Twice the Growl by Milly Taiden
Series: Paranormal Dating Agency #1
Published by Indie
Published on: August 29, 2014
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 110
Format: eBook
Source: Gifted
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Talia Barca needs a date. Badly. She uses the services of the Paranormal Dating Agency hoping for a decent guy to take to a family wedding. A wedding her ex-husband has wormed his way into as a guest.
Connor and Theron want Tally to complete their Alpha triad. She's sexy, curvy and funny. But she's human. And they're not sure she'll go for a relationship with two men at the same time.
As if deciding to give two men a shot wasn’t difficult enough, Tally will also need to deal with a threat from the pack. She'll either prove she's strong enough to be an Alpha mate or find herself at the mercy of a vicious opponent.
Reader Warning: This book contains lots of scorching sex (including a threesome so hot it will make your ereader sizzle), adult language (hanky panky with no dirty talk is no fun), and violence. If this is not the kind of stuff you like to read, skip this book. However, if you like dirty, raunchy sex with some sarcasm and two hot men on one curvy girl, then this is right up your alley. Enjoy!
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I’ve been seeing reviews for Milly Taiden on Angel’s Guilty Pleasures for a while now. I’ve been wanting to try them, but never got around to trying anything. Angela offered to loan me her Kindle version of this book so I could try this author and I jumped at the chance.
This series is based on Gerri Wilder who runs the Paranormal Dating Agency. When you go to her to get set up, she pretty much asks you to trust her and let her do everything. Talia is looking for someone to take to a wedding. She’s had really bad luck with men and she just needs someone to be her date to this wedding so that her family will leave her alone. Her ex-husband will be there too.
Theron and Connor are alpha and omega of their pack. They were raised knowing that they would be. They were also raised knowing that they would need a third in their triad to lead their pack, a woman that would be perfect for both of them. They have spent their entire life sharing women, but haven’t found the woman that will be the perfect mate for them. They finally decide to go to Theron’s Aunt Gerri to see if she could help. Little did they know she was going to pair them up with a cute little human girl from down the hall.
This is cute and quick read. I liked Gerri. I wasn’t a huge fan of Tally. She was all about how she wasn’t good enough. Theron and Connor were a little too perfect for my taste. They had absolutely nothing wrong with them and they put Tally up on a pedestal so high, I would be scared of falling, myself. I really disliked Paul, the ex-husband, who caused quite the scene at the wedding shower. I liked Nita, Tally’s best friend, but at the same time, I thought she put a lot of pressure on Tally.
“Fine, but you really need to give those men the mate they desperately need.” Nita patter her hand. “They’ve been patient with you for almost two weeks. They need you to make a move already.” Nita stared deep in her eyes. “You are not a punk, prima. You’re a self-assured woman who knows what is good and what isn’t. Is this good for you? Do these men make you happy? Only you know the answer to that.”
While, I love what she’s saying, but two weeks. Really?? That is awfully fast to me with one man, more or less the fact that you are changing things by adding this whole new idea that she can have both men. That is a completely new lifestyle to her and it would take some getting used to and Tally has some very valid concerns about it.
Anyway, if you go into this story with just the quick, cute read in mind, it was fun. The men were very romantic. The sex was hot (if I do question the hygiene at times, ew). There isn’t a huge amount of depth to the story or characters, but it was cute. I’ll give the second book in the series a chance.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
You nailed what the book and series are pretty much about not “a huge amount of depth to the story or characters, but it was cute.” Their great for that quick short read. Interested to see what you think of book two.
Angela recently posted…Sunday Post/BB&B #108 ~ Great-grandparents visted
I have book two’s review written, but haven’t posted it yet. Probably sometime in May. I don’t like doing back to back in the same series. I liked it better. I thought it was cute too.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
This got a 5 from me even though I agree with what you said. I know, I know, I was quite generous, but I enjoyed it despite the flaws and I’m looking forward to reading more. 😀
I rarely give 5 star reviews. Out of the 61 books I’ve read this year, I’ve only give 2. I only gave 8 last year. I did enjoy it. I thought it was cute, but felt that the characters could’ve had more depth. I did read book two and thought it was better. I’ll probably try a few more later on.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
LOL, yes, never look closely into the hygiene side with romances. 🙂 Oh and I’m with you on 2 weeks being way too short for such a huge decision. But again, romance time lines…
I have a couple of her shifter menages on my shelf. I really should pick one up for a quick, fun read to fill in between some of the drama ones I read.
