Reviewed by Tammy

TITLE: The Changing Years

SERIES: Out For You

AUTHOR: Amber Kell        

PUBLISHER: OmniLit/All Romance eBooks                    

LENGTH: 90 pages

BLURB:

The most important show of strength is to embrace one’s true nature.

The death of his ex-wife grants Shaun McKellan custody of his only child, and the chance to know his son after years of separation. Now a full-time father, Shaun thinks his life is finally complete…then he meets the Alpha running the town where his son attends school.

Grant Thornlin has always resisted the temptation of other men. As the Alpha, he must be strong and give his pack the impression he has invincible power. Falling for a blond, blue-eyed artist with a half-shifter son has bad idea written all over it.

How can Shaun show Grant that loving another man doesn’t have to affect his position as Alpha?

REVIEW:

When Shaun McKellan’s ex-wife dies he gets custody of his fifteen year old son Kerry only because he never bonded with his step-father. While it may not seem that important to us, being half shifter makes it incredibly important to Kerry to be bonded to a strong alpha male whilst going through the Changing years. This is when a shifter finds out if they’re going to be lucky enough to shift and then they not only bond with their animal but they have to learn how to control their emotions and hormones. Nobody is sure if Kerry is going to be able to shift as he is a half-blood but Kerry is certain he will as he can feel his animal inside himself.

As there is only the one shifter school in the area Shaun decides that is where Kerry needs to go so he can be around other shifters. Because he was not allowed to have any contact with Kerry after he was born what Shaun knows about shifter politics is what he could find on the internet. When he goes for his meeting with the Alpha the moment he meets Grant Thornlin it’s like a light switch is turned on. Both Grant and his wolf just want to tackle Shaun to the ground and start humping him! Grant can’t work it out, his wolf has never responded to a human before neither male nor female. Grant hasn’t had a male lover but that doesn’t mean he’s never been interested, it just means that he’s more concerned with being the best Alpha he can be because he knows there are people in the pack that will not accept a human especially a male human for their Alphas mate.

Because there is not a lot of funding for the school the policy is that all family’s must chip in and help out within the school and as Shaun is an artist he signs up for art lessons several days a week. Grant convinces Shaun to go to his house the first day of school and they end up having sex but Shaun ends up glowing like a glow stick! Of course Grant freaks out because he’s heard stories about true-mates but he’s never actually met any until now. Besides the fact that Grant has been going out of his way to avoid Shaun everything is going relatively smoothly for both Shaun and Kerry until the day a few homophobic boys decide to gang up on Kerry. Not only does it not work, it brings his wolf forward at school, where it’s expressly forbidden.

With the full moon just around the corner Grant knows his wolf isn’t going to let him get away with avoiding their mate. So at the next pack meeting he announces the fact that Shaun is his True Mate and if anyone doesn’t like it they can leave the pack! There are a few scuffles but nothing major, it isn’t until later when they’re back at Shaun and Kerry’s house that the homophobic football coach decides that he has to get rid of Shaun so that Grant will be the same manly Alpha he was before!

As a paranormal, shifter book The Changing Years has a refreshingly different take on werewolves. I am frequently disappointed by the fact that a lot of authors don’t bother to have their own ideas about shifters, that’s the reason why we as readers like such a diverse range of authors. I will be recommending this book as a new take on werewolves as well as a beautiful m/m romance!! Unfortunately there are always homophobic bigots everywhere you go the only difference in them is their level of intractability.

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