Review: Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega #4) by Patricia Briggs

[Eva Millien]

What the book has to say:

For once, mated werewolves Charles and Anna are not traveling because of Charles’s role as his father’s enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal, as Charles plans to buy Anna a horse for her birthday. Or at least it starts out that way...

Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous Fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The Fae’s cold war with humanity is about to heat up—and Charles and Anna are in the cross fire.

What I have to say:

For once, Charles and Anna are traveling for personal reasons but the trip soon turns into a fight against a Fae stealing children but that's not all the bad news... the cold war between the Fae and humans is about to heat up in this thrilling urban fantasy romance. Once again Anna and Charles' exciting life held me hostage from beginning to end and I can't wait to find out what happens next, especially since the Fae are up to no good.

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5 STARS 3 FLAMES

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Ace, March 3 2015, 336 pages, print & ebook

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18941694-dead-heat?ac=1

http://www.penguin.com/book/dead-heat-by-patricia-briggs/9780425256756

Alpha and Omega:

This series is set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson Series, but on a slightly earlier time line. It begins with a novella titled Alpha and Omega published in the On the Prowl anthology. The decision to continue the story was made after the anthology had already been published, which has caused some confusion, since "book 1" is a actually a continuation of the short story. The series has plenty of action, but there's more emphasis on the romantic attraction between the hero and heroine. On a romance-readers scale, this series is sweet rather than steamy.

.5 Alpha and Omega (On the Prowl)
1 Cry Wolf
1.5 Seeing Eye (Strange Brew)
2 Hunting Ground
3 Fair Game
3.5 Unappreciated Gifts (A Fantastic Holiday Season)
4 Dead Heat
5 Untitled (2017)

A Time-line for the "Mercyverse"

For the past several years Patty has told stories set in a common imaginary world. She's written two series: Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega, which share several side characters. She's also written a number of short stories, some of which also reference characters and events found in the novels.

The devil, they say, is in the details. With so many events happening in a shared world, the overall chronology can become pretty confusing. We've had numerous requests for some sort of time-line to help the dedicated reader sort everything out. We're sometimes slow, but we do listen to our readers. Enjoy!

http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/timeline.shtml

Introducing Patricia Briggs:

Patricia Briggs, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series, lives in Washington State with her husband, children, and a small herd of horses. She has written 17 novels to date. Briggs began her career writing traditional fantasy novels, the first of which was published by Ace Books in 1993, and shifted gears in 2006 to write urban fantasy. In Fall 2010, Patricia made another foray into traditional fantasy, when Ace published a revised version of her very first book, Masques (2010), and its never-before-published sequel, Wolfsbane (2010), both of which debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list for Mass Market Fiction.

In 2006, Ace Books published Moon Called, the first book in her #1 New York Times bestselling—and signature series—about Mercy Thompson. The non-stop adventure left readers wanting more and word of this exciting new urban fantasy series about a shape-shifting mechanic spread quickly. Blood Bound (2007), the second book in the series, debuted at #12 on the New York Times bestsellers list. After the incredible success of Iron Kissed (2008), which landed at #1 on the New York Times list, the Mercy Thompson saga continued to win the hearts of readers and grew in popularity with the release of each book. Bone Crossed (2009), the fourth book in the series and first to be published in hardcover, debuted at #3 on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list, where it stayed for four weeks. The most recent hardcover, Silver Borne (2010), debuted at #1 on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list and stayed on the printed list for a total of three weeks!

Briggs also writes the Alpha and Omega series, which are set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson novels. What began as the novella “Alpha and Omega” in an anthology called On the Prowl (2007), was then expanded into a full new series. The subsequent books were Cry Wolf (2008) and Hunting Ground (2009), both New York Times bestsellers. The third book of the Alpha and Omega series is Fair Game (2012) and debuted at #4 on the New York Times bestsellers list.

Patricia can usually be found at:

http://www.patriciabriggs.com/

https://twitter.com/Mercys_Garage

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialPatriciaBriggs

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40563.Patricia_Briggs

For more books by Patricia:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/40563.Patricia_Briggs

http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books