Wicked Edge (The Realm Enforcers, #2)

by Rebecca Zanetti

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I love Rebecca Zanetti’s writing. This one was action packed and included quite the surprise. I saw it coming and waited impatiently for all the fireworks. It was awesome.
Realm Enforcer for the Coven Nine witches, Daire Dunne is getting impatient with this new assignment. He and his brothers are still working undercover with the Titans of Fire Motorcycle Club to obtain information about the supplier of the drug known as Apollo. While the Titan are definitely distributing it to humans, this drug is being manufactured for the sole purpose of killing witches and Seattle is just the testing ground.

Daire and his brothers have been here for months now and he is getting frustrated by their lack of progress. He stopped by the Titan’s headquarters with the intention of pushing a little harder for information and sees a beautiful woman sitting alone at one of the tables. Maybe one night off from the task is just what he needs, and the company of this lovely creature will definitely do the trick. Imagine his surprise when they get to his apartment and the 300 year old enforcer is taken down by a woman almost half his size. He is drugged and when he wakes to find many of his confidential files missing, the chase in on.

Cee Cee needed the information in those the Enforcers files yet she almost feels bad about drugging him…almost. She has been planning revenge against the man who killed her husband and she knew the Enforcer would have more detailed maps of all the planekite mines owned by Ivan Bychkov. Destroying Ivan’s mines are just the first part of her plan. After closing his mines, Cee Cee is going to destroy the rest of his financial holdings. If Ivan’s “investors” don’t kill him first, Cee Cee will be happy to do the job.

Daire finally catches up with Cee Cee, but he can’t get her to fill him in on her plans. He does realize that Cee Cee does make one very important point — it is most likely Ivan who is supplying the planekite for the production of Apollo. Rolling with the old saying “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” Daire decides that working together is in his best interest, as well as Cee Cee’s, and he’s all in on helping her with her plans to ruin Bychokov. But what happens once you finish taking down your common enemy? Will Daire be willing to let the petite beauty just walk away or is the fire burning between them simply too hot?

THOUGHTS:
I loved this story. It was action-packed and exciting. An early-on description of Cee Cee made me go “hmmm” and I raced to my Dark Protectors shelf to check on something. I was so certain I was right and I knew once all the puzzle pieces were put together, the shit was going to hit the fan. I was correct and I was as awesome and awkward as could be expected. Hehehe. Nice twist, Mrs. Zanetti. Very nice. Because of this twist, I don’t want to talk about it too much and give too much away.

When her plans, for the most part, come together, you can see that Cee Cee is actually having fun. She grew up overprotected and sheltered and for the first time, she is getting a feeling of satisfaction in her success. Although her risking herself makes Daire crazy, her joy is infectious to the stalwart Enforcer and he finally stops fighting her to keep her safe and goes to protector her while she carries out her mission.

I really like the story and it drew in some past characters from the Dark Protectors series which is always fun. It also sets things up very nicely for the next book staring cousin, Simone.