Rating: 4.5đ
In The Gargoyle and the Romance Writer author Chloe Archer continues to explore the mysterious magic of the town while bringing in new characters and adding new details to the dimensions of this universe.
Its all very exciting.
Archer had me at Max âMaxieâ Poppins, the absolute star of the first book of the series and still unseated fav character of mine. As the bestie of romance writer, Ryder, heâs one of the reasons Ryder has made the move to Monster Hollow and Max remains a true emotional connection to everyone else around the town. This in turn helps his more awkward, less socially inclined bestie, Ryder, become at ease with its inhabitants and his new surroundings.
Thatâs the new main character and half of the latest couple.
Ryder Thomas (aka Ryder St. James) the romance writer of the title and a man with a dangerous threat to deal with. Ryder was a foster child like Max. Ryder, however , ended up with a widely different and damaging family. He is given a sensitive and realistic characterization by Archer.
Ryderâs past experiences drives his emotional perception of love, his own inability to recognize, accept and even acknowledge that it exists.
Then there is Vash Dark Wing, a Scottish Gargoyle, with his own complicated background and current situation to deal with. He too is a well defined character who will reveal new depths of personality and emotions as the story and their relationship progresses.
Really, Archer gives us a little bit of everything here. A stalker and a couple of mysteries, a serious heartbreaker for Vash that now ties up a storyline from The Orc and the Manny, and a slew of new potential characters and romances to come . All from a delightful new source.
Oh and lots of sex! And a wonderful, fun drunken street scene. More of these please.
I had such a great time reading this. And am sorry Iâll have to wait in next year to get the next book in the series.
A yes to the book, and series if you are a fan of paranormal romance and this author!
Monsters Hollow series:
â The Demon and the Librarian: a prequel
â The Bogeyman and the Schoolteacher #0.5
â The Orc and the Manny #1
â The Gargoyle and the Romance Writer #2
⌠The Sasquatch and the Stylist #3 – coming 2025
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The Gargoyle and the Romance Writer: A Cozy M/M Monster Romance (Monsters Hollow Book 2)
Blurb:
Welcome to Monsters Hollow, where love knows no boundsâeven in a town full of monsters!
A quirky romance writer in hiding. A sexy gargoyle lover turned bodyguard. And a stalker that just wonât quit…
Ryder Thomas (aka Ryder St. James)
I assumed writing swoony romance novels about humans and Otherkind might attract some unsavory attention. But I never imagined Iâd have an obsessive fan stalking me. Fortunately, my BFF Max has an in with a town he assures me can keep me safe.
As a former foster kid, Iâm pretty resilient, but this situation is messing with my sleep and Iâm on deadline for my next book!
About the only thing that can help at times like this is some regular mind-blowing⌠release. Trust me, solo methods just arenât enough and hooking up with randos isn’t my style. I need someone safe who can reliably rock my world in the bedroom and maybe help me with my research as a bonus!
Enter the hunky Scottish gargoyle whoâs been flirting with me ever since I arrived to hide out in Mystic Hollow. We come up with an ideal no-strings and no-feelings arrangement until I leave town for my next book tour.
After all, romance is just a fantasy I write about in my books–right?
Vash DarkWing
From the moment I met Ryder, I wanted to know more about the bonnie, brave man who speaks his mind. With no filter.
When he proposes a few weeks of mutually beneficial shagging before his book tour starts, I immediately jump on the chance to, well, jump him. Just a bit of fun and maybe friendship.
Hellâs bells, but Ryder slips past all my defenses and wins my affections without even trying! Now, Iâll do whatever it takes to keep the man I love safe. Even if it means putting my heart as well as my life on the line.
The Gargoyle and the Romance Writer is a 106k novel that features an inappropriately curious novelist, a sexy Scottish gargoyle, a specialty harness for aerialâŚshenanigans, a creepy stalker, and true love for the win. This is the second book in the Monsters Hollow series and can be read as a standalone.
Reviewerâs note: No , no they really canât. These arenât even close to being standalone stories. Who knows why they are putting this on their descriptions? It makes no sense. SMH
⢠Publisher: Rainbow Dreams Press LLC (April 30, 2024)
⢠Publication date: April 30, 2024
⢠Language: English
⢠Print length: 395 pages
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