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Unlove Me
**Don’t miss this standalone short story from 80-time bestselling author, T. S. Joyce.**
One wild night with friends, and Brock Evans comes up with a plan to rake in the room reservations at his lodge. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, he is going to throw an UnValentine’s Day party for the singles who want to escape the hearts, and romance, and frills of February. But when a curvy beauty comes crashing into his lodge with eyes much too bright to be human, he is instantly intrigued. She has to be one of those shifters, but she fibbed about it on her room application, so she must be hiding something big. And the more he gets to know her, the more he wants to uncover all the mysteries that surround her.
Humans and shifters don’t mix. Armadillo shifter, Ava, learned that early on, so to avoid being denied for the UnValentine’s Day party at a rustic mountain inn, she tells a little white lie that snowballs her down a path she doesn’t expect. Brock is kind, handsome as hell, and a dominant personality compared to a submissive shifter like herself. He’s fun, and easy to be around, and her body ignites around him, but she is here for one reason, and one reason alone—to escape the pressure of the holiday. The last thing a girl like her needs is romance on Valentine’s Day, but Fate just might have other plans.
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.
One wild night with friends, and Brock Evans comes up with a plan to rake in the room reservations at his lodge. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, he is going to throw an UnValentine’s Day party for the singles who want to escape the hearts, and romance, and frills of February. But when a curvy beauty comes crashing into his lodge with eyes much too bright to be human, he is instantly intrigued. She has to be one of those shifters, but she fibbed about it on her room application, so she must be hiding something big. And the more he gets to know her, the more he wants to uncover all the mysteries that surround her.
Humans and shifters don’t mix. Armadillo shifter, Ava, learned that early on, so to avoid being denied for the UnValentine’s Day party at a rustic mountain inn, she tells a little white lie that snowballs her down a path she doesn’t expect. Brock is kind, handsome as hell, and a dominant personality compared to a submissive shifter like herself. He’s fun, and easy to be around, and her body ignites around him, but she is here for one reason, and one reason alone—to escape the pressure of the holiday. The last thing a girl like her needs is romance on Valentine’s Day, but Fate just might have other plans.
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.
72 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 4, 2020
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About the author
T.S. Joyce
160 books3,457 followersT.S. Joyce is devoted to bringing hot shifter romances to readers. Hungry alpha males are her calling card, and the wilder the men, the more she'll make them pour their hearts out. She werebear swears there'll be no swooning heroines in her books. It takes tough-as-nails women to handle the shifters of Bear Valley.
She lives in a tiny town, outside of a tiny city, and devotes her life to writing big stories. Foodie, bear whisperer, ninja, thief of tiny bottles of awesome smelling hotel shampoo, nap connoisseur, movie fanatic, and zombie slayer, and most of this bio is true.
Bear Shifters? Check
Smoldering Alpha Hotness? Double Check
Sexy Scenes? Fasten up your girdles, ladies and gents, it's gonna to be a wild ride.
She lives in a tiny town, outside of a tiny city, and devotes her life to writing big stories. Foodie, bear whisperer, ninja, thief of tiny bottles of awesome smelling hotel shampoo, nap connoisseur, movie fanatic, and zombie slayer, and most of this bio is true.
Bear Shifters? Check
Smoldering Alpha Hotness? Double Check
Sexy Scenes? Fasten up your girdles, ladies and gents, it's gonna to be a wild ride.
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February 7, 2020
OMG, this one was so cute! Ava endeared herself to me right from the start. I loved her outlook on life, how she was a bit clutzy and very real in everything but how she saw her little dillo. The latter would be the only thing I wished I could change about her. But it seems like that won't be nesseccary because Brock loved everything about Ava, even her little dillo. It was fun to see these two flirt right from the start and how things progressed between them. So happy for how things ended for them.
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February 5, 2020
This is a cute, sexy Valentine's Day standalone short story.
I love T.S. Joyce's quirky, funny, strong characters.
I love T.S. Joyce's quirky, funny, strong characters.
February 6, 2020
An. Armadillo. Shifter.
