I only read this book because a) the title is so outrageous, b) it was on Audible Romance package and therefore free/ paid for, and c) it was short. I haven't previously read any shifter romance (which I know is a THING) so I may have missed references to known shifter tropes or elements that Langlais may have satirized. It was an ok read, pretty funny and light. There were some cringey parts, like a comment about how women don't call the police on handsome stalkers (ergh) and some weirdness about virginity. The narrator was spot-on, he sounded like he was playing a part in a John Hughes film. I felt like the author could have taken it further in the direction of satire and it would have been more fun, there isn't much to the humor beyond the fact that characters are moose shifters. Overall a fun, short read.

ETA: you know this book may have been really strong satire and I just can't tell based on my recent reading being full of kind of cheesy billionaire hero romance. So, it's a grey area for me maybe? It's definitely cheesy in a self-aware, tongue-in-cheek way, which is just how a lot of contemporary romance is now, I think? Which I like.

This was fun as always but way too short for the amount of things happening and I would have loved it had it been a full length novel.

Bryce is being blackmailed by his grandfather, get married or loose your inheritance. Melanie is looking after her sick, ungrateful and abusive mother. When Bryce walks up behind her and proposes out of the blue what’s a girl to do?

Another book filled with the hilarious banter we’ve come to expect from Eve Langlais. Combine this with the devastation of living a life just barely scraping by and the possibility that your future could be snatched out from under you and you’ve got an emotional rollercoaster ride.

Downright hilarious. A moose shifter with an ego as big as his rack, and boy is he proud of that rack. But to keep the family business, he needs to get married and get her pregnant. She’s a lynx shifter who know s nothing about shifters. She cares for her dying mother. A woman who truly hates and belittles her every chance she can. Put the two together and mayhem will happen. The story is beyond funny and sexy as hell. I love the two main characters. They have so much personality and the chemistry between them sparks.

I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of the book.

Would have preferred a female narrator. But he wasn't bad.

Bryce and Melanie’s story sucked me in on page one and would not let me go. Just as I started to think I had it all figured out, there was a twist in the story, then another one, and another one! I became invested in the outcome, hated certain characters while rooting for others, and seriously enjoyed every single page.

Fast, fun and over the top. Even the heroine laughs at the hero after all she reads romance. The Get married or you’re out of the will trope has been done to death so she laughs at the guy trying to use it on her. After that I was sold. If you want a fun, sweet and sexy escape check out the guy with a heck of a rack.

Honestly, the title is the best part.

Did not finish at 33%. All of the characters are unpleasant people. From the grandfather to the grandson to the heroine to her mother. They are all mean, selfish and self-absorbed. Nothing attractive at all! I just want some thing fun and light and this is not fun.

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Bryce Elanroux is proud of his moose shifter heritage, as well as his family's maple syrup company. When his grandfather imposes an ultimatum on him, Bryce has not choice but to propose to the only shifter he hasn't known for ages - the lynx he meets in the woods. When a stranger in the coffee shop asks her to marry him, Melanie thinks he is insane. However, after he tracks her down and lays out his plan, she can't resist the temptation to get away from her mother. Meanwhile, forces are gathering against the Elanroux family and they might even include someone inside the family.

If you're looking for a quick, fun story with family dramas galore, this is the book for you!