Last Guard by Nalini Singh – Review & Giveaway

 

 

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Description:
Termed merciless by some, and a robotic sociopath by others, Payal Rao is the perfect Psy: cardinal telekinetic, CEO of a major conglomerate, beautiful—and emotionless.

For Canto Mercant, family and loyalty are everything. A cardinal telepath deemed “imperfect” by his race due to a spinal injury, Canto cares for the opinions of very few—and ruthlessly protects those he claims as his own. Head of intel of the influential Mercant family, he prefers to remain a shadow in the Net, unknown and unseen. But Canto is also an Anchor, part of a secretive designation whose task it is to stabilize the PsyNet. Now that critical psychic network is dying, threatening to collapse and kill the entire Psy race with it.

To save those he loves, Canto needs the help of a woman bound to him by a dark past neither has been able to forget. A woman who is the most powerful Anchor of them all: Payal Rao. Neither is ready for the violent inferno about to ignite in the PsyNet…or the passionate madness that threatens to destroy them both.

 

 

Review:

Last Guard by Nalini Singh is the 5^th book in her wonderful Psy-Changeling Trinity series.  I have noted many times that Nalini Singh is one of my must read go to authors.  I love both of her Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series.  Nalini never fails to give us a fantastic story, fabulous couple, as well as great secondary characters. No one does world building so smoothly and flawlessly better than Nalini Singh.

Payal Rao, our heroine, is the CEO of the Rao family. Payal is considered cold, merciless and ruthless; she is a powerful cardinal telekinetic, as well as a strong Psy.  What most people do not know is that Payal is also a secret unknown designation A (Anchor).

Canto Mercant, our hero, is a cardinal telepath, and is the head of intel for the Mercant family.  Canto suffered a serious injury when he was a child, and because of that, he is wheelchair bound, unable to feel his legs.  But that does not stop him, as he is powerful member of the family, as well as also being an Anchor.  Canto has noticed on the PsyNet things coming apart, and researches all the unknown A’s, and begins to bring the Anchors together to help the coalition fix the PsyNet before it falls apart; the coalition does not even know anything about the Anchors, which will change.

Canto contacts Payal, and when she agrees to meet him, to his shock, she is the young girl who saved his life all those years ago; he has been looking for her for many years.  They are both damaged, having been sent to a place that almost killed them, but now they have risen above the trauma times, and together they will rise to bring the Anchors forward to try and save the PsyNet.  The chemistry between Payal and Canto was fantastic, and I loved how slowly Canto, gets Payal to open herself to feelings and love; and a unique bond made them that much more powerful. They were a phenomenal couple.  

Though her background is known to be dangerous and ruthless, it was fun to watch Canto bring Payal to meet his grandmother, who is also dangerous and ruthless.  Almost immediately, the grandmother sees that Payal is powerful, but the love she has for Canto is very apparent, and Payal in time will become  part of the strong Mercant family.  Canto comes from a strong family, but a loving one; whereas Payal family is dysfunctional, with her father being the head and manipulative, and her brother a dangerous evil sociopath.
 
What follows is an exciting, suspenseful, intriguing and action-packed story that kept me glued to my kindle, unable to put the book down. Last Guard was also a fantastic, as well as emotional love story of two damaged people, with a bond that will continue to grow, bringing them totally together.  I loved Payal and Canto together, as they sizzled throughout the pages, as well as being powerful Anchors to help find a way to save the PsyNet.  I also loved seeing many of our previous heroes, such as Kaleb, Nikita, Aden, Ivy, Anthony, Silver, Valentine, etc.  Last Guard leaves off with the continued threat of an unknown enemy, who is planning on destroying the Psy/Net. 

Last Guard was so very well written by Nalini Singh, which has always been the norm. She never fails to captivate me with her engaging creative stories, fantastic plots, and seamless world building; wonderful couples in each and every story; super secondary characters and fantastic world-building.   I loved every moment of Last Guard.  As I have noted many times, if you have not read Nalini Singh, you are missing such a gem of an author.

Reviewed by Barb

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