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Rylee Adamson #8
Wounded
"My name is Rylee and I am a Tracker."
When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.
The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing. And with each name that is added to those we've lost, my confidence cracks a little more.
Yet there is hope.
A child saved.
A life lost.
A prophecy fulfilled.
When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot.
The clock is ticking and I can feel the weight of the final battle with the demon hordes looming over my head. The puzzle pieces are becoming clearer, but the casualty list is growing. And with each name that is added to those we've lost, my confidence cracks a little more.
Yet there is hope.
A child saved.
A life lost.
A prophecy fulfilled.
300 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2014
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About the author
Shannon Mayer
161 books7,237 followersA long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was born into a family of Star Wars nuts. I have a lot of siblings (somewhere I lost count but I think there was more than could be numbered on one hand) and being one of the young padawans I was subjected to Star Wars marathons, on a regular basis. If you've read any of my books you'll see there is often a reference to said movies as a small homage to my upbringing. May the force be with you and all that jazz.
I started writing when I realized I didn't want to grow up not believing in magic, or not believing in creatures everyone else said didn't exist. That being said, I have never seen a fairy, unicorn or dragon. I had a neighbour who swore they fed the leprechauns in their garden, but I never caught the little buggers no matter how long I lay in wait. (And consequently had to help the neighbours plant new flowers to replace those I killed waiting for the leprechauns to show their faces.)
Along the way, I found my husband who is the rock that keeps me from floating away into my dreams, and we have a little boy who is the centre of our world. Living on a farm keeps us busy (as if the writing wasn't enough) and I have more than my share of stories about wrestling with cows, helping birth calves and ending up in the creek during the process, falling in the mud (we'll call it mud but we all know that on a farm, mud is rarely mud) and chasing escaped livestock in the hopes the four legged convicts don't make it to the highway.
I've taken up archery, and the goal is to move into horseback archery in time (you know, when I can hit the target on a consistent basis) and when no one is looking, I love to bake (this doesn't happen often as it's hard to keep the sweet treats in stock with two boys in the house.)
As to what's coming next for me? More stories (since those never stop inside my head, I might as well share them with all of you!) and more adventures. Pretty much, when the fancy strikes, I'll jump on it. Leap before you look I'm sure that motto was created for me.
Or was that . . . think big and dream bigger, ready, set, pull the trigger . . . yeah. That one is a good one too. But only if you have a gun. And are hunting elephants. Which is not cool because of so many reasons. Let's stick with the first one with an addendum.
Leap before you look and let your dreams carry you on their wings. And that, my friends, is me in a nutshell.
I started writing when I realized I didn't want to grow up not believing in magic, or not believing in creatures everyone else said didn't exist. That being said, I have never seen a fairy, unicorn or dragon. I had a neighbour who swore they fed the leprechauns in their garden, but I never caught the little buggers no matter how long I lay in wait. (And consequently had to help the neighbours plant new flowers to replace those I killed waiting for the leprechauns to show their faces.)
Along the way, I found my husband who is the rock that keeps me from floating away into my dreams, and we have a little boy who is the centre of our world. Living on a farm keeps us busy (as if the writing wasn't enough) and I have more than my share of stories about wrestling with cows, helping birth calves and ending up in the creek during the process, falling in the mud (we'll call it mud but we all know that on a farm, mud is rarely mud) and chasing escaped livestock in the hopes the four legged convicts don't make it to the highway.
I've taken up archery, and the goal is to move into horseback archery in time (you know, when I can hit the target on a consistent basis) and when no one is looking, I love to bake (this doesn't happen often as it's hard to keep the sweet treats in stock with two boys in the house.)
As to what's coming next for me? More stories (since those never stop inside my head, I might as well share them with all of you!) and more adventures. Pretty much, when the fancy strikes, I'll jump on it. Leap before you look I'm sure that motto was created for me.
Or was that . . . think big and dream bigger, ready, set, pull the trigger . . . yeah. That one is a good one too. But only if you have a gun. And are hunting elephants. Which is not cool because of so many reasons. Let's stick with the first one with an addendum.
Leap before you look and let your dreams carry you on their wings. And that, my friends, is me in a nutshell.
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August 31, 2021
I'm broken!
When you expect something to happen because you've been told time and again that it's going to happen.... and it happens... but you break anyway... yeah, that's me, that is me the minute Alex is involved!
I'm slowly creeping towards the end of this series and I want to savour every word, every sentence, every chapter! Shannon Mayer has had me invested in Rylee's adventures from the moment I opened the first book and I will be reluctant to leave them... for the moment though, bring on the next step!
When you expect something to happen because you've been told time and again that it's going to happen.... and it happens... but you break anyway... yeah, that's me, that is me the minute Alex is involved!
I'm slowly creeping towards the end of this series and I want to savour every word, every sentence, every chapter! Shannon Mayer has had me invested in Rylee's adventures from the moment I opened the first book and I will be reluctant to leave them... for the moment though, bring on the next step!
September 10, 2015
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads.
In my last review I complained that this series lacked feels. I really should have put two-and-two together, and realized that Shannon Mayer was saving the heart shredding for WOUNDED because the title says it all. The first paragraphs tally up the ally / RIP count thus far, and the numbers are pretty significant on both sides; one tombstone was missing though, and even though the author has been trying to mentally prepare us for several installments now, I was still ill-equipped for the prophecy’s next victim.
This novel was told from three different POVs: Rylee, Liam & Pam’s. The two former weren’t anything new, but the latter has been more of a side character up until this point, so I enjoyed gaining more perspective on the young witch. Pam had her own demons to fight in this volume as Giselle’s prediction was realized on top of the hoards that are wrecking havoc on Earth preparing the way for the Four Horsemen, and Orion.
I thought that the trap the black covens set for Adamson was overkill with India, Kyle, Simon & her adoptive parents as bait. The protagonist has more than proven her willingness to risk her life for her family, and especially children, that the pentagon lure belittled this book’s villains by making them seem somewhat incompetent. Nevertheless, the good vs. evil skirmish was fitting for an eighth installment.
