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Alasdair meets his life mate, Sophie, during his cousin’s wedding while she is there on a date with another relative. He, and all his uncles, are determined to help him woo her, but after the wedding. While Sophie and Alasdair instantly hit it off, Alasdair seems to have run into some bad luck and keeps finding himself injured. 

Like all of the Argeneau books, this was a wonderful fated mates relationship with a splash of danger thrown in. I love these books because they are a great blend of romance and action. I also just love all the different ways these immortals struggle to explain what they are and the reactions of the humans, and Sophie’s reaction had me cracking up. 

Alasdair is a quiet and grumpy enforcer who usually lets his chatty twin lead discussions. He doesn’t really like people but with Sophie we see him open up and live again. I really liked Alasdair. He was sweet, protective, and very considerate. Sophie is a smart computer programmer who is working at her foster family’s insurance business. She has lost a lot of people in her life and doesn’t let a lot of people in but we see her opening up with Alasdair and gaining a larger family with the Argeneau. These two had an intense relationship filled with the new life mate urges that meant they couldn’t keep their hands off each other. 

Like some of the previous books in this series, there was a lot of trauma and danger discussed. Sophie has lost a lot of people in her life and Alasdair and his uncles quickly realize that there is something more going on. It was a bit unexpected finding out the source of all the danger and very heartbreaking for Sophie. . 

Overall, this was another good romance for this series and I can’t wait to read the next book. Hopefully we will see Alasdair’s twin brother Colle or some of his uncles finally find their life mates because I really liked them and want to see more of them. 

TW: References to death of parents in a house fire, racist family members, death of friends, death of two fiancés in accidents, a friend in coma, foster care, and child abuse. Discussions of emotional trauma and being in a psychiatric hospital; On page stalking, suicide, and car accidents;

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Previous books and reviews for the series:

#1. A Quick Bite
#2. Love Bites
#3. Single White Vampire
#4. Tall, Dark & Hungry
#5. A Bite to Remember
#6. Bite Me If You Can
#7. The Accidental Vampire
#8. Vampires Are Forever
#9. Vampire, Interrupted
#10. The Rogue Hunter
#11. The Immortal Hunter
#12. The Renegade Hunter
#12.5. Bitten By Cupid
#13. Born to Bite
#14. Hungry For You
#15. The Reluctant Vampire
#15.5 The Bite Before Christmas
#16. Under the Vampire Moon
#17. The Lady is a Vamp
#18. Immortal Ever After
#19. One Lucky Vampire
#20. Vampire Most Wanted
#21. The Immortal Who Loved Me
#22. About a Vampire
#23. Runaway Vampire
#24. Immortal Nights
#25. Immortal Unchained
#26. Immortally Yours
#27. Twice Bitten
#28. Vampires Like It Hot
#29. The Trouble With Vampires
#30. Immortal Born
#31. Immortal Angel
#32.Meant to Be Immortal
#33. Mile High With a Vampire
#34. Immortal Rising
#35. After the Bite