Kiss if the Winter Moon releases 2/20/18
Synopsis:
I had a life plan: Get out of San Francisco. Go home. Start my new job.
I wanted to get on with my life. Break free from The City pack rules. Let my wolf side run wild and free. Feel the earth beneath my feet and howl at the moon.
But when I stopped in Comfort, Texas, to spend a quiet 2-week winter vacation with my dad and his mate, all of my best-laid plans took a sudden turn.
I hadn’t planned for Dain Louvel. Okay, so maybe I’d secretly hoped to see him, again, but I didn’t expect all those feelings I’d felt for him before to come rushing back and blindside me. I’d moved on. Well, sort of.
The problem is, I hadn’t planned on the sakana bond, that rare and precious bond few wolves ever experienced, to connect our minds, our bodies, and our souls.
I also hadn’t planned on fighting for my life.
But, yeah, stuff happens in Comfort, Texas. I really should’ve planned better.
My Review:
Kiss of the Winter Moon is the debut work from author Amanda LeMay and kicks off the Sakana series. A fresh take on the shifter genre, I really enjoyed this story.
Jessica, having moved away from home to join another pack, decides the city life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and heads back to her comfortable life in Texas. With a new plan in sight, things start to look up for her. Of course, running into the one man she’s never been able to forget also has things looking up…
Once Jessica and Dain reconnect, it really became a matter of time before they gave into the mutual attraction they shared. And once they did? Holy hotness, Batman. It’s when they give in and take things to the next leev that they realize they share more than an attraction…they share the sacred Sakana bond that makes them mates for life. Of course, the feelings and realizations that come after coming to that realization will prove to make things complicated and much more than just a casual fling. I was pulling for them to realize fate had a plan for them and for them to become mates. (no spoilers, but you know I don’t post books that end badly 😉 )
Adding more to this story is a villain I loved to hate. Jessica’s return home gets the attention of the local jerk and he’s got his sights set on having her. What ensues is a fight to the death you won’t soon forget.
I will say this book deals with some darker elements such as different kinds of abuse, so keep that in mind if you pick up this book.
Overall I really enjoyed Jessica and Dain’s story and seeing their relationship grow into a beautiful bond. Thank you, Ms. LeMay, for a wonderful read!
Four Loves
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About the author:
New indie author, Amanda LeMay, writes paranormal romance full of dark, sexy wolf shifters who share a special bond with their mates: the sakana bond. When Amanda is not writing, (or thinking about writing, or characters, or dialogue, or world building), she is working on any number of crafts, but most likely, lost inside a wonderful world built by one of her favorite authors.
Amanda lives with her husband and two grumpy old cats in Southern California. She plots most of her novels while walking, or driving, or while on long Texas beach vacations sitting outside listening to the waves. Her first novel, Kiss of the Winter Moon, is set to release February 20, 2018.
Awesome review jillan!! Shared on all my socials!! On my tbr gr list!!