Fury Unleashed

Full review appeared at Reader's Edyn on 04/19/20 Morrigan is tired. She’s been a bounty hunter for Hell for more than ten years now. The position wasn’t by choice, she took it on contract to save her sister’s soul. Seems her sister had a unique ability to summon the devil himself, which didn’t go so well. Now she’s locked in for another 15 years, constantly on the run, always checking her back, knowing someone could be trying to kill her at any time. If she happens to die while under contract, she still goes to Hades, so dying isn’t really an option either. But Lucifer has a proposal and if she completes the deed, she will be free of the contract and free not only her own soul, but her sister’s as well. It isn’t exactly a job she can refuse, nor can she tell the devil no either. What she didn’t count on was that her contract was put on a fallen angel. He’s gorgeous, haunted, a loner, and she can’t seem to resist him. Even knowing Gabriel wants her dead and Maccus the one chosen by him to kill her isn't diminishing the primal attraction one bit. But Morrigan is tied to Maccus in unexplainable ways and rather than try to kill him, even knowing his death will free her, she determines to save him – even if she has to give up her life to achieve his redemption. Maccus fell from heaven thousands of years ago. Thrust into the bowels of Hades, he eventually escapes and turns rogue assassin on earth. Except Maccus has a requirement. Anyone he kills deserves it. He never involves or harms innocents. He never figured out why Gabriel turned on him in Heaven, and there is no love lost between them now. When Gabriel attempts to trap him into a contract to kill someone, he is immediately suspicious and avoids the trick. But Maccus needs to know what is so special about Morrigan that an angel wants her eliminated. He never thought he’d find his salvation in her. Maccus has a small sliver of his soul left, but the more he is forced to kill, the more that tiny light dims. He’s smart enough to know that if Lucifer and Gabriel are working together, that they are hoping Morrigan will toss him over the cliff he edges precariously close to each day. If he loses himself, both Heaven and Hades will come after him and sanction him. Not an option. So he fights with everything he has to thwart the conspiring angel and demon and keep Morrigan safe. He’s also figured out a bit about her heritage that she knows nothing about. Dropping the bombshell might push her away from him, but it’s a chance he has to take. If she turns away from him, it would be what he rightly deserves given his fall from grace and the multitudes he has killed. Holy Moly! I have read N.J Walters previously. I am sure I have, but I cannot seem to remember what it was that I read. I picked up this book because the blurb sounded intriguing, but the cover completely caught me. Once I saw that, I was reading it for sure. Being unfamiliar with Ms. Walters work, I would have to guess that this is not Maccus’s first appearance within one of her books. I couldn’t say when or where, but based on the interactions between Maccus and Asher, they both have appeared prior to this series. Very little was said, yet there was an entire story beneath the words. So … given that assumption, there is another series or book out there by this author and the Forgotten Brotherhood seems to be a spin-off from it. I aim to find out all I can about these particular books. Maccus is extraordinary. He’s the quintessential example of the brooding, reluctant hero. Alone for thousands of years with only himself to rely on, he’s resigned to his life and basically existing. He ceased to live once he fell and knows there will never be any other kind of existence for him … until he meets Morrigan. She makes him feel things and want things that he closed his mind and heart to thousands of years ago. But, even knowing she is the one brought in to kill him, he is unable to resist her...

This is my first read from the author and I really enjoyed it. The story started a little slow for me and then quickly captured my attention. I thought the world building was solid. Maccus and Morrigan had good chemistry and enjoyed their banter. I also liked the secondary characters, though I wish they were fleshed out a bit more. FURY UNLEASHED is an intriguing paranormal romance with dangerous, otherworldly creatures, subterfuge, betrayal and more. I’m looking forward to the next book. ***I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of the book provided by the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. This in no way affects or influences my thoughts and feelings about the story***

That was simply an awesome read! It had everything, and reviewing it without giving things away, well, let’s concentrate on what it made me feel. It had fast-paced action, so my heart was pumping and it had super sexy times, so my heart was pumping. It had regret, sadness, hope, love, despair, and compassion. It had souls that were nearly completely dark but had a sliver of light, and it had souls that the darkness that had been encountered could not dim their brightness. It had greed and manipulation, duplicity, where there should be none. It was a paranormal readers fantasy with major characters and mind-shifting events, and where good and bad aren’t absolutes. It had Maccus and Morrigan, and it is their story, of their journey, to each other, and to completion. It had everything, and I loved it all!