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Nate Temple #6.5
Daddy Duty
Two teenaged weredragons. Two terrible dads. A nest of vampires…
Nate Temple and his pal Alucard just want a little piece and quiet after the events of TINY GODS, but it just isn't in the cards for them. Tory leaves town and asks them to watch over the rebellious Reds. But they have other plans.
When love is in the air, there is nothing a teenager wouldn't do. And there is nothing a dad wouldn't do to keep them safe. Even if it involves a Johnson Beaver concert, a magical djinn, and a herd of centaurs.
This wild, fast-paced novella is a nice breather after the events of TINY GODS, and brings back a whole lot of pain and humor to Nate Temple. If he can reason with the estrogen-filled shifter dragons before they burn Kansas City to the ground...
125 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 6, 2017
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Shayne Silvers
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Now, let's talk about this specimen of a man named Shayne...
Shayne Silvers writes the "Nate Temple Series" which features a foul-mouthed, flawed, young wizard with a chip on his shoulder attempting to protect St. Louis from the various nasties we all know and fear from our childhood bedtime stories.
Nate's been known to suckerpunch an Angel, cow-tip the Minotaur, and steal Death's horse in order to prove his point. His utter disregard for consequences and self-preservation will have you laughing and cringing on the edge of your seat.
But he has a lot to learn. Namely, how not to be so big of an A-Hole.
Get your FREE Nate Temple Starter Library TODAY at www.shaynesilvers.com.
Shayne holds two high-ranking black belts, and enjoys conversing about anything Marvel, Magical, or Mythological. You might find him writing in a coffee shop near you, cackling madly into his computer screen while pounding shots of espresso.
Now, let's talk about this specimen of a man named Shayne...
Shayne Silvers writes the "Nate Temple Series" which features a foul-mouthed, flawed, young wizard with a chip on his shoulder attempting to protect St. Louis from the various nasties we all know and fear from our childhood bedtime stories.
Nate's been known to suckerpunch an Angel, cow-tip the Minotaur, and steal Death's horse in order to prove his point. His utter disregard for consequences and self-preservation will have you laughing and cringing on the edge of your seat.
But he has a lot to learn. Namely, how not to be so big of an A-Hole.
Get your FREE Nate Temple Starter Library TODAY at www.shaynesilvers.com.
Shayne holds two high-ranking black belts, and enjoys conversing about anything Marvel, Magical, or Mythological. You might find him writing in a coffee shop near you, cackling madly into his computer screen while pounding shots of espresso.
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December 10, 2017
An absolutely hilarious romp to and through Kansas City where they encounter humorous horrors and get up to buddy-cop levels of shenanigans. If you enjoy the characters of this series, you will cry with laughter at the events herein.
January 15, 2019
Just because you are a billionaire, tech genius, company owner, playboy, philanthropist and all powerful bad ass wizard doesn't mean you aren't terrified of hormonal teenagers at the concert of the latest 'it' singer. Or more especially, their mother finding out. And protect the family jewels around those that vape.
January 31, 2019
Hilarious. Babysitting two teenage girl weres...at a rock concert, while being pursued by Centaurs. Ha - bloody -ha. laugh out loud stuff. And a nice change of pace from the regular full-length books. Now onto book 7.
March 8, 2018
Storyline was trite, comedy felt forced, ending was pat. Disappointing installment in the series.
October 31, 2020
DADDY DUTY: (Book 6.5 Nate Temple Series) :SHAYNE SILVERS.
THE INK SLINGER & YARN SPINNER
CREATE ANOTHER WINNER!!!
LOVED, LOVED LOVED
THIS GEM OF A SHORT STORY NOVELLA!
I started listening to the sample of the audio, while reading, but when the sample ran out, I couldn't help myself, I just had to purchase it too.
Serious I had NO INTENTION buying the audio (its 3 hours long, not worth it or so I believed), but I'm glad I did & you will be too.
A back story on fan favourite Alucard: The Day Walking Master Vampire who's become Nate's right-hand with Gunner having Pack Duties.
