Review: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

Title: Frost Burned

Author: Patricia Briggs

Series: Mercy Thompson, #7

 •Source: Purchased
 •Publisher: Ace Books
 •Publication Date: March 5, 2013

Opening Line: "You should have brought the van." said my stepdaughter.

   

Mercy's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman—the charismatic Alpha if the local werewolf pack—has mad her a stepmother to his daughter, Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy's life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more...

After a car accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can't reach Adam—or anyone else in the pack, for that matter. They've all been abducted.

Through their mating bond, all Mercy knows is that Adam is angry and in pain. But she fears Adam's disappearance may be related to the political battle the werewolves have been fighting to gain acceptance from the public—and that he and the pack are in serious danger. Outmatched and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from any ally she can get, no matter how unlikely.

       

Review: Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz

Title: Dream Eyes

Author: Jayne Ann Krentz

Series: Dark Legacy, #2

 •Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewer (ARC)
 •Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
 •Publication Date: January 8, 2013

Opening Line: The dead diver was wedged like a bone in the stone throat of the underwater cave they called the Monster.

  

The death of her friend and mentor, Evelyn Ballinger, brings psychic counselor Gwen Frazier back to the small town of Wilby, Oregon, and brings back memories she would rather forget. Two years earlier, a killer stalked the members of one of Ballinger’s research studies including Gwen. And though she survived while two others didn’t, Gwen knows that Ballinger’s death is related.

Sent by a friend to help Gwen, psychic investigator Judson Coppersmith arrives in Wilby barely in control of his own talent and his own life, haunted by urgent dreams. His attraction to Gwen is primal, but there are secrets he must keep to protect himself from surrendering to her completely, even as their investigation draws them into dreamscapes, into decades of deception, and into the paranormal fires of a desire too strong to resist. . . .