"Lots of fun, super sexy, and unique shifters!"
Reviewed by Miranda Owen
Posted September 1, 2014
Romance Paranormal
WANTED: WILD THING is Book four in the Midnight
Liaisons series
by Jessica Sims. I think readers who are new to the series
can
still enjoy WANTED: WILD THING because Jessica Sims does a
good job of explaining who everybody is in the series and
their relationships. I always enjoy books in this series
because they are fun and highly erotic. WANTED: WILD THING
is
both, with an added element of danger. The story revolves
around Ryder and her changeling nature.
Ryder has a lot to deal with in this story. Even though
she
has friends and co-workers she cares about in her life,
she
has felt somewhat isolated because of her dark secret. She
is
a changeling -- a magical creature that appears human part
of
the time and scaly creature the rest of the time. She is
not
able to control when her scaly side comes out and it is a
source of shame for her, even though she works with and is
surrounded by all kinds of shifters and paranormal
creatures.
Her greatest wish is to stop changing from her human form.
Her
situation gets a little more desperate when fae prince
Finian
appears. He casually informs her that she is his pet and
he
plans on collecting her shortly in order to breed her for
profit. He leaves primordial shifter Hugh to keep an eye
on
his investment.
In addition to the threat that Finian
presents, I think a lot of the story focuses on Ryder's
conflicted feelings about herself and her difficulty in
accepting her changeling form. As the story progresses,
you
see the evolution of how Ryder goes from thinking of her
changeling form as a curse, to it being a unique and cool
part
of who she is.
One of the things I really like about the very unlikely
romance that develops between Ryder and her unwanted
protector
Hugh, is that Hugh helps Ryder accept who she is --
scales,
wings, horns and all. Not only does he accept her, but
he's
attracted to her in that form.
I wasn't sure I would like Hugh
at first. When he's first introduced, it's as Ryder's
keeper
and ally of Finian. However, as the story goes on, you see
a
different side to him. He's not following Finian's orders
out
of blind loyalty or for monetary reasons. He does it out
of
loyalty to his people and a desire to help them. When they
finally give in to their attraction, the sparks fly and it
makes for some very steamy scenes.
I like that Hugh and the
rest of the primordials are a unique kind of shifter that
I
haven't really seen before. The potential for great
stories
with some of these characters in the future has me
excited.
WANTED: WILD THING is another super fun and sexy romance
by
Jessica Sims. This series should be on every paranormal
romance fan's must-read list. I love that, while WANTED:
WILD
THING is exciting and full of action, the focus is on the
characters and the romance. I look forward to reading more
books by Jessica Sims and more in this series
SUMMARY
Ryder is hiding a dark secret from her coworkers at
Midnight
Liaisons. Every time she’s sexually attracted to a man,
her
dragon side breaks through. Not exactly man-bait! But she
needs to lose her virginity before her twenty-fifth
birthday, or she’ll become a dragon forever. Her solution? Big, hunky Hugh, the appointed guardian of
her
chastity. He’s clearly hot for her, but he has powerful
reasons to resist Ryder. Can temptation—and love—possibly
find a way?
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