Probably not, but that was the goal.Īnd a pet-peeve of mine, the story ends at 92% with the rest being filled with the covers and blurbs for other stories by Mary Calmes.Īnd the cover? Easy to identify as a Reese Dante cover with the author’s signature’s font. Then, Luc saves him, and they live happily ever after. And at the same time, giving Mason enough time to planned and executed his escape.

Luc speaks in riddles most of the story, and we get the story’s resolution by means of the villain giving his evil speech. It lacks coherence between the scenes and the characters behave oddly, almost like a parody of what gay men in their late twenties would act. It’s simply an erotica short with the potential to be something more. I liked what I read, but this story is not a romance. At least, the action moves quickly, making the story short enough to be read all at once. The amount of characters, their purpose, and relationship are overwhelming. As always, the author took a different approach to shifters and mating giving the reader a taste of all the possibilities. The amount of twists and turns taking place are enough to be handled in a full-length novel, perhaps a series. Romanus is a novella with a Napoleon complex. The story was interesting unfortunately, it didn’t have enough of a plot to hold into. He accepts the invitation to stay the night made by Raoul, the one in-charge of the group, but as soon as he meets Luc, he goes with him instead.įrom here, we get a condensed version of insta-lust with several smexy scenes between two house parties, and a visit from the bad guy. Mason leaves his information with the man’s granddaughter and tries to leave, but ends returning after a couple of minutes because he’s too tired to drive back home. Everyone at the house seems to recognized Mason as a Romanus, but the reader, just like Mason had no idea what that means or the implications. For some reason, Mason doesn’t consider the man’s hands curled into claws, growls, and the change in his eyes strange.īy the time they made it to the man’s house, Mason is fighting with sleep since he just finished a double shift as a firefighter. We get Mason finding the old man–Fabron–and giving him a ride home when the man refuses to get to the hospital. The story starts right into the action described in the blurb.

Romanus by Mary Calmes