Mia Watts

This is a short, fun read about a man who has been cursed to spend his life as a lynx. It is written from both the lynx’s and the man’s perspective, and contains lots of humorous observations that made me laugh.

Fynn is a very likeable character. His desperation to finally break the curse after 400 years of (mostly) being mistreated by successive owners of the same family line is real and made me feel for him. His growing admiration for his current master Eddie, the last of that family show more line, makes it difficult for him to hate the man.

Eddie is clueless as to his powers as a witch, but is very attached to his ‘pet’, the lynx. It takes him a while to understand what was going on, and his hesitancy to accept the truth was quite realistic. I loved that he managed to overcome his issues just in time to fight the villain when he finally makes an appearance.

I liked the growing respect and love between the two main characters. I thought it was an interesting idea to have the growing friendship and respect happen while Fynn was in animal form. The sexual attraction was limited to when he was human, yet, in the end, they both merged and enabled both men to stand together and defeat the villain. A very nice read, with quite a few laughs for good measure.



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This book made me smile at the humor, grin at the innuendo, and wonder where things would go with the storyline from the first page. It could have easily developed into yet another fluffy, if extremely amusing and very hot, student-professor romance. Interestingly, it didn’t do that, as Mia Watts very gradually changed the rules of the game on me. Exactly like the main characters, who were taken by surprise when their feelings suddenly got a lot more serious than either of them had show more intended, my opinion about what this book tries to be and say changed subtly as I read. I liked it a lot more because it ended up differently from what I expected. Very nicely done!

Julian is the dean of students at a small college, loves his job, and is not exactly looking for another relationship. He's survived a bad divorce, having gotten married to try to not be gay, and even though he is lonely, he isn't interested in putting his heart on the line again. He is even less interested in risking his career by dating a student – or a guy who looks young enough to be a student. There's only one problem: not only does he fall deeply in lust after only one encounter, he suspects it's a lot more than physical attraction which keep s pulling them back together.

Griffin is working hard on his doctorate, and has no time for a boyfriend, never mind a really serious relationship. Commitment isn't on his agenda, he's just out to have some fun. But when his best friend Tony sets him up with the dean of students, who just happens to be Tony's father, the gloves come off. Griffin has a lot to learn about himself, and discovers, to his horror that he isn’t quite as mature as he thought he was. When push comes to shove the ball is in his court, and he has to make the most difficult decision of his life: independence and an assured career path, or a permanent relationship with the man he loves and considerable financial risk.

A relationship between the dean if students and a graduate students is bound to be difficult, and a range of stories about this type of 'forbidden love' abound. However, the way this one is written, with believable characters and issues way beyond the May-December (or rather May-August) relationship, kept my interest. If you're looking for a sizzling hot relationship that quickly develops added depth, if you enjoy campus settings, and if you like your main characters to be faced with some challenging choices, you will probably like this book.




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Where do I even begin to try to explain this story? It has two stubborn men, enough passion to burn the pages (were this a paper book), a storyline that contains as much psychology as it does discovery and "open heart" emotional surgery, and on top of it all the stakes for both characters are about as high as they can get. The way it is written and plays out made me yell at the characters' stupidity, but tugged at my heartstrings as well. It is an emotionally very intense ride, and kept me show more on my toes from beginning to end.

Hank McClaren may be he president's son, but he is a playboy, a spoiled brat, and has only himself and his pleasure on his agenda. Or so everyone thinks, and he lets them. In fact, he supports that sort of thinking with his behavior, intending to make life for his father as difficult as possible. He has a deep-seated grudge against him. First, for not being a good father after he got involved in politics; this is understandable, but a fairly childish view, considering he was never mistreated or neglected. Second, Hank blames his father for abandoning his wife, Hank's mother, when she was dying of cancer six months ago. Here, too, there is another side to the story. But it is a side Hank refuses to see, and his only objective is now to sabotage his dad's reelection.

Montegue, or Monty as Hank calls him, is the Secret Service agent who has been constantly by the president's side over the last four years. He has his own explanation for what happened between Hank and his father, and he also has a unique perspective on how the president dealt with his wife's illness and death. On top of it, he now has the task of making Hank behave. Of course, he has a plan for this, and he sets off to make it happen. The battle for dominance that ensues is epic. Hank keeps Monty on his toes, challenges him and his ideas at every turn, and puts up more walls than should be possible. Needless to say, Monty perseveres. Unfortunately, he also falls even more deeply in love with Hank – and that, combined with Hank's devious plan, causes a crisis of even bigger proportions.

Hank has a lot of growing up to do, and Monty has to learn he isn’t infallible. Very hard lessons for both of them, but they are uniquely suited to teach them to each other. If you like intense, emotionally draining stories, if you enjoy two strong men trying to outmaneuver each other at every turn – and failing, and if you're looking for a super-hot read with an interesting plot and fascinating psychology, then you will probably like this book as much as I did. Just – don’t expect to be able to put it down once you started.




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Very cute and funny little read. It was great to see Donovan respond to Ty and look back over his sexual history and realize that, huh...maybe something has been wrong for a long time. I love that we got both their points-of-view, how they challenged each other, and how no matter that they fought and were confused and closed off from each other, you could still see the threads of their close friendship in everything they did.

A very quick read that I put away in one sitting. Well worth the show more read (even though the price on Amazon seems a bit high for the length) but it was so much fun, and I do recommend it.

"Ty had fucked Donovan's brain over and he no longer knew which way was up. Something his cock made a regular attempt to clarify. Stupid appendage."

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