Menages are not my favorite, but I do read them on occasion. As for hygiene, there are just some things that need to be cleaned after going in certain places before going in other places, if you know what I mean. Overall, cute story.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
Acck. I’m falling behind on this series. Last one I read was The Alion King.
I like that these are easy and fun to read. Not everything has to be super serious and deep. Sometimes, something quick and light is just right. 😉
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Agreed. I love the quick fun reads. Eve Langlais has been my go-to for quick fun reads. At some point, I’m going to run out of books by her and will need another author to help with those books. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
I think I just found a new series to read. But yeah, 2 weeks is fast. Make up your mind and act on it in 2 weeks? Whoa, slow down there. lol
Mary Kirkland recently posted…Mexican Sweet Breads
I couldn’t make a decision that big in two weeks.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
Cute is always good
I do like books that are fun and cute.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
I don’t think this would be for me but I’m glad you did like it and would be willing to give the second book a chance. Great review!
Thanks. I can understand that. Not every book is for every one.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
I can never get into menage, sadly. And if hygiene plays into the sex elements of the story, then, I’ll probably stay away. Lol.
Menages aren’t one of my favorite reads, but I read them every so often. Some are written better than others. This is a middle of the road one for me. I know that they aren’t for everyone.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
lol two weeks is pretty short to make that type of decision. Glad you enjoyed though!! 🙂
LilyElement recently posted…A to Z – Urban Fantasy Favorites
Sometimes romances do make me eyeroll.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
Ew? LOL
I can handle some tropes better in pnr kind of books than other kinds of romance genres. 2 weeks may be fast but acceptable there… I donno… Still, this sounds like a fun read.
Melissa (Books and Things) recently posted…Bright Blaze of Magic by Jennifer Estep
It was a cute read. Not too serious.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
You lost me at menage. Add in the hygiene part and nope, not a book for me. Good review though!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Tyrant by Nashoda Rose (@Mollykatie112, @nashodarose)
I read very few menages, but I don’t mind them every once in a while. It isn’t something that I go out of my way to look for, but if it comes up in a series, I’ll try it. I was wanting to try this author and I didn’t even realize that this was a menage before getting the first book. The second is a normal M/F pairing. That’s as far as I’ve gotten.
Melanie recently posted…Review: Hell’s Geek by Eve Langlais (@mlsimmons, @EveLanglais)
Psst..I have never read a menage. I do like a good shifter book, I will be curious to see how the series develops
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I don’t read many menage books. There are some that are written really well, some others not so much. This one is somewhere in the middle. If you try Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha, which I think you picked up from when I reviewed that series, it has menage in it. It is written really well.
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Oh a paranormal dating agency, that sounds interesting. Like Kimba I don’t think I have ever read a menage before, although I would be willing to give one a try it if catches my attention. Even though the character weren’t great it does sound like an nice and short read.
And yes two weeks definitely sound fast to make a decision like that. I hope the second book will be good too!
Lola recently posted…Review: Mindjack Short Story Collection by Susan Kaye Quinn
Menages is not something that I seek out, but if it is in a series, I’ll read it. I do like mixing in those quick cute reads everyone once and a while. Makes it easier on my brain when it needs a break sometimes. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Fresh Meat: April 24 to 30 — 33 Speculative Fiction Releases
I’m glad you had the opportunity to give this series a try, Melanie. And that it was fun. Those types of reads are good every now and again. Kinda nice to give our brains some fluff, right? The whole premise sounds cute. I’ll have to check out the series sometime. 🙂
Exactly, I think quick, cute and fun reads are great to give our brains a break every now and then. Not everything needs to be deep.
Melanie recently posted…Fresh Meat: April 24 to 30 — 33 Speculative Fiction Releases
Two weeks is fast, but it still sounds like a fun read!
Naomi Hop recently posted…Pulse by Amity Cross ~ Review & Swoon Thursday (@amitycross)
It was a cute read. I thought that was quick too. It would be one thing if the heroine wanted to move that quick, but to be pushed that quickly bothered me. You are a commenting machine today. 🙂
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Haha! I am trying to catch up on the 6 weeks of not commenting! Getting there slowly!
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