This
series resonated with me on so many levels. I fell in love with the relationship between
the hero, Max, and the heroine, Charlotte.
Theirs is a great love story.
Max is a
sexy, alpha bad boy involved in organized crime in New Orleans. Charlotte is a cop with the NOPD. When there’s a murder, Max is the first
person the cops look to for blame. Often
Charlotte and Max find themselves on opposing sides of the law.
Max is a
very complicated werewolf. Sure he’s
sexy, protective, strong, and everything we love in a paranormal hero, but he’s
not our typical hero. Setting aside all
the normal sex appeal (I know that’s asking a lot), what makes him even sexier
is his imperfections. He has an
extremely tortured past and faces many internal demons but he’s not scared to
show his vulnerabilities to Charlotte. And
believe me, we see him at his worse. At
times he’s even a little naïve, too trusting and easily manipulated. On the other hand, he has an immense capacity
for love and is protector of everyone close to him. And kudos to him, he doesn’t even try to
control Charlotte because he accepts he absolutely could not anyway.
Charlotte
is whom I want to be when I grow up!
Seriously! That girl is afraid of
nothing. And I mean nothing! There are times that she probably should be
afraid, but fierce determination won’t let her.
She also had her share of hard knocks growing up that continue to haunt
her. Despite her tough as nails persona,
she is gentle when Max needs her to be and she’s not so tough that she cannot
accept kindness from others gracefully showing a high level of maturity.
The
series has great supporting characters that play important roles in the
story. Charlotte’s partner Babineau and
his dislike of Max lead to interesting times and many opportunities for
disaster. Babineau’s wife Tina and son
Oscar become an integral part of the plot.
Jacques, the previous leader of the werewolves, is starting to play a
key role as well. There are stories to be further developed and mysteries yet
to be solved – The Ancients, The Chosen and it never seems to be a shortage of
bad guys and homicides.
Despite
the inner struggles and external obstacles Max and Charlotte face, they love
each other passionately and with an all-consuming intensity. This is a story about love and sacrifice,
power and corruption, inner and outer strength, darkness and light. All wrapped up in an intricate plot and an
abundance of suspense. This one is
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
5 Bad Boys – Absolute Must
Read!!!!!
Homicide
detective Charlotte Caissie is dedicated to bringing down the crime boss
responsible for her father’s murder. Using Jimmy Legere’s right hand man
is a dangerous gamble, not just because of his ruthless reputation as more
monster than man, but because her feelings for her mysterious and irresistible
enemy are … complicated. There’s just something about Max.
Rescued from the swamps as a child, Max Savoie
owes Jimmy Legere his life. Existing silently in his rescuer’s shadow, he heeds
only one voice. Until Charlotte Caissie awakens his emotions and tests
his loyalties. Forced to step outside his cautious rules to save her, he
risks more than his heart . . . he risks exposing his dark
secret.
Working together means facing the truth about who and what they
are, and what they need from one another. If Max is the murderer she
seeks, Cee Cee might be his next victim. She
can’t afford to trust any man. Good thing Max isn’t one.
Chased by Moonlight (Book #2)
Things
get more complicated for Cee Cee when she’s appointed lead investigator in a
high-profile murder that points to her preternatural lover. To prove him
innocent, she must distance herself from her prime suspect, but tangled emotions
don’t make it easy for her to stay away. And neither does Max.
Left in
charge of a criminal empire and protector of a clan of shadowy shape-shifters,
Max walks a precarious line. Can he believe the cunning stranger who
claims he can teach Max the things he needs to know to stay alive—a conman who
would betray anyone to make a profit—a man who may be a ruthless killer?
Pulled
between her desire for justice and the man she loves, the harder Cee Cee fights
to clear Max’s name, the more he pushes her away. He’s protecting a dark
truth that could blow the top off her case. And that means hiding his motives
and lying to a woman who values truth above all. The woman who can save him . .
. if he’ll let her.
Driven
by instincts he can’t control, Max fights the need to claim his human mate. How
can he protect her when she’s not safe with him? She’s strong enough to keep
his secrets, but can she survive the test of his love?
Separating
business from pleasure just got more difficult. To have Max, Cee Cee must face
her greatest fears by accepting who and what he is . . . someone deadly,
unnatural and outside the law she serves. Loving Max Savoie isn’t easy, but
holding onto him could prove fatal.
Bound by Moonlight (Book #4)
Detective
Charlotte Caissie is suddenly sharing drawer space and making media news with
her shape-shifter lover Max Savoie. Knowing the reformed mobster is determined
to be accepted by her peers, how can she ask him to return to his criminal
roots to help her solve a complex case
Going
undercover to find the vicious serial killer who kidnapped a colleague’s
daughter, Cee Cee is caught between the partner whose integrity she relies on
and her fiercely possessive lover. In calling on Max to use his preternatural
talents to aide a hated enemy, she crosses a line that strains their
relationship to its limits.
With his
secret spreading beyond those he can trust, Max is forced to make dangerous
alliances to protect his family and his clan. The only certainty he has is his
love for his human mate, until the loyalties that define them threaten to
divide them forever.
Hunter of Shadows (Book #5)
Transferring
to the New Orleans Police Department, Detective Silas MacCreedy has a hidden
agenda: to secure his clan’s place once again in the Shifter hierarchy. What he
didn’t count on was stumbling upon a sexy assassin who could shred his best
intentions and lead him into a dangerous dance that threatens to engage his
heart.
Monica
Fraser knows just how to make a man beg—for his life. But she has no clue how
to fight her attraction to the fiercely intense detective who seems determined
to get in her way, both professionally and intimately.
When
emotional attachments to the past and an unexpected glimpse of a different
future have her questioning her deadly purpose, Nica must discover the truth
about her secret abilities in order to free herself from the forces that
control her. But that freedom comes with a price—trusting those she’s been
ordered to eliminate.
Seeker of Shadows (Book #6) coming June 26, 2012
Susanna
Duchamps risks discovery in New Orleans to settle a debt and to temporarily
escape the controlled constraints of her place among the Chosen. What she finds is an opportunity to make
miraculous strides with her research into Shifter genetics . . . and an
unexpected, though never forgotten, link to her complicated past.
Shifter
club owner, Jacques LaRoche is fiercely protective of his freedom. Stripped of
his memories of a former life, he longs for the mate now lost to him . . .
until the enticingly familiar presence of a mysterious stranger from the north
ignites a primal, nearly uncontrollable need to release the untamed beast
inside him.
Susanna
dares not tell Jacques that she was the one who sacrificed his past and her
future years ago to protect him and the secret she carried. But her arrival in
New Orleans comes with consequences. When a bloody confrontation erupts between
their enemy clans, will she betray her lover once again or throw her own life
on the line so they can finish what they started?
I've heard this series is really good. Great Review.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great series, definitely worth the read.
ReplyDeleteThanks PA. This is a great series! One of my favourites I've read this year!
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