Review: Buff contractor falls for introverted genius who just wants to be alone
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2014
This second book in the Pack Mates series follows buff contractor Micah, newly arrived to Declan and Quinn's werewolf pack after being banished by his previous alpha.  The story covers Micah's attraction to and furtive, heated encounters with Shea, an introverted 'genius' who has always kept quite a distance from the rest of the pack.The paranormal aspects of the story add an interesting flavor and help build the setting for succeeding books, but the true focus is the difficulty of two men dealing with their attraction and lust when they seem to want very different things out of a relationship.  I enjoyed the interplay of desire, fear, need and a little jealousy as an introvert and a "new guy in town" explore their own needs as well as each other.As with the first Pack Mates book, this novel covers the budding romance between two very different but sympathetic wolves.  Shea and Micah aren't quite polar opposites like Quinn and Declan, and their story is much more mundane than some of the more extraordinary elements in the first book.  However, the author explores an interesting range of desires and fears in this brief but heated romance between two men looking for something more.