Showing posts with label RaShelle Workman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RaShelle Workman. Show all posts

Sunday, August 23, 2015

#Review - Undercover Empath by RaShelle Workman Parts 2 and 3 (Paranormal Romance)

Series: Undercover Empath, Archangel
Format: Mobi, 92 pages
Release Date: June 29, 2015
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Source: Publisher
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Nineteen-year-old detective Rose Hansen has a secret. She can read a person’s intentions by touching their hands. It’s a curse! A power she never uses if she can help it.

Only one person knows. Her partner Jack.

At least that’s what she believes until a handsome, shirtless stranger appears on her doorstep in small town Blush Valley, California. He leaves her an envelope, but not before articulating his disappointment in her for ignoring her powers. The contents send Rose on a path toward the supernatural, solving her parents’ murders, and possibly even saving the world.

Aside from that, Rose and her partner have two important cases they’re working. The first involves a missing child. The other is the death of a stripper. Ruled a murder, a very hot FBI agent from L.A. shows up and is given lead. To make matters worse, he asks her to go undercover.
Her life is a disaster. Rose can’t strip. She doesn’t even own a dress.
 



Undercover Empath: Archangel is volume 2 in the Undercover Empath serial. The series features 19-year old Rose Hansen who is the youngest Detective in the Blush Valley, CA police force having graduated from HS at age 14, and Harvard at 18. What makes her stand out even more, is that she has the ability to read another persons intentions by touching them. When last we left Rose in Kindred Demon, she had agreed to go undercover as a stripper in order to catch a serial killer who has left 6 women brutally tortured and murdered. 

Rose agreed to work with FBI agent Vincent Mackay, a mystery in every single way, in order to stop the serial killer in his tracks. Rose has gone through extensive training to get her in shape, made friends with Tammi, her trainer, and Kara, another fellow dancer. Without revealing any spoilers, Rose does meet the serial killer face to face, and it stuns her to learn that he is being ridden/possessed by a Kindred Demon. What's even more remarkable is that Workman adds yet another element to the mystery that is Rose Hanson. One that will presumably be explained in the next installment.

As a sidebar, Rose is also working on uncovering what really happened to her mother Sophie Berkeley and father Phillip Hansen while they worked for BITA. She is slowly asking the right questions of Archangel Aaron on why he is so intent on pushing Rose to use what abilities she has for he knows that she will need it when she faces the truth about her parents. 

Without going any further, and without revealing any spoilers, this serial must be read in order. Miss one installment, and it will throw the entire novel into disarray. Thankfully, Curiosity Quill has sent me the first 3 volumes, and I will be jumping right into Jorogumo next. You will notice that each serial has a different name; Kindred Demon, Archangel, and Jorogumo.  



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Series: Undercover Empath, Jorogumo
Format: Mobi, 92 pages
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Source: Publisher
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Rose hasn’t been into work in weeks. She needed the time off to recover from her run in with a serial killer that was also a demon.

But there’s a new case and this one is even crazier than the one before. Men are dying, their insides turned to mush, and their bodies left in a giant-sized spider web.

Rose must figure out who or what is behind the murders before someone she cares about ends up dead..





Undercover Empath: Jorogumo is volume 3 in the Undercover Empath serial. The series features 19-year old Rose Hansen, the youngest Detective in the Blush Valley, CA police force having graduated from HS at age 14, and Harvard at 18. What makes her stand out even more, is that she has the ability to read another persons intentions by touching them, and now, she also has the ability to use fire against an enemy. A shocking revelation that caught everyone by surprise at the end of Archangel.

When we last left Rose in Archangel, she had just taken down a creepy serial killer who left 7 women's bodies around town near strip clubs and attempted to make Rose his eighth victim. After successfully defeating demon ridden killer, Rose ends up taking 3 weeks off from her job to regain her motivation, while also trying to understand her new abilities and also learn more about BITA. Archangel Aaron hasn't exactly been 100 percent forthcoming since appearing with Rose's mothers book. But, his revelation to Rose about why she can use fire, highlights that Rose is definitely something unique and unusual, and there is more to be revealed about what BITA really did to her.

