Reviewr's Rating:
5
5.0Overall score
So good! I can't wait for the next book!
Gentleman Wolf By Joanna Chambers
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Shifter, Wolf, GLBTQ, MM
Released: August 26, 2019
Publisher: Self-Published
Length: 216 pages
Cover Design: Felix d’Eon
An elegant werewolf in Edinburgh…
Lindsay Somerville, the most elegant werewolf in Paris, has no great wish to return to his home city of Edinburgh, but when he learns that the cruel Duncan MacCormaic is on the Continent and hunting for him, he reluctantly agrees to go into hiding.
Duncan, who held Lindsay in abject captivity for decades after savagely transforming him with his bite, has been trying to find Lindsay since the day he escaped his prison a century before. If Duncan can find him, he has the power to compel Lindsay to obey his every command, so the more distance Lindsay can put between them, the better.
… on a mission…
While he’s in Edinburgh, Lindsay has been tasked with acquiring the “Naismith Papers”, the writings of a long-dead witchfinder. It should be a straightforward mission. All Lindsay has to do is charm an elderly book collector, Hector Cruikshank. But Cruikshank may not be all he seems—and there are others who want the papers.
… meets his match
As if that were not enough, while tracking down the Naismith Papers, Lindsay meets stubborn architect Drew Nicol. Although the attraction between them is intense, Nicol seems frustratingly determined to resist Lindsay’s advances. Somehow though, Lindsay can’t seem to accept Nicol’s rejection. Is he just moonstruck, or is Nicol bonded to him in ways he doesn’t yet understand?
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
So good! I can’t wait for the next book!
I’m a relative newcomer to Joanna Chambers’ books but I love historical MM romance and I like shifter books, so Gentleman Wolf seemed like a good fit for me and it was. I didn’t know that it was going to be a duology (meaning not all is resolved until book 2) but I’m not a bit sorry that I read it.
I had just a tiny bit of trouble getting into the story at first but I’m not sure why. I think it may have been my mood when I started it, or the fact that I kept getting interrupted. The story uses a lot of unfamiliar terms so I really needed to go a bit slower than I usually do when I read a book. But I also loved that I learned new words and I’m grateful that I read on a digital reader because it’s so easy to look up unfamiliar words and terms.
The first few chapters were pretty much about giving us background information we needed and setting up the story. While all of that was necessary to the story, the good stuff really got started about half way through and after that I couldn’t put the book down.
The blurb is pretty detailed so I won’t rehash it. Lindsay Somerville (and his wolf) is intensely attracted to Drew Nicol when they first meet but Drew is very reserved and there doesn’t seem to be any reciprocity at first. Once Lindsay and Drew have their first personal (sexual) encounter Drew is intensely uncomfortable with what he’s done. That doesn’t stop them from getting together again, however. 😊
The story has mystery and intrigue. What’s the real story behind the papers that Lindsay is supposed to procure from the funny old collector? Will Lindsay’s master, Duncan, manage to find him and capture him again? Not all of these questions are answered in this first book but I know that all will be revealed by the end of book 2 which should be coming in January 2020.
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O Factor: Spicy
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Joanna Chambers always wanted to write. She spent over 20 years staring at blank sheets of paper and despairing of ever writing a single word. In between staring at blank sheets of paper, she studied law, met her husband and had two children. Whilst nursing her first child, she rediscovered her love of romance and found her muse. Joanna lives in Scotland with her family and finds time to write by eschewing sleep and popular culture.
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