Review: Fast Paced, Very Erotic Series Starter
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2013
Roman's Gold is an entertaining series starter that provides some intriguing parallels to current issues mirrored in its futuristic/sci-fi setting.  Into a world where the air is toxic, people live in walled off cities, and food is rationed lives shifter Kate Roman who's been many things throughout her long-lived lifetime.  She's currently a sex surrogate trying to keep a low profile as shifters are being rounded up by the government after losing their rights.  Life has become extremely harsh for their kind which has her acting as part of an Underground Railroad to save others like her.  Her deeds have made her a target and soon the sexy cop Devon is on her trail as she battles both her human and animal side to keep her attraction to him at bay.  Kate is a strong and immensely likable character.  She's highly sexualized, and not ashamed of it, due to her animal side which leads to numerous steamy sexual encounters, not with the hero early on either.  Once she discovers her Mate though she's willing to fight to rescue him and bring him home which made me admire her all the more as she's no shrinking violet.  She's a badass when need be!Devon's become a pariah in his own family due to his police work.  Upon his mother's incarceration and death due to her shifter blood he's now seen as the enemy.  As the government continues to overstep their bounds he starts to rebel in subtle ways towards his superiors as his sympathy towards shifters grows.  Seeing Kate and discovering his intense attraction to her has made him even more caring towards shifters as he doesn't want harm to come to someone so beautiful and unique.  His sexual obsession brings him closer to her but unbeknownst to him his superiors have been experimenting with him and other members of the task force under the guise of making them better hunters.  It's in fact turned them into the things they've been taught to hate.  It was a surprise seeing Devon shift and I felt sympathetic towards him as his entire life was now turned on end.  He pulled away from Kate at first but quickly came to rely on her as his mentor and his guiding force.  They connected not only on a human level but on an animal one as well which leads to their Mating.  Their lives are soon in jeopardy with them on the run relying on shadowy figures to give them sanctuary.  Enemies soon become allies as the shifter ranks swell and all out war is just on the horizon in this fast paced story that lays the groundwork for what promises to be an enthralling and super steamy series.Ms. Gimpel has created a vividly bleak world where the government has gotten out of control.  People have been targeted for reasons beyond their control and I applaud their finally fighting back.  The main characters are a great match who ooze sexual tension every time they're together.  Their sexual interludes are HOT with them coupling in both human and animal form.  I felt like we got to know quite a bit about Devon but Kate is still a mystery in some respects.  Along with this strong-willed main couple comes a slew of likable secondary characters, both human and shifter, willing to fight for what's right.  I'm greatly anticipating a return to this world and the continuing bloody war to save shifters.