I really enjoyed reading this book! I love this series so much, it's the one that introduced me to Christine Feehan's writing in the first place, so it holds a special place in my heart! And it was really great to go back to Team 1, we've been away for so long, and it was really great to catch up with them!

Camellia was a really great character to read about, because her particular enhancements that Whitney did to her-and to Jonas-were really interesting to read. I've never heard of the Middlemist Red Camellia, but they were really interesting to read about!

The bulk of this book is their introduction, and that first day that they know each other. Then we got some time jumps, and the final battle, which was short and intense. Which was a little weird, but it's how their particular stories work-and how little trust she has, given how often she's been betrayed and by whom, well, Jonas is good for her

This book did a lot. With their romance, and her trust issues, his issues with his enhancements and the aggression that they brought up in him. Some of our previous couples, and some of the issues that they were having. And Ivy, who I'm really hoping we'll see in a future book!

This was another really great book in the series, and I can't wait for the next!

Love the Ghostwalker series, and this installment didn't let me down. Recommended to all Christine Feehan fans!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this book

"He might be a dominant male with aggressive, violent tendencies when it came to battle, but there was also something intrinsically honest, even noble about him."

Since I discovered the writing of Christine Feehan I've become obsessed with her work. I originally started reading her Torpedo Ink series because I love MC Romance. But once I crossed that bridge there was no going back. I wanted to get my hands on everything she'd ever written.

I have to admit that when I saw that this book was #18 in the GhostWalkers series it was daunting. I didn't have time to go back to the beginning and I couldn't resist reading Phantom Game, so I read it as a standalone hoping that it would make sense. I'm happy to report that it did. Was I curious about the stories of other characters that I met? Of course. Do I still want to read the first seventeen books? Of course. Was I lost reading this as a standalone? Not at all. Did I love it? Hell yes!

There's so much content I couldn't even begin to explain it, nor would I want to. Half the fun was going in blind and having my mind blown. And trust me, it was. The paranormal aspect is pretty amazing. GhostWalkers are basically enhanced soldiers. Scientific experiments living with the results of what was done to them. They have badass abilities and people who either want to use them or destroy them.

Finding love while living in a secret compound while facing danger on a daily basis is a pretty tall order. But nothing is beyond the brilliant mind of the author, who takes things I could never imagine and turns them into the most amazing and unputdownable stories. Once you're hooked, she becomes your dealer. And no intervention is required, just the next book she writes. The line forms here...

✦Review: PHANTOM GAME (A GhostWalker Novel) by Christine Feehan https://wp.me/p3d0RZ-bWz
Publication Date: March 1, 2022
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Reviewed by: Reading in Pajamas/ Donna
Rated 5 Stars

I enjoyed this installment in the GhostWalker series, especially since we get back to Team One again. I like the close-knit dynamic of that group and how they pull together during a crisis. The start of this book was a bit slow due to detailed descriptions of things that bogged it down for me. I would rather it had been more character driven. That feeling quickly changed as I came to appreciate how the author blended their personalities seamlessly as the story progressed. Camellia was intelligent and self-driven, yet soft at heart. I’m glad that Jonas appreciated and was awed by her ability to accept and discover what her abilities were capable of doing. It was good to see him leaning on her for help with his own issues while still being strong. I’m usually not a fan of “fated love”, but they made it seem so natural and lovely.

The story itself was intense. Not so much physical battles, but battles that are unseen and can only be guessed at. The tension was fun and held me captive. I loved Jonas and Camellia’s unique abilities, it made for a fun and engrossing read. I won’t go into details on the storyline or their abilities, as I want the reader to make that journey without me giving it away. If it isn’t on the blurb…I am not going to share. Just know that I loved it.

*Review copy provided by Penguin in exchange for an honest review.

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Christine Feehan is one of my favorite authors. With each series she is able to create a unique and compelling world that grows with each book. The GhostWalker series though is her only series I haven't read straight through repeatedly.
Phantom Game dives right into the GhostWalker world, so for those readers who have not read other books in the series, it might seem a bit sudden. However, the beginning of the book does start off slow with a lot of dialogue between Jonas and Camellia that helps create a picture of the GhostWalker world. At times it read a bit like an info dump but there was new information interspersed about Jonas and Camellia that meant you couldn't skip over. It was definitely a hard to get through section that took up 1/3 of the book. After their initial meeting, things to pick up and we start to get a better sense of the characters and the plot and the last half pulls everything together with action, vengeance, betrayal and of course love.
As always Feehan, brings the steam and continues to deepen the mysteries of the world she is building. Die hard Feehan fans will be pleased with the story and the suggestion of where the series will go next.

Jonas “Smoke” Harper is on a mission with two of his fellow Ghostwalkers to find the danger coming their way. He’ll do whatever it takes to protect his family. While he’s looking for the threat he comes across a woman in the middle of the mountains. Camellia Mist escaped from man who was using her to experiment on children to make the Ghostwalkers. She doesn’t trust anyone because of betrayals in the past. These two will help each other to fight the danger headed toward them. They’ll play a Phantom Game against their enemy to protect the ones they love.

Phantom Game is the eighteenth book in Christine Feehan’s Ghostwalkers series. A story that heads back to the first group of Ghostwalkers and updates the characters from previous books. A man and woman not looking for love find each other in the middle of nowhere. He learns more about his powers. She learns to trust. Phantom Game has suspense, passion and danger while bringing the reader up to date on former Ghostwalkers couples and the first group of them. Ms. Feehan continues the series with new story of danger to family and finding love while working through individual issues. Christine Feehan’s Phantom Game is very worth the time to get reacquainted to the first Ghostwalkers and getting the reader updated on some of the older stories in the series. The book is a must reader for any Christine Feehan fan and doesn’t disappoint the reader. She keeps you in suspense wondering who is behind the danger headed for the main characters and who are they after the woman or the Ghostwalkers. This reader highly recommends this books and any other that Christine Feehan has written.

I love this series and I’m so happy to return to team 1! There is something just great about all the things that they experience and overcome. I think that Jonas and Camellia compliment each other in a way that I haven’t seen in the past couple books. I love the way the skills are close to complimenting each other and helping each other. It’s a great story.

Whitney is crazy but I think we often forget there are worse bad guys out there than Whitney. I think that the departure from Whitney as a bad guy is a great change.

My Review of Phantom Game:

"Stay With Me. Talk To Me"

Jonas "Smoke" Harper, genetically, and psychically enhanced member of Team 1, living in Montana feels danger, and a compulsion to track the threat to his team. As he begins his hunt in the Lolo National Forest, Jonas feels a pull toward something or someone else. He finds Camellia "Cami" Mist. One of the girls Whitney experimented on, and enhanced living in the mountains. They both realize that Whitney has paired them, and they both feel the threat moving toward Team 1, and 2.

What follows is Jonas, and Cami finding out how their gifts really complements the other, and Jonas shock when he finds out that he, and Cami are connected to plant life, especially the Middle Mist Red Camellia, and head out to find out who's the threat. They find out that The Consortium has decided that Team 1 and 2 are too dangerous, and unstable to live and has sent a small army to kill every man, woman, and child except for Lilly, and her son Daniel. Is Whitney behind this attack and in his arrogance wants to get rid of his flawed experiments?

We witness some great fight scenes in this story, as well as redemption, and forgiveness given to right the wrongs of the past. We catch up with some of the members of both teams, and find out exactly what type of experiments Whitney did to Team 1 that increases the testosterone level, aggression, and need for violence.

I loved Cami, and Smoke's relationship. She eases the need in Jonas for violence, and helps him to understand his gifts that he wasn't aware of. Cami's such a strong, balanced, understanding, and forgiving woman. What can I say about Smoke? He's amazing! Such a great attitude, considering his personal opinion of himself. We're always harder on ourselves. I'm happy that Cami showed Smoke the way.

My fingers are crossed that Ian McGillicuddy's story will be told next. He has an unusual psychic ability I'd like to know more about.

