Title: Beware the NeckRomancer
Life as a half giraffe mage, a hybrid on the fringes of society, has its positives and drawbacks. Greginald (Gre) lives a simple life with his apothecary shop selling the odd herbal tea and spell for enhancements for certain kinds of men. Together with his whispering books and poltergeist that haunts the kitchen, he lives a fancifully dull life—until Esmeray comes along.
Esmeray is working his way up from the bottom in his father’s law firm to prove himself worthy of the Faust name. The only problem is a certain mage who has earned the ire of the church and society at large. Well, that and his sentient demon shadow. Defending the mage means defending his life as well. They’ll do anything to ruin Greginald.
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Greginald is a half giraff shifter half mage hybrid who is most comfortable in his half shifted form. It can be uncomfortable for him to shift into his human form, so he spends as much time as he can in his half shifted form. Greginald owns an apothecary shop, and is fastidiously neat.
Esmeray is a demon and a lawyer in his father's law firm. Because he wants to make it to the top of the firm on his own merits he has essentially forbidden his father to help him. So, his current office is a windowless room, and he takes on a lot of the work others don't really want to do.Oh, and he drives an old car as well. No perks from daddy just because daddy is rich, wealthy and owns the firm.
When Esmeray walks into Gre's office and tells him that he along with several others is being sued for cursing a man's d*** so it won't work properly, to say Gre is stunned would be an understatement. Afterall, just because he could do such a curse, doesn't mean he would. Gre's not like that, in fact he goes out of his way to help people, no matter how tempting it might be at times to do otherwise. Fortunately, Grey is so organized, he has enough evidence to make it easy for Esmeray to possibly get the case thrown out. Things get very dicy though when Esmeray's father arrives with a request Gre is not sure he wants to do. It will take some smooth talking and some very creative thinking if Gre is going to save both Esmeray and himself.
Beware the NeckRomancer by Lilo Quie is such a delightful read! I loved all the quirky characters and the world building is fabulous. The love scenes are emotional, and the way that Gre and Esmeray fall for each other is just sublime. And the secrets, oh the secrets that get revealed in this book about the different characters, twists and turns there is no way I could have imagined in my wildest dreams. Plus all the different gods, and goddesses are just so much fun, their personalities are all so distinct and yet so very human and at times fallible. I just loved them! If you enjoy MM Shifter Romance, or even if you've never read one before, I can so recommend this one to you! Check it out, you won't be sorry.
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