Dark Alpha's Embrace by Donna Grant (A Reaper Novel)

This is a review of Dark Alpha's Embrace by Donna Grant. This is the first book my Donna Grant that I have read and am now a fan. I really enjoyed this story.

The story revolves around Kyran and River.
Kyran is a Dark Fae and also a reaper. The Reapers work for Death and assassinate the Fae who commit unspeakable acts against the other Fae.

River is a librarian with a gift to read all Fae languages. She is on a mission to find and retrieve all of the books her aunt had about the Fae. She puts up quite a fight to prevent Kyran and his friend from taking the books. She eventually makes a deal with them that they can take the books temporarily. She can read the languages that are extinct to the Fae so she is very valuable to them. The reason she has the gift she does is because they find out that she has Fae blood and that one person in each generation has the same gift to read the languages. However, all of the people in her family have been killed once they reach a certain age. The only reason River is still alive is because she has been hiding in plain sight and not drawing attention to herself.  Kyran and a couple of other comes to River's apartment and they basically kidnap her and take her to their temporary headquarters.

Once River ends up at the temporary headquarters she eventually decides to help their librarian decode what the books that she cannot read say. They are looking into why the Dark Fae are killing half breeds (part human, part Fae) and are also hunting a Dark Fae named Bran that has managed to escape from the Netherworld.

Kyran finds out that River's family was given their gift by the Dark Fae. They are puzzled as to why the Dark Fae has been River's family for so many generations and why they are killing half breeds. They think that the information contained in the books only River can read may help them in their quest.

River finds out the news that she is pregnant with Kyran's child from Death. Death is helping her reapers. Kyran is elated with the news once he finds out.

The Reapers get caught in a trap of Bran's making but manage to fight their way out. Death pays a visit to Kyran's parents and tells his father to stop killing the descendants of River's family. He passes on the message to the other people working with him.

We end the novel with Kyran asking River to be his wife and Bran making plans to strike The Reapers again.


I recieved a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.