WICKED BURN (Realm Enforcers #3) by Rebecca Zanetti-a review

Amazon.com / Amazon.ca / B&N / KOBO /

About the book: Release Date June 7, 2016

Simone Brightston knows she can beat the rap her enemies are pinning on her. An Irish witch is nobody’s fool, and she didn’t get to her position on the high council without serious power. But her cousins want her to hide out—and they somehow convinced her arch nemesis to play getaway driver.

Of all the men she’s known, Nikolaj Veis is the hardest to intimidate. With his demon-dark eyes and his inscrutable beauty, he’s as desirable as he is dangerous. And he knows better than to underestimate Simone. So when he pulls up on a roaring bike and tells her to climb on or fight it out, she grabs a handful of jacket and holds on tight. Running from the law may not be the smartest plan. But when it comes to Nick, hot pursuit and a blazing fast ride are exactly what Simone’s looking for .

•••••

REVIEW: WICKED BURN is the third full length installment in Rebecca Zanetti’s adult REALM ENFORCERS paranormal/fantasy romance series- a spin of from her Dark Protectors series. This is demon NIkolaj Veis, and witch Simone Brightston’s story line. WICKED BURN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Many characters cross over between installments and series.

Told from dual third person points of view (Simone and Nick) WICKED BURN focuses on the rekindling of a relationship and Nick’s need to protect Simone from her own kind. One hundred years earlier, Nick had been tasked with ensuring the future safety of one of his own, but in doing so had to push away the only woman he would ever love.
Fast forward to present day wherein Simone Brightston has been charged with numerous offenses by the Witch’s High Council, and Nick is determined to see that the woman he loves goes free. What ensues is the search for the people responsible for the charges against Simone, and the revelation that Simone is much more than a powerful witch.

The relationship between Simone and Nick is one of second chances; a rebuilding of a love destroyed by fate; but a love that has never waivered in all of those years. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative. Nick is determined to claim Simone as his mate.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Simone’s extended family that continues to grow exponentially throughout the story. Bear-the shifter alpha- plays a larger role in Wicked Burn, as we are introduced to some of Bear’s more interesting and remarkable family.

The world building continues to focus on the tepid truce between the species, and the secretive world of the supernatural.

WICKED BURN is an entertaining story with plenty of action and smexy times between our leading couple. The premise is well paced, enjoyable and intriguing; the characters are passionate and intense; the romance is a second chance at a happily ever after.

NOTE: There is a short novella included with the ebook featuring Talen and Cara that ties the Realm Enforcers and the Dark Protectors series together.

READING ORDER and PREVIOUS REVIEWS
Wicked Ride
Wicked Edge
Wicked Burn

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy