Manuel

Watchers #4

by Caitlin Ricci, A.J. Marcus

Manuel doesn’t much care about what humans do to each other, but when a shifter drug lord risks exposing all of them, he knows he has to step in. While trying to find the man’s weaknesses, Manuel runs across Sydney, the drug lord’s son.

Sydney has always lived under his father’s control. He’s seen too much, and he only wants a chance to have his own life. It isn’t what his father wants for him at all, though, and Sydney has been looking for a way out.

Their attraction is instant, but before they can make sense of the pull between them, Sydney’s home is attacked by a rival drug lord. Sydney is taken and Manuel will need the help of the other Watchers to mount a rescue operation.

Genres: Paranormal

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2016

About the author

Caitlin was fortunate growing up to be surrounded by family and teachers that encouraged her love of reading. She has always been a voracious reader and that love of the written word easily morphed into a passion for writing. If she isn't writing, she can usually be found studying as she works toward her counseling degree. She comes from a military family and the men and women of the armed forces are close to her heart. She also enjoys gardening and horseback riding in the Colorado Rockies where she calls home with her wonderful fiance and their dog. Her belief that there is no one true path to happily ever after runs deeply through all of her stories.

Reviews

[Morgan Skye · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a quick little story about Manuel – the Southwest Watcher – an ocelot. He likes the isolation/desolation of the desert and doesn’t really see having a mate as a good thing. He’s been a bit bored lately, so he goes to town looking for action. He finds a coyote-shifter ironically using other shifters as “mules” (there are no mule-shifters that he knows of) for moving drugs across the border. Being as this risks the exposure of shifters to humanity, Manuel goes after the coyote and his cohorts with death on his mind.

While tracking the leader, Manuel learns that the drug lord’s son, Sydney, is someone who will likely end up hurt in all the drama if Manuel doesn’t intervene. When Manuel meets Sydney he realizes Sydney is his mate.

Most of the story is about the drug running and the rescue and only a bit about Sydney and Manuel falling in love. Though it’s well written, it wasn’t as romantic as some of the earlier books, so…not my favorite.

Overall Impression: It was good

[Brandilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This title was originally reviewed for Prism Book Alliance®

As with most titles from eXtasy, I would classify these stories as shifter crack. They are short and not terribly deep. However, they are entertaining for an afternoon (which is how long it will probably take to read all five stories). As long as you can get past the typos and lack of proofreading, as well as suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours, you could enjoy these titles.

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