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Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian

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Oct 15, 10

bookshelves: vampire-paranormal
Read in October, 2010

** spoiler alert ** Alaskan bush pilot Alexandra Maguire had been running from her past since she was 9 years old. After witnessing a brutal Rogue attack on her family leaving her mother and brother dead, she had her father had made a new life for themselves. As Alex was about to land to deliver some packages, she realized that something was wrong. Then what she was seeing was actually bodies in the snow. Her worst fears and nightmares had somehow caught up with her.

One of the teens, who was also making a name for himself dealing drugs and alcohol to minors, heard about the killings and to make a little extra money, took a snowmobile up there and made a video which he sold to a gore/horror website. This is how the Breed in Boston noticed the killings. As Kade was originally from Alaska, he was sent to investigate and wrap up any loose ends that might be there.

While there he has to confront his past, which he had left behind. His twin brother took human life for sport and was loosing the battle to Bloodlust. He had a harder time fighting off the wildness inside of him. He discovered that the original maker of the Breed, an Ancient one, was on the loose and Breed who oppose the Order are trying to find him to create more GenOnes for their use.

Throw into the mix the fact that Alex is actually a breedmate, a woman who has the right chemistry for Breed males, not just any male but Kade himself and the story begins to heat up. Alex feels like even though it's only been a few days, Kade understands her, sees that part of her that she's always keep hidden from everyone else. Although scenes from the recent murder (from the Ancient) blend in with those from the past, she puts her trust in him. Unfortunately just at a critical point, she sees Seth in the woods right after he killed another human. Thinking that Kade betrayed her and that he's no better than Rogues, she eventually turns to her best friend, Jenna. And walks right into the Ancient one who has taken shelter and a lot of blood from Jenna... but possibly has left something important in return.

Others from Boston arrive and Kade, along with the others find Alex cradling Jenna's semi-conscious body. Another, Brock, stays behind to tend to Jenna while Alex agrees to fly the other Breed across the tundra looking for the Ancient. When she lands and the separate into groups, Kade stays behind to insure Alex's safety as well as hopefully make amends with her. But the Ancient interrupts them. As Kade slowly begins to loose the battle, his brother Seth walks out of the shadows and hurls himself at the Ancient causing them to topple over the cliff, creating an avalanche. Seth is thrust, broken, at a cliff shelf and Kade reaches him just in time for the two to say good bye to each other. While the rest of the Breed take care of loose ends, Alex takes the twins back to their home. Eventually their father, who had remained very cold to Kade, explains his feelings and this chapter of the Breed story is resolved. Next... what exactly DID happen to Jenna?

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