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Aphrodite's Secret Paperback – January 1, 2003

by Julie Kenner (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
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Jason Murphy is a Protector--a man endowed with a ton of superpowers, none of which can help in his love life. The woman he loves no longer trusts him because he put his supercareer before her. Now, Jason vows to win her back at any cost. Original.
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  1. Print length
    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Love Spell
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2003
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0505525097
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0505525093
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In Kenner's hokey paranormal romance, Protector Jason Murphy, a shape-shifting hunk/dolphin, is bent on destroying Hieronymous, his villainous father. Hieronymous held Jason in a fish bowl for six years, during which time his girlfriend, Lane Kent, gave birth to his exceptionally bright son, Davy. Now Jason wants to win back Lane, who doesn't know of his powers, and raise his "halfling" son. But Hieronymous has other plans. The over-the-top evildoer plans to steal Davy's smarts, thereby becoming the world's wiliest villain. As descendents of the Greek gods, Protectors supposedly possess powers like levitation and super strength, but Jason and his fellow Protectors-by-the-book Boreas and the perpetually confused Zo‰-are frustratingly ineffectual. Indeed, Boreas and Zo‰ spend more time suspecting Jason of villainy (because of his "bad blood") than battling Hieronymous. Kenner (Aphrodite's Passion; Nobody but You) still manages to wring some humor from her outlandish premise, and the attraction between Jason and Lane feels genuine. However, readers may spend much of the book marveling over the protagonists' mental deficiencies.
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Jason knows that getting a second chance with Lane, the only woman he every loved, isn't going to be easy. Seven years ago Jason disappeared right after Lane told him she was pregnant. What Lane doesn't know is that Jason is a Protector, one of a group of superheroes descended from the mythological gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. After being captured and imprisoned by his father, Hieronymous, an evil outcast Protector bent on subjugating the world, Jason managed to escape. Now Jason wants to start over with Lane and his halfling son, Davy, but before Jason can begin explaining where he has been all these years, Davy is kidnapped. To find him, Jason must convince Lane to work with him, the one man she never wants to see again. A hero whose superpowers include the ability to talk to fish and turn into a dolphin tries to win over the woman he lost in this fresh, humorous paranormal romance, the fourth in a series by Kenner featuring Protectors. John Charles
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Love Spell; First Edition (January 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0505525097
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0505525093
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

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Julie Kenner

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Julie Kenner (aka J. Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and internationally bestselling romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list and #1 internationally, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A four time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy).

In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.

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Sherri L. Petrie
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2013
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I liked the whole premise of protector mortal and how they worked together. The Romance aspect was what I liked as well.
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escobar
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice smooth read
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2013
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I like the series, and this book was fun. Its definitely different. As an avid reader, I hadn't come across a story like this one. So I was pleasantly surprised.
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Relina Skye
5.0 out of 5 stars This Secret is Worth Sharing
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2015
"Aphrodite's Secret" is the third book in the Superhero Series by Julie Kenner. Up until this point in the series, Lane and Davy have been minor characters. Lane is a single mom, trying to do it all, raise her son, go to law school, and to find a man that would love to be Davy's dad. Little does she realize that Jason, Davy's biological father is back and wants to be a part of their lives again. Taken prisoner seven years ago, Jason was finally able to escape a year ago. Stuck on Olympus for about eleven months, he's spent the past month trying to figure out how to be a dad. Will Jason be able to convince Lane to take him back? Overall, I really liked this novel. I also love how Kenner keeps the characters from previous novels involved in the plot lines in the current novel. So, if you're looking for a new series, try this one. But remember all of the books need to be read in order.
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Aurian
4.0 out of 5 stars Superheroes or demi-gods?
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2015
Jason Murphy has screwed his life up, big time. The day he found out who his father is, his girl friend told him she was pregnant. And he really did not deal with the as he should have. He wanted to confront his father and bring him before the Council of Protectors, but instead, he was captured and held prisoner in his dolphin form for 6 years. An earthquake helped him escape his father’s secret island lair.
The next year he spend under suspicion on Olympus, being interrogated as they suspected him from working with his father, instead of against him. So now his son is almost 7 years old, and he will come into his superpowers on his 7th birthday. Jason never told his girlfriend Lane about himself, and being a Protector, but he is now tasked with taking his son to superhero boarding school, where he can be taught to control his powers and develop them.

Only, his father is also after his son, and wants to steal his genius. So not only does he have to protect his son, he has to reunite with Lane again. A Lane who has moved on, who doesn’t trust him anymore and certainly does not believe him …
But Lane has learned about the secret world of Protectors thanks to her friends and their family. So she knows who Hieronymus is and is desperate when Davy gets kidnapped. Especially when the kidnapper takes Jason’s shape and Zoë has temporarily lost her own superpowers due to her pregnancy. Otherwise, she would have seen right through the disguise and seen Mordi underneath.

This was not have Jason has envisioned his reunion with Lane. He has to get his son back, while he is under suspicion from the other Protectors, and he has to get Lane’s trust back. He has to protect them!
Lane wants Jason to put her and their son first, and not his quest for revenge on his father. Can he do that?

I enjoyed this story very much. Jason really screwed up by disappearing without a word for 7 years. Could he not have contacted Lane from Olympus when he was finally free again?
Davy is a young genius and he has invented some very cool things, that help him escape on his own from Hieronymus’ prison. Elmer the ferret is a great side character in this book as well. He tries to tell Lane where Davy is, as Davy has invented a tracking device, but Lane doesn’t see anything in his strange behaviour.
So until Jason comes into Davy’s bedroom and the goldfish talks to him, they still don’t know where to find him.
And then there is Aaron, a lawyer who is really interested in Lane and in Davy. He is nice, and genuine, and Lane wants to love him, but there is just no spark between them. Of course, looking at how Jason treated her, sparks are overrated. She wants safe and security this time. Or does she? Will Jason be there for her for real now?

This is a fun series, and now I really want to find the first book in the series. It has to be somewhere on my shelves …

8 stars.
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Shimmertje
3.0 out of 5 stars Weird.. definitely
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2004
I do like fantasy so why not superhero romance?

Think of the one-dimensionality of a cartoon where good superheroes fight someone who wants to be master of the universe, set it in the contemporary world, add normal people who are in relationships with said superheroes, and a genius child. Then let everyone be related to each other, the villain kidnap the child, framing the superhero dad, who is already suspect by the superhero authorities..

The story might've worked better for me with fewer characters, so Kenner could flesh them out more, and if she relied less on different superhero powers. At times the ordinary humans seemed more competent than the superheroes. I did like the ferret though, having had one before.

If you enjoyed the other books in the series this would definitely be a must-read. Otherwise, this is OK light reading but only if you suspend more belief than usual.
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