Ok, so on to the elephant in the room. Mayer hasn’t exactly been shy about slitting throats in this series, but it’s one thing to off minor players, and quite another to take out a linchpin. Plus, it didn’t go down AT ALL like I had expected. Yes, the basics ensured that the prophecy was fulfilled; however the means, method, and reasons were show stoppers. I read STITCHED, the novella, immediately afterward, and there may still be hope.
Nothing can prepare you for WOUNDED, except maybe a stiff drink, so bottoms up!
In my last review I complained that this series lacked feels. I really should have put two-and-two together, and realized that Shannon Mayer was saving the heart shredding for WOUNDED because the title says it all. The first paragraphs tally up the ally / RIP count thus far, and the numbers are pretty significant on both sides; one tombstone was missing though, and even though the author has been trying to mentally prepare us for several installments now, I was still ill-equipped for the prophecy’s next victim.
This novel was told from three different POVs: Rylee, Liam & Pam’s. The two former weren’t anything new, but the latter has been more of a side character up until this point, so I enjoyed gaining more perspective on the young witch. Pam had her own demons to fight in this volume as Giselle’s prediction was realized on top of the hoards that are wrecking havoc on Earth preparing the way for the Four Horsemen, and Orion.
I thought that the trap the black covens set for Adamson was overkill with India, Kyle, Simon & her adoptive parents as bait. The protagonist has more than proven her willingness to risk her life for her family, and especially children, that the pentagon lure belittled this book’s villains by making them seem somewhat incompetent. Nevertheless, the good vs. evil skirmish was fitting for an eighth installment.
Ok, so on to the elephant in the room. Mayer hasn’t exactly been shy about slitting throats in this series, but it’s one thing to off minor players, and quite another to take out a linchpin. Plus, it didn’t go down AT ALL like I had expected. Yes, the basics ensured that the prophecy was fulfilled; however the means, method, and reasons were show stoppers. I read STITCHED, the novella, immediately afterward, and there may still be hope.
Nothing can prepare you for WOUNDED, except maybe a stiff drink, so bottoms up!
September 22, 2014
The book was pretty good but seriously, regardless how much preparation you give a reader, killing off a main character who also happens to be the love of Rylee's life is just plain heartless. I always feel writers that end books like that just don't care about their readers. Especially waiting until the eight book to kill of a main character so the poor reader has had seven and a half books to invest so much info this character. I just can't trust a writer like that. So Shannon Mayer goes on my do not read list.
The only good thing I got out of reading this series was Alex. What a great character. Yuppy doody. Killing off Liam is just plain doody.
The only good thing I got out of reading this series was Alex. What a great character. Yuppy doody. Killing off Liam is just plain doody.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 11, 2014
Arggghhh! Now we wait until 2015, say it isn't so!
I pre-ordered Wounded and was excited to find it on my Kindle first thing this morning! I just finished it and the tears are still drying on my cheeks. I know it is not the end but the love and the sacrifice touched my heart, despite the story being fiction.
When I can live a story with the characters I count myself honored to find a writer so skilled that they can draw me in. There are a few out there and Shannon Mayer has joined their ranks. The Rylee Adamson Novels have it all...a well weaved world that works and makes sense...a complex and interesting plot...heroes and heroines that are well rounded, well developed and full of life...antagonists that are just as well developed, some evil, some controlled, some misguided...action, adventure, humor and magic...every single book in the series was terrific and I had to struggle to put them down.
I highly recommend this series...do read it in order though. If you like Urban Fantasy and the Paranormal genres, you will love it...and if you just love a well written book, give it a try, I truly don't think you will be disappointed.
I pre-ordered Wounded and was excited to find it on my Kindle first thing this morning! I just finished it and the tears are still drying on my cheeks. I know it is not the end but the love and the sacrifice touched my heart, despite the story being fiction.
When I can live a story with the characters I count myself honored to find a writer so skilled that they can draw me in. There are a few out there and Shannon Mayer has joined their ranks. The Rylee Adamson Novels have it all...a well weaved world that works and makes sense...a complex and interesting plot...heroes and heroines that are well rounded, well developed and full of life...antagonists that are just as well developed, some evil, some controlled, some misguided...action, adventure, humor and magic...every single book in the series was terrific and I had to struggle to put them down.
I highly recommend this series...do read it in order though. If you like Urban Fantasy and the Paranormal genres, you will love it...and if you just love a well written book, give it a try, I truly don't think you will be disappointed.
November 23, 2025
Please give me a moment of silence, I'm currently in mourning over a fictional character!!!
Why!! Why!! How can you do this to me!
Once again, Shannon Mayer brilliantly enraptures me in her marvelous writing, making me laugh and cry and completely enveloping me in this dystopian fictional world.
Why!! Why!! How can you do this to me!
Once again, Shannon Mayer brilliantly enraptures me in her marvelous writing, making me laugh and cry and completely enveloping me in this dystopian fictional world.
September 16, 2014
Unrelenting action but almost no humor in this installment. Way too dark for my tastes. Not a ray of hope or happiness anywhere. I think I'm done with this series unless .
March 26, 2015
This series is in my top favourites of all time. Its super exciting and nearly non stop action. It has made me laugh and cry within moments. The feels are strong with these. ;)
September 10, 2014
Wounded is book eight in the Rylee Adamson series by Shannon Mayer and follows as Rylee's demon adventures continue.
With the Four Horseman's arrival imminent, and four demon packs loosed on earth, Rylee's got to figure out how to keep fighting. She's losing those in her care, and she can't save them. There's a gift on the horizon, but even that struggles to keep her spirits up.
I like this book because it shows the true struggle to keep fighting for what's right and good in the world. Evil exists, and Rylee fights against it. But sometimes, evil wins a battle and her heart is broken. Somehow, she must find the strength to keep going. To keep fighting. That's the real story of Wounded.
With the Four Horseman's arrival imminent, and four demon packs loosed on earth, Rylee's got to figure out how to keep fighting. She's losing those in her care, and she can't save them. There's a gift on the horizon, but even that struggles to keep her spirits up.
I like this book because it shows the true struggle to keep fighting for what's right and good in the world. Evil exists, and Rylee fights against it. But sometimes, evil wins a battle and her heart is broken. Somehow, she must find the strength to keep going. To keep fighting. That's the real story of Wounded.
September 12, 2014
LOVE this series. Rylee is one of my absolute favorite leads in this genre. Kick butt, witty, yet also has a soft side. Really enjoy the world Shannon has created and all the characters.
