Darkness by Nora Ash (Complete Series Books 1-4) (M/F/M romance)

This is a review of the Darkness Series by Nora Ash. This is a M/F/M manage romance. It is a serialized novel that consists of four parts. They must be read in order.  You can pick up each book individually or all of them as one book. It is also available for free on Kindle Unlimited.
The reading order of the individual books is listed below:
1-Into the Darkness
2-Hidden in Darkness
3-Shades of Darkness
4-Fires in the Darkness

In the world created in the Darkness series, we encounter sueperhumans living amongst humans. Each superhuman has a secret identity and superpowers (think like Batman or Superman). Some of these superhumans are good and some are evil.

Kathryn Smith is a culture blogger that longs to be a real reporter. She goes to a coffee shop one night and it is held up in a robbery. Lightning one of the superhumans comes to the rescue and Kathryn films the whole thing on her cell phone. She ends up writing a scathing blog post about the city's dependence on the superhumans and about corruption in the mayor's office. Little does she know, she opens a can of worms with this blog post. She is paid a visit by Lightning and he tells her to back off the story and she refuses because she realizes she actually hit on a real story that could make her career. Lightning marks her for "protection". Kathryn continues to investigate the story and almost gets raped and kidnapped. Another superhuman calling himself The Shade comes to her rescue. He kills the people trying to kidnap and rape her. He finds out Lightning marked her but he tells her the mark isn't complete because Lighting didn't have sex with her. The Shade wants Kathryn for his own so he has consensual sex with her in the alley and layers his mark over Lightning's mark. He only wanted to mark Kathryn because Lightning is his nemesis. However, The Shade decides he wants Kathryn. Kathryn doesn't want to want The Shade because she is scared of him but attracted to him at the same time. Kathryn continues to investigate the case despite being warned not to by The Shade.

At the mayor's ball, Kathryn figures out The Shade's secret human identity when she shares a dance with him however, she doesn't reveal she knows who he is. Lightning finds out that The Shade marked Kathryn and is angry over it. He ends up marking Kathryn for real and layering his mark over The Shade's mark. Kathryn continues to have a sexual relationship with both Lighting and The Shade.

Kathryn ends up being kidnapped by Bright who is an evil superhuman that wants to take over the world. He leaves a message for Lightning and The Shade that if they want Kathryn back that they must go before the ruling council and claim her together saying that she belongs to both of them. If they don't claim her, he plans on killing her. They both show up in front of the council to claim Kathryn much to everyone's surprise including Kathryn's.

Lightning and The Shade end up going together to see their old mentor and he tells them that Kathryn is their true mate and that she is capable of producing a child that will be a superhuman which is very rare. The two end up having sex with Kathryn. Neither one wants to let her out of their sight. She slips out later while both Lightning and the Shade are sleeping to go meet her friend Trish. She is betrayed by Trish. When The Shade and Lightning discover she is gone they are very fearful for her safety. They read the note she left and Lightning knows something is wrong because of the person she said she was going to meet in the note. This doesn't make sense yet to the reader but it will. Kathryn is kidnapped by her so called friend and also Lightning and The Shade's former mentor. Before he knocks her out she manages to call The Shade's cell phone and he hears the whole kidnapping. They track Kathryn's cell phone and find where she is being held. They go to rescue her.

They discover that the mayor is actually the superhuman villain Bright who is trying to take over the world. He says he will turn Kathryn loose if either Lightning or the Shade will sacrifice himself to save her. Lightning volunteers and Bright removes Lightning's mask and his secret identity is revealed.  He plans on killing Lightning on TV. It makes sense now how they knew Kathryn was in danger after reading her note because it is revealed that Lightning's secret identity is the reporter that Kathryn was supposed to be meeting with.

The Shade take Kathryn to safety but realizes that their triad won't be complete without Lightning. So they devise a plan to rescue Lighting. They enact their plan with the help of the police force. They save Lightning. The Shade almost gets arrested because he had to reveal his identity to the police chief and he doesn't exactly have a sterling reputation. He manages to get out of it but they seize Lightning's and The Shade's assets. They move in with Kathryn and we find out the true reason for the angst between Lightning and The Shade. The two men begin to mend their relationship and the three settle into a life together. Kathryn becomes and ambassador for  relationships and right between superhumans and regular humans. Kathryn also learns she is pregnant.

My recommendation: Read this one. It's a great story.