Woman Reading

Short review; middle books are always harder to review because I feel like I've already said everything about it.

Mercy and Adam have such wonderful chemistry, and this book really amped up the romance. I really loved the depth of Adam's love for Mercy. The passion was palpable.

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Adam was putting himself up as a shield between Samuel and his father. If something happened, Bran would hold him responsible.

I love Bran. But I'm not blind about it. His first directive is to protect the wolves. If that meant killing his son, he would do it -but he would kill Adam faster.

Adam said, "No. My territory, my responsibility. I'll call you by the end of the week with the results."

"Mercy," Bran said. "I hope this is the best path."

"For Samuel," I said. "For me, for you. I think it is. Maybe not so much for Adam."

"Adam has always had... heroic tendencies."

I touched Adam's arm. "He's my hero."

There was another pause. In person, Bran doesn't think out his comments as much. The phone is difficult because wolves communicate so much with their bodies.

"That is the most romantic thing I've ever heard you say," Bran said. "Be careful, Adam, or you'll turn her into a real girl."

Adam turned his back to me. I thought it was so I wouldn't see the look on his face. Until he grabbed the counter and broke it in half-sending my cash register and a pile of receipts and book-keeping stuff boiling to the floor. Then Adam howled. An unearthly sound to come out of a man's throat-I'd only heard it once before out of a wolf's. My foster father, Bryan, when he held his wife, his mate's body, in his hands.

I took a step toward him-and Sam was standing between us, his head lowered in readiness.

The door between my office and the garage is steel set in steel. After Sam's entrance, it was also bent and broken, dangling from one hinge. I hadn't heard it go; I'd only been able to hear Adam.

Who had made no sound, I realized. His cry had hit me from a different place altogether, where our bond tied me to him and him to me.

Adam didn't turn around. "Don't be afraid of me," he whispered. "Don't leave me."