This was the uncutest unlove short story about two people over the age of 30—and his anti-shifter grandmother. Brock isn't much of a drinker, but when getting together for drinks with a high school classmate leads to a night of creating a joke unValentines event for his lodge, he isn't able to clean it up before guests begin to arrive for it. One of them is offbeat, tiny Ava who flew in from Texas...with her pet dandelion, Cornelius.
Heavy on the sweetness, low on the drama, these two awkward souls start off with the silliest flirting game. I'm not usually one to need an Epilogue, but I would have loved one for these two. I wanted the cute to keep going a little longer.
When Little Dillo tried to dig Brock a den to keep him warm?
Such a pure little story.
This was the uncutest unlove short story about two people over the age of 30—and his anti-shifter grandmother. Brock isn't much of a drinker, but when getting together for drinks with a high school classmate leads to a night of creating a joke unValentines event for his lodge, he isn't able to clean it up before guests begin to arrive for it. One of them is offbeat, tiny Ava who flew in from Texas...with her pet dandelion, Cornelius.
Heavy on the sweetness, low on the drama, these two awkward souls start off with the silliest flirting game. I'm not usually one to need an Epilogue, but I would have loved one for these two. I wanted the cute to keep going a little longer.
When Little Dillo tried to dig Brock a den to keep him warm?
Such a pure little story.
February 6, 2020
Unlove me💔🎁
Ava decides she’s had enough of the couples, hearts and sappy stuff surrounding Valentines Day....making a Google search she discovers a resort that is advertising for singles for an UnValentines day❣️
Brock is intrigued when he meets Ava and learns she’s a shifter. Things progress quickly between them and I absolutely loved this story, it was cute, short and sweet and everything unromantic one could imagine for V Day😍
Ava decides she’s had enough of the couples, hearts and sappy stuff surrounding Valentines Day....making a Google search she discovers a resort that is advertising for singles for an UnValentines day❣️
Brock is intrigued when he meets Ava and learns she’s a shifter. Things progress quickly between them and I absolutely loved this story, it was cute, short and sweet and everything unromantic one could imagine for V Day😍
February 7, 2020
Awww! This was so stinkin' cute! And now the title makes perfect sense. *throws confetti* 4 UnValentine Hearts
February 10, 2020
Short, but doesn’t feel truncated
Setting: Colorado
Genre: Shifter romance
Ava, a self-employed graphic designer in Long View, Texas, hates Valentine’s Day. Well, not really. She doesn’t dislike it enough to poop on other people’s ooey gooey romance, but she is definitely over eating canned soup, all alone. On a whim, she decides she’ll at least plan a nice meal for herself and looks up unValentine’s Day recipes online. What she finds instead is an advert for an unValentine’s Day Party at a mountain lodge in Colorado. She fills out the reservation, but then answers no to the last question. She denies being a shifter. It isn’t like she’s a big, scary shifter. The most damage an armadillo shifter will do is dig a few burrows in your yard. But then she meets Brock, the very handsome, funny, kind owner...
This is a short story very much as entertaining as Joyce’s longer works. Not only grammatically correct, but the protagonists are fully developed, the plot is tight, and, as usual, the repartee is witty AF. Of course, everything is condensed. The conflict, the resolution, the sex, the HEA. And yes, I do wish it had been longer.
Setting: Colorado
Genre: Shifter romance
Ava, a self-employed graphic designer in Long View, Texas, hates Valentine’s Day. Well, not really. She doesn’t dislike it enough to poop on other people’s ooey gooey romance, but she is definitely over eating canned soup, all alone. On a whim, she decides she’ll at least plan a nice meal for herself and looks up unValentine’s Day recipes online. What she finds instead is an advert for an unValentine’s Day Party at a mountain lodge in Colorado. She fills out the reservation, but then answers no to the last question. She denies being a shifter. It isn’t like she’s a big, scary shifter. The most damage an armadillo shifter will do is dig a few burrows in your yard. But then she meets Brock, the very handsome, funny, kind owner...
