I'm...perplexed. I'm guessing this was a formatting issue but there's a dearth of scene breaks. It's really distracting - you'll be following a scene and without so much as an extra line space to indicate the scene has ended, you're somewhere else.

Beyond that, the nature of this series so far (I've got this one, another one I just started, and 2 after she switched to mainstream publishing) is that the heroes for whatever dumbass reason, refuse to accept the heroines yet at the same time, act like dogs in a manger about her - well, wolf in the second story in this book. Not something I'm overly fond of, to be honest, and if the two mmps I have (that are buried in Mt Doom so not on hand at the moment) have the same theme, that's pretty much it for me as far as this series goes.

There are things I don't get - some factions are immortal, but not all, so how do cross-species relationships work long term?

Also what is with the fascination with butt secks? The first jackass didn't even bother to use lube.

As for the tales themselves...the first was more or less a PWP - it was v. short, consisted of the aforementioned jackass feeling frustrated because his attempts to alienate the h (who, being a were, knew he was her mate) weren't quite working the way he...well, what WAS he thinking? That he could summons her to a meeting and just happen to have his threesome run over? Her reaction wasn't what he anticipated, although why she let him demonstrate his cunning lingual skills after what he'd just been doing, I dunno. Anyway, after he informed her he was sending her on a 2 year holiday, she threw herself at him, and informed him that if she left, she wouldn't be back. You can guess his reaction, particularly when he went looking for her the next evening and she was gone.

The second one... the H was the were and refusing to acknowledge that the h was his mate, although he did bang her a few times. After he informed her he'd never claim her, she informed him she was going to seek a transfer and refused to go for another round. In the meantime, they were attempting to run down a group of bad guys who were attempting to subvert his will. Somewhere along the line, she decided she'd take down the bad guys even if it meant dying, put him under a sleep spell, and blocked everyone from trying to help her. He had decided by then to stop being an idiot so was freaking out until something was done to modify the blocking spell. The day was saved, the bad guys roasted thoroughly, and yep; he staked his claim right up her tailpipe. At least he did use lube :p

I mean; none of the heroines were what I'd call TSTL. The heroes OTOH, needed their arses kicked, hard. And if that's a theme throughout the series... ain't got time for that.

Read out of order, but I still enjoyed this one. Short and sweet.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas is one of the keynote speakers at a law enforcement conference, which is a problem, since she doesn't want to do it. The second problem is, the conference is off planet, which means deadly space travel, and at her husband's pet project Olympus resort. And the third problem is one of the other keynote speakers, a legend in the law enforcement community, who's harboring a grudge against Roarke, as a proxy for a dead man...And he's willing to do pretty much everything to make sure Roarke pays.


Short, but to the point. Concise, well-paced, gripping and intense, with a solid mystery, some added insight into Eve and Roarke's (possibly connected) past.

There was no angst, no romantic drama, just straight-up suspense/mystery and procedural with some danger thrown into the mix.

Loved it.

This was lovely lovely lovely.

I only hope Becker gets more page time in future stories.  

“A nice gambit, Agent Tyler,” Mother said. “I would like to speak to Agent Reichenbach, please.”