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Summary: One Awesome Romance
Review: I have been waiting years for Patricia Waddell to come out with another futuristic romance. Finally, the readers day has arrived. "Whisper in the Stars", leaps out at you on the very first page.Queen Zara of Nubria gave her word that she would protect the rebels from the Galactic Guard. In doing so, she lost her right to rule her planet and was forced to marry a man of their choosing. Using her gift of faith she reaches out to Logan the Galactic Guard who was to be her husband. Zara's fears abate somewhat when she sensed no evil in him. However, the strength of his resolve to find the rebels causes a struggle of hope between the husband and wife. The chimestry between Zara and Logan makes the pages smolder with tension and excitement. Patricia also includes a twist of the plot she is becoming so famous for. Please don't miss this wonderful new book.
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Summary: Good read
Review: I like this book. The story between the hero and heroine was good. Strong conflict. If you like futuristics this is good and if you don't it's still good. There is not a lot of scientific stuff there. I recommend.
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Summary: Very Good
Review: I waited for this book to show up in the mailbox and read it in one sitting - Excellent. Patricia Waddell doesn't disappoint. Zara and Logan are well matched, the story flows excitingly to the end of the book, and the romance sizzles. I highly recommend this book to futuristic and historical readers alike.
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Summary: Wow what a book!
Review: I waited several years for Patricia Waddell to write another futuristic, crossing my fingers that it would be half as good as The Alliance - IT'S BETTER! The story of Zara and Logan leaps off the pages and wraps around your heart. Torn between duty and love, Zara is a woman with equal portions of principle and compassion; Logan is a warrior to the marrow of his bones - put the two together and you get an explosive, well-told, sensual love story that reflects the superb writing abilities of this author.
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Summary: A super sensual futuristic romance
Review: I've read this author before, and always look forward to her books, but I was especially pleased with WHISPERS IN THE STARS. The not-so-convenient marriage between Zara of Nubria and Logan of the Galactic Guard is one that quickly turns into a relationship of trust vs. suspicion, faith vs. doubt, and stubborn female vs. stubborn male. Both characters are delightful, strong in their own right, and commited to their own principles. The love that begins to grow between them is heartfelt and realistic and full of surprises. Pat Waddell has another winner with this superb, sexy romance.
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Summary: GOOD FUTURISTIC
Review: I, too, have been waiting for another futuristic from Ms. Waddell since THE ALLIANCE. This was another good one. The first two-thirds of the book was great! The beautiful queen of the peaceful kingdom forced to marry the arrogant Galactic Guard. Instant attraction. He whisks her away on his spaceship to force her to see what the outside is really like. From then on, I was a little disappointed. There were no confrontations on the dangerous planet. The space trip was too short for me. And when they got back, they went on a spiritual pilgrimage. The story kind of fizzled out. The hidden rebels were not even there and the threatening Pharmons never attacked. Maybe I'm so used to the violence in some futuristics and sci-fi's that I felt this story to be lacking in action. Still, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it. I am starving for more of the genre.
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Summary: WOW...This book is fabulous!
Review: Patricia's futuristic romances are always marvelous...my only complaint is that she doesn't do MORE OF THEM!
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Summary: strong science fiction romance
Review: Queen Zara of Nubria wants peace for her agrarian people, but the other worlds that make up the members of the Union Council demand more from the only female ruler in the galaxy. Though neutral in the civil war, the empathic Zara refuses to provide the council with the location of rebel forces that crashed onto her planet because of a pledge she made to the leader. The other planetary representatives decide to gain her cooperation by forcing her to marry one of them or face dire consequences. While Zara worries what this warrior will do to her culture, Logan and his Galactic Guard retinue approach Nubria. Zara "reads" his mind revealing an honest person with no evil aura, but an expectation to find the rebel leader, who has weakened the Union to the point of vulnerability from the Pharmon Empire. As he falls in love with his Queen and she loves her military husband too, Zara seeks to explain that the rebels are no longer a threat without breaking her vow. By trusting in love Zara believes she can reach Logan to do likewise. WHISPERS IN THE STARS is a strong science fiction romance that stars two delightful protagonists agonizing between love and a cultural light year gap. The story line provides the audience a deep look at the highly ethical Nubria society and a lesser glimpse at the Galactic Guard regimen. Though the author overwhelming defends the virtues of agricultural worlds as superior to more advanced technological realms, science fiction and romance readers will enjoy Patricia Waddell's deep galaxy tale. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Enjoyable romance
Review: Reminicient of Cory Daniells 'Broken Vows' but lacking the depth and complexity of that work, 'Whispers in the Stars' also features a white-haired, 'witch' with strange coloured eyes ex-ruler who has to bow to the conquering warrior by marrying him to save her people. Lady Zara, in common with all the solely female high priestess monarchs of her line, has the ability to telepathically tune into the spiritual health of her world. Their world is a peaceful and simple one, but due to a political choice she has made, ending her planet's neutral status, Zara must marry a Commander of the Galactic Guard - Logan. Logan is a warrior, a fighter, and his life and his thinking is very linear. He goes from one mission to the next, one objective for him leads in a straight line to the next. Zara prefers to let her instincts be her guide. I like that neither of these two opposites are perfect. Logan is too used to commanding, and would not make an ideal monarch without becoming closer to the people he ruled - compromise is not in his vocabulary. Zara, on the other hand, is rather close minded about perceiving the vulnerability of a 'utopia' type world with few defences, and more than a little naïve - a natural consequence of living a simple, uncluttered life. Luckily for both of them, they are strongly attracted to each other from the first. For all his black and white thinking, Logan surprisingly accepts the 'witchy' aspects of his wife's unusual gifts from the start although he does not understand the full extent of these gifts, and Zara is accustomed to taking the wishes of others into account sometimes over her own preferences. Although stubborn, she is not unbending, and Zara is aware that she needs Logan, if only because of the strength of the bonding process that their joining initiates. For the good of their marriage, their planet and potentially the health of their quadrant these two have to overcome distrust, secrets and find their way to a path they can both travel down together. The story is a simple one, and not difficult to follow or anticipate. It is a well told and enjoyable light romantic read. I found the ending a little anti-climatic, most likely because it is so clear what the end will be. However, the emotional and sensual side of the tale is very well told, and the heat between Logan and Zara is definitely the best thing about the book.