This is a short story very much as entertaining as Joyce’s longer works. Not only grammatically correct, but the protagonists are fully developed, the plot is tight, and, as usual, the repartee is witty AF. Of course, everything is condensed. The conflict, the resolution, the sex, the HEA. And yes, I do wish it had been longer.
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October 30, 2021it started as a joke, but like this book restored my faith in true love??
I've expected something much worse, and honestly, I don't think I'll be back to this grey area of GoodReads, hence I'm not giving it any rating. But that was not bad! The main love interest was kinda shady, him looking Ava up after she asked him not to was a red flag for sure, but in the end, whatever makes Ava happy. Didn't quite get the point of hiding Ava's true animal form from the reader as I can see that sleek armadillo right on the cover, but okay.
Overall, the cover is a 5, the book is, well, 2.5 mb, and the armadillo is a 10.
I've expected something much worse, and honestly, I don't think I'll be back to this grey area of GoodReads, hence I'm not giving it any rating. But that was not bad! The main love interest was kinda shady, him looking Ava up after she asked him not to was a red flag for sure, but in the end, whatever makes Ava happy. Didn't quite get the point of hiding Ava's true animal form from the reader as I can see that sleek armadillo right on the cover, but okay.
Overall, the cover is a 5, the book is, well, 2.5 mb, and the armadillo is a 10.
February 6, 2020
This is one of those books that make you go awwwww! I laughed and cried....it was so fuckin cute. Ava and Brock were magical. I enjoyed this sooo much. I love the idea of Unvalentines Day. I'm married and I feel you don't need a special day to tell your significant other that you love and care about them. You should show that all the time...not on a specified day. My opinion though. Love the book!
March 26, 2022
Sweet story with a bite of angst. Lonely h is ashamed of her animal. When she meets the human H, she's attracted but realistic too. He's a wonderful person and is a great hero. Very short story.
February 5, 2020
When I discovered that T. S. Joyce had written a Valentine’s Day story, I was thrilled because I am always eager to read a holiday romance. Learning the book was also about a shifter doubled my enthusiasm since this author is a master when it comes to creating fascinating paranormal beings. After starting UNLOVE ME, I quickly realized the main characters were totally delightful, and unique situations could be found quite often.
Although Ava Dennis believed in love, she has not been lucky when it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day with a boyfriend. When she learns of a lodge in Colorado that is having an UnValentine’s Day get-together for singles not wanting to participate in anything romantic, the armadillo shifter books a cabin and is looking forward to a relaxing time. While Ava hopes to keep her shifting capability a secret, it does not take long for Brock Evans, the lodge owner, to comprehend the undisclosed truth. Though she just wanted to spend some time not worrying about relationships, she does amazingly enjoy any of the moments that she and Brock interact.
Surprising developments make this story repeatedly intriguing, and I was constantly enchanted by the many unforeseen occurrences that take place. T. S. Joyce kept coming up with captivating situations, and I found the responses of Ava and Brock to be realistically portrayed for what each was facing. She is unsure of how he will react to her being a shifter, and he finds himself searching deep within himself for answers. While there are some touchingly emotional moments, there are an equal number of events which are amusing and caused plenty of smiles. The idea behind an UnValentine’s Day celebration is especially humorous, and I really enjoyed all the ways in which Brock and Ava could use “un” before a word. UNLOVE ME is fun, passionate, and very imaginative.
Although Ava Dennis believed in love, she has not been lucky when it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day with a boyfriend. When she learns of a lodge in Colorado that is having an UnValentine’s Day get-together for singles not wanting to participate in anything romantic, the armadillo shifter books a cabin and is looking forward to a relaxing time. While Ava hopes to keep her shifting capability a secret, it does not take long for Brock Evans, the lodge owner, to comprehend the undisclosed truth. Though she just wanted to spend some time not worrying about relationships, she does amazingly enjoy any of the moments that she and Brock interact.
Surprising developments make this story repeatedly intriguing, and I was constantly enchanted by the many unforeseen occurrences that take place. T. S. Joyce kept coming up with captivating situations, and I found the responses of Ava and Brock to be realistically portrayed for what each was facing. She is unsure of how he will react to her being a shifter, and he finds himself searching deep within himself for answers. While there are some touchingly emotional moments, there are an equal number of events which are amusing and caused plenty of smiles. The idea behind an UnValentine’s Day celebration is especially humorous, and I really enjoyed all the ways in which Brock and Ava could use “un” before a word. UNLOVE ME is fun, passionate, and very imaginative.
