I'm teetering between a 3 and 4 star review. I was expecting more from this entry in the series because the reviews I've read say that it's much better than the first one Dark Lover, but honestly there were so many times during this book that I found myself cringing at the cheesyness of it all that I have to give it a 3. 
 So why even think about 4 stars? Well, honestly by the end everything was set up so good and I'm really interested to see what's going to happen that I want to start the next book right away (which I think is a big fan favorite). 
 But, just thinking about some of the things in this book takes me back to a 3 star. If the next book isn't very much improved this series may be one that I leave off. I don't really care for the slang that the brothers use. And it's not like it's consistant throughout so I don't know if it's supposed to be taken seriously or not. As stated before a lot of the dialogue to me is cheesy and I know it's difficult to write a tough male character (very alpha male) and have him become sentimental and caring. Showing his softer side. I've read books that authors do this with much success, but so far I don't like the way Ward does it. 
 Anyway, this is Rhage's book. He meets Mary who has leukemia. I liked Mary's character. She was a fighter but in a different sort of way because while she may not always be physically tough she has a strong spirit and a will to live. She's very caring. I cared more about her progression than I did Rhage. But then again, there was so much back and forth between deciding she wants to be with Rhage and then she knows she can't be with him because she's sick, to finally deciding she needs to be with him. The book could have been shortened considereably if Ward would have cut out a couple of the indecisions. 
 Overall, the book was ok,there were interesting part, but I'm really waiting for the series to pick it up. Until Then!