Read this book way too fast and Spring 2015 seems so far away! :(
I full on cried towards the end, even though we knew it was coming at some point. Maybe somehow is Rylee's world it can change? *sniffle*
Read this book way too fast and Spring 2015 seems so far away! :(
I full on cried towards the end, even though we knew it was coming at some point. Maybe somehow is Rylee's world it can change? *sniffle*
January 5, 2022
My god the author has me crying in each and every book. I cried so much at the end. The emotional struggle the hard choices really do pack a punch. Its action packed characters continue to grow and its all leading to the final battle.
Rated: 4 Stars
Rated: 4 Stars
March 2, 2017
Fuck me. I know that we all knew it was going to happen but just... fuck me. I can barely write this. I am crying so freaking hard. So I'm not even going to try to write a review.
September 22, 2018
That ending, I'm addicted.
August 24, 2018
My Wounded Heart
Pull out the Kleenex and get ready to get to the meat of the final chapters of the Rylee Adamson series. Adamson has grown up become more thoughtful than a slasher who didn’t always think. Lots of new characters and twist and turns fill the pages, and in the end Mayer left me ravaged.
Pull out the Kleenex and get ready to get to the meat of the final chapters of the Rylee Adamson series. Adamson has grown up become more thoughtful than a slasher who didn’t always think. Lots of new characters and twist and turns fill the pages, and in the end Mayer left me ravaged.
June 14, 2017
3+
The narrator change wasn't as jarring as I expected it to be. In fact I think I prefer Fortengang's Liam.
The narrator change wasn't as jarring as I expected it to be. In fact I think I prefer Fortengang's Liam.
May 18, 2024
There is a Graphic Audio production of the whole Rylee Adamson Series, which includes 10 books of the series and five short stories. All this was included in my audible subscription. That's how I decided to listen to all the books and short stories. Otherwise it would have been pretty costly to listen to this production.
The first two short stories and book 1 and two were 3.5 and 4 stars. The rest of the series was a solid three stars rating.
At some point the story felt to drawn out but since I had passed the point of no return, where I just wanted to know who the stories ends I finished 15 Graphicaudio books. I think the story could have been shortened without loosing anything. From the beginning two things were predictable: One (and even more) person was Demon possessed and this person will die. And also there will be an Elemental involved, whom we meet again in book 9.
I liked Rylee and Mayer killed off some of the good guys. Two deaths were not really necessary and didn't feel right.
I would say this is a drawn out series, but okay, to listen for free in the graphic audio version. Stay away from the series if you tend to dnf series and hate it if the author kills beloved important side charcters.
The first two short stories and book 1 and two were 3.5 and 4 stars. The rest of the series was a solid three stars rating.
At some point the story felt to drawn out but since I had passed the point of no return, where I just wanted to know who the stories ends I finished 15 Graphicaudio books. I think the story could have been shortened without loosing anything. From the beginning two things were predictable: One (and even more) person was Demon possessed and this person will die. And also there will be an Elemental involved, whom we meet again in book 9.
I liked Rylee and Mayer killed off some of the good guys. Two deaths were not really necessary and didn't feel right.
I would say this is a drawn out series, but okay, to listen for free in the graphic audio version. Stay away from the series if you tend to dnf series and hate it if the author kills beloved important side charcters.
May 25, 2015
Oh me…I'm speechless after finishing this one. This was one hell of a ride though. I've been told to read Stitched after this one that it helps. So guess I'll do that, then it's light and fluffy reads for a minute lol.
If you like PNR/UF and haven't tried this series yet…you should. What an awesome cast of characters! The action is nonstop and Rylee is just the best. I'd want her in my corner facing a crisis for sure!
If you like PNR/UF and haven't tried this series yet…you should. What an awesome cast of characters! The action is nonstop and Rylee is just the best. I'd want her in my corner facing a crisis for sure!
November 15, 2015
4.5 (5 GR stars for the courage though).
I really can't believe what Mayer did with this book, I expected anything but this. But well done Mayer! You did what not a lot would dare do and you did it well!
I can't believe how many things happened in so few pages, it's a talent I appreciate and love in any book I read and again this series doesn't disappoint.
Can't wait to see the next one! :D
I really can't believe what Mayer did with this book, I expected anything but this. But well done Mayer! You did what not a lot would dare do and you did it well!
I can't believe how many things happened in so few pages, it's a talent I appreciate and love in any book I read and again this series doesn't disappoint.
Can't wait to see the next one! :D
February 2, 2017
Nooo! I sort of knew what was coming but hoped so badly I was wrong. That there would be a twist to stop this. I’m devastated. Mayer sure doesn’t hold back her punches. This is a war and there is no doubt that no one is safe. I hope this can be reversed or sorted out in some way, but for now I am intrigued on how this is going to play out. A must read for fans of this series.
July 26, 2017
Say it Ain't So!
I have been hoping that what had been mentioned and hinted at in the last books wouldn't come to pass. Oh but they did. I am devastated for Rylee. I don't usually cry when reading and I most definitely did. These characters are so wonderful that I have become very much invested in them.
Onward to book 9!
I have been hoping that what had been mentioned and hinted at in the last books wouldn't come to pass. Oh but they did. I am devastated for Rylee. I don't usually cry when reading and I most definitely did. These characters are so wonderful that I have become very much invested in them.
Onward to book 9!
October 31, 2025
Love, love the dramatized version of this audiobook! The action, drama, budding love interest, and mystery make for a well done paranormal story! The characters are entertaining and the story is interesting and captivating.
September 12, 2014
Oh Liam
May 30, 2017
Liam I knew you were going to die but not so soon. Especially leaving her pregnant with a baby. 😞 Another great book though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 7, 2015
Wounded is the 8th book in the Rylee Adamson series of 9 (so far?) books.
I downloaded the first book in this series, Priceless, before I knew how many books were in the series.
Geez! I'm not sure I would have downloaded it had I known ahead of time!
But I'm glad I did.
Each book in this series is consistently good, with enough tension, twists & turns to keep you turning the pages.
Rylee Adamson is a Tracker.
When a child is abducted, and the police have no clues, desperate parents turn to Rylee to help them.
And Rylee always finds the child.