February 5, 2020
Coming Out Of One's Shell!!!
Ava Dennis, a graphic designer and an Armadillo shifter who hadn't been lucky when it came to love during this particular holiday. She told a little white lie in order to be able to attend an UnValentine's Day party at a rustic inn outside of Crested Butte, Colorado. She met the sexy as sin Adonis lodge owner named Brock. He was one of the sweetest people she'd met but she wasn't there to find love. Nope she was there to escape it.
Brock Evans, an owner of a lodge came up with a plan to increase rooms reservations after one crazy night with his friends. He was going throw an UnValentine's Dah party for all those single men and women who needed an escape from all those lovey dovey February stuffs. Then a beautiful, shy and curvy woman came crashing into his lodge intriguing him like no one ever did.
Despite her trying to keep whatever was happening between her and Brock from going any further, fate had other plans for Ava. She never knew what be loved meant until she met him. They got to know each other better and she also met some great friends along the way. One of Brock's friends was a shifter as well but he wasn't ready to talk about it with him out of fear.
It was a great to see Ava coming out of her shell and feeling comfortable in her skin. Gran (Brock's grandmother) was a riot, loved how she admitted her mistakes and gave her grandson credit for showing her how stubborn she was being.
Brock and Ava found what neither one of them expected....each and love.
UNLOVE ME is a stand-alone paranormal novel by T. S. Joyce. It was heartwarming, beautiful and a marvelous read. T. S. Joyce did a phenomenal job! 5++++
P. S. You guys should really give this book a try! ;)
Ava Dennis, a graphic designer and an Armadillo shifter who hadn't been lucky when it came to love during this particular holiday. She told a little white lie in order to be able to attend an UnValentine's Day party at a rustic inn outside of Crested Butte, Colorado. She met the sexy as sin Adonis lodge owner named Brock. He was one of the sweetest people she'd met but she wasn't there to find love. Nope she was there to escape it.
Brock Evans, an owner of a lodge came up with a plan to increase rooms reservations after one crazy night with his friends. He was going throw an UnValentine's Dah party for all those single men and women who needed an escape from all those lovey dovey February stuffs. Then a beautiful, shy and curvy woman came crashing into his lodge intriguing him like no one ever did.
Despite her trying to keep whatever was happening between her and Brock from going any further, fate had other plans for Ava. She never knew what be loved meant until she met him. They got to know each other better and she also met some great friends along the way. One of Brock's friends was a shifter as well but he wasn't ready to talk about it with him out of fear.
It was a great to see Ava coming out of her shell and feeling comfortable in her skin. Gran (Brock's grandmother) was a riot, loved how she admitted her mistakes and gave her grandson credit for showing her how stubborn she was being.
Brock and Ava found what neither one of them expected....each and love.
UNLOVE ME is a stand-alone paranormal novel by T. S. Joyce. It was heartwarming, beautiful and a marvelous read. T. S. Joyce did a phenomenal job! 5++++
P. S. You guys should really give this book a try! ;)
February 7, 2020
Brock Evans hasn't connected with a woman he liked enough to keep. Ava feels like she doesn't fit in either world. Will they spend another Valentine's Day alone?
This is one author that no matter what is going on, I stop and one-click her books the second they come out. This book definitely gives you all the feels and is easy to relate to if you have ever been alone on Valentine's Day. I loved how Brock refused to give up on her and was determined to prove that no matter what animal she was, that she was special. I didn't blame Ava for being hesitant, but loved her quirky personality! Great read and cannot wait to see what this author comes out with next!
This is one author that no matter what is going on, I stop and one-click her books the second they come out. This book definitely gives you all the feels and is easy to relate to if you have ever been alone on Valentine's Day. I loved how Brock refused to give up on her and was determined to prove that no matter what animal she was, that she was special. I didn't blame Ava for being hesitant, but loved her quirky personality! Great read and cannot wait to see what this author comes out with next!
