To Mate an Assassin
by Ceri Grenelle
Publication Date: July 28, 2015
Genres: Paranormal, Romance
Synopsis: Love is her enemy…until his beast sets her free.
Cymbeline Kendall’s life is quiet, solitary—until a letter appears in her P.O. box. Then she becomes an Incendiary, a human chosen at birth to be trained to strike like lightning to take out the most dangerous of the Werekind, then fade back into the shadows.
She is a weapon only to be used by the leader of North American shifters. But when she learns the Alphar was unseated three years ago, she sets out to find who’s been pulling her trigger.
Kerrick Masterson has borne the burden of leadership for only a short time, yet he already feels the Alphar power tempting his soul toward the insanity that destroyed his predecessor. He has no time for the woman who breaks into his compound claiming to be his Incendiary, but his beast insists he make the time—for his mate.
In one searing, soul-consuming breath, everything Cymbeline was taught to believe is ripped away. Yet the mystery of who’s been sending her orders remains…and finding the answer could lead to all-out war.
Warning: Contains an assassin who doesn’t tolerate those who hurt the weak, and a shifter leader determined to unlock his new mate’s repressed emotions—even if that puts his balls at risk. Explicit sex, violence, and references to abuse that could be rough on sensitive readers.
Excerpt
She crossed her
arms, looking away from him in stereotypical female annoyance. It would not
behoove her to admit she was enjoying their repartee. He held out one hand to
her and stood, having recovered from her rough grip, the other rested against
his heart. “I am sorry, Cymbeline. I was teasing again.”
She narrowed her
eyes at him, unconvinced by his genial behavior. She knew he was more devil
than angel, his mischievous nature all too clear. She possibly liked that a tad
more than she should.
“Run with me?”
he asked, his hand reaching.
The moment
became heavy, weighted with things unsaid and issues greater than the both of
them, issues that needed resolving. She wasn’t for him. Not even the howling of
her Wolf within her soul could convince her.
“Kerrick—”
“Don’t think,”
he said, stepping forward to kiss her forehead. “Just run with me. Nothing
more.”
She stepped
back, letting the Wolf ’s presence of mind gain an edge. Her Wolf yipped in joy
and pressed the shift upon her body. It wasn’t a painful thing as some humans
thought. The shift was a magical phenomenon and shifters were made of magic. To
shift was light within the soul and joy within the heart.
Cymbeline
twisted in on herself, a core of warmth spreading from her heart to touch every
corner of her body. She looked down and saw her paws, her red and amber fur,
and felt completely at home for the first time since she’d arrived at this
topsy-turvy circus. Without a backwards glance she forgot everything around her
and just ran.
The dirt was a
cloud her paws barely skimmed as her lupine nature dodged between the trees.
The grass flying past her legs was cool rain petting her fur. Her Wolf leapt
into the air with such joy to be free that she nearly cried. They were whole.
Shifted into her Wolf form was the only time Cymbeline felt as if she’d been
born to be a shifter not Turned as part of some grand design. She yipped and
howled with excitement, completely out of character for her but just so damn
fun.
After a few
moments Cymbeline remembered there was someone running beside her. She turned
her head and there was Kerrick, in all his Alphar glory. He’d chosen a Wolf for
his shifted form, a beautiful and grand gray Wolf with eyes as black as coal.
It was the gift of the Alphar, why they were the strongest and most dominant of
all the shifters. They were true shifters, not stuck in one animal form but
blessed with the ability to change into all of them. An impassioned look of
triumph graced his face as he ran beside her and she finally allowed herself to
feel it. Shifting into her Wolf form broke down one of the few remaining
barriers she had erected to keep the full effect of the mating from influencing
her emotions. But she felt it now. He was hers. Undeniably and undoubtedly
hers. She would never choose another; never need another. And her faith in him
was unwavering. He would always be true, always be there for her no matter how
much he teased or joked. She’d never had anyone belong to her like that before,
and she never would again.
Review:
**** 4 Stars****
I love a good shifter book and whilst I enjoyed this one and the story as a whole, I felt it took me quite some time to understand, get into and to learn who is who. Kerrick is the amazing new Alphar who loves and cares for his people and wants Cymby for his mate. I found Cymby's denial quite annoying at times making her hard to connect with. Even after finishing this book, I do not understand how the incendiary is a secret and almost a myth but she feels the need to tell everyone ? Having said this I did really enjoy reading this, I would recommend and I will be reading the next book in this series.
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