I love Susan Stokers romance novels and Rescuing Rayne is a wonderful example of the reason I find her books fascinating. The plots have strong cool or terrifying action but they allow down time for me to get to know and care about the characters. Both her male and female characters are strong and intelligent in the face of adversity but also in daily life. Her ladies have to be strong to butt heads with these super alpha bad*#*'s but the men know how to treat a woman when they get past over protecting them. The head to head encounters provide much of the humor while allowing us a close view of how they think and humor is a must for me. AND I love that their is carry over of characters between books. There is not enough to spoil the other books but for those of us who try to read in order, seeing our old friends is a thrill. 
 As a fan of her first series, I was thrilled to receive a copy of this book as a prize in a random drawing at a Facebook launch party for another book and in exchange for an honest review.