Like every GhostWalker book in this series, a female GhostWalker has been paired with a male GhostWalker. The females are always named after flowers, and have skills that complement the male they have been paired with. In this case, Camellia Mist has been on her own for years, after escaping from Dr. Whitney, and is used to being alone. Jonas Harper is a loner as well, and has spent years controlling his environment to keep from going insane with all of the competing DNA he was injected with when he was being experimented upon in Dr. Whitney’s lab. These two have never met, but they know many of the same people, having both survived years as ‘Guinea pigs’ for Dr. Whitney. The skills that they were both given revolve around certain plants, and especially around a particularly rare Middlemist Red Camellia. Camellia has had years to study and understand the way her gifts work, especially around plants; unfortunately, Jonah doesn’t have the plant knowledge that Camellia has, and doesn’t understand how his gifts work quite as well as she does. He was given a lot of apex predator DNA, and has spent much of his time ruthlessly subduing this predatory nature, to keep from harming his friends.

This book has multiple interactions with protagonists from prior volumes of this series. That was a nice surprise. It was also written from the perspective of someone who has a healthy respect for plants as well. That was a nice surprise as well. This group of GhostWalkers faces multiple challenges throughout the course of the story. The pace is perfect, as is the level of tension. The story flows seamlessly from action to background story to action to imparted knowledge and back to action. It is well-written and gripping. Although stories about GhostWalkers can follow similar paths, this one feels fresher because of the skill set these paired protagonists are working with. There are some heartbreaking scenes that may require Kleenex. All-in-all, this is a keeper, and one that deserves a re-read.

I know the regular Feehan crowd will call me an anarchist for what I'm about to say, but I think the Ghostwalker Series has eclipsed the Dark Series as my favorite. I really love how much imagination Feehan has invested in this series, and the skills / talents / enhancements that she continues to create for the Ghostwalker teams are truly compelling. I loved this addition to the series, and Camellia, Jonas & "Red" are certainly new favorites. I found this to be a beautiful story between the two of them, and a fantastic self-discovery journey for Jonas especially. I can't wait to see what comes next for the different Ghostwalker Teams.

Phantom Game is a wonderful addition to Feehan’s GhostWalker series. I haven’t been a huge fan of Feehan in the last few years. This book seemed to be like her earlier books, which was a nice change. After reading Annihilation Road, I thought about throwing in the towel. I was going to force myself to come to terms with the fact that Feehan just doesn’t write how she used to. Then this book came out. I’m more certain now than ever that she has a ghostwriter. Holly is too and she’s always right.

Camellia Mist lives for her plants and flowers. Since she was a small child under Whitney’s care, she knew she had an affinity for anything growing from the ground. She’s able to disappear into the mist (hence the last name) with the help of the Middlemist Red Camellia. Red helps Camellia stay hidden in the forest in Montana. When Jonas Harper is able to get around her traps, she knows instantly that he’s been paired with her. They have similar abilities and an instant and electric attraction.

Jonas has fought his aggression for years. When he was being enhanced by Whitney, he was injected with DNA of various animals. All of them aggressive (think tiger, leopard, etc). Camellia sooths the best and he knows he can’t let her go. She is very obviously independent and can take care of herself, yet his urge to protect her is fierce.

