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Book Blurb

Elija Austen is on a mission, prevent the destruction of his family’s pack at the hands of a rival pack. Nowhere in that mission is there room for finding his mate. But when he finds him in enemy territory, helping them, he has to act.

John Butcher is a veterinarian, and he takes his job seriously. He never even knew werewolves existed before he was kidnapped and brought to a pack to treat a sick omega, but now that he’s here, he will do what he can.

Then he discovers that these werewolves have no intention of letting him leave alive, and the man who saves him, who happens to be a gorgeous shifter himself, doesn’t believe that John was just an innocent victim. John has to decide whether or not he can go back to his old life, or risk everything for the one person who makes his blood run hot, who looks at him like he’s the enemy.

 

Book Review

Book number eleven in this series begins to tackle the issue of Eli and Leo and their having traveled back in time. This story is about Eli who finds his mate in John, a human vet who has been kidnapped by Lawrence, the leader of the enemy pack. Eli isn’t as good as Leo in resisting the mating call, and I suspect the consequences of that will reach much further than we get to see in this book. After all, the two of them mating does mean a significant change in the timeline, possible more significant than what they have achieved so far.

John is a human vet and suspects nothing of what is going on around town. He doesn't know about existence of shifters, nor rival werewolf packs, until he gets abducted by Lawrence who needs help for the human he has bitten to try to turn him into a werewolf. When John tries to escape and gets kidnapped again, this time by Eli who is trying t find out what Lawrence is up to, John has had it. His dilemma becomes obvious pretty quickly: he is insanely attracted to Eli, and wants to trust the man, but he has no clue why. Once he does find out, he takes it amazingly well, even though he's never been intimate with anyone. Unfortunately, their suffering is not over by a long shot.

Eli can’t believe he has found his mate. And even though he knows he should resist, has told his fellow time traveler Leo he needs to resist for weeks, Eli does not have it in him to stop himself, so he mates John and f*ck the consequences. Only when the resulting risks and issues become obvious, he is no longer so sure he should have been this impulsive. The key issue for him is whether he should return to the future or not – but being with his mate is more important. I cannot help but suspect there will be more to this, considering the fact Eli and Leo used a demon witch's help to make their trip back in time.

If you like shifter stories with a demonic time travel component that isn't solved immediately, if you enjoy reading about mates who need some time to get used to the idea they belong together, and if you're looking for a story with lots of hot action between the sheets as the mates start to bond, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 35390 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	12-October-2013
Price	$5.50 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/first-time-with-a-shifter