Thursday, March 10, 2011

Seducing the Wallflower by Selena Illyria

If you were a paranormal creature outcast where would you go? Strange Hollow is the place. With ever Strange Hollow book I read the town comes alive, and Seducing the Wallflower is now different. Seducing the Wallflower builds on to characters in other books, and gives you more. 
All Nia Reynolds has known is being seen and not heard. Being the only one in her family to not have magical ability is hard. On her thirtieth birthday, all Nia wants is to do something different. When she enters Sensual Were on a dare from Jacinda, she doesn't expect the instant attraction to sexy store manager Bishop Steward.
Bishop has had his eye on the sweet and innocent Nia since he first came to Strange Hollow. After being publicly shunned by his pack and his mate, he came to Strange Hollow to recuperate and be among outcasts like himself. Now that his heart is mended, he wants to go after love again and has Nia in his sights. This wallflower doesn’t stand a chance against his onslaught. So what if he insists of public displays of a sexual nature, can’t stop whispering sweet, dirty nothings in her ear, and gives her a birthday to remember? It’s only for a night, right? A sexy werewolf like him wouldn’t want a shy girl like her? Right? Wrong--and he's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve to convince her she’s just what he wants.
Nia left her family on her twenty first birthday to live in Strange Hollow because she is from a family of witches and she doesn't have an drop of magical ability in her. Now nine years later she is still shy and reserved but she has a few close friends, one being the found of Strange Hollow Jacinda. She also own a teashop called, Pot Luck.

Bishop manages Sensual Were. Sensual Were is an adult toy shop. I loved all the effort Selena put into bringing the adult shop alive for the readers. Bishop came to Strange Hollow after being exiled from his pack. I don't want to give too much away about what caused him to be exiled but I have to say it was a touching story and I enjoyed that Bishop's story was different than other residents of Strange Hollow.

Overall I really enjoyed Seducing the Wallflower. I loved watching Nia come out of her shell with Bishop. Nia and Bishop were the perfect match, and Selena did a wonderful job at bringing them together. I also loved hearing more about Jacinda. Seducing the Wallflower is the first book in the Strange Hollow line that had Jacinda as a large part in the book, normally she has only been a side character when there is a new resident to Strange Hollow. Seducing the Wallflower was another great addition to the Strange Hollow series.

1 comments:

Julianne said...

Sounds like an interesting read! :) I'll have to see about checking it out.