Review: Awesome Follow-up to the First Book....l
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
This is the second book in the Sons of Kane series and it was just as awesome as the first.  In the first book, we met Noah (hunky vampire) and Alice, the sweet woman he eventually falls in love with.  In this second book, Alice is being threatened and Noah sends his brother, Charles, to investigate the #1 suspect whom they believe is the one threatening Alice......her ex-fiancé, Brent.  Charles is desperate to prove to his brother that he is trustworthy and can get to the bottom of this mystery and figure out who the sneaky culprit behind the threats is.Charles follows Brent to Colorado on the pretense that he is interested in hiring Brent for his very lucrative yacht business.  While there, he meets the mysterious Rachel and he tries out a few of his smarmy pick-up lines on her.  She turns him down flat and, not being used to being rejected by women, Charles is immediately intrigued by her.  Rachel later catches Charles feeding on a human and decides this would be a good time to blackmail him.  Yeah, that's right, she's going to attempt to blackmail a vampire that she just caught in a compromising position.  Charles found that funny too, but decides to play along since it would actually make things easier for him.  Plus, it will put him in close daily contact with the beautiful Rachel.Rachel and Charles have a common enemy in Brent.  He is engaged to Rachel's sister, Kristen, (and Rachel knows he is cheating on Kristen, she just can't physically prove it yet) and he is Charles's prime suspect in the threats to his soon-to-be sister-in-law, Alice.  By Rachel and Charles teaming up, they can improve their chances of nailing this creep to the wall and improving everybody's lives.  But, as in real life, things don't always work out the way we think they will and, not only does Brent seem impervious to the various traps that Rachel and Charles set for him, but Rachel and Charles start to fight a growing attraction to each other while trying to get Brent to slip up somehow.This was a great romance story, but it goes much deeper than that.  Rachel has some serious problems trusting men, and Charles has problems getting people to trust him.  Seems like a match made in heaven, doesn't it?!?  And don't forget the mystery - who is threatening Alice and why?  Alice is sweeter than pecan pie and doesn't have an enemy in the world, with the exception of *maybe* Brent, but he doesn't exhibit any of the typical creepy stalker qualities, making it difficult for Charles to pin this crime on him.  This was a multi-layered story that puts a lot of emphasis on family loyalty.  I was really impressed by the depth involved in this plot.There are three brothers involved in this series....Noah (from book one), Charles (from book two) and Alex (dare I hope that he will be our protagonist in book three?!).  Also, I see a potential future for Kristen and Cole in the next book.... :-)This was a really fun book to read.  It is well written and moves along at a nice pace, with lots of humor and plenty of steamy sex.  Charles is such a great vampire, trying to do the right thing whenever he can and feeling guilty whenever he has to take a shortcut with his morality.  I fell in love with him immediately....anybody would.  :-)This is a hreat series and I am excited about future books!My sincerest thanks to Katie and the team at Entangled Publishing for making an exception for me and allowing me to review this DRC.