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Blurb
Sequel to Covenant in Blood
Partnership in Blood Volume Three
As the Alliance wizard-vampire partnerships grow stronger, the dark wizards feel the effects and become increasingly desperate to find enough information to counter them, unaware of the growing strain of the blood-magic bonds on the wizards and vampires alike.
The conflict is spreading. The strife of uncomfortable relationships, both personal and professional, is threatening to tear up the Alliance from the inside, despite the efforts of Alain Magnier and Orlando St. Clair, Thierry Dumont and Sebastien Noyer, and even Raymond Payet and Jean Bellaiche, leader of the Paris vampires, who is fighting to establish a stable covenant with his own partner so he might lead by example.
As the war rages on and heartbreaking casualties mount on both sides, the dark wizards keep searching for clues to understand and counter the strength of the Alliance, while the blood-bound Alliance partners hunt through ancient prejudices and forgotten lore to find an edge that can turn the tide of the war once and for all.
Review
In this, the third installment of the Partnership series, there is more conflict between the dark wizards and the wizard/vampire alliance.
As in book two the various couples have their own emotional hurdles to overcome and their relationships change and develop.
They develop a new way to counter the magic imbalance – through sex – of course!
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This book still has the problem of balancing all the various couples (including m/f!) and the war. There is slightly more relationship building in this book (yay!) and each couple seems to be moving forward nicely, though there isn’t much dramatic change in the way of the war, yet.
Overall a nice, if perhaps overly long, addition to the Partnership series.
If you’ve been caught up in books one and two you will undoubtedly want to keep going…
4 of 5 hearts
