"excellent urban fantasy romance"
In 2080 the war of attrition between the Earthlings and
the Psy continues unabated with hot spots seemingly
bursting everywhere as neither side trusts the other.
Half breed Clay Bennett was raised by a human mother in
the human slums without ever knowing the changeling
leopard that sired him. Two decades ago as a youngster
without a guiding pack he failed to learn how to control
the animal instinct of his nature and caused a deadly
incident that still haunts him even as he has dedicated
his life since becoming a Dark River sentinel. Thus when Clay sees half-breed Talin McKade for the first
time in twenty years, he is euphoric. She was his best
friend as a child before the incident devastated both
their lives. Like Clay, Talin has dedicated her life
since the incident that shaped them; she works at San
Francisco's Shine Foundation helping needy children.
Recently some of her kids have vanished only to return
brainless; victims of Psy experiments to create a hive.
As the half human half Leopard pair reunite and fall in
love, they work together to try to protect the young from
the heinous Psy experimentation. The fourth Psy-Changeling tale, MINE TO POSSESS, is an
excellent urban fantasy romance that stars two terrific
half-breeds whose past contains warmth and friendship for
one another, but also one shattering pivotal moment.
There reconciliation is handled quite cleverly as they
team up to save the children. The Psy is as insidious as
ever; however to fully grasp the complex Singh saga,
newcomers should read the previous three superb thrillers
(see SLAVE TO SENSATION, VISIONS OF HEAT and CARESSED BY
ICE). Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted January 31, 2008
SummaryNalini Singh pulls away another dark layer of sheer
desire, revealing passions unknown in her latest novel about
the world of the Psy.
Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew
up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his
changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack,
he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed...and
committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man
and losing his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath.
Everything good in him died the day he was told that she,
too, was dead.
Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in
bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her
life—the street children she works to protect are
disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them
safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart and
returns to ask the help of the strongest man she knows...
Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again, his
hunger to possess her, a clawing need born of the leopard
within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin
must face the violent truths of their past...or lose
everything that ever mattered.
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