Review: 3.5 stars - Short and sexy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2010
Ronin's family has been cursed, and since they no longer recognized their mates they no longer issue 'the Call' and instead bed enumerable 'faceless' women to keep their magical powers charged.  But Ronin has fixated on one woman, Kari. Kari has watched Ronin and his twin pickup scores of women - and with each conquest her has heart broken just a little more.  And even though Ronin is now sure that just any woman will no longer 'do' and that he only wants Kari, Kari is not willing to be just another notch in Ronin's bedpost and rebuffs his advances.I just finished reading Ronin's brother Raden's story, "Mated", in the anthologyHaunted by Your Touch- "Fated" actually comes first. It was fun to get Ronin's story too after having seen him in the background of his brother's story.  "Fated" was a short sexy read, with a fair amount of angst for Ronin in having to find out if Kari could be the one, and wanting to take the chance to break with tradition and trade the endless string of women in his past for one woman in his future - but being afraid that loving Kari could mean her doom because of the curse.I am not quite sure were this falls in the Doomsday Brethren timeline ("Mated" has events that set up for Black's next book), but this is a nice companion to "Fated" and a nice little fill-in for Black's series (several of the Brethren have cameos).