I read this awhile ago and recently read it again and I went over my review and I was like I actually liked this LOL, Wow. Ok, well I didnt like how he treated her, He wasn't HORRIBLE to her, Just ignores her formonths and dates and possibly sleeps with other women who are prettier, How can he possibly do that if she was his mate I mean mates just dont do that, Everything I know and read about shifters that just doesnt happen, Its not written that way, What made him do that to her I mean she didnt know it at the time so I hold no blame for her, He's really insensitive and doesnt know how to apologize and explain things well at all! Her character was insecure and sorta weak, I do have to say he WAS considerate in taking her virginity, So, I know he's not an ahole or cad, For some reason the author decided to write Jerod this way and it kinda irks me because I do like him and he had a lot of potential, A wonderful read about a human woman with low selfesteem, in love with her billionaire wolfshifter boss, and completely unaware of the fact that she is his fated mate.
Even though Sara knows pretty much all there is to know about shifters, she hasnt yet figured out that Jarod is made for her, but thats not too surprising seeing that he hasnt made any moves on her since he hired her over six months ago, and the fact that hes paraded numerous beautiful women in front of her, all because hes in denial.
He doesnt think hes ready to settle down with his mate, Until Fate decides to step in and give them the push they need, by snowing them in, alone, together, for a whole weekend, Oh, to have been a fly on the wall, but wait. we are, lol.
Ms. Mason has done a wonderful job with this story, Easy to follow with a beautiful plot that will have you wishing you were truly there, and not as a fly, but the main characters, of course, Loved this!
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review, There must be some reason why I bought these three books, . . shifters . yes
The story started off with promise, then proceeded to slip rapidly downhill, no sled required .
Jacob was an arse, arrogant and just plain offensive how an Alpha can ignore his mate formonths and still bang other women, but it takes a snow storm to lock them in the office together and he gets his "mating" including knots on.
. . errrr . WTF He also needs lessons in dirty talk cringe Sara needed a backbone and able to administer a sharp right hook with a knee to the jubilees alpha mate or not! There was little around the pack dynamics, lore or location of the pack.
Also not sure about the "inner voice of the wolf" being a sarcastic smartarse!! Jacob has two brothers and they were briefly introduced into the story via a telephone call and the next two books are about them.
There was a plethora of spelling mistakes spell for smell/fell for feel, it got annoying.
It finished on a HFN with a HUGE amount of blurb for other books at the end of the story, Not really a happy bunny :
Jarod knew the first day Sara applied for a job at his company that she was his mate, but couldnt act on it.
Now months later, shes his assistant, and has no clue about being his mate,
When theyre stranded together through a snowstorm will things change Can she believe that what shes wanted all along really has some truth to it
Quick read, PNR Romance and smutty fluff in a great combo.
Enjoyed it but still didn't understand why he waited so long to tell her that she was his mate, Also didn't understand the mixed messages Maybe I just tend to hold a grudge longer, not that that's a good thing, It's ok
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were some grammar issues here and there, I'd reread sentences to figure out if the writer meant he or she, The Hero's brothers were mentioned and then mixed up, I couldn't figure out who was talking to who, when and where, And I was a little frustrated that the Heroine doesn't question the Hero's declaration of love after watching him run through a new woman every week for six months.
I'm just going to pretend that after she comes out of her postcoital haze that she's going to quiz him and get some acceptable answers from the man, Spoiler in
While this story is well written, the hero sucks, What in the world kind of alpha wolf shifter scents his mate only to proceed to ignore her for six months while he runs around playing the field! I also had a hard time accepting the fact that Sara wasn't bothered enough by Jarod's behavior to look for some type of explanation from him about why he took so long to decide to claim her before just falling into his arms when he finally decides to take her.
I can understand that Sara was overwhelmed by the powerful, passionate draw of her shifter mate, and I get that she is one of those BBW heroines racked with insecurity and lacking a sense of her own self worth my least favorite type of leading lady.
However even the most self deprecating of women should question how a wolf could so easily put aside the woman meant to be his while he whores around with other women and struts around in public with them on his arm.
I wanted her to grow a backbone and make him put just as much effort into gaining her favor as he did into rejecting her, I can only hope that Logan and Hunter prove more worthy of their mates than Jarod does, Being a plus sized woman and struggling with it, it really called to me that this novella's main character is a lady that is more curvy than what is considered the average and the fact that there is someone who made her feel sexy, loved and all woman.
This is the first Marie Mason book I have read, as soon as I finished it I went straight over to her website to sign up to her newsletter, it was that good!!! Although this is a novella, the characters are written with so much feeling and depth that you feel like you see into their souls seeing their hopes and dreams.
I frickin loved this book and the author, a definite must read for all,
Steamy short read
Jacob just knew Sara was his mate since the first time he laid eyes on her, He had withheld himself from her, He was an alpha, the alpha of his pack,
Sara had eyes for her boss, but she figured he would never be interested in her, She was big breasted and curvy, probably not what he was into, He was definitely a workaholic, to the extent that everyone had gone home and there was a freaking blizzard starting up,
What would this blizzard bring for these two fated mates A know you hope for a whole lot of heat, You will just have to read to find out,
It will be worth it, A blizzard strands a curvy personal assistant with her alphawolf boss, who isn't as indifferent to her as he seems,
I went back and forth about purchasing this book, The description piqued my interest, but some of the reviews put me off, More than one reader had a serious problem with the hero crossing the line from alpha into just plain mean, Believe it or not there is a difference, and it can make or break a story for me, I decided to take a chance and see for myself figuring that I could always return the book if I couldn't finish it,
Boy am I glad I took a risk,
Sara Allen is no doormat, She's unsure of herself and uneasy in the situation she's thrust into, This is natural. Especially since she's entertained romantic fantasies about her boss, She can't quite trust that the romantic vibe he's sending a pretty clumsy one, by the way isn't just wishful thinking on her part, Sara is quirky and funny, She's quick to laugh at herself, but not in a cruel way,
Jarod is a pill, No doubt. He's a little too pleased with himself in general, He does seem put out by the fact that his fated mate is something of a Plain Jane, There are points where I wished Sara would kick him in the shin and say, "Listen, buster, there are plenty of other hot wolves in this fictional universe, Go make yourself another pretend billion and leave me alone, " But isn't that the point of romance fiction Sexual tensionConflict As long as the rough edges resolve themselves satisfactorily, we're fine,
By the end of this book all of Sara and Jarod's edges are worn smooth,
That said, the sex is well done, There's great pacing. The erotic parts do not overshadow the rest of the book,
Issues A couple, Point of view is omniscient, We get inside both Jarod and Sara's heads, This provides useful clues to character and motivation, but it can be disorienting at times, A third person POV, with the changes marked by chapter or even scene breaks, would have offered a smoother read, Also, there are multiple proofing blemishes, Not serious grammatical issues. These are small but obvious errors that should have been picked up during the final edit, In such a short book, they got irritating at times,
Overall, though, I enjoyed the story and the characters so much that I'm willing to overlook the editing, Jarod has a couple of brothers, At some point, I'd very much like to meet them on the page!,
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