Dead Heat

Dead Heat (2015) Patricia Briggs

This is the fourth Alpha & Omega series, the story of Charles and Anna. Charles is the enforcer for all the werewolves in North America, and Anna is his wife–a werewolf herself who he rescued from a pack gone bad.

If you have not read the previous books in the series, don’t start here. Unless you aren’t planning to go back and read the earlier books, because there are spoilers galore for the previous books–especially the BIG event at the end of book 3.

Charles has few friends. His position as his father’s enforcer makes it hard for him to get close to anyone. But the few friends he does have, he loves deeply, and will do anything to protect.

Unfortunately, the one thing he can’t do is stop death and old age–at least not if the person refuses to be turned.

As a warning, this book does contain the kidnapping and murder of small children. It’s all off-screen, but it’s still there, although true to the mythology and folklore.

And Anna understands how to deal with evil.

(I)t was serious business, but humor in the face of evil robbed evil of some of its power.

This book was far less of a romance than the earlier books, and continues to take Mercy’s world in very interesting directions, after the events in the third book.
Rating: 7.5/10

Published by Ace

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