Mates, Arranged by Michelle Frost is a short, nicely crafted paranormal romance. At 65 pages, itās the barest beginnings of mated couple, August and Torin. In fact, it ends as they actually physically mate. And it begins on the ritual mating of the two. In between, Frost gives us glimpses of two different people getting to know each other in a number of lovely connected scenes.
We donāt get much in the way of world building or background, just some hints and history tossed in here and there. Just enough to make it interesting and pull us closer into the story.
This could be a much larger book and the couple framed out within a better crafted narrative. It has so much potential.
As it is, itās a good short story and romance. Very enjoyable.
Will fate smile on a wolf and mage joined together?
Forced into an arranged mating, August and Torin must try to build a relationship from nothing if they hope to usher in peace between their peoples.
With willing hearts, they put aside their differences, but their commitment won’t get the chance to blossom if one of their own destroys it before it can grow.
Mates, Arranged is an MM romance novella and was first published as part of a novella promotion.
Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie: Phlox’s Story is the perfect way to end this absolutely fantastic series, Perfect Pixies by M. J. May.
In this vividly realized, beautifully told story, May brings all the characters and couples together that weāve met through each otherās stories and learned to love together to reveal and vanquish the series villains.
Each story has at its core a perfectly imperfect pixie who finds themselves in an embattled or troubled position which eventually leads them to their bonds of love and a HEA. We started with hearth and home pixie, Philodendron, whose unique size made him both an outsider and perfect for his Alpha mate and family. Then nature pixie, Peaches, with a mournful background and heart wrenching history that soon brings attention to gathering dark forces and the attraction of a powerful vampire. That mating has huge ramifications for many other otherworldly species.
Next Mayās pairing and novel turns dark with the seemingly mysterious introduction of pixie trafficking and pixie dust addiction. This is Parsnipās story and another sector of magic is heard from as Vander the warlock arrives. May is deepening the series themes, expanding the types of magic that exist in this universe, and types of found families we can expect.
The narrative themes and suspenseful atmosphere doesnāt even falter for a moment. Itās picking up momentum in emotional and well written story arcs.
Wendallās unbelievable tale is next. It includes Hellfire Rayburn, Fairy Queen Silvidiaās most trusted and feared warrior, and Wendall, who undergoes one of the most poignant, heartbreaking moments and struggles amongst them all. Well, May is amping up to the end point. Making sure that the reader knows what at stake and we care so throughly for everyone here.
So that when a final pixie appears, one that isnāt who he seems, we are ready for the showdown .
Thatās Agent Frost, aka pixie Phlox. Although heās not exactly 100 percent pixie. What he is and his background is a huge part of the ongoing investigation and reason heās arrived in town. The one assigned to help him? Thatās 300 year old vampire, Leon McMillan, King Lucroy Moony’s second-in-command.
May does an excellent job of alternating between their burgeoning romance and the ongoing investigation into the pixie traffickers. The horrific storyline of pixie trafficking , which is widely explored through the main characters and story threads, continues to branch out to the wider threat to the community and all the couples involved.
Mayās newest character is one I think will be a great reader favorite . Thatās Erasmus, a young necromancer who has an intriguing , poignant backstory and a rich personality. I really canāt get enough of him. So many layers. And the other character who is equally and quizzically intrigued by Erasmus? Thatās Aurelia, the djinn .
No spoilers but what an epic ending. And while Iām happy sad this superior series has ended, the author has left us with something new to anticipate.
That epilogue is everything! Why? Because it tells us that Erasmus and Aurelia are coming back in Summer/Fall 2024 in their own story. And now Iām so excited and happy for their new adventure to begin.
Read this incredible series in the order itās written . Itās a top recommendation. So is itās author.
Cover design by cheriefox. Absolutely splendid! Like all the other covers.
