when JD McBane shows up to introduce himself around the new race park that is opening in his town, he finds himself confronting his mate and she wants nothing to do with him. Samantha Hark has no plans to being taken advantage of by another man, especially another werewolf. Life has never been easy for Samantha, and it does not look like it will get an easier when she finds out that JD has a twin Caleb who is equally invested in making her their mate. Samantha is just not going to succumb easily to the two men who make her quiver with need, she is going to put up one hell of a fight along the way.I gave this a 3.5, my only issue with the whole book is that JD and Caleb are so aggressive in the beginning you wonder what is the interest there, it took awhile to soften to them in the book. **Reread, I liked it better the second time but that is because I knew and realized JD was a numbskull. Caleb is the softer of the two but both still have the caveman mantra down pat. Lots of sex but very little romance. I love alpha heroes like all romance readers do, but these guys [yes there were TWO] were just over the top. Basically, they see her, ID her as their mate, proceed to kidnap her without telling her she's their mate or even their names, take her home, tie her up, and have sex over and over. They do this by smothering her with "male werewolf musk" which has the same effect as a date rape drug, making her a compliant, willing participant in whatever they decide to do to her. The heroine literally had NO choice in the matter, not whether she had sex, nor whether she became their mate. She even was not allowed to leave the house to go back home! They wanted her; she had to submit; end of story. The premise of the book is that all that is ok b/c well...she really, really liked it when all was said and done, so it luckily turned out to be a HEA. What these guys did would be CRIMES in real life...oh and by the way, one of the werewolf mates was the local sheriff. All that served to be a real damper to the story for me. This is one book that can be easily skipped.
What do You think about Taming Samantha (2008)?
One great read.Laughs,sex and suspense.Loved it!!!
—Holly