Back on the job, Rose has to deal with the fall out from her actions, and whether or not she will be ostracized for what happened. Concurrently, Rose and her partner Jack Fuller may also have to deal with another serial killer in town. The killer has left (5) men wrapped up in spider silk and their insides have been turned to slush. With more information from her mothers book, she learns that their nemesis maybe be a black widow spider called Jorogumo. 

Workman thru ME for a major loop by revealing more Agent Vincent Mackay's background and who he really is. Quite honestly, I don't trust him as far as I can toss him. I just don't trust his goals towards Rose, or the way he is still keeping major secrets from her, or the fact that he has a secret agenda working for BITA. The cliffy ending to this story has left me a bit shocked, and appalled to be honest. The previous two installments didn't leave things up in the air quite this puzzling. Hopefully, the publisher will release volume 4 soon, because otherwise, I am going to have major gastric troubles until they do. 

















Monday, June 22, 2015

*Book Review* Undercover Empath: A Kindred Demon Serial by RaShelle Workman (UF)

Series: Kindred Demon Part I
Format: E-book, 94 pages
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Publisher: Curiosity Quills
Source: Publisher
Genre: Urban Fantasy

Nineteen-year-old detective Rose Hansen has a secret. She can read a person’s intentions by touching their hands. It’s a curse! A power she never uses if she can help it. 

Only one person knows. Her partner Jack. 

At least that’s what she believes until a handsome, shirtless stranger appears on her doorstep in small town Blush Valley, California. He leaves her an envelope, but not before articulating his disappointment in her for ignoring her powers. The contents send Rose on a path toward the supernatural, solving her parents’ murders, and possibly even saving the world. 

Aside from that, Rose and her partner have two important cases they’re working. The first involves a missing child. The other is the death of a stripper. Ruled a murder, a very hot FBI agent from L.A. shows up and is given lead. To make matters worse, he asks her to go undercover. 
Her life is a disaster. Rose can’t strip. She doesn’t even own a dress.



Undercover Empath is the first part of a serial called Kindred Demon. The next installment releases in July according to the publisher. This is a very short story that crosses mystery and paranormal genres. The story does what it is supposed to. It lays the foundation and introduces the characters who will be at the forefront of the series. The main character is 19-year old Rose Hansen. Rose is a detective for the Blush Valley, California police force. While that does sound rather young to be any where near factual, there is a whole lot of background that comes with Rose's character.

Rose is one of those people who I dare call an overachiever, and that's not at all a slight. In fact, I call it absolutely amazing. Rose is not unlike the boy who recently graduated college at younger age than she did. It really truly does happen. You just need to look past all the negative news we are forced to swallow on a daily basis. Rose is like that boy. She graduated from High School at 14, 4 years later, she graduated from Harvard at 18. She decided to join the Police force and was promoted to Detective by the Chief of Police who apparently cares for her deeply.

Rose, like her mother, can also read a person’s intentions by touching their hands. If Rose's life wasn't interesting enough, a strange man shows up on her doorstep and offers Rose a chance to learn not only what happened to her parents who were presumably murdered, but also gives her a major assist in confronting her next challenge. Rose and partner, ex-boyfriend Jack Fuller have a lot on their plate. They face a missing child, a scene straight out of a horror movie, as well as a possible serial killer who is targeting strippers, and perhaps a Demon and Angel as well. It will be up to Rose, Jack, and FBI Agent Vincent Mackay to pull their resources, and stop the killer, which includes Rose going undercover as a stripper. But, right under the surface of this story is the fact that Rose needs to find out the truth about her parents, and nothing, not even going undercover, will stop her pursuit for answers.

I will fully admit, that I would have preferred to read the entire novel all at once instead of waiting for each part to be released. I don't normally get lured into a serial type situation, but I did this time because I've heard good things about this author. Overall, I liked Rose a whole lot. She's intelligent, takes a whole lot of crap, but doesn't become Debbie Downer. She needs closure as to why her parents died and what they were doing at the time of their deaths. She needs to know who they really were before she can move on with her life. She also has a huge mystery as to who the killer is, and whether or not the FBI agent she's working with is a good guy or not.