Perfect Pixies series:
ā Perfectly Imperfect Pixie Book #1
ā Perfectly Perfect Pixie: Peaches’s Story #2
ā Perfectly Charmed Pixie: Parsnip’s Story #3
ā Perfectly Perplexing Zombie: Wendall’s Story #4
ā Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie: Phlox’s Story #5 – series finale
Phlox isn’t your typical pixie, and his feisty shifter DNA might be the reason. Recruited by the Magical Usage Council, Phloxāwho is now Agent Frostāis a pixie with a mission, and he’s not afraid to place himself in mortal danger to eradicate the latest pixie trafficking ring.
Despite being King Lucroy Moony’s second-in-command, Leon McMillan’s second life has become dangerously monotonous. For a vampire, boredom is as deadly as a stake to the heart. Three hundred years of existing has taken a mental tollāone that will eventually lead Leon into the sun’s deadly embrace. Leon needs a life raft; he just never imagined it in the form of a pushy pixie.
Phlox and Leon can’t deny their mutual attraction. However, in order for Phlox’s mission to succeed, he needs to appear helplessly alone, and Leon’s worried stalking isn’t aiding that mission.
But soon, the knowledge Phlox and Leon obtain leads to a dangerous, mentally unstable djinn, who has a vicious master holding its leash. Although history claims djinns are all-powerful, indestructible creatures, Phlox and Leon must find the secret to their destruction if they are to save Rutherford Haven’s citizens. If they can’t, Rutherford Haven will be the first to fall, but it won’t be the last.
Phlox will dig his shifter claws into anyone who dares threaten his mate and Leon will tear the heart out of anyone who dares threaten his belovedāhis purrrfectly peculiar pixie.
Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie is the fifth and final book in the Perfect Pixie series. The books should be read in order. Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie features an emotionally constipated vampire, a pixie who’s far more than he appears, witches and trolls with questionable morals, an alpha werewolf whose time on planet Earth is precariously close to ending, a (questionably) good djinn, an (unquestionably) sinister djinn, an interesting necromancer, and all our previously beloved characters coming together to prove that teamwork really does make the dream work.
Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie also contains homicide of the fantasy kind (no humans were killed in the making of this book) with scenes describing death and killing.
āBased within the Kincaid Pack series’s universe, the Silver Oak Pack features a pack first introduced in The Enforcer and His Mate. Led by Alpha Liam Amato, the Silver Oak Pack is small but fierce as they work to rebuild under Liam’s newfound leadership.ā
Clark is starting a new series that expands on the events that have happened within the Kincaid pack universe, a paranormal worldās organizational structure, The Council, was recently brought down by the Alpha of the Kincaid Pack. Rebuilding has been slow, leaving chaos and damaging ramifications behind.
Thatās the situation Tempest finds the Silver Oak pack, dealing with the fallout, full of suspicion of change, outsiders, and the result is a pack thatās in stasis.
The portrait of a community frozen by its fears, history, and prejudice is clearly defined by the author. We understand the ramifications and the ugly consequences of this continuing pack identity will have on its members.
But that makes it hard to connect with others in this story. Or any sudden reversals in behavior or decision making.
The main character of Ore, the golden eagle shifter, who shows up wounded and unable to remember what happened, is an engaging one. His background is probably one of the issues here. While i like him, his storyline is also both interesting and not so well developed. It has potential but is wrapped up so quickly, for all the buildup, that you as a reader wonder what the problem was. Itās over in minutes. And it leaves another aspect of his story unresolved.
Cash, a felidae shifter, comes from a terrible background of parental abandonment. Thatās contributed to his current situation as Enforcer and attitude of Pack first mindset. So his inability to accept his mate that literally falls into his arms because heās not a feline, is both frustrating and understandable . To a point.
The author misses the mark here because, thereās a real lack of communication between almost everyone. Mates, friends, family, and importantly, the Alpha and those that are supposed to advocate for the pack or themselves.
So for most of the book no one talks to anyone. About important things. Yes, they do talk about if Oreās getting his memory back. But other things? Nope.
