Volume 2

Oh I fell in love with the characters brought to life in this book. Mary Luce is fighting to stay busy in her life. She works all day at a law firm and spends her nights waiting to help people on a suicide hot line. She suffered with her mother while she was sick and wasn’t getting any better and now after two years, was diagnosed with leukemia herself. After meeting the boy (John) that kept calling the hot line but not saying anything, she realized that she wanted to do more than help him. She wanted to shelter him from everything. She did what she could by becoming his friend. He couldn’t talk but was fluent in ASL. Mary was able to understand him since she spent all her time taking care of the disabled before her mother got sick. They became fast friends and Bella, Mary’s neighbor, was leery of him because he smelled like her, a vampire. Not knowing what to do about him, Bella called a number that she had for the Brotherhood. He had the scar on his chest.

The Brotherhood decided that they should meet with the boy and Bella should bring him in. The problem was that John wasn’t going to be understood so Mary was able to go and translate. At the house the brothers stay at, Rhage was ill. Actually Rhage had a problem. Or more like a curse. When he is full of emotion, the tattoo on his back comes alive from his skin and goes berserk. Afterwards, he is spent. Even his eyesight is grainy and poor. That is when he runs into Mary at the house. When he hears her voice, that’s all it takes.

John has decided to join up with the brotherhood since his dreams every night involve drinking blood and killing lessers that are considered enemies. He isn’t sick but he isn’t able to eat much so he stays thin and unable to protect himself. He is about to go through the transition and badly needs to know what is going on with him and how to deal with it.

This story is erotic and sensual both plus any romantic would love it. Rhage and Mary try their best to make things work with his curse and her disease and a whole lot of mixed up feelings from pity to lust. I’m not sure if  he is my favorite brother or not but he’s one of them. His compassion and love for Mary is overwhelming. My heart was beating a mile a minute from beginning to end. I really loved this book. I am so happy I was able to find and read this series. I can’t wait to get to the next one in this series. Happy Reading!