FEDERATION CHRONICLES BOOK 3: INSATIABLE
Lauren Dane
ISBN: 978-0-425-23526-3
Penguin Putnam/Berkley Heat
July 6, 2010
Erotica/Futuristic
Trade Paperback

In the future the people of Earth have emigrated to other plants, have adapted, and set up new systems of government that bear no resemblance to life as we now know it. But a war is erupting between the Federation and the Imperial ‘Verses. Daniel Hawes runs an elite military corps within the federation named the Phantom Corps and his latest assignment is to smuggle the daughter of the leader of the Imperial territory out of her home and back to the Federation. Carina is implanted with data that is crucial in saving millions of lives. Though they manage to escape they are trapped behind enemy lines and they have to fight especially genetic engineered soldiers, the bounty on her life, and their attraction to each other.

Confession, I’ve been a Lauren Dane fan girl ever since I won one of her books in a contest. The moment I finished that book I either went to the library and got most of her back list or bought it. While there might have been some aspect of one of her novels that I didn’t like, I always loved the writing and would beg, borrow, or steal to get her latest release. INSATIABLE was no exception. I love Lauren Dane’s novels because she is one of the few erotic romance authors who manage to perfectly infuse great character development and strong family ties in her heroes and heroines.

Daniel and Carina were strong characters and I loved them and I loved them together. While INSATIABLE didn’t have the sexy ménage relationship like book one of the series (and I’m not a big fan of ménage books anyway), nor the intense sexual chemistry/dirty talk of the second book in the series, I totally bought into the relationship and thought it fit with the intense life-threatening situation that Daniel and Carina found themselves in. I found the build-up of their relationship realistic and believable as Daniel comes to terms with his value as a man who deserves to have a relationship no matter his dangerous job and Carina and her ability to embrace her true self after living such a repressed life with her father.

Although I understand the whole point of INSATIABLE was the journey of getting Carina out of such a dangerous environment, I couldn’t help having several are we there yet moments during the journey. I believe that was because although they were in fear for their lives, I kept expecting something more. That it would harder for Carina and Daniel to escape her father’s territory and that they would have to confront several people (to tell you who and why would reveal too many spoilers). That mild annoyance didn’t deter my enjoyment of the novel though I loved everything that happened once they managed to get free. It was still full of tension, but equally satisfying. Lauren Dane will continue to be on my must buy list and I encourage you to give her a try as well.

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My name is Lynette, I live in Michigan. I'm a stay-at-home mom married to a cop. I've been reading romance novels since I was eleven years old. I'll read just about anything that has a happily ever after, though my favorites are romantic suspense, erotica, historical, and contemporary novels. Reading has become the fun thing in my life that has kept me sane.

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