Why? Because the abductors are usually supernatural.
Rylee's career began 10 years ago at age 16, when her 6 year old sister, Berget, was snatched by vampires.
Her adopted parents were sure she murdered Berget and turned her over to Social Services.
Rylee was taken in as a foster child by Giselle, a woman who knew what Rylee was and mentored her, helping her develop and hone her skills.
As the books progress, we learn that there is a prophecy.
Orion, the strongest demon, wants to rule the world.
And the only person who can stop him is The Tracker (hint, hint, Rylee).
In Wounded, Rylee tries to rally allies to fight Orion.
She always has the help of Alex, a werewolf who is perpetually stuck between his human and wolf shapes.
She also has her true love, Liam, the former FBI agent who relentlessly pursued her as a murderer until he was faced with the truth that a supernatural world exists.
What I like so much about this series is that the author is always pushing her characters to their limits.
These poor guys can never catch a break!
And it's not a straightforward good guys vs. bad guys.
There is usually more than one set of bad guys with plans to annihilate Rylee.
And the best part? The ending of each book leaves me wanting the next one...right now!!
I downloaded the first book in this series, Priceless, before I knew how many books were in the series.
Geez! I'm not sure I would have downloaded it had I known ahead of time!
But I'm glad I did.
Each book in this series is consistently good, with enough tension, twists & turns to keep you turning the pages.
Rylee Adamson is a Tracker.
When a child is abducted, and the police have no clues, desperate parents turn to Rylee to help them.
And Rylee always finds the child.
Why? Because the abductors are usually supernatural.
Rylee's career began 10 years ago at age 16, when her 6 year old sister, Berget, was snatched by vampires.
Her adopted parents were sure she murdered Berget and turned her over to Social Services.
Rylee was taken in as a foster child by Giselle, a woman who knew what Rylee was and mentored her, helping her develop and hone her skills.
As the books progress, we learn that there is a prophecy.
Orion, the strongest demon, wants to rule the world.
And the only person who can stop him is The Tracker (hint, hint, Rylee).
In Wounded, Rylee tries to rally allies to fight Orion.
She always has the help of Alex, a werewolf who is perpetually stuck between his human and wolf shapes.
She also has her true love, Liam, the former FBI agent who relentlessly pursued her as a murderer until he was faced with the truth that a supernatural world exists.
What I like so much about this series is that the author is always pushing her characters to their limits.
These poor guys can never catch a break!
And it's not a straightforward good guys vs. bad guys.
There is usually more than one set of bad guys with plans to annihilate Rylee.
And the best part? The ending of each book leaves me wanting the next one...right now!!
December 30, 2024
I knew from the first page I was going to love this series and it has become one of my favourites. I read it years ago and now I am leaving a review.
Rylee has the best and the worst job, to find those who are lost, the ones no one can find but it is not all sunshine and roses. Sometimes it will break your heart.
It is an intriguing, suspenseful, and mysterious thriller filled with tension. The story includes alliances, threats, betrayal, riddles, and plots, all infused with a touch of humour to keep the pages turning.
Rylee has the best and the worst job, to find those who are lost, the ones no one can find but it is not all sunshine and roses. Sometimes it will break your heart.
It is an intriguing, suspenseful, and mysterious thriller filled with tension. The story includes alliances, threats, betrayal, riddles, and plots, all infused with a touch of humour to keep the pages turning.
October 26, 2018
Hate, HATE, HATE the ending but it was extremely well written. Still can’t figure out why Liam didn’t tell Rylee about the new one in person but will leave judgement open on all fronts until the series is finished...
(Oh, and Rylee was MUCH less obnoxious in this installment - almost back to the Rylee we love!!!)
(Oh, and Rylee was MUCH less obnoxious in this installment - almost back to the Rylee we love!!!)
June 20, 2021
Tissue Needed at the end
Why does the death of guardians cure things. If I was Rylee I would not be holding on anymore it's as if she is made of stone where the deaths of loved ones don't bother her. Bergets mother should be killed even where she saw her daughter alive she is still an a$$.
Why does the death of guardians cure things. If I was Rylee I would not be holding on anymore it's as if she is made of stone where the deaths of loved ones don't bother her. Bergets mother should be killed even where she saw her daughter alive she is still an a$$.
January 9, 2015
My only problem is that the next book is not out yet.. I really like the characters in this series and you gotta love alex.. I really can't wait for the next book. though this book did have me in tears. I will not say anymore than that
February 16, 2020
I regret not having read this book sooner. It's a good thing I didn't have to wait between one book and the next one.
October 8, 2024
This book starts off right where Veiled Threat ends. Rylee is trying to find a way to stop Orion and his demons. After a meeting of the council, Rylee, Liam, Doran, Erik, Faris and Berget get a rude awakening while questioning Bert (a demon doppelganger bound to Erik). Rylee wanted to know what Orion was planning. But since Bert, as were most demons, he was bound to Orion, he could not tell her. Rylee threatens to torture him for the information and he tells her to track demons and evil spirits. He says he is on their side. Well Rylee does. She gets the surprise of a life time. The Ogres camp, the outer line of their defense, was taken over by demons. the ogres, their allies were now the biggest danger to them all.
***May contain spoilers***
Needlesstosay all hell breaks loose in Rylee’s head but she keeps it together. Faris is told to get the veil open so they can get away. But Rylee, being Rylee, she can’t leave until she warns the Unicorns who are in the dead center of the Ogre’s camp. They’d be slaughtered and she couldn’t let that happen. Especially since they had Callie with them. She could be used as a weapon to free the demon master Orion. If the demons got her they were doomed; more so than usual.
Before Rylee can act Liam has a plan. He kisses Rylee bye and shifted, his feet hitting the ground on all fours paws as he runs off, opening his mind to the world. There is a pack close by. He uses his Alpha powers and pulls them to him, making them attack the Ogres. The element of surprise is a bitch. (laughs) The pack attacks the ogres and Liam runs to the rescue. No one the wiser that he was the reason they attacked. He calls the dogs off and then moves through the camp saying he needs to talk to the Crush. As Liam heads for the Crush he hears something in one of the tents, it’s Mer, a female ogre, mated to Raw. The leader of this horde. She has been beaten. Just another sign that the demons are out of hand. Liam takes her with him to speak to the crush. Once there Liam speaks to the leader, Callie’s father. He doesn’t tell them what all is going on he only tells them that Rylee wants them to go and protect the other side of Doran’s. The stallion knows there is something up. He asks Liam to keep Callie with him and take her back to Dorans’.