We learn about the Man, The Monster and his life on the Dark Side prior to meeting Nate Temple.
And how this lowly Vampire rose to power so quickly.
In Daddy Duty the Lad's are on a mission.
A riotous Kansas City Slugfest ensues with enemy's at every turn.
Go Lad's, but watch out for your Gonads!
I purchased, read & listened to both ebook & audio and this is my fair honest and impartial review as always.
Nate Temple, has quickly become one of my all-time favourite character & Series. And Shayne Silvers is my all-time favourite American, male author.
Reviewed By: Jewelz Pederick.
🙋♀️ ❤ The 🤪 🇦🇺 📖🐛❗
(Bye Love The Crazy Australian BookWorm)
THE INK SLINGER & YARN SPINNER
CREATE ANOTHER WINNER!!!
LOVED, LOVED LOVED
THIS GEM OF A SHORT STORY NOVELLA!
I started listening to the sample of the audio, while reading, but when the sample ran out, I couldn't help myself, I just had to purchase it too.
Serious I had NO INTENTION buying the audio (its 3 hours long, not worth it or so I believed), but I'm glad I did & you will be too.
A back story on fan favourite Alucard: The Day Walking Master Vampire who's become Nate's right-hand with Gunner having Pack Duties.
We learn about the Man, The Monster and his life on the Dark Side prior to meeting Nate Temple.
And how this lowly Vampire rose to power so quickly.
In Daddy Duty the Lad's are on a mission.
A riotous Kansas City Slugfest ensues with enemy's at every turn.
Go Lad's, but watch out for your Gonads!
I purchased, read & listened to both ebook & audio and this is my fair honest and impartial review as always.
Nate Temple, has quickly become one of my all-time favourite character & Series. And Shayne Silvers is my all-time favourite American, male author.
Reviewed By: Jewelz Pederick.
🙋♀️ ❤ The 🤪 🇦🇺 📖🐛❗
(Bye Love The Crazy Australian BookWorm)
February 13, 2021
Babysitters' worst nightmare
Another tale brought to you by Master Shayne. Tory leaves her girls in the care of their doting stepfather, and Nate, much to his surprise and apprehension, he feels justified in a singular babysitting capacity. That is, until, his girls and a friend, steal Nate's car. A joyride to another state, the girls are clueless to the real and terrifying horrors awaiting them.
Nate and Alucard team up to find the girls before Tory gets home and pulls their arms and legs off for starters. Her girls mean the world to her and leaving them in the care of her friends is never her first choice, especially when trouble follows Nate like a bad smell.
You'll find yourself laughing at the guys bantering, goodies' injuries, horrible Johnson Beaver memorabilia, and one religious guy with good news. 😂
Another tale brought to you by Master Shayne. Tory leaves her girls in the care of their doting stepfather, and Nate, much to his surprise and apprehension, he feels justified in a singular babysitting capacity. That is, until, his girls and a friend, steal Nate's car. A joyride to another state, the girls are clueless to the real and terrifying horrors awaiting them.
Nate and Alucard team up to find the girls before Tory gets home and pulls their arms and legs off for starters. Her girls mean the world to her and leaving them in the care of her friends is never her first choice, especially when trouble follows Nate like a bad smell.
You'll find yourself laughing at the guys bantering, goodies' injuries, horrible Johnson Beaver memorabilia, and one religious guy with good news. 😂
October 1, 2019
What could possibly go wrong having Alucard and Nate watching over 3 hormonal teenage shifter girls for one night? Well, when it comes to Nate’s world and his kind of luck, just about everything. This book jumps out of the gate pretty fast, with Nate stealing a book from the Centaurs, with them trying to kill him, and Alucard losing the girls, Nate and Alucard are on their way to Kansas City to retrieve them. But it’s a lot more complicated than just finding the three girls, and the comical moments along the way will entertain you and keep you smiling. One thing this book does do, is give you a much better picture of Alucard and his past. So don’t skip this book in the series, it’s worth every chuckle. Alucard is not just Nate’s sidekick – he’s much more bad-ass than he seems.
