Review: intriguing and hot read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
Catalina `Cat' Brown is the proud owner of `By the Sea Tattoo Parlor,' a business she runs out of a fifth wheel trailer.  She has a fetish for tentacles and really loves drawing sea animals.  When she receives a request from a stranger wanting a tattoo depicting an octopus with tentacles extending over his body and one of the tentacles is to be tattooed on his manly bits she can't resist - especially once she meets Calder and finds herself incredibly drawn to him.Octoposeidon shape shifter Calder Croft is using the idea of the octopus tattoo to allow him to get close to Catalina.  From her scent he's aware that she's a shifter too, but she's obviously unaware of that fact.  In their octopus forms they would have instinctually been drawn to each other but as humans he can just pray that his physique is enough to attract her - until she comes into her Change and joins him in the sea.Cat's tentacle fetish isn't exactly a secret.  Her parlor is covered in tentacle artwork, even her coffee mugs have tentacles on them, but she doesn't know why she has this obsession.  Calder views her fetish as a good thing especially in light of the fact that she's merely days from going into her first Change if her scent is anything to go by.  While working on Calder's tattoo Cat experiences blackouts, she's doing the work but has no recollection of actually doing it.  Calder knows the trances are common before a first shift, couple that with her obvious arousal and he can hardly wait until she belongs to him completely.  Of course, Cat's not going to be an easy sell on this whole shape shifter idea.  As far as she knows she's fully human and has no reason to believe anything differently.  Calder knows she's scared by the blackouts she's experiencing and probably disconcerted by other changes taking place with her body but there's a very real concern that if Cat doesn't accept her heritage she could succumb to madness.  On the other hand, if she embraces her shifter abilities, she could find love, happiness and extremely satisfying sex with him beneath the waves.I've always thought octopuses were fascinating creatures but never considered tentacles particularly sexy - until now.  Jan Springer's take on octoposeidon shape shifters is completely captivating.  From the octopus tattoo to the romance between Cat and Calder, and even Cat's struggle with accepting Calder's explanation of their heritage as fact PASSIONATE INK is an intriguing read that grabs your attention and holds you captive until the very last page.  Whether in human or octoposeidon form the chemistry between Calder and Cat is definitely present throughout this story and only intensifies as they get to know each other better.  If you enjoy stories that involve shifters of any sort I think you'll find PASSIONATE INK an intriguing (and hot) read, I know I did.Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)