My GOD. Amy Padilla utterly blew me away with her newest book. "The Shapeshifter's Secretary" is the third novel in her latest series, Charmed Away Temp Agency.
["All Tony wanted was a job that didn’t make his life harder. Being a temp should have made it easier, let him pick jobs that he was comfortable with, but bills needed to be paid and he didn’t have the luxury of turning jobs down. So when his boss offers him what sounds like the perfect job, he’s afraid to hope he’s finally found his place. After all, the job is only temporary. They wouldn’t want to keep someone like him. Right?
Taron was starting to think he was the problem. Why else would he have gone through three secretaries in a matter of weeks? Granted, he had issues staying put and he was known to make the occasional prank, but he wasn’t that bad! So after Avery goes out of his way to find someone know, Taron promised to behave. And when he meets the newest addition, he’s determined to keep that promise. Tony calls to him in a way no one else has before, and for once in his life, he wants to stay put. But when a past mistake starts looking in Tony’s direction, he realizes behaving might not be enough. Right?
Zephyr would admit to no one that he was still in love with his ex. So when there’s an opportunity to work with him, he makes up an excuse and pretends he’s only there for the project. Except Taron has his eyes on another, and it only took one conversation to figure out why. Tony is sweet and earnest, and in sore need to be taken care of. It wasn’t possible to have them both. Right?"]
And the bonus tags (because they're arguable better than the blurb itself): ["good things come in threes, Tony has a tragic backstory, Taron wants to cuddle him, old rivals make a reappearance, Taron calls in a favor, being around out-of-control incubi is a recipe for disaster, or spicy times, take your pick, sharing is caring, they’ll learn to get along for Tony, healing can be painful, Taron can’t hide from the truth, nobody can hate Tony, guaranteed HEA."]
This one started with some slow burn. Then again, this series was a little slow burn-y. The feelings started relatively regular-burn-y (it's a thing), but the steam took some time. But when it got there? Oh wow, was that steam strong.
The steam and the fluff. There was just so much dedication and protectiveness in this book, from all sides. It wasn't all over-the-top-alpha possessiveness, because that wasn't Tony/Taron/Zephyr. They might not have had the easiest of times (I'm looking at you Taron and Zephyr), but they made it work. At first for Tony, but then for themselves.
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