Thereās something else. The Mobsterās Mate, which is listed as a standalone really isnāt. It leads into this series as sort of a prequel, and should be read as such. Characters from that appear here and events there are important references here.
In fact itās a better developed story and its characters have more chemistry and relationship than those here
Read The Mobsterās Mate, then read this. Tempest has potential, especially with its main couple but itās got quite a few issues with its narrative that highlights the flawed development in plot and shortcuts.
Read it because you enjoy this universe and want to see where the ongoing mystery flows and how it develops.
Silver Oak Pack:
ā Tempest #1
Kincaid Pack-6 books
ā The Alpha and His King #1
ā The Second and His Bonded #2
ā The Deputy and His Enforcer #3
ā The Hunter and His Mates #4
ā The Enforcer and His Heart #5
ā The Witch and His Doctor #6
ā The Mobsterās Mate -standalone within the Kincaid universe, so not really
ā A New Pack for New Year (Kincaid Pack) prequel
When duty and desire clash, fated mates are caught in the middle.
Cashās loyalty to his pack is unwavering. Heād sacrifice anything to protect his packmates. Do anything to keep them safe. Put their needs above his ownāalways.
It is the life he was born for, and the one heās worked years to achieve. As an Enforcer, he swore an oath to his alpha: pack before self.
Not once has he regretted his choices.
Until an injured eagle shifter lands in his lap, and his protective instincts get torn in two.
He knows he canāt risk the safety of his packāno matter what his panther demands. Once the little bird is all healed up, Cash will have to send him on his way.
For the good of his pack.
But dark, frightened eyes and a sweet smile call to his cat in a hungry, possessive way and challenge everything heās ever thought he knew.
For the first time in his life, he might just have to put himself first.
Tempest is the first book in the Silver Oak Pack series, set within the Kincaid Pack Universe but able to be read and enjoyed completely on its own. It features an overly protective panther trapped by his own responsibility-driven morals, an eagle who canāt remember much but knows the surly cat makes him feel spine-tingling safe, magical tattoos, skinny dipping, a delicious age-gap, gobs of scenting, and a swoon-worthy happily ever after.
Thereās always so many thoughts and emotions one has when approaching a finale novel in a beloved series. When that series is a dark urban fantasy about a particularly extremely violent, torturous dystopian world, the range of emotions will be deeply varied as the storylines. Especially here where in a world where a different US is at war. A almost recognizable one weāve seen before where the humans in charge have used other species (or races) shifters and mages, as weapons and tools, things. Those in charge inhumanly categorizing them as objects to be abused, used and discarded as the humans wanted.
Make no mistake, as gorgeously written and powerfully conceived as The Magi Accounts series is, these books are often equally wrenching and disturbing to read. The compounds the magi are bred and raised in like stock animals, as well as the abusive, torturous, often deadly nature of the treatment they were subjected to there, is harrowing reading. And the subject of more than one trigger warning. The same is said about that of the narrative treatment of shifters, although not necessarily in the gore-ridden way.
Through four books, weāve found all the members of the now combined Ono-Nai tribe, watched them grow, in some cases learning to deal with the pain and abuse that brought them into the tribe, and for others form mate bonds with each other, until this enlarged family has become a greater whole that means something deeply special to us as readers. Itās not just the mage dyads Madeo aka Mads and Jude. Or the main bonded pair of mage Mads and alpha lion shifter Cosmo Ono-Nai. Itās Jude, and his bond mates. And the rest of the tribe, shifters, mages, humans, even pets. All have made an indelible impression and contribution to the heartfelt rightness that has developed into the Ono-Nai diverse family/tribe. One of the unity of the title and one that Mads and his family is striving for their future.
Itās a truly agonizing epic showdown, one thatās been long awaited between Mads and his tribe and the horrific, terrifying Anderson, the Red Cloak witches, with their plan to destroy all the mages and shifters for a human only universe.
