone who loves her. There is someone who hates her. And there is someone who is working behind the scenes to destroy everything she is, everything she loves and believes in........

Ilya Prakenskii has the reputation of a Russian hit man. He works for a notorious mobster and yet, he has ties to the Drake family and in particular Joley Drake. When things begin to go terribly wrong on Joley’s tour, Ilya steps in to protect her, much to her dismay. Two strong personalities, powerful magic and danger at every turn keep Joley and Ilya in the midst of turbulent seas.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0515145068, Mass Market Paperback)

An All-New Drake Sisters Novel

Bewitching rock superstar Joley Drake can have any lover she wants. But when her life is threatened, her dangerously sexy bodyguard is the only man she needs. There’s just one problem: his shadowy reputation as a secret Russian hit man may put Joley in even greater peril…

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400)

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