Driven

by Eve Silver and Eve Kenin

Book Overview

"Edgy, steamy, action packed, and plotted with nail-biting tension..."--Library Journal, Starred Review In the harsh Northern Waste where human life is worth little, ice trucker Raina Bowen has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 050552709X
• ISBN13: 9780505527097
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Love Spell
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Yet More Evidence Shomi Is Amazing

Each new Shomi novel I read convinces me more and more that this new line is one of the best things to happen to romance in a very long time. Raina is a strong woman, smart, driven and on the run from a diabolical man who threatens her very existence. She's thrown into a situation where she ends up taking on a mysterious and sexy stranger who challenges her control. Wizard is sexy and strong and utterly not what he seems and Kenin (Eve Silver) draws out his story with a fine hand. As well as she does the emotion between these two characters. I'm not always a fan of the big reveal of original intent where the heroine finds something out, feels betrayed, runs off and the hero saves her sort of thing - but again, in the right hands, it works like it does here. Nail biting action, a very well developed world and great characters make Driven an absolute must read.

HOLY CRAP, THAT WAS GOOD..

I just finished 'Driven' by Eve Kenin and WHOA, it was fantasticalisious.... LOVED.IT. At first I read the back and was thinking....'A woman trucker in the middle of an arctic wasteland, so not my thing' but, on the advice of several friends I started it anyway and NEVER PUT IT DOWN AGAIN. I adored the heroine Reina, who may be one of the strongest female characters I've seen in a good long while, and then there's Wizard who went from making me kind of doubt his ability to be the 'hero' in the first few pages to taking my breath away by the last page. The world building is excellent and the action scenes are riveting. This is one of the best books I have read this year and I will happily recommend it to anyone.

Highly Doubtful Then Extremely Pleased!

Not being a big fan of graphic novels, everything about the presentation of this book put me off--the cover the "Shomi" Asian/pun imprint title. So I took a risk completely based on the reviews and it was a worthwhile jump! Great attention to detail from the author in her world building, lots of logical follow-through, excellent smart, tough but still realistically loving and emotional characters--for the setting. This is not hearts and flowers but it's certainly not anamalistic sensuality and generalized character stupidity. This is the kind of book an older teen or even college student might enjoy as an intro into novel-style reading. Excellent start!

The Best Yet

I have read all 3 Shomi books out on the market so far and have found I like Driven the best. The story was very original and perfectly executed, with wonderful characters. Raina is a strong and independent character without being annoying. Wizard is cold and emotionless but is the perfect hero for breaking down Raina's barriers. Furthermore, Kenin did a great job of letting the characters evolve through the book. Wizard slowly grows with emotions and feelings that he sometimes finds hard to cope with but is strong enough to handle. Raina starts out as someone who prefers being alone and not having to rely on anyone, but over the course of the book she realizes that she does need Wizard and friends if not for her sanity than for her own simple happiness. Overall I really enjoyed this book. I was slightly disappointed Driven is not 1st person like the first two Shomi books, but think the writing style fits perfectly. I really hope Eve Kenin (aka Eve Silver) will be writing another book centered in this very imaginative world. One of the problems I did have with this book is that a thread was left hanging that the reader can only assume turns out well, as nothing is ever mentioned otherwise. The second problem I had (along with all the Shomi books) is the HORRIBLE artwork. I just hope it doesn't turn away possible readers from this great new series that every romance fan should read.

Wow! What a ride you'll find in Driven by Eve Kenin!

Courtesy of CK2S Kwips and Kritiques Raina Bowen is a survivor. In the aftermath of a World War that decimated the population and left the northern realm a frozen wasteland, Raina makes her living as a truck driver delivering supplies to the northern population. Her latest trip has her competing against the maddest, baddest, toughest lot of fellow truckers a girl can meet - the Janson crew - in a competition to be the first to cross the finish line with their truckload of goods. Raina desperately needs the winnings she'd earn to protect her young sister she just recently discovered existed from a fate like Raina's own past. Additionally she wants desperately to take down the man responsible for her brutal past... Duncan Bane, the most powerful business man in the world and personal advisor to the President. But she needs the help of mystery man Wizard to succeed. Unfortunately she may have put her trust in the wrong guy... Now Raina finds herself bailing Wizard out of a truckers' brawl where the odds are stacked against him. Then she discovers that the one job she needs from him he failed at miserably. Don't forget that pesky attraction to her mystery man that has her wishing to engage in a few more exciting ways to warm up a cold night in a frozen wasteland. Through Wizard's blundered attempt to get Raina the document she needed to win the race and her own unfortunate luck to have an enemy like Bane, they are being chased by the entire Janson crew... and a band of ice pirates who want the goods Raina is carrying. Wizard is anything but what Raina needs... or is he? Wow! What a ride you'll find in Driven by Eve Kenin! Already a fan of Eve through her Gothic romances written under the name Eve Silver, I was quite excited about the opportunity to see what kind of story she could provide in a post-apocalyptic speculative fiction romance. I was most definitely not disappointed! All of the trademarks I've come to expect from her writing, under any name, were in evidence here. Action is unstoppable, the romance is hot enough to melt the entire Northern Waste, and the suspense of events unfolding made me unable to put Driven down! Raina has had a rough life, rougher than most women could even dream about. But rather than let circumstances beat her into submission, Raina uses them to make her stronger and braver, determined to never be so helpless again. The more we learn about her past, the more remarkable of a woman she becomes. As past secrets of which even Raina had no idea about come unraveled, spilling their truths, I was totally awed by Raina's spirit. Wizard is quite the enigma and makes what seems to be an odd choice for a male protagonist. After all how could someone who, as Raina puts it "didn't have much in the way of gray matter" be a very impressive hero? It's hard to put a finger on just who he is until he begins to tell his own story. Well appearances, and sometimes behavior, can be deceiving as we discover where Wizard is concerned.