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One of seven daughters in a line of extraordinary women, Hannah Drake has been the elusive object of affection for Jonas Harrington for as long as the young man can remember. If only the stunning supermodel was driven by a passion other than her career. But Jonas isn't the only one with desires for Hannah. A vengeful figure has emerged from the shadows, stalking the beauty with one terrifying purpose: to strip her of all she is-and destroy her. Now, out of a storm of danger, Jonas must guide show more the woman he loves from a sinister darkness that threatens not only Hannah but the entire Drake family. Can her sisters' special powers keep her from harm, and will Jonas catch the elusive assailant? show lessTags
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On the surface this wasn't a bad read. A story about a psychically gifted model (Hannah) who is one of the Drake Sisters, who is in love with Jonas Harrington for a long time but unsure about where their relationship would go. Ends up scarred and chased and unsure of her future. He steps in as her protector and tries to help her.
It's not a bad read on the surface and there are certain shining moments in the story but it shows a lot of what is cliched and bad about romance these days.
She's tiny, overwhelmed by his size. Okay, it's a given that she is going to be small given that she's borderline anorexic because of stresses from her agent. However the anorexia and agent are pretty quickly dismissed. This is not the way either of these show more things run.
He's prime abusive husband material. I'm not talking the "will strike a woman" type but he continuously talks about her being his "possession"; gets manic when she's not near him; talks about her future as if she had no choice and generally comes across as being both controlling and obsessive. Not generally good signs for a mature relationship! But that appears to be what Christine Feehan finds attractive in a man and what her fans want. Me, it creeps me out a bit, more than many straight horror stories. show less
It's not a bad read on the surface and there are certain shining moments in the story but it shows a lot of what is cliched and bad about romance these days.
She's tiny, overwhelmed by his size. Okay, it's a given that she is going to be small given that she's borderline anorexic because of stresses from her agent. However the anorexia and agent are pretty quickly dismissed. This is not the way either of these show more things run.
He's prime abusive husband material. I'm not talking the "will strike a woman" type but he continuously talks about her being his "possession"; gets manic when she's not near him; talks about her future as if she had no choice and generally comes across as being both controlling and obsessive. Not generally good signs for a mature relationship! But that appears to be what Christine Feehan finds attractive in a man and what her fans want. Me, it creeps me out a bit, more than many straight horror stories. show less
I was excited to finally get to Hannah and Jonas’s book because it’s been clear from the beginning of the series that they belong together. I wasn’t sure how much I’d like getting Jonas’s POV because he’s been very bossy and somewhat abrasive in previous books. It was a happy surprise that his POV gave the necessary backstory and look inside his head so I could really root for him. I didn’t need any persuasion to root for Hannah, but it was still eye-opening to get her POV. The sisters may all seem to live charmed—in more ways than one—lives, but they’re all struggling with something. Hannah’s physical and internal struggles were probably the worst so far, and I liked how things played out and were revealed in the show more aftermath of the attack.
I don’t know what Feehan’s thing with Russian mobsters is, but they sure take up a lot of the baddie space in these books. It’s not my favorite thing about the series, but we’d miss out on some good characters, especially Ilya, if she didn’t have these plotlines. Looking forward to his and Joley’s book next! show less
I don’t know what Feehan’s thing with Russian mobsters is, but they sure take up a lot of the baddie space in these books. It’s not my favorite thing about the series, but we’d miss out on some good characters, especially Ilya, if she didn’t have these plotlines. Looking forward to his and Joley’s book next! show less
The hero has been in love with his childhood friend for his entire life. Not just any love but a desperate all consuming love that he's hidden from her. He doesn't believe he's good enough for her and his habit of putting himself in dangerous situations deters him from bringing her into his world. But when he almost dies one night-he finally sees that the tsunami of emotions is held back by a crumbling wall and suddenly everything he's been containing for all these years comes pouring out. But just as they've finally found some sort of understanding, the heroine is brutally attacked-slices to ribbons by a psychotic fan and she almost dies. Only the life force and magic of the hero's love and her families love saves her but she's show more horribly scared. Already having a bad body imagine despite being a stunning supermodel, she's now ashamed of her face and horrified at the monster she thinks she become. And the attacker, the one who's brutalized her life is coming back for more. I had such a hard time with this book and though I can say that I enjoyed some elements of it I rated it an overwhelming 1 star. First off was the most pressing dislike about this book-the hero. He was...oh my god he was almost psychotic. I mean I read about werewolves and vampires and he-man alpha males all the time but the over the top obsession, the single minded focus the hero had on the heroine greatly disturbed me. He just didn't let up! If you meet a guy like him and he treated you with the same possessive desperation as he treated the heroine-you'd call the cops. Honestly, it was beyond. I can't even. Second issue I had is the very odd pacing. The characters didn't develop-at least the hero didn't-the heroine did grow in confidence as the story went on. But they are in love with each other from start to finish. There was no growth there. Also every single feeling and thought that went through the characters mind was repeated again and again and again. It came to the point where one conversation would happen at least twice each chapter. I grew so bored that I struggled to every feel the angst the author was trying to portray-instead I grew frustrated at having wasted my time reading a book that really could have been 160 pages. I find that I just can't love Christine Feehan books as much as other authors in my library. I have a few more of her books in my to read pile and this book as seriously put me off attempting to read any of them which is a shame. show less
This is the 5th story and 4rd full-length novel in the Drake sisters series. The first two were novellas. In order, they're "Magic in the Wind" (in Lover Beware), The Twilight Before Christmas, which for some reason I thought was an anthology, so it's still in my TBR pile, Oceans of Fire, Dangerous Tides, and Safe Harbor.
