Review: Loved the sexual tension.  Whewy, it's hot!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2011
Mikaela is a high-powered attorney who needs to make a house call.  But, her private life has recently crumbed resulting in a broken engagement.  Unknowingly, her boss still believed her engaged and sent her on this important house call even though the client requested no unattached females.Josh Woods, eldest son, does not understand why he is so attracted to Mikaela.  His shifter side wants to claim the woman as his own, but his human side knows she is engaged and unavailable.  Can he fight his instincts?Mikaela is likable from the first page of this novella.  She's strong, independent, and doesn't take crap from anyone.  When she meets Josh, I loved how he turns her upside down.At first, Josh is really creepy.  He doesn't know how to control his shifter side when he sees Mikaela for the first time.  Luckily, he calms down and becomes much more easy to like as the story progresses.  His obsession is still running rampant, but at least he doesn't act like weirdo stalker later in the story.  He eventually just has a normal obsession that is hot and sexy.The story begins a bit awkward and disjointed mainly because Josh is so weird at the get-go.  Soon enough, the story hits its stride when Josh calms down his craziness and the plot can progress steadily.  I loved the palatable growing sexual tension between Josh and Mikaela.  Eventually, they explode and it is fabulously H.O.T.  Loved this!  I wish there was a bit more explanation towards the end regarding Mikaela, but the experience wasn't completely lost with these huge leaps of faith.Surrounded by Woods is wonderful.  Although the beginning is a big awkward, the story soon irons out any rough patches and sails smoothly toward the end.  The sexual tension between Mikaela and Josh is makes this novella smoking-hot-grab-your-fan memorable and thoroughly enjoyable.  Fans of shifter stories should take the plunge and check out this hot new author!BookingIt Grade:  B+