Having read the 2 previous books in the series, I was really looking forward to reading this. And it didn't disappoint! We meet up with our original friends Mirdza, Adriana and Kristiana plus their delicious men/mounts (not a typo, you REALLY need to read these books) Aleks and Grigory, along with a new encounter, Alexei. Things get real. We are taken for an adrenaline ride, dealing with Russian mobsters, power-hungry, evil men. The team have to work together to avoid being enslaved. And the start of it was a few misplaced bets and a debt to an unforgiving bookie. Bridget has so cleverly woven solid 3-dimensional characters and their everyday problems into a story that includes magic and ancient powers that will have you gripped. She has spanned their lives of grinding poverty and incredible wealth with such detail you can believe you are there, seeing it too. I thought this was the final book in a trilogy and although the story comes to a close, it wasn't the tight ending I thought would do it justice .... And then I found that there is another book to come! It's a quadrilogy! My heart is singing and my "pre order" button has been clicked.