While Liam is speaking to the Crush’s leader Callie comes up and heals Mer. A simple act of a pure heart. Liam, Mer and Callie walk towards the edge of the camp; Liam feels a shift in the air and tells Mer to protect the foal at all costs. Raw steps out in front of them. Big ass red ogre with a demon in him is asking for an ass whoopin’. Liam tells Mer to run, she scoops up callie and takes off, getting to safety. Now it’s Liam, the wolves and the ogre possessed demons. A big ass fight breaks out and the ogres are attacked. During his fight with Raw Liam is stabbed with a curse bronze sword. It manages to take him down. He is lying helpless on the ground...
Back at Doran’s he and Pam send a spell to the ogres to try and expel the evil spirits from the ogres that they can. Rylee can feel when Liam is hurt. She, Erik and the Unicorns head off to the fight. Rylee uses what her uncle taught her of her slayer side and starts dispatching demons in a hurry. The fog that Dorin and Pamela sent to get the evil spirits out of the ogres hits them and works quickly. Now, we have ogres against ogres. The demons however and taking them down too quickly. Rylee has Blaz take Liam to safety and they hightail it back to Doran’s. They have to get to safety.
They only have moments once they are back at Doran’s before they are over run by demon possessed ogres attacking. Riley, Erik, Pamela, Alex, Frank and Bert are the only ones left at Doran’s. Faris got the other’s out and to Jacks place in London like she had said. They have to trust Bert (the demon bound to Erik) now to lead them out of this. Of course he is bound to Orion and as with any of the demons bound to Orion he can’t go against him so they are confronted by ogre demons. Pamela blasts their way through them and they get away. Rylee has Frank open the veil and he gets them close to the farm house. The hotel she always uses. John gives her a room and they try to rest. But as usual, that doesn’t happen.
As the group decides to leave the motel they run into a small group of demons. They have John. Rylee can not let them have him. Even if they are out numbered. As they start fighting against them Rylee kills one. A child’s body is left in it’s wake. The demons have taken children. It is one of the best ways to piss her off and throw her off her slayer game. Love is what she has to feel and be wrapped in to effectively kill demons. Hate, Anger, rage even only makes it harder for her to be effective. Their trick worked. The demons manage to maneuver around and capture Rylee. Orion’s necromancer has opened the veil and they disappear with Rylee.
Things though never go as they should. Or seem as they should. When Rylee is dropped, literally, into a room in the deep veil she questions his necromancer, sword still in hand. But the necromancer isn’t the one to answer her it is Milly. Milly had Rylee brought to the deepest veil so she could retrieve the purple book, the book of the lost from a spelled room. Since she has a natural immunity to magic and an immunity now to demon magic, Rylee was the only one that could get the book from Orion’s possession. It’s the book that will help Rylee defeat Orion. As she is lead to the books location Milley’s water breaks. Her baby is coming. Rylee runs up the last set of stairs and defeats the guard that is there to protect it. Running back down with the book she waits to see Milly’s child be born. Rylee promised her (in a previous book) that she would keep her baby from Orion. Just as the baby starts coming out (laughs.. gross I know) Orion shows up. Riley’s only way to attack him is bare handed. Literally. She jumps on him, grabbing his face from behind and holds on. Her love for her family starts her slayer mojo and she burns Orion. Badly. Herself as well but he is down for the count. After the baby is born him and the book are packed into Rylee’s hand and the veil is opened to her farm house. She hides in the barn buried in the hay until the others come to find her. She is severely burned from her hands to her elbows. Pain. Pain. Pain.
Charlie show up and says that they were all out looking for her. Riley tells him what has happened, that Milly is dead and now they have to hide the baby. After Erik, Pam, Alex and the others meet her at the old home they meet baby Zane (Rylee named him after Milly’s little brother who died when he was younger.) The innocent child they all have to protect now. They have to do anything in their powers to not let Orion get this kid. Pamela heals Rylee as best as she can. They had to make a plan. Rylee calls upon Charlie to take Zane to the first veil with him. He will be hidden from Orion there. Its a temporary fix but it’s not as if she could take him with her.
Thanks to Rylee’s gift of tracking she finds Kyle, her human hacker that helps her out at times and India a girl she saved months ago are together with a new kid, supposedly a tracker like her. They are in Boston. A place that made Rylee’s heart ache to be in. That is where her parents (adoptive of course) were. The last place she saw them before she was cast out by them because they believe she kill Berget. As they walk through the streets of Boston towards where Rylee is being pulled by the threads of her kids and the black coven that seems to have swallowed himself in around them she comes to a cross roads. Does she see her parents or not? A side trip is needed, while everyone waits for her Rylee takes off and runs to the place she grew up. While debating on ringing the buzzer her parents and a family friend show up and her mother, Amelia decides to be her ass of a self but her father he embraces Rylee. Asks her to come back, he knows she didn’t kill Berget. This fills Rylee with some hope as she runs back to her troops.
Once they arrive at the Navy yard they get a good look around. No one is around. It’s quiet… a little too quiet. As they make their way to the boat they hear a scream. The damn witches have her parents. Rylee is set into action and they all head for the boat. Making their way on is the easy part. Rylee follows the kids’ threads to the center of the boat. Four levels down there are her parents and witches, black and white (as in good and evil). The white witches (good witches) are bound and collared. Meaning they are binding them to demons. That would supe up their already high powers. They set a plan and get it into action fast. Riley and Alex head down to the bottom floor. Of course there was a fight but mid-fight something… you know I’m not sure what to call it.. amazing, completely out of the norm maybe… anyways Orion shows up and Rylee freaks out. There is no way she can defeat him here but the kicker is…. he isn’t there to hurt her.
