Review: An Assassin and A Warrior
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2013
Just want to start out The cover is amazingRotA Book #5 of the All the King's Men seriesWow this book was so worth the wait, however it would have been nice if it had come out sooner.  Return of the Assassin is Gina and Malek's story and what a story it turned out to be.  Ms. Lynne did not hold back the punches with this one.  I don't want to give too much away but there are a few things that need to be said.Ever since Gina tried to kill and innocent as revenge for her brothers murder things started going downhill for her.  Arrested and locked up in a cell at AKM headquarters she totally started coming unglued.  Malek stayed with her for the entire two weeks she was imprisoned.  Going as far as sleeping in her cell, which she took as keeping guard.  Until one night he started talking to her while she was asleep so he thought.  Gina heard every word he said up to and including he was mated to her.  I won't go into details here.First reaction of Gina was to not turn around and hell no she would never mate again.  As soon as she was let free she ran and left Chicago with her best friend Trevor. Trevor started noticing Gina was not the same and was having panic attacks keeping her from doing her job.She and Trevor had a job to do in South Florida and were on their stake out when just before the go signal was given she started to have another panic attack.  Trevor told her to abort/stand down but she tried to push through it and took the shot anyway, missing the target then fired again and missed the second shot alerting the targets to what was coming down.  Trevor had to get himself and Gina out of there fast knowing the two Dacians would track them down.This story is action packed, and will have you holding your breath not even realizing it, pacing the floor, and literally stressing out.  There was an entire chapter maybe a little longer where the way the scene played out I almost died I was shocked.  There were so many twists to this read you felt as though you were on a roller coaster of emotions doing 4G's.  Between Malek going into total melt down self-destruct mode with the mating calling and him so desperately trying to ignore the fact Gina was his mate, not willing to let go and admit his first mate was dead. To Gina refusing to mate again because of the physical abuse she endured with her first mate which almost killed her and left her barren, but she killed him first and survived the ordeal to become an assassin.We get a glimpse at Brak who was also thought to be dead (Traces Twin) and Cynthia who watches over Brak. Brak plays a major unbelievable role in one of the critical chapters. Trace and Brak's father Maddox who was thought dead was rescued and brought to AKM medical. Bishop and his brother Apostle make an appearance along with Bishop's designer DNA.  That was interesting.  Grotek and Chane who held Brak prisoner to do their dirty work.  I've probably given up way to much of the story but RotA pulls you in by the throat and doesn't let go until the end. I was able to breathe easier at the end but still this was an unbelievable read.  I give this 5* and I can't wait for Bound Guardian Angel due out sometime in 2014.  Wow way too long to wait. I'm hoping its Trace's and Brak's story.