Reviewed by Tammy

TITLE: Bearly There                                                            

SERIES: City Shifters, #1

AUTHOR: Bailey Bradford

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 114 Pages

RELEASE DATE: March 1^st, 2016

BLURB:

One surly bear and one bunny boy…what could possibly go wrong?

Jagger Osterman is having a bad day. In fact, he’s not the slightest bit impressed with 2015 at all. His job is on the line, and it’s not like he loves being a marketing wunderkind, but he has to do something to pay the bills. If he had his way, he’d just vanish into the mountains and live out his life as the black bear he yearns to shift into. Unfortunately, Jagger doesn’t have the time to let his beast run. He has responsibilities that he can’t walk away from.

Kevin Kelly could tell Jagger a thing or two about bad days, bad years, and just out and out bad luck. He made the mistake of smarting off to a curandera years ago and hasn’t been able to shake the curse she put on him yet. There’s not an area of his life that hasn’t been screwed up in one way or another. As a pronghorn shifter, he’d be okay on his own in the wild. Sure, there’d be predators, but Kevin had come to realize the worst predators were the human kind.

But he can’t shift. He’s been solidly bound to human form since being cursed.

Two men, both trapped in their own ways. They’re about to find out that freedom comes in many forms.

REVIEW:

Jagger Osterman is having not only a crappy day but a crappy year! He hasn’t had the time to let his black bear out to have a run in months. Now, not only is it his birthday but the big project he has spent months working on has just been rejected by the prospective client! Jagger is a marketing “wunderkind” who successfully dragged this particular client out of debt single-handed and now he doesn’t want to pay full price for his ad campaign which puts Jagger’s job on the line. Jagger’s team member Debbie decides he needs a bit of a boost and orders a singing telegram for him. The first thing Jagger can think of when he sees the “performer” in his miniscule pink shorts and a glittery pink tank top was, Bunny Boy! And that’s exactly what Jagger calls him.

Kevin Kelly is not only having a crappy day he’s having a crappy several years! Several years ago when Kevin was young, arrogant and full of himself Kevin didn’t really care about anything or anyone except for himself. Until he made the mistake of mouthing off to a curandera and she cursed him. Now, he can’t shift into his animal, the pronghorn. Ever since that day Kevin has had nothing but bad luck, his life is now a complete disaster. When Kevin gets the singing telegram job it’s just a way to make the rent until he sees the good-looking man he has to sing for.

When catastrophe known as his singing telegram is over Jagger can’t believe he accidentally tipped the “performer” $300 instead of the amount he was going to! He just feels so bad about the fact that his boss had thrown out and beaten up for his performance. When Jagger leaves work and finds Bunny Boy waiting for him he can’t believe his luck. Kevin can’t believe his luck he’s been fired again! When he finds $300 stuck in his butt crack after his last gig he finds he can’t in good conscience keep it knowing it was a mistake. When Jagger finally comes out of his building that night Kevin still can’t get over how attractive he is.

Both Jagger and Kevin find it impossible to forget the other after that night and when they find themselves thrown together their attraction grows and they can’t find a really good reason not to be together. As time goes by and they get to know each other better Jagger comes to realise how much importance Kevin puts on the curse he makes it his mission find out all he can about curandera’s, curses and how to reverse them.

Bearly There is a different take on shifters with curandera’s, curses and the search to end the curse. It also takes you on a journey of family, the good, the bad and the ugly and just how much energy and effort it takes to maintain family relations. I would definitely recommend Bearly There to all m/m paranormal romance and Bailey Bradford lovers.

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