NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review. If you like stories about “underdog” shifters, if a raccoon shifter and his prospective mate sound like fun, and if you’re looking for an entertaining, funny read with a great twist at the end, then you will probably like this short story.
And then, after their first night together, Aaron finds out that Philip has a secret as well… Poor Aaron! He is so desperate for affection that I can totally see why he hesitates. On one hand he needs to let Philip know he is a shifter – and what kind, on the other he wants to enjoy being liked for just a little longer. When Aaron runs into Philip and their friendship turns into more, Aaron is torn. Knowing all this, I totally understand why he doesn’t want a prospective lover to know any details! And while his change does not happen based on the lunar cycle, the unpredictability of it makes things worse. Not even the protective room in his room will hold him and his curiosity. Like all shifters, he suffers from memory loss once he shifts back to human form and only knows that his raccoon form likes to trash stuff. He suffers from the full impact of big-shifter disdain, even being called “vermin” by an ex-lover. Very sad, but utterly realistic.Īaron is a raccoon shifter, the only one of three left alive known to medical science.
Among humans, some are better than others too, so I could well imagine that, once shifters reveal themselves, the discrimination and inequality will just extend to them as well. It made me laugh because it just sounds so believable.
Predatory shifters like wolves, bears, lions, and other big hunter animals get all the attention and respect, and everyone else has to fend for themselves. In the world of ‘Love Unmasked’, shifters are known to humans, and some shifters are better and more well-accepted than others.
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