Needlesstosay Orion takes out the black coven. He is there to save her, after all. With his powers, and they are a plenty, he claps his hands and the witches around them, good and bad all um.. well they kind of explode and fall to the floor. Rylee is so stunned, she has no idea why he is there. Even with the way he says things. I wanted to yell “HE’S AFTER YOUR BABY! RUN WOMAN, RUN!!” but it would have been pointless. Now that they are all dead Rylee and Alex set off to get the kids that are being held captive. Riley has to fight her way to them as the one that was the ‘tracker’ has been taken over by a demon. She and Alex kill him and get the kids out of the room they are locked in. The boat is steadily filling with water and they have to hurry. Berget and her vampire strength pull them out and they manage to all escape the ship, even her mother before it goes down.
Amelia, Riley and Berget’s ‘mother’ starts to yell at Rylee that she wasn’t satisfied with killing her sister now she had killed her father. As if any of this shit was Ry’s fault. Rylee let’s go of her anger and lets Amelia have it and then walks away from her. Making it back to dry land Rylee has Frank open the veil again and they decide to go to New Mexico so she can speak to the Shamans.
In the mena time Rylee has no idea of what has been happening in New Mexico. Liam after waking up from being healed by the Shaman, Louisa is greeted by Beauty and her pack of muts. They are now loyal to Liam. It is a drawback to the power of the Guardian Alpha in him. He used it on them not once but twice. Now, Beauty thinks she is his mate. (laughs) Like they don’t have enough issues already. Liam needs to see Louisa so he can warn the other guardians of what is happening. They are all in danger as they are allies of Rylee’s. Orion is trying to take out everyone he can so she is left helpless and easy to pick off.
When Liam gets to Louisa’s Bear (her guardian) is the one that invites him in. After a little talking Hawk and Coyote turn up. (laughs) I had a Road Runner moment when I read that in the book.. anyhow, they all meet and the guardians tell them to just tell them what is going on. Not to wait for the shamans. After Liam tells them everything about Orion, the ogres, the plan to get away Bear and Hawk attack him. They are demon possessed. Liam and Coyote are the only ones left. They go on the defensive and it takes a bit of work but Liam takes down Hawk. Bear though, he is not that easy to take down. Bear injures Coote, then Liam. With a desperate howl the wolves come in and attack Bear. It is Coyote that tells them how to take him down. They get him down and dispose of him quickly.
When Rylee, Pam, Alex, Erik, Frank, Berget, India and Kyle they find Louisa’s house empty and the smell of shit and blood, as Alex says. (Gotta love that wolf) Hearing a howl they all freeze until Alex tells them that it is boss and his pack. (Rylee is like.. wah?) Liam approaches them and of course Beauty being beauty is right up his ass saying she is his mate. Yeah, that doesn’t go over well at all. Liam is forced to kill her or risk her trying to harm Rylee or tell her one of his secrets.
They talk and decide it’s high time to get their asses to Jack’s house in London. Blaz takes Rylee, Pamela, Erik, Berget, Frank, India, and Kyle to the old mine shaft close to the old farm. It will take a few hours to get them all where they need to be but Liam and his pack alongside Alex will wait and catch the second trip. Once Rylee and the gang get there they waste no time getting down the shaft and into the tunnels. They find the only open door and.. as usual it can’t be that easy to get over the doorway. The castle which is on the other side of the door is on fire. Pamela is able to keep it back so they can all run for it. Berget being a vampire and highly combustible chooses to stay behind. She will wait to warn Liam and the wolves.
Once Rylee and them are in London Frank gets the veil open and they cross over into Jacks yard. The harpies and unicorns are there waiting on them as planned. Doran is as well. Pamela stays behind to get Liam and the wolves through the raging fire. By the time Liam and Alex get to the door Pam is collapsed on the floor and fading fast. They make it out of the castle just in time. Pam passes out in Liam’s arms and he and ALex just run with her. Doran has a car waiting for them just up the road and they make it to Jack’s in relative good time.
A couple of days pass and Liam, Erik and Doran discuss the only plan that will be able to save Rylee from Orion. For a bit at least. His blood, the blood of a guardian will keep the door closed from the deep veil for a few months time. This will give them all time to prepare and get Rylee to a place of safety to save her and… their unborn child. As with any good plan there is a very bad part to it. Liam must die at the hand of someone that loves him. There is no way Rylee would go along with this in any way so he recruits Pam. She is his family, she loves him and now in order to save Rylee she has to kill him.
Pamela doesn’t want to do it. (I can’t blame her, family is family. Even if you have thoughts of stabbing them you really just can’t do it.. normally) No one tells Rylee or the others what is going on. The only ones in on the plan are Erik, Doran, Pam and Liam. It was heart breaking to see this play out. I can’t even pretend I did not ball like a baby. It was so emotional. to see it play out in my head. Rylee trying to get to him as she sees his threads slipping. The demons surrounding them as the castle falls around them. Making it easy to kill the demons. But Rylee loses Liam, for now. He said it was only for now. God, I hope that means he is coming back. I’ve had other books hit me hard but this one ripped me in two. Would I change a thing. No, it needs to play out as it does for Rylee and the baby. Liam did leave her a note and explained it all. There was no way to tell her face to face. He wouldn’t have been able to see her in pain.
Now, Rylee, Erik, Coyote and Blaz are off to take Riley, baby Zane and her unborn child to a safe place. They have six months before that door will open again. And I am sure when it does.. all hell will break lose.. in the literal sense of course.
***May contain spoilers***
Needlesstosay all hell breaks loose in Rylee’s head but she keeps it together. Faris is told to get the veil open so they can get away. But Rylee, being Rylee, she can’t leave until she warns the Unicorns who are in the dead center of the Ogre’s camp. They’d be slaughtered and she couldn’t let that happen. Especially since they had Callie with them. She could be used as a weapon to free the demon master Orion. If the demons got her they were doomed; more so than usual.
Before Rylee can act Liam has a plan. He kisses Rylee bye and shifted, his feet hitting the ground on all fours paws as he runs off, opening his mind to the world. There is a pack close by. He uses his Alpha powers and pulls them to him, making them attack the Ogres. The element of surprise is a bitch. (laughs) The pack attacks the ogres and Liam runs to the rescue. No one the wiser that he was the reason they attacked. He calls the dogs off and then moves through the camp saying he needs to talk to the Crush. As Liam heads for the Crush he hears something in one of the tents, it’s Mer, a female ogre, mated to Raw. The leader of this horde. She has been beaten. Just another sign that the demons are out of hand. Liam takes her with him to speak to the crush. Once there Liam speaks to the leader, Callie’s father. He doesn’t tell them what all is going on he only tells them that Rylee wants them to go and protect the other side of Doran’s. The stallion knows there is something up. He asks Liam to keep Callie with him and take her back to Dorans’.
