Fire Rising
Donna Grant
St. Martin's, Jun 3
2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9781250041371
In Oban, Scotland, Daniel arrives at the Rose
and Crown Pub to warn his partner and former lover Sammi they must leave
immediately. He explains to her shock
that he laundered mob money through the pub while skimming some of it. Before they escape, angry enforcers enter the
pub accosting Daniel while demanding to know how much he took and where Sammi
is. Stunned and scared Sammi escapes but
not before she takes a bullet to the shoulder while watching her pub as it explodes.
With little cash at hand, a need to stay off
the grid and very limited options, Sammi travels to Dreagan, home of her half-sister
Jane (see Dawn's Desire in Dark Heat anthology). Jane and her mate King Banon welcome her. Sammi and newest Dragon King Tristan meet and
are attracted to each other. However,
she believes she must leave before her adversaries blow up Dreagan as they
always seem to have found her over the last month on the lam. Vowing to keep her safe, Tristan and Banon
know her wound comes from a dragon bullet, which means an exiled king, probably
Ulrich is involved. As Tristan begins to
recover lost memories, he and the woman in distress fall in love.
The latest Dark Kings romantic
urban fantasy (see Darkest Flame) is an exciting thriller with another
cliffhanger climax even as the lead relationship takes a needed back seat to
the threat. Although not including Sammi’s
plight (except for her comments) for that month she runs alone detracts from an
overall fine entry as readers never obtain the full taste of her damsel in
distress peril.
Harriet Klausner
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