Review: Ariel's Pet
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2011
When Ariel Valerian's sister, Alayna, left for a month to be trained by Master Logan of A Master's Gift, Alayna accepted the invitation from Master Dane to take over the bookkeeping until she returned. Ariel, however, did not, and she's going to try at every opportunity to show Dane just how much she doesn't want him around. In fact, she's going to challenge the Dom... by domming him!Dane Reese doesn't know what to make of the blue-haired sprite in the kitchen of Valerian's Root. She's feisty, cantankerous and utterly irresistible. He will humor her as she tries to play Mistress with him, but one thing's for certain: by the time the month is up, there will be only one Master in their relationship, and that's him.Although easily able to be read as a stand alone,  Ariel's Pet is part of the An Invitation multi-author series. Dane is quite an interesting Master. Intense when he needs to be, good-natured and charming at other times, he really does place some serious flutters into a girl's heart.  The way he looks out for his friend Logan's interests also is incredibly endearing. I couldn't, however, understand how in the world this seemingly intelligent man could like someone like Ariel.Ariel and Dane have scorching chemistry, no doubt about it and of course, being a romance Ariel's Pet has that wonderful Happily Ever After. But for all of her feistiness, it often came across as bratty and petulant. Understandably, she didn't want her equilibrium upset by the month long absence of her sister and restaurant partner, but to continually take it out on a pretty innocent party borders on the obnoxious. All she needed was a couple of foot stamping episodes and screaming "You're not the boss of me!" to complete the scene.The plot of the story was engaging, with a delectable hero and an ending that was appealing, but the heroine's behavior throughout the entire story left me yearning for more. I'll more than likely try this author again, but Ariel's Pet just didn't work for me.