Echoes at Dawn

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Harry Berkeley

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Grace Peterson is desperate, in hiding, and on the run after escaping a shadowy group determined to exploit her extraordinary ability to heal others. Her only lifeline - an unerring telepathic ability she shares with her sister - has been severed, leaving her alone and vulnerable. And time is running out....

Enlisted to bring Grace home is Rio, relentless member of the KGI. He's unprepared for his reaction to this wounded, damaged woman, and he's fiercely determined to protect her from those who nearly destroyed her.

In Rio, she finds a safe haven, and for the first time, hope. But the mission is far from over. The danger Grace has eluded is fast closing in. And now it's pitching two lovers toward an unfamiliar horizon, with no place left to hide.

©2012 Maya Banks (P)2012 Recorded Books

Love RIO!

Loved this book. I like the narrator's accent. Great performance. Best book of the series. Can't wait for Sam's book.

Great addition to the series. Loved Rio & Grace:D

4.5-5 stars

This was another great addition to the KGI series. I loved Grace and Rio and this book tied #4 for my fave of the series...both were just so good I can't figure out which was better! :D

Grace is the sister of Shea (the heroine from book #4 Whispers in the Dark) She has psychic abilities that allow her to heal people and is being hunted by people that want to use her as a lab rat. She and her sister have been on the run for a year but had to split up for safety. Grace had been captured by some people using her for experiments but she managed to escape. She's trying to get away from her pursuers again when she's found by Rio, a man claiming to be sent by her sister to keep her safe.

Rio is one of the team leaders for KGI (Kelly Group International), a private company that performs Ops like hostage/kidnap victim recovery & intelligence gathering among other things. Rio has a shadowy past but is a good man deep down. Rio is really awesome and has made it to my book-boyfriend list. He kick's butt but he has such depth and with Grace he's sweet and supportive and knows just what to say to help when it's needed (and also knows when to let her stand on her own feet). The moment he saw Grace, he felt a connection to her and knew she was meant to be his and he's not about to let anything stand in his way of getting to Grace and keeping her safe.

When Rio finds Grace, she had just escaped from the facility she'd been kept in and was in bad shape. They'd overtaxed her abilities and she was bad off because of that. She ended up sustaining injuries while trying to escape that makes things worse. She isn't sure if she can trust Rio or if her sister actually sent him but she has to trust him because she'll die without help. Rio and his team manage to get Grace to safety. Grace is nervous of Rio and his team at first but does start to feel safe with Rio and then slowly begins to trust his men as well. As she regains strength, Rio tries to help with her recovery and with reconnecting with her sister (Grace hasn't been able to do this mentally because of the overload on her system from what she was put through in the lab). They do find out that another military/mercenary group named Titan has taken a job to capture Grace and they wont be an easy adversary to overcome.

Once Grace is feeling safe and is settled in, Rio makes her aware that he has more of an interest in her than as just someone to keep safe for a job. He confesses that he took the job because he felt a connection to her from the moment he saw her picture and from that moment she was his...and he protects what is his. OMG..I just about melted at this point and Grace must have been melting too because she was interested in what Rio was offering. Because of the way her life had gone, Grace was very inexperienced with men but she decided she was very interested in learning more with Rio. They have some hot and tender moments before the action plot kicks in once more. Things go bad when someone Rio trusts ends up betraying Rio and his team in order to use Grace. She ends up suffering from this and is out for days while trying to recover and Rio takes care of her, not leaving her side.

Once Grace is recovered enough to be up and around they decide it's time to move, planning to draw Titan out while keeping Grace safe. Unfortunately, Titan will stop at nothing to get the job done and through nasty methods, they manage to obtain info that allows them to get a step ahead of KGI. When the choice becomes Grace going with Titan or everyone dying in a shootout, Grace decides to go with Titan knowing that Rio and KGI will be coming after her. Grace is taken to the man that hired Titan and Grace (being kind of a kick butt herself) manages to get agreement that if she does what he wants, the man will allow her to go after and KGI can come get her. Unfortunately things go to hell when Titan makes some unexpected moves and some injuries occur which threaten Rio and Grace. The situation looks very desperate for a bit but things work out. Rio and Grace come out of it happy and safe and sweetly head in to their HEA.

I greatly enjoyed this book. Grace and Rio are both great on their own and they're awesome as a couple. This was a good mix of romance and action/suspense and it was always interesting, encouraging me to continue so I could see what comes next. As always, the secondary characters in this story were great, although we don't see as much of the Kelly family in this book. I'll be moving on to the next book in the series immediately. I'd recommend this book. 2 thumbs up! :D

I have really enjoyed this series and narrator

I have really enjoyed this series and the narration by Harry Berkeley. I am looking forward to the next in the series.

Fantastic

Would you listen to Echoes at Dawn again? Why?

Yes. I love all of the KGI series but this is my favorite. I hope the rest of Rio's team gets a story someday.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the entire story.

Have you listened to any of Harry Berkeley’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I love Harry Berleley. He did this series perfectly. Adam Paul is good but I liked Harry better.

Excellent 👍

Great author, I highly recommend her books. Fast paced with action and romance. love the Kelly family, all the men are hot.

I felt every word... ~sigh~

I read all of the KGI series and for a while there Ethan and Rachel's book was my number 1, but then Nathan and Shea came along... But after reading and listening to Rio and Grace's story unfold my opinion has changed because by far this is the best out of all!

Ms. Banks I LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL MIND! Keep it coming and make sure we don't wait too long for the audible version of the other books in this series. I can't wait for Rachel and Ethan's novella and of course PJ & Cole too.

I wonder whose next... Steele? Diego? Donovan? Joe?

Holy mother.......

As if this series couldn't get any better.........then comes Rio!!!

The narrator has been incredible throughout the entire series, however, he outdid himself in this one. His voice made me write bad check and start smoking!!!

Maya Banks is extremely diverse in her writing; it does amaze me that each one of her series can be so different.....

Whew!!!! Best in the series!

If you could sum up Echoes at Dawn in three words, what would they be?

Intense,Thrilling and Passionate!

Who was your favorite character and why?

I have to say I love the story line of Nathan and Shea, but RIO is fast becoming my favorite! ( until the next book of course). Typical Alpha male that is dark and dangerous that is passionate, protective and yummy all in one. I am glad to see the the story line extended from KGI- Kelly clan to the surrounding characters.

What about Harry Berkeley’s performance did you like?

Harry Berkeley played the rolls in the whole series so far with great accuracy to the character. He pulls you into the books and his voice makes you think dark and dangerous. His voice sounds a bit older than the characters in the books, but I think it was fitting to the total dark dangerous operative.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Spoiler- I was brought to tears when Rio was shot and dying.

Any additional comments?

Maya Banks does it again, but I think the series just gets better and better! I can't wait for the next one! So,if the first book did not motivate you, keep going! I promise you won't regret it. Definitely worth a credit.

Echoes at Dawn

This is the fifth book in the KGI series. Rio and Grace. She is the missing sister of Shea. He was able to get to her but at a cost. Now he has her safe and able to heal. But the darkness is closing in on her. And the KGI family because they now claim her. Rio is now going to be the one she can turn to. Will they be able to keep the enemy at bay? What is the cost? The narrator was again keeping me enthralled till the end.

Echoes at Dawn

Love it as all the series! And love the narrator Harry Berkeley it infuse the love the fear and the joy to this book! Maya i love all your books snd cant wait to continue this journey of your books absolutlely your in the top list of my favorites!!!!! Next stop Soflly at Sunrise! riverac511