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Book Blurb

Alexander Aubrey spent the last ten years of his life alone after the betrayal of a lover and the deaths of most his pack. One night he scents Rupert Bellamy running for his life from the pack of alphas living nearby, and after ten years of nothingness, he's found his mate.

The problem is that even after he saves Bellamy's life and brings him back to the mansion where he lives, the alphas are waiting for them to come out. Then there's the fact that his face is badly scarred, and Bellamy is incredibly handsome. But despite that, Bellamy wants to be with him, enough that he's willing to give up his life in the city and risk the angry alphas outside who want his blood. However, Alex was betrayed once already, and it cost him so much.

When he gets wind that Bellamy might have already betrayed him, it puts their fragile new relationship to the ultimate test.

 

Book Review

Book fourteen in the 'Luna Werewolves' series continues the story of additional luna werewolves finding Roarke's pack, putting the larger story line aside for the moment. Alexander, a lonely, internally and externally scarred luna alpha is shocked to suddenly find his mate. His mate, a human running from a pack of normal werewolves is just as shocked to find a "monster", as he initially calls Alexander, actually rescuing him from the pack trying to kill him.

Bellamy is a writer who wants some peace and quiet, away from the hustle and bustle of the city where he lives. So he goes camping, even though he isn’t really the outdoors type. Totally clueless, he ends up camping in a werewolf pack's territory and they decide to chase him. As scared as Bellamy is, he doesn’t lose his will to fight, well, run in his case, since fighting doesn't make much sense. His initial impression of Alexander is that of a monster, but that's only visual. For some reason he finds himself trusting the bigger, badder werewolf, and it probably has to do with the fact that the guy saves him from the others.  Bellamy helps (which I think is great, so whimpering "damsel in distress" here), but he wouldn’t have survived on his own. He has no idea why he is so attracted to the man, but then, Alexander is big, strong and very good-looking – including the scars that only make him more interesting.

Alexander has been alone for a decade, betrayed by his previous lover in the worst way. His heavy scarring makes him ugly, or so he thinks, and, as a result, his self-confidence and hope to ever find someone to love are nil. When he notices Bellamy needing help, he doesn’t hesitate to go out and rescue him. Alexander is shocked that the human doesn’t seem to fear him, but he refuses to let himself hope for more. There is only one problem: Bellamy turns out to be his mate. And of course, the  more they talk and the more trust begins to develop, the more determined Alexander becomes to find a way to save Bellamy from the werewolves who now surround his house.

If you like shifter stories where a human and a shifter have to figure out where they will be safe from their common enemies, if you enjoy reading about mates who trust each other to fight in their defense, but have no idea how to deal with the feelings they develop for each other, and if you're looking for a story with a humorous tone of voice and lots of hot action between the sheets, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 35307 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	02-November-2013
Price	$5.50 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/the-beauty-of-the-beast