Did I end up sobbing buckets of tears? Yes, yes I did. As I expected to. Thereās so much going on in the narrative. From beautiful scenes of family life and laughter, to sheer terror and heartbreak, memories of darkness and pain, blood and death, all that has to come , realistically in this world, before even large battles can be won.
Is everything solved at the end? No. But the majority of the problems are resolved in a manner that leaves the characters and readers in a better place . One that makes sense and leaves us with a sense of completion and satisfaction .
Only Unity Will Spare Us: The Magi Accounts Book 5 by Michele Notaro is a fantastic finale and a perfect way to end a magnificent dark urban fantasy.
I highly recommend this series. Read it in the order itās written and with regard for its trigger warnings.
Just a side note. I wished for more for the Taragorians. Logan had it right. That the rift or a magical aspect of it seemed sentient was fascinating. I wish for more of this place please.
The Magi Accounts:
ā The Scars That Bind Us #1
ā The Shackles That Hold Us #2
ā A Purpose That Restores Us #3
ā A Ruse To Unchain Us #4
ā Only Unity Will Spare Us #5 -Series Finale
The Magi Accounts Companion stories:
ā Our Hearts That Tie Us: The Magi Accounts Prequel
ā A Kiss To Revive Me: The Magi Accounts 1.5
ā A Date to Impress Him: The Magi Accounts 2.5
ā A Holiday to Sustain Us: A Magi Accounts Holiday
ā An Embrace To Hearten Me: The Magi Accounts 3.5
ā A Heart To Revitalize Me: The Magi Accounts 4.5
I made a promise to the enemyā¦ and I intended to keep it.
Thank the goddess I have my pride and my wonderful, amazing mateāwhose patience matches no otherābecause the world is in chaos, and Cosmo is my rock, my safe place inside the storm. If only I could find the time between witches, work, politics, and family to prove it to him.
The Shifter and Magi Equality Act is in full effect, supposedly making us equals, but the people themselvesāthe humansāare still treating us as lesser. Every time I turn around, weāre running into trouble between humans and non-humans.
To make matters worse, witches are everywhere in Fairview City, and the Red Cloth is encouraging humans to join their forces and challenge the equality my people have fought so hard to get.
And now, Anderson is back. Back and gunning for me.
But he doesnāt realize Iām gunning for him, too.
Only Unity Will Spare Us is the fifth and FINAL book in the MM urban fantasy series, The Magi Accounts. Itās recommended to read the series in order because the romance and plot progress throughout the series.
*Intended for adults only. Please read the trigger warnings at the beginning of this novel.
Oracle is a book that most readers will bring a compendium of knowledge about the universe, characters, and the impending crisis that the main characters immediately face. Thatās really necessary.
For Macy Blake has been building up to this book through multiple series and standalone novels in the Chosen One universe to culminate in the events that occur during this story.
The gods, the magical warfare, all the stolen children that were used as experiments, all the ongoing trauma and battles, along with the mate bonding. Its leads to Oraclesā story and the being tormenting those around him, the manticore. Plus the gentle bear shifter , Dr Ben Jerrick, who has come to love Koios and his family.
Blake has written a beautifully balanced, excellently crafted novel that keeps the main character of Koios aka Oracle, in the narrative spotlight while also being able to continue with the forward movement of the other important universal themes. Thatās the mystery behind this corrupt manticore, its background and the dark magical schemes behind its heinous actions.
It takes many of the main characters from all the series, banding together, to investigate who the manticore is, and begin the counterattack against it. Thatās a storyline thatās not only thrilling but compelling as weāre introduced to new characters and another enlargement/explanation for Koiosā damaged body and magic.
All the while, along side, Koios, is Dr Ben Jerrick, healing, listening, giving him the support he needs and quietly loving him. Ben has been a strong staple of this universe since he was first found by Sam as a frightened young bear cub trying to escape with his younger āsiblings ā from the horrors theyād endured as experiments. Weāve watched Ben grow and develop into the wonderful, thoughtful being and doctor he is here. So itās everything that itās his story as well.
