WHITE KNIGHT is book three in KELLY MEADE'S Cornerstone Run Trilogy. It focuses on Knight, the third brother of the McQueen family, and his newly discovered mate, Shay. Meade is an author known for delivering dark tales, and White Knight provides that darkness in abundance. As are the preceding two books, this finale book is very character driven, with deftly delivered devastation hitting so many times.
Knight's father was the alpha of the Cornerstone Run until he was recently killed by evil vampire-werewolf triplets- hybrids created by the mystical Magi who escaped to wreak havoc. These triplets have vowed to wipe out humanity and the wolves. Knight's older brother Bishop is a common grey wolf, but he has stepped up to become the next alpha. Knight's other brother Rook is a black wolf who acts as an enforcer for his alpha. But poor Knight is a rare white wolf, who is responsible for taking the emotions of the whole pack and calming them so they don't turn feral and lose themselves. Knight has always felt hemmed in and trapped by his role in his run, and Meade makes us truly feel his anguish and weariness. Knight was taken and tortured by the psychotic half breed triplets, and his personal post traumatic issues on top of the apocalypse his run is experiencing are truly heart wrenching.
Shay gets a full dose of drawn out personal anguish as well. Meade doesn't spare any of her characters, that's for sure! Shay has been kidnapped by the hybrid triplets, and near crippled by being held in her human form in isolation. Shay is very admirable, standing up for her beliefs and showing such greatness of heart in the midst of her torments. Having watched Shay and Knight, two wounded souls, creep towards helping each other heal in books one and two, it is deeply satisfying to see them become a solid couple in this final book.
White Knight showcases Shay and Knight's romance, but all the brothers and their mates are major players in book three. This book relies heavily on the prior two stories, and should be read in order. I find Meade's WHITE KNIGHT to be a tension-filled and very satisfying urban fantasy with strong romantic elements.
Kelly Meade, author of Grey Bishop and Black Rook,
continues
her Cornerstone Run saga...
Checkmateβ¦
Despite a month of peace from hybrid attacks, the constant
threat of violence has the loup garou on edge. Knight
McQueenβs home feels like a military compound and his
people
have become battle-weary soldiers. And Knightβs tenuous
grip
on his own self-control has been further damaged by the
disappearance of the only woman whose touch brings him
peace.
Held prisoner by her hybrid half-sisters and forced to
care
for an unknown child, Shay Butlerβs quarterly is
approaching
but a silver-laced collar prevents her from shifting. As
her
time draws closer, her sanity begins to slip.
The opportunity to rescue Shay arrives when Magus enemy
Archimedes Atwood requests a parley to discuss ways to end
the conflict between their people and stop the rogue
hybrids. Alpha Bishop McQueen agrees, bringing his
brothers
together to form a plan that will bring Shay home to
Knight,
stop the final two hybridsβand finally bring Archimedes to
justice once and for all...
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