Last Guard by Nalini Singh
Series : Psy-Changeling Trinity #5
Genre : Paranormal Romance
Publisher : Berkley
Publication Date : July 20th, 2021
Genre : Paranormal Romance
Publisher : Berkley
Publication Date : July 20th, 2021
NYT bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to a world devastated by
change in her award-winning Psy-Changeling Trinity series, where two
people defined by their aloneness hold the fate of the Psy in their
hands . . .
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.
I decided to re-read the last two books in the Psy Changeling series
before jumping into my ARC of Resonance Surge and it was the right
decision 😌 Usually I try to do a yearly re-read of these books but since
I can't do that this time, I decided to just re-read Last Guard and Storm
Echo! This is one series that I hope will never end because I love it just
as much as I did when I started reading it!
In Last Guard we have Payal Rao - the cold, emotionless Psy who runs one
of the largest conglomerates and is an Anchor for the Psynet - but the
latter fact is a well-kept secret. Not much is known about Anchors except
for the fact that they hold the Psynet together. But another Anchor -
Canto Mercant is determined to bring them together and to have them tackle
a critical problem that endangers them - which is the Psynet falling
apart. And when he puts forth an invitation to Payal so that she could
represent them, it brings them face to face and has them rediscovering the
past that they once shared.
Last Guard might seem a bit similar at times to Heart Of Obsidian(which
will ALWAYS be my favorite) because of the dynamics of the pairing but
it's very different at the same time too! Though both Canto and Payal
share a traumatic childhood, they've dealt with it differently and while
Canto had a support system, Payal didn't. I really loved the slow burn
romance between them!
They also have their fair share of personal challenges with Payal's
neurodivergence and Canto's physical disability. But, they accept them
just as they are and I loved how they supported each other at all times.
There's no magical fix and as Canto says they have their tools to help
them when they need it. I also loved seeing the bears 🐻 and the Mercant
family again!
I should probably stop fangirling about this series now lol. Just consider
this my yearly reminder to read these books if you haven't read them
yet!😆
You can also find this review on my bookstagram here
You can find my reviews of the other books in the series here
I've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always
held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could
shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love
giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no
other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call
that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a
dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of
old age on my keyboard.
I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years
living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel
around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips.
If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel
Diary page (updated every month).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand,
a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some
might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill.
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