Review: Federal Paranormal Unit, Volume 1 by Milly Taiden 5 of 5 stars

Federal Paranormal Unit, Volume 1 by Milly Taiden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A great set of three books that is a great bargain too.

#1 Wolf Protector - 5*
A subset of the FBI, the Federal Paranormal Unit (FPU) is an elite squad of supernaturals dedicated to solving missing person cases. Members of the team do not necessarily know what everyone else's ability is, which suits her as Erica has a gift that enables her to connect to the crime, but it does cause her to pay a really deep personal cost that makes her have a tortured life for a while. Her latest case will team her with agent and wolf shifter Trent Buchanan - a man she has desired for years but as he is a womaniser she would never admit to that. However, Trent knows that Erica is his mate and wants her to the exclusion of anyone else. He has spent years trying to patiently wait for her to admit she wants him too, but even baiting her seems to fail in getting her to admit it. When they have to work one on one in a race to find a serial killer, his patience (and Erica's resolve) wears very thin, but when he finds out about her ability can he accept her for who (and what) she really is and protect her from the horrors she will suffer? This case is going to push them both right to the edge where Erica is going to have to risk it all and Trent is probably going to have to put his own life on the line in order to make sure his mate is protected.

I loved this story which has plenty of drama and danger as they battled to work out who the serial killer was as well as working out their own relationship. There was plenty of emotions and feelings at times in this story as well as twists and turns in the story as they worked through it all. I loved the clear way this was written and the way that everything was easy to understand and feel everything. A great introduction to the series as well as a love story mixed into a murder mystery. Contains some sexual content.

#2 Dangerous Protector - 4*
Shifter and head of the Federal Paranormal Unit has lived for the last ten years without the woman that he loves who is also his mate just making sure that he helps others and accepting that he has no personal life. Then she suddenly returns. Cynthia Vega felt that she had a very good reason to leave the only man she has ever loved after she had accepted his marriage proposal, but now she is back and is apparently now his boss. Brock is determined not to ignore the chemistry between them nor the past that they share - as far as he is concerned he needs to clam his mate finally as well as prove that their passion is hotter than before. He just needs to know what her explanation is so he can understand why he has suffered all this pain. It appears that some secrets are not going to stay buried in the past and Cynthia's reluctance may end up being the key to their own destruction. Can they resolve everything and survive all of this?

This was a story which explained a lot of things in the past from both the point of view of the story as well as Trent and Cynthia. There was definitely a case of decisions made without a discussion festering over time and making matters worse as well as a dramatic mysteries that were woven together into a story that we were all taken through as we read this book. It was full of twists and turns as we all had to work through the multiple layers. Well written with lots of thoughts and emotions as we were all able to go on the same journey as the characters in the book. Contains some sexual content.

#3 Unwanted Protector - 5*
Both Jane Donovan and shifter Tony Ramirez work for the Federal Paranormal Unit and Jane has lived a lie for the past 10 years as she has run from reality and the temptation that is Tony, but this year her holiday getaway is filled with more than relaxation as there is a dead man on her cabin's kitchen floor when she arrives there. Suddenly keeping Tony away is not so important. Tony has wanted Jane for the last ten years - she might not be his mate, but he can't ignore the attraction he feels towards her so when he gets a strong feeling that he needs to check on her as she is in danger he decides he needs to crash her vacation and take whatever punishment that leads to. But when he arrives at the cabin she is not there and no one knows where she can be. Working out who the man suddenly seems irrelevant when a small pink-haired child makes an appearance and she needs help. Unfortunately for Jane, the trouble with her small lie is that it will grow with time and the truth is likely to come to light before she is ready for it. So now they have a murder, a child, a mystery and their attraction to each other which is impossible to ignore. Can they get to the bottom of everything and work out their relationship and what the truth actually is?

I loved this story which had a great combination of a mystery, a lie, a very special child and love and devotion that was impossible to ignore. The way that the truth came out was typical of the way that secrets will come out eventually as they will not stay hidden forever. It was well written and very easy to read and understand. I could feel the frustration from Tony as well as the determination from Jane as she kept to her ideals and what she was striving to achieve. The ending was very unexpected and I now need to go and look to see if there is a new series that carries on with the story. Contains some sexual content.

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