Blake pours her heart into her characters and her excellence into the plotting to bring them and all the many themes and threads together to a great completion thatās satisfying and emotionally rewarding and powerful.
It makes me want to go back to when Sam first finds this young frightened, hurt group of mixed young shifters and his world and theirs is forever changed. What a journey!
Thatās Sweet Nothings in case youāve forgotten. Iām heading back to it now.
In the meantime, Iām highly recommending Oracle: Chosen Champions Book Five by Macy Blake . Itās outstanding but read the entire series. Thereās a reading list of the book titles and series order on her website. Also at the end of each book.
Koios, AKA the Oracle, is a man with a mission: hunt down and destroy the manticore whoās been tormenting his pack. Thereās only one thing standing in his wayā¦a giant, stubborn bear named Ben Jerrick.
While the author lists this as a standalone book, itās not. It falls strongly before the last several books in a couple of the Chosen One series, specifically because Cosmo plays such an important role in the events that happen there and are referenced here.
And most significantly, I believe it exists as a huge part of the foundation knowledge needed for the finale book in the Chosen Champions series, one that feels like it ties up this universe. That would be Oracle, fifth book that brings everything and everyone together.
But first, back to this joyous journey of Cosmo back to his mate , King Silenus. Or perhaps more precisely, Silenusā own development and path back into Cosmoās life in the human realm. Their shaky reconnection, and the absolutely perfect courtship that follows.
Blake pulls in new characters and old friends to help them out and let them find their way back to each other, building new strength and confidence in their bond and ability to grow with each other.
I loved every second of the time I spent reading this romance. And it makes whatās coming even more precious and grounded.
Cosmo and the King by Macy Blake is an amazing story with fantastic characters. Itās a must read within an outstanding universe of series.
When Cosmo learns the faun king is in the human realm, he panics. See, Silenus happens to be his fianceā¦ and heās never told any of his friends in the human realm that he ran away on his wedding day, leaving his king at the alter.
Silenus made a deal with the devilāthe queen of the faeāwhen he learned the human realm was going to be closed, keeping him separated from his mate and betrothed. He has to track down Cosmo and convince him that they are meant for each other, even though his stubborn fiance seems determined to challenge him at every turn.
Cosmo doesnāt know Silenusās secret, though, and now the hunt is on. Silenus is facing a dark and dangerous path, and he wants nothing more than his consort at his side. Heāll follow his mate anywhere, even to the depths of the human realm, to prove to Cosmo they are meant to be together..
Now he only has to convince his stubborn mate to stop runningā¦because no matter how long the chase lasts, Silenus will eventually catch him.
Michelle Frost has written a fast-paced, urban fantasy short prequel for her new series, On Guard. This uses the same universe and characters as the previous series, Mated to a Human so knowledge of that world and those themes is necessary.
This was an action filled story that includes a romance that almost but not quite falls into the insta love category. That would be the relationship between Council mage Atlas and human Gavin, a barista.
The story picks up from the events happening in A Vampire Called Leander where the anti supernatural terrorist group is stepping up its attacks against the mated pairs and now a new group.
I liked the characters, they were very engaging and the new group of oracles, mages, and now Gavin, at the Hub are all very interesting and diverse.
The potential for a great new series is amazing and Iām excited to see where Frost takes this new group and expands on this new world of oracles, demons and humans.
Oracles Always Win is a fantastic book, a favorite read in a great series by Lori Ames about a small town of mixed paranormal species living among humans, all magically harmonious. That changed when a small pack of werewolves lead by a disgruntled were started a chain of serious crimes that eventually lead to the arrival of Gage, a demon, and his crew from the Supernatural Council.
