Harbinger of Books

Tess left home more than a decade ago to try her hand at a normal human existence. For awhile she was doing well living life as a model but fate has dealt her a blow and she has to come home to care for her ailing mother.  Dealing with her mother also means dealing with her past. The thing is Tess is half human and half shifter, but she tries to deny her shifter half believing only the bad because her father left their family when she was young and Tess never grew past it. Coming home though puts her in conflict with her feelings and the local sheriff thinks he has found his mate in Tess. Now the only question is if Tess will ever come around or will she just take off again?

This is a cute story. For the most part I liked our heroine, she is not perfect and does cause some eye rolling, but generally speaking she is scared but not emotionally damaged and she expresses her feelings. I like that Calib feels the effects and tries to actually think through it. I think the sub-plots helped keep the story from getting stale and the author did a good job in using the sub-plots to expand the characters growth.

Having said all of the story is a bit cliché and while I was pleased with the physical restraint it was annoying always reading about just how they wanted each other sexually. I wanted them to need each other emotionally. Additionally some parts did not flow so well. I am glad I found this one on my kindle and I will be looking forward to reading book 2.