Where Doubt Remains by Sharon Johnson

This book is just as amazing as the first one was....

It picks up just after the first book with DeMatteo and the pride trying to save Sean. This book has so many twists and turns as everything is revealed as to why these crazed hunters are really after DeMatteo and Sean in particular.  

This book does have a few time jumps so you have to pay attention at the beginning of sections and chapters as to what the date is, but with this we get to see the birth of the Alpha pair's first litter and why they are so special becomes quite obvious soon enough.

Hugh, Sara and the rest of the hunters still remain on the task of trying to eliminate the pride, and this time they have a little more help... even from inside the pride.

I don't want to give anything away so I really can't say much more other than this book is amazing and I can't wait for the next book in the series.

This book does also end in a cliffhanger though not as big as the first.

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt by Sharon Johnson

This story was very suspenseful for me. In saying that, I could not put this book down. I read the entire thing in approx. 6 hours.

This story is filled with very overprotective alpha lions, witches, some brainwashed hunters and a very psychotic lion who thinks he has been wronged.

I love DeMatteo and Sean. DeMatteo, a very good divorce attorney, has known he was gay for a long time and has been actively looking for his mate. Sean, a junior partner at his father's law firm, has only ever had relationships with women but that doesn't stop him when he feel an instant attraction when the two lawyers meet for the first time and sparks fly.

Both MC's are in current relationships when they meet and when both break up with their current flames, neither one takes it very well.

This book does have a cliffhanger ending but there is a second book to this story. I usually want to have an HEA or at least an HFN ending but this was still a good book regardless of the ending.

There are some grammatical and tense errors but nothing so bad that my mind couldn't overlook it. And I am usually one of those people that can't stand grammatical errors and end up stopping to fix the error in my head before I can continue.

Captive: Beautiful Monsters Vol. I by Jex Lane

I didn't know if I was going to like this book or not but I took a chance and decided to try it. I do have to say that the first part of this book put me in a funky mood and it took me a little bit to get out of it. This is a bit darker read than what is normal for me but I really liked this book all the same.

The characters are really well developed in my opinion and the storyline is awesome as well.

I really liked the fact that the author developed the MC throughout the whole book. I think part of why I was in a funky mood after about the first quarter of the book was because Matthew was in a funk and it put me there too as Ms. Lane does an amazing job following the psychological effects everything has on him.

Matthew doesn't have the easiest time after being turned and then abandoned by his sire, so when he finally does find someone to talk to and help him be what he is he can only hope that his life will get easier.... and at this point hope is all he has.

After learning some new information Matthew doesn't know who to trust, but eventually it becomes very clear who can actually be trusted.

This book is quite long and I suggest having a large block of time to be able to just read this book. At some points I didn't want to put it down and others I wanted to chuck my laptop across the room, but all in all I can't wait for book 2.