Blood Heat delivers a hell of a punch! With this book four of the Blood Lines series Maria Lima has outdone herself.

Keira Kelly, the Kelly heir has returned to Rio Seco and thrown straight into missing werewolves in her territory. The mystery deepens and the tension ratchets up with each chapter … and yet the book covers less than a week in Keira’s life. This isn’t a book where there is non-stop action. Instead we have mysteries and attacks, but a very solid dose of investigation and discussion that is riveting in its intensity.

The writing is clear and the emotions honest.

Sure, a great deal of the book deals with bigotry and there is some lecturing against it, but I found the parallels drawn between country Texas and lack of tolerance, and the paranormal fae, vampires and weres as opposed to humans well done.

In fact, it was refreshing to read an Urban Fantasy that paid as much attention to thinking through the puzzle as it did to the tried and true ‘kick-ass’ action.

And the ending ….OMG this is so good!