Review: The Shepherd is a must read!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2013
This is an ARC by the author for a review.  The book cover is incredible; it definitely grabs your attention.  I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy a thrilling-paranormal-ya-fantasy novel.  You won't be let down by this page turner.Mark Evans is just a regular high school teenager, skate boarder, drives a temperamental Geo, has normal teenage friend issues, works for a farmer after school, lives with his drunken father, his mother is not in the picture, and he has visions of the future...so, maybe he's not such a regular high school kid.Mark has an unbelievable night when he meets Nadia.  On his way home from work, he has a run in with her, where he almost hits her with his car; feeling bad, he goes after her to give her a ride.  Thinking that this young girl looks to be about 14 years old, he wonders what she is doing walking this highway so late at night.  When his car stalls as he pulls over, he realizes that he's flooded the car and he will have to wait for it to start.  Nadia walks over to the car and peeks under the hood, next thing Mark is being told to start the car.  He has no idea how she fixed it but from that moment on, everything happened so fast...She saves his life from a hit and run, only to become the victim.  With a dead cell phone and no other way to call for help, Mark puts her in his car and takes her home.  That's when he notices all of her wounds and her blood loss.  She directs him as to how to take care of her wounds and other injuries; he does everything she asks because he has no idea what to do.  Watching how this relationship develops is great.  She has so many secrets to reveal.Mark's best friend is Anita, although she is beautiful and great, it takes him awhile to discover his feelings for her.  But when he does, it's incredible.You will read about friends, family, love, and sacrifice in this novel.  Making you want to share it with everyone.  This story is suspense driven and never fails the reader.  The author does an amazing job with dialogue and keeping the story moving.  The characters are well developed.  It is a unique, can't put down book because the story and relationships evolve taking you on a heartwarming, romantic, thrilling-keep-you-guessing ride.