contains spoilers, you have been warned
Armand is an extremely unlucky immortal. To date, all three of the women he has married have been killed. It's pretty difficult for an immortal to die but given a lack of suspects, Armand isn't sure if the deaths were accidents or murders. Armand's son Nicholas is under council arrest and the only way to prove Nicholas innocent of the crime of killing a mortal woman and solve the connection to the death of Nicholas's life mate Annie, is to find out what really happened to Armand's wives. Enter Esche - a council enforcer. Esche is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, if she can somehow manage to stop being distracted by her desire to be alone with Armand. Armand may potentially be a mass murderer but he is still her life mate.
Eshe is the third person of colour to appear in the Argeneau series. Armand is her second life mate having lost her first, Orion in battle. Eshe is the mother of 8 children, of whom 6 are still living. That's basically all we get to learn about her. Eshe's main occupation seems to be mouthing off to Lucian. Eshe's exchanges with Lucian are only mildly amusing and constitute the sole attempt at comedy in Born to Bite. This story really could have done with a lot more of the trademark Sands humour. I really feel that beyond the most basic details, we didn't really get to know Eshe. Furthermore, given the scarcity of characters of colour in this series, it would have been nice if Eshe had been written with more cultural markers. Eshe felt like a black girl painted white.
The second character of colour is Anders. Anders has dark skin, is an enforcer, is handsome, has developed a tight relationship with a dog and has yet to find a life mate. Ander's is a little stand offish and as in other books, it's Brickers whose given some real characterisation. So far all we know about Anders is a small connection of facts that barely make him a character.
Eshe and Armand don't declare insta-love and there isn't any real build up to their relationship since they are both immortals. When Eshe and Nicholas learn that they cannot read each other and both experience a desire to eat food again, they hop into bed. It all seems rather perfuntionary but given that they were destined to sleep together anyway, it makes sense. Why mess around when both Armand and Eshe are well aware the signs which indicate meeting a life mate?
