Geas

Between a Fox and a Hard Place #2

by Misa Izanaki

Aoi, Itsuki and Aya are on their way to Japan to introduce Aya to Itsuki's family. Aya worries Itsuki's parents won't like him, but Aoi and Itsuki know better. His unusual family welcome Aya with open arms, but things are not all going right. Itsuki shifts into his fox and can't change back, and there's an air of dark magic about it. Aoi has a feeling he knows what's going on, and confronts the magic user responsible, but will he be able to lift the curse on Itsuki? Itsuki and Aya are ready to mount a rescue, but will they be able to get to Aoi in time? Find out in this second installment of Between a Fox and a Hard Place!

Genres: M M Romance, Paranormal, Romance, Fantasy, Shapeshifters

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First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Elisa Rolle]

Second chapter in the chaser series Between a Fox and a Hard Place. Aoi and Itsuki bring their new lover Aya to meet Itsuki's family: like their threesome, also Itsuki's parents are a trio, a male and female kitsune and a human male. They open their arms to Aya as they did before to Aoi and all seems perfect.

But Aoi's family is not still happy of Aoi's decision to not take the role of dragon guardian for his grandmother. And finds a pretty nasty way to make Aoi change his mind.

This second chapter serves to the readers to become a bit more accustomed to the new threesome and maybe to accept better the new element, Aya. It's also a proof that Aya and Itsuki can't be a couple without Aoi, he is the glue that take them all togheter.

Between a Fox and a Hard Place is a truly funny series, without any link to reality: it's a sexy romp written to relax and you should read it in this way. Heavy hints to yaoi manga and Japanese myths and culture.

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[Tam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This follows up on the last book which told how Itzuke (the fox shifter) Aoi (the elf stripper) and Aya (a young elf) got together. They head off to Japan to meet Itzuke’s family which is pretty non-traditional. He’s got two dads and a mom. Everything is going great when suddenly Itzuke is stuck in his wolf form and has a curse (geas) on him. Seems Aoi’s grandmother is determined he will take his place as guardian of the temple and has cursed Itzuke. If he agrees to stay she’ll remove the curse. He does but he’s useless at being a soldier. He step-mom’s son wants the job so they conspire with his uncle to prove that the other kid would be better and release Aoi from his commitment. Oh, there’s a fisting scene in this one, which is pretty unrealistic, but hey, the guy is a fox shifter and they other two are elves so I guess it’s not that out there. It was okay, the plot with the Grandmother and how they would get out of it. But the plot to smexin’ ratio was pretty skewed.

[Gwengwel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short. Sweet. Cute. Same as the first.
One sex scene's unrealistic, need a lot of more prep and cleaning before that can really happen.