From Goodreads: Saari Mitchell sees a psychologist in order to understand why-500 years later-she’s still dreaming of her dead lover. Her shrink isn’t helping, the nightmares come every time she closes her eyes, and the lack of sleep is interfering with her job at Sacred Heart Hospital. With her psychic ability to heal the human spirit on the fritz, her auric radar becomes as reliable as her spotty cell phone service.

By day, Dhelis Guidry works as a detective for the new Angeles Police Department investigating the missing or murdered women in the Full-Moon Killer case. In his spare time he hunts rogue vampires as a Tueri executioner.

Brogan Vincent is a Tueri healer. Though he could offer his miraculous talents to the rich and powerful, he has chosen anonymity and peace by only using his psychic abilities among the Tueri.

One look into Saari’s tri-colored eyes and both men realize she is Tueri. One touch tells them each she’s their soul mate. But can either of them protect her from the Full-Moon Killer?

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To be honest, I didn’t know if I was going to like this book, based on the synopsis.  I was a little concerned over the love triangle, especially as so many books seem to have them these days, and it all sounded a bit confusing.  But, I quickly found out that it’s an amazing book, and I’m really glad I picked it up!  Rearden has created a completely original piece, love triangle included, that kept me captivated throughout the entire novel.  It’s a very quick read in that it’s extremely interesting, especially with a murderer on the loose, vampires and weres working together, and the introduction of a new “species,” the Tueri.  And, it’s all tastefully done. 

I enjoyed all of the characters, even the ones I love to hate.  Rearden has created a wonderful group of characters that steal the show, allowing the reader to drift into their world rather seamlessly.  This is a very daunting task for a writer, but Rearden has no difficulty making her characters vivid and genuine, even if it does deal with the mythical more so than real-life.  I found myself melting into the story on multiple occasions, and the characters even permeated my dreams.  Now that, in my opinion, constitutes good writing!

I loved that Rearden doesn’t keep the murderer’s identity a secret.  The readers know the who and why early on in the novel, and I think this adds to the suspense because we have a leg up on the other characters.  It’s dramatic irony at its finest (if I’m allowed to use that term with novels) and I loved knowing something the rest of the characters didn’t, and watching them slowly realize… until it’s too late.  Rearden presents it in such a way that I actually enjoyed knowing the murderer’s identity more than not knowing and finding out along with the characters, if that makes sense.  Rearden is a very talented writer with a wonderful imagination, and I’m ecstatic that she is sharing it with us through her novels.  Four stars.