December 22, 2018
After reading the first six books in this series, I was left feeling that the whole thing missed hitting its potential by a very small margin. I SHOULD have loved the series, but just couldn't. This novella, however, his the mark spot-on. There were no plans made by the wizard that go horribly awry, leaving all his allies dead; no miscalculations that seemed like something any intelligent person would have caught early on. There was a full dose of interesting characters and humor. I liked it.
February 24, 2021
Awesome Series
This is a phenomenal series by an AMAZING author. I love how easy it is to feel like you are right there in the thicke of things in Shayne's books, this was no exception. The ability he has to make you laugh in the seriously tense moments is also highly appreciated. If you are wanting to lose yourself in "another" universe then do yourself a favor and pick up this book (& entire series).
PS if you are a network/streaming service exec ***make this a series I implore you***!
This is a phenomenal series by an AMAZING author. I love how easy it is to feel like you are right there in the thicke of things in Shayne's books, this was no exception. The ability he has to make you laugh in the seriously tense moments is also highly appreciated. If you are wanting to lose yourself in "another" universe then do yourself a favor and pick up this book (& entire series).
PS if you are a network/streaming service exec ***make this a series I implore you***!
October 15, 2021
Humorous
This book was a little on the funny side with two idiots Nate and Alucard supposedly baby sitting three headstrong shifter teenagers a recipe for disaster throw in a vicious spiteful vampire sister who is supposedly dead and you have serious trouble. Nate's family jewels take a beating first by centaurs and then by a weirdo trying to assist a video of said incident going viral. So even with the nastiness going on all around there were some quite funny incidents. A good short read.
This book was a little on the funny side with two idiots Nate and Alucard supposedly baby sitting three headstrong shifter teenagers a recipe for disaster throw in a vicious spiteful vampire sister who is supposedly dead and you have serious trouble. Nate's family jewels take a beating first by centaurs and then by a weirdo trying to assist a video of said incident going viral. So even with the nastiness going on all around there were some quite funny incidents. A good short read.
December 13, 2017
Another fantastic book!
Once again Shayne writes a story that keeps you entertained and laughing through out the book. By the time your finished your eager to read the next one. Johnson Beaver and Balls are My Business are just two of the witty quips within these pages. Once warning, do not read when your in situations that laughing out loud, crying from laughter, or snorting in surprise are inappropriate.
Once again Shayne writes a story that keeps you entertained and laughing through out the book. By the time your finished your eager to read the next one. Johnson Beaver and Balls are My Business are just two of the witty quips within these pages. Once warning, do not read when your in situations that laughing out loud, crying from laughter, or snorting in surprise are inappropriate.
February 1, 2018
Another Nate Temple side story.
What happens when Tory goes out of town for a day? Nate, Alucard and a trio of teen shifter girls, that's what. This is a short story about family, friends and responsibilities. Nate handles things as only Nate can, quite literally. I'm hoping Mr Silvers writes many more of these novellas, hopefully one will give us the full story behind Gunnar's stag party, I look forward to that tale.
What happens when Tory goes out of town for a day? Nate, Alucard and a trio of teen shifter girls, that's what. This is a short story about family, friends and responsibilities. Nate handles things as only Nate can, quite literally. I'm hoping Mr Silvers writes many more of these novellas, hopefully one will give us the full story behind Gunnar's stag party, I look forward to that tale.
March 21, 2018
A break from the impending apocalypse
Daddy Duty was a brief break from the apocalyptic mayhem of the Nate Temple Supernatural Thriller Series. Of course, Shayne Silvers has injected humor, mischief, calamity and introduced new characters to the Templeverse. Cultural references aimed at the target sci-fi readers born around the early 1970's were hysterical. I am enjoying this series.
Daddy Duty was a brief break from the apocalyptic mayhem of the Nate Temple Supernatural Thriller Series. Of course, Shayne Silvers has injected humor, mischief, calamity and introduced new characters to the Templeverse. Cultural references aimed at the target sci-fi readers born around the early 1970's were hysterical. I am enjoying this series.
March 24, 2019
Equal parts funny and adventurous!
