Her Knight in Shining Stone by Tamsin Baker

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

As a Gargoyle shifter of New York City, Roman and his four brothers sit on top of the city library all day in their stone form, watching and waiting. On sun down they come alive and that is when Roman feels the tug towards his Beloved—the woman who he will be united to.

Christiana is a waitress in a dead end life. One night a man with silver eyes and the most incredible aura, walks into her restaurant and changes her life. She is thrown into a world with paranormal creatures she doesn’t understand, and a bond that is impossible to break.

When the rogues come to destroy Roman and his brothers while defenseless and sleeping, will Christiana reach inside herself to protect the man she’s come to love?

Her Knight in Shining Stone

Insta-love gargoyle romance!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: ☹️😋😘🥰

The heroine: Christiana – she works nights at a New York diner, her boyfriend Greg is the chef, and he is jealous and abusive. She moved in with him and started working at the diner after her parents died three years ago and she has had more than a few black eyes since then from his tendency toward violence.

The Hero: Roman – he and his brothers are bound by magic and during the day they are stone gargoyles that sit on top of an old three-story building in New York, the city public library. The magic that binds and heals them throughout the day only appears at sunset to set them free to once again take on their human form. Though for Roman that change is becoming harder and harder. He needs to find his mate, as he is over one hundred and twenty years old and has waited nearly too long to find a mate.

The story: When Roman follows his heart one night, it leads him directly to the diner where Christiana works. He immediately knows she is his beloved and goes in and orders some steaks and sits watching her all night. She is nervous with all the attention he is paying her because she knows that her boyfriend will get angry, and when he does, Roman steps in and defends her. She feels some connection to him and when he tells her she is going home with him, she agrees.

Gargoyles are immortal at night and their mates become immortal as well, but the gargoyles are vulnerable during the day. The only way they can be killed is if they are pushed off the edge of a building while in their stone forms and broken to pieces. Someone has been killing gargoyles in the past year, first in Chicago, then in Los Angeles. Roman fears it won’t be long before whomever it is, makes it to New York and comes after him and his brothers.

The story is a short read and so the two main characters fall in love in a flash. I did like the storyline about the killings and the intimate scenes were hot and not drawn out for too long. I liked that there was story about getting to know each other. Though the book kind of ended all of the sudden with no resolution like I wanted. It wasn’t so much a cliffhanger, but more of an unfinished story in my opinion.

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