Guardian’s Bond by Rhenna Morgan – a Review

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Description:
For decades, he’s been alone.
Now, she’s here. His fated mate.
His to win. To protect.
To provide for and pleasure.

Priest Rahandras has lived with the darkness trapped inside himself for years. Betrayed by his own brother and forced to watch his clan’s brutal annihilation, the only thing Priest wants more than to escape the curse that haunts him—as both man and beast—is to rebuild.

Until the mate he’s longed for walks into his life with an elder from his past. She’s everything he’s wished for, and the key to the clan’s very survival.

Kateri Falsen is a woman of logic and facts. While Priest’s cat can sense her arousal, telling her they’re fated won’t be enough. He’ll have to show her his love: with his words, with his actions, and with his body.

Protecting Kateri from the evil trapped inside him is paramount. But when lost clan members are systematically murdered, he’ll have to choose between exposing his mate to his black magic, or risking her as the next victim.

Review:

Guardian’s Bond by Rhenna Morgan is the 1^st book in her new Ancient Ink paranormal romance series. Since I love Rhenna Morgan’s stories, I looked forward to reading this new series.  Guardian’s Bond turned out to be an exciting, intense, and sexy start. 

Priest is a panther shifter, and the leader of his clan.  He is the High Priest who goes to the otherworld to help new members meet the Keeper, and as they go through their soul quest (find their companion and shift).  Priest has lived much of his life in darkness, having lost his family to his evil brother, whom he thought was dead; but despite the darkness for him and his cat, Priest is still a good guy, who takes care of his pack.  When he has just about given up on finding a mate, he meets a powerful young girl, who has no idea about what she truly is. 

Kateri (Katy) arrives at Priest’s tattoo parlor, with her brother Alek and Naomi (Nana), and both her and her brother will learn everything there is to know.  They have both been sheltered from their mother and father, who never told them about their heritage.  When she meets Priest, Katy can feel the bond between her and Priest, but her fears of the unknown will make her difficult to deal with, and distrustful of Priest.  But the pull of the mating bond will in time change everything, and she will slowly open herself to Priest. 

Priest first has to train both ALek and Katy how to fight and be ready for their soul quest. Kateri wants to know everything, as she has always been about learning, knowing the facts and finding the reality of what she thought was just fairytales.

What follows is an exciting adventure that will bring them all in danger, especially when the evil brother returns to try to control the pack and kill Priest.  What I loved was seeing Katy get through her soul quest, and find a companion that is equal to Priest’s Black Panther; her new found powers will also be instrumental in saving them against such powerful evil.

The romance between Priest and Katy was very steamy,  with some very graphic sex scenes.  Morgan has created a great group of secondary characters, such as Tate, Jade, Alek, Naomi, whom I hope we will get future books on.  I do not want to give spoilers, but I will say that  Guardian’s Bond was an exciting, fun and sexy story that was very well written by Rhenna Morgan.  If you love Paranormal romance, scorching couple, great secondary characters and excellent story line, I suggest you start this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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