While Liam is speaking to the Crush’s leader Callie comes up and heals Mer. A simple act of a pure heart. Liam, Mer and Callie walk towards the edge of the camp; Liam feels a shift in the air and tells Mer to protect the foal at all costs. Raw steps out in front of them. Big ass red ogre with a demon in him is asking for an ass whoopin’. Liam tells Mer to run, she scoops up callie and takes off, getting to safety. Now it’s Liam, the wolves and the ogre possessed demons. A big ass fight breaks out and the ogres are attacked. During his fight with Raw Liam is stabbed with a curse bronze sword. It manages to take him down. He is lying helpless on the ground...
Back at Doran’s he and Pam send a spell to the ogres to try and expel the evil spirits from the ogres that they can. Rylee can feel when Liam is hurt. She, Erik and the Unicorns head off to the fight. Rylee uses what her uncle taught her of her slayer side and starts dispatching demons in a hurry. The fog that Dorin and Pamela sent to get the evil spirits out of the ogres hits them and works quickly. Now, we have ogres against ogres. The demons however and taking them down too quickly. Rylee has Blaz take Liam to safety and they hightail it back to Doran’s. They have to get to safety.
They only have moments once they are back at Doran’s before they are over run by demon possessed ogres attacking. Riley, Erik, Pamela, Alex, Frank and Bert are the only ones left at Doran’s. Faris got the other’s out and to Jacks place in London like she had said. They have to trust Bert (the demon bound to Erik) now to lead them out of this. Of course he is bound to Orion and as with any of the demons bound to Orion he can’t go against him so they are confronted by ogre demons. Pamela blasts their way through them and they get away. Rylee has Frank open the veil and he gets them close to the farm house. The hotel she always uses. John gives her a room and they try to rest. But as usual, that doesn’t happen.
As the group decides to leave the motel they run into a small group of demons. They have John. Rylee can not let them have him. Even if they are out numbered. As they start fighting against them Rylee kills one. A child’s body is left in it’s wake. The demons have taken children. It is one of the best ways to piss her off and throw her off her slayer game. Love is what she has to feel and be wrapped in to effectively kill demons. Hate, Anger, rage even only makes it harder for her to be effective. Their trick worked. The demons manage to maneuver around and capture Rylee. Orion’s necromancer has opened the veil and they disappear with Rylee.
Things though never go as they should. Or seem as they should. When Rylee is dropped, literally, into a room in the deep veil she questions his necromancer, sword still in hand. But the necromancer isn’t the one to answer her it is Milly. Milly had Rylee brought to the deepest veil so she could retrieve the purple book, the book of the lost from a spelled room. Since she has a natural immunity to magic and an immunity now to demon magic, Rylee was the only one that could get the book from Orion’s possession. It’s the book that will help Rylee defeat Orion. As she is lead to the books location Milley’s water breaks. Her baby is coming. Rylee runs up the last set of stairs and defeats the guard that is there to protect it. Running back down with the book she waits to see Milly’s child be born. Rylee promised her (in a previous book) that she would keep her baby from Orion. Just as the baby starts coming out (laughs.. gross I know) Orion shows up. Riley’s only way to attack him is bare handed. Literally. She jumps on him, grabbing his face from behind and holds on. Her love for her family starts her slayer mojo and she burns Orion. Badly. Herself as well but he is down for the count. After the baby is born him and the book are packed into Rylee’s hand and the veil is opened to her farm house. She hides in the barn buried in the hay until the others come to find her. She is severely burned from her hands to her elbows. Pain. Pain. Pain.
Charlie show up and says that they were all out looking for her. Riley tells him what has happened, that Milly is dead and now they have to hide the baby. After Erik, Pam, Alex and the others meet her at the old home they meet baby Zane (Rylee named him after Milly’s little brother who died when he was younger.) The innocent child they all have to protect now. They have to do anything in their powers to not let Orion get this kid. Pamela heals Rylee as best as she can. They had to make a plan. Rylee calls upon Charlie to take Zane to the first veil with him. He will be hidden from Orion there. Its a temporary fix but it’s not as if she could take him with her.
Thanks to Rylee’s gift of tracking she finds Kyle, her human hacker that helps her out at times and India a girl she saved months ago are together with a new kid, supposedly a tracker like her. They are in Boston. A place that made Rylee’s heart ache to be in. That is where her parents (adoptive of course) were. The last place she saw them before she was cast out by them because they believe she kill Berget. As they walk through the streets of Boston towards where Rylee is being pulled by the threads of her kids and the black coven that seems to have swallowed himself in around them she comes to a cross roads. Does she see her parents or not? A side trip is needed, while everyone waits for her Rylee takes off and runs to the place she grew up. While debating on ringing the buzzer her parents and a family friend show up and her mother, Amelia decides to be her ass of a self but her father he embraces Rylee. Asks her to come back, he knows she didn’t kill Berget. This fills Rylee with some hope as she runs back to her troops.
Once they arrive at the Navy yard they get a good look around. No one is around. It’s quiet… a little too quiet. As they make their way to the boat they hear a scream. The damn witches have her parents. Rylee is set into action and they all head for the boat. Making their way on is the easy part. Rylee follows the kids’ threads to the center of the boat. Four levels down there are her parents and witches, black and white (as in good and evil). The white witches (good witches) are bound and collared. Meaning they are binding them to demons. That would supe up their already high powers. They set a plan and get it into action fast. Riley and Alex head down to the bottom floor. Of course there was a fight but mid-fight something… you know I’m not sure what to call it.. amazing, completely out of the norm maybe… anyways Orion shows up and Rylee freaks out. There is no way she can defeat him here but the kicker is…. he isn’t there to hurt her.
