#19 Coyote’s Mate, by Lora Leigh, Berkeley Sensation, 2009

Reviewed by Jayejean on February 21st, 2009, 3:17pm

Coyote’s Mate

by Lora Leigh

5

Format: Print Books

Series: Other

Anya Kobrin met the Coyote ‘Ghost’ when she was sixteen. She was trying to save five female Coyote Breeds from the Russian labs. He said he had to wait until circumstances were clear and it took him six years to come in a free them. Her father and cousins were security at the lab and she had the ‘Ghost’, Del Rey Santiago, promise not to harm them. She met with Del Rey many times over the years with information and maps. Del Rey claimed her but never told her. When he finally came in to rescue the breeds at the facility, he shot her father and cousins in the legs and took her with them. She was twenty two. She was beautiful to him…. His by his choice… and he had sex with her.

Neither Anya or Del Rey knew about the mating heat and when she found out about it she renounced being his mate. He gave her a year to think about it and left on assignment. He stayed out on assignment for eight months. Whenever he was at the Coyote compound in the mountains above Haven (the Wolf Breed compound), Anya and her guards (3 of the 5 female Coyotes rescued with her) left for Sanctuary until he left again. The hormone therapy did not work very well on Anya and she wanted Coyote doctors – doctors who understood the DNA and makeup of the Coyote breeds. Most of them had been killed either by the Genetics Council or by Del Rey and his enforcers. Anya knew they needed specialized medical care. Dr Armani was a Wolf Breed specialist who was unfamiliar with the differences between the Wolf and Coyote.

Del Rey came back unexpectedly and Anya had things to finish before leaving for Sanctuary. She and her guards slipped out of the tunnels and insurgents attempted to kidnap or kill her. Del Rey was furious. Anya had worked hard in the times Del Rey was gone to bring about order and self reliance. She needed some improvements signed off by DelRey but as Coya (First Lady of the Coyotes and acknowledged as Del Rey’s mate – he being the Alpha / Leader) she accomplished many things. When she was attacked, Del Rey did something to protect her that backfired on all of them.

Again trust is the issue. Does he trust her judgment in helping to run the compound? Does he trust that he loves her? Or that she loves him? Can she trust him to make the right decisions for the right reasons?

Damn…. Now I have to wait for Cabel’s story – Bengal’s Heart. Cabel is Tanner’s brother, a Bengal Breed and his story is not due out til Aug 4. She is just going to have to write faster now that she is writing better and better. Thank goodness we are getting a Seals one in March – Maverick.

Excellent
Eharl 10
Other 9

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