Review: A Bloody Good Secret by Sierra Dean

A Bloody Good Secret
Book 2 in the Secret McQueen series

Author: Sierra Dean
Publisher: Samhain
Genre: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9781609285319
Release date: September 20, 2011
Author's website: Sierra Dean

After cheating death twice in one night, confessing her true nature to her werewolf soul mates and being asked to kill one of her closest friends, Secret took a much-needed vacation. By running away.

Now she’s back in town—dragged kicking and screaming—determined to clear Holden Chancery’s name. Right after she finds out what he’s accused of. It shouldn’t be hard—Holden has a habit of using their new and scintillating psychic bond to break into her thoughts and dreams at some very, shall we say, awkward moments.

Just a few things stand in her way: a secretive Tribunal leader, a group of would-be vampire slayers and two werewolf boyfriends who refuse to let her operate in her customary lone-wolf style. Even less amusing are the terrifying creatures that someone is using in an attempt to gain control of the council. Even for this out-of-the-ordinary bounty hunter, it’s a challenge with potentially deadly teeth.

Let me start of by saying that the ending of book 1 in this series, Something Secret This Way Comes, had me saying "OMG!" out loud while I read the last few sentences.  The main character Secret McQueen has got so many problems going on that she decides to run from it all.  She's been given the task of assassinating her
liaison to the vampire counsel and she believes that Holden is innocent.  She also has to deal with the fact that her secret of being half wolf/half vamp is out to the 2 wolves that she is bonded to.  Lucas and Desmond now know the truth and she doesn't know how to react.  So she hides with her grandmere until those that are looking for her find her and literally kidnap her to bring her back.  It literally takes a joint effort between several individuals to bring her back and let's just say she's not to happy when she realizes who was involved.  But now that she's back she has to figure out who is framing Holden for a something that he didn't do.

One thing that Secret is not lacking male attention.  She's got the king of the wolves Lucas Rain, his right hand man Desmond, and Holden all vying for her attention. She's attracted to all of them and has a different connection to each of the men.  But in the end, she really, truly loves one of them and I have to say I wasn't surprised when she admitted that she loved him.  I won't tell you which one here, so you'll have to read the book to find out. *wink*  Personally I'm a Holden lover and want more of him so I'm looking forward to book 3 in the series so I can get my fix. 

I'm giving A Bloody Good Secret a rating of:

What I love most about this series is Sierra Dean does such a great job at keeping her readers entertained.  Her books are well written and I never feeling like I'm missing out on something while I am reading them.  I would recommend this series to anyone that enjoys Paranormal Romance as well as Urban Fiction. 


Other books in series:
Book 1:  Something Secret This Way Comes
Prequel:  The Secret Guide To Dating Monsters