Needlesstosay Orion takes out the black coven. He is there to save her, after all. With his powers, and they are a plenty, he claps his hands and the witches around them, good and bad all um.. well they kind of explode and fall to the floor. Rylee is so stunned, she has no idea why he is there. Even with the way he says things. I wanted to yell “HE’S AFTER YOUR BABY! RUN WOMAN, RUN!!” but it would have been pointless. Now that they are all dead Rylee and Alex set off to get the kids that are being held captive. Riley has to fight her way to them as the one that was the ‘tracker’ has been taken over by a demon. She and Alex kill him and get the kids out of the room they are locked in. The boat is steadily filling with water and they have to hurry. Berget and her vampire strength pull them out and they manage to all escape the ship, even her mother before it goes down.
Amelia, Riley and Berget’s ‘mother’ starts to yell at Rylee that she wasn’t satisfied with killing her sister now she had killed her father. As if any of this shit was Ry’s fault. Rylee let’s go of her anger and lets Amelia have it and then walks away from her. Making it back to dry land Rylee has Frank open the veil again and they decide to go to New Mexico so she can speak to the Shamans.
In the mena time Rylee has no idea of what has been happening in New Mexico. Liam after waking up from being healed by the Shaman, Louisa is greeted by Beauty and her pack of muts. They are now loyal to Liam. It is a drawback to the power of the Guardian Alpha in him. He used it on them not once but twice. Now, Beauty thinks she is his mate. (laughs) Like they don’t have enough issues already. Liam needs to see Louisa so he can warn the other guardians of what is happening. They are all in danger as they are allies of Rylee’s. Orion is trying to take out everyone he can so she is left helpless and easy to pick off.
When Liam gets to Louisa’s Bear (her guardian) is the one that invites him in. After a little talking Hawk and Coyote turn up. (laughs) I had a Road Runner moment when I read that in the book.. anyhow, they all meet and the guardians tell them to just tell them what is going on. Not to wait for the shamans. After Liam tells them everything about Orion, the ogres, the plan to get away Bear and Hawk attack him. They are demon possessed. Liam and Coyote are the only ones left. They go on the defensive and it takes a bit of work but Liam takes down Hawk. Bear though, he is not that easy to take down. Bear injures Coote, then Liam. With a desperate howl the wolves come in and attack Bear. It is Coyote that tells them how to take him down. They get him down and dispose of him quickly.
When Rylee, Pam, Alex, Erik, Frank, Berget, India and Kyle they find Louisa’s house empty and the smell of shit and blood, as Alex says. (Gotta love that wolf) Hearing a howl they all freeze until Alex tells them that it is boss and his pack. (Rylee is like.. wah?) Liam approaches them and of course Beauty being beauty is right up his ass saying she is his mate. Yeah, that doesn’t go over well at all. Liam is forced to kill her or risk her trying to harm Rylee or tell her one of his secrets.
They talk and decide it’s high time to get their asses to Jack’s house in London. Blaz takes Rylee, Pamela, Erik, Berget, Frank, India, and Kyle to the old mine shaft close to the old farm. It will take a few hours to get them all where they need to be but Liam and his pack alongside Alex will wait and catch the second trip. Once Rylee and the gang get there they waste no time getting down the shaft and into the tunnels. They find the only open door and.. as usual it can’t be that easy to get over the doorway. The castle which is on the other side of the door is on fire. Pamela is able to keep it back so they can all run for it. Berget being a vampire and highly combustible chooses to stay behind. She will wait to warn Liam and the wolves.
Once Rylee and them are in London Frank gets the veil open and they cross over into Jacks yard. The harpies and unicorns are there waiting on them as planned. Doran is as well. Pamela stays behind to get Liam and the wolves through the raging fire. By the time Liam and Alex get to the door Pam is collapsed on the floor and fading fast. They make it out of the castle just in time. Pam passes out in Liam’s arms and he and ALex just run with her. Doran has a car waiting for them just up the road and they make it to Jack’s in relative good time.
A couple of days pass and Liam, Erik and Doran discuss the only plan that will be able to save Rylee from Orion. For a bit at least. His blood, the blood of a guardian will keep the door closed from the deep veil for a few months time. This will give them all time to prepare and get Rylee to a place of safety to save her and… their unborn child. As with any good plan there is a very bad part to it. Liam must die at the hand of someone that loves him. There is no way Rylee would go along with this in any way so he recruits Pam. She is his family, she loves him and now in order to save Rylee she has to kill him.
Pamela doesn’t want to do it. (I can’t blame her, family is family. Even if you have thoughts of stabbing them you really just can’t do it.. normally) No one tells Rylee or the others what is going on. The only ones in on the plan are Erik, Doran, Pam and Liam. It was heart breaking to see this play out. I can’t even pretend I did not ball like a baby. It was so emotional. to see it play out in my head. Rylee trying to get to him as she sees his threads slipping. The demons surrounding them as the castle falls around them. Making it easy to kill the demons. But Rylee loses Liam, for now. He said it was only for now. God, I hope that means he is coming back. I’ve had other books hit me hard but this one ripped me in two. Would I change a thing. No, it needs to play out as it does for Rylee and the baby. Liam did leave her a note and explained it all. There was no way to tell her face to face. He wouldn’t have been able to see her in pain.
Now, Rylee, Erik, Coyote and Blaz are off to take Riley, baby Zane and her unborn child to a safe place. They have six months before that door will open again. And I am sure when it does.. all hell will break lose.. in the literal sense of course.
April 22, 2022
Awww guys it’s sad!
We knew what was coming but didn’t really know why it needed to happen.
I feel like at the start of this book I was missing something. This one has a new narrator even tho the book cover says otherwise. It took me a while to get used to the new voices as well as we have exerts from characters in this one other than just Rylee and Liam.
I liked this but it also took me a minute to figure out who we are hearing from.
Lauren does do a good job especially on the accent of the Irish brownie. Out of all voices the two that changed the most was Liam and Alex.
4 stars
We are nearing the end.
Triggers - death
We knew what was coming but didn’t really know why it needed to happen.
I feel like at the start of this book I was missing something. This one has a new narrator even tho the book cover says otherwise. It took me a while to get used to the new voices as well as we have exerts from characters in this one other than just Rylee and Liam.
I liked this but it also took me a minute to figure out who we are hearing from.
Lauren does do a good job especially on the accent of the Irish brownie. Out of all voices the two that changed the most was Liam and Alex.
4 stars
We are nearing the end.
Triggers - death
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