Shadow Warrior, the fourth book in the Shadow Rider Series by Christine Feehan, had my heart beating in all different ways for all different reasons! This book grabs you from the very first page, actually the very first sentence, and it doesn’t let go.
Vittorio Ferraro has spent his life obligated to family and performing his duty of doling out justice while hiding behind a mask. He had two speeds, calm rational peacemaker, trying to control situations peacefully and if that couldn’t be achi...

Shadow Warrior, the fourth book in the Shadow Rider Series by Christine Feehan, had my heart beating in all different ways for all different reasons! This book grabs you from the very first page, actually the very first sentence, and it doesn’t let go.
Vittorio Ferraro has spent his life obligated to family and performing his duty of doling out justice while hiding behind a mask. He had two speeds, calm rational peacemaker, trying to control situations peacefully and if that couldn’t be achieved he erupted and made every blow count. He dreamed of finding someone to give him balance, to anchor him between these two extremes. When he finds Grace his heart unlocks, he finds someone who he can open up to, actually needs to open up to, and we begin to see there is so much more to Vittorio Ferraro, his masked personality emerges with her. He pulls out all the stops to win her love and to save her from the man who has tormented her most of her life.
Grace, who spent time growing up in the foster care system, some horrible, some good. But the most horrible was the Foster brother who latched on to the kindness she gave him, in his demented way protected her from the bad but also removed the good to keep her his. She had to control herself and everything in her life to protect herself and those she came across from him. Her control gave her the skills she needed for her career, but it also kept her from living. Then she meets Vittorio and she realizes how tired she is of being in control. How nice it is to surrender her fears, her care, to someone like him as her trust builds. He brings to her life the same balance, the same anchor, he wants in his life, the same ones Grace gives him. It’s Ms. Feehan’s amazing storytelling that shows this happening, this bond growing into a beautiful relationship.
Vittorio, the epitome of a dominant alpha Male, is a stark contrast to the psychopath who torments Grace threatening her through his control removing any relationship in her life. Vittorio wants to know her likes/ dislikes. Knows that the strength of a relationship, even a dominant submissive one is one of communication and trust, knowing and acting on what makes each other happy. Being brought into the Ferraro family this is more important than anything. The consequences are high if the trust is broken. I was truly amazed at how these two grew as individuals and as a couple.
The villain, Grace’s foster brother, is one of the most diabolical, bone-chilling, I’ve ever read. He is a threat to the entire Ferraro family. And the main reason I had to remind myself this is a romance there’s going to be a happy ending. And yes the Ferraros know how to rise to the occasion!
All while Vittorio and Grace’s story is being shared, I fell more in love with the Ferraro siblings and their bond. Happenings with the Saldis and in their territory let you know something is brewing and the family has threats to be aware of…and the reader to realize this Series has a lot to offer in coming books!

Shadow Warrior is the 4th book in the Shadow Rider series about the Ferraro family, who take on the business of dispensing justice when all other options fail. The 6 Ferraro siblings are bound tightly by both love and the secrets only family are privy to. The bond between the siblings is unbreakable and that story line is the bedrock of the series. The highly visible rich kids persona’s are a mask they all wear to cover the family business.

Vittorio Ferraro has been restless; wanting the f...

Shadow Warrior is the 4th book in the Shadow Rider series about the Ferraro family, who take on the business of dispensing justice when all other options fail. The 6 Ferraro siblings are bound tightly by both love and the secrets only family are privy to. The bond between the siblings is unbreakable and that story line is the bedrock of the series. The highly visible rich kids persona’s are a mask they all wear to cover the family business.

Vittorio Ferraro has been restless; wanting the family and home life he has seen his brothers, Stefano, Ricco and Giovanni start. The want and need for a woman of his own is a constant emotion, it’s the finding that is not going to be easy in his mind, his totally dominant nature will make it hard to find a woman willing to live with such a controlling man. That is until Grace Murphy explodes out of the car trunk that her foster brother had forced her into, the key turned in the lock of his heart, just as it had for his 3 older brothers!!

Grace Murphy has risen above the abuse she suffered growing up in the foster care system. The only thing still around from that time is her foster brother, once a source of protection, now a monster willing to sell Grace into prostitution for gambling debts. In the Ferraro nightclub parking lot, Vittorio rescues her from her brother's attempt to sell Grace to the Ferraro's archenemies the Saldi’s to pay the debt. In the resulting fight Grace takes a bullet meant for Vittorio!
All that in the 1st Chapter!!!

As to the foster brother, I found him to be one the Scariest villains ever in the Feehan book list and she has had some really scary villains!! I still find myself looking at vents and attic stairs with suspicion.

The Ferraro siblings captured my heart from the very first book. The love and loyalty they feel is what all families hope to achieve. The demands on their bodies and mind, the rules and restrictions of what they are makes the possibility of finding a person to love so limiting as to make it impossible to find a mate. Vittorio’s over the top dominant nature ensures in his mind that he will be the one Ferraro to stay single, while Grace’s foster brother makes it impossible for her to get close to anyone let alone fall in love. But bad guys don’t scare the Ferraro’s, it’s their duty to take them out and Vittorio will never allow a bad guy to keep Grace from him.

I tend to say this over and over again, since it’s true, it bears repeating!! Ms. Feehan is one of the most intriguing storytellers I have ever read. The world building, the suspense, emotion and anticipation from book to book are riveting. The romance scenes are hot, hot, hot as the hero’s and heroines find their way to each other. This is a definite keeper!!