Ecstasy

The Shadowdwellers Series #1

By: Jacquelyn Frank

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

Among the Shadowdwellers, Trace holds power that some are willing to kill for. Without a stranger's aid, one rival would surely have succeeded, but Trace's brush with death is less surprising to him than his reaction to the beautiful, fragile human who heals him. By rights, Trace should hardly even register Ashla's existence within the realm of Shadowscape, but instead he is drawn to everything about her-her innocence, her courage, and her lush, sensual heat. After a terrifying car crash, Ashla Townsend wakes up to find that the bustling New York she knew is now eerie and desolate. Just when she's convinced she's alone, Ashla is confronted by a dark warrior who draws her deeper into a world she never knew existed. The bond between Ashla and Trace is a mystery to both, but searching for answers will mean confronting long-hidden secrets, and uncovering a threat that could destroy everything Trace holds precious.

©2009 Jacquelyn Frank (P)2012 Tantor

Critic reviews

"This romantic and strongly sexual story between complicated characters is made even richer by an intriguing secondary cast and efficient world-building that's familiar without being lazy." ( Publishers Weekly)

love it!

What did you love best about Ecstasy?

great story love it when i read it. but listening is fantastic and very addicting ,I didn't stop listening for 2 days.

i love the narrator she makes you know which person in the story it is she playing very good

New species is somewhat confusing

I found this new night walker kind of confusing. I’m not sure I totally understand their abilities and how their world works exactly but, it didn’t keep me from enjoying the story. I decided not to rack my brain in order to understand every detail of this new world and just enjoy the characters and the plot. I figured the more I experience this world, the more I’ll understand. Now, I’m off to book 2!
-V from Kansas

Just okay compared to Nightwalker Series.

I really enjoyed the Nightwalker Series but this book fell flat for me. You did get to learn about the Shadowdwellers which are very different from the other nightwalker races but the plot was pretty boring and the steamy scenes were anything but in my opinion. They were rough and made me eyeroll, a lot. Nothing like the other series where the was more passion involved. I don't think I'm going to continue with the next book. Narrator was good and characters were distinguishable for the most part. Overall, just okay. There are much better series out there, Night Huntress, Immortal Guardians and Alpha & Omega to name a few.

Jacquelyn Frank is a great storyteller

Love anything the Jacquelyn Frank writes. Her paranormal stories are exciting and holds your attention with ease. The narrator does a great job as well with the characters and telling the great stories that Jacquelyn writes.

I've lost count...

at how many times I've listened to this series! This author is an absolute favorite & all her books except one I've adored!

IT WAS PURE PARANORMAL ESCAPISM AND IT WAS ECSTASY

This is a follow on series from the BRILLIANT, GREAT, FANTASTIC Nightwalkers series, it's not a must but if you like paranormal romances with Vampires, Demons, Shifters, Witches and others that go bump in the night, then listen to those first - you won't be disappointed. However, although it's not vital to this new series at all, I'd hate for you to miss them.

In Ecstasy it takes a little while to fully understand the world that J.F. has created but patience is rewarded with the unfolding of a whole new breed of Immortals who share our world and who skip back and forth from shadows and realities. It's got great leading characters as well as an interesting plot and sub plot, a hot romance and, of course, a handsome sexy hero.

Jacquelyn Frank has become one of my favourite writers as her creativity and imagination is just awesome and she's become an automatic download for me.

Worth a credit? Errrrmm what do you think? - YES YES YES

Jacquelyn Frank has me hooked

I was introduced to this author when I read the first in the Nightwalker series, Jacob. I wish I could say that I loved it, but I didn't. I liked it well enough, but the use of "magic" and "necromancers" put me off a bit. Not that there's anything wrong with it, it's just that I prefer my paranormal romances to be about paranormal beings (vamps, were-creatures, demons, elves, fairies, etc) rather than humans using magic, especially when the humans are the villains. But it intrigued me enough to read the rest of the series, and one book at a time, I came to love the Nightwalker world.

Then I listened to both books in "The Gatherers" series by this author, and absolutely fell in love with those. So I decided to take a chance on this series, which I knew was a spinoff of the Nightwalker series.

I'm so glad I did. This book was perfectly to my taste. The heroine wasn't silly or reckless, the hero was powerful but not infallible, and the sex scenes were explicit without being raunchy. The heroine is prompted to explore her submissive side, but not in a way that made me uncomfortable (ie no real bondage or humiliation). While Kirstin Potter did an adequate job, it in no way compares to the wonderful job Xe Sands did with this authors "The Gatherers" series. She makes a big miss with Gideon's (a character from the Nightwalker series) accent, and she has some pacing issues, but overall she was easy to listen to.

You can read this book without having read the Nightwalker series and not miss anything pertinent, but reading the Nightwalker series would definitely add to the experience.

I love Kirsten Potter, but...

The narrator was brilliant but the story seemed so rushed. I mean it just got right down to the down and dirty with little regard to a story. That turned me off of this book. I am not listening for the sex. I really get into the stories and this one just didnt get me.

Good & Painful

Story Idea, AMAZING. Set-up, 5+ chapters long. Not enough character involvement to hold my interest

Really;start to this book to new world series :-(

Would you try another book from Jacquelyn Frank and/or Kirsten Potter?

I felt lost for the first 4 chapters! The books fast pace futuristic world was hard to get understand with more than 4 different spaces of time? After I got a good grasp of the futuristic world's it got good. I loved the intense pleasure and emotions the characters feel for each other!! Great ending....loved it