When I first learnt that Carwyn would get his own book, I was sceptical of him being the male lead in a paranormal romance book. He appeared as a supporting character in the Elemental Mystery series, which is Giovanni and Beatrice’s story. He is one of Gio’s oldest friends, and at that time he was a priest in the Roman Catholic church. Aside from that he was described as being generally very laid-back, possessing the most garish collection of Hawaian shirts and being addicted to watching American Wrestling. So he seemed much more in the friend zone than a possible lover.That changed when together with his vampire son he rescued an abused girl that then became part of his son’s family. At this point there was little actual contact between the girl, and later, when Brigid had grown into a young woman, they only saw each other infrequently. To Brigid, Carwyn always seemed larger than life and unattainable. Being plagued by the demons of her past, Brigid fell into drug use, and even though she succeeded in shaking the habit, one relapse was enough to change her life forever. When her foster mother Deirdre found her near death after an accidental overdose, she couldn’t bear the thought of losing Brigid, too, only months after losing her mate of several hundred years, so in a act of desperation she changed Brigid. Only Brigid didn’t take on the element of her sire, but instead woke up as a fire vampie, the most volatile element and the most difficult to control… While helping Brigid to cope with her new reality, Carwyn realizes that he is not as invested in the priesthood as he was for over a thousand years, and that he yearns to have a mate, especially as he sees Brigid blossom… This story is told in Building from Ashes and you should absolutely read it before you embark on Saint’s Passage.In Saint’s Passage Brigid and Carwyn have been mated for several years, and Brigid is still working as a security expert for Murphy, the vampire in charge of Dublin (and Ireland). Carwyn was never too keen on Brigid spending so much time with Murphy and as Brigid lately hasn’t felt challenged enough in her work for Murphy (things just run so smoothly), Carwyn takes the opportunity to tempt Brigid into embarking on a new adventure with him. Carwyn has been asked by a friend from his priesthood days to help locate a young girl that has gone missing from LA. Nobody believes she just ran away, but what at first seemed a simpled finding and retrival case soon becomes more complicated as it turns out she is not the only young girl that has gone missing…What I especially love about Carwyn and Brigid is their dynamic, in which Brigid is the tough one, the one who doesn’t want to get emotionally involved with people and invested in politics, and the literal firecracker, whereas Carwyn is the compassionate busybody who wants to just help people (even if it is not strictly his business), but while being nice and caring, he also still manages to appear sexy and manly. So it is no surprise that instead of just retrieving an errand teenager Brigid and Carwyn soon find themselves embroiled with a child-traffcking ring out in the Mojave desert…Despite the rather dark topics this book touched on, I felt overall it was rather lighter in tone than for instance the more recent Elemental Legacy books (featuring Ben and Tenzin), mostly because of Carwyn’s irrepressible good nature and his irreverent sense of humor! Looking forward to more Carwyn and Brigid adventures! 4 ½ stars.