This was a really nice romance of two older mates who each had to work through a lot of life baggage and history. The mating/breeding process and necessary continuous physical presence for dragon mates was different and a nice change to the traditional furry shifter story.

I call this series Ms. Oliver's "Coming Out and Gay For You" series. In this book, much of the story centered around Tony coming out at work and the impact it had on his job as police captain. Tony's issue was not publically admitting his sexuality, it was losing his job and pension since he had devoted much of his life and wrapped his self identity to LE.

The story was fairly busy as characters from the previous installments got involved along with Nico and Tony's families. There was a kidnapping action plot that rallied the shifter troops and showcased their abilities. It was a good wrap up for the series, creating new relationships plus intertwining existing ones.

A major disappointment was the mpreg. It was completely glossed over. That, along with being at the end of the book, made it feel as though Ms. Oliver threw it in at the last minute. This was in direct contrast to her recent book and impressive first foray into mpreg [b:A Tiger's Tale|34521777|A Tiger's Tale (Arrowtown, #1)|Lisa Oliver|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1489110472s/34521777.jpg|55654520].

Another downer was that Nico's dragon breath totally rejuvenated Tony from age 52 to 25. I was looking forward to a middle aged human mate - a healthy, disease-free, robust 52 year old silver fox would have been ideal.