Some people might call Avery Babineaux a prick. He’s a hedgehog shifter from an old-money Louisiana family with a penchant for expensive shoes and a reputation for being a judgmental snob. His attitude is why he and his fated mate are estranged. Not that Avery cares. He doesn’t want to be mated to some blue-collar werewolf anyway. Or so he keeps telling himself.
No werewolf likes to be looked down upon, least of all Dylan Green. He doesn’t need a mate, especially not some snotty hedgehog who sneers at his custom motorcycle shop and calls him a grease monkey. But when Avery gets into trouble with a shady loan shark, Dylan can’t stand by and let him be hurt—whether he wants the brat or not.
Yet once Dylan steps into Avery’s world, he realizes there’s more to Avery than his prickly exterior, and that unexpected vulnerability calls to Dylan’s protective instincts. The sassy little hedgehog needs a keeper, and despite their horrible first impressions, Dylan starts to believe he might be the wolf for the job.
Take a dash of stubborn, sexy as hell wolf shifter and mix with a drop of equally stubborn, half drama queen, spoiled hedgehog (I kid you not) shifter and what you get is an explosive, funny and sexy as hell concoction.
Avery is well-known for his haughty attitude and penchant for expensive things. Born in a wealthy family, he’s always had everything he ever wanted. That, until he met his mate.
Dylan is a hard working guy who’s proud of everything he’s accomplished. He hates people looking down on him and that goes for the one who is supposed to be his mate.
Let’s say that their first meeting doesn’t go very well and they end up keeping their distance from each other for a long time.
But fate has a way of screwing up with one’s plan.
This is a great novel and I really enjoyed it. Shape shifters stories are not exactly my cup of tea but, every once in a while, it happens to find a book that I can’t put down.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how Avery changes and becomes a totally different person when the situation requires it. Because, let’s face it, in the beginning I’ve been tempted to punch him more than once.
When life kicks him, he gets up, pulls himself together and tries to find a way to survive and pay his dues.
Dylan is not the jerk he appears to be, either.
The chemistry between these two is off the charts. Piper and Kenzie were so good at building the tension until I thought I’d explode waiting for IT to happen. Well done, ladies. Well done.
The writing style is really, really good. There’s action, suspense, romance, steamy scenes, interesting, lovable and well developed characters and lots of passion. In a few words – a little bit for everything.
Trust me, you won’t be able to put it down and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next volume.
Absolutely worth it and I highly recommend it! Five well deserved and “prickly” stars. *wink*
Happy Reading!
Piper Vaughn wrote her first love story at eleven and never looked back. Since then, she’s known that writing in some form was exactly what she wanted to do. A reader at the core, Piper loves nothing more than getting lost in a great book—fantasy, young adult, romance, she loves them all (and has a two thousand book library to prove it!). She grew up in Chicago, in an ethnically diverse neighborhood, and loves to put faces and characters of every ethnicity in her stories, so her fictional worlds are as colorful as the real one. Above all, she believes that everyone needs a little true love in their life…even if it’s only in a book.
Kenzie Cade was born and raised in the South where she spends her days in the sometimes stressful field of private medicine observing interesting people and committing them to memory for later use. When she isn’t reading, experimenting with recipes, or being distracted by social media, Kenzie spends time with her family, friends, and the Pomeranian/Long-haired Chihuahua mix who likes to keep her company while she writes. As a young girl, Kenzie dreamed of princesses and their white knights. As an adult (or sort of adult), she dreams of princes and their proverbial white knights, which she attributes the fellow Arkansan S.E. Hinton and her novel The Outsiders. Writing to keep the fictional voices at bay, Kenzie enjoys the journeys her characters travel to find their happy endings, and she loves the challenge of writing a great love story.
No comments:
Post a Comment