One of the people there on the scene of the last crime, is Jake. Heās the owner of the bar and inn it occurred at. Jake has been a curious character throughout the prior stories. While he thinks heās human, and is clearly ignorant of the many supernatural beings that are present in his life, itās equally true heās not just human. He has visions. Heās an oracle. Has a cat that talks (just not to Jake) and has magical powers. In other words, Jake is a mystery too.
Ames gives us several fantastic storylines here. Thereās the ongoing threat to the community from the outside werewolf pack and perhaps something else. The species trafficking. Those investigations are continuing and have implications for others inside Willow Lake
But the best threads, the most engaging are the ones that involve Jake and Gabe, separately and together.
For Jake, itās his story about finding out who he is, what his friends and community really are, and, painfully, what his family history reveals about him. That last part still remains shrouded by mystery in large chunks of missing magical family lineage .I hope we get to this further in.
Gabe is a demon who also has a painful past related to his father. Itās one thatās haunted him and plays a huge role in how heās looked at his relationships with his coworkers and friends. Jake will force a major overhaul in his life and his dynamics with his found family.
This whole storyline is wonderful and just grabs at the reader on multiple levels. While Jake and Gabe are trying to work through their new relationship and possibly a mate bonding, thereās a real sense of danger and crime in progress to deal with.
We meet new characters, Isaac, Nelson, Davina, who are part of Gabeās team, and explore more of Willow Lakeās magical powers. Itās a fascinating universe. I canāt wait for the next book to arrive.
Lori Amesā Willow Lake Supernaturals is an excellent series and Oracles Always Win is an imaginative, well written example why I highly recommend the entire series.
Jake believes he is absolutely and completely ordinaryā¦ But what if he isnāt?
Jake is absolutely, completely ordinary, even if he has a weird painting affliction. Painting is relaxing, right? It helps. Itās a form of art therapy. Even if his is the sub-conscious kind of painting. The middle-of-the-night, paint-while-you-sleep kind. The kind that makes him puke every single time it happens. Okay. So, maybe thatās not exactly normal. But when the sexy but imaginary guy with horns, who his weird painterly alter-ego has been fixated on for the last year, suddenly shows up in town with horns and all, Jake doesnāt know what to think. Especially when the not-so-imaginary guy claims heās a demon and that Jakeās an oracle of all things. Thatās when Jake begins to suspect his life is never going to be the same again. After all, he mentioned the horns, right?
Tags: A demon in search of a home, an oracle unknowingly in need of a tether, the talking cat is a messy eater, oracles know things, oracles shouldnāt paint in public in only their underwear, the wolves in the hills are still jerks, a formerly human guy keeps asking crazy questions, who knew horns and wings could be sexy, andā¦ just how many supernatural beings will be drawn to this one little town?
Short stories by Ofelia Grand are absolutely addictive. Itās like eating your favorite snacks or chocolates. You can just eat one right after the other. And be happy.
Elevator Pitch by Ofelia Grand, all 41 pages, tells a sweet tale of shifter love that looks incompatible on the surface but these two are perfect for each other.
As usual, Grandās writing is spot on. We get dumped into a recognizable situation but paranormal world. A gay bear shifter is tired of trying to fit into a bear shifter society thatās not accepting of him. Itās painted quickly for the readers in skillfully written scenarios.
Bjorn Ritter is a bear shifter we can understand and connect with.
Whatās next is surprising. Thatās a somewhat distracted artist bat shifter, Cecil Baxter. He has a very different background and current situation on his hands. Cecil is engaging, and vulnerable.
Itās hard not to speak to the most powerful and important scenes of this very short story, but it takes place in a dark elevator. Itās believable. Stressful, real (be careful if youāre claustrophobic) and so incredibly emotional. This is why I read this author
It shows how two such individuals can make such an intense, deep connection in such a short period of time.
I love it and them.
Iāll be heading towards my next short story by this author and leaving you all to enjoy the gem that is Elevator Pitch by Ofelia Grand.
