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This was a pleasant surprise, the first time I've read this author but I'm impressed. The only thing I'm sad about is I didn't realise this wasn't complete and now I have to wait till bloody June to read the sequel. This is a paranormal, fake-dating, small-town fated-mates romance with suspense. Tori has been on the run for four years. Born into a hunter family her world was shattered when she shifted into a wolf becoming the monster she was taught to hate and fear. Now she barely exists as her life is spent on the road evading the hunters who are never far behind.
Blackwood Creek was only meant to be a temporary refuge but here Tori finds her heart in the form of the local Mayor and Alpha Ridge. When she becomes the prime suspect in a murder Ridge steps up to protect her claiming her as his fake fiance. Now Tori is engaged to the Mayor and it's not long before she wishes their pretence was her reality.
This one was so well written and such an easy page-turner. It's quite a lengthy book but I wasn't ever bored and the relationship between Tori and Ridge was magical. Ridge is such a protective passionate dream and the patience and care he shows Tori is the stuff dreams are made of, he's the real deal.
There's found family, passion and love, lots of danger as Tori being in Blackwood means the hunters are hot on her tail. There are also secrets that she's keeping close to her chest as she believes that if Ridge discovers them he will hate her. Tori is also dealing with a partially feral wolf as suppressing this part of herself and being a lone wolf has resulted in some extreme consequences.
My only small grumble is that I wanted Ridge to just tell Tori who she was to him and also for Tori to fess up regarding her secrets. Other than that I was grand and this is a read I highly recommend. I'm for sure reading book two when it is released.
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Tinsley is one of the residents of the human colony a former baker of indigenous descent. She's a sunny glass-half-full sort of girl. She misses her old life but tries to make the best of things and not wallow in past regrets. Hunar is the chief engineer at the human colony he and Tinsley have rubbed each other up the wrong way from day one. He's the grump to her sunshine the total opposite of bubbly Tinsley but not without just cause.
Hunar's backstory is so sad coiled to the mother of his children who lives elsewhere with their spats he's been in withdrawal and suffering from the wasting sickness for a decade. When he finds himself unexpectedly the sole guardian of his children he has no choice but to take them back home with him. But there's a clause in his initial work contract that states that to make this his permanent home he must pursue a human female or be replaced as engineer. When Tinsley convinces a reluctant Hunar to lend his assistance to her Christmas celebrations she in return sets in motion a ruse that sees them thrown together and soon lines are blurring as these two start to fall deep the pretence becoming reality.
What an ambient sense of warmth and family this story imparted. It had such a feel-good vibe that easily transferred over to me the reader and I enjoyed this latest book in the series immensely. This had a grumpy-sunshine fake dating trope but with a sci-fi twist and I'm partial to all of these tropes. It was also all done very well and it felt authentic. I was a fan of both Tinsley and Hunar and their slow burn-shy connection was initially sweet and then exploded into some super red-hot intensity.
This was well-written and well-researched and I especially loved the family aspect and simplicity of their connection. There were no great misunderstandings or unnecessary conflict and it was just a heartwarming experience. I recommend this series highly and it delivers every single time each story bringing something different. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of Eat My Moon Dust.
Bex (Beckie Bookworm)
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