The seven Drake sisters all have magical abilities. This story focuses on Hannah, who's a supermodel. Though appearing in public is very difficult for her, she pushes herself to do it because she thinks it's what her sisters want and she doesn't want to let them down.
Jonas is a long-time family friend, the local sheriff, and sometime government operative. He's also always been in love with Hannah, but thinks she's too show more good for him, and hesitates to expose her to the danger of his jobs.
Danger finds her anyway, when a crazed killer attacks her with a knife on national television, as Jonas watches, horrified, from the other side of the country. She's saved by the mysterious Prakenskii, who has powers of his own, and designs on sister Joley.
I very much enjoyed this story. Jonas's tendency to bark orders when he's worried rather than explain his concerns is even more pronounced here--understandably so, since his emotions are out of control. The danger to Hannah and the way the various suspense plots come together were exciting enough to hold my attention.
I loved the emotional aspect, which is where I think this story shines. Jonas demonstrates that beneath the bossy exterior, he truly loves and understands Hannah--in fact, he understands her better than her sisters, and admires her courage in continuing a career that takes so much out of her, even while he's nagging her to quit because he knows she's not happy. Hannah's journey of self-discovery is lovely to see--she finally realizes that her sisters love her for herself and want her to be happy, and she takes responsibility for having hidden her unhappiness to try to please them.
Her post-attack trauma is, of course, what accelerates her growth, and it's very realistically done. She doesn't get over it right away--people don't. And that touches on a societal concern I have about people being expected to recover instantaneously from trauma or grief or whatever. Instead, she recovers gradually, and the reactions between Hannah, her sisters, and Jonas were true and emotional.
My problem with the book was that it could really have used a good editing. The repetition and backstory slowed down the pace to a crawl in spots and seriously interfered with my enjoyment. It's probably better to read this book at a skimming pace--reading to get the gist of the story rather than reading every word. Which is so odd. In some books, Feehan's writing is so lush and rich that not only do I read every word, but I slow down my reading to savor them. This isn't one of those. show less
The seven Drake sisters all have magical abilities. This story focuses on Hannah, who's a supermodel. Though appearing in public is very difficult for her, she pushes herself to do it because she thinks it's what her sisters want and she doesn't want to let them down.
Jonas is a long-time family friend, the local sheriff, and sometime government operative. He's also always been in love with Hannah, but thinks she's too show more good for him, and hesitates to expose her to the danger of his jobs.
Danger finds her anyway, when a crazed killer attacks her with a knife on national television, as Jonas watches, horrified, from the other side of the country. She's saved by the mysterious Prakenskii, who has powers of his own, and designs on sister Joley.
I very much enjoyed this story. Jonas's tendency to bark orders when he's worried rather than explain his concerns is even more pronounced here--understandably so, since his emotions are out of control. The danger to Hannah and the way the various suspense plots come together were exciting enough to hold my attention.