I really enjoyed this installment. I liked going back to Team One and seeing old favorites. Lily and Ryland had a cameo and it was heartbreaking. Camellia was such a wonderful heroine, strong yet kind. Jonas was a badass with a gentle side. The camaraderie between the GhostWalker teams added an element that made it hard to put this book down.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Camellia Mist has made a home for herself in the mountains. Content to be alone. She had been one of Whitney’s orphaned girls that had been experimented on for years and used as an assassin. She trusts no one, having been betrayed too many times during her years of captivity. She would never return to the compounds that Whitney controlled and would never participate again in his horrible experiments or his breeding program.
With some of the DNA that Whitney had implanted in her, she was content in her small world. She can communicate with the plants, and animals to some extent. She used her connections to the earth to create a small area that she was able to control the climate and raise her flowers and plants. Those same plants and flowers worked as warning systems should any human wander by her home and many had healing properties. The plants also helped hide her small home. She is aware that there are two Ghost Walker fortresses on her mountain, lower than where she lived. So far, she has resisted checking them out, fascinated yet scared. She would never return to that life!
Jonas “Smoke” Harper was a member of the first team of soldiers that Whitney “enhanced” with DNA and other things that he had developed by experimenting with the orphaned girls. Team One had many members that did not survive the enhancements made, or had extreme problems and needed anchors, and most practiced both physical and mental exercises every day to control the extreme emotions created by the multiple DNA profiles Whitney had put into each soldier.
Jonas found that Whitney had enhanced him with many predatory animals. This caused Jonas to have to work extra hard to control the impulses his brain bombarded him with in stressful situations. None of the members knew exactly what animal or plant may have been implanted into them.
Some of the enhancements Jonas had allowed him to sense danger sometimes quite some time before the other members of team one. He could sometimes sense that something or someone was not right and was used to acting on his hunches. Also, he could see better than most people and was able to basically disappear into his surroundings, hence his “Smoke” nickname.
A hunch took Jonas and two of the team members up into the mountains above the Ghost Walker fortresses. He could sense danger of some kind and went to search for what the danger might be and where it was coming from.
During their journey on the mountain, Jonas realized that something was not right when one of his team members began to become ill. Leaving them in a defensible spot, Jonas became exploring and came upon the area that Camellia had claimed as home. Jonas began to notice plants that were not natural to the area, nor was the weather correct for the plants to be so healthy and developed. Eventually Jonas made his way through the fog and found Camellia’s small home.
When Jonas and Camellia met, they immediately knew that Whitney had paired them. But even without being paired, they knew that they were attracted to each other. However, being a man, Jonas immediately made a wrong step when he found that the reason he could detect danger sooner than his other team member was because he had received fungi DNA from Whitney. He felt instant disgust at the thought of yet another piece of DNA, not an animal, but a plant. His expression of disgust immediately set Camellia off as she felt he was disgusted with her also, as she had the same DNA. Attempting to distract Camellia from his blunder, he began to tell her of the woman he had news of that had been detained with her at Whitney’s labs. And they discussed the feeling of danger that they both felt and agreed that the danger did not come for each other.
Together with Jeff and Kyle, they start out to find the danger and eliminate it. Camellia worked with Jonas on his newfound DNA to use the environment and follow his instincts! They found a forward scout group.
But who was this group of mercenaries? Who did they work for, who was the target and why?
Follow along as they all work together contacting the inhabitants of the two mountain fortresses and letting the other Ghost Walkers know what was transpiring on the mountain. Follow them when they go to one of the fortresses and Camellia is faced with her past, and team members in need of healing.
I just love the books about team One as they have had the hardest time dealing with the enhancements Whitney implanted in them. A well written book and worth every minute of missed sleep to get it all read!
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Action, danger, and laughter - usually at each other’s expense - is PHANTOM GAME. Getting to reacquaint ourselves with past characters and enjoying their triumphs and trials, with a romance that is slow-building but still takes your breath away! It's all here in PHANTOM GAME! Another heart-pounding addition to Ms. Feehan's GhostWalker series.

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko for Fresh Fiction

Complete review: https://freshfiction.com/review.php?id=76812

Ms. Feehan takes us back to Team One of the Ghost Walkers and rekindles some of the magic that I felt first felt when I started to read this series.  Jonas has an interesting stew of characteristics some of which he hasn't shared with his team despite how much he trusts them and some of which he just doesn't understand. Camellia is that perfectly engineered match for him but she's wary of him and of the other members of the original two teams and their wives who she grew up with in Whitney's labs. Camellia and Jonas will soon be challenged and tested; will their bond prove true to the challenge?
Recently I met an old friend and he mentioned how excited he was when he discovered that plants had intelligence as manifested by how they reacted to different stimuli.  This book just cemented some of what this Botanist friend was speaking about by bringing in plants as a leaving, breathing force that assists Jonas and Camellia almost like their own private army. Camellia is wary of Jonas, her past has made her distrustful of the Ghost Walkers as a whole, but can he bind her to him and hold her?
Danger is stalking the teams and it's Jonas and his small team's job along with Cameliia's help to find and neutralize the threat.  At the same time this small strike team will be forced to confront painful events in their past most particularly Jonas as they face a foe who is determined to annihilate what they stand for including the children being born to Ghost Walker couples. In the meantime, Camellia in her own way is forced to confront her childhood nemesis and use her powers to save the life of the one woman who had not only once been her best friend but also her worst betrayer. 
You will find it hard to put the book down once you pick it up since it will sweep in and capture your imagination and keep the adrenaline humming as the story unfolds. An absolute winner.

