And [a:Lara Adrian|375626|Lara Adrian|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1490013860p2/375626.jpg] did it again. Another great little novella.
This time it's Mathias Rowan's time to find what he secretly was looking for since he can think. The love of his life, his soulmate. His breedmate.
But it's unbelievable that all this will be find in that tattooed female named Nova. She's somewhat a crime suspect he can't just go for. He has a job to do. Just like the other Breed vampires back in Boston, he can't let his feelings go. The job, the Order comes first. Always!
But damn it, this woman is nagging on him and he gotta do something about it.

I enjoyed this little novella a lot and I did see me a bit in it. In Nova. Not as being a Breedmate, but as the tattoo oed woman. ( )

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Reread August 31st, 2020 brings it down to a 4 from a 4.5.
So my 1st read was more enjoyable than my 2nd. This time I felt like things between the MC's happened way to fast and certain things weren't dealt with.
Still enjoyed it. Just not as much.

Paranormal Suspense Adult Romance Novella by Lara Adrian. It is book #11.5 in the Midnight Breed series. I think it is the best Novella I have read by [a:Lara Adrian|375626|Lara Adrian|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1490013860p2/375626.jpg] so far. Although not as detailed and complex as her full length novels in this series, it still had all the elements that I love. There is suspense in the mystery of who the dead bodies with the odd scarab tattoos are. What is Nova's connection with them?

If you have read the series up to this point, you know Mathias Rowan from previous books. He was a director in the Enforcers, now he is a commander in The Order. It is his job to investigate why these dead bodies are showing up in the Thames. His investigation leads him to Nova. Mathias and Nova's connection to each other is fast and hot.

Some great twist in this one! I thought the culprit was going to be someone else to nearly the end. Suddenly it all made sense. Loved it. Not enough action for me to give it 5 stars. But if I could, I would give it 4.5 stars. ( )

It's really hard to concentrate on the story about the breed with the disgusting tattoo descriptions. If you like tattoos, you probably won't mind. Yuck blah. I don't mind the glyphs, although they sound ugly, because they are a natural coloration. But to purposely mark your body with multi colored scars is something I have never understood. And to see a great proliferation of them on someone's body makes me want to heave.
I'm not into pain, and I don't understand anyone who would do this to themselves.

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Listened to audio book narrated by Hillary Huber. The accents seemed odd at first, it didn't seem to fit the London setting but I got used to it.

Mathias is investigating the murders of men with a scarab tattoo that leads him to tattoo artist Nova. She's a breed mate in hiding. I really wish this had been a full length story, there is so much more of their story to tell. I'm assuming this story is laying a foundation for future stories as it leaves some things open ended.

Rated 5 for the story but I'd give it a 4 on the audio.

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