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A very sexy, alpha an 4. A very sexy, alpha and beautiful man! As soon as we saw the cover for Retreat we felt compelled to check it out and we were hooked. We highlighted a passage on nearly every page, such was the stirring beauty of this authors words which we greedily devoured. Retreat is a story of self-discovery and second chances that had our hearts racing throughout, whether it be with the suspense and thrills that hit us midway through the story, the sheer tangible passion between Cy and Leora Leo , or from the absolute romance between the loyal, rugged, gruff, masculine alpha with a loving heart, a hidden vulnerability and a deep seated sense of responsibility, and the gorgeous Leo who had become disenfranchised with herself after a failed relationship had her questioning herself and shattering her confidence.

Everything about this romance spoke to our hearts. A sexy, at times thrilling, and always heart-warming romance! Both Leo and Cy were mature, had suffered heartache and knew how to communicate. There was no uncommunicative crap between them and so the intensity of their feelings was believable and honest. We really did experience the romance, love and emotion between them both. Our hearts make no sense. This trip would serve to be life changing for them both in very different ways.

Pick this one up and let the swooning commence! Sigh…our hearts are still swooning! Jan 10, Heroesinbooks rated it really liked it Shelves: This is a really strong start to a new series which has quite a different feel to it from Jay Crownover's previous work. Yes , there are hot alpha men with a heart of gold under a gruff exterior. Yes, there are heroines that are strong and kickass with a dash of vulnerable. In fact, in the depths of Wyoming there was not much in sight that connected you with any city lif 4 Cy and Leo Stars A Cowboy who isn't quite a Cowboy??? In fact, in the depths of Wyoming there was not much in sight that connected you with any city life.

Just lots of beautiful scenery that is written with such care and detail, I felt as if I was there. Cyrus is the eldest brother of three and he holds the family together. He has done this at great personal cost to himself. Leo is our sassy, sardonic girl who takes no prisoners! She is healing from a romantic liaison that was not what she thought it was. But, she is also healing from some life blows that she has had dealt to her.

I liked Leo and her utter loyalty , bravery and wit. I liked that she grew in character and that in many ways she was a direct contrast to her best friend Emrys.

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Can't wait for her story! There is drama, angst in moderation, pretty intense sexy stuff, some laugh out loud moments and a couple of heartstopping twists that I did not see coming. It ends properly for Cy and Leo but leads into the next book which will be for Sutton, the middle brother. These two are solid but I winced a bit when Cy talks about his previous relationship and his regular hook up.

You do not see him with anyone else at all and he clearly falls very hard for our girl. Will definitely want to read the next book If that was how he looked at his girl, then I never wanted to be anything else. This was pretty different from the usual Crownover stories I have read and I not only ap 3. This was pretty different from the usual Crownover stories I have read and I not only applaud the author for trying something new but I really enjoyed it.

Mostly first person from heroine's pov, she's a bit cranky, has some trust issues, and been burned but I liked her tough cookie act up against our hero. Hero's a cool, straight-shooter, sexily self-assured, and wary of love cowboy who wears motorcycle boots. They played off each other well and had some hot scenes who knew campground showers could be such a scorching sex setting.

Hero's brothers with heroine's bestfriend feature heavily, they're stars of the next books in the series and worked great to add and round out the story. Otherwise, this was a great something different and I'm definitely going to continue reading in the series. I was sooo happy when she announced this to us that I was jumping up and down with excitement. When I woke up this morning, I could finally buy it, started it and finished in less than a day.

You get sucked right into the story from the very first lines. The reason for that is because Jay created characters that just get to you. Leo is a girl with a broken heart, a broken trust and a broken confidence. She got burned badly and her best friend has gotten her to agreed to an outdoor adventure for a change of scenery. If she didn't expect much from this trip besides making her best friend happy, she quickly realized she was wrong when she met Cyrus. Cyrus is the not-so-cowboy she butts head most of the beginning of the book and rest of the book if we are honest lol, but the chemistry between them is off the chart.