I've been wanting to read something by Christine Feehan for years. Her Dark Carpathian series always came highly recommended in the paranormal romance genre, even by some of my favorite authors, I just never quite got to them.

When the opportunity to read 'Phantom Game' came up, I jumped at it. As another long-lived paranormal series, I figured the Ghostwalker novel would be a good chance to finally see what her writing was all about.

The premise is interesting enough. Genetically enhanced soldier, Jonas 'Smoke' Harper, has such a heavy mix of predatorial dna that he struggles to keep it under control.. even with his team. Though he's seen many of those similar to himself meet their perfect mates and start relatively happy lives, it's not something he thinks is in the cards for himself.

Along comes Camellia. Part of the same brutal program, she's one of the original females that were designed to pair with a specific soldier. She's got plenty of her own deadly skills, but the two are overwhelmingly drawn to one another. They know why and that only makes her resist harder, while he just wants to give her every reason to give in.

Structurally, the story is fine. The concepts are interesting and the characters have lots of potential. I think the writing style just wasn't for me. I feel like a large portion of the past/present is just being told through conversation and I didn't feel invested.

All that aside, there's plenty of tense scenes here and there, a creative ability system, and I definitely felt like I could have liked it with just a different approach. But.. obviously this author has a ton of fans and they can't all be wrong. So, I still intend to check out that other series. Maybe I'll feel differently about it.

It's still a solid read though. If you're looking for something quick and light with military romance themes and a couple that's a bit resistant to the pull of one another, this might be the book for you.

Phantom Game a trip back to Team One, Whitney’s “mistakes” though they’ve come a long way with the help of Lily, Whitney’s acknowledged daughter. We get to see Jonas find his perfect mate, one that complements everything he is and find out there is so much more than he knew had. Camellia has made a life for herself, alone, not trusting anyone but surrounded by a home she created with her connection with plants, especially Red. She was betrayed by someone she loved and trusted leaving her protective about letting anyone else in.

The team needs Camellia’s help. There is a rumor that teams one and two were being eliminated and that they are trying to get to Lily and their son Daniel. Jonas, along with his teammates Jeff and Kyle know something doesn’t feel right. They are missing something crucial. Watch how these teams learn to trust and work together to end this mission

Christine packs so much information in this story, the Game series has plenty of action, mystery and romance.

