A Wolf After My Own Heart by MaryJanice Davidson – a Review
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Description:
Oz Adway is a rare breed: an accountant who wants to get dirty. And, by the way, a wolf shifter working for the Interspecies Placement Agency. Bored with his safe office job, he volunteers to find runaway bear cub Sally Smalls, recently orphaned by a plane crash. Piece of cake, right? Unfortunately, Sally’s taken refuge with “ordinary” human Lila Kai, a reluctant guardian who has no idea what’s going on, but will destroy anyone who tries to take the cub. Not that it matters. Oz is not about to let a gorgeous Stable jeopardize his career move.
As for Lila, she knows something’s different about the sexy weirdo who keeps popping up in the wrong place at the right time. She’s determined to figure out what, regardless of the escalating threats to her safety and Oz’s distracting hotness. She didn’t move into a cursed house and take in a werebear just to run when things get complicated. Together, Oz and Lila will prevail! But only if they can keep their hands off each other…
Review:
A Wolf After My Own Heart by MaryJanice Davidson is the 2nd book in her BeWere My Heart series. We meet our heroine, Lila Kai, as she comes across a bear cub, whom she brings to her new house (it is cursed and run down), and though she is human (stable), Lila finds herself protective of the little girl (Sally). What Lila will discover is that her house is in shifter territory, but with her finances so low, she is content to live there. Lila is smart and savvy, and also a teddy bear (stuffed) doctor.
Oz Adway, our hero, is a wolf shifter, who works for IPA (Interspecies Placement Agency) and takes on the assignment of finding Sally Small, who was recently orphaned by a plane crash, killing her parents. Oz lives with his mom, and two adoptees, and his were scent (Sally), pushes him to check out Lila’s house, who he immediately finds himself attracted to, despite she being a stable (human). Sally has a tendency to run away often, but meeting the other local young orphaned shifters (Dev & Caro) living next door, she always comes back to stay in the basement of Lila’s. We also get to spend a lot of time with Annette Garsea (previous book heroine), who will work with Oz to discover the mystery of Sally’s family. Did they both die, since someone is calling Sally to stay safe with Lila?
What follows is a wild adventure with a crazy group of shifters, including the orphans (I actually like Dev, Caro and Sally the best) that have you either laughing or rolling your eyes. I did like Lila, as she was a very good heroine, who had no problem dealing with shifters; Oz was a hunk and a nice guy, but I personally didn’t really feel the chemistry between them, though they there were likeable.
After a lot of chaos that destroys Oz’s family house, and has them all staying at Lila’s run-down house, the last third of the story line becomes an exciting and intriguing adventure, putting them in danger, with their lives on the line. A Wolf After My Own Heart was a good story line, with some really great characters. I will say that I found the wacky humor a bit overdone, with a lot of frenzy and confusion throughout. If you enjoy a paranormal romance, with lots of crazy wild humor, then you should be reading this series.
Reviewed by Barb
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