Hearing that, in essence, he was made for me makes me feel like rocks are churning in my stomach. I reveled in it as much as I reveled in the feel of his big, sword-roughened hands skating up my bare ribs, and I started to crave those words like I craved his possessive touch. Somehow, when Griffin would insist, low in my ear with a rasp in his voice, that I was made for him, I found that alluring, shiver-inducing, and safe. No more so than how they each contend with the knowledge that the Gods interfered and did a little more than nudge them toward one another. Their ill fated meeting lays the groundwork for events that propel Cat on a most dangerous and catastrophic path and shifts something vital in Cat and Griffin, causing fissures that ran deep and manifested throughout the story. They take to donning disguises to slip away to handle another pressing problem in the across the realm and on their journey they run into Griffin’s siblings, teen-aged Kaia and warrior brother, and Judas du jour, Piers.

Cat and Griffin are the newly minted Tarvan Alpha couple and have their hand full with managing the hoards of adoring crowds who have converged upon the castle.

Heart picks up shortly after events in Breath set the stage for a coup of epic proportions. This is not a series that stands alone well, with it containing so much rich world building, realm politics, light mythology and complex personal relationships, much would be lost and the experience would be spoiled if read as a one-off. Books one, A Promise of Fire and two, Breath of Fire were both reviewed by Mandi and I seriously suggest reading them in order. This series is everything enthralling and vibrant and action packed and romantic and funny and compelling and (insert enthusiastic adjective of your choice). You hear that Bouchet? Tetralogy, is all I’m saying. Heart On Fire is book three in the Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy and I’m already trying to figure out how just onnnnneeeee more novel can fit in, I mean, who likes trilogies anyway? A Tetralogy- now that’s the wave of the future.

Love is burning, with a thousand fragile cracks that lead straight to your soul.” Favorite Quote: “ Hate is an easier emotion to deal with than love.

Heart on fire amanda bouchet