I loved the emotional aspect, which is where I think this story shines. Jonas demonstrates that beneath the bossy exterior, he truly loves and understands Hannah--in fact, he understands her better than her sisters, and admires her courage in continuing a career that takes so much out of her, even while he's nagging her to quit because he knows she's not happy. Hannah's journey of self-discovery is lovely to see--she finally realizes that her sisters love her for herself and want her to be happy, and she takes responsibility for having hidden her unhappiness to try to please them.
Her post-attack trauma is, of course, what accelerates her growth, and it's very realistically done. She doesn't get over it right away--people don't. And that touches on a societal concern I have about people being expected to recover instantaneously from trauma or grief or whatever. Instead, she recovers gradually, and the reactions between Hannah, her sisters, and Jonas were true and emotional.
My problem with the book was that it could really have used a good editing. The repetition and backstory slowed down the pace to a crawl in spots and seriously interfered with my enjoyment. It's probably better to read this book at a skimming pace--reading to get the gist of the story rather than reading every word. Which is so odd. In some books, Feehan's writing is so lush and rich that not only do I read every word, but I slow down my reading to savor them. This isn't one of those. show less
Safe Harbor is book 5 in Christine Feehan's Drake Sisters series. The story revolves around beautiful Hannah Drake and Jonas Harrington.
Hannah Drake is an internationally known supermodel. Born the fifth daughter in the magical Drake family, Hannah can command the winds and is a very powerful spell-caster. Despite being forced into the limelight by her impressive career, Hannah has been harboring an enormous secret her whole life long: she is painfully shy can have crippling panic attacks. It is only with the help of her six sisters that Hannah is able to function in the real world, but they are not her only strength.
Sheriff Jonas Harrington has always been like a brother to the Drake sisters. They all grew up together, and Jonas has show more unceasingly been a protective figure in the lives of the extraordinary women, but his relationship with Hannah is different. From the time they were children, Jonas knew Hannah was meant to be his. The danger in his job always kept them from being together, but when Hannah is suddenly exposed to deadly peril, Jonas will do anything to keep her safe.
I have to say, Safe Harbor is possibly my favorite of the series so far. The relationship between Jonas and Hannah has been building for the past 4 books, and I was so happy to see them finally together. After all the arguing and teasing between the two of them in the other books, I was very happy to see them finally get past the bickering. In the other books, I kept waiting for one of Hannah's sisters to clue Jonas in and let him know about her panic attacks - it was so irritating, they think of him as family, they know how much he loves Hannah, but they still don't tell him the truth. When he saw her hysteria for himself, he was so understanding and caring to her.
As in all of Feehan's books, the action was full of non-stop excitement from start to finish. I had a hard time putting it down to go to sleep last night. I couldn't wait to see who was behind all the threats, and how they would go about getting out of harm's way again.
I thoroughly enjoyed Safe Harbor. I felt that Feehan did an excellent job of resolving the tension between Hannah and Jonas from the previous books, and it gives me great hopes for books 6 & 7. show less
Hannah Drake is an internationally known supermodel. Born the fifth daughter in the magical Drake family, Hannah can command the winds and is a very powerful spell-caster. Despite being forced into the limelight by her impressive career, Hannah has been harboring an enormous secret her whole life long: she is painfully shy can have crippling panic attacks. It is only with the help of her six sisters that Hannah is able to function in the real world, but they are not her only strength.
Sheriff Jonas Harrington has always been like a brother to the Drake sisters. They all grew up together, and Jonas has show more unceasingly been a protective figure in the lives of the extraordinary women, but his relationship with Hannah is different. From the time they were children, Jonas knew Hannah was meant to be his. The danger in his job always kept them from being together, but when Hannah is suddenly exposed to deadly peril, Jonas will do anything to keep her safe.
I have to say, Safe Harbor is possibly my favorite of the series so far. The relationship between Jonas and Hannah has been building for the past 4 books, and I was so happy to see them finally together. After all the arguing and teasing between the two of them in the other books, I was very happy to see them finally get past the bickering. In the other books, I kept waiting for one of Hannah's sisters to clue Jonas in and let him know about her panic attacks - it was so irritating, they think of him as family, they know how much he loves Hannah, but they still don't tell him the truth. When he saw her hysteria for himself, he was so understanding and caring to her.
As in all of Feehan's books, the action was full of non-stop excitement from start to finish. I had a hard time putting it down to go to sleep last night. I couldn't wait to see who was behind all the threats, and how they would go about getting out of harm's way again.
