{"id":18888,"date":"2021-12-14T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T23:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=18888"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:25:13","slug":"stalked-by-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18888","title":{"rendered":"Stalked by Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stalked by Shadows<\/a><\/em> (2019) Lissa Kasey<\/a> (Simply Crafty)<\/p>\n

\"Stalked<\/a>Alexis Caine received a medical discharge from the army after witnessing an attack that the government insisted could not have happened the way he stated. After a stint in a mental hospital, he goes home with his twin, to try and restart his life.<\/p>\n

My social services coordinator had given me the grim fact that over 70% of ex-Rangers were unemployed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Micah Richards runs a small craft shop and gives ghost and cemetery tours in New Orleans. And according to Lukas (Alex’s twin) not only will Alexis make a good bodyguard for the tours, he things Alex and Micah would also make a good couple.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou seem to know a lot of history.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI majored in history. Had plans to become a teacher.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But Micah also has a strange supernatural experience in his past, which still haunts him.<\/p>\n

When a woman disappears, it appears Micah and Alexi might be have clues in their pasts to what is happening now.<\/p>\n

Assuming they survive events.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not lead detective on it because you\u2019re involved and the department is a little pissed at me.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause while Micah was wrapped around you to keep you from getting shot, I was standing in their line of fire.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As all the other books by her I’ve read, she has great mental health rep with her characters.<\/p>\n

We aren\u2019t saving the planet or humanity, we aren\u2019t changing the world, we are barely making it through each day. But you know what?\u201d I asked him as I ran my fingers through his hair. \u201cThat\u2019s okay. We are doing the best we can being us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s something so amazingly reassuring, reading about characters who are struggling, but still get through they day.<\/p>\n

His fight or flight mode was shutting down. Too much stress did that sometimes. Had that happen to me a time or two, so overwhelmed that I couldn\u2019t function, even breathing was hard when that happened. Sort of like a panic attack, only silent, a mental collapse inward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The reminder that things cycle, and it’s okay if you have a bad day (week, month) because you’ll eventually come out the other side.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Layer Kake Publishing, LLC
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stalked by Shadows (2019) Lissa Kasey (Simply Crafty) Alexis Caine received a medical discharge from the army after witnessing an attack that the government insisted could not have happened the way he stated. After a stint in a mental hospital, he goes home with his twin, to try and restart his life. 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