Title:    Divination Falls Trilogy 2: Beast In Me

 Author:    Sommer Marsden

 Publisher:    Xcite Books Ltd

 Genre:    Paranormal, Contemporary

 Publication date: June 20, 2013

 ISBN:    978-1-190962-244-43

 # Of Pages: 187

 Rating: 

 Heat: 1.5 peppers (M/M, Oral Sex, Anal play/Sex, Masturbation)

                                Series:  Book 2, Divination Falls Trilogy

Publisher’s Blurb:

Cameron Bale is prompted to go to Divination Falls by Spirit and Brother Lightning, and find that the magic filled shifter friendly town has lately been under a dark cloud of sorts.  The local seers hope he’s the perfect person to turn everything around, and Cameron is willing to give it a shot.  Why not?  He’s got nothing else on his plate and he’s sure there’s no one waiting at home for him, which suits him just fine.  A persnickety lupine with to die for eyes, Trace is no stranger to the lone wolf existence, and when Cam sees him, he thinks that maybe they can spend their alone time in the same place.  Of course they have to work that around defeating the evil that has a foothold in Divination Falls, but who’s worried?

Review:

Sommer Marsden is quickly becoming not only one of my go to authors, but one that I actually anticipate her new releases.  Beast In Me, the second installment of her Divination Falls trilogy, is a prime reason why. While I supposed you could read this as a stand-alone story, my OCD mind is screaming that you’ll find it so much more entertaining if you start with the previous book.  Sure it's a paranormal tale with some of the hottest sex I've read in a long time, but it's also a love story between two lonely men that through no fault of their own have braved circumstances that might have done in a weaker person. 

Beast opens with Cameron running for all he's worth all the while being herded along by jolts sent by "Brother Lightning", ending up literally in Tryg and Luke's backyard and interrupting an intimate moment between the two.  After some suspicion on the part of Tryg, they recognize that he’s been called to their town to battle the evil that we saw manifest itself in the first installment of the series.  Cam is given a place to stay at the rectory with the local priest (who also happens to be a jackal) and encounters the most stunning and compelling man he’s ever come across.   One that makes him miss being able to have a relationship without the fear of shocking his partner – literally.  Trace is more than attracted to Cam, but has secrets of his own that make him continuously try to keep Cam at arms’ length.  

I’m not exaggerating when I tell you that I was alternately fanning myself and reaching for the tissues.  These two had baggage that no matter how out of the ordinary they might have seemed, really tore at my heart.  They were lonely, and while they’d seemed to accept it in some fashion as the “way it is”, it didn’t stop them from trying to work it through anyway.  I think that’s what I like most about Ms. Marsden – she has an innate ability to take the most out of the norm situations and make you suspend your belief without you even being aware of it.  I instantly felt connected to Cam and Trace; I rooted for them to open up to one another and even wanted to smack them when the pair were being stubborn.  I absolutely loved Beast in Me by Sommer Marsden and I can’t wait for the third installment of the Divination Falls series!

Review originally posted on TwoLips Reviews