Penelope is an assassin for the Council and a grave shifter. After being left for dead five centuries ago by the dark lord and by Galen, her lover, she has spent the time GRAVE SHIFTING from one small cemetery to another. She cannot ignore the summons of the Council with a sanctioned execution of the very same dark lord that she dreamed of killing. The added bonus is that she gets to take Galen out also.
Galen had sent Penelope to her grave as one of the hard choices he made because it meant survival. But he had paid for his actions by being blinded and tortured. He survived all the while planning redemption and revenge. He now needs her to seek his revenge and finds that after all the years he still has feelings for the foulmouthed assassin and hopes he can somehow earn her forgiveness. He's going to need it ... if they survive his plan.
GRAVE SHIFTER is a different kind of paranormal with a grave shifter and vampire as the main characters. The storyline was well developed with just enough intriguing twists to keep the readers attention. There is a dark side to this, of course, with demons and dark lords involved, but Penelope is a smart mouthed, kick butt heroine whose very attitude did much to lighten the mood. Of course there were also a number of very steamy scenes with her vampire lover, Galen, that almost made you forget she is an assassin on assignment. Galen comes off as a little on the stuffy side, and I had trouble picturing them as a couple, but very quickly I had many pictures in my head. My one complaint would be that I didn't understand Penelope's shifter ability. Maybe I missed it somehow but a little more explanation on who and what she is would have been helpful. For a first time author, I would say that Gretchen Riley has an interesting voice and look forward to reading more from her.
All good graves must come to an end... Assassin Penelope always follows her gut. Left for dead by her traitorous vampire lover and a power-hungry dark lord, she's spent five centuries hiding in one small cemetery after another. But she cannot ignore a summons from the Council. The order-a sanctioned execution of the dark lord...and her ex-lover. Sending Penelope to the grave wasn't the first hard choice Galen made for survival. It was the first he made for someone else's. Blinded and tortured for allowing her escape, he negotiated for his life, all the while planning for redemption and revenge. At his villa in the Greek islands, chemistry re-ignites. She suspects he's hiding part of his plan for destroying the dark lord feeding off the power of grave shifters, but her gut says trust him. Galen's feelings for the clumsy, foul-mouthed Penelope never fade. But can he earn her forgiveness for what he's going to do next?
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