Black Dawn (Titan Book 8)

Confession time: I LOVE when a book is a perfect mix of Boy Meets Girl and The Bourne Identity. The entire Titan Series is just that - edge of your seat adventure/ steamy romance/ suspense thriller. SO GOOD. I have been a fan of the Titan series for a while now. In each installment, you get Alpha Males, black op assignments, really, really bad guys and a heroine who is every bit the badass as the hero. You do not need to read them in order, but I promise that once you read one, you will start one-clicking other titles like a champ. Black Dawn, Book 8 in the series, may be my favorite to date: computer hackers, secret identities and forbidden love abound! Like the rest of the series, Black Dawn is a fast paced, thrilling, extremely well written good time. Its one of those books that play out like a movie - an action movie Summer Blockbuster movie - and like many fans, I did not want to put the book down. Sometimes in the Contemporary Romance genre, settings and characters can become predictable: egotistical CEOS (with the kind of baggage you should probably check), new to the city innocent (with a broken heart and stubborn streak) meet in a major metropolis populated by millions, yet continue to cross paths daily... I am not knocking these plots - I have many books locked and loaded on my Kindle that follow that formula. But Cristin Harber's Titan series is SO MUCH MORE than your garden variety romance. There are action sequences and narrow escapes and weapons and undercover ops... it is both wonderfully entertaining and refreshingly uncommon. Do yourself a favor and read each title! Ideally, you would begin with Book 1 so that when the days comes that you pick up Parker's story, you will be more than ready! Black Dawn is about two undercover nerds who try to save the world - and each other - despite miles of hacker code between them. Anyone who is a closet nerd (or loves one) will appreciate the hi-tech humor and shout outs to a life lived in ones and zeroes. Much of Lexi's back story deals with domestic abuse, so if that is a trigger for you - heads up. This is such an incredible tale of real world friendship and cyber world teamwork - I sincerely loved everything about it.

This is a hands down 5 star read! I have the maddest of love for Cristin Harber, and so do many others, judging by her accomplishments as a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author! We have been waiting for Parker’s story for a while, and it did not disappoint. I don’t usually do this in reviews, but I feel the need to offer my opinion on some issues that I have read in a few reviews of Black Dawn. First, I will caveat that this book could hold triggers for those that have suffered from domestic violence. If that is the case for you, then you might want to skip this one and enjoy the other Titan series reads, as they are all outstanding in different ways. That being said, I feel that Cristin nailed the ugliness, and emotional and physical aspects of abuse, and captured beautifully the irony and apparent contradiction demonstrated by a strong, intelligent, and accomplished woman who becomes afraid to leave a bad situation and has no self worth. This was an integral part of this story and needed to be described in detail to ensure that the reader could relate to Lexi and the reasons for her actions. Next, some have said that the hacker and cyber worlds were not portrayed accurately or realistically, and that there would never be a social media site that would contain personal data on military families. One of the things I LOVE about Cristin is her imagination and her attention to detail. From what I have seen in the other Titan stories, she does her research and can break down a technical topic into terms that a non-techie can understand. Also, as someone that has some insight into the government world, I can say that some of the scenarios from Titan stories that some may think are unrealistic, are closer to truth than fiction! Cristin is absolutely a genius story teller and I would love to know some of her sources, but she will never tell! Some reviewers were disappointed that Parker’s story did not have the same level of action and guns as the others. I actually enjoyed the change of pace, and the idea that intelligence can be the most powerful weapon is very cool and very sexy. And make no mistake, Parker is certainly capable of coming out with guns blazing when necessary! As always, I love reading about my #1 book boyfriend, Jared, also known as the boss man of Titan, so it was nice to get my fix of him in this story and I loved catching up on some of the women of Titan. The part where even the pregnant wives helped out during a stakeout was priceless! I also enjoyed the unlikely friendship that arose between Lexi and Sugar. As is typical for Titan couples, the dynamic between Lexi and Parker was hot and explosive, and these two are definitely soul mates destined to be together. Finally, we were introduced to a few new Titans, so it looks like there will be more to come from this series. Hooray!

I loved all the books in this series! So sad this was the last one. Sexy romance, mystery, lots of action, evil villains, and a hot sexy gov/merc group of alpha males dedicated to the women they fall for. None have any cheating, but they guys aren't saints before they meet their women. (Not too bad though) reminded me vaguely of Lora Leigh's Nauti Boys or Elle Kennedy's awesome Killer Instinct series. There are 8 books, one or two might have a trigger that could be disturbing to some. Without spoilers I can't really say, but if you want to ask me, feel free and I'll do my best to tell you what and which ones.

