Review: Enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2012
My Rating: ★★★This was a fairly enjoyable story and a first Jory Strong book for me. I appreciate Strong's artistic license in crafting a shifter story, with a dragon as its star, focused on an interracial couple.Tielo was the typical alpha male. Cocky. Stubborn. Self-assured. Aaaaaand, felled by a woman, his true mate, upon first meeting her. I liked Lyra as a female lead. She had honorable intentions in wanted to go to Drakes Lair so that she could attempt to win at Texas Hold 'Em so that she could help the Ochoas, a struggling family.The plot is pretty straight forward. Lyra wants to win. Tielo wants to remain unmated. But, as the story progresses, both of their desires begin to shift and neither is nearly as interested in retaining their original focus. As the game is played, Tielo lets go of his resistance for a mate and fully acknowledges that Lyra is his. His motivation shifts to having her in every manner possible. Lyra gives into the temptation that is Tielo but retains a firm grip on what she came to Drakes Lair for. In the end, Lyra and Tielo find their happily every after and they both end up doing good for a family in need.A steamy and smexy game of strip poker ensues and in the process the two let go of their inhibitions (inward and outward) and pull toward each other.A quick, uncomplicated and enjoyable read for a rainy day.