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 enlarge | Creator: J. L. Langley
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 9444
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 268
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1599983478
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781599983479
ASIN: 1599983478
Publication Date: April 1, 2007
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Product Description
Sometimes love just catches you by the tail. Chayton Winston is a veterinarian. He is also a werewolf. Much to his Native American parent's chagrin, he has always dreamed of a fair-haired, Caucasian mate. However, he never imagined his mate would be male. As a heterosexual man, he's not quite sure what to do with a male mate, but more than willing to find out. Keaton Reynolds wakes up, in wolf form, and finds himself with a mate. He's instantly attracted, but not so thrilled to find out the man is straight. Having been in a relationship once before where his partner professed to be "Not gay" left a bad taste in his mouth. Keaton wants to make a break for it and pretend he never set eyes on Chay-but Chay is not ready to let him go. Together the two work to solidify their shaky relationship and battle the prejudices against homosexuals. Chay must deal with not only his mother's prejudices against gay men but also her hatred of white people. When a power struggle in Keaton's pack threatens Keaton's life, the two men learn to depend on one another and their relationship to get them through it. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence and hot man-love.
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 Fabulous! April 24, 2007
32 out of 35 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful paranormal gay romance! The main characters have great chemistry, and the story is fast paced. And, despite the tag line, this isn't about a straight man being "turned gay" by true love. Chay has had relationships with women, but he has also experimented a little with men. Once he gets over the suprise of having a male mate, he works to make a life with Keaton. The werewolf aspect of the story is not the main focus, but it provides a great backdrop.
Like many gay romances, there is a lot of angst as the men overcome obstacles, but there is also a lot of humor. Langley is an excellent writer. There is frequent hot sex, but the two men also build their relationship outside the bedroom. This is part of a loosely connected series called the "With or Without" series. The first story, "With Love" can be found in the anthology "Hearts from the Ashes" and feature alpha werewolf Devlin and his new mate, the omega Laine. The next book, "With Caution" is coming soon. I highly recommend all the books by this author.
Just for fun July 26, 2007
17 out of 20 found this review helpful
I'm female, straight and over 50 -- does that disqualify me from enjoying this story? I hope not because I found it a flat out fun read. How can you not like a book where the hero finds his soul mate and the mate is the wrong gender? I loved the line "you're my mate, I just haven't figured out what to do with you yet". Not classic literature but nice characters with enough of a plot line that you keep reading. If this was chick lit, it would be called "great beach read." So read it, already.
 Bad writing. November 30, 2007
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
This reads as though written by someone very young with little in the way of writing experience (and missing the services of a good editor). The dialogue is stilted, the plot flimsy, the "conflict" in the narrative laughable, the characterizations two-dimensional, and the sex boring and repetitive.
Of particular annoyance was one main character constantly referring to the other by a cutesy nickname, to the point where I began to forget the character's real name.
I strongly suspect that the author is a big fan of yaoi manga, because Keaton is a poster boy for the big-eyed, helpless, girly-looking uke boys. His main jobs in the story are to have badly written sex and to be rescued. All of it repeatedly. He's not a character, he's an unintended caricature.
Where was the editor for this piece of...travesty? Why wasn't this sent back to the author with "Please contact us again when you've learned to write realistically," written on it in red ink? And why are people giving this three to five stars? If you want a five star m/m book, check out Jordan C. Price's "Psycop" series. Now there's an example of everything a story should strive to be, everything this one fails at.
What Delightful Pups May 1, 2007
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Yeah, yeah, the two protagonists are werewolves; so get used to it. They're sexy, interesting guys, thrown into a romance neither would have predicted, especially Chay. Then they go through some great exchanges and scenes working out what it means to find your life partner and discover he's not what you were expecting. Then, finding out he's better than you expected, even if Chay's mother and best friend don't think so. Then finding out someone is out to kill the relationship, literally, and both protagonists and their loved ones all have to work hard to discover who and why and stop him. I loved the characters (yes, their being werewolves calls for some suspension of belief) and have found myself thinking a lot about the story after finishing reading it. Langley created some wonderful guys in "Tin Star" that won my interest and support, and she's done it again with Chay and Keaton. I've read the book twice already and will read it again many times. Well worth the time and effort.
Skip it. June 6, 2007
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'm really shocked to read customer reviews praising the author's writing, because this reads like something written by a mildly-talented teenager. Two-dimensional characters, stilted dialogue (people do NOT use each other's names constantly during every conversation!), utterly unimaginative werewolf story, and the most annoying use of a nickname I've ever encountered.
It is extremely rare for me not to finish a book I start, but I didn't get more than fifty pages into it before tossing it aside in disgust.
Really, really bad, folks.
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