Cristin Harber has done it again these TITAN Men will literally rock your world. We met Parker Black Titans tech genius in Winters Heat and have had glimpses of him through out the rest of the books but this is his story and you definitely don't want to miss it. This book starts off very differently to the others we are introduced to some secondary characters and the main female character Lexi Dare. Lexi Dare has lived her life the best she can but one things she craves is the love of a family so when she meets Matt and he offers her this she takes hold of it and doesn't want to let go even when she knows she has too. Lexi is also a tech geek and whilst Matt her finance thinks she playing games on her laptop she's creating program's hacking and living her secret life as Silverchaos and helping Black Dawn out on some ops when he needs the extra help. These two have never met face to face but understand each other as others cant, they think in numbers, strategies, risk and analysis. Parker Black is Titans tech genius always looking for the next cyber challenge/threat he comes across as quiet and different to the other Titan men as we don't hear of him jumping from helicopters, fighting in the physical sense but this book shows that he's just as physical as the rest of the Titan men and can definitely hold his own in and out of the War Room. Parker and Lexi have known each other for 2 years now as he is also friends with Matt, Parker has known Matt since he was a child but their friendship is about to take a turn when he finds Matt and Lexi in a situation he doesn't approve of and intervenes but Matt has a hold over Lexi and uses her weakness at every chance he can. Lexi's life is about to change in more ways than one and she will need the help of her trusted friend Parker but also Silverchaos is going to need the help of her cyber friend Black Dawn. I don't want to give too much away but please go get your copy you are definitely going to devour this book and fall in love with Parker Black his quiet strength and sinful body will leaving your wanting more. It's also good to see some of our favourite Titan men and women showing up in this book Colby and Mia Winters, Jared Westin, Rocco, Sugar, Beth and Nicola plus we also get the names of 3 new Titan Men so I can say that I don't think this will be the last book in the series plus the epilogue to this book will literally leave you laughing out loud. Well Done Cristin on another great book keep up the hard work we do truly appreciate it.

Oh boy what can I say? It is brill. Love Parker and Lexi. Lexi is in a relationship that has gone pear shaped on her and is experiencing what unfortunately a lot of women do these days. She is held to ransom in the relationship by her love for her dog. Parker rescues her but she is forced to go back because of Bacon. She lands up on Parkers' doorstep and then the fun starts. She is being pursued by unknown assailants and doesn't realise that Parker is the man who has been in her life for years but then nor does Parker realise she is the one he turns to in cyber space when he needs a helping hand or three. Include in this, 3 names of new Titan men and it makes one wonder if Cristin is truly finished with the Titan Series. All in all, I loved the book and totally loved the Series. Cristin has done it again weaving in bits and pieces about previous characters and what is happening with their lives. I am sad and excited at the same time. Sad that this series of Titan is finished but excited about what she has in store for us with Delta and the possibility of yet another Titan Series. Well Done Cristin. Thank you again for a great read. :) xx

Lexi is the ultimate hacker, she can do anything, but if she needs to bounce ideas off anyone she goes to Black Dawn, he's the closest thing she has to an equal, and he stimulates her mind. Unfortunately her fiancé is cruel and mean, but he has the hottest friend ever, Parker, and does he ever stimulate her senses visually. Parker is Titans IT guru, there's nothing he can't fix, well sometimes he need the help of an amazing hacker SilverChaos, he helped him for near 2 decades, and together there's nothing they can't hack. Parker's had the hots for his friend Matts girl from the first time he saw her, slowly he's watched her shrink away, but doesn't know what's going on. This story was awesome, Cristin has done it again, the characters were kick ass and sexy, but they also have their little hang ups, and that's something I find really endearing. I've totally loved this series, and even though you could read this book without reading the others, there is so much of the little things that would slip by, so read them all and enjoy. The Titan Series: Book 1: Winters Heat Book 1.5: Sweet Girl Book 2: Garrison's Creed Book 3: Westin's Chase Book 4: Gambled Book 5: Chased Book 6: Savage Secrets Book 7: Hart Attack Book 8: Black Dawn

To say I enjoyed this novel is an understatement, long awaited since book seven and well worth the wait. Parker the tech for Titan and Lexi a brilliant hacker have their story in this pager turner which was difficult to leave for any amount of time. This series is always an easy seamless reads which makes the novel flow all too soon. With each novel it is so easy to fall a little in love with each Titan man and Parker is no different he has all the attributes every woman craves and more. Lexi has her world turned upside down and together they find balance and each other. Enjoy!

Four stars mainly due to jarring grammar. Storyline bobs along nicely but is a bit slow in parts, could have held more hacker/gamer info. Lexi 's storyline is highly illustrative of women in that situation and the action and sex continue unabated