Review: Great romance, finally..........
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
Razor's Traitorous Heart is a great sci-fi romance.  It is much, much better than Hunter's Claim (book 1).  This is a stand alone book and can easily be read without reading the first book.Lately, I've been disappointed in some of Ms. Smith's books.  Star's Storm, Jo's Journey, and Cosmos' Promise were boring to me due to the lack of romance.  They were decent sci-fi stories but the romance was practically non-existent.  Krac's Firebrand was better but still disappointing to me.  The romance took forever to start and then the story ended with a cliffy.  Then there was Hunter's Claim.  It had started out with so much promise and then just fizzled for me (the romance).  So, it was with great trepidation that I decided to purchase this book (having been so disappointed lately).  I'm so glad I did!  Ms. Smith, you have redeemed yourself!  This was a great romance!  THANK YOU!!!!  THANK YOU!!!!*********SPOILERS**********In Razor's Traitorous Heart we actually have a romance!  Yipee!!!!!!!  Razor is a powerful man.  He's High Chancellor of the Alliance and the Commander of the Trivator warriors.  He is a huge (nearing 7 ft), muscular, warrior that other's fear.  He first meets our h when his helicopter crashes and she rescues him.  Now, I'm typically NOT a fan of the h rescuing the H but it was written so well that I really liked the scene.  Razor is immediately attracted to the h and quickly realizes she is his "amate" or mate.  I LOVED that he recognized her as his amate so quickly and she was oblivious!  Due to his injuries, he loses consciousness and the h disappears after making sure he received help.Razor then spends his time searching for the h (because she's HIS!) and catching glimpses of her in his binoculars.  The h "feels" him watching her and decides to confront him about it and tell him to stop.  When this scene occurs, he can smell another male on her and is jealous!  He doesn't like it at all, growls and proceeds to "mark" her with his scent by rubbing his nose on her jaw and neck.  I loved it!  It was very sexy and well done.Shortly thereafter, the h escapes him to warn her brother and she is injured.  The H rescues her (yay!), takes her to command headquarters for medical care and proceeds to "mark" or tattoo her as his amate.  I loved that Ms. Smith included this scene in the book rather than skipping over it like she did in Hunter's Claim.  It was interesting to read about how the mark (tattoo) was done.  At command headquarters, their relationship developed into an intimate relationship (about 50% into the story).  Then the h overhears the H and (justifiably) decides to escape to tell her brother of his plans.  Her escape seemed very logical given the circumstances.  The H, of course (yay again!), had to chase after the h.  (I love it when the H has to chase the h!)  Yet again, the H rescues our h and then soon they head off world.**********END SPOILERS**********There was just so much that I loved about this story.  I LOVED the H!  (And h).  I loved that the H recognized his amate right away and pursued her.  I loved that the lovemaking didn't occur until 50% into the story (because it adds tension) and the "I love you's" didn't occur until 75%.  I absolutely despise, DESPISE it when couples have great sex and then magically profess undying love without any relationship building and I really, really, REALLY despise it when the h becomes a simpering idiot and loses her backbone after being intimate with the H.  This didn't occur here.  (Thank you again, Ms. Smith!)  And finally, I loved the romance.  There was an actual romance here and it was terrific!