From the beginning you can tell that something is growing between them and I loved that both of them sort of had closed-hearts because as the story went on, they slowly opened to each other as they spilled drops of their pasts. Both have experiences that can be related to everyone and I think that's what made this book such an easy and entertaining read. Even if you didn't live exactly what they did, you can easily see yourself through experiences that burned you. Leo's thoughts and reactions spoke to me in volume and I didn't even live the kind of burn she went through but her fears can be interpreted for so many different heartaches.

Cyrus' past explained so much of his attitude and you just want him to get the happiness he deserves. And I believe every girl should get a Cyrus. Jay like always made sure we would all be swooning over her men. I really liked how Leo and Cy both grew somewhat in the book.

Jay showed with their growth how it's not always easy to put the past and doubts behind, but if you work at it, it's always worth it in the end. Jay created not only main characters we can relate to and understand, but she also created other characters that were filling out the story perfectly. Some you will love from the get-go and others that will slowly get to you.

I don't think this story would have been the same without them and I'm really looking forward to seeing them again in the future books. This is a new series by Jay that I'm just looking forward to read the next ones to come. I'm highly recommend this book. You will find it all in this series for your reading pleasure.

Jan 01, -C- rated it it was amazing. Retreat was such a good read, I didn't want it to end. This book was something I did not expect and more. I definitely recommend read this book if you like Jay books.

That something new and refreshing. The whole book was full of anticipation, because I do not know what will happen next. I can't wait for the next book. If rock gets hot enough it can explode. A little slow to start but once it got going it was fantastic. Super steamy with smoking hot sexy scenes, a sexy cowboy and a bit of a suspense - this was such a great book! I can't wait to read the next book in this series. Leo is in need of some girl time and some time to come to terms with things from her past.

And in turn when Em needs her Leo is there for her. W 5 Retreat Stars I loved this book and I am going to tell you why. We meet Cy, and his brothers. I loved the action and the interaction between all of the characters. But once I did, I quiet enjoyed it. View all 3 comments. Jan 15, Jaix rated it it was ok Shelves: I can't over how judgy and negative the heroine is. I just hated being in her head. It isn't a happy place, you could say. I waited though, for her to improve her attitude I guess.

But I had to get through a lot that I skimmed so many parts of the book--just to see if she becomes a lil more Sunshine-y. I don't think she did. With my irritation on the h in the way, I just didn't feel the romance. I didn't feel the chemistry.

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I was kinda disappointed though. I mean, for such a mysterious, brooding man, he sure speaks a lot. Whiiiich leads to another issue I had with this book: Why did the characters speak in monologues? I can't get over how that irritates me. Maybe it doesn't seem like a big deal right now.

But it definitely was a big NO for me. It will start to bore the hell out of you when you get to the third monologue of a single conversation. One character asks a question, the other answers by telling his freaking life story. It just doesn't seem like the natural way a conversation flows. Well, this was a flop for me. I've read worse so 2 stars it is. Nov 20, Syndi rated it it was ok. I usually like Jay Crownover books. Especially the Marked Men series. But Retreat for me is like watching spaghetti cowboy movie with never ending cliffhanger.

I end up weary and frustrated. Into the romance Miss Crownover throws is action, and suspense which does nothing to enhanced the story plot. The narrator is also done a very bad job reading it. And it is 12 hours long! Liie I said, never ending cliffhanger. Jun 18, Miss Rail rated it liked it Shelves: I couldn't believe Cyrus and Leo's connection was more than sexual. Cy says he has lost half of his heart to his ex wife and he openly tells Leo he has flings with visitors pretty much every time an attractive woman comes along How I'm supposed to believe Leo is a different matter?

Because she makes him smile? A couple of DAYS and they're in love.

I d 3 stars I enjoyed this book but the main reason for it wasn't the couple this romance is about. I didn't buy it, not even at the end of this book.

I enjoyed the setting and I ended up interested in every single secondary character I must like punishing myself. I don't know what I was thinking. No hay necesidad de que les de pena ajena, me doy pena propia. That's all I planned on saying about this book. But me caga la verga la ignorancia gringa. Still, for her only in foreign countries does the trade behind the consumption happens.

Jan 02, Krista rated it it was amazing Shelves: Boy, does Jay Crownover sure know how to keep a secret. The very next day, I learned it was out in the world, and I have so much faith in Jay's storytelling abilities that I didn't even wait to learn if I had been selected for the ARC - I went to Amazon and bought the paperback right away.

