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Summary: Very highly recommended
Review: There was a time when Celie Cameron smuggled contraband all over the quadrant, surviving by wit and bravado. Now with Shielders safely settled in a new quadrant, questions of inequality and poverty seem to be solved. That is, until Celie takes an illegal shipment to the planet of Joba. The government certainly has failed to eliminate poverty and need on this desolate planet. And when she tries to make her delivery, things go dangerously wrong. Shocking discoveries once rocked Rurick and shook the foundation of his beliefs when he realized the failure of the Interstellar Council to uphold the life quality codes they established. Poverty and disease are rampant, and he intends to do what he can to help the planet of Altair. Indeed, he fears how many might die before he can bring much needed supplies. Then gunfire forces Celie, her assistant Raven, his robot, and himself to retreat to Rurick's ship, leaving Celie's ship behind. Celie soon finds herself intrigued by the robot that seems almost human, especially when she learns of his pleasure programming. But she and Rurick both have secrets and one is that Rurick dare not reveal his true identity. Author Catherine Spangler's gift for memorable futuristic romance absolutely sparkles in SHADOW CROSSINGS. While it works just as well as a standalone, SHADOW CROSSING takes its part in the series of books about Shielders with aplomb. As always, Spangler populates her universe with characters readers come to love. Celie and Rurick share a powerful passion even as they work at cross purposes. Seemingly insurmountable differences present challenges they most overcome. Secondary plots likewise dazzle, especially with the return of fan favorites from previous novels. An absolute reading pleasure, SHADOW CROSSING comes very highly recommended.
Rating: 
Summary: Android or Human
Review: This was the first Catherine Spangler book I have read, and it prompted me to by the rest of her series. This book has a multitude of twists and turns, some subtle and some not. The first bing Rurick, posing as an android to hide the fact that he is the Prince of Jardonia. He and Celie start into a relationship that is rocky at best. And later in the book when it comes into the light that he is really the prince and not his andriod double, Max, who he was poising as, things really start to get rocky.
This book was a great read, with intreging secondary plots. It pulls in other charitures from her other books to show the continuation of thier lives. And although they get off to a rocky start the book gets better and better as you continue to read. Action and adventure, life and death, love and lust, all play into this intreging story line that I couldn't put down untill I was finished!
The one thing I will say aginst this book is that I didn't think they went far enough into the betrail of his friend to full empasize the deep hurt it caused. It seemed more to me as the meens of a way to tie things all together at the end. I would give this book 4.5 stars but they didn't have that option. It is still a great read!
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Summary: Celie's story
Review: We've read of Celie in earlier books of the Shadower series, and here at last the young girl is grown up and gets a story of her own. Celie had spent much of her youth as a smuggler, and although she's gone all respectable, she misses the rush of danger and risk. She's got her own craft now, and the deliveries she makes are scheduled and routine. But her longing for adventure is about to be answered in the form of Rurick. He's a prince of a guy, and has been artificially cloned in the form of a replica android, as his life is one of risk. Celie is drawn into his world, and they go through much adventuring together. But Celie's life has never been easy, and there is no way she will fit into his. She's hiding a devastating secret - or at least she thinks she is - but more than that, unlike android Max, she's just not built for royalty. She has to be true to herself, and Celie can't see herself fitting into Rurick's lifestyle. For those that have read the earlier Shadower novels, here's a chance to read Celie and even Raven's stories. I found that while it rounded the series off nicely, it's the least favourite of the series as much of the dangers faced by the Shadowers has been overcome. But it's nice to have all the ends tied up, and I'm glad Celie's story has been told.
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Summary: enjoyable outer space romance
Review: When she relocated to a different quadrant, Celie Cameron gave up her successful smuggling career to go straight. Her plan is to ship only legal cargo. Her latest shipment is to Joba, but upon landing at the settlement, Celie discovers that nineteen years old Raven McKnight, the daughter of her friends, has stowed away on her vessel. Celie accompanied by Raven is completing the transaction with Max Rior and the android Rurick when a firefight occurs. The two women flee with Max and Rurick. To her surprise, the independent Celie is attracted to Rurick, but avoids males, even technological ones, as if the gender was the plague. However, she cannot resist Rurick just like he cannot ignore her. As they fall in love and keep Raven safe, they team up to battle the evil that endangers the quadrant. The fourth Shielder novel is an enjoyable outer space romance that has fan favorites returning while providing a fresh tale to new fans who will want to read this author's backlist. The lead couple is a delight as both suspects avoid anything remotely entangling the heart yet they fall in love anyway. The myriad of subplots tie back to the prime theme so that fans of both genres receive a strong novel that stands alone, but is even more satisfying for those who have read Catherine Spangler's previous "S" (for stupendous) works. Harriet Klausner
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