The Immortal Guardians protect the innocent in secret. Sometimes the secret gets out... U.S. law enforcement agent Heather Lane can read minds. But not the future. The dream of battle and blood that recurs every night must be a fluke, some obscure terror from her own mind. What its significance might be, she can’t guess: an attack from seven psychotic vampires at once, only separated from nightmare by an eighth very different immortal. A handsome, brave man fighting at her side, a man she misses when she wakes. Then the dream comes true. Heather is flung into a war between predators and protectors of humanity, the man from her dreams beside her again. Except now that she’s awake, she isn’t sure she can trust Ethan, or the shadow organization he represents. The U.S. military doesn’t trust either of them. But against an onslaught of evil like the one that’s coming, it will take everything they have just to survive...
Elizabeth's Review
4.5 Stars - One of the best books I've read
Review copy provided by publisher via Net Galley
Welcome back to the world of Vampires and Immortals in the 6th
installment to the Immortal Guardians series. This time our central couple is
Ethan, one of the younger Guardians, and a mortal telepath named Heather.
Ethan is a character that has been around for a while, but
we’ve never really gotten to know him. In the time we have with him here, we
get to know his personality, but there isn’t a whole lot of his back story. What
do get to know about him is that he is fiercely protective, a good friend, and
pretty funny.
Heather is a downright fun character. She has embraced her
abilities and used them to make a living while also keeping her secret. I love
a smart female character. She is also loyal, brave, and has a fantastic sense
of humor.
Alone, these two are great characters, but together they are
amazing and are a part of a much larger story. I continued to be awed by how
Ms. Duvall manages to craft a reasonable romantic relationship within the
larger Guardians story of suspense and intrigue. The very large, and growing,
cast of characters are managed in such a way that you can follow what is going
on without feeling overwhelmed. This series has to be one of the better
examples of how to keep characters introduced early on involved as integral parts
of the active story line.
For someone new to the Immortal Guardians world, I would
suggest starting earlier in the series (if not book 1) because they story lines
are very much linked. Characters are given brief introductions in this book and
necessary information is shared, but without having read the early books, some
things might be confusing.
The only downside of Shadows Strike is that we
don’t know when the next book will be coming out or who the hero will be. 
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