Paranormal/Futuristic
Kiss of Fury
By Natasha Smith
Jul 1, 2008 - 12:12:24 PM

Scientist and inventor Alexandra Madison awakens in the hospital days after witnessing the brutal murder of her partner and annihilation of her lab.  With just days left to unveil her secret invention, the Green Machine, she overhears a doctor telling her nurse that she is going to be moved to another ward of the hospital because of the nightmares she has been experiencing since landing in the hospital.  Weak from her burns but with only minutes left to spare, Alex decides to escape.  Before that can happen, however, she is whisked away by a compellingly handsome auburn-haired hospital worker and placed in the back of a hearse.

Donovan Shea is a warrior first and foremost and as the second lunar eclipse reveals the next firestorm, he is sent to Minneapolis to find and protect Alex Madison.  Still reeling from his cousin’s death, Donovan is willing to continue the Pyr fight against the Slayers.  What he isn’t willing to do is accept a firestorm – he adamantly refuses to fulfill that part of his destiny.  When he inadvertently touches Alex while whisking her away to safety, Donovan is shocked to feel that telling spark and dismayed to realize that the firestorm has found him.

Alex is unwilling to allow herself to be captured, but in escaping Donovan she puts her life in danger.  When he rescues her time and again and she witnesses what she thought was an imagined dream, Alex decides she and Donovan need to come to an understanding.  While she is attracted to him and desires him, she does not want to be someone’s destined mate.  No matter that he is the most beautiful man she has ever seen, Alex is determined that it will take more than mere sparks to light her fire.  But when that happens, the results are combustible. 

I finished reading KISS OF FURY a couple of days ago.  Since then, I have been thinking about what I want to tell people about this book.  Should I mention that some questions about characters are answered but more questions are not?  Should I tell about how Donovan fights his firestorm with every breath in his dragon heart but deep down inside his fight is null and void because Alex is the perfect mate for him?  But most of all, how could I let readers know just how much I truly enjoyed this book?  And I did.  Anticipating its release, I have been haunting Deborah Cooke’s website for months.  The cover alone on Amazon was enough to make my heart flutter with palpitations. 

Let me be the first to state that while Donovan on the book’s cover is extremely fascinating and completely drool worthy, the cover of KISS OF FURY by no means even touches the surface as to how just devastatingly hot he is in printed text. He is loyal, he is steadfast, and he is a true Warrior among his men. 

Deborah Cooke has only touched the surface about these wonderful men called the Pyr and their battle with the evil dragons that are called Slayers.  I am dying for more and can’t wait to further dive into future books as they are released.