Not much alpha or heat going on
The first thing I have to say is that this book irked me because some of the chapters were not in order. The chapters went from 1, 4, 5, 2, 3 ,6, then in order from there. It was bothersome skipping to the right chapter.
This is the story of Grace. A woman who is trying to make a career for herself with her best friend. She also has issues with her body since she is not the traditional size 4. She is a little thick.
One day she is working to sell products for one of the advertisers of her paper. She gets drunk and in the process gets kidnapped. She was being shipped when she hears another boat comes along containing Karl and his brother, Jack. The situation escalates to where the brothers know that Grace is on the boat against her will and they save her and the others girls.
The character of Karl kind of made me mad at the beginning because he was asking too many questions before saving this girl. What man asks a woman for her name and number before he unties her? That didn't make sense.
Through all that Grace felt a sexual attraction to him. Due to what happened on the boat during the rescue, some people died. So in order for the brother Jack not to be arrested they need Grace to talk to a detective. Karl invites her to his suite at the Ritz. She is still attracted to Karl. Not getting into too much detail they are getting intimate. In the moment Karl starts to shift. She gets scared and runs away.
What did this book in for me was that after Karl stopped shifting Grace wanted to go back and continue with Karl. She was rationalizing about her not being tolerate about him being different. She thought about how he looked when he came and all other bull. Not believable.
Also I believe some of the story was incomplete. There were some questions. Was she so drunk that she didn't see a big boat coming up next to her? Are shifters that common that she wasnt that scared of him? If I didn't already have the second book I would not buy it. But I will read on just to complete the series.