Look, I realize these are romance primarily, but if you're going to have an overarching plot between books, you actually need to develop it beyond the "bad guy shows up and gets knocked out" and that's all we hear about him (he showed up in an earlier book - [b:The Witch's Familiar|50626832|The Witch's Familiar (Familiar Mates #1)|T.J. Nichols|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1579713813l/50626832._SY75_.jpg|67695887] as part of the council overseeing Jude Sullivan's test).

If you want to see how this is done right, read some [a:Suzanne Brockmann|32638|Suzanne Brockmann|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1235377378p2/32638.jpg] or [a:Elizabeth Peters|16549|Elizabeth Peters|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1232144920p2/16549.jpg] ... ( )