Review: AWESOME first book in the Iron Portal series!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2012
Neyla Trihorn is a Protection-Talent, which makes her very important to the forces in her world who fight the barbarians from Cascadia as they sneak through the Iron Portal to wreak havoc in New Seattle and Pacifica. Or so she thought. Because of her latent talent, Neyla is thrown into the army and forced to protect her comrades against a foe she has always been told comes to destroy her way of life.Rickert D'Angelus is the leader of a band of men from Cascadia who protect the Iron Portals from Pacifican invasion. His side of the portal may not be as developed technologically as the Pacifican side, but he loves it that way. Simple. Magical. Once he runs into Neyla Trihorn and kills the man attacking her, Rickert's life is turned upside down. Being a Protection-Talent, he knows he can't kill her so instead of letting her fall back into Pacifican hands, he decides to take her as his prisoner, through the Iron Portal back to Cascadia. With the first touch of her skin, a scene plays through his mind and though he can't help but become intrigued by it, he also believes it's something meant to keep him from harming his new captive. Little does he know that this woman is bound to become his destiny.Laurie London is a wonderful story teller! Seriously, the woman writes awesome books! From the first scene to the last, I felt as if I were standing right there watching the entire story unfold, standing right there when Neyla's commander belittled her for reading a romance novel, standing there in the shadows as Neyla was pushed from the edge of a cliff and standing there as Rickert and Neyla realize their love for one another. The story is well paced with just the right amount of action, tension, romance and hot sex. Assassin's Touch is an awesome first book in her new Iron Portal series and I totally recommend it.