Rating: 4 stars (Spotlight Review)
Sydney Croft is the pseudonym for two authors who each write under their own names. This is their second novel together; their first was RIDING THE STORM.
from the product description:
There’s a storm rising. Electricity crackles in the air. For Kira Donovan, it’s that time of year again: when the need floods her flesh, when almost any man—the bigger and the stronger the better—will do. For Kira, an animal psychic, the heat is a matter of life and death, and this year it has come at just the right time. Tom Knight, a natural-born predator, has arrived at her isolated Idaho farm—for reasons all his own. . . .
At first Kira isn’t interested in Knight’s motives. She only needs him—his body, his hands, his scent. But soon, through a daze of desire and distrust, Kira discovers Knight’s world—the world of a covert operative, one man among dozens of secret agents waging an astonishing global war. Knight’s mission is to bring Kira—kicking and screaming if necessary—into the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives and harness her extraordinary gift. He never expected the powerful emotions she would ignite in him, or the fierce desire to keep her safe from harm. For as darkness gathers around them, Kira is feeling the heat once again, leading them both on a wild ride of delicious thrills . . . and terror beyond imagining.
Mild bondage and dominance play runs throughout this novel, but if you’re looking for leather and toys, look elsewhere – a crop makes a token appearance twice, but that’s about it. Much glorious sex abounds, and the novel is very well written (wish I knew which two authors make the meld that is Sydney Croft, so I could check out their writing as well), with an interesting twist on the ‘mate or die’ theme that runs throughout the wild kingdom … I’ve never seen or heard of it being taken to this extreme before.
If you’re looking to purchase this book to see how Remy’s life has played out, look elsewhere; although this book follows Riding the Storm, it plays out in the same universe and with the same supporting characters … it does not continue to follow Remy’s life (although Remy does make a very small cameo appearance in the later portion of the story), this novel instead focuses on two brand new characters, Kira and Tom.
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ISBN 13: 978-0-385-34081-6
Publication date March 4, 2008, through Delta