Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
Release Date: October 7, 2025
Publisher: Brimfire Press LLC
Source: Amazon
Genre: Urban Fantasy
She made a deal with a fey. Now, she’s determined to break it.
Kennedy thought she’d finally found her footing in the paranormal world, but a fateful discovery threatens the peace she’s tried so hard to build. Hidden within her mother’s jewelry box lies a rare artifact linked to Garion, the Rain’s bartender and Kennedy’s friend. It’s also the object Kennedy vowed to give to a fey king in exchange for his previous “help.”
Handing over the token feels like a betrayal, but breaking a bargain is no small matter. Kennedy needs advice, so she turns to her small circle of allies, including Blake, the relentless werewolf she can’t let herself fall for.
With her options running out, Kennedy must navigate around the rules of the paranormal world while also solidifying Jared’s position as the new master of the local vampire compound. She’s pulled deep into cutthroat politics, and once again, she faces an impossible choice: surrender the token and betray her friend, or defy the fey and risk unimaginable consequences.
Kennedy thought she’d finally found her footing in the paranormal world, but a fateful discovery threatens the peace she’s tried so hard to build. Hidden within her mother’s jewelry box lies a rare artifact linked to Garion, the Rain’s bartender and Kennedy’s friend. It’s also the object Kennedy vowed to give to a fey king in exchange for his previous “help.”
Handing over the token feels like a betrayal, but breaking a bargain is no small matter. Kennedy needs advice, so she turns to her small circle of allies, including Blake, the relentless werewolf she can’t let herself fall for.
With her options running out, Kennedy must navigate around the rules of the paranormal world while also solidifying Jared’s position as the new master of the local vampire compound. She’s pulled deep into cutthroat politics, and once again, she faces an impossible choice: surrender the token and betray her friend, or defy the fey and risk unimaginable consequences.
A Token of Blood and Betrayal is the 4th installment in author Sandy Williams' Kennedy Rain series. A Token of Blood and Betrayal picks up right where Fused in Earth and Stone, where Kennedy Rain—a human woman thrust into the supernatural underbelly after inheriting her family's paranormal ties—has been scraping together a fragile sense of stability. Running a bar that serves as neutral ground for vampires, werewolves, and fey alike, where they can be human just for a short time, Kennedy has learned to navigate bargains, betrayals, and blood oaths with a mix of grit and guarded optimism.
But peace is fleeting in this world. The story kicks off with a gut-punch discovery: a seemingly innocuous artifact from her late mother's jewelry box, which turns out to be a powerful token tied to Garion, Kennedy's loyal bartender and an ally who's become like family. The problem is, Kennedy already promised this very item to a cunning fey king in exchange for past "assistance" that saved lives but came at a steep cost. Kennedy is caught in a vise—deliver it and shatter a hard-won friendship, or renege on a fey bargain and invite catastrophic repercussions that could unravel the delicate balance she's fought to maintain.
What follows is a high-wire act of deception, alliance-building, and moral tightrope-walking. Kennedy consults her tight-knit circle: the brooding werewolf Blake (whose unrequited tension with her crackles like live wire), the enigmatic vampire Jared (now stepping into a precarious leadership role), and a handful of other supernatural misfits like Nora, Astrid, Thordis, Phedra & Sullens who've become her chosen family. As cutthroat politics engulf the local paranormal scene—rival factions vying for control of the vampire compound and fey courtiers scheming in the shadows—Kennedy must outmaneuver foes both old and new.
Kennedy has been trying to find a balance between keeping both vampires and werewolves happy. She also has to find a way to save The Rain from financial ruin, which means doing things neither side agrees with. She has pretty much left her human friends behind to keep them safe, which means that Eli, the elemental fey, is there to protect them from the world of the paranormals. Add in cutthroat politics, a dash of forbidden romance with the ever-persistent werewolf Blake, and you have a story that's equal parts heart-wrenching moral quandary and pulse-pounding action.
Garion's quiet depth adds emotional weight, while Blake's relentless charm injects just enough flirtatious heat to keep things simmering without derailing the plot. However, Kennedy misses key signs that trouble is brewing, and it will soon run her over like an out-of-control freight train. From the onset of this book, I saw the betrayal coming every time she left the safety of the Rain. I wanted to jump into the story and shake Kennedy until she, too, saw that she was blindly doing what the villains wanted from her. The only question is, will Blake and her allies do enough to save her from her mistakes?
*This book quite literally made me mad, and that's a good thing because it means that you are invested in the series, and to see what happens to the FMC even though she's up to her ears in swamp water. I do like the Kennedy/Blake connection now that Kennedy has seen how protective he and his wolf are of her.
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