Casee‘s review of Touch of Temptation (Primal Instincts, Book 6) by Rhyannon Byrd.
Kellan Scott, the Lycan shape-shifter, has vowed to redeem his playboy past…even allowing himself to be captured by his enemies to save a woman he’s never met. Once imprisoned, stealing into Chloe Harcourt’s cell is the easy part— withstanding her irresistible beauty is next to impossible.
Chloe has struggled to keep her unusual powers over other people’s emotions in check, never trusting that any man could truly love her for herself. Until her mesmerizing rescuer awakens a primal craving for contact.
Their all-consuming passion is their strongest weapon against their sadistic captor. But Kellan’s biggest battle may still lie ahead: to convince Chloe he’s worthy of her undying love…or die trying.
This series has become a trainwreck for me. I can’t really recommend you read it, except it’s a really good trainwreck. At least in the latest installment it’s not a case of the hero pushing the heroine away because it’s “for her own good”. That really burns me. Not enough to stop reading the series though. Nope. It’s obvious that I’m a sucker for punishment.
Kellan Scott is the playboy of the Watchmen. He almost got Hope killed in Edge of Danger and he’s going to prove to himself and everyone else that he’s more than a pretty face that likes to blank every woman who catches his eye. To do that he’s going to go after a woman. Not just any woman. This woman is Chloe Harcourt, a Mallory witch and half-Merrick. He’s only seen her picture, but he’s drawn to her and will sacrifice himself to save her.
Chloe knows that her days are numbered. When Kellan is thrown into the dungeon with her, she finally has hope. The Merrick has hope, too. Hope that Kellan will have sex with her and let her take his blood. The Merrick wants him and it’s more than obvious that Kellan wants her too. The only problem is the Mallory curse. Chloe has convinced herself that Kellan doesn’t really want her. No, it’s the Mallory curse that is enhancing the Merrick’s affects and making Kellan want her even more.
So while this was a departure from the usual storyline, I still found the whole situation maddening. Instead of Kellan being the one that turned Chloe away for her own good, it was Chloe turning Kellan away for his own good. I really wanted to smack her upside the head once or twice.
The series really has progressed and I think it still has a chance to be a good non-trainwreck series. We just need to stop the childish back and forth tug-of-war between the hero and the heroine. I get that there needs to be tension, but there is a difference between sexual tension and annoying “I want to kick your ass” tension.
3.5 out of 5.
This book is available from HQN. You can buy it here.
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