Nightchaser

By: Amanda Bouchet

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

"Amanda Bouchet blasts off with a series that's full of heart, humor, romance, and action." (Jennifer Estep, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Kill the Queen)

Tess Bailey: the galaxy's most wanted.

Captain Tess Bailey is in deep trouble. She and her crew are on the run, pursued by a tyrant who'll take them dead or alive. Tess's best hope is a tall, dark, and much-too-appealing stranger, Shade Ganavan, who says he can help her. But his motivations are far from clear....

Shade Ganavan: arrogance, charm...and that special something that makes you want to kick him.

With the dreaded Dark Watch closing in, what Tess and Shade don't know about each other might get them killed...unless they can set aside their differences and learn to trust each other before it's too late.

©2019 Amanda Bouchet (P)2019 Recorded Books

Excellent story telling

Sex /desire distracted from good story. Strong female loses focus because of sex. Come on!!

A slow start gave way to an engaging read.

I am not going to lie, this started really slow for me. In fact at one point I almost DNF’d the audiobook. I think it was a combination of a few things. First, I recently listened to Polaris Rising, which was phenomenal and second the story started out disjointed and I couldn’t get my footing. I will say the second half of the book was stronger and I ended up slipping in.
We meet, Captain Tess Bailey and her crew of damaged, misfit thieves as they escape with stolen cargo from a military superpower whose general (apparently Tess’s father) wants the contents returned. There is now a bounty on her head. They escape and end up on a planet in another solar system but their ship is badly damaged.

Tess hires Shade Ganavan to make the repairs and this is where things get complicated. The story that unfolds is heavy on romance with suspenseful threads. Shade and Tess have sizzling chemistry, but both have secrets and don’t act right away. Mixed singles followed by explosive heat and these two need to make decisions.

What Tess doesn’t know is that Shade is a bounty hunter. He is trying to garnish funds to win back his family’s business. Bringing Tess in could restore everything. He struggles with this internally just as Tess struggles to let him into her inner circle of trust. Both threads felt genuine as did their off the chart moments.

I enjoyed all the characters, Shade in particular, but it took me a while to warm up to and understand Tess. Again the struggle was in the first half.

The second half of the book was intense with plenty of action and confrontation with the enemy. We finally get details on this world, Tess’s upbringing and what makes Tess different. It could turn the tides and end her father’s tyranny.

Susan Bennett did a stellar job with the narration and helped me pull through the first half. I felt she captured Tess and Shade from their chemistry to personalities.

Sci-Fi Romance with adventures, rebellion and found family

I enjoyed this book. It was almost like a comfort read vibe except I hadn’t read it before. I love Sci-Fi TV (yes looking at you Firefly) and this gave me that setting/storyline + Romance. As an almost exclusively Romance (of all kinds) reader this was a great blend. The pacing was good. I would have liked to get more attached to the characters but I still had a good time. Did the audiobook and Susan was fantastic. Glad to have found a Sci-Fi Romance.

Another great Amanda Bouchet Story.

I love this characters as much as the Kingmaker. And I love the way Susan Bennett narrated it.

Phenomenal read! Very well done!

I really enjoyed this one! It pulled me in from beginning to end and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It starts off with a bang and for the most part it just keeps going. The world and the story are well developed and very engaging. I loved getting to know Tessa and her crew. They are good people who are standing for what they believe in and not conforming to the Overseer and his tyrant ways. It was very interesting getting to know Tessa and learning about her differences and connections that she had to the Overseer and his head General who is chasing them. I loved getting to know Shade as well and watching Tessa change him to a point and show him a different way just by being herself while he was fixing her ship and trying to figure out if he was going to turn her in for the bounty on her head or not. This story has plenty of action as well as development of both the story and the characters. This story was very engaging and definitely had my attention the entire time. I had to continue it and find out what was going to happen next and what Tessa was going to come up with in order to get out of the trouble she was in and help others. I loved her connection to the rest of her crew. They are definitely a family and play a large role in the story as well. I definitely need the next one and will be starting it right away. This is definitely one of the top books I have read this year!
The narrator did a great job with the story and bringing it to life. It was well done and showcased emotion and action very well as well as the differences in the different characters.