Retired agent David Hill lives a quiet life in a remote wilderness community. His neighbours don't know him. His name is a lie and even his face is not his own. With enemies like his it's safer that way. Then one night an injured alien woman crashes into his life needing his help. She's beautiful and innocent and above all else, in need. What's a man to do? But she also poses a conflict for him. Because he knows what his old bosses will do to Cyrea if they catch her. What they will do to her people. And to his neighbours who've been hiding the Leinians for years. He must choose between his duty and his conscience. To expose her to them is to place them all in deadly peril. To keep the secret is to betray everything he has believed in his whole life. But a greater danger stalks them all. David's most dangerous enemy is hunting him. The Leinians have their own enemy though they don't know it. And when the two of them get together it just may be the end of the world.
3.5 stars. I wanted to give this book a higher rating, but I just couldn't. I had a few issues with it. For one, the editing in the authors earlier books is sub par. His later books have the editing problems solved for the most part. Another major issue with the story was the love interest. The alien woman he fell in love with in the beginning of the book was mistaken for a cougar. She was literally covered in fur/hair, had cat-like eyes, needle teeth, a tail, and let's not forget claws made of glass. A human, whether man or woman, is not going to be making out with needle teeth and glass claws on their hands and feet. No, just . . . No. The rather explicit and multiple sex scenes were not in any way romantic to me. The MC was making love to an animal and I could not get past that. And the bad guy, Woah! Talk about hard core evil at its worst. The descriptions of him and his past actions actually made me nauseous. Icky, but what a glorious account of such a perverse individual.
At 50%, I wasn't that impressed with the book, but the last half made it worthwhile. I'd give the first half 2.5 stars and the latter half 4.5 stars. If you don't mind the sex with an alien cat woman, the slow start and very gag worthy accounts of evil, this book is a decent read. Not my favorite book by this author, but an interesting tale.