It's a rare treat to see behind the scenes of a pivotal character in a series. This book takes you on an adventure with Nate and Alucard. I enjoyed the sarcastic bantering between Mate and Alucard, but also the peek at what makes Alucard tick. You can't have a Nate Temple book without the snark and the magic, and Daddy Duty has a heaping helping of both. I loved everything about this book!
It's a rare treat to see behind the scenes of a pivotal character in a series. This book takes you on an adventure with Nate and Alucard. I enjoyed the sarcastic bantering between Mate and Alucard, but also the peek at what makes Alucard tick. You can't have a Nate Temple book without the snark and the magic, and Daddy Duty has a heaping helping of both. I loved everything about this book!
September 22, 2019
Rebellious teenagers and a book...
Alucard is watching the Reds and friend, Camilla while their mother, Tory, and their friend's father, Rufus are out of town healing Tory's mother. Teens decide to steal Nate's car and go to Kansas City along a dangerous book that Nate stole from the Centuars. Now while rescuing them Nate and Alucard are also fighting evil on three fronts. Will they succeed in saving the girls and the book?
Jo-Ann Doyle
Alucard is watching the Reds and friend, Camilla while their mother, Tory, and their friend's father, Rufus are out of town healing Tory's mother. Teens decide to steal Nate's car and go to Kansas City along a dangerous book that Nate stole from the Centuars. Now while rescuing them Nate and Alucard are also fighting evil on three fronts. Will they succeed in saving the girls and the book?
Jo-Ann Doyle
December 17, 2017
Uproarious
Absolute bedlam, slapstick, laugh a minute insanity with Nate and Alucard (I can't help but call him 'Porcushine' in my head) as they chase down the twins and Camilla, Nate's arrow studded car and the book he 'relieved' from the centaurs. It had me laughing out loud from beginning to end.
Absolute bedlam, slapstick, laugh a minute insanity with Nate and Alucard (I can't help but call him 'Porcushine' in my head) as they chase down the twins and Camilla, Nate's arrow studded car and the book he 'relieved' from the centaurs. It had me laughing out loud from beginning to end.
April 22, 2018
Hilarious
Nate's adventures in babysitting go about as well as could be expected. But what do you expect when you team up with a day walking vampire to retrieve two adolescent dragons and a chimera while being pursued by a herd of angry centaurs? Nate manages to survive with most of his limbs intact but it's one wild ride to get home.
Nate's adventures in babysitting go about as well as could be expected. But what do you expect when you team up with a day walking vampire to retrieve two adolescent dragons and a chimera while being pursued by a herd of angry centaurs? Nate manages to survive with most of his limbs intact but it's one wild ride to get home.
June 12, 2018
Once again- a masterpiece
This has become a guilty pleasure. A cup of tea, a quiet house, a sleeping dog and a new Nate adventure. Just me and my Shaynetastic book.
I will confess that I am on re-read number 3 I think. These are still classic Urban Fantasy easily as good as JBs Dresden.
Funny. Clever. Light hearted and yet poignant. A true delight to behold as ever. Thanks SS
This has become a guilty pleasure. A cup of tea, a quiet house, a sleeping dog and a new Nate adventure. Just me and my Shaynetastic book.
I will confess that I am on re-read number 3 I think. These are still classic Urban Fantasy easily as good as JBs Dresden.
Funny. Clever. Light hearted and yet poignant. A true delight to behold as ever. Thanks SS
March 1, 2019
Babysitting
An interesting look at what could happen when you let men be a babysitter,lol! Lots of action but things worked out in the end with the Reds and Camilla. Nate and Alucard save the day with a little help from some centaurs who are after Nate because of a book he took. Enjoy and laugh a bit as with all the action and mystery there was humor!
An interesting look at what could happen when you let men be a babysitter,lol! Lots of action but things worked out in the end with the Reds and Camilla. Nate and Alucard save the day with a little help from some centaurs who are after Nate because of a book he took. Enjoy and laugh a bit as with all the action and mystery there was humor!
