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My Swan Prince
My Swan Prince
Maria Vickers | 2025 | LGBTQ+, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
MY SWAN PRINCE is a retelling of The Six Swans where one of the main characters (Max) is a descendant of the original swans and hates the story. The other MC (Lourde) is part of the witch's line, being brought up to know his destiny is to kill the last swan and rid the world of their influence.

Max is very wealthy but works hard. His only friend is his bodyguard, Fizz. He does a lot of work for charity and ends up getting roped into storytime at a library. That would be okay except he has to read The Six Swans. Lourde goes to Chicago from London, determined to find and kill the last swan shifter. These two have a history and bond that neither are aware of at first. The story unravels a complicated history and motives.

This is a fast-paced story with a lot of backstory/history to understand. I'll be honest, I didn't get it all as I kept having to go back and figure out just who was which name. Although Max and Lourde were protective over each other, I didn't feel much of a connection between them other than what I was told had happened.

It was a good retelling of an underrated Brothers Grimm story.

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Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Apr 1, 2025
  
My Christmas Reindeer (A Reindeer Mate For Christmas)
My Christmas Reindeer (A Reindeer Mate For Christmas)
Wendy Rathbone | 2025 | LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
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MY CHRISTMAS REINDEER is part of the A Reindeer Mate for Christmas series, and features Fallon, a mathematical genius non-flying omega reindeer shifter, and Keir, the alpha elf in charge of ground control for Santa. Fallon was abandoned as a baby, adopted and raised by an elf family. When the story starts, he's working in the dollmaking workshop, but he isn't happy. He wants to work for ground control, where his maths and physics can really fly.

The relationship between these two was both fast-paced and slow-burning! Fallon pushes Keir with his mathematical equations, and Keir is more than happy with that. He goes out of his way to ensure Fallon is comfortable, in a purely professional sense, of course. That all changes when Fallon goes into heat the day before Christmas Eve. Keir can't leave him to deal with it by himself, and the connection that forms is deep.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, especially the 'human' jealousies, rivalries, and emotions that show up throughout. Both Keir and Fallon change as this story moves on, and I loved how they both did their jobs, even when the going was tough. How Fallon managed to work while Kier was... erm... helping, I'll never know!

A great Christmassy read that I thoroughly enjoyed and definitely recommend.

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Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Dec 17, 2025
  
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King of Khoth ( Dark Warrior Alliance book 12)
By Brenda Trim and Tami Julka
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Dragon shifter, Angus Callanach, is returning to his home realm after one of the Vampire Princes reopens the portal to Khoth. Having spent two hundred years as the majordomo at Zeum, he is ready to once again take up his mantle as the king of the Cuelebre. Life seems sublime when his millennia long search for the love of his life, Keira ends. That is, until he discovers she has no recollection of him or their relationship and she is firmly in the clutches of his archenemy, Cyril, the Unseelie King. Keira wakes up in a strange cave, clueless about her identity and the world around her. Everything she is told comes into question the moment Angus crashes into her life. Kidnapped for the second time, she is taken to Khoth and discovers she is a powerful sea dragon princess with intimate ties to the Cuelebre. Overwhelmed by it all, she swears off relationships so she can focus on regaining her identity, but the passion that ignites between her and Angus is hotter than the fire he breathes.

Absolutely one of my favourite stories so far! I love the dragon shifters I love Angus and Mack in this was her brilliant funny self. It was such a feel good instalment to a series I have grown to love. It also sets us nicely up for Brhics story.
  
Shifter Woods: Claw (Esposito County Shifters #4)
Shifter Woods: Claw (Esposito County Shifters #4)
Nicola M. Cameron | 2023 | Paranormal, Romance
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
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blinder of a plot twist!
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

This is book 4 in the Esposito County Shifters series, but I have not read them all. They can all be read as stand alones.

Angela runs after discovering her abusive boyfriend sells her out to the mob. Something guides her to Esposito County and Matt saves her. There is a familiar scent to Angela that Matt can't place, but he knows one thing: he will do anything to keep her safe, and make her his.

I liked this a lot. It takes a darker edge than Growl (book 3) but plays another blinder of a plot twist for Matt and Angela that I did not see coming!

It's steamy and smexy, yes but this had less of a *MINE* moment that some shifter books have and more of an *I know you, but can't place you* and the feelings for both Matt and Angela creep up on them. Oh, don't get me wrong, Matt has that drive to protect Angela right from the start, but he wasn't sure what it meant. I loved that it takes time, you know? The rapid fall-in-loves books are all well and good, but I especially liked that particular book isn't like that.

I loved that the other shifters in town pulled together to sort out Angela's problem, and I love that Matt asked if he could deal with it personally.

A thoroughly enjoyable 4 star read.

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