I'm so glad Retreat was my first read of I started the year off on a high note, becau Boy, does Jay Crownover sure know how to keep a secret.

I started the year off on a high note, because Retreat was absolutely incredible. It's about two friends, Leona - or Leo - and Emrys, who decide to go on a unique vacation. Leo has lost her way ever since a very bad breakup left her in a dark place. Emrys books the two of them a week-long trail ride with real-life cowboys in the Wyoming back woods.

No cell phones, no high-stress jobs, and lots to distract Leo so that she can find her way back to herself. It was supposed to be quiet and serene and soul-searching. The three brothers who run the ranch offering the trip - Cyrus, Sutton and Lane Warner - are all very different, but each interesting in their own ways.

It's Cy though that catches Leo's eye from the moment they step off the airplane. He's grumpy and broody and not at all what Leo pictures a cowboy should look like. But, he proves quickly that he might wear motorcycle boots and not own a stitch of flannel, but he really knows what he's doing on those trails.

And when danger hits their small group and the calm vacation becomes life threatening, both Cy and Leo find out what they're really made of. Authors walk a fine line when they write characters like Leo. She's bitter and angry and unhappy with pretty much everything ever since her last relationship went way south. It's hard to convey that to a reader without making the character someone that's easy to hate. Which, honestly, is usually what happens with me.

I get so angry at how badly the character is treating the people around her that it's hard for me to root for her HEA, especially with a guy that's wonderful. However, Jay Crownover wrote Leo absolutely perfectly. She was just the right amount of bitchy so that I understood how hurt and shaken she was.

But, she was also just the right amount of forgiving that I felt that the person she is now is not how she usually is. It made me want her to get back in touch with her former self so badly, and I believed she could do it. Honestly, the amount of growth in Leo from beginning to the end is astounding and one of the most satisfying parts of the book. A lot of that has to do with Cy and the influence he had on her. Leo let him in because he was unassuming and seemed almost as grumpy as she. He was a kindred spirit, and it didn't hurt that they had awesome chemistry from the beginning.

They lit that trail on fire. But Leo also grew so much because she HAD to. During a drought, Tarzan finds large footprints and follows them into a hidden valley which contains large trees and vegetation. Tarzan comes to the aid of a giant named Yuri when his father Muro has been imprisoned by the tyrant King Odysseus and that the giants live in fear of Buto who has been said to be a god in the form of a white rhinoceros.

To make matters worse, a dangerous storm is heading to the giants' village of Zoram. Upon finding a crashed balloon, Tarzan searches for its pilot which leads him to the Valley of Nimmr where he encounters knights that end up taking him to Queen Grenalda. He soon encounters the balloonist Annie Talbot who is a writer. Senti and his scientist creates a robot duplicate of Tarzan in order to blame the real one for the animal mistreatment so that they can steal the Jewels of Opa. Before long, the jungle animals become mistrustful of Tarzan and attack him on sight.

Even N'kima and Jad-bal-jah are unable to tell the difference. Tarzan must now expose the robot Tarzan and thwart the plots of Mr. While riding on Tantor, Tarzan saves a boy named Tuck who mistakes Tarzan as the god Aliat since he resembles him from Numa. He learns from Tuck that the sorceress Queen Nubia has turned Tuck's father into a baboon causing Tarzan to go to the city of Rashid to confront Queen Nubia. Tarzan later learns that her magic is not as she claims it to be which Tarzan plans to expose.

Tarzan and N'kima follows a boy named Kimo of Nolangi into a crater that leads him to the Land of Darkness with a plan to unite both tribes upon speaking to King Mavor.

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With help from King Mavor's daughter Nina, Tarzan plans to help Kimo make peace between both tribes while evading the dangers of the prehistoric land of Pellucidar in order to get King Ovan of Nolangi and King Mavor to understand the peace between the tribes. While working on his garden with N'kima and Tantor, Tarzan sees the mountain of ice about to erupt and has the animals get to safety.

