Review: Breath of Passion - Lisa Kessler - Paranormal Romance Guild

Title: Breath of Passion
Series: The Muse Chronicles, Book 3
Author: Lisa Kessler
Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Mythology
Publisher: Lisa's Lair
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Pages: 236

The Prophecy - "Every generation the nine daughters of Zeus are reborn, and with their rebirth are also nine Guardians. They will be marked by the gods, and given gifts to protect his treasure. Their abilities will only be unlocked when they find their muse."

Erica Sterling owns her curves, and inspires passion in every person she meets. It's the curse of having the Greek muse, Erato, lurking in her soul. After a hot night with a firefighter, she struggles to keep her distance from him. The gods have other plans, but Erica has crossed the line between passion and obsession once before, and she's never going back. Not even for her Guardian.

No one understands fire and heat like firefighter, Reed McIntosh. After being burned by a bad marriage, he's sworn off love. But he's never been with anyone like Erica, and after meeting her, a dormant ability is awakened inside of him, along with the desire to keep her safe.

When a stalker's threats turn up the heat, Reed will put his life ---and his heart--- on the line. But when the ashes settle, will love be too late?

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Reviewed by: Linda Tonis

Member of the Paranormal Romance Review Team

Erica Sterling is the Greek Muse of Lyrics and Erotic Poetry and has the gift to inspire passion. If you read book two which hopefully you have then you know that Reed and Erica met and we were left with the feeling that they would meet again and now they have. Reed McIntosh is a Federal firefighter and has a birthmark just like his best friend Hunter who along with his Muse Callie we met in book two. Hunter knew what the birthmark meant but did not mention anything to Reed since nothing would happen until Reed met his muse.

When Reed bumps into Erica again at a club his birthmark suddenly turns red and painful and of course we know that he is her Guardian. Erica would be the third Muse to find her Guardian but since she and Reed have both sworn off relationships would their association only be one of protection and not love like the others? There is no doubt that there is a strong attraction between the two but Reed still hasn’t gotten over what his ex-wife did to him and Erica is still dealing with her ex-boyfriend Jack’s obsession for her causing her to get a restraining order against him. She is afraid that anyone she has a relationship with will turn out just like Jack. When she broke off with Jack he gave her a going away present a scar on her shoulder from his car’s cigarette lighter.

Unfortunately Jack doesn’t seem to be out of the picture since Erica and Reed left the club together fires are breaking out and they point to Jack as the guilty party. Reed accepts the fact that he is Erica’s Muse and that his new gift is that of telekinesis. His ability comes out whenever Erica is in danger. Of course Jack is not the only danger to Erica and the other Muses there is still the Order of the Titans whose mission it is to stop the Muses from rebuilding their theater and freeing the Titans from their prison.

Ted Belkin Sr. is dead and now there is a new CEO taking his place Mikolas Leandros who disagrees with Ted’s determination to kill the Muses. He knows that trying to destroy them and the theater would only put a target on the Order from the police. Junior unfortunately has his own opinion and that is the same as his father’s was, kill the Muses and destroy the theater.

This is the third book in the series and although each book is about a Muse and her Guardian they all have a connection and should be read in order. Every book is a love story that is filled with suspense, sex, violence and hope for a better future. The characters are amazing and I loved each book. I can’t wait to find out which Muse will be next in her quest to find her Guardian.