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Nightmare Ink (A Living Ink Novel Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Marcella Burnard (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
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From “smoking-hot talent”* Marcella Burnard comes a dangerous and captivating new novel that will get under your skin.

With her art and magic, Isa Romanchzyk has the power to create or destroy. In her tattoo shop, Nightmare Ink, Isa helps those in need by binding the power embedded in their Live Ink—the magical tattoos that can enhance the life of the wearer, or end it. But binding tattoos has earned Isa the contempt of her fellow artists—including her former lover Daniel.

When a friend comes to the shop with a tattoo on the verge of killing him, Isa can’t turn him away. For the first time in years, she works Live Ink—something she swore she’d never do again. But a broken vow soon becomes the least of her problems.

The real nightmare begins when she’s abducted and inked with a Living Tattoo against her will. Now, saddled with a powerful, amoral entity willing to do anything to win his freedom, Isa must fight to keep her Living Tattoo from consuming her completely...


Praise for the novels of Marcella Burnard:

“A huge hit!”—Night Owl Reviews

“Thrilling!”—USA Today bestselling author Susan Kearney

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Marcella Burnard graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with the ever-practical degree in acting. She promptly made more money as a musician than as an actor, so it made sense that she switched to writing fiction for Berkley. Her first book, Enemy Within, won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice award for Best Futuristic of 2010. The second book in the series, Enemy Games, released in 2011 followed by the novella, Enemy Mine, set in the same world in 2012. She currently lives with her husband and their cats aboard a sailboat on Puget Sound, and writes full time.
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    April 15, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CLFCP14
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ InterMix (April 15, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 15, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1804 KB
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 351 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 58 ratings

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    Marcella Burnard graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a degree in acting. She writes science fiction romance for Berkley Sensation. Her first book, Enemy Within won the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice award for Best Futuristic of 2010. The second book in the series, Enemy Games, released on May 3, 2011. An erotica novella, Enemy Mine, set in the same world as the novels was released as an e-special edition by Berkley in April 2012. Emissary, a sword and sorcery short story released in the two volume Thunder on the Battlefield Anthology in the second half of 2013. Nightmare Ink, an Urban Fantasy novel from Intermix came out in April of 2014 and the second in that Living Ink series, Bound by Ink, came out in November 2014. She lives aboard a sailboat in Seattle.

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Wendy Nelson
5.0 out of 5 stars Sit down, put your feet up and dig in!
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2014
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I have to say - this one surprised me. What a great concept, and unique world building.

Isa has magic, and can create Living Ink, although chooses not to do it, because it's dangerous. Live ink is exactly what it sounds like. Whatever is tattooed on your body, is alive, and shares living space with you.

What she does do is bind ink on those who have live ink when it goes rogue and attempts to leave the body. How creepy is that? Especially for someone who has tattoos?

Someone is summoning all of the live ink off their host's bodies, and it's killing them and the host in the process. Isa may be one of them after a psycho kidnaps her and tattoos live ink on her, unless she can stop them.

Isa is an interesting character with an interesting back story, that slowly starts to come out throughout the book. She's tough, and likable, and you can't wait to see her kick some ass after what's been done to her.

I couldn't put this book down. It was action packed from the moment I turned the first page. There is a small love interest although it doesn't really turn into much of anything until late in the book, I assume it will be full blown in the next book coming out November 18th and I've already purchased my copy.
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melindeeloo
4.0 out of 5 stars Magic and Ink - I liked this series starter
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2014
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3.5 stars - I liked it. Nightmare Ink (A Living Ink Novel) seems to have inspired a mixed response from readers but I still enjoyed it.

What worked for me is that I like the leading lady magical tattoo artist Isa(Ice), she's got issues that make her afraid to use her powers and cause her to try to keep her emotional distance from the others around her - but still she's gathered a new 'family' because she is basically a caring person who will do what's right despite the danger to herself. That 'family' has real potential but they don't come to clearly in focus here, but then again much of the book is about a new relationship for Ice and inner dialog that comes with that dominates the last half of the book and probably accounts for some pacing issues in the part of the book.

I really liked idea of magical living ink that is key to the world in this story, I thought it was interesting(I've liked other stories with magic tattoos too), interesting enough to pick up the next book and see what happens next for Ice.
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SciFiMagpie
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic urban fantasy tale
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2017
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Absolutely delectable and a real rush. I was not sure about it at first, but the pacing and characters drew me in.

It is erotic and rough and tumble, and the magic system is really cool. The only criticisms I can give are that I spotted a couple places where the exposition felt really forced.

Still, the diversity is executed pretty well, with a great deal of attention to Najavo traditions and awareness of the main character's prejudices. There are some cool LGBTQ/QUILTBAG characters, and the Japanese and Latino factions felt a little stereotyped, but honestly everything makes sense and there is still diversity even within the factions.

I cannot wait to read the next one. I had a good feeling about the series when the first book came out, and now I hope the third one follows the second as soon as possible!
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Carol S White
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting story
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014
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The story grabbed you right from the first page and went on from there. I found it interesting and magically wonderful. There was a part in the book that was very graphic and upsetting, but that was just a brief portion of the book. I loved the characters and how they interacted with one another. The words in the book were beautifully crafted and flowed from one descriptive sentence to another.

I have never read a book in this genre before and I would like to read more like it. I gave the book four stars as I believe it deserved it. Not the best book I ever read, but a solid four stars. I look forward to seeing more in this series from the same author.
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Gwen B
5.0 out of 5 stars It sucked me in from the first page
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2014
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(A review i made on Goodreads)I must admit that I did not enjoy Marcella's previous books, but this one..... SUCKED ME IN !!!!! Well who wouldn't enjoy a book where tattoos (ink)comes alive and can talk to you and in the the end becomes a...., nope not going to tell you, you will have to buy the book to find out.
I will definitely be buying the next book in the series, if I can last that long.
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Cher
3.0 out of 5 stars If you like books with a darker evil trend you will enjoy ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2014
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Very different storyline. If you like books with a darker evil trend you will enjoy this one. You need to read these in the order they come out, they are each building the world they exist in and events in the first carry into the second.
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unilion513
5.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for the next one...
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2014
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I loved this character - she was strong and broken at the same time. And the living ink idea, one I have read about in Frost Moon, is an intriguing idea. Can't wait for the next one. Hope this author publishes in book for so I can add to my collection.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Attention-grabbing start which crashes in the last third
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017
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I did not finish this book. Not only did I not finish it, I stopped 87% of the way through. Despite an interesting setup, the urgency and draw of the book crashed in the final quarter, and I have no desire to read the climax. Because the first half was decent, I gave the book 2 stars.

Burnard set up a world which was compelling and new: sentient tattoos which bestow new power on the inked. Even better, there are real consequences to getting this ink. Most of the characters are likable and understandable (with the exception of a cop who is hostile to the point of caricature with literally no motivation). The main villain is evil enough to make him a chilling yet magnetic bad guy.

Despite this positive start, Burnard wrapped up the actually interesting subplots well before the climax of the book. All of the interesting elements of the story drained out in the first two thirds of the book, and they were replaced by expository scenes which slowed the pace. Perhaps if a few chapters had been shuffled, the ideas in this book could've coexisted successfully. Unfortunately, all the explosive material is in the first part of the book, leaving the plodding main plot as an unsatisfactory conclusion.
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