Cronin’s Key (Cronin’s Key #1) by N.R. Walker

I enjoyed the premise of this more than I enjoyed it’s execution. I love a good vampire romp so it wasn’t difficult to get through it. Alec was a bit of a pill to be honest, I’d be pissed if I was Cronin and this was the mate I got. That sounds mean, but this man had zero self preservation instincts. He just kept not listening to a group of people who clearly know better than him! He is a cat dad though so he isn’t totally awful!

Also, while I enjoyed that ancient Egyptian storyline, it ended up being a little bit lame, and everything that happened could be seen coming from very early on. I’m not sure if I’ll finish this series or not, while I didn’t hate it, I just don’t know if I can take more Alec. We shall see!

Synopsis:

NYPD Detective Alec MacAidan has always been good with weird. After all, his life has been a string of the unexplainable. But when an injured man gives him cryptic clues, then turns to dust in front of him, Alec’s view on weird is changed forever.

Cronin, a vampire Elder, has spent the last thousand years waiting for Alec. He’d been told his fated one would be a man wielding a shield, but he didn’t expect him to be human, and he certainly didn’t expect that shield to be a police badge. Both men, strong-willed and stubborn, are still learning how to cope with the push and pull of being fated, when fate throws them another curveball.

Rumors have spread quickly of turmoil in Egypt. Covens are fleeing with news of a vampire who has a talent like no other, hell-bent on unleashing the wrath of Death. Alec and Cronin are thrown into a world of weird Alec cannot imagine. What he learned in school of ancient pharaohs and Egyptian gods was far from the truth. Instead, he finds out firsthand that history isn’t always what it seems.