Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Jaime’s face pinched into a pout, and he made the most adorable little huff sound, which only made Finn laugh even harder. Finally, he calmed down enough to speak. “Don’t give me that face, baby. It’s a damned weapon and I’ve done nothing to deserve it.”

This was a lovely story and a good debut novel. I especially loved the first half, as it tugged on my heartstrings a few times and really just hit the spot for a lot of the things and tropes I enjoy, even being a sort of second chance romance. It was a very entertaining story and I'll be looking forward to seeing what the author writes in the future. This one was set up well for future plot and some interesting side characters. It lost me a little bit at times in the second half, but it's hard to tell if that's because of my book slump or not.

It wasn't perfect, but I expect some of the things that made me scratch my head will be cleaned up in future books, and editing experience will help. I feel pretty confident I read the word 'hiccup' more times in this book than I have read in every other romance book combined, and not a single character had the hiccups once, lol.

All non-joky jokes aside, it was entertaining, and it made me melt from cuteness a few times, especially when the big, bad wolf started to purr.

I also wish to never read the word ‘splashed’ in relation to someone blowing a load inside someone else, ever again. Lol.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Fated mates
Second chance lite (see information under 'breakup' if wanted)
Debut book
Redhead MC
Military veteran MC
Wolf shifter MC
Private security
Bodyguard MC
Protective MC
Shifter/human pairing
Knotting
Size difference
Virgin MC
Purring
Romantic suspense
Breeding kink

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Mentions of parent death (cancer, past, off page)
Mentions of alcoholic parent (no details, past)
Mentions of past pet loss and grief
Graphic violence
Graphic details of murder scene
PTSD symptoms: nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety
Prescription drug use (anti-anxiety)
Isolation and symptoms of depression
MC attacked and locked up for a short, non-specified amount of time (past, off page, some details)
On-page panic attacks
Brief mention of death of friend in military combat (past, off page)
Knotting
Mentions of past child abuse
Decapitation of bad guy (on page, by MC)
MC attacked and briefly restrained (off page)
Breeding kink

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No, but 1 year of no contact. They had not met in person prior to this, but were talking on the phone and videochatting, planning on going on a date together. Neither MC see or hook up with anyone else during this year apart.
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Shifter romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 26 and 32
Series: Interconnected standalone, slight plot cliffhanger
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 299
Happy ending: Yes


Was he staring at the moon right now, too? Did he sometimes wonder about Jaime? Did he think about Jaime as much as Jaime thought about him?



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