Book Blurb:
Devin Owen
has come back from the Dragon Wars a changed Werewolf. For one thing, he's lost
his wolf side as well as most of his desire to live. He spends most of his life
doped up to handle the pain from his injured leg.
Lena Knox knew the moment she met Devin that he was her mate. But, she'd been a child at the time and he hadn't noticed her at all. Now, all grown up she wants Devin to be the wolf she’s waited for. Not that she has a lot of time for longing with life crumbling around her.
A couple of heated encounters draw them together but is it enough to overcome the war wounds they both carry? Or will an outside enemy destroy them before they get the chance to know?
Lena Knox knew the moment she met Devin that he was her mate. But, she'd been a child at the time and he hadn't noticed her at all. Now, all grown up she wants Devin to be the wolf she’s waited for. Not that she has a lot of time for longing with life crumbling around her.
A couple of heated encounters draw them together but is it enough to overcome the war wounds they both carry? Or will an outside enemy destroy them before they get the chance to know?
Book Clip:
“You’re my mate, Devin. I’ve known it since the first time I
was in your company when I was seven years old.”
Devin gripped the side of the table he stood next to like
she’d struck him. “No.”
“No?” She hadn’t expected the pain of his rejection. She’d
known he might not believe her at first. Tears she refused to shed clogged her
throat. “It’s not ‘no.’ I’m your mate, such that I am.”
Lena knew she wasn’t an ideal Female specimen. Her skin
frequently broke out in horrible bouts of acne, although she looked pretty
clear at the moment, her chin jutted out too far, her hands were not dainty,
and when she shifted, her Wolf form frequently had trouble coming to a stop at
high speeds. More than once she’d collided into trees, bushes, and other
Wolves.
But she knew she was a nice person. She could work hard, and
she never asked anyone for anything but common decency. She’d be a good mate to
him, and he shouldn’t be rejecting her outright.
Unless he found her absolutely repulsive to look at…
“You’ve made a mistake. Whatever you thought you smelled
when you were a child was the wild fantasy of a young girl. You should be over
it by now.”
She sighed. “Devin, I can still smell it. I promise when you
get to know me you’ll find out I’m not wildly fanciful. I live in the real
world.”
“I can’t smell it on you. Not at all. I’m sorry, Lena. You
seem like a nice kid, but if you can really smell mating from me, then it’s one
of those rare occasions where one Wolf feels something the other doesn’t.”
Lena had heard about those situations. It was every young
Wolf’s deepest fear. Something went askew with the chemistry. One Wolf felt
mated and the other one didn’t. They could even mate with someone else.
“I think you should go home and work on getting over
whatever this is because, at least for my part, it is not a mating.”
Lena’s heart might explode from her chest. She turned on her
heel. What else was there to say, really? He’d said no. He didn’t feel it.
She’d waited fifteen years for him to come home, and it had been for nothing.
Angie J's Review:
I am a big Paranormal reader and this quick novella doesn't disappoint.
Basically Devin comes back a broken war hero from being a Dragon POW for 5 years. He is basically depressed and broken. He wakes up grumpy because his neighbors swing and door make toooo much noise. He decides to go over and inform them to fix it. So he stomps over and is shocked when he sees hottie Lena on the porch. He is pretty much shocked that his "in the pants wolf" wakes up at the looks of her. He freaks and runs away from her...snickers.....Well Lena isn't having it. So she stomps over and informs him they are mated. well given he is 40 and she is early 20's, he is broken and she is alive, he is unable to shift and she is healthy, he says hell to the no.
Anywho the two of them keep dancing around each other until they agree on being "friends with benefits". Well guess what people? He grows feelings for her!!! shocker right :) At the end of the novel the couple have a big fight over her family and his lack of involvement because he refused to be her mate. Then after a week of being a jackass he decides to apologize when the unthinkable happens.....DRAGONS attack Lena....wanna know how it ends?????? read the book and see.
I will say the only think I think this books is missing is MORE PAGES!! I could have read about Devin and Lena alot more!!!
Author Bio and Links:
As a
teenager, Rebecca Royce would hide in her room to read her favorite romance
novels when she was supposed to be doing her homework. She hopes, these days,
that her parents think it was well worth it.
Rebecca is
the mother of three adorable boys and is fortunate to be married to her best
friend. They’ve just moved to Texas where Rebecca is discovering a new love for
barbecue!
She's in love
with science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal and tries to use all of these
elements in her writing. She's been told she's a little bloodthirsty so she
hopes that when you read her work you'll enjoy the action packed ride that
always ends in romance. Rebecca loves to write series because she loves to see
characters develop over time and it always makes her happy to see her favorite
characters make guest appearances in other books.
In Rebecca
Royce's world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect
that it will.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for your review. For me that's the only downside of a novella. Loving the story & characters so much that you want more.
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I will have to check this one out Angie!
ReplyDeleteI will have to check this one out Angie!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for having me today!
ReplyDeleteRebecca...I'm in North Carolina now and there also seems to be an obsession with barbeque here, too. I think it's an acquired taste, like grits and boiled peanuts!
ReplyDeleteTo what do you attribute the rise in interest in werewolf and shifter stories? Is it a trend that's here to stay?
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If you made a movie of this book, who'd play the main characters?
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Thank you for the review, I'm looking forward to reading the story.
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AH! Way to be a tease!! No fair!! lol I'm going to definitely have to buy it now :P
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