Steamy reads with a dollop of magic, mystery and hot... hot men

Certainly this was a more interesting read than the first book in the series. Our heroine, Sybella, is rightfully more damaged and she finds herself alone in a world of danger - surrounded by her own family.
The bad guys are great and the danger to Sybella feels constant and suffocating.
For three quarters of this book I was enjoying the intrigue, Beast (our hero) and their journey to save the day - and each other.
Then at the 75% mark this book become a love/forgiveness fest - sucking all the momentum out of our heroine, the story and even the bad guys.
That's it for me with this series - the author has a great premise but neither her characters (ick - the wishy washy Ismae from book one) or her plots can be counted on to sustain a good read.