At the end of the previous novel, Cupid decided to help Lula and Brogan and made Brogan alive again (or at least visible and being able to feel and touch - how dead or alive any of the two is may be a different conversation). Which sounds great (unless you realize that you made a deal with a god and that is never a good idea). But after almost a century of being non-corporeal, talking to himself when he chooses to (because noone could hear him), giving Lula advice she did not ask for (and could not hear) and being able to pass through anything, Brogan has a bit of a problem adjusting (if we want to be generous). And he is too much of a 1930s man to admit it.

And just to make things weirder, Cupid shows up to ask for something - he sends them to find a rabbit - a rabbit that had already seen and missed. So off they go backtracking and trying to figure out what Cupid meant (while most readers would have a pretty good idea what (or who) the rabbit is - but then we did not spend weeks driving on Route 66 with our lovers - we just saw a single scene.

They finally figure out the rabbit part but there is a bit of an issue - there are werewolves, there is Crossroads (who is a woman and a house and a place and... it is hard to explain) and there is the Hush. And none of them is happy with Brogan. A few uneasy alliances later, a bit more Moon-related lore and a battle which almost kills everyone and things start looking up. Except for the book Lula and Brogan are still supposed to look for - not only everyone wants it but it appears to be a lot more than they anticipated.

It is a nice installment in a series which does not really shine but is entertaining enough for me to consider looking at some of the other series by the same author. It's not sparkling prose but I don't need it in all my books. Now the long wait for the next novel in the series... ( )