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Title: Cupid’s Time
Series: The Keepers 1
Author: Jess Buffett
Genre: Paranormal
Length: Novella (56 pages)
Publisher: Jess Buffett (9 Feb 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥4.5Hearts
Blurb: Cupid’s job is to help find true love for others, but it’s a hard job to do when he’s in love with a man who barely acknowledges his existence. Fighting his own desires, he is ready to give up all emotions just to avoid the pain of not having the respect of the one that holds his heart, let alone craving his love.

The Keepers can find their soul mates among each other, but Cupid is young compared to the one who is meant for him. However, when violence strikes close to home for the Keepers, Cupid is needed to help in the healing process, but only if the soul mates acknowledge their love will the healing begin.

Is Cupid in time or will time finally run out? Leaving the one who brings couples together, alone and emotionless for all of eternity.

ISBN: 9781311239433

Product Link: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cupids-Time-The-Keepers-Book-ebook/dp/B015GPQNUE

Reviewer: Prime

Review: Cupid’s Time is the first book in a series, a series that I have thoroughly enjoyed (I’ve read up to book 4). I really like Jess Buffett’s writing style. There is something about her writing style which helps me connect with her characters and just fall in love with the stories.

The premise for The Keepers series is interesting. “The Keepers” are the beings that help guide humanity. Other than Cupid and Thyme [Father Time], from the top of my head, there is also The Sandman, Jack Frost and Santa among these beings.

Like many paranormal romances, The Keepers have soul mates but the catch is that only another Keeper can be their soul mate. But the Keeper needs to be “of age” to sense his mate, and when one is immortal, I guess when you’re 5000, like Cupid, you really aren’t of age yet.

Cupid is the youngest of the Keepers. He can’t sense who his mates is quite yet. He’s great at his job and enjoys it, he’s just sick of everyone else getting a HEA and him being left behind and without love. Cupid is all sweetness but he has a strong will and won’t even let Thyme, the one Keeper he lusts after, to play games with him.

Thyme on the other hand is all cockiness and bluster. Beneath that facade is thoughtful and loving, though is undoubtedly an alpha male. The only criticism I have for this book is that Thyme’s excuse for avoiding Cupid and the whole “underage” thing is a tad week. I think when a being is as old as they are the whole May-December story line is more difficult to believe.

So many of the characters, who do come up in later books, draw you in instantly – there is Nate and Harry especially, I love them, and as for Jack, well, he is an interesting sort.

However, in the end, this is just a cute piece and a quick read for anyone into the paranormal genre can enjoy.

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