Two master vampires, one werewolf in heat, and the primal spell of the full moon—it's definitely mating season.
Detective Collette Talbot is happily overworked and up to her knees in cases. With the busy life she leads, she doesn't have the time or energy to find a mate and settle down to have his pups. But with her mating season just a week away she may not have any choice because when she goes into heat every lycan within a mile of her will be at her door. Good thing she has two sexy candidates in mind that would be perfect to help her out with her little problem.
Two master vampires, one werewolf in heat, and the primal spell of the full moon—it's definitely mating season.
Publisher's Note: This story was released as part of the Caught in the Middle Anthology by Totally Bound Publishing.
General Release Date: 17th May 2010
“I need you and Roarke to mate with me.”
Detective Gabriel Alekseev had just taken a sip of his morning coffee only to have it come spewing back up to stain the papers across his desk.
He stared at his partner and friend of almost two years, as if he was seeing her for the first time.
“What the hell did you just say?”
“You heard me, Gabriel. I need you and Roarke to mate with me,” Collette Talbot repeated as she folded her arms across her chest.
He stared at her in shock, unable to believe how calm she appeared, as if what she was suggesting wasn’t the least bit bizarre.
He pinched the bridge of his nose and let out a long breath. Where did he even begin?
“Okay, putting your statement aside for just a moment, can I ask you why you require the services of me and my best friend?”
For the first time since she’d barged into his office, she actually looked distressed. Well good, because that made two of them. She flopped down in the leather chair on the other side of his desk and released a sigh, her lovely cinnamon face glowing red as if she could barely contain a fury that simmered just beneath the surface.
“I’m in heat, or at least I will be in a week.”
Seconds ticked by in silence before he realised she wasn’t going to elaborate. “Okay, and?” He hedged.
“And, this will be my tenth cycle in heat.”
Gabriel felt all the blood he’d consumed that morning drain from his face. He wasn’t privy to all of the rituals that went with each supranatural species, but he knew enough about lycans to know mating season only came around once a decade, and it was a time of intense physical and sexual urges for lycan females, so intense that one man wasn’t always enough to satisfy her.
“You want Roarke and me to mate with you, during your mating season?” He frowned at the high pitch of his voice, shocked that he sounded like a teenage boy, but still more shocked by what she’d said.
“Yep, pretty much.” She shrugged, seemingly unfazed by any of this, and that made him all the more nervous.
“Pretty much? Damn it Collette, are you insane?”
Detective Collette Talbot cringed as her partner let loose a string of curses, his rising temper infusing his cheeks with crimson heat.
“You march in here, with this half-baked plan, and you haven’t even worked out all the details in your head, especially the part about how we’re partners and something like this could pose a problem. I can tell by how flippant you’re being that you haven’t even thought this through. When did you come up with this idea? Last night?”
This morning. “I don’t see why you’re so upset. And being partners really has nothing to do with this.” She wisely chose not to address the half-baked plan part. He was already mad enough.
Nadia Aidan lives, works and writes on the West Coast in the United States. Under her real name, Nadia holds a PhD in Political Science and Public Policy and by day she works as an Assistant Professor.
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Reviewed by Joyfully Reviewed
Mating Season is a sexy story with a thread of humor that I found a total delight. A new book for my keeper shelf for sure.
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Reviewed by Night Owl Romance Reviews
A Reviewer Top Pick! Mating Season is one of the hottest books I have read this year; it keeps you riveted to your seat and gives you need of something cold to drink to cool you down.
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