Bjorn Ritter only wants one thing — to live his life away from nosey, demanding bears. That’s easier said than done when you’re the son of the female running the Bayside Bear Community.
Cecil Baxter might be a bat, but he grew up away from shifter communities and he’s doing his best to continue to keep his distance. Shifters aren’t an accepting bunch and Cecil has never fit the norm.
Already facing a dreaded meeting with his mother, the last thing Bjorn needs is a stranger using his elevator to escape a pack of werewolves. And Cecil, whose day just seems to be getting worse and worse, could really do without the added stress of finding himself trapped in an elevator with a huge bear shifter.
Fanged Mistakes is everything I love about an Alice Winters universe and series. Fanged Mistakes incorporates humor (high and low), relatable complicated family relationships, interspecies courtship, drama, murder, psychological trauma, and layers upon layers of emotional, often tragic back histories.
These are all further entwined with some of the most memorable, surprisingly written characters, ones which, during both the course of each book and over the series, make decisions that challenge the readerās perceptions of what we thought we knew about them. Instead, we get another layer of depth and generosity of spirit we didnāt see coming.
Itās not just the main characters this happens to either. More than once, I saw a scene or moment reveal a characterās real identity, one not previously seen. Itās done swiftly and succinctly and with impact. I can name every scene it happens in. The writing is that successful and great.
Dire Straits and Entwined Fates charts the next stage in Julian and Casamirās relationship. Julianās family is adjusting, albeit maybe not his father, to their mating, and things are doing well.
Naturally, here comes the past to throw up the biggest challenges they have faced yet. This was briefly hinted at in Faked Dates and Fanged Mistakes but Casamirās past is back in one roaring, fast paced, action packed, emotional thriller of a ride.
Winters manages to keep all the heavy elements like Julianās PTSD from his past attacks, the continuing emotional fallout, the devastating impact the return of his past is having on Casamir, the changing dynamics of their relationship, all of this raw material, is kept real and believable.
But interwoven into this is moments of hilarity, scenes of wonderful silliness and outrageous fun with their found family. Itās an eclectic group of friends and family formed of human detective, vampire sidekick, poodle, and a surprising newcomer. This allows a break from the tension and drama. And gives us some truly heartwarming scenes.
The ending and villain of this story are as compelling and complex as the themes and narrative calls for. Itās thoughtful storytelling that makes this a fantastic novel and these memorable characters.
I really need more. Thereās that pesky question that keeps rearing its head of what exactly is Julian? No one seems to have the answer. More books please.
Iām highly recommending this and the series but read them in the order they are written for the events and relationships.
When did fake-then-real dating an ancient vampire become the easy part?
Casimirās ridiculously sweet now that heās conquered āthe art of the flirt,ā as he calls it. He tries hard to fit in with my familyāif we forget about those silly threatening chocolates he sent my fatherāand he even makes me popcornā¦ okay, he tried. I know, I know, Iām just bragging at this point.
Everything is perfect until we stumble upon a half-dead vampire who is being hunted by someone. And Iām afraid the person hunting him knows all about Casimirās history. Casimir has fought so hard to drive the darkness away, but we both know that he needs to bury his pastā¦ one last time.
Casimir
I never saw myself in a relationship, let alone with a pesky werewolf. Heās funny and sweet, has questionable friends, and phenomenal taste in dog bandanas. After five hundred years, I think Iāve finally convinced myself that I deserve this.
However, someone else isnāt quite certain I do. Julian has assured me that itās time to move forward, but when thereās a masked man waiting in the shadows for me, I find it hard to ignore my past mistakes.
But I have something I didnāt have the last time I faced him.
Someone who loves me.
Dire Straits and Entwined Fates has a cheerful werewolf who seems to have an aversion to clothes; a vampire leader who overuses speedy delivery services; board games with a little too much exhibitionism; and animals that are too cute to be eaten.
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 