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February 6, 2020
Ava and Brock
Nooooo!!!!! It just ended to soon!😭😭😭😭 I need more. I need to be honest and confess that I came in set on not liking this book. A armadillo?! Nope. Can't see! But T.s.joyce did it again. In this short and heartwarming read we get to meet Ava, a armadillo with a Valentine day curse and Brock, a hot and sexy human and owner of a lodge. In a drunken night he comes up with the idea of a Unvalentine Day party for singles out there. The last thing he expects is to be so attracted to the cute Ava. Sweet and heartwarming read with red hot romance. Highly recommended
Nooooo!!!!! It just ended to soon!😭😭😭😭 I need more. I need to be honest and confess that I came in set on not liking this book. A armadillo?! Nope. Can't see! But T.s.joyce did it again. In this short and heartwarming read we get to meet Ava, a armadillo with a Valentine day curse and Brock, a hot and sexy human and owner of a lodge. In a drunken night he comes up with the idea of a Unvalentine Day party for singles out there. The last thing he expects is to be so attracted to the cute Ava. Sweet and heartwarming read with red hot romance. Highly recommended
February 6, 2020
Needs more Stars
I just new this is was going too be a great story not only was it a nice love story it also was a message to let go of your fear make things and people as they come not all people are unchangeable you just have to be yourself and let them in sometimes and just maybe a whole new world will open up for you, I can't wait for another story about odd little shifter, let see you have done a Moose, a squirrel, and now this Amarillo please surprised us again
I just new this is was going too be a great story not only was it a nice love story it also was a message to let go of your fear make things and people as they come not all people are unchangeable you just have to be yourself and let them in sometimes and just maybe a whole new world will open up for you, I can't wait for another story about odd little shifter, let see you have done a Moose, a squirrel, and now this Amarillo please surprised us again
February 7, 2020
Sweet Shifter UnRomance
You cannot help but feel so many feelings when reading a TS Joyce book!
With Unlove Me, she writes an unexpected shifter tale that makes you smile the whole time you read it!
Having read all of TS Joyce’s books, she also shares parts of herself in her stories, like little Easter Eggs. Brilliant!!!
You cannot help but feel so many feelings when reading a TS Joyce book!
With Unlove Me, she writes an unexpected shifter tale that makes you smile the whole time you read it!
Having read all of TS Joyce’s books, she also shares parts of herself in her stories, like little Easter Eggs. Brilliant!!!
February 8, 2020
Absolutely loved it!
Ava & Brock's story is sweet, sexy & fun! This story my be a short read but there is so much beauty packed into it! You sigh, smile & shed a tear. T you did it again! Thank you so much for writing these incredible stories!
Ava & Brock's story is sweet, sexy & fun! This story my be a short read but there is so much beauty packed into it! You sigh, smile & shed a tear. T you did it again! Thank you so much for writing these incredible stories!
February 10, 2020
Who else but TS Joyce can make a romance between an armadillo shifter and a human adorable? This is such a sweet Valentine's story- or should I say, Unvalentine's day story? Ava goes on a trip to try to forget Valentine's day by participating in a UnValentine's day party that Brock is throwing as a promotion for his lodge. She's an apologetic shifter in that she tries to hide her shifter side but Brock finds out and he loves her more for it. And aww the scene where she's an armadillo? My heart just burst. It was so cute. What an fun, short, insta-love story. As usual, TS Joyce does not disappoint with a short story full of heart. My only thing is that I wish there was an epilogue!
February 12, 2020
She did it again!
Ahh.....T.S. Joyce....you did it again. Your writing sucks a reader in and doesn't let go until the very last word. Sweetness, check, Insta love, check, romance, check, alpha male, check, humor, check! Gosh, I do love your humor! I would recommend this book to everyone. It is an immediate feel good, easy, quick read that will not disappoint. Thank you for another afternoon of enjoyable reading!
