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Title: White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2)
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| White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2) by Jove Very good. | Set in the present. Clare Lancaster had been raised by her mom and great-aunt in the San Francisco Bay area. She had been a teen when her powers hit her. Clare is a human lie detector, an exotic, level ten. She is also the illegitimate daughter of the multimillionaire, Archer Glazebrook, owner of Glazebrook Industries. Archer knew nothing about Clare's existence until now. Of course, Clare knows a lot about them already. When her half-sister, Elizabeth, emails Clare for help, Clare jumps to the rescue. Brad, Elizabeth's husband, has convinced everyone that his wife is unstable. Fearing for Elizabeth's life, Clare uses her abilities to save her half-sister. In doing so, Clare loses her job, her boyfriend, and her reputation. Rumors are that Clare had an affair with Brad before killing him.
Jake Salter is a Hunter, an exotic, level ten. The Jones & Jones agency sends him to Stone Canyon, Arizona, in search of cabal agents. All of the Glazebrooks are members of the Arcane Society, just as he is. Archer helps Jake get into the high circles while he hunts. However, Archer never told Jake that Clare was coming back to the area. Archer has only known about Clare for a few months, when she came down to help Elizabeth. Since then Clare has not been able to find a new job. Archer hopes Clare will accept a position he has in mind. But Clare's presence makes some serious waves. Brad's mother, Valerie, has become an alcoholic and is determined to have revenge on Clare. Myra, Archer's wife, does not want Clare around to remind her of Archer's one night stand. Elizabeth is thrilled and Jake is irritated. Clare's presence complicates his mission. Not to mention the fact that he finds himself unusually attracted to her.
Jake's closeness affects Clare the same way. In addition, someone is trying to kill Clare. Soon Jake and Clare realize that the best thing to do is team up. With his hunter abilities and her lie detector abilities, they make a hot team!
***** Let me say first off that you should NOT read the first four books of this series in order of release. Instead, read them in the order events happened. Read in the following order:
SECOND SIGHT, Book One
THE THIRD CIRCLE, Book Four
WHITE LIES, Book two
SIZZLE & BURN, Book Three
I found this episode of the series to be totally enthralling. I could not pull myself away. I ended up missing a lot of sleep. Be sure not to begin this story until you have several hours to dedicate to your reading. In my opinion, Jayne Ann Krentz is one of today's hottest paranormal romance writes on the market! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews. | | White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2) by Jove 'Lies' will tide Ghosthunter fans over until August | Boy, just add some amber, a few 'rezzes' and set this on the Earth Colony of Harmony and you have one of Jayne Castle's futuristic Ghosthunter romances (Castle is a Krentz alter ego).
This had so many of the same elements -- even the pyschic rating scale and the matching making service -- but that's ok with me. This was light, and in no way earth shattering but I loved the preditory hero and the misfity heroine with the lie detector powers. I enjoyed their chemistry and it was just the thing to get me ready for Krentz's next journey to Harmony Dark Light (Ghost Hunters, Book 5). I know that some romance fans hate paranormals but if you enjoyed this one and are looking for something to tide you over until the next contemporary Arcane Society book makes it to paperback and if you have a bit of a sense of humor so that you can handle getting 'rezzed', you'll like Krentz's Harmony and GhostHunter books written as Jayne Castle.
Harmony (Ghost Hunters)
After Dark (Ghost Hunters, Book 1)
After Glow (Ghost Hunters, Book 2)
Orchid
Amaryllis
Zinnia
Ghost Hunter (Ghost Hunters, Book 3)
Silver Master (Ghost Hunters, Book 4) | | White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2) by Jove Not the Sequel You Might Expect | The premise: the heroine of this book can tell when people are lying and gets involved with the Arcane Society, which has existed as an organization for the psychically endowed for a long time. (It is a secret organization--the book is a contemporary and takes place in the "now".) The heroine is unusually strong, and soon she meets the hero, who is also unusually strong on the psychic scale. The two of them must work together to solve a huge family drama that becomes a lot more dangerous than anyone might expect.
One of the things I noticed about this book is that it feels like a sequel to another book. And it is, but not the book you'd expect. It reads as if the previous book explained the story that is continually referenced in this novel (where the heroine met her half sister and saved the half sister from a bad marriage), but it is not. That was odd, since it at times created a murky read, but the book stands alone well enough.
As a whole, this is a good romantic suspense novel with decent paranormal world building. It is a nice change from vampires and werewolves, and the secret society aspect appears to be intricate and well thought out. I enjoyed it and will try the other Arcane Society books. | | White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2) by Jove White Lies | Clare Lancaster is a parasensitive, but unlike most, she off the charts sensitive, and has the special ability to tell when someone is lying to her. This makes most people very uneasy because not even fellow parasensitives are able to escape her ability. When she finally meets her father Archer Glazebrooke that has been absent for her entire life, they have a very tenuous relationship. Unlike the rest of her new family, she and Elizabeth immediately connected. Clare even helped Elizabeth get out of an abusive relationship with her husband who suddenly and conveniently was killed. Clare was accused of the murder, but they did not have enough evidence against her to prosecute.
Jake Salter is an investigator for the Archane Society. His special skills have been requested by Archer to find out if a group working outside the rules of the society are trying to get the founders formula to enhance a parasensitives ability. When Jake and Clare meet, they are attracted to one another, but Clare immediately knows Jake is hiding something. Attempts are made on Clare's life and she once again finds herself stumbling upon a dead body, so Jake takes it upon himself to be her protector.
This book was barely tolerable! There was so much background on the Archane Society, that it became monotonous and boring. Maybe some of this information should have been included in the first book, so that it didn't overwhelm the reader. I also felt no real chemistry or genuine feelings between Jake and Clare. What was there was contrived and forced.
| | White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2) by Jove A Physic Thriller | | The heroine has extreme psychic abiities and she will need them to solve this crime. While searching for the answers she seeks, she meets a man. Not just any man. This man is different from any man she has ever met. She has finally met someone who is her equal and will not allow her to go it alone. He immediately joins her in seeking the truth. | | White Lies (The Arcane Society, Book 2) by Jove Product Description | THE PHENOMENAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A woman with a psychic talent for perceiving deception meets a man who overwhelms her senses with premonitions of danger-and desire... |
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