I thoroughly enjoyed Safe Harbor. I felt that Feehan did an excellent job of resolving the tension between Hannah and Jonas from the previous books, and it gives me great hopes for books 6 & 7. show less
I'm starting to think re-reading this series back-to-back isn't a very good idea. The things I loved about it the first time around are being overshadowed by inconsistencies in the storytelling, poor editing and caveman tactics of the heroes.
Those issues aside, this is a hard book to read at times. Hannah has always been the most beautiful of the Drake sisters. She makes her living as a supermodel. Getting stabbed 20-something times and almost dying was a very traumatic experience for her, especially since it ruined her beauty. I don't mean to imply that she's shallow, but it was a hard thing for her to deal with.
I liked the way Jonas supported her through her recovery. It was good that they understood each other so well, and were show more able to offer each other comfort and support.
I did think parts of her recovery weren't dealt with. It's mentioned several times in previous books that she has an eating disorder, and it's mentioned in this one that she doesn't eat. But that isn't ever addressed.
I think Feehan could have explored that aspect more and backed off on the suspense plot a bit. show less
Those issues aside, this is a hard book to read at times. Hannah has always been the most beautiful of the Drake sisters. She makes her living as a supermodel. Getting stabbed 20-something times and almost dying was a very traumatic experience for her, especially since it ruined her beauty. I don't mean to imply that she's shallow, but it was a hard thing for her to deal with.
I liked the way Jonas supported her through her recovery. It was good that they understood each other so well, and were show more able to offer each other comfort and support.
I did think parts of her recovery weren't dealt with. It's mentioned several times in previous books that she has an eating disorder, and it's mentioned in this one that she doesn't eat. But that isn't ever addressed.
I think Feehan could have explored that aspect more and backed off on the suspense plot a bit. show less
Loved this book and the subtle hints of things to come. My youngest aunt(two years younger than myself) is the youngest of seven sisters. Each book I read is being put into a box ready to ship and share the experience with her. :)
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Christine Feehan is the author of over 40 books including Dark Wolf, Dark Blood, and Earth Bound. She writes numerous series including Dark, Drake Sisters, Ghostwalkers, Leopard, Sea Haven, Carpathian, and The Shadow Series. She also wrote a manga comic, Dark Hunger, which was released in October 2007. Dark Prince won three Paranormal Excellence show more Awards in Romantic Literature in 1999. She has received seven more for her other books. She also won two Golden Leaf Awards, the Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine for Contemporary New Reality, the 2004 RIO Award of Excellence, and the Borders 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Her titles often appear on The New York Times Bestseller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Safe Harbor
- Original publication date
- 2007-06
- People/Characters
- Hannah Drake; Jonas Herrington; Jackson Deveau
- Important places
- Sea Haven, California, USA
- Epigraph
- "All of Time"
Hannah's song from Joley
Verse 1:
When all has gone away
And you're alone out there
All you have to do is say
I need to hear that you care
I'll whisper or I'll yell
Whichever o... (show all)ne you ask
I wish that I could tell
The feelings behind the mask
Chorus:
I'm knocking at your door
But it won't open for me
How can I be there
If you won't let me see
Won't you open for me
Won't you let me inside
I want to be able to see
All the feelings you hide
Verse 2:
When the world has walked out
And you're alone in the dark
When all you do is doubt
And try to find a spark
Call out my name, I'll be listening
Waiting for the wind to send
My name that you're whispering
Baby, I'll be there in the end
Chorus:
I'm knocking at your door
But it won't open for me
How can I be there
If you won't let me see
Won't you open for me
Won't you let me inside
I want to be able to see
All the feelings you hide
Bridge:
Don't be afraid
You don't have to fear
I'm by your side
For all of time
I'll never leave your side
I'm here for all of time
All of time
Chorus:
I'm knocking at your door
But it won't open for me
How can I be there
If you won't let me see
Won't you open for me
Won't you let me inside
I want to be able to see
All the feelings you hide
-Cecilia Feehan - Dedication
- For Dianne Fetzer, my beloved sister,
whom I greatly admire and respect.
You are an amazing woman.
You've always known what you wanted
and gone after it courageously.
If anyone deserves a love story, it's yo... (show all)u. - First words
- "You want to tell me how the hell we got into this mess?" Jackson Deveau demanded as he whipped his arm around Jonas Harrington's waist and half dragged him toward the flimsy cover of an industrial garbage container.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And that would always--always--be enough for both of them.
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