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Book Title: Secretly Mine (Offbeat Shifters Book 1)
Author: Colette Davison
Publisher: Independently Published
Cover Artist: Colette Davison
Release Date: February 9, 2021
Genre/s: Supernatural romance
Trope/s: shifters, mpreg setting but there isn’t pregnancy or childbirth in the books, age-gap, pop-stars, forbidden romance (bodyguard and client), hidden relationship
Themes: The price of fame, treatment of omegas in the pop industry
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 92 000 words
Book 1 could be read as standalone.
Buy Links - Available on Kindle Unlimited
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I’m being paid to spend a month on tour with Jesse Steele, to keep him safe and protect his image. Simple.
The first rule of being a bodyguard is never get involved with your client. It should have been easy to follow, but Jesse Steele is a beautiful, kind omega, who’s far more down to earth than a pop star has any right to be.
Someone discovering our tryst becomes the least of our worries when it becomes clear Jesse has a stalker.
Can I love Jesse and protect him, or will my emotions cloud my judgement and put him in danger?
Secretly Mine is an m/m paranormal romance with a protective tiger shifter, a sweet monkey shifter, lots of cuddles, secret kisses, and piggy back rides. Whilst it is set in an alternate universe where omegas give birth, there are no pregnancy or birth scenes in this book.
Trigger warning for mentions of infertility.
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My Rating - 5 Stars!
If you want a beautiful romance, this is it!
This book is perfectly wonderful. The combination of fame, a controlling manager, shifters, and a forbidden romance is well done. It's the emotion though that has me captivated throughout.
Jesse and his new bodyguard Isaac have an intense attraction from the start. But it's the small moments where they get to know and care about each other that lead them to being more.
The forbidden romance aspect is ever looming. Seriously, a bodyguard falling for his charge? Hell yes. I can never get enough.
Their tale is one with first times and intense chemistry.
Add in the shifter moments. My heart smiles with all of Jesse's monkey moments. I adore that he snuggles up to Isaac and hugs him so often. His silly monkey moments just up the fun, while also bringing the two men closer and giving them time alone.
And, omg, Jesse's father. So effin maddening. He's beyond aggravating with the way he treats Jesse and his career. My heart hurts so bad for the young man.
And then there's Isaac's family. I adore them as they're simply wonderful. I would have loved more of them.
Written in alternating first person pov, these characters fully come to life. Their emotions and perspectives jump off the pages throughout. From Jesse's issues with his father, to each special moment after special moment, this story oozes emotion.
The author's writing style is soothing and the storyline is perfectly charming and sweet. And in the end, I love the twists and turns, as some people are not what you expect.
I can't recommend this book enough. The romance, the danger, the angst. All are great.
Secretly Mine is a delightful surprise. I have long loved Colette Davison's writing, but I wasn't sure what I'd think of a shifter tale. First I couldn't put it down because of their strong connection. And then I couldn't put it down as I needed to know who the stalker was and to see how it played out.
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There was always a moment when I willed my body to shift that I regretted it. It was excruciating. For the few seconds it took for the transformation to take place, I saw nothing but white-hot fire. Felt nothing but searing heat as every molecule in my body rearranged itself. I heard nothing but my own pitiful sobs. Smelt nothing.
Then it was over, and I was considerably smaller and buried in a pile of my own clothes. The advantage of shifting to a smaller form was that I didn’t need to undress first. Unlike Isaac. He was still in his human form, staring down at me. I danced from foot to foot, impatiently chittering at him. I was desperate to climb up into the trees and swing from branch to branch.
“Turn around,” he said.
Rather than turning around, I put my tiny hands over my large eyes. I was good and didn’t peek as Isaac undressed, even though it was tempting. While he shifted, he didn’t sob, as I had done, but he did let out a wretched moan which morphed into a growl. Only then did I lower my hands. His tiger form was huge. He padded over and stared down at me. His incisors were easily as big as my head, and I realised that if he gave in completely to his animal side, he’d eat me up for breakfast. He turned his head to the side in a swift gesture, which I took as permission to go.
I scrambled up into the trees, my hands and feet deftly gripping the trunk. I paused and studied Isaac’s tiger form. Now that his teeth and claws were well away from me, it was easier to appreciate how stunning he was. He was long and sleek, with thick black stripes breaking up his rusty orange fur. He looked up at me, his pale green eyes searching mine. He had to be wondering why I’d stopped to stare at him. Did he know how beautiful he was?
I let out an excited screech and tore off through the foliage. My long tail provided balance as I scampered along branches and then leapt from one tree to the next. Isaac ran along beneath me—beautiful, powerful, and graceful. He easily kept pace with my aerial antics.
My tiny heart beat wildly, and I felt completely and utterly free. It was so much better than being stuck on the bus. But it had to come to an end.
We reached the edge of the wood. I clung on to a fine branch at the top of the final tree, staring at the farmhouse opposite. Far beneath me, Isaac let out a short, sharp chuff, drawing my attention to him. He gestured with his head again, telling me it was time to go back. I nodded to show that I’d understood and then leapt through the treetops, back the way we’d come, until I spied our clothes exactly where we’d left them.
I scurried down to mine. I shifted back and got dressed just before Isaac caught up with me. Given how easily he’d kept up before, I decided he’d let me get ahead this time so I could get into my clothes without having him as an audience. He sat on his haunches and gave me a look that might have meant he wanted to eat me for dinner. I gulped and backed away a little. I was nowhere near as fearless in my human form as when I was a monkey.
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Colette’s personal love story began at university, where she met her future husband. An evening of flirting, in the shadow of Lancaster castle, eventually led to a fairytale wedding. She’s enjoying her own ‘happy ever after’ in the north of England with her husband, two beautiful children and her writing.
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