Dark Alpha's Obsession

DARK ALPHA’S OBSESSION is the eleventh instalment in Donna Grant’s contemporary, adult REAPERS paranormal/fantasy romance series focusing on Death’s Reapers. This is Reaper Rordan Dovecoat , and Light Fae warrior Fianna O’Hannon’s story line. The REAPERS is a spin off from Donna’s DARK KINGS series which is a spinoff from Donna’s DARK WARRIOR series which in turn is a spin off from Donna’s DARK SWORD series- all set in the Highlands of Scotland. You do not have to have read any of the previous series to understand the premise but many of the events of the Reapers series, overlap with the events of the Dark Kings series. DARK ALPHA’S OBSESSION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion.

SOME BACKGROUND: The Reapers (believed to be a folk lore amongst the Fae) are a group of Dark and Light Fae, selected by Death (aka Erith), on their own deathbed, to do her bidding-Death is the judge and jury; the Reapers are the executioners. The Reapers are not harbingers of death, but are tasked with destroying the Light and Dark Fae who have crossed a line from which there is no return. All Reapers must follow two rules: never to fall in love; and never to reveal their existence to anyone.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Rordan and Fianna) DARK ALPHA’S OBSESSION follows reaper Rordan Dovecoat on his latest solo assignment to infiltrate a meeting where Light Fae Dorcha O’Hannon is recruiting members in his fight to forge a union between the Light and Dark Fae but all is not as it appears to be as the Reapers and Death suspect a re-emergence of The Others, and Dorcha is but a pawn in a much larger game. Dorcha has surrounded himself with specialized security, including his sister Fianna, whose own life has been tethered to that of her brother’s, a life she is struggling to accept and defend. Rordan’s immediate attraction to Fianna does not go unnoticed but something about the brother/sister duo screams power and abuse, and in this Rordan forces our heroine to look at the bigger picture, revealing the truth about his past, her past, and their life going forward. What ensues is the building friendship and relationship between Rordan and Fianna, and the potential fall-out as Fianna has been targeted in the family’s fight for power and control.

For years, Fianna has been the black sheep of her family but the reality of the who, how and why reveals a bitter truth that places our heroine on the outside looking in. Tired of the secrets and lies, Fianna decides it is time to live life on her own terms but her life is no longer hers to control. Rordan Dovecoat had been betrayed many times over, and in this, Rordan knows a thing or two about fractured family dynamics- Fianna’s relationship with her brother screams all kinds of fractured.

We are introduced to Fianna’s brother Dorcha, and their father Fearghal, as well as Light Fae Ruarc, whose repayment of a debt has been called in too many time. Here’s hoping the author has plans for Ruarc.

DARK ALPHA’S OBSESSION continues to focus on the take down of The Others, a group that is hoping to rule the supernatural world, focusing their intent on the Dragon Kings and their mates but the death of their one-time leader now places The Others in a position to recruit, and with it, The Reapers are now the target in focus.

Donna Grant pulls the reader into a fast paced, intriguing and twisted storyline of betrayal, secret, lies, power and control. The premise is imaginative ; the characters are animated; the romance is seductive.

I have read this series from the beginning and Donna never disappoints....................suspense, action and a story that makes you think. Always finding out more of the backstory along with the current timeline is unreal. Keeping the other characters alive and involved makes this more of a world that invites and beckons and keeps you intrigued.