Duty. Honor. His brothers. Tha’ts all he has.Wounded in battle, Zander wakes in a daemon feeding ground, bound to a human female. The origins of the restraints are unknown and the woman – Austin – is a risk for Otherworld exposure. In the midst of human corpses, and with relationships punishable by death, Austin tempts a part of him he locked down his entire existence.Awakened, his inner beast, … existence.
Awakened, his inner beast, pulls at its tether, fighting to claim what can never be.
The Watchers of the Gray Series by JL Madore, joins the gritty, dark paranormal romance traditions of JR Ward, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and IT Lucas.
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As a Nephilim Zander is forbidden lasting relationships, his duty is to stand between humanity and daemans. So the last thing he needs is to become attached to a rescue victim. When Austin finds herself handcuffed to a stanger after being kidnapped and attacked she just wants to get free, go home, and forget the nightmare. But she gets sucked deeper into a frightening world she never knew existed, the only saving grace is Zander. Even as he tried to keep her safe their connection grew. I ran across this book and not knowing the authors work I took a chance. I loved this book, I found myself drawn to the plight of the characters and felt for them. I will definitely be reading more of this author. This is the first book of the series and can be read as a stand alone.
There is a lot of comparison to the Black Dagger Brotherhood in this series, and yes, I can see the similarities – but they are not the same stories. People could have said the same about the Midnight Breed series also. I can say, if you liked the BDB or the Midnight Breed series, you may like this one too. In my copy, I didn’t see a lot of grammar issues, so it seems the book has been edited since those reviews in 2018. I really enjoyed this band of brothers, in this group we have the Nephilim, and even the Archangels show up at times. This group of men are a blast. Be aware, the author does not shy away from danger, gore and the horror of protecting the human race from demonkind – and it is an erotic tale with some hard hitting sex scenes. If you are a person that is easily offended by language and cussing, this isn’t the book for you.
But if you like a unit of warriors that kick ass and love even harder, then this may be a good book to grab onto. The nice thing is that this is an eight book series, and all are out now. I’ll definitely be moving on to the next one. 4.5 Stars
Great introduction for an awesome series! I loved the characters and the plot. Action and romance always pair well together. You’ll fall in love with every character, which will drive you to gobble up each new book.
Zander and Austin had some obstacles to overcome both as a couple as well as individuals and I really liked that they both grew stronger throughout the book but issues both physical as well as emotional were not 100% fixed but they evolved into something that strengthened each of them. This is one of my favorite series just because the characters have depth and the story is strong
My 1st from Medore… Starting with…does not compare to Black Dagger Brotherhood!! It’s an imitation at best! The difference in world building has some originality…but the characters don’t! I finished the book and see the potential, can over look grammatical errors but not the flow issues and plot holes!! I will give book 2 a try but really hope Medore tightens things up!!