Ahh.....T.S. Joyce....you did it again. Your writing sucks a reader in and doesn't let go until the very last word. Sweetness, check, Insta love, check, romance, check, alpha male, check, humor, check! Gosh, I do love your humor! I would recommend this book to everyone. It is an immediate feel good, easy, quick read that will not disappoint. Thank you for another afternoon of enjoyable reading!
February 6, 2020
Unvalentines day vacation love story!
I loved this story! It was a cute short story with everything TS Joyce gives us In all her books. This story has a shifter armadillo, who gets judged by her more violent brethren, predator shifters, so lies on the reservation for a no romance get away on Valentine’s Day. She is outed as soon as she arrives by the hot single owner and love blooms 😍
I loved this story! It was a cute short story with everything TS Joyce gives us In all her books. This story has a shifter armadillo, who gets judged by her more violent brethren, predator shifters, so lies on the reservation for a no romance get away on Valentine’s Day. She is outed as soon as she arrives by the hot single owner and love blooms 😍
February 6, 2020
Awesome
I SO unLove this book
This was the cutest Valentines story I have ever read , an armadillo shifter and a human perfect
I SO unLove this book
This was the cutest Valentines story I have ever read , an armadillo shifter and a human perfect
February 7, 2020
Got some ants?
I just unloved this little story. T.s Joyce has a way of bringing real life feeling to her writings. May she continue to bring us her great stories that we don't want to put down.
I just unloved this little story. T.s Joyce has a way of bringing real life feeling to her writings. May she continue to bring us her great stories that we don't want to put down.
February 13, 2020
Too cute
This story was short and really cute. Just the right amount of Valentine romance. Just the right amount of cuteness. Loved the dandelion.
This story was short and really cute. Just the right amount of Valentine romance. Just the right amount of cuteness. Loved the dandelion.
January 15, 2025
Tao fofo!!
February 5, 2020
A lovely quick short story
No other author could pull off an armadillo shifter romance like T.S. Joyce. This is a stand alone extra book she did as a treat for all her readers. I loved it from start to finish. If you have never read this author your in for a treat as she has done 103 books now. So what you waiting for ??? Get yourself hooked like me.
No other author could pull off an armadillo shifter romance like T.S. Joyce. This is a stand alone extra book she did as a treat for all her readers. I loved it from start to finish. If you have never read this author your in for a treat as she has done 103 books now. So what you waiting for ??? Get yourself hooked like me.
February 6, 2020
Giggle, snort
I just love this little novel. In fact, read it twice. Ava is so stinkin' funny and real. Other than her shifter qualities, she could be your awkward sister, neighbor, or coworker. She is genuine and matter of fact. I laughed, rolled my eyes and grinned like an idiot at my tablet. Highly recommend.
I just love this little novel. In fact, read it twice. Ava is so stinkin' funny and real. Other than her shifter qualities, she could be your awkward sister, neighbor, or coworker. She is genuine and matter of fact. I laughed, rolled my eyes and grinned like an idiot at my tablet. Highly recommend.
February 6, 2020
Short cute and sweet
I loved this quickie! The storyline still pulled you in. Gives you a glance of more shifters in the world. The book shows so much emotion in a few pages. I love it!
I loved this quickie! The storyline still pulled you in. Gives you a glance of more shifters in the world. The book shows so much emotion in a few pages. I love it!
February 6, 2020
Unloved Me
T. S. Joyce has another stunner. This has all the feel goods to it. I unloved this book from the bottom of my heart. The two main characters were perfect together. I will read this again and again.
T. S. Joyce has another stunner. This has all the feel goods to it. I unloved this book from the bottom of my heart. The two main characters were perfect together. I will read this again and again.
February 6, 2020
This is the BEST Valentine’s Day book! I love T S Joyce and she did a great job on this one. We read about shifters, this kind, that one. Well, this book has a different one. You want to know what? Read on. 😁 HEA.
February 13, 2020
Ahhh
Nice unvalentine novella.
Ava needs to get away to avoid Valentine's day, what better way than go to an Unvalentine lodge.
Great little read.
Nice unvalentine novella.
Ava needs to get away to avoid Valentine's day, what better way than go to an Unvalentine lodge.
Great little read.
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