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Lily Yu and Rule Turner’s engagement announcement is stirring up ugly passions in the Humans First camp. There’s hate mail. Death threats. Lily’s car is vandalized. But professionally, things are going smoothly...until a lupus in Tennessee goes on a killing spree. Then Rule's brother, Benedict, catches a lovely intruder--twice. The first time she's sneaking around the home of the leader of Humans First. The second time, she sneaks into Nokolai Clanhome with a mysterious potion. It may not be possible to deal with the rapidly escalating situation the way Lily always has: through the law. Especially when she’s pulled off the case due to an alleged conflict of interest. Lily’s loyalties will be stretched to the breaking point when she discovers that the deaths in Tennessee were only the opening skirmish in an all-out war.
Publication Year: 2011
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I have meandered through all of the Lupi books, some with more enthusiasm than others. BLOOD CHALLENGE is my hands down favorite. While there is action, this book is mainly about the characters, and Wilks has done a wonderful job interweaving a few main couples. We get a glimpse of Rule and Lily's home life (and I *loved* Lily's ruminations on how the mate bond has positives and negatives), and a HEA for Benedict. Rather than rolling out one couple per book, or obvious sequals, Wilks manages to create a more organic story line that developes characters and relationships beyond the Urban Fantasy norm. I've been seeing lots of reviews for this one around, but I loved it so much I want to review it for the blog. We'll see if that particular ambition ever comes to fruition...