The eruption ends up freeing a gigantic Yeti -like ice creature Glakor from the volcano as it soon ends up being targeted by the poacher Norcross and his assistant Phelps. Upon investigating a strange disturbance in the jungle, Tarzan rescues two slaves named Dimitri and Logos from Grecian soldiers who come from the city of Olympus. Tarzan learns that the slaves were former tournament champions who were defeated by younger challengers and made slaves by Emperor Cronus.

Now Tarzan must go up in three challenges in order to free the slaves and make Emperor Cronus see the error of his ways. The UFO that was previously used by Dr. Krolar returns to the jungle where the robots end up capturing Tarzan. He is brought before Commander Dumay who states that Dr.

Krolar and Leera aren't on the mission with him. Commander Dumay plans to use his computer to scan Tarzan's memory in order to learn all of Tarzan's abilities and transfer them to him in order to become supreme ruler of the space fleet.

The Bolmangani Emperor returns and plans revenge on Tarzan by turning a tribe of gorillas against Tarzan. The Bolmangani then go to great lengths by having the gorilla tribe abduct a female archaeologist named Lois as bait so that the Bolmangani can rebuild their city in the Opar Region much to the objections of Lois who claims that the ground there is unsafe. Upon saving Zupisa the great whale who had been beached, Tarzan discovers that Lord Cinnabar of Atlantis had enslaved the whales and uses them to power it while King Neptune is away.

After leading a successful rebellion against the whales' slavery, Tarzan learns that Atlantis will flood unless power is restored and seeks help from Princess Aquila to find another way to power Atlantis. While hiding out in a cave during a thunderstorm, Tarzan and N'kima come to the aid of Layir of the Bird People who had injured his wing upon going down in the thunderstorm. Tarzan soon learns that the Bird People have been in a feud with the local "Land People. Now Tarzan must find a way to unite both tribes whatever way possible.

After saving an inches-high woman named Reba from the clutches of a hawk, Tarzan learns that she comes from Onada which is located on the Isle of Zires. He uses Argus the giant bird of prey to get the both of them over the mountains to take her home.

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Dumas intends to compel the giant to fight in their war against Zome, an enemy city of other tiny people. The Zomans, led by their governor and his scientist Orbin, entered the war following a disagreement years ago and they intend to end it with their giant robot called the Colossus. Unfortunately, the Colossus, programmed to value the rule of the strongest, turns against the Zomans. Now Tarzan must find a way to defeat the Colossus and bring peace to both sides. Tarzan and N'kima prepare for a celebration held by the Wazdon Chief Denat in the lost land of Pal-ul-don which was from the book Tarzan the Terrible.

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Upon arrival, he sees that Denat isn't himself and flees the guards. When he infiltrates the tower, he finds a man in an iron mask who is the real Denat and that his evil brother Tanat has assumed his identity and has been having the tribesmen mine for gold in a volcano. Now Tarzan must find the key to the mask which is guarded by a Dimetrodon , free Denat, and help Denat expose Tanat's plot with some unlikely help from the Gryf. Tarzan meets a feral woman named Dorrae who can also communicate with animals like Tarzan does and lives in the jungles with the lions Ola and Utu who have raised her since her childhood.

Tarzan discovers that the locket around her neck belongs to the royalty of the Amazons causing Tarzan to take Dorrae to the Amazons to look into this. Once Tarzan has gotten Dorrae back to Queen Arcad, he is unaware that the Captain of the Guard Rowanda had orchestrated Dorrae's extermination years ago so that she can become the heir to the throne. To make matters worse, the water monster Gordo continuously attacks the tribe to find the egg that went missing from her nest. Tarzan and N'kima find a group of Conquistadors in the jungle where their leader Carlos claims that the treasure of his ancestors are in the mountains where the Donlumangani live.

Now Tarzan must enlist the help of Tar-Sheeta to help the Donlumangani prevent the Conquistadors from stealing back their treasure before a cave-in is caused on the Donlumangani's city. After stopping a stampede of elephants, Tarzan learns from Tantor that their stampede was caused by the appearance of giant spiders who have been abducting some of the elephants. When he follows the giant spiders to their city at the top of two large trees, he discovers that the giant spiders are actually machines piloted by the city's inhabitants who are sorted into workers and scholars when he meets a female worker named Ara.

