Review: Sam and Bob jump into the fire again
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 8, 2013
Case of the Wicked Wolf is the second novella in the End Street Detective Agency series and starts up where The Case of the Cupid Curse left off.  Detective Sam Enderson had found the missing member of an elve triad, thus endearing him to the elves which they repaid by giving him their mark. He had also managed to have a witches curse removed, which was a relief since it made all who came in contact with him lust for him.  He is still on the hunt for a missing four year daughter of the local alpha wolf and is getting help from his vampire lover/tenant - Bob, his inherited familiar - a cat named Smudge (who has an attitude) and the ghost who lives in his building - Teddy.Desperate to find his daughter Shelby, alpha Hartman Hunter turns to the one man who he knows can help, the demon Danjal Naamah.  Hartman and Dan have a history and getting him to help is not going to be easy but Hartman will do anything to get Shelby back. Meanwhile, back at The End Street Detective Agency Sam is doing his best to use his own resources to find Shelby when he is interrupted in his search by a troll needing help to get a squatter out from under his new bridge. The squatter turns out to be a naiad named Springlilly who will be the missing link that the men have needed to help them in their search.  Once again Sam is on the hunt, and this time he and his mighty band of paranormal friends find that sirens, angry ex-wives and ambitious sons just might be death of them all.Authors Kell and Scott lead us on a merry adventure with their first novella in this series and they have once again outdone themselves with their new entry.  As Sam, Bob and company are doing their thing, we get to know more about Alpha Hartman Hunter and his demon Danjal Naamah (Dan), the two most certainly have a past and overcoming it for the purpose of finding Shelby is not going to be easy.  Normally, you wouldn't find me cheering for a demon because, well their demons but Dan is one crafty, smart, savvy demon and I was on his side before I even saw what he was capable of. Just think demon and let your imagination run wild.  The addition of Springlilly gave us more of this writing duo's wonderful sense of humor; there is a scene where she meets Teddy the ghost which is just priceless.While this series just gives us one chuckle after another don't let that fool you, there are some nasty creatures running around the pages that will certainly make your skin crawl and give new meaning to the phrase "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned". While Sam and Bob return and we get to see more of their fun interactions, this story focuses more on Hunter and Dan and let me tell you, they know how to steam up the pages.  I'll also just say you really don't want to make a demon angry; you won't like it when you do.  We still wonder what Sam is but we do get a few more hints, hmmmm I don't know yet.This just a plain out good story, the author's have a way with words that entertains and intrigues at the same time.  Their characters are rich and well fleshed out, their humor is contagious and I couldn't help but smile through most of the story, even the yucky parts. We get the obligatory warning in the beginning: "this book contains sexually explicit content" and it does so I've warned you.Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team