River Marked

This is the 6th in the "Mercy Thompson" series by Patricia Briggs, and I have posted on all the previous books (Moon Called, Blood Bound, Iron Kissed, Bone Crossed, and Silver Borne) if you want to get a better description of characters. The series continues to hold up. Getting cold feet about the big wedding, Mercy convinces Adam to jump the gun and have a small private wedding. However, she has underestimated the deviousness of both her mother and Adam's daughter, who plan a surprise wedding instead with everyone in attendance. Off they go on a glamping honeymoon to the Columbia River gorge towing a plush trailer loaned to them by the faeries--uh oh. Everyone knows you don't EVER want to be indebted to the fae. Turns out there is a river monster in the vicinity devouring humans and Mercy will be the only one who can possibly defeat it--or she might die. Mercy comes face to face with other Native American Walkers and possibly her father--the real Coyote. All the Native American gods (Wolf, Thunderbird, etc.) are willing to sacrifice themselves to the beast if Mercy will agree to cut out its heart while it lies in a stupor from having devoured them. It's a dicey proposition, but the only one with any chance of success. This is NOT the honeymoon Mercy and Adam had planned on.