I love it when dangerous men become mush for their heroines,and leading men don't come much more dangerous than exhiled vampire warrior Viktor McKell. But even though McKell has the power to stop time and wears the finger bones of past opponents as a necklace, McKell is going to wonder what hit him when AIR agent in training Ava and her Best-Friend-Forever Noelle are given the job of bringing McKell in for questioning. 
 While McKell is never going to be a white hat kind of guy, the fact that he ends up so smitten with Ava makes him work as a leading man. And the dialog was hilarious, Ava and Noelle show their 'love' by trash talking each other and McKell - who is fascinated by this verbal abuse - knows that he's finally won the heroine's affection when she dishes it out to him too. Ahh, l'amore. 
 There is also a major thread for the hero-in-waiting (and no the next book is not his yet, sigh), Dallas who is lamenting his singlehood while all his cohorts are all beoming one-of-twos. Next up is Noelle, since she gave up her dibs on McKell to her best friend Ava it's only fair that she gets her turn for a HEA in Dark Taste of Rapture.