SHATTERED

In Morgan’s debut supernatural romantic thriller, two secret agents with special abilities team up to prevent catastrophe.

When Alex Kane meets her new colleague at Grey Raven Paranormal Agency, she immediately has a sultry vision of them together, limbs entangled, skin against skin. “Usually my visions were about important things,” she narrates, “buildings blowing up, world leaders assassinated, natural disasters, terrorist attacks - not about…that.” The man is James Emerson, and he’s an empath, meaning that he can feel and read the emotions of other people. Alex is a clairvoyant, blessed (or cursed) with the ability to see disasters before they happen (which compels her to do whatever she can to prevent them). Their boss has paired the two of them for a mission to stop an international incident involving American senators and a Russian ambassador. Will Alex be able to prevent disaster…and the tryst from her sexy premonition as well? James is certainly hot, but Alex doesn’t want anyone clouding her judgment. “He’s a distraction,” she tells her friend, “and I can’t afford distractions. People die when I get distracted.” Even worse than getting distracted is the prospect that, after an adulthood spent trying to mask her feelings from the world, Alex will be working closely with someone who can read them like a book. Morgan’s prose is straightforward and sleek, rushing the reader through the plot with the urgency of a professional bodyguard. The world of the novel, in which those with paranormal skills are numerous enough to fill out a number of security agencies, is lightly sketched. The real emphasis is on Alex and her will-they-or-won’t-they tension with James. Despite a rather formulaic plot—events unfold more or less the way the reader predicts—Morgan has portioned out the ingredients in just the right way to keep her audience turning the pages. More books are planned in the series, and plenty of repeat customers will be lined up for the next one.

A pulpy paranormal romance that delivers on the promise of its premise.