*2.5 Stars*

I started out really enjoying this book. It was light--both in terms of worldbuilding and tone--but sometimes I don't want heavy or complex. Sometimes I just want to smile and giggle and enjoy a lighthearted romance. I think if I had to liken it to something I would probably pick the Argeneau series -a little too conveniently at times. I also enjoyed watching his interactions with his brother as he tried to talk sense into Aidan. They had some pretty hilarious lines together.

""You're an idiot!"

"Not according to my test scores."

"Which are nullified brass ones, but this is arrogance taken to the max!"

"Get out of the car, Emma." He paused, as if the next words cost him a great deal. "Please."

He was scaring her a little. "Okay, but only because you used the P-word." She unfastened her seat belt.

"I have a P-word for you, bro," Roarke muttered. "Puss--"

"Zip it, Roarke."

Unfortunately, things went downhill for me when Emma found out the truth about the werewolves. Her personality took a sharp left turn into the land of delusion and I didn't appreciate having to go along for the ride.

Some might consider the following SPOILERS, so I would turn away now if you don't want to read them. I just can't say why it got the grade it did without discussing it.

The whole premise of the story is that the werewolves are investigating to find out if someone has discovered their existence. Ergo, they take it pretty seriously when they sense a threat to their secrecy. So, when Emma actually does find out about them beyond a shadow of a doubt it's not something they're just going to shrug off. If they didn't care about people knowing about them they wouldn't have investigated a fiction writer. But does Emma care? No! She seems to think that she still has rights after they put her on lockdown and even after she hears that a few of the pack members are arguing for her death to protect their secret.

This idiot is more upset that they might refuse to let her write her werewolf stories than she is that she might die. She frequently turns insane and starts ranting about how she'd rather die than be censored. Uh, honey, you just might... Get a clue. She also goes off about her First Amendment rights. I'm sorry, maybe I'm the odd one out, but she is writing fiction. It's not like they're suppressing facts in non-fiction or the news. They just don't want her to use the facts that she has learned about them. She continues to push for more and more details about them after she learns the truth and makes no bones about the fact that she wants to include them in her books. She is seriously TSTL.

I was also a little irritated by Emma's hypocritical green attitude throughout the book. She faulted Aidan for having the money to afford incredible luxuries and even when he called her on her crap and pointed out her designer outfits and her enjoyment of the luxuries she's allowing him to give her for "research" she never really changed. It's a pet peeve of mine when characters harp on the evilness of wealth, so that was not a fun personality trait for me to read about.

I wouldn't say this was a horrible book, but I definitely wouldn't say it was good. The relationship ended up being too disappointing and Emma too irritating for me to really enjoy it.

Review originally posted on Fiction Vixen

My thoughts:

Aww, the book was really sweet and cute, and with some hot passion too.

Emma spends most of her time writing, and having sex sometimes with her boring boyfriend. She is sure not living the passionate life of her heroines. And I did start to think that she needed that. Aiden Wallace is the big wolf of the story, he takes care of security for the pack and he is wealthy as sin. His future does not involve a human, but oh how attracted he is to her. Sparks are flying and he can't almost not control himself.

The book has this sweet vibe that I really enjoyed. Then there is some drama because of a stalker, and of course the whole "how do you know about weres" situation. Top that with some mind-blowing passion, because it becomes evident that these two are meant to be.

One problem, that wasn't really a problem, but still annoyed me a tad was that when she found out that everything was true (no spoiler there cos come on), she wanted to know more and to write..right, when your life could possible be in danger? I would kind of have said, ok, and then started to write about vamps ;) But then that was also good of her. Emma was strong and she did not back down.

Final thoughts and recommendation:

I do think this one becomes a 3,75 cos it was just so darn cute, and I would recommend it to paranormal romance lovers. The book is more light and humour mixed with passion, and this concept sure worked well for me. I enjoyed this tale and I would like to read more.