Rodney the rooster has been a staple -- an unwanted staple -- at the Darque and Knight Rodeo for years. Always an irritation, jumping out and squawking, pecking at anyone passing by for no reason other than a cranky mood. But there's more to Rodney than meets the eye -- much more, and it's about to show its face to everyone after years of secrecy.
Gideon is a man without a memory. Found wandering the rodeo's midway by none other than Rodney, he's handsome and mysterious and is wearing an oddly familiar patch on his jacket. The patch is from the Red Wattle Clan, a society of bird-shifters all too well known to Rodney.
Rodney decides to help Gideon get his memory back because he fears great danger is coming to the Darque and Knight Rodeo, and he might be the only rooster in town who can stop it. What he doesn't count on is falling in love with a man who might turn out to be his worst enemy.
Rodney gets his story! What a hoot Rodney is. This was an amazing quick story where we see Rodney shift, we get his back story, and he meets the love of his life. Gideon is on the run but he's lost his memory and somehow ends up at the Midnight Rodeo where is meets untrusting Gideon. When the bad guys coming looking for Gideon, Rodney finds out he has more support and friends than he ever imagined.
The one-eyed rooster that has been a menace to the rodeo finally gets his story! Rodney is patrolling the rodeo grounds when he sees a stranger acting oddly but is wearing a patch from the Red Wattle Clan (RWC). The stranger, Gideon, been in some sort of accident and has lost his memory. Rodney is instantly on guard and worried – he is sure Gideon has been sent there to kill him. I very much enjoyed how the story played out and loved learning Rodney’s story.
The book was okay. There is such a difference between this author and the other two for the series that it feels like they don't take place in the same universe. Still, it was good just not great.