Phoenix King (PAPERBACK)
Phoenix King (PAPERBACK)
- royal romance
- later in life
- assassin & king
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MM later in life, royal romance
Book 2 in the Brothers of Fire series.
Kill the King of Mont de Leucoy, and his siblings will be released.
It should be an easy job for Malcolm Forrest. He’s ex-army, and hiking through snow doesn’t bother him because he’s a snow leopard shifter. He enters the country on four feet, his plan not formed beyond reaching the castle and getting eyes on the king.
Seeing a phoenix flying through the trees is unexpected, but his curiosity has been awakened, and so has the firebird’s. He follows, but what he finds is a man standing by a fire. A man he believes to be a shifter living wild and in need of some company, which, after days of living as a snow leopard, is rather too tempting.
Escaping his security to shift and fly is one of the reasons Gerrit likes to visit his remote mountain estate. The only shifters he ever finds are those in trouble, so when he sees the snow leopard, he’s happy to share his fire.
When the leopard shifts, Gerrit wants more than words. He’s tired of being alone and unable to connect because of who he is and the secret he needs to keep. He doesn’t expect to see the snow leopard again.
The next time they meet, Malcolm realizes who the phoenix is and how he missed his chance. With a magic-fueled blizzard closing in and no means of escape, he fails to act again. Instead, when Gerrit offers him shelter on his estate and in his bed, he accepts. Even though the lie eats him up. How can he kill a man who cares about his country, his family, his staff, and a stranger so much?
With lives on the line and too many secrets being kept, revealing the truth may be the only way out of the mess…but it will cost him more than his heart.
Explore the hidden kingdom of Mont de Leucoy in Book 2 of the Brothers of Fire series. This book has a lonely king, a desperate assassin, a snowstorm, spies, lies, and plenty of steam created by the phoenix and the snow leopard.
- 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.55 inches
- 254 pages
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Phoenixes are a fun fantasy breed and TJ Nichols makes the most of their attributes in Phoenix King. As with most series, the reader will get more out of this book having read the prior stories in the series. The eponymous phoenix is Gerrit who is tiring of his duties as king. His would-be assassin is Malcolm who will find his army skills coming in handy during a magical blizzard. This is the classic opposites-attract trope. There are so many secrets that get revealed and so many machinations of Garrit’s enemies that the plot is pleasantly complicated. I found myself much more drawn into this book than the one previous. The resolution to surviving the blizzard was a surprise to me and added to the twists and turns in the book. There is one mystery solved, but the bigger one remains to be addressed in the final book of the trilogy. I received a free copy of the book from the author and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I am really enjoying this series. I can't wait to see where the author takes me on this journey.