Review: Yes!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
Wesley Haukon - "Hauk" to his friends - is a fugitive, wanted for setting the fire that left him severely disfigured and killed the rest of his special ops unit in Afghanistan. Now returned to the States, he's a member of the underground vigilante society known as The Underlight, whose mandate is to oppose the evil, corporate funded Order of Ananke.Jolie Benoit is burlesque dancer, grad student, and the estranged daughter of one of Ananke's biggest players - though she doesn't even know Ananke exists.  After her performance one night, she has a mind blowing sexual encounter with a man whose face she doesn't see - Hauk. The following hi-jinks are super sexy, but not at the expense of the narrative (hooray!). Hauk gets in the way of an attempt to kidnap Jolie and thus she is brought into the Underlight's super-secret lair and their confidences.I LOVED this book, as well as the following two in the trilogy (recently complete). The romance was rife with suspense, and the sexual tension between the Jolie and Hauk was perfection. Though I would classify this book as Romantic Suspense, it also has both steampunk and paranormal elements and an action packed narrative. At 38,000 words, it's a quick read - perfect for a rainy afternoon indoors.