Tracy’s review of Tempted by Fate
Willow Tarata is a Guardian who trusts no one. She hunts those who prey on the vulnerable. And she’s driven by a vengeful goal-find the man who murdered her mother. Yet suddenly Willow’s quarry now has her on the run . . . straight into the sights of San Francisco’s most dangerous detective.
Three bizarre murders have Inspector Rick Ramirez baffled-and determined to uncover the truth. But to catch the real killer, he needs the help of his prime suspect, Willow Tarata, even though this fierce and sexy blonde is challenging his professional cool. And now, unless they believe in each other and trust their deepest instincts, a relentless evil will end both Willow’s and Rick’s life-and claim this Guardian’s extraordinary powers forever . . .
Willow has been running most of her life. She’s running from the man who killed her mother but she’s also running to him in a way because she wants to bring him down for what he’d done to her mother. When she discovers that the man is in San Francisco she heads there to try to finally deal with him once and for all.
When she becomes the suspect in three murders she’s gets into a tough spot. She’s met Inspector Rick Ramirez and though he seems to draw her to him she knows she can have nothing to do with him because of who she is. Rick is a man who has always seen things as black and white with no grey in his life. When he meets Willow he starts to realize that there may be more grey than he’s willing to live with.
Tempted by Fate was a good book. It had a nice blending of romance, suspense and kick-ass fighting as well as the paranormal aspect of Willow’s powers that really appealed to me. Rick was a great guy. He really was quite honorable and I could see that when he found out about Willow’s past he was rather torn as to what to do about it, if anything. Willow and Rick made a great couple for me probably because they were so very different from each other but still found the love that would last.
I also really loved Rick’s grandmother, Lita as well as Willow’s friend, Morgan. These were wonderful and bright secondary characters that added a nice aspect to the story.
We’ve been pulled into the story about the Guardians over the last three books and now we’re learning even more about them. It looks from this book that there will be a whole lot more to them in future books and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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