Shift Happens

Fur Real Love

by Lance Roddick

I’ve always had a quiet, orderly life running my local comic book store. That is, until a tiny, fidgety wolf shifter shows up asking if he can work for me. He’s maybe five-foot-four, constantly knocking things over, and clearly has zero idea how to interact with humans—or handle the coffee machine.

His name’s Milo, and he insists he’s trying to “train his human side” to better blend in with society. it’s a disaster. But between his adorable clumsiness, his habit of curling into a little wolf ball under my desk when he’s embarrassed, and the way he blushes every time I compliment him, I find myself looking forward to the chaos.

Helping Milo adjust to human life is going to be… complicated. There’s the paperwork, the bookstore customers, the awkward social events. And somehow, amidst the spilled lattes and toppled comic displays, I realize I’m slowly falling for him. Clumsy paws, big wolf heart, and all.

Genres: M M Romance

111 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 24, 2025

Reviews

[Always Forget]

DNF @65%.

It started out pretty cute with the shifter MC being all small and super clumsy but super enthusiastic. Then they're going to meet his family/pack and I'm just not to bothered to see what happens. Oh well.

Cute, low-angst fluff. I wish the cover reflected the size difference a little more - the human MC keeps thinking about how small the shifter is, and on the cover they're about the same size.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

While the "werewolf" lore in this book is similar to what is expressed in book two, the "werewolves" in this book refer to themselves as "wolf shifters" instead because the term "werewolf" has negative Hollywood connotations. An interesting difference we see in this book as compared to the first two books is that we never see our wolf MC, Milo, in a partial shift during sex nor do we ever see him become as physically intense and dominant as the werewolf MCs in the first two books. Milo always bottoms for Finn and only takes some control during sex when effected by the shifting energy during the full moon, but generally, he is more on the submissive side with his human mate during sex and is a chaotic ball of energy the rest of the time. So, even though the author doesn't use alpha-beta-omega dynamics in his writing, to me, Dylan from book 1 and Mason from book 2 were portrayed in similar ways to how other authors have portrayed alphas while Milo comes across as having either beta or omega traits instead, which is unique in a book where a wolf mates with a human. It's rare for the human to be the more dominant partner in books like this. This really was an adorable story all around.

[Tiffany Grounds · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good until it almost wasn’t…

I liked most of the story, but it got super repetitive. The whole “crashed into my life” and “reflection on how life has changed so much” became redundant. However, it was mainly towards the end and I enjoyed the concept of the story as a whole. Milo’s awkward quirkiness, Finn’s acceptance and their shared love of comic books was cute.

[michelle c peters · Rating 5 out of 5]

Choice and Chaos

I hope you read and enjoy this as much as I did. The choice to hire a small, for a wolf, charmingly chaotic shifter brings so much warmth, love and unexpected joy to the main characters life and the authors switch up of strong tall human who falls for sweet little wolf shifter is wonderful. This was a wonderful read. Sweet and funny.

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DNF @60% ... some cuteness for sure, but no real stakes and I just don't care, so 🤷‍♀️

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute! No angst, just sweet uncomplicated fluff.

[Laurie Takao · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet and Satisfying

The perfect read for a night by the fire. This might become my go to book on a night I need a sweet romance.