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REVIEW: Immortal Protector by Ursula Bauer

Dear Ms. Bauer:

I’ve had this in my TBR pile since Keishon’s review last year. I’ve dusted it off (metaphorically since it is an ebook) for Keishon’s monthly TBR challenge. While I agree with some of Keishon’s points (particularly on the extensive world building), I found the romance to be forced in many places.

Dr. Megan Carter is working on a drug that she hopes will help save children with brain tumors. Unbeknowst to Megan, it is foreseen that she may be the instigator of a cataclysmic shift in the futures of gods and humans. Gideon Sinclair, immortal soldier, gets to her first and spirits her away.

Sinclair’s superiors are part of the Eternity Council, a mythic League of Nations, that work together to enforce balance between good and evil. Even the so-called evil gods recognize that without balance their own existence can be put in jeopardy. Of course, the truly evil will always want more power, and thus, there is Gideon and his compatriots who are dispatched to dispense justice.

The external conflict is much stronger than the internal one but smartly …