Upon being brought to the lead scholar Ziller and told about his kind abducting elephants, Tarzan and Ziller are then told by the worker leader Rachnid that he and the other workers plan to use the elephants for their labor in order to make the workers' rooms the same as the scholars' room. Tarzan saves a man named Professor Robert Ragsdale when his plane crashes into a river during a thunderstorm.

Tarzan learns from Professor Ragsdale that a watery area in the shape of the Mayan God Kukulkhan is suspected to be where the Mayans disappeared to enabling Tarzan to have Jad-bal-ja lead them to the lost city where the lost Chichen Itza tribe lives. They find some robots working for the Mayans who worship a high priest who claims to be Kukulkhan when in fact that he is actually an alien from another planet.

They are constantly pursued by antagonists Gomez and Gaspard, who are also in search of the Cities of Gold. The Seven Cities of Gold were built by the Emperor of Hiva over fear of a global war which would destroy all civilization. Such a war did break out, destroying the Empires of Mu and Atlantis when they used the "Weapons of the Sun".

Other elements of this technology turn up in unexpected places, like the Solaris in Tao's home island, Esteban and Zia's medallions as keys to the Cities, or Tao's jar as an important piece of the Great Legacy. Reminiscences of this ancient story are present in Inca legends written on golden quipu , which only Zia can read. Esteban seeks his long-lost father and is tied to Mendoza, who rescued Esteban from a sinking ship when he was a baby. Esteban seems to have a magical ability to make the Sun appear, which proves to be an invaluable asset throughout the series.

Zia also seeks her father, from whom she was taken when she was seven and brought to Spain as a gift to the princess. She has a medallion just like the one Esteban carries. Tao seeks signs of his ancestors. He possesses an encyclopedia about their lost technology and a mysterious jar which according to the legend, only the high Priest of the City of Gold can open and proves to be the Great Legacy's cooling or control rod system. Mendoza, Sancho and Pedro are motivated by their search for gold, though Mendoza appears to be genuinely fond of the three children.

The Olmecs are the descendants of survivors of the global war who hid under their mountain. Only their elite were able to survive, suspended in cryogenic hibernation. The Olmecs do not appear to be human - or if they were once Human, it is implied that they have horribly mutated from the fallout of the nuclear war that destroyed their ancestors. They are short, thin and have pointed ears and enlarged frontal bones. They are highly intelligent but devious and selfish.

Led by their king, Menator, the Olmecs seek an artifact called the "Great Legacy" in order to power their cryogenic systems, as well as samples of healthy cells from the children in order to combat their mutations and their sterility. Their technology is generally inferior to that of the modern age, and they use weapons such as spears and swords. They maintain some elements of their advanced technological heritage, such as the stasis and medical technology used to keep the elite of the Olmecs in suspended animation until an opportunity arises when they can be revived, powered by what appears to be a geothermal power system.

This power system is destroyed in an escape by the children and Mendoza, starting a frantic search by the Olmecs for the fusion reactor core the Great Treasure hidden in the City of Gold. They also have a single flying machine that appears to use very similar technology to that of the Golden Condor. It is armed with some kind of particle beam or focused heat weapon of great power.

Eventually the Olmecs succeed, at great cost, in taking control of the Great Legacy. It begins to melt down without the moderation provided by Tao's jar. The resulting earthquakes and volcanism destroy the City of Gold. A world-threatening meltdown is avoided by the personal sacrifice of Esteban's father who, acting as the High Priest of the Cities, is presumed to be dead after replacing the jar. At the end of the series Mendoza, Sancho, and Pedro, having salvaged some gold before the City's destruction, return to Spain - while Esteban and his friends set out across the Pacific on the golden condor in search of the remaining Cities.

The series chief director was Hisayuki Toriumi. Shingo Araki was involved with the series as an animator and some episodes were directed by Toyoo Ashida and Mizuho Nishikubo. Originally Koshibe's score was to be used for the Western version as well. The series originally aired in Japan on NHK the national public broadcaster and premiered on June 29, , running weekly for 39 episodes until its conclusion on June 7, The French version first aired on Antenne 2 [7] [8] from September to July All non-Japanese versions of the series originate from the French version.

The series first aired in English in the United States on the Nickelodeon cable network from June 30, to June 29, ;.

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