Challenging Saber

Very Heart Warming and Emotional.

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Taylor is all grown up! I have always loved the antics of Taylor and Saber. It started out rather innocent as Taylor was under age but Saber had always known Taylor would one day be his.

If you are new to this series, start from the first book, Hunter's Claim. That faithful day, three warrior's met three sisters and their future wives. These are not your typical woman in need of saving. Although these are capable warriors, these women are cunning, thinkers and they have brains. What they lack in brute muscle and warrior fighting skills they more than make up with brains that not only compliment these warriors, its often saved them.

This book is no different. Over the series we've seen Taylor remain Taylor but also grow up. Saber has a crippling injury that makes him doubt his having a future with Taylor. He doesn't want her to have to take care of him for the rest of his life. She deserves someone whole, someone that can protect and take care of her.

Taylor has other ideas. Instead of leaving him, giving up on him, she devotes her studies to helping people like him and Hunter, her Guardian and her oldest sisters husband, with his back injury. Saber has been fighting Taylor and wallowing in self pity for 5 years. Something happens and he tells her he doesn't love her. Taylor tells him she is leaving for 3 months, if he still didn't want her she wouldn't see him again because as she told him, she is not chasing him. You go Taylor!

In that three months Saber starts to get himself together and this because possibly because of the break throughs Taylor made in her studies. Then Taylor gets caught behind enemy lines, and the friends, Hunter, Dagger, Saber, Trig, and Razor team up to go bring her home.

This story is my favorite. I loved the others, but this one the love they all feel for Taylor and her sisters really come through. Its Deep, its emotional and these warriors made it personal. Screw council, they were getting her out of there.

This one is a real winner and more then worth a credit.

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Taylor Challenges Saber In Every Way!

If you are familiar with this series, then you've probably come to like Taylor, she's a fighter with a bubbly personality. From the beginning, she has naturally gravitated towards Saber, even while under Hunter's protection. Saber knows in his heart, once she is of age, he will claim Taylor as his Amate. Until then, there's a lot of banter between them, which is fun to watch.

May contain some spoilers:
In book one, Saber is hurt with a debilitating injury which makes him feel less of a warrior, and unfit to claim Taylor, and he pushes her away. However, with Taylor's determination and personality, she is not willing to let him feel sorry for himself or give up. She's even chosen a career in the field that will people with these types of injuries. She applies what she learned to help and push him, even when he does not have the strength to push himself.

After years of Saber trying to push her away, she finally giving him an ultimatum, to search his heart and soul to figure out if he wants to claim her. To ensure he has time to think about them, and for her to get hands on experience she needs for her career, she leaves on a peace mission to a planet that has recently been brought in the Alliance. During this mission things go terribly wrong, and Taylor gets caught in the crossfires. Saber's made up his mind; however, once he learns she's in a life or death situation, he will have join the other warriors, and become the man Taylor needs in order to help save her.

This story is one of these best in the series so far, and has been developing since book one. I've became emotionally invested in both Saber and Taylor. Well worth my time, and I recommend this series, sale or credit!

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Another great book,<br />

Love the the book ,can't wait to get the next chapter in the series. My one compliant is men reading woman's part
in the story. I think it sounds terrible, when a man or a woman tries to read the part of the opposite sex.

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Saber is one great warrior.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. You feel for the people. The love, the pain and the strength. Heart warming to say the least.

What other book might you compare Challenging Saber to and why?

Hunter's, Dagger's and Razor's stories. Each story different but each containing sadness, love, happiness and the rocky road to a great ending.

Which character – as performed by David Brenin – was your favorite?

Saber I think. Although I would any character that David performs. David is a great narrator.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Challenging the Warrior. That sounds corny.

Any additional comments?

Please start with Hunter's story first and read the books in the order SE Smith wrote them. I think you will enjoy them that way. Good job SE!

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Love this

I love this universe that the Author has created. You don’t have to start with Lords of Valdier but that’s the best series to start with. Have been excited to start this book and am so glad I listened to it. My only complaint would be that there needs to be more of an ending, it felt abrupt and like I needed more closure between the couple. Loved the narrator and will be getting the next book.

An amazing series

The Trivators are a wonderful race of males that come to earth to make first contact. But so much is on the interaction of of the first three. I love the all. They are protective,caring and strong warriors. Saber is the last of the three first introduced in this series. Loved Taylor and how she never gave up on him. Love to be captured by a Trivador warrior. Highly recommend.

“Sexy” love the book

This book was awesome. I laugh and cried just a great read. I will definitely just out the other books

The Longest Dance Around Committment

Taylor has always loved Saber despite her age, as has he loved her. He has sworn he will wait until she’s in her 20’s to claim her Saber is seriously injured and for 5 years Taylor prods, pushes and educated herself to be knowledgeable about what he needs to recover. Saber however lies to her so she will find someone else although it nearly destroys him.
This is the only part of the story that I didn’t care for, Hunter and Dagger come over to talk to him once, after 5 years of struggle, and finally he opens his eyes.
HEaa...all the Sampson girls have their mates...but trouble still is on the horizon.
Narrator as incredible as ever...will purposefully look for more of his books.

3 1/2 ✨ , Ends in a cliffhanger, however!

There is definitely some tear jerking moments, in this book. Saber, the Hero, who has been an elite warrior his entire adult life, suffers a traumatic injury that changes the course of his life; he does not handle this fact well. He suffers greatly physically and emotionally and, as a result, sabotages his relationship, with the Heroine.
The Heroine suffers her own life threatening event and this helps Saber snap out of his pity party.
There are a lot of sweet moments, in this book but, unfortunately, a major event is not resolved, during this book. I think it’s a rip off for authors to release incomplete books for financial gain so I’ll be avoiding any further books from the author, for awhile, as a personal protest. (I did enjoy the incomplete story, however.
-V from Kansas

Love this narrator!

Typical Alpha male temperament makes Saber a lost man! Will he get it together before he looses the Girl?

Enjoying the intrigue behind the scenes in this series. Recommended for lovers of romance with intergalactic overtones.