Shea is used to taking care of herself. She has special powers, and she knows how to use them. She’s pushed away the ugliness of her past, just like she pushed away Greer, the only man who had ever reached beyond her defenses.
All Greer wants is to love Shea, though that comes at a high price for him: as a shapeshifter, once he takes her as his mate, he’ll never be able to let go. So maybe it’s for the best that she’s made it clear she is not interested in anything romantic.
But when Shea’s traumatic past combines with a new danger, nothing will stop Greer from protecting the woman he loves, even if it means losing any chance he has of a future with her.
Shea is a little put out when she comes home from work one day and finds her “friend” Darius waiting for her in her driveway. Darius has been kicked out of his house and he wants to stay with Shea. Shea feels a little weird about Darius staying with her but when he won’t take no for an answer she doesn’t really have much of a choice.
Greer is also Shea’s friend and he wants to be more to her. Shea does think of Greer and is attracted to him but she was seriously hurt emotionally and physically six years earlier and has closed herself off from men and emotions. Greer is willing to help her work through her issues but first they have to find out who’s trying to kill them. Turns out it’s their fathers.
This is part of the Offspring series but is a spinoff with new characters. I hadn’t read any of the series but this sounded interesting enough to pique my interest.
I liked the way this story was written as it flowed nicely. I didn’t get too much information about exactly what “Darkness” is (apparently some kind of magic that helps turn them into shapeshifters and/or smoke) but I got enough to easily follow along with the story.
Greer was a great guy and I really liked reading about him and how he was with Shea. He quickly discovered – in a roundabout way – what had happened to Shea and he was very understanding. Though Shea was determined to keep him away she couldn’t deny the feelings she had for him. Though this wasn’t a total romance there was enough in there to satisfy my romantic soul.
Darius was horrible. lol Rush must be a good writer to squick me out and make me hate Darius so much. She did a great job writing the man so that you thoroughly disliked him by the end of the book. 🙂
Overall it was a good novella and for me one that was good enough for me to be interested in going back and reading from the beginning of the series.
Rating: 3 out of 5
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