Review - Viper by Patricia A Rasey

Viper by Patricia A Rasey

Rating = 4 sizzling stars!

* ARC provided by the author in exchange my for honest review

It has been a while since I last read a paranormal book but the blurb just totally grabbed me. Well a totally hot vampire who also happens to be the president of the Sons of Sangue Motorcycle club – what’s not to grab me?

This wasn't your typical fantasy – it was so real and raw. No sparkles, no throwback to another era. No just here and now, present modern world with an undercurrent of danger of a secret never to be revealed. Or will it?

This book totally rekindled my paranormal fires! From the blurb to the cover, it was a fast buy in from the first page.

Kane ‘Viper’ Tepes and his twin Kaleb ‘Hawk’ Tepes run the Sons of Sangue Motorcycle Club and have a good relationship with the town’s Sheriff’s office. That is until beautiful blonde, blue eyed women start turning up dead and all link to Viper and his sexual persuasions and contacts. This brings Detective Cara Brahnam back into his life. 

It had been ten years since he last saw this gorgeous woman who has never left his thoughts, not since that first night he turned and saw her running into the night after she sees him taking his fangs to a woman amongst other ‘entertainment’. He should have run after her and wiped her memory, but for some reason he wants Cara to remember who and what he is.

Cara had never forgotten that night either but refuses to believe what she saw. How can vampires exist? No it was a trick of the light or some sick kink he was into, after all this was the same weird stuff her friend Suzi was into and the reason she never spoke to her again and left town. However she never forgot that strong sexual pull she had towards Kane and now all these years later the feelings are just as strong, if not more. 

So here Cara finds herself back in Pleasant, running away from another cluster eff she found herself in with her ex (and what a nasty piece of work he was). As lead detective she is back up close and personal to the man she ran away from ten years ago, who is now number one suspect in a murder investigation. 

I love how cool Cara is and I actually liked her. She took everything at face value and tried to rationalise each situation she comes across, especially Kane being a vampire! One thing she can't deny is the attraction they have for each other. I was in for a treat with the chemistry dripping off the kindle. Kane was a total badass alpha hottie. He knew what he wanted and that he was going to get it and he wanted Cara like no other. Not even when she is accusing him of murder! But as the investigation heats up (as does the relationship with Cara and Kane) it’s seems all is not as straight cut as they both thought. Evil forces from Kane’s past are thrown into the mix and he finds himself needing to protect Cara which puts them both in closer and closer contact. 

I adored Kane and the whole MC brotherhood. The secondary characters just added further to the mix of this world the author has created. Trying to sum it up in one sentence is hard but I suppose it is a cross between Vampire Diaries for grownups and Sons of Anarchy. Totally kick ass, absorbing and darn sexy! Roll on to the next book – I hope it’s Kaleb – I can't wait!