Hidden Currents is book 7 (the final installment, perhaps...) of Christine Feehan's enjoyable Drake Sisters series. In it, we find the story of the youngest sister Elle Drake, and the man destined to help her shoulder the intimidating Drake legacy, Jackson Deveau.

Years ago, as Jackson lay in enemy hands, tortured and broken, Elle filled his mind and shared her psychic energy and strength with him to save his soul. After his escape, Jackson moved to Sea Haven with his friend Jonas Harrington to meet Elle. For years, he has lived on the outskirts of her life, afraid that Elle will never be able to accept the violence that taints him, terrified of the Drake legacy, until the day comes that he must save her life.

Working undercover to bring down a powerful human trafficking ring, Elle is taken prisoner by a strong psychic. She must trust that Jackson and her sisters will come for her, as she endures sadistic torture from a violent man determined to break her spirit, dominate her life, and control her.

Hidden Currents is the most disturbing installment yet in the Drake Sisters saga. The first six chapters are full of shocking details of Elle's kidnap and the subsequent physical and psychological torture she experienced at the hands of a madman. It is sickening and alarming, and is really difficult to read. In fact, I put the book down for a few days after reading those chapters - I was simply overwhelmed. But once I picked it back up, I couldn't put it down. Elle and Jackson are very powerful couple with a dynamic story.

I was happy to see the other sisters and their husbands/fiancés in Hidden Currents as well. Feehan always does an incredible job of tying her characters together with characters from other books in her series, and I am always ready to embrace them and find out what they've been up to.

As the last book in this series, Hidden Currents doesn't quite live up to the earlier books. Don't get me wrong, everything ends neatly, but it seemed as if something was missing. Perhaps Feehan was trying to leave an opening for further books - maybe from the perspective of Ilya's brothers? I suppose we'll have to stay tuned to see if anything comes from that. ( )

The last book in the Drake sister's saga. The story was compelling and characters were interesting. I couldn't put it down (I think I read it in 2 days). ( )

The last of the seven Drake sisters novel, this is the story of Elle and Jackson. While the book was fast paced and full of action, I felt like there wasn't enough time devoted to telling how the two actually fell in love. It seemed that the backstory was already out there in the last books, and therefore not really expanded on. It was just assumed that the two were in love and meant to be together. Aside from that, I found the ending rushed and too nicely tied up. ( )

Still in love with Jackson, but having resigned herself to the fact that he doesn't want to be what she needs, Elle Drake has assumed the persona of a rich playgirl and gone deep undercover to investigate a wealthy Greek suspected of human trafficking. Almost set to clear him, Elle is suddenly aware that her target not only isn't what he seems, he's much worse than her wildest nightmares could possibly prepare her for. Now, caught, raped, tortured and abused, Elle has only the most tenuous psychic connection with Jackson to sustain her - and she'd dying.

The final installment in the Drake Sisters series is darker and more intense than previous books in the series. It definitely isn't for the faint-hearted or squeamish. But thick as it is, I read it through in just a couple of sittings, and thought it was one of Feehan's better recent efforts. ( )