June 27, 2021
How hard could it be…….just babysitting
Babysitting for 2 dragons and a chimera couldn’t be that hard and yet it was teenage girls tend to just see the romance not the danger I mean who could really hurt a dragon or chimera well it turns out a vampire can obviously not their “dad” but some one pretty close throw centaurs and black smoke people into the mix and it’s a party …….
Babysitting for 2 dragons and a chimera couldn’t be that hard and yet it was teenage girls tend to just see the romance not the danger I mean who could really hurt a dragon or chimera well it turns out a vampire can obviously not their “dad” but some one pretty close throw centaurs and black smoke people into the mix and it’s a party …….
October 11, 2022
Great reading
A great story.
After a close call stealing a book, Nate and Alucard end up chasing down there teenage girls, his book plus dodging Unicorns, a syndicate wizard and rescuing the girls from a crazed vampire queen and her group. Babysitting was never so comical and dangerous.
A great story.
After a close call stealing a book, Nate and Alucard end up chasing down there teenage girls, his book plus dodging Unicorns, a syndicate wizard and rescuing the girls from a crazed vampire queen and her group. Babysitting was never so comical and dangerous.
December 14, 2017
Hilarious wild ride
The humor and action were nonstop as Nate and Alucard chase down the Reds and their chimera friend due to a botched babysitting gig, while being hunted by vampires,centaurs, and evil wizards.
The humor and action were nonstop as Nate and Alucard chase down the Reds and their chimera friend due to a botched babysitting gig, while being hunted by vampires,centaurs, and evil wizards.
December 16, 2017
Daddy Duty: A Nate Temple Supernatural Thriller Novella Book 6.5 (Nate Temple Chronicles)
That was a fun read for a novella in-between book to go with the series that was fun to have
That was a fun read for a novella in-between book to go with the series that was fun to have
January 17, 2018
A Heluva Good Book
This one will have you rolling on the floor laughing, so be prepared!
Centaurs, wizards, vampires and the Mighty Mike Arthur give this book all the things needed to make everything go wrong.
This series is a Must Read!
This one will have you rolling on the floor laughing, so be prepared!
Centaurs, wizards, vampires and the Mighty Mike Arthur give this book all the things needed to make everything go wrong.
This series is a Must Read!
January 27, 2018
Loved it
Nate Temple books are just a Fun Read. Love all the smart-ass comments by everyone and the dryer humor. I've read them in order except for this on, but if you do get a chance read them in order.
Nate Temple books are just a Fun Read. Love all the smart-ass comments by everyone and the dryer humor. I've read them in order except for this on, but if you do get a chance read them in order.
June 24, 2018
Daddy duty
A short but sweet. It is a funny story two men that let three teens get away. What they went through to get them back knowing mommy of 2 and daddy of 1 was going to kill themm
A short but sweet. It is a funny story two men that let three teens get away. What they went through to get them back knowing mommy of 2 and daddy of 1 was going to kill themm
October 27, 2018
Almost a 5 star read
LOVE ANYTHING BY SHAYNE SILVERS... He's the best in my book. I'm not really into novellas, for me they are to short and lack the punch of a novel. Pretty close though.. I will read anything of his, novel or novella..
LOVE ANYTHING BY SHAYNE SILVERS... He's the best in my book. I'm not really into novellas, for me they are to short and lack the punch of a novel. Pretty close though.. I will read anything of his, novel or novella..
December 26, 2018
What could go wrong? Watching two teenage girls who happen to be red dragons should be a piece of cake. But wait, these girls are helping a friend physically meet someone that was an online friend. Exciting action and funny antics are definitely contained in this book. Enjoy!
April 23, 2019
While this one is a quick read, it sure is action packed and provides tiny little snippets of information that pop up throughout the following books. While it isn’t absolutely necessary to read this one, you DEFINITELY SHOULD
May 26, 2019
OMG...I laughed so hard reading this book. Just the image of the outfit Nate had to wear killed me.
You my friend, will just have to read it to find out how centaurs, black clouds and concerts led up to this terrifying new look.
You my friend, will just have to read it to find out how centaurs, black clouds and concerts led up to this terrifying new look.
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