Shadow Self Workbook 2. As spiritual beings having a human experience we have developed two faces. The first face we show to the world — this facade is called the ego. But the past always finds a way to return. Enter a mysterious and seductive stranger named Xavier, who claims he wants to help—but who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator.
With memories returning, she suddenly becomes a target of anonymous assassins. As murky waters become clear, Lizette confronts a conspiracy that is treacherous and far-reaching and a truth that, once revealed, may silence her and Xavier once and for all.
From the opening line, [ Shadow Woman ] will grab readers and take them on an exhilarating and terrifying adventure! Highly recommended. Languages English. Linda Howard - Author. Why is availability limited? When the dialogue and interaction did finally come it was rushed, and still I was unable to connect. I however will still read her books, even though this one didn't work for me, as I said earlier I love her writing style.
In the past, I have really enjoyed her previous books. Also, I am only one person so please don't let my opinion stop you from reading this book. Everyone has different reading taste, and this book may work perfectly for you.
I was provided with this book from the publisher for free via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review, thank you! View all 14 comments. That's what they say, right? And you never do! Linda Howard was my first romance ever. I was 17, a bookworm teenager and I've read all the classics.
And then a friend gave me this book and said: "Hey, stop with all this heavy stuff, here take some break". It was Now You See Her and my initiation began. I never looked back!!!!!!!!! The First Lady murders her husband, the President, after getting evidence that he was cheating on her with her own and married with a Senator sister.
A Secret Service Agent takes her out but not before she manages to kill one and seriously injure another. Something had happened to her, something catastrophic and maybe even sinister, though she had no evidence of the latter.
Instead she seemed to have been set adrift in a new life, and left to her own devices. Not pale, or red-eyed, but different, as in that-is-not-my-face different.
She knows things she shouldn't burner phones, bugs, etc One thing she is certain? THEY must not find out. But what and who are they? And who is the mysterious Mr. X who she can't get out of her head? After watching her for more than 3 years he is sure that she remembers. A black op guy, he trusts only his gut. But he will be there for here, he always is. He was looking for her and she was looking for him, but walls and doors got in the way.
He always did. Every day they are listening and they are ready. They will do anything to keep the secret. Linda Howard has an amazing talent of creating a palpable attraction between her heroes. I like her style of presenting us with these "grey" characters, it makes reading about them interesting and so deliciously frustrating.
This book delivers the usual trifecta. Nail biting action, mystery, conspiracies and the expected sensuality of a Linda Howard novel. Way better than her latest books, but I was looking for a more spectacular ending which seemed a little too easy and anti-climatic after all the information thrown at us. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed reading it and I highly recommend it to all romantic suspense fans. View all 21 comments. US president shot by his wife! She also remembers the last two years of her life…before that she has no recollection.
Forced to go on the run, trying to avoid being killed and determined to find out what happened to her. Dangerous people involved in a conspiracy that are determined to do anything to kill anyone who poses a danger to them.
I liked the first couple of chapters. The tension and suspense as Lizette tries to finding the answers to what had been done to her. Being chased by the bad buys and followed by the shadowy Xavier, who is part of the conspiracy but happens to be the good guy here. I would have liked Lizzie and Xavier to have more interaction with each other. They only get together almost at the end and most of the story is the thoughts in their heads.
The lack of romance was lacking…. I found the plot interesting and intriguing and the ending where all is revealed, quite clever even if a bit implausible. View 2 comments. Key spoilers are hidden. Shadow Woman fell a bit flat for me, but there are some excellent bits, and Xavier and Lizzy brought to mind some of my favorite characters from Howard's stock. I will start with what I see as weak points, then move to the good stuff, and finally to the cross-book character comparisons.
If it weren't for that single scen Key spoilers are hidden. And I kinda did. At first, I was interested and absorbed, trying to figure out what happened to Lizzy, but Howard wrote the most opaque prologue imaginable, making it nearly impossible to decipher the back-story. However, I enjoyed trying, and I got some parts right!
It's fairly slow at first. Jolly good! I loved Lizzy's intelligent assessment of each new situation. However, all too soon, the pace slowed down to a crawl again, with too much time devoted to Lizzy's desperate flight into Virginia on dusty roads under a summer sun. The details of eating and peeing and shopping went on too long, even though I enjoyed the various means of transportation Lizzy used to escape.
