Alexei has lost his role as a Rider to the Baba Yagas, and now finds himself adrift, traveling across the country drinking and fighting. However, once Alexei reaches Cape Cod, he's not finding this life satisfying, and surprises himself by agreeing to help a beautiful bartender's father recover from an injury. The bartender, Bethany McKenna, intrigues him, and while staying in her guest house with a pregnant Great Dane, stories of a sea monster surface. These stories will throw Alexei and Bethany into a dangerous journey to defeat a long dormant monster, challenge greedy pirates, and possibly even find love.

DANGEROUSLY FIERCE is the third novel in Deborah Blake's Broken Riders series, and a continuation of her Baba Yaga series. Previous readers of these series will be happy with Blake's inclusion of familiar characters, such as Beka, Chewie, and the queen of the Otherworld. Alexei and Bethany are a great couple. Alexei's strength and kindness combined with Bethany's determination and intelligence make for traits that balance out their relationship. Bethany is relatable in her struggle to care for her injured father and her struggles running the family bar. Readers will be pleased with how Alexei's life turns out in the end and his growth throughout the story. Bethany's father is a well-written, comical, and relatable secondary character, and though rough around the edges, is very endearing. The villain of DANGEROUSLY FIERCE is probably my favorite of Blake's, and the creativeness of combining a dragon and a pirate is a home run. I like that the villain is truly evil and bloodthirsty, and I also like the combination of humor found when the villain finds it difficult to navigate the 21st century, and the dialogue between him and Len, the other antagonist. The pacing of the story was quick and enjoyable, and the setting of Cape Cod added great dimension to the story. DANGEROUSLY FIERCE is a story well worth reading for old and new fans of Blake's Baba Yaga series alike.

Book Summary

The Riders: Three legendary brothers who kept the Baba Yagas safe. The Riders’ immortality was stripped away, along with their mission. But they are still much more than Human, and their story is far from over…

His brothers may have found new paths to follow, but Alexei Knight isn’t even looking. If he can’t have the life he was meant to lead, there is no second choice. So he is bent on drinking and brawling his way across the country until he winds up on Cape Cod in a bar called The Hook and Anchor, where he finds challenges he was never expecting, a feisty red-haired bartender, and maybe a lot more than that…

Bethany McKenna left behind an almost-completed law degree to return home and care for her cranky disabled father and run his bar for him. If that wasn’t enough, she also agreed to foster a very pregnant Great Dane. She has enough to deal with without adding in a giant bearded brawler, no matter how appealing he is. Yet somehow he ends up living in the guesthouse, taking care of her father, and sneaking his way into her heart…

Alexei and Bethany both think the lives they wanted have come to an end, but after dealing with a mysterious sea monster, pirates, dragons, and some adorable puppies, they might just discover that love is the greatest adventure of all…

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