3 stars
This was an alright story for me. I found the MCs to be okay but there were parts of the story that definitely didn't work for me. This is the first story I've read by this author and based on this book, I'm unsure if I'll try more of her work in the future.
Ella is a witch of some sort that grew up in a normal family who had no idea she had power. Ella tried using her powers a few times as she was growing up and usually had something bad happen as a result. At some point in her teens, she ran away to keep her powers from hurting her family and has been moving around from place to place ever since.
Liam is a bounty hunter and a wolf shifter. Liam was a SEAL but lost all his team mates and left the service broken. He had a sister but she died a while back and it left Liam adrift and with nothing to live for. He's just been living in a fog and doing his bounty hunter jobs...until he sees Ella.
Well, the book's description actually tells a good amount of the story. TBH, I was kind of confused during part of the story because Liam's "job" and him being a shifter isn't mentioned and it had me wondering how accurate the description actually was. Things between Ella and Liam escalate very quickly (like immediately) but I didn't really "feel" the connection that was supposed to be between them, especially with Liam keeping secrets. Obviously, things do come out and of course they have to come out in a bad way, causing much drama and danger. Liam comes through in the end and his actions allow things to end well, with him and Ella apparently heading towards a HEA together.
I found this story to be mostly enjoyable. The thing that I really didn't like in the story was that I felt like the waiting for the truth to come out had me constantly on edge, waiting for the shoe to drop. The characters were alright but I didn't really feel a the connection with them and the story had definite plot holes that bugged me. Thank goodness I got this as a freebie. :)