Review: Great addition to the series <3 Sara & Bryan :D
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2013
4-4.5 starsThis was a really good story. To be honest I had a hard time deciding between 4 and 5 stars because I loved both Bryan and Sara that much. Logically, I know the story was more of a 4 star so I gave it 4 but it has a great ending and the characters are great as well so it was close to a 5 in "feel good" stars. My only disappointment is that the series doesn't have a book #4 because I really want more. :DSara grew up in a small town in eastern Texas. Her mother died when she was 8 yrs old and she never knew her father. She was raised by her grandmother who isn't very nice and runs a meth organisation, along with her 2 uncles. Sara hates her family and wants nothing to do with their "business" (although sometimes she gets forced in to doing small things for them) and just wants to get out  town and away from them. She has big plans to move away and go to college and never go back to her hometown again. Sara's currently dating a guy she really likes but he's only in town temporarily and she knows she wont get to be with him for long but wants to take what time she can with him before they both go their separate ways. She's close to getting out of town when things go to hell.Bryan is a werewolf and a P.I. from Houston. He's working undercover to try tracking an organization that runs drugs and kidnaps women for sexual slavery (a carry over from the plot of Book #1 [book:Kiss and Kin|6576919]. He originally meets Sara while investigating her family. He starts talking to her and eventually asks her out as part of his undercover work, only to find that she doesn't seem to be in the "family business" and is a lot different than most of the town. He finds himself falling for her and when things come to a head and he gets a break in the case, he ends up going out of his way to save her and keep her safe.Sara is part Fae (from her unknown father) and her family has been holding it over her head, using it to blackmail her in to doing small deliveries and such for them. Fae are known to the world but in their home town the people are very narrow minded and hate all things not completely human. If they found out she had Fae blood things wouldn't go well for her, it's even possible she'd be killed. So she does what hse has to to keep her secret, just waiting for the time she can get out. She isn't happy when her uncle comes to her work and tells her she has to take a delivery out to her grandmother but she does it reluctantly. When she gets there, she finds her grandmother dead and a strange man there who knows who she is, that she has Fae blood and intends to take her away and sell her in to sexual slavery. It becomes apparent pretty quickly that her uncle has sold her out (and the rest off the family). She tries to escape but quickly realizes that the guy is a werewolf and she's unlikely to escape him. Fortunately, Bryan found out about the delivery and gets there just in time to save her and capture the bad guys. He believes her when she tells him she was forced in to what she did for the family and he takes her back to Houston with him, knowing the bad guys will still want her.Things are a little rough at this point because she finds out Bryan's been undercover and she thinks he's only been using her for the case. When she finds out more, she understands why he did what he did but is still unsure where they stand. She's also in a bit of shock over her close call with the almost kidnapping and suddenly going from a very small town to a huge city like Houston. Sara and Bryan do start to smooth things out and their emotions for each other are still strong. Although they're both fumbling their way through things, they bond more and start to form a relationship. Sara, due to her Fae blood, has a photographic memory and arrangements are being made for her to give what info she has on contacts her uncle worked with and such in exchange for immunity for anything she was forced to take part in. Things are looking pretty good when her uncle shows up and kidnaps her, planning to deliver her to the bad guys. There is some drama as Bryan and others on the case race to save her. The ending is great though and I loved how she manages to save herself right before Bryan shows up. At that point, Bryan gives up any pretense of not wanting a serious relationship with her and they both admit they love each other. The story ends with Sara moving to Houston so her and Bryan can start on their HEA.I really, really enjoyed this story. I loved Bryan and Sara and loved seeing them get together and working things out. The ending was great and I was laughing while at the same time cheering Sara on. I'm really hoping that Ms. Holley writes a book #4 because I want to see Nick and T.J. finally get together and see the bad guys get taken down (that part of the story line wasn't completed in this book). I'd recommend this book. 2 thumbs up! :D