One character surprised me. And there were some fun scenes, like when Lizzy vandalizes Xavier's motorcycle, thinking he's out to kill her. He is proud of her, cuz she's fighting back echoes of Death Angel. Loved the dialogue with his crew, when he called in for a tow truck: "I need a tow for the Harley. Fuck, I'm in love. She's mine. Throughout the book, Xavier was in Lizzy's court, even though he couldn't be with her.
He was protective, passionate, and tender. At one point Luzzy was feeling sad:. I liked your face before, and I like it now. You're still you. Lizzy, a secret agent who looked just like the first lady, was trying to make a copy of the President's thumb drive, which contained evidence of treason.
Both the Potus and his deceitful Flotus were selling military secrets to the Chinese. They both deserved to die, and it was not even Lizzy's fault, since the gun went off when the First Lady jumped her. Furthermore, one of the supposed "good guys" had betrayed Lizzy and Xavier's team, telling the Thorndikes about the plan.
Plot device, me thinks. For example, Lizzy reminded me of Grace St. John, in Son of the Morning. Like Grace, Lizzy had to piece together a bunch of clues to figure out what was going on.
Like Grace, Lizzy spent a good portion of the book on the run, living a hand to mouth existence, going from pit stop to pit stop. Shadow Woman has very little dialogue -- and only a portion of it involved Xavier and Lizzy. However, there were a few glimpses of the bold, sexy banter I loved in Mr.
Perfect , with Sam and Jaime. I especially enjoyed the scene when Xavier "accidentally" bumps into Lizzy in Walgreens and gets a lesson in Shampoo Killers are after her, and she has no idea WHY. Resting in her sleazy motel, she's ready to break down and sob. The only difference is that Angie had to outwit two types of psychos -- one with four feet.
Xavier has the same fetish: There. Her back was to him No doubt it was her, though; he knew that mane of dark hair, the erect set of her shoulders, the way she carried her head, and holy shit, the inverted-heart curve of her ass. Lizzy --in person, after years of only hearing her voice or seeing photos.
In this book, we had Xavier willing to watch over poor brain-wiped Lizzy for the rest of his life, if necessary. In DA, we had Simon willing to take care of potentially brain-damaged Drea for ever. Shadow Woman involves two special op agents Xavier and Lizzy who train together, enjoying a competitive but exciting battle of the sexes over the combat mat and the shooting range.
These scenes reminded me of All the Queen's Men , but alas, the training scenes were only "remembered" in Shadow Woman -- and then only in fragments -- which compares unfavorably with the vivid co-training scenes I so much enjoyed in AtQM. Long story short, Shadow Woman isn't so great in and of itself, but I've seen FAR worse, and it brings back memories of lots of treasured stories. I also appreciate the careful editing, the lack of typos, and the non-gratuitous and comparatively sparing inclusion of cuss words and profanity.
View all 16 comments. Nov 04, Elizabeth Liz rated it really liked it Shelves: ebook-read , romantic-suspense-read , ebook-netgalley-read. This is Lizette Henry's new reality. It's possible she's lost her mind, but instinct tells her that's not the case. There's another answer.
In the end, she may very well wish she hadn't sought the truth. It is almost impossibly hard to talk about this s 4 Stars What do you do when you wake up one random morning, feeling like yourself, no amnesia, remembering the day before, your family, where you grew up It is almost impossibly hard to talk about this story without giving some part of the plot away. And, trust me when I tell you, the way to truly enjoy Shadow Woman is to go into it knowing no more than you absolutely have to. The impact is all the greater for it!
What I can share with you is my surprise at just how much I enjoyed reading this story. Linda Howard has been a favorite author of mine for so many years that I've literally lost count. So, it was very disappointing to me when, in recent years, I realized I wasn't enjoying her the way I used to.
There was some trepidation on my part, considering if I wanted to read Shadow Woman. But, I am SO glad that I did! This is a complex, intriguing, compelling suspense tale that I honestly couldn't put down. Linda Howard has a great imagination, and she puts it to full use here!
Trying to determine what happened, when, where, by whom? It all kept me turning the pages, quickly, to the very end. Honestly, this was a lot of fun to read! So, why not five stars? Well, much as I feel like Linda Howard is beginning to win me back, and as good as the story was, the one aspect of Shadow Woman that was lacking, for me, was the relationship between the two main characters, Xavier and Lizzy.
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