BLACK LAMENT finds a grieving Madeline Black not sure what to do next. She works for the Agency as an Agent of Death; her job is to make sure souls get to where they belong. But right now she could care less ... her husband is dead and all she can think about is revenge. Then her grandfather, Lucifer himself tells her she carries Gabriel's child. Now she has the child ... and her revenge to live for.

She has her gargoyle buddy Beezle to keep her going along with Samiel, her late husband Gabriel's half brother, the werewolf Jude and the newly added complications of her life, her former unwanted fiancé Nathaniel. He had been a follower of the one who killed Gabriel ... her own father Azazel. Now he has been placed as her body guard by Lucifer.

On top of everything the Agency isn't happy with her at all. She has missed a couple of retrievals and she tends to interfere when she sees innocent people about to be killed. They prefer she look the other way. That is so impossible for her when she finds that 16 other agents have been kidnapped and the Agency will do nothing. They tell J.B. her boss to not interfere but even he cannot stand by and do nothing. He also admits that he is in love with Maddy and wants to protect her. They rescue the agents but when they return they are arrested by the Agency. About this time Maddy has had enough. Too many people she cares about have been harassed and tortured. It ends now.

BLACK LAMENT is book 4 of the Black Wing novels. It is a fast paced, action packed, story with a butt kicking heroine that keeps you glued to the pages. If you haven't read the first books of the series, reading this one will get you hooked. I did find the characters a little complicated having come into the series this late but once I figured out who and what they were it was a great read. The ending was spectacular and as I'm sure the author [Christina Henry] intended it leaves you wanting more.

Book Summary

Devastated and grieving, Maddy unexpectedly finds hope with the discovery that she is pregnant. But Maddy’s joy is short lived when Lucifer informs her that he wants the baby, hoping to draw on the combined power of two of his bloodlines. Maddy is determined that her grandfather will never have her child, but she’s not sure what she can do to stop him.

Being pregnant is stressful enough, but Maddy suddenly finds herself at odds with the Agency—forbidden from meddling in the affairs of the supernatural courts. When a few of her soul collections go awry, Maddy begins to suspect that the Agency wants to terminate her employment. They should know by now that she isn’t the sort to give up without a fight…