BOOK REVIEW for "Sigma (Vanguards, #5)" by Annie Nicholas

Sigma

(Vanguards, #5)

by Annie Nicholas

SUMMARY:

To defend and protect.

Sam is Sigma of his pack, defender of the young, old, and frail. Too bad the one time it mattered most, he failed to protect his best friend. Just when his self-loathing can’t grow any larger, he becomes entangled in a vampire skirmish and is left with an injured female in his arms.

Clementine can’t believe her vampire master would ask her to commit corporate espionage. She’s comfortable behind a desk, crunching numbers. Not racing through city streets trying to stay alive. Then of all things, a wolf shifter comes to her rescue. He’s made of all her fantasies rolled into one. In the one night with him, she lives more than the century she’s spent among her clan.

Hiding with Sam on the streets of Chicago, in the midst of fighting together to stay alive, can a petite vampire break through her hero’s jaded heart?

REVIEW:

****(4) out of 5 stars!

For this volume, we return to the tried-and-true formula of the series, with one of the original pack members (in this case, Sam) meeting and having to win over their mate.  Actually, Clementine is rather quickly enamoured of Sam.  Not only does he save her life, but then he continues to protect and take care of her.  He nurses her back to health after an injury, and then he takes care of her other needs.  

She had risked her eternal existence for her master and he had abandoned her.  Left her shot, with a stronger in a car that wouldn't start, for a damaged human female...
Sam growled... "It'll be okay, Clementine.  I'll take care of you."
Good, it was about time someone did.

These two hit it off remarkably well from the very beginning, and only grow to care more for each other as a little time passes and they have more intense bonding experiences of one sort or another.  Of course, there are things that get in their way, or attempt to, anyway.  Some of the aforementioned events for one, Daedalus for another.  But Sam & Clementine manage to survive everything that life throws at them.  And eventually, they get a shot at their own happily ever after.  

"Stay here.  I'll go inside and check things out, then come back for you."
She set the butt of the rifle between them.  "And if the vampires who want me dead show up?  Do you mind if I shoot them out here on the street or should I ask them to wait for you to come back first?"
Raising an eyebrow, he stared hard at her.  "You're going to start being a smartass now?"  
"Sweetie, you've only scratched the surface when it comes to knowing me."

We do get minor glimpses of all the other original pack members, including Sugar who remains human.  And this installment starts to move things along toward an ultimate resolution for Daedalus with his vampire clan.  One way of another, things are going to have to be resolved there.  Too bad it doesn't seem like Sugar cares enough to help or even be around.  I sure hope her attitude changes in the next book!  And that we get to see more of everyone again!

I received a free eBook copy of this title from the author, 

and have willingly provided an honest review.

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Author Bio

Annie Nicholas writes paranormal romance with a twist. She has courted vampires, hunted with shifters, and slain a dragon's ego all with the might of her pen. Riding the wind of her imagination, she travels beyond the restraints of reality and shares them with anyone wanting to read her stories. Mother, daughter, and wife are some of the other hats she wears while hiking through the hills and dales of her adopted state of Vermont. 

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