Hostage to Pleasure

Psy-Changeling Series, Book 5

By: Nalini Singh

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race, Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy: cool, calm, emotionless... at least on the surface. Inside, she’s fighting a desperate battle to save her son and escape the vicious cold of the PsyNet. Yet when escape comes, it leads not to safety but to the lethal danger of a sniper’s embrace.

DarkRiver sniper Dorian Christensen lost his sister to a Psy killer. Though he lacks the changeling ability to shift into animal form, his leopard lives within. And that leopard’s rage at the brutal loss is a clawing darkness that hungers for vengeance. Falling for a Psy has never been on Dorian’s agenda. But charged with protecting Ashaya and her son, he discovers that passion has a way of changing the rules.

Mind over matter: listen to more in the Psy-Changeling series.©2008 Nalini Singh (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"One of the greatest pleasures of these books is their ability to deliver both an intensely personal love story as well as a riveting societal drama. Singh is on the fast track to becoming a genre giant!" ( Romantic Times)

Love the Series, Love the Listen

If you could sum up Hostage to Pleasure in three words, what would they be?

Brings the story to life. Great for listening pleasure.

What did you like best about this story?

the characters are brought to life with this audiobook.

What does Angela Dawe bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

expressions of the characters, and annunciation of words

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

A psy who has hidden her feelings since she was 14

I live the different aspects of psy that is being brought to light and how much each is willing to give in order to save those they care about even when they weren't supposed to have feelings at all.
As I stated before the narrator needs a bit of work differentiating between some of the voices. But I liked the story anyway. I just had to pay close attention to any name being said so that I could figure out who was talking.

Obsessed

Would you consider the audio edition of Hostage to Pleasure to be better than the print version?

yes, the story comes to life as the reader tells it

Who was your favorite character and why?

Dorian, I could picture this tall, great-looking man batteling his fears and hurting from his limitations

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

no

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Love Unsensored

Any additional comments?

I am obsessed with these book, it was by far the better. Having a child introduced in the book made it even better..it was about love, devotion and family

Best new series on Audible!

Dorian and Ashaya were a perfect match in every way! If you're looking for a great paranormal romance series, look no further! This series has the perfect balance of a created paranormal world with the right amount romance (and steamy scenes).

Talk about action-packed

Incredible world-building. So many new things revealed in this book. Plenty of new characters introduced and previous storylines revisited yet Dorian and Ashaya are firmly ensconced in the center. The build-up to future clashes between Psy, changeling, and human groups is exciting. Can’t wait for the next book in the series.

Performance is great. Distinct voices for each character. I especially loved Keenan’s.