It is a rare thing when I have to put down a book to take a breather just because I am so emotionally worked up that a quite moment is needed. In reading Coyote's Mate by Lora Leigh that is exactly what I had to do. I am not a crier by any means, but the tears were burning down my cheeks before I even noticed. LL tells such an amazing story with Coyote's Mate that it sucks you in and doesn't let you go until the end. The story is about Anya who again one of LL's touch girls, but with a heart so vulnerable that you can't help but fall in love with her and root for her along the way. The Breed is Del-Rey Delgato or a.k.a the Coyote Ghost, he is the Alpha to a pack of rescued Coyote breeds/Team Zero. Fighting in covert/rescue operations Del-Rey is asked by Anya to help free some Coyote Breed females; he accepts, but walks into the deal knowing he is going to double cross her. He not only does that over the 6 years it took to pull off, but in the planned "rescue mission" he shoots her father and kisses her. The kiss of a mate, Anay's body is taken over with desire for Del-Rey, not that she needed any help in that department, and she kidnaped by him then taken back to the coyote compound to become Del-Rey's Coya. Anya's heart is broken to be torn from her family, the utter betrayal by Del-Rey and now forced into the mating heat, she calls for a formal separation from him, which she is granted for one year. He leaves her there to become an Enforcer leaving her all alone to deal with all the breeds at the base, which is a struggle, but he returns some eight months later to claim what is his, Anya, who is still deeply in love with him despite what happened. The mating heat comes back full force for the two, who become lovers and now that Del-Rey is back the wedding is planned for the two mates at Haven. Or so we think, Del-Rey refuses to have the official bonding ceremony thinking he is keeping her safe, therefore upsetting the balance within the ranks of the coyotes. Anya is actually attacked in the compound kitchen by a coyote breed who all now believe she is NOT their coya as Del-Rey has denounced her and hence and nothing to them. It causes so much tension within the base which is a nice twist to the story and the most heartbreaking of all because Del-Rey really in is heart believes he is doing it to keep her safe. This whole drama tore my heart out for Anya and Del-Rey both. But silly Anya can't let him go and stays in his bed, her main objective to reconnect with her family and the coyote breed doctors they so desperately need. There is a lot of action in this book and so many ups and downs you will be laughing, crying and feeling the character's frustrations all in one chapter it will keep you going until the end only wanting more. I think could almost be read as a stand alone if you wanted to. But the entire series is fantastic!! Happy reading!
"For six years Anya Korbin worked with Del-Rey Delgato—the genetically altered rebel known as the Coyote Ghost—to free a group of coyote women kept in her father’s lab. As Anya matured into a woman, she and Del-Rey grew close…but then he broke his promise and killed her father. Now she must deal with her animalistic desire for the one who betrayed her."
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