Duty meets desire . . . Mercy O’Malley hates killing people. So when she’s assigned to take out Vampire-Demon Logan Kyllwood, she lures him to a seedy bar in Scotland, then decides to kidnap him instead. How can she cold-bloodedly end all that heat, those green eyes, that ripped body? Unfortunately for Mercy, attempted murder and kidnapping are just foreplay for the Kyllwood brothers. Logan … Kyllwood brothers. Logan may be the youngest of the bunch, but death and violence are already a way of life. Now he’s ready to complete a painful, terrifying ritual to become one of the Seven, dedicated to protecting this world from the most dangerous evil it’s ever known. But first he has to deal with a blackmailing Fey, a ransom demand and his own pounding need for the last female he ever should have fallen for . . .
“Sizzling sex scenes and a memorable cast.”
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Who are the bad guys here? That’s what I was saying for quite a while in this book.
Rebecca introduces us to the Fae for the first time in this edition of the Dark Protectors and what an adventure. Logan Kyllwood is the youngest of the Demon/Vampire brothers and about to become the last of “The Seven”. These are the elite group of warriors who will protect the world from the evil Kurjan Cyst Ulric, currently in a dimensional prison. Mercy O’Malley manages to kidnap him with the help of her friends Trina & Sandy. Mercy is Fae, one of 10 cloned from genetic material found after all but 40 of the Fae died in a dimensional blunder when they attempted to make a new home when their planet was destroyed. Those surviving were off world when it happened. Now they are on earth and realize The Seven are about to disrupt the dimensional balance once again. In order to save the world they decide The Seven can never be complete so they seek to kill Logan. Mercy cannot abide the killing so seeks to reason with Logan and his brothers.
This is an action driven suspenseful story making you guess almost all the way through. Why is Logan so drawn to Mercy? What is the Fae up to? Can they succeed or are they getting help? Will the Demons, Vampires and other allies listen? Oh I loved this story all the way through. Thank you Rebecca and Kensington for the opportunity to review this story.
Demon’s Mercy by Rebecca Zanetti is book Nine in the Dark Protectors Series. This is the story of Logan Kyllwood and Mercy O’Malley. I have read the previous book but feel you can make this a standalone book. Mercy and Logan are set to be enemies but their is a connection of desire between the two along with real feelings that are growing. They both were to complete their assignments to up hold their family but with each touch and day they can’t seem to turn from the other.
Exciting read!
This is the ninth in the Dark Protector series of novels by Rebecca Zanetti. In it we meet Logan Kyllwood and Mercy O’Malley, a vampire demon hybrid and a member of the Fae nation. Definitely not a match made in heaven, or so one would think!!
The story of Logan and Mercy’s journey through a number of different worlds and the other beings they need to overcome, as well as their growing feelings for each other is captivating. Their actions to ensure the survival of their world is, at times, violent although totally in keeping with the overarching story.
This is, at heart a story of love and a meeting of two different cultures. However, this is just part of what is happening in this epic tale.
I have not read any of the other Dark Protectors titles and feel, that if I had, I may understand more fully the battle that is going on throughout this.
In my opinion, that could only be fully appreciated if the reader has a full understanding of all that has happened previously which I assume is what makes up the first seven titles in this series.
This didn’t detract from my enjoyment of Logan and Mercy’s love story and will certainly be looking out for more in this series in the future.
Dark Protectors #9, Logan! Finally Logan and boy does he meet his match, toe to toe practically the whole way Mercy is no push over. Even as number 9 in the series it can be read as a standalone but if you want more background for this story arc you would really only have to read the one before it, Vampire’s Faith. This story arc deals with one very very big bad one that has the potential to end so much but before he breaks out and spreads havak the super secret group, The Seven, that put him away in the first place must replace it’s missing members and finally kill big bad. One has been filled, Garret Karys, he barely made it through the ritual and now they are just waiting for the perfect opportunity to have Logan Kyllwood go through the same ritual and hope he too makes it through alive.
The Seven are about to face a foe they have never fought before, instead of just fighting the Kurjans and their high priests the Cysts who are hell bent on freeing big bad they are now fighting the Fae nation. It’s not as intimidating as it sounds their numbers are far fewer but they also have technologies and abilities no one in the Realm has seen before. Mercy O’Malley doesn’t agree with the way her people are handling this, so she kidnaps Logan instead of outright killing him and tries to explain what the Seven is doing is wrong but in typical Zanetti fashion everything goes FUBAR. One touch, one bite, one sip of his blood and suddenly Logan’s mating mark is burning his hand and demanding he take Mercy as his mate.
One positive thing about reading the previous book, especially the spin-off Realm Enforcers, is you really get to see what fun loving and a jokester Logan is and you get to see how finding his mate and fulfilling his destiny matures him. Logan goes full on Alpha male “Me Tarzan, You Jane” kind of moments and it’s funny and aggravating all at the same time to have Mercy fighting with him almost the whole way. The whole Fae Nation is pretty obstinate and it makes Mercy’s stubborn look open minded. Fucking Fae.
Overall, I really enjoyed Mercy and Logan. If you are already a fan of Zanetti you’ll enjoy it and if you are new and you have a thing for a Neanderthal-ish main character and a loyal and adamant fae who’s going to do her own thing anyway mixed with lots of fight scenes, a few double crosses, and some really hot romance there’s a really good chance you’ll enjoy this one. I have been a fan of Zanetti’s for a while now and I always enjoy her writing she writes her action and suspense so well, she really know how to build the tension and her romance and sex are so freakin’ hot. I can’t wait for the rest of the series, Garret is going to be just like his dad and I’m anxious to find out about Hope and the rest of her story.
Demon’s Mercy by Rebecca Zanetti
Dark Protectors #9
What fun to see what is happening with some of my favorite characters! In this book vampir-demon-hybrid Logan Kyllwood meets his mate and what a time they have as Mercy O’Malley tries to convince Logan and the rest of the protectors that she is right and they are wrong. What is the issue? Oh…just the world as we know it and how to keep it from spinning away into nothing or perhaps if it stays being overtaken by evil that nobody wants to have in charge. There is chemistry between the two and neither trusts the other – with good reason – and there is intrigue and some people that are not on the same page and others that are sure their page is the only one everyone should be on. This was a fun, action-packed, steamy story with two strong characters that found their way to one another AND it left me wanting to find out what will happen in book ten…I can hardly wait!
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books – Lyrical Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4-5 Stars