A Paul B Review: Acceptance (Forbes Mates #3) by Grace R. Duncan

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

AcceptanceQuincy Archer has been on the run for the past two months.  Being tepay-sa to his jaguar shifter pride means he is next in line to lead.  But even before he found his wolf shifter mate, he never wanted the title he was born into.  However, his father just won’t accept his decision.  In order to protect his destined mate from trouble, Quincy decides to go into hiding.  However three jaguars enforcers have found him in suburban Pittsburgh and beat him to within an inch of his life.  Too weak to shift or to get away in human form, he instructs the EMTs that arrive to take him to Presby hospital, where his mate works as an ER doctor.

Miles Grant has been working a lot since his mate ran off.  While he understands that Quincy is trying to protect him, Miles still feels the pain of separation even if they have not claimed each other yet.  He has been working extra shifts to deal with the loneliness.  As he is ending a shift, he smells his mate as he is brought in by ambulance.  Miles has to make sure that Quincy is able to shift to heal but still have a reasonable explanation for his rapid recovery. Miles is grateful for the time they spend together while Quin heals; he knows that they will have to be apart again soon.

Once Quin gets on the road again, the enforcers who pulverized him send him photos of Miles stating that he is next.  Realizing that running away is not keeping Miles any safer, he decides to go back to the Forbes wolf pack territory and face this with his mate and their friends.  When Quincy confronts his father who denies any knowledge of his beating or the threats against Miles, Quincy does not know what to believe.  His father may be an ass, but he takes ownership of the bad things he has done.  If his father is not the one chasing after him and his mate, just exactly who is after Quincy and why?  With the help of their friends and an unlikely ally, the group sets about to find answers so that Quincy and Miles might have some peace as they try to start their lives together as mates.

I really enjoyed this third installment of the Forbes Pack series.  While it could be read as a standalone, having read the previous two books would provide some context to the story.   It was good to see the protagonists of the previous books used in a major supporting role in this book.  The plot lines from the previous books are wrapped up well and give a satisfying ending.  Through the story, Quincy learns that while being a solitary figure such as a jaguar shifter is drives his instincts, sometimes you need the help of friends to get things done.  While this book could be used as a finale to the series, I do hope we see more from this group of “pups” and “cats.” 

The striking cover by Reese Dante portrays the main characters as I would picture them.  The upper portion has the dark haired Quincy and the ginger Miles in human form while below that are their jaguar and red wolf.  It is truly nicely done.

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Book Details:

ebook, 236 pages
Published July 8th 2016 by Dreamspinner Press
ISBN 163477406X (ISBN13: 9781634774062)
Edition LanguageEnglish

SeriesForbes Mates 

  • Devotion (Forbes Mates #1)
  • Patience (Forbes Mates #2)
  • Acceptance (Forbes Mates #3)

Grace R. Duncan is talking Anime, Characters and Acceptance (Forbes Mates #3) (guest post and giveaway)

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Acceptance (Forbes Mates #3) by Grace R. Duncan
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Cover Artist: Reese Dante

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Hello and welcome back to the Acceptance blog tour! Thanks so much to Scattered Thoughts for letting me take up space today.

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Like Finley’s obsession with werewolf movies in Devotion and Chad’s somewhat unhealthy attachment to all things ‘80s (especially music) in Patience, I knew I wanted to add something like this to Acceptance. It took me a little bit to figure out what Quincy was into, but I did and I go into that more in depth on the MM Good Book Reviews blog stop, along with the first of the anime references.

The next one I’d like to talk about is an anime that’s rather near and dear to me. While it wasn’t my first, it was what really pulled me into anime. The first I saw of Naruto wasn’t even the series itself. I caught an OVA (original video animation—basically a separate movie) of the characters and immediately wanted more of him.

Were it not for Miles’s determination to help keep him sane, Quincy was pretty sure he’d be climbing the walls. And in cat form, that was quite doable, though seriously inadvisable. He had no idea how he’d explain claw marks on the walls to hotel staff.

Quincy and Miles, like Chad and Jamie, spent most of the evening alone in their room. He introduced Miles to another of his favorite animes—this one the loud ninja kid in orange. Then they spent quality time focused on each other.

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Grace as Hagane Kotetsu from Naruto

You can see one of the openings for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVdYYHbf-64
(Closer, by Inuoe Joe)

Naruto, the manga written by Masashi Kishimoto, has a huge following. You can see this by the sheer number of ninja uniforms, Akatsuki robes, and more at any anime con. I’ve been known to don a chuunin uniform a time or two, myself. *cough*

I have a lot of anime themes and music on my playlist for Acceptance. If you’d like to see more, check out the Dreamspinner Press post for it.

Thanks for joining me today! And thanks again to Scattered Thoughts for hosting me!

 

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Blurb:

Dr. Miles Grant acknowledges that his destined mate could be either gender even though his bisexuality cost him his family and his pack. Luckily he found the Forbes Pack, who happily accept him just as he is. What he never counted on was finding his mate in Pittsburgh or for his mate to be another species entirely—a cat!

Quincy Archer isn’t just any jaguar shifter. He is the heir to the leadership of his pride. Destined mates are nothing but legend to the nearly extinct and generally solitary jaguars, and Quincy certainly never expected to find one for himself, much less a male… or a wolf.

However, finding each other and coming to terms with their species is the least of their worries. Quincy is expected to select a proper female mate, father a cub, and take his place as heir to the pride. Except Quincy refuses, having no interest in women or leadership and knowing he isn’t right for it. But his father will stop at nothing—not even attempting to kill Miles—to get his way. Quincy and Miles must overcome many obstacles to stay together as the destined mates they’re meant to be.

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About Grace

Grace Duncan grew up with a wild imagination. She told stories from an early age – many grace_nohateof which got her into trouble. Eventually, she learned to channel that imagination into less troublesome areas, including fanfiction, which is what has led her to writing male/male erotica.

A gypsy in her own right, Grace has lived all over the United States. She has currently set up camp in East Texas with her husband and children – both the human and furry kind.

As one of those rare creatures who loves research, Grace can get lost for hours on the internet, reading up on any number of strange and different topics. She can also be found writing fanfiction, reading fantasy, crime, suspense, romance and other erotica or even dabbling in art.

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