I received this book as an advance copy from the author. It goes on sale today. It's been a while since I read a romantic fantasy, but from the first page, I was hooked on this guilty pleasure. It's set in a small town in Alaska. One day, a sheriff's deputy, Ruby Evans, is attacked and found in her truck. Underneath her truck is the body of Grayson, a vampire. To the side are the two men he killed. Grayson gets put in jail, his body a bit charred. Ruby receives medical attention, but can't remember what happened. Grayson isn't talking. He thinks the less she knows about the supernatural world, the better she will be. Ruby tries to get him to tell her, and soon finds herself attracted to him.
The other deputy, Cooper, doesn't trust Grayson as far as he can throw him. Ruby tries to convince Grayson to receive medical treatment from Milo, the local doctor and ME, but Grayson won't hear of it. He knows only blood can help him now. The deputies discover that the two men are part of a large group that lives near the forest. Run by Thayne, who is the Alpha of a werewolf clan, the two men who were killed weren't much liked by the clan and were constantly getting drunk and causing lots of trouble for the clan.
When Ruby goes to do a death notification, she meets Thayne and feels an instant attraction to him. I know what you are thinking: Twilight again with Team Grayson and Team Thayne. But that is far from the truth. For one thing, this book is much more adult in theme and language. Thayne can't have her because if he had sex with her, he'd kill her. He can only mate with an Omega, the female equivalent of the Alpha. Grayson doesn't want to have sex with her because sex and drinking blood are mixed inside of him, and he is afraid of draining her dry or turning her. So everyone is pretty much suffering in silence.
There is a survivor of the vampire's attack on the two men. His name is Pretorias, and before being told to go cool off in his bunk, he tries to kill Ruby. He leaves, taking half of the clan, and Pretorias won't be gone long. He plans on returning to attack the rest of the clan. Grayson and Thayne decide Ruby needs to know, seeing as she has become a target of something new coming to light. A vampire and a werewolf are natural enemies, but these two come together to protect the rest of the clan and Ruby. You have to wait a long time for the sex scene to happen in this book, but it is so worth the wait. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more by this author.
Quotes
The strange feeling grated at the back of my mind like an itch I shouldn't have and cannot reach.
Bellamy Barnes (Bloodbane p 17)
It always sucks to feel like hell but not look it.
Bellamy Barnes (Bloodbane p17)
Who knew you were meant to stretch before moving corpses?
Bellamy Barnes (Bloodbane p41)
I've long since learned things aren't always black and white, but I'm getting sick of living my life in fifty shades of maybe.
Bellamy Barnes (Bloodbane p 143)
The cost of breathing is a pound of flesh.
Bellamy Barnes (Bloodbane p146)
Come on, guys! Not in front of the corpses!
Bellamy Barnes (Bloodbane p324)
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