Title: The Wolf in Your Basement
Series: Magnificent Beasts #2
Author: Alexia Ward
Genre: Gay Erotic Romance, Paranormal, Shapeshifters
Length: Novella (96 Pages)
Publisher: Siren Publishing (June 15, 2016)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3.5 Hearts
Blurb: Eric Dark, a wolf shifter on a mission, is searching for answers. He thinks he’s found the company responsible for supplying his enemy with the radioactive silver that is killing shifters around the world. He goes undercover to look for clues. What he finds instead is love and his future mate, Tyler Cooper.
Tyler Cooper is stuck in a dead-end job he hates and in debt up to his eyeballs. Now that he has become his six-year-old nephew’s legal guardian, he knows he needs more money to provide for him. When he meets the dashing Eric Dark at work and realizes he is looking for a place to live, Tyler offers him the bachelor pad in his basement. Eric quickly accepts. It’s just the beginning to their whirlwind adventure.
Dark secrets are uncovered and deadly enemies arise that threaten not only their growing love, but also their lives. Will Eric be able to protect the man he loves before the people who want them dead have a chance to strike?
ISBN: 978-1-68295-276-4
Product Link: http://www.bookstrand.com/book/the-wolf-in-your-basement
Reviewer: Lisa
Review: Each book in the Magnificent Beast collection features a different romantic couple. To enjoy the overall story arc and crossover characters, I would recommend reading the series in sequential order.
Eric is a wolf shifter who is now on a mission. He wants to find out who is giving the assassins the silver that is being used to kill shifters. One had almost killed his brother and he was determined to find out who is responsible. That is until he found his mate.
Tyler is just trying to make enough money to pay the bills. Now that he had a six year old to take care of, he needed the money. His sister had passed, leaving him the guardian to Matthew. He got lucky with the new guy at working needing a place to live. He had the perfect apartment for the man and it would help him financially. The problem was Eric had a big secret that could get them all killed.
Now the story starts out pretty even paced with a great story, then after the first attack it fizzes right out the window. Also the old sex then automatically falling in love just comes off crazy. It comes off to me as a great idea, and then the author decided to rush the rest of it, instead of finishing the danger and excitement in the story. It had great potential but unfortunately the follow thru didn’t happen.
I hate to admit that I was not surprised, since book one was the same way. I had just hope that it would have gotten better with each story. I was disappointed to say the least. I hope that the next book will give me what I really want.