Review: 4.5 stars -  Cold Iron - hot Fae series starter
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 19, 2014
Archaeologist Beth has a knack for finding sites of Celtic significance, career-wise she's shackled to her douche of an ex-husband who is light-fingering valuable artifacts from their latest discovery in Ireland and he smuggles them back in to the States in her luggage, so that she'll take the fall if she tells.  One of the items is a sword of great importance to the Fae and its Guardian, ancient Fae warrior Conn, wants it back, but he also wants Beth - since somehow she can resist his glamor it makes the chase more of a challenge - but other Fae are on the hunt for the sword and for Beth too.I really liked Cold Iron (which is still 1.99 on kindle at the time I posted this.) Conn starts out icy, alien and cold and far from hero material, he's accustomed to taking his due from the humans around him, by using his ablity to control and compel.  So initially, he's death in a beautiful and seductive package, since the normal outcome of being touched by a Fae leads to obsession and a wasting death - not the stuff of any girl's romantic fantasy.  But since Conn decides he wants the challenge of winning Beth to his bed without his magic, it gives him a chance to thaw before they hook up and that the transition makes the nicely steamy romance work.I started out feeling really sorry for Beth - her ex truly has her painted into a corner - but despite the fact that she has been so stomped on by her ex that she starts out pretty pathetic, she quickly decides to try and take her life back and she gains strength in her dealings with the Fae, and she grows to the point that by the end of the story she is a victim no longer.The secondary characters of the Fae sorcerer Miach and Beth's friend Helen are strong and the set ups for them as the next up starring pair ( in Silver Skin which I pre-ordered) are all good and I also liked the character who I am guessing will be the lead in the third book (Stone Song). I am really looking forward to more of the Fae and where the story goes next.