Winter Igniting

by Rebecca Zanetti

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Rebecca Zanetti knows how to build the perfect amount of tension. You know something bad is coming.
You are just not sure if…no, when all your worst fears will come to fruition.

The latest novel in the Scoripus Syndrome series features, Damon Winters. Damon is a former member of the LAPD SWAT and post-Scorpius, he is a member of the Mercs. While the Mercenaries try to merge with Vanguard, tensions are high between both sides. Even Jax Mercury is still wondering if he can trust Greyson, the leader of the Mercs, but even Jax has trusted Damon since the first time they met. Jax knows that Damon and Greyson are like brothers, but Damon always seems to play straight with Vanguard in all of their dealings.

We have come to really, really love Damon Winters. He is the first man through the door in any situation. He even agreed to help out Vanguard long before the Mercs came to share space. Damon and his love interest, April, are rare in this new world. Neither of them have been infected with Scorpius. So when the Church of the Pure (those uninfected) set up their own mini-camp/cult within the walls of Vanguard and refused to allow Jax or any of his survivor Lieutenants in to make sure all of the members are there willingly, the former police officer agreed to help and go undercover for Vanguard.

Damon had his eye on April from the first time he was invited in the gates of Vanguard and he plans is taking their undercover assignment really deep under the covers. *wink* April lost her teenage daughter at the beginning of the series, losing a bit of herself as well, and she is still a bit fragile. April is not ready to invest her heart, now or ever again in this world where the illusion of safety is as fragile as a soap bubble, and especially with a man who is always putting himself in danger to protect others. It is a sweet and sexy romance as Damon tries to find just the right amount of push to get April to trust him and give him a chance, even if she wants to call it casual.

There are so many issues that need to be settled in this story, you know something bad is coming. You just don’t know where or when. It’s like watching a scary movie, knowing a jump-scare is around the corner and trying to brace yourself, but you know when the time comes, you are going to scream anyway.

Let me list some of the worries going through our minds are we read: Will either April or Damon become infected? The psycho president and Vangaurd are both going after the government Bunker in Reno. Who will get there first? What is up with the Pure? Is it a Church or a cult? Who is fathering all the babies? Where are they getting all the food and weapons and how? Why do they want April to join so badly? They know danger lurks outside their walls, but who else is betraying them inside of Vanguard?

I was stressing reading this story. I had to put it aside and go play a few rounds of Candy Crush until I could calm myself and pick it up again.

This was a great story with a perfect balance of action, tension and romance and the foundation was laid for Marcus and Penolope’s story and now I can’t wait to see what happens next.

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

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