Review: One of Jessica Sim's Better Novellas
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
I downloaded Bear Naked, Vixen, and this one, Speed Mating all for .99 each and read all three back to back.  Out of the three short stories, I liked Speed Mating over the other two.Estrella is a cat mix of tiger and lion shifter.  Oddly enough she hasn't had a relationship in 4 years.  And now she's going into heat.  She needs a daddy candidate, someone strong to pass on his genes to her cub.Of course she contacts Midnight Liaisons, a shifter dating agency.Meanwhile she's always had a thing for her alpha Vic, a tiger shifter.  As she shifts through possible mates, she always returns her attention to him.  But she doesn't want to  jeopardize her pride standing - That she could get booted and so she turns away from him once more.I loved the way Vic came across when dealing with Estrella.  His nerves do him in -- Small little things like breaking a pencil.  He can't look at her, just quick glances.SPOILER:By the time he makes his bid for her, it almost doesn't happen.  Their HEA almost doesn't happen - He does everything he can to make sure she has who she wants in a daddy candidate.  He puts her needs before his.END SPOILERSo no, this isn't an instant mate book.  It is trial and error, help from a dating agency, and a lot of hidden feelings.  It is well written, the characters are spot on, but again this is an extremely short story.  - Dan's Wife