An intense and fast paced paranormal mystery. I loved the characters, and thought Wilks made a great introduction for readers to the Lupi world and all that's going on. I was a bit disappointed at the anticlimactic battle scene, but I thought it was done well, and I'm definitely going to be picking up the next in the series. ( )

Paranormal suspense with much better than average world-building; even does reasonable things with the forced pairbond, a trope I usually hate. (It helps that the protagonist is just as disgusted by the development as I would be.) But the best thing about the book is the protagonist, LA Homicide detective Lily Yu, believably tough and demonstrably smart. ( )

While looking for a new book, I came across Eileen Wilks Tempting Danger. This novel revolves around Lily Yu, who is a detective in San Diego and she becomes involved in a case that changes her life. She’s introduced to the close-knit society of the werewolves (who are legal citizens), while investigating a murder. There are still some legalities similar to the varmint laws surrounding the werewolves, so solving any case where a werewolf is involved becomes interesting. The case becomes even more complicated when Yu meets the Lu Nuncio (aka clan heir) of the local werewolf clan, Rule Turner. Let’s just say sparks definitely fly - figuratively and literally.

I enjoyed the story. It reminds me a little of the Riley Jensen series by Keri Arthur, yet it has it’s own world to it. It set in the present timeline and doesn’t take too many liberties with what is reality and fiction in our own world. The one thing I did like about this novel was that it didn’t draw me in so much that I had to constantly read it, but I still wanted to find chances to read it. If that makes sense. I’m definitely trying to get my hands on the second novel in the series Mortal Danger, as well as the third one, Blood Lines. I’ll let you know if I’m successful.

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Detective Lily Yu is a San Diego police detective with an ability to psychically sense some things about what's happened with dead bodies. She's drawn into the world of werewolves when there's a series of brutal werewolf murders. Rule Turner a prince of the werewolves becomes involved as well they become involved with each other.

Not a bad story with some fun characters. The werewolf politics were pretty typical but still the main characters made up for it. ( )

Here's another author that I've found recently who has a great series, of which this is the first book. The characters of Lily and Rule are well written and made me want more of them. And I really want to know what Grandmother is. Fortunately this is a series, so hopefully my questions and my need for more will be somewhat satisfied. ( )