Title: An Intrepid Trip to Love
Series: A Little Bite of Love #1
Author: Charlie Cochet
Genre: Paranormal/Shifters
Length: Novella (84 Pages)
Publisher: M/M Romance Group @ Goodreads (May 26th, 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥3.5Hearts
Blurb: Tristan ‘Trip’ Hagan is a Husky shifter who was born to be the Hagan Clan’s next Alpha, a position of honor and nobility, a position he never wanted and was all too happy to pass onto his younger brother. But when they discovered his brother couldn’t have pups, the responsibility of continuing the Hagan Alpha line fell back to Trip. At the tender age of eighteen, Trip gave in under the weight of the Hagan Council’s demand for him to fulfill his duty, but after years of struggling to uphold his family’s traditions, Trip found the courage to do what no other Hagan Alpha had done in the history of the clan: he came out.
With his Enforcers—the Devil Dogs, at his side, Trip won the battle against the Council, who attempted to banish him and take his young son away. His victory allowed him to remain within the clan and raise Robbie. Now five years later, the dust has settled, and Trip is living a happy life with his cheeky pup and their own little makeshift family. Brook—Robbie’s mother, her true mate Deacon, and the Devil Dogs are the only ones who support Trip and know of his heartache.
True mates within canine shifter clans are very rare, but Trip has had one since he can remember. Despite losing his heart to Boone twenty years ago, Trip holds little hope of ever getting to bond with the sexy Enforcer, as it’s against clan laws for pure-bloods to bond with half-breeds. How much longer can Trip and Boone resist the longing in their hearts? With the call from their feral halves to seal the bond growing stronger by the day, can Trip and Boone find a way to be together without losing everything?
This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group’s “Love Has No Boundaries” event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
Product Link: http://www.mmromancegroup.com/?p=2588
Reviewer: John
Review: An Intrepid Trip to Love is the story of Trip and Booze. Now these two are very special because they belong to the Hagan Clan of Husky shifters. Trip is actually the next Alpha and ruler of the clan while Booze is simply his half-breed protector. Now, a relationship between them is forbidden because half-breeds and pure bloods should never mix. For twenty years they had to hide their love until one night when Trip accidentally bonds with Booze and they become one.
I liked this story. I really did. The plot was solid, well thought out and put together nicely. There were no loose ends or gaps in the story. I loved Trip and Booze. They were the perfect couple and had to hide their love from everyone who found it repulsive and forbidden. I absolutely loved Robbie, Trip’s son. He was very young, but very mature for his age. So what went wrong for me? I found the story to be a little boring. There was so much of explanation of how they got there and no action. Novels like these should be action packed or that’s what I think.
All in all, it was very good thought out novel and well written. I just found it a little lacking of action sometimes and hard to keep up with the clan and who they were. I recommend this novel to anyone who wants to read about a father who is willing to defy old traditions in order to be happy with his son and lover.