Natural Evil by Thea Harrison

Thea Harrison has done it again with Natural Evil. You meet the heroine Claudia first, previous special ops soldier for the US Army. I loved Claudia, she was spunky and just awesome even though she was an older woman, she still kicked ass. The Tarot cards also got into her possession which if you read the first novella, True Colors you'd understand how important those cards are. Louis is the huge dog that was beaten, and left for dead on the side of the road. Claudia finds him, and instead of putting him out of his misery, she takes him to a vet. Deciding to stay with him, she has suspicion that he is a Wyr and she finds this true. So now, it's not only animal cruelty but attempted murder. Claudia's emotions are beautiful, she goes through so much reliving some of her demons to letting herself fall in love. The book doesn't feel rushed, you sit there and collect so much information that you have to file it away. You don't have to read True Colors in order to understand this, but it helps when talking about the Tarot cards and the gods of the Wyrs. We also meet the Bradshaw's who own the town that Claudia rolled into. Things get out of hand as she stepped into a tangled web of lies, deceit, and danger. Claudia gives the a woman's wrath an interesting look. She shows that she can still kick ass even if she is a bit older. I love this book, its hard to put down these books. I love reading her work she has a way to draw you into her works and not let go till the end leaving you craving for more.

Irish Moon by Amber Scott

As the book starts out we meet Breanne. The setting is Ireland, and she's learning to be an ovate (Female druid). You get to meet several people on the way, and come to find out she's coming up to the age of needing to be wed. Something Breanne doesn't mind, but doesn't want from her soon to be step-father. Then we meet Sir Ashlon Sinclair a knight of a disabled group. There attraction the two have to each other is magical in every sense. And Breanne isn't exactly the smartest girl to see whats right in front of her. Some of it she doesn't want to see, and refuses, others she over looks. Which happens to all of us to some degree. Half way through the book we now get to deal with the finding of this chest, and the problem that it holds. From then the story picks up and we get to see who the 'evil' has been all this time. Amber Scott puts a huge twist in this book all the way till the end. The hero and heroine don't want to believe their for each other, but there's no other that kindle the fire for themselves. The ending (%50) part of the book took off for me and ended so quickly it felt. That was only because I devoured the last bit of the book. I'm not big into romance (plain romance) novels. So for me to stick with this one and finish it felt like a big feat for me. I'm giving it 4 stars, because the story flows together nicely, and keeps you entered. The first half, was slow for me, but the ending half went quick. Amber does an awesome job keeping the story flow smoothly and keeping the characters real enough that you want to smack their heads together so they kiss.

True Colors Review by Thea Harrison

Thea Harrison does it again in this novella getting five stars. We meet Alice, a Rainbow Chameleon, a rare Wyr. She's a wonderful heroine, very much like a normal person compared to the three other books. She ends up finding her best friend dead when she went to visit, and smells a predator entering the house. In comes Gideon Riehl a wolf wyr, apart of the Wyr Division of Violent Crime. He knows someone is watching him but couldn't quiet place it. Alice flees thinking its the killer, that she also recognizes as her mate. She does find out that Gideon, is not the killer but a detective. She tries to deny herself that this is her mate, but Wyr mating over rules all other senses. The book is pulled together well, and pulls your emotions every which way with Alice. You understand her point of view as things happen so very fast. At the same time, you also fall in love with Gideon, he's a wolf, so you get a soldier boy who's put himself into a city. He's got the ruggish look of a rebel but a solider at heart. Yet, he's gentle and loving all at the same time it never dulls. This is also the time of the Winter solstice that the Elder Races celebrate. And their not too fair from the Masque when this happens. Which is a big event in the Elder Races eyes, everyone celebrates the beginning of life this way. There are a few gods that the Elders celebrate, which is neat to see who they follow and what they represent. You have Taliesen, Azrael, and Inanna. Three aspects, which is important to the book. The numbers 3, and 7 are mentioned and Alice is able to piece them together. I was very pleased with the end of this book and yet I wanted more. I can't wait to read Oracle's Moon, and Bayne's that seems be a hint that he'll be coming up soon.