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Summary: Two Stars and No Whispers
Review: The story of Zara, the only female ruler in the galaxy, and Logan, a hardened Galactic soldier, is not your usual Marriage of Convenience tale. It's worse. Zara's world of Nubria is strongly grounded in spiritual faith and all it's attendant encumbrances. Logic and strategic planning rule Logan's world of war and suspicion. On the surface, the account of neutral Nubria's Queen, Zara, who gives asylum to rebels of the Unity Council and is then "punished" for refusing to give up said rebels and is forced into a marriage with the Galactic Guard of the Council's choosing, does have potential. Unfortunately, it is never realized. Yes, Waddell does a creditable job of creating conflict between the two lovers and the love scenes are well done without being overly graphic but that is the best I can say about this novel. Zara is gifted with what I would call Active Empathy. She has the ability to reach out and touch the minds of her people and "feel" their thoughts and emotions. Since she is the queen and high priestess of her faith, she is the most powerful wielder of this gift. Logan is aware that his wife is different, but he can never seem to grasp how until the very end of the book, where he suddenly sees the light. The relationship between the two is guarded at best with Zara unwilling to completely "bare" her mind/soul to her husband and Logan incapable of trusting his wife until she "shows" her loyalty by revealing the whereabouts of the hidden rebels. Zara's faith makes it impossible for her to reveal the rebels location, "A promise given is a promise kept". Logan, due to his military upbringing feels his wife either sides with him or she is a traitor to the Council. There is no action in this novel. The only nod to a futuristic setting is the "honeymoon" trip to a mining colony in order to open Zara's naïve mind to the dangers that exist outside her nice, bland world. This futuristic romance should have been set in the Middle Ages with a battle seasoned knight and druidic priestess. The secondary characters were flat and in no way do I feel, based on the closed minds/hearts of the main characters, that they at anytime developed a meaningful love for each other. When did this wonderful feeling happen? When she couldn't trust him to open her mind? When he couldn't trust her to believe her constantly voiced reassurances that the rebels were no [danger] to the Council? Spiritual faith plays a big part in this tale and in the conflict that exists between Zara and Logan. His inability to understand and accept Nubria's god(s) is a stumbling block that Zara can't get past. But to be fair to Logan, at no time during this narrative does Waddell explain their religion. Zara prays and chants, leads her people in blessings and prayer circles and attempts to spiritually heal her people (but they are so good what is there to heal?). She takes pilgrimages to pray to god(s) that either have no name or the names have been forgotten (Huh..for a people so steeped in religion, how did they manage to forget their god's name?) The only thing I can say about their beliefs is that they must be born with them because it certainly can't be explained to a non-believer. And how does Zara's gift entitle her to be High Priestess? Yes, it may help her in understanding the troubles of her followers, but why is it a requirement? The story is riddled with inconsistencies. The Galactic Guard has space transports, Watchtowers and laser pistols, yet they regularly use and carry swords?? Zara's gift is "not telepathy" but the ability to feel another's thoughts, yet in the book she "talks" with her mentor, Nessa, and engages in mind speak with her husband during one love scene in a grotto?? Most of Zara's duties as Queen involve meeting planetary dignitaries as well as envoys and Nubria regularly trades with the other Council planets, yet she has no understanding of the [danger] her Utopian world is faced with by the greedy Pharmons?? Why was Logan chosen to be the one to marry Zara and thereby rule a planet as King? He had no distinguishing battles to his credit, he didn't hail from a long line of deposed rulers and as far as the reader knows no high ranking official owed him a favor. The only reason given in the book is because of his success with women ... All in all I was extremely disappointed. The story crawled, was very predictable and the anti-climatic ending made the whole premise obsolete. Why didn't Zara just tell the truth about the rebels in the first place and thus avoid the whole sorry mess??
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