The Ghost Walker Series, a Military Science Fiction Romance series that has evolved through each book...making you love the Protagonists and despise the Antagonists, each book focused on one couple and fellow Ghostwalkers, and the families they are making. Each face their own conflicts and enemies...but the underlying Antagonist of the series is the most Diabolical villain I've ever read! Although these books are wonderful read as a series, Christine Feehan does an amazing job weaving the information needed into the story so they can be read as a standalone.
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Phantom Game, Book 18, is the story of Jonas "Smoke" Harper and Camellia. After meeting members of all 4 Teams of Whitney’s Military psychically and physically enhanced Ghostwalkers and seeing many reach their Happily Ever After, We're returning to Team One and the Original 12 female orphans. Back to the revelations of Dr Peter Whitney’s Diabolical DNA enhancements in his ends justify the means narcissistic sociopathic mind!
Of course, Whitney's female experiments are the ideal partners for these Ghostwalkers and he made sure they were selectively even more so, pairing them. He wants to guarantee genetic matches reproduce. Luckily for the stories, love needs more than pheromones, and people are more than their DNA enhancements.
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Both Camellia and Jonas are dealing with betrayal and loss. The betrayal Camellia encountered made her retreat, hide from people and lost her trust in anyone but herself, fearful they would hurt her again. Jonas’ betrayal broke his trust in himself difficult accepting his skills and strength of character, feared he would hurt those he cared about, lose the control he so desperately used to function.
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A Beautiful love store revolves around this, acceptance of each other. They come to see each other as the entire amazing person they are. Both grow as individuals and as a couple. Cami learns that betrayal is only as horrid as the motivation behind it. She needed to remember Whitney set them up for dammed if you do dammed if you don’t scenarios to break trust. She is the beauty whose gifts heal and sooth the savage beast. He is the one who can protect her, give her a home and family. As their relationship grows, she learns trust outside the world she built can happen. Jonas learns the strength in who he is, with her guidance he can learn to trust himself, he is not the monster he thinks Whitney turned him into. He can control his enhancements and use them all to his advantage. As all is discovered they realize they are a perfect team and can rely on and trust each other above anyone else. The romance is strong and paced well!
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As Jonas and Camellia build a wonderful love story working through betrayals of the past, whispered betrayal in the present, we are kept on the edge of our seat. The danger approaching the compound Home of Team One and Two needs the GhostWalker's to trust each other most! So many twists and turns as to where the threat is coming from and action so well written at times I forgot to breathe! Can’t wait for the next ghostwalker story!

Phantom Game is the eighteenth book in the GhostWalkers series by Christine Feehan. A paranormal romance with a hint of suspense that is sure to pull you in from the beginning. This fast-paced, action-packed story brings a multidimensional storyline together seamlessly. All the while building to the heated moments of action and passion that have become a hallmark of the series. I look forward to reading more in the GhostWalkers series.

.25 stars--PHANTOM GAME is the eighteenth instalment in Christine Feehan’s contemporary, adult GHOSTWALKERS paranormal, (often erotic) romance series focusing on an elite group (4 teams) of enhanced men and women known as the GhostWalkers (GW). These ‘super soldiers’ were once part of an unauthorized government experiment performed by Dr. Peter Whitney but several soldiers have since, opted into the program on their own. The original GhostWalkers struggled without a female anchor, a female whose genetic and enhanced powers were often in tandem with the men involved. This is Team One member Jonas ‘Smoke’ Harper, and Camellia Mist’s story line. PHANTOM GAME can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion, or at the very least book one SHADOW GAME where Team One was first introduced.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Camillia and Jonas) PHANTOM GAME, returns to Team One, Dr. Peter Whitney’s original team of GhostWalkers, a tight-knit group of enhanced soldiers considered a failure by GhostWalker standards. Jonas Harper, along with team members Dr. Kyle Forbes and Jeff Hollister have been sent on a mission by Team Captain Ryland Miller, searching for something or someone threatening the lives of the families secured in the compound for Team One but the further into the forest, the sicker Jeff and Kyle become, and Jonas is forced to go it alone. Pulled by an unknown source, Jonas will come face to face with Camellia Mist, one of the original orphaned girls experimented on by Peter Whitney, a woman who is a genetic match to our story line hero but a woman who was betrayed by someone she considered family and friend. Struggling to accept and trust Jonas Harper, Camellia is reluctant to follow but threats from a different ‘predator’ find Camellia helping the Team, and the man with whom she will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Camellia and Jonas, and the potential fall-out as a need for vengeance finds both Teams One and Two, targeted by a group of enhanced soldiers who are risking their lives for a perceived betrayal of one of their own.

Camellia is a powerful GhostWalker whose abilities continue to evolve on a daily basis but Camellia is also of the mindset that death follows her at every corner, and the betrayal by a ‘sister’ pushed Camellia out of their lives. Jonas Harper has yet to discover the source of all of his ‘genetic make-up’ but meeting Camellia reveals a closer connection to the earth and wildlife than he could have ever imagined. As the Team comes under fire, Camellia and Jonas will work together using the power of their mind and nature to save the lives of people at home.

