There's a couple of points where Hadley sounds a lot like Grier in the Necromancer series. I'd call it a very slow burn, I suppose, which means much like earlier Kate Daniels, this book is more about the plot and Hadley finding her professional footing. Because of their challenges, although there is Insta-attraction, there is no Insta-Consummation, which may frustrate the average PNR reader. I feel like there was some serious ret-conning here that wasn't mentioned at all in the Necromancer series had Hadley been an entirely new character, I would have found it much easier to go with the flow. Hadley and Midas are both deeply scarred people. PNR lore means it'll be one of those push-me-pull-you kind of relationships, and certainly, the remainder of the book bears that out. During a staring contest with him, their fates are sealed, at least according to romance lore. At the scene, she crosses official paths with Midas Kinase, the beta of the local gwyllgi pack. She gets a call that a gwyllgi has been murdered. Amelie, now known as Hadley, is on her own in Atlanta, enforcing supernatural law. Strictly speaking, it isn't necessary to have read the Necromancer books before starting this one, but book 2 of that series will certainly help. It picks maybe a year after that series ended, and takes place entirely in Atlanta.
Shadow of Doubt is the start of a new series about the Potentiate of Atlanta-in Training, Amelie, formerly of the Necomancer series. Despite that, it entertained me and lured me into book two, so I consider that a win. Or not I mean, some of the typical PNR problems are all here: a fascination with describing hair, MCs that are always nibbling/chewing at their lips (their own) beautiful characters a complete absence of the word 'said' and lots of 'swallowing pleas' for various reasons.
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