Rogue

4.25stars-detailed, encouraging, entertaining

4.25 stars—ROGUE is the sixth instalment in Tam DeRudder Jackson’s contemporary, adult TALISMAN erotic, paranormal, Celtic mythological romance series. This is thirty-one year old, warrior turned rogue Kieran ‘Baz’ Cormac, and Warrior-Talisman Delaney Ferrell’s story line. ROGUE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storylines is revealed where necessary.

SOME BACKGROUND: Centuries earlier, the Morrigan cursed the male descendants of the Sheridan family- if they haven’t found their mates by their twenty-eighth birthday, the warrior may turn to the dark side, essentially going rogue, fighting against the people he once friended and loved. The curse had the potential to be broken with the mating of a warrior and his fated mate, a mate who would be his protector and his guardian. Desperate to prevent the breaking of the curse, Morgan and her sisters Macha and Maeve set into motion a series of battles that will pull the Sheridan family into a war where family and friendships will be tested. Morrigan is part of Celtic mythology representing the cycle of birth and death, but is also the patron of magic and revenge, prophecy and night.

Told from third person perspective ROGUE focuses on Kieran ‘Baz’ Cormac, a warrior who chose to turn Rogue on his twenty-eighth birthday, a choice he made in the face of having not found his fated mate but a chance encounter with Delaney Ferrell, an unattached Talisman, forces Baz Cormac to face the possibility that turning rogue may have been a little too hasty. Baz Cormac is the leader of a group of former warriors turned rogue, a group that is about to go to war with our story line hero. To prove he is ready and willing to change allegiances, the Morrigan sets into motion a battle between Baz and Delaney, and the rogues Baz once trained, and the zombie warriors resurrected to fight the war. What ensues is the building romance and fated relationship between Delaney and Baz, and the fall-out as Baz and Delaney must prove they are worthy of their own happily ever after.

Baz Cormac and his fellow rogues ‘acquire’ unmated warriors to build an army for the Celtic goddess Morgan but Baz never expected to come face to face with Delaney Ferrell, a woman he thought never existed but a woman he knows to be his fated mate. Delaney Ferrell finds herself forced to choose between her mate, and her friends, a mate who may not be accepted because of sins from the past.

The relationship between Delaney and Baz is fated by the gods and goddesses. Baz gave into the dark side too early and too easily, Delaney never expected to fall for a man whose reputation is tarnished and black. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met in previous story lines. We are introduced to Baz’s fellow rogues Jamie and Rory, as well as Baz’s Druid Partland aka Party.

ROGUE is a story of power and control, secrets and lies, fate and love, forgiveness and family. The premise is detailed, encouraging and entertaining; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are energetic, determined and charismatic.