The relationship between Jonas and Camellia is predicated and fated by manipulated genetics, and altered DNA. As members of the original unsanctioned GhostWalker experiments Camellia had been ‘matched’ with our story line hero, a match that could not be denied regardless of forethought or desire. Jonas and Camellia’s abilities would help one another when their lives, and the lives of Team One and Team Two are threatened, and it is these abilities that I am going to address below. Like the previous few instalments PHANTOM GAME does not focus on the sexual aspect of the couple’s connection-the relationship between Jonas and Camellia is more of a love match than a need to overpower and control. Jonas knows Camellia is his destiny but refuses to demand submission of the woman with whom he will fall in love. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

For readers and followers of Christine Feehan there is a recent and ongoing familiarity and corresponding comparison between the GHOSTWALKERS and DARK/CARPATHIAN series. The Ghostwalkers are now exhibiting some of the same powers, characteristics and abilities of the author’s Carpathian characters including psychic healing, mind to mind emotional connections and interactions; control of animals and the ability to see through their eyes-Camillia considers the animals under her command a part of her family, as well as controlling the weather, nature and animals; and the application of human characteristic (anthropomorphic) to animals and plants. Camellia’s powers are akin to the Dark series character Syndil and her family line. The GhostWalkers series is treading into familiar territory with many similarities to the Carpathian Series.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including many familiar faces introduced in the earlier instalments: Ryland and Lily Miller; Dr. Kyle Forbes, and Jeff Hollister-as a reminder, Jeff is the Ghostwalker who suffered a stroke in the introductory story line; Kaden and Tansy Montague; Team Two’s Ken and Mari Norton; Jack and Briony Norton, and Logan Maxwell; Raul ‘Gator’ Fontenont as well as the mention of several other Ghostwalkers and couples. The requisite evil has many faces.

PHANTOM GAME is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, family and friendships, fate and love. PHANTOM GAME covers but a few days in the life of the Ghostwalkers and our story line couple, and as far as the entire series, only advances a couple of years from the introductory story line. The action packed premise is twisted and tragic; the romance is intimate; the characters are edgy, inspiring and intense.



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In the continuing saga of the Ghostwalkers, Ms Feehan takes us back to Team One. Jonas Harper, has a cauldron of predatory animal DNA that he has to tightly control at all times making him believe he is a monster that no woman could ever live with. Camellia Mist, is one of the original female orphans experimented on in order to creat the Ghostwalkers. Her DNA is connected with the mysterious Middlemist Red Camellia giving her a connection to all the flora and fauna surrounding her.

A sense of impending danger sends Jonas and fellow Ghostwalkers, Jeff and Kyle up the mountain where they stumble into Camellia’s home since her escape from Whitney, where her illusions are designed to protect her from the outside world. Also sensing danger from her plant informants she attempts to trap the 3 of them. Unbeknownst to Jonas and Camilla they have been ‘paired’ by Whitney to be the perfect couple, when Jonas eludes her illusions, they meet and Sparks fly. Camellia’s inherent lack of trust, cemented by a perceived betrayal by her sister orphan Marigold, wife of a team two member, makes her hesitant to work with Jonas especially when he insults her DNA makeup which to his surprise and horror he shares on top of the predatory animal stew he was given when he became a Ghostwalker. He, on the other hand, recognizes her as his woman and despite critical mistakes works throughout the story to make sure she doesn’t run again.

The danger that led to their meeting is frightening real and despite the past betrayals and Camellia’s inherent distrust of anyone connected to Whitney, Jonas, Camellia, Jeff and Kyle form a connection that is the best part of this book. Betrayals are a big part of this story and as you read there are parts that will just make you weep. In true Feehan fashion after you wipe your tears you will be laughing at the comic dialogue between the characters.

To me, one of the best parts of this story is the mysterious Middlemist Red Camellia. The research needed to add this critical piece of the story is mind boggling. I always learn something when reading a Feehan book and the possibilities presented about how this plant works give you a whole new outlook on the plants that surround us in real life. Another well constructed story with action, camaraderie, family and friendship.