Tired from his role as his father's enforcer, Charles
Cornick decides it's time for him and his wife Anna to
take a trip for the pure pleasure of it. Heading to
Arizona to visit his old friend, who raises horses,
Charles is content to only think about visiting with
Joseph and finding Anna a horse for her birthday but
things quickly spiral out of control when they discover
Joseph's granddaughter-in-law in her house, stabbing
herself in order to keep herself from harming her
children.
What started off as a getaway has now turned into a hunt
for a deadly Fae that preys on children, snatching them
and leaving behind simulacrums which look and act like
the child left behind. Teaming up with FBI agent Leslie
Fisher once again, along with two CANTRIP agents, Anna
and Charles begin their search for the missing girl while
trying to protect those they love.
Just when you think Patricia Briggs can't get any better
than she already is, she tops herself. DEAD HEAT, the
long awaited book four in the Alpha and Omega series,
continues to show Briggs's prowess with the urban fantasy
genre. Her characters grow with each book as does our
desire for all things Anna and Charles. One thing I think
readers of this series will appreciate is Briggs shows us
a new side to Charles. Instead of the usual werewolf
enforcer who's driven to dole out justice, we get a guy
who's walking down memory lane, about to lose his oldest
friend and there's nothing he can do about it.
Just from some of the details Briggs' provides in DEAD
HEAT, you can tell she knows the equestrian world well
and had a lot of love for it. If you don't like horses,
don't worry. That's not the main focus of the story, but
it's always great to learn something new. It's also great
to see some old characters, like FBI agent Leslie Fisher
again, and get introduced to some new ones that I hope
pop up again. As usual, I can't wait until the next Anna
and Charles story to be completed but until then, DEAD
HEAT will provide me with plenty of re-reads that'll make
me happy.
For once, mated werewolves Charles and Anna are not
traveling because of Charles’s role as his father’s
enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely
personal—or at least it starts out that way...
Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous Fae being
is
on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums.
The
Fae’s cold war with humanity is about to heat up—and
Charles
and Anna are in the cross fire.
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