Review: A little bit of magic, a good mystery and a couple of good men
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
As a Senior Retriever for the Glitnir Court, wolf shifter Connor Strand is usually sent after the difficult retrievals, and he always gets his man. This time his orders are either bring home accused murderer vampire Micah Jamieson, so he can get his affairs in order before he is executed, or bring home his body separated from his head in a box. Connor doesn't question his orders, his loyalty to the court is unquestionable, and Micah has been found guilty and must pay with his life.Micah swears he didn't kill his husband, and when Connor catches up with him he has no plans on going back with him or allowing him to terminate his life. It doesn't take long for Connor's wolf to recognize his mate, too bad the man doesn't feel the same way. Between Micah's insistence that he's innocent and Connor's wolf not allowing him to kill him, Connor soon realizes this is not going to be as easy a retrieval as he first thought. Add his attraction to the vampire and his feelings that the Glitnir Court might have made a mistake, and soon Connor finds himself trying to defend Micah instead of kill him.Ms. Scott gives us a world of alliances between supernaturals and all the court intrigue that inherently goes with it, packed into a novella that grabs the reader's attention from the very first line and doesn't let go until the end. There is more than a little bit of humor wandering through the pages and some pretty good fight scenes along with a steaming love scene or two, all bundled up with Connor and Micah's quest for the truth while they run for their lives.There is one scene early in the story where the two are fighting and rolling around, snarling and biting and stabbing and kicking, that was so well written I really did see it happening in my mind. I'll admit I also saw a little bit of the old cartoons where the cat and dog fight and all you see is this big ball with the occasional foot or arm popping out. In the opposite spectrum, the love scenes are so sensual that I felt like I was intruding and was humbled by the feelings of these two men. Warning here, this is an erotica novella so there is some graphic sex between men.This was a good story and short enough that I read it in one seating but long enough to keep me involved. I did have one little niggle (I wouldn't be me if I didn't), I felt the Glitnir Court needed a little more explanation and I had a little problem trying to figure out if we were in the future and where we physically were. When it comes right down to it, I'm all about being told a good story, and this was a good story, so I'm a happy reader.Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Dual Review Team