Reviewed by Taylin
TITLE: Moonlit Nights & Northern Lights
SERIES: The Killigrew Street Case Files #2
AUTHOR: TJ Rose
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 500+ Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 13, 2025
BLURB:
How to survive fake dating your telepathic arch nemesis during an undercover mission in Scotland:
- Don’t think horrible thoughts about him in case he’s listening in. The creep.
- Ensure Freddy the zombie ferret doesn’t bite him. Much.
- Try not to call him Detective Dickface(unless he really deserves it).
̶4̶.̶ ̶D̶o̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶f̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶’̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶t̶c̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶.̶
Rory
Imagine my surprise when my missing ex-boyfriend’s phone pings back to life in the one place I swore I’d never set foot in again: home. Home to the pack I left years ago, where I’d learned I’d never be enough.
I’m probably mad for agreeing to go—after all, the pack gathering I’ve been invited to is definitely a trap—but even more crazily, I’m being sent with a man who hates my guts. The detective who threw me into a cell during a full moon, condemning me to an agony that I still have nightmares over.
It doesn’t help that he’s hotter than hell. Thankfully, he’s straight, otherwise the way he looks at me sometimes might put ideas in my head… If I were ever able to forgive him, of course.
Theodore
He’s loud. He’s infuriating. He thinks it’s okay to insult me to my face.
So why have I agreed to partner up with Rory Thorne to investigate missing shifters?
And even worse, why have I agreed to pretend to be his boyfriend?!
Being a telepath means I’ve always kept the world at arm’s length. I don’t have time for tiny wolves with chaotic energy and ridiculous hair and eyes that taunt me with their enigmatic colour—an ocean-forest riddle that distracts me more than I care to admit.
Can the two of us pull off our undercover mission? Possibly, if we don’t kill each other first…
Or, even worse, kiss.
Contains: a bi-awakening in a moonlit forest, only one bed because the hotel clerk ships them, a zombie ferret that likes to get bitey, wolf cuddles, “let’s get this out of our system,” and a rather mysterious zapping thing…
Moonlit Nights and Northern Lights is the second in the Killigrew Street Case Files series, a collection of MM PNRs centered around a found family of supernatural detectives. Each can be read as a standalone, but start from book one for maximum enjoyment.
REVIEW:
What do you get when a gay wolf shifter and a straight telepath go undercover in Scotland? A lot more than heather and thistles.
Moonlit Nights and Northern Lights is the second book in The Killigrew Street Case Files. Individual books have their specific cases to solve involving different couplings from the team, but there is an overarching arc to the series. Anyhoo, onward and upward, as they say. This is one long-assed read, so my first thought was – it’d better be good. Thankfully TJ Rose is an author I trust, so my journey into the case began. The first words on the page were entertaining, and it was a story that just kept giving. The tale is neither rushed nor slow. It allowed the case to unfold, alongside the drama and spice.
The story is told in the first person from the viewpoints of Rory and Theo. Worldbuilding begins in the hustle and bustle of London, but soon moves to the wilds of the Scottish Highlands, whose scenery is simplistic and breathtakingly beautiful. This allows the focus to remain on the case and the burgeoning relationship between Rory and Theo, without getting sidetracked by overly complicated picture painting. As with many stories, spice is part of the narrative. In this area, TJ Rose writes a damned good sex scene. As the rest is delectable, I’ll have to forgive the three little words ‘come for me’, that I’d happily have struck from any form of writing. A single appearance is too much for me – sorry.
Rory is a wolf shifter whose ADHD and unenlightened parents caused him childhood pain and suffering. Between the need to help and gain approval, self-doubt is a constant companion. As a grown man with severed ties to his parents, Rory’s return to the highlands highlights the archaic dynamics of the pack and how wonderful the acceptance for who you are, and not what a person thinks you should be, can be.
Initially, Theo comes over as a man with very long sticks in various places. However, the more his world is revealed, the sticks are soon replaced by understanding and the heart of a wonderfully accepting, protective man. Theo is a telepath, and as revenge for an earlier incident, Rory causes the man mental mayhem by entertainingly bombarding his thoughts. Nevertheless, Theo is an intelligent man and learns the best way to handle the wayward wolf.
As for the extended cast, it was excellent to see the Killigrew Street guys and gal band together to help and protect each other. Kudos here to Freddy the zombie ferret, whose page time was always memorable.
When I saw the page count of this story, I wondered what could justify such a lengthy tale. The answer was this story. There isn’t anything I’d suggest removing. Nothing went off the rails into the realm of ‘sidetracked’. It was a tale of investigative adventure, acceptance, family in all its forms, life on the line drama, love, big hearts and more. I loved being able to sink into the world created and stay there, knowing there is more to come in future instalments.
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