Shawn MacFarland is heading to Aaron MacManus home when he makes a stop at a bar in Columbus to feed. He wants to leave his master because he is a pretty bad guy. He wakes up to find blood on his clothes and a switchblade stuck in his ribs and can’t remember how it got there and what has happened. Everything is a blur because now his memory is gone as well. What was he doing there? He knows it … wasn’t a robbery because he has all his credit cards and his id so he at least knows who he is. Shawn has gotten up and started walking till he comes to a deep cave and decides he needs to rest so he can find food and heal.
Cade is a cook by trade. She works in a restaurant during the day and a bar maid during the night. She’s got to pay her bills and make money so she can find a place to stay that has running water and heat before the winter. Her home has been a cave. She’s shopping when she runs into Duncan and they start a conversation. He mentions to her that Ms. Penny, the cook they have at the MacManus home is going on vacation for two weeks and they need someone to cover. Cade offers because she could use the extra money.
She’s never been around a vampire that can be up during the day, wolfs, nymphs, and faeries. She’s fine with that as long as she isn’t dinner for anyone. She’s exhausted after the past few days so she heads to her temporary home, the cave. She hears a noise after lying down, and before she knows it, there’s a hand covering her mouth. This man wants to feed from her and terror fills her body. Once he feeds, he forgets to seal the wound and it is history in the making for them. She’s weak and isn’t positive of all the details anymore but when she gets to the MacManus home she collapses.
Can Shawn save Cady from her brother and Gabriel? Will Cady learn to accept Shawn and be able to keep him and the MacManus family safe from harm?
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Before I go into any kind of review, I just have to say it ….. Gawd, I just love Duncan to pieces. There’s no way to not, he’s absolutely adorably rich in character!!!! Ok, ‘The Faerie Master’ is the seventh book in Kathi S. Barton’s “Aaron’s Kiss” series and if you think you’ve read the best of what she has had to offer up until now in this series, you’d be wrong in my opinion. Shawn Alan MacFarland, a vampire older than Aaron McManus, was heading to see his friend Aaron when he stopped off at a bar in order to feed. As he was bringing a woman outside he was knocked unconscious. When he awoke, he was full of blood, a knife sticking out from between his ribs, and the only reason he knew his name was that he still had his wallet containing all his ID and credit cards. What had he lost? His memory as to where he was or where he was going. He roamed aimlessly for weeks until he found a cave to hide in and heal. Duncan had met Cade in the grocery store a few times and knew she worked as a cook at the Diner so when Penny, the McManus’ cook informed them she was going on vacation, Duncan had asked Cade if she would fill-in temporarily while Penny was gone. Cade was thrilled since she was living in a cave outside of town and only stayed in the apartment above the diner when the weather was abysmal or there was an emergency of some sort. Imagine her surprise when she returns to the cave to sleep only to wake up by a man with a hand over her mouth to silence her. He explains he’s not wanting to hurt her but he hasn’t fed in weeks and needs her help so he doesn’t die while promising to make it good for her as well. In true Ms. Barton style, her heroine is full of spunk and determination and her hero is as bossy, pushy, loving, and loyal as any of her paranormal. There are so many twists and turns with this couple and bless his heart, Shawn can’t seem to not make her mad, and Aaron can’t seem to stop laughing at him because of it. This one was intriguing with the kidnapping, new characters, old characters being drawn into the plot, and a bit of history discovered along the way.
Another great book from Kathi Barton!
Cade is one tough chick who is just trying to survive, even with everything going against her. Her step brother is constantly abusing her for money and now she has another man who blackmails her to do what she does best with a computer. All she wants is to make enough money to get herself an apartment for the upcoming winter months, instead of living in her cave.
Shawn McFarland is on his way to see Aaron when he’s attacked and can no longer remember who he is or where he was going. All he can remember is he’s a vampire and needs to feed before he starves to death. But he never expected the beauty in the cave to be someone who was going to change his life forever.
Now Shawn is going to have the toughest mission of his life; getting Cade to stay and believe they can be together. But to do that Shawn will have to protect Cade from her step-brother and the man blackmailing her. And to add more to the drama his Master (whom he was going to challenge) is now bringing more trouble to their doorstep.