Fur Fox's Sake by Milly Taiden

In the second novel from bestselling author Milly Taiden’s Shifters Undercover series, two shifters must work together to unravel a gripping mystery while fighting their fierce passion…

Marika Paters has an energy coursing through her that others can’t explain. Maybe it’s the curious fox that lies within that gives Marika joy in her work as a geneticist for the only forensic laboratory for animals. But while her research unravels mysteries—like startling new data that threatens to dismantle everything science knows about shifters—Marika has always felt incomplete, just another lonely shifter looking for her mate.

Following a family tragedy, Fellowship Agent Devin Sonder believes he will never find love. But the panther inside knows his mate is out there somewhere—and he can’t give up. When the bodies of a senator and a mysterious dead wolf lead Devin to kind, playful Marika, he feels a powerful, magnetic attraction… even though their personalities clash.

With more dead wolves found, Marika makes a revolutionary discovery about the origin of the beasts. Together with Devin, she races to find out who could be creating shifters—and why. But can the fierce alpha panther and the fiery, driven fox put their carnal desire aside to hunt down the mastermind before more shifters die?

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Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Avid Reader – ☆☆☆☆
M/F Shifter Romance
Warning: Unfinished ending – not quite a cliffhanger, but close

I would suggest reading book one as you will need to know who the characters are from that one because they are in this one as well.

Okay, this book was kind of all over the place for me. While I really liked the story, I sometimes had a hard time following what was going on. We have the main couple, Devin and Marika. They are the couple that find each other in this story. However, we are still watching Charli and Barry too and their stories are intertwined.

Devin had kind of given up on finding his mate. However, when he comes to a crime scene, with his extra abilities, he knows that he'll have to get the help from the shifter unit and also knows that they will need the help of Fish and Wildlife since there was a mangled shifter body found at the scene.

The "science" in this story is funny, but developed. There are explanations as to how the shifters who aren't born that way develop and it's almost convincing. You are also introduced more to Klamin, the bad guy. He's interesting and intriguing.

Then you have the mystery of Charli's Barry. When he figures out what and who he was previously, before the amnesia, Barry goes running. It devastates Charli and we see their struggle to figure out whether or not they can overcome.

I really do like that this book left us wondering, but I think that more could have been resolved and revealed. It seems that either the next book will have to have so much information in it – right now, there are 2 different story lines that need to be resolved. However, I can't wait to see what the resolution is.

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Milly Taiden is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous series, including the Sassy Mates books and the Federal Paranormal Unit novels. Milly loves writing sexy stories so hot they sizzle your e-reader. When her curvy humans meet their furry alphas, inhibitions give way to animal instincts—and carnal desire. She lives in Florida with her husband, child, and Needy Speedy, their spunky dog. Milly is addicted to shoes, Dunkin’ Donuts, and chocolate and is aware she’s bossy.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Fur Fox's Sake (Shifters Undercover #2) by Milly Taiden to read and review.

Bearly in Control by Milly Taiden

For vet and animal whisperer Charli Avers, talking to bears is all in a day’s work. But when she finds a man—a very sexy, very alpha man—where a bear ought to be, the wild comes close to home. Charli is drawn to this mysterious stranger. She wants to help him piece together the past he can’t remember—even if that means shedding her human misgivings and embracing her more carnal desires.

After shifting from bear to man, Barry believes he’s finally found his mate. Now he just needs to find himself. He doesn’t know much about the animal within him, but his human heart aches for Charli. She ignites his instincts to protect her from all danger—including their electric attraction.

The stakes climb as Charli investigates the mystery behind Barry’s memory loss and how it may relate to strange sightings and thefts in this little corner of Oregon. Without answers, she may lose Barry—and herself—to the wild side forever.

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Jordan – ☆☆☆
This is my first time reading any of Milly Taiden's books, which did not leave me very impressed. I just could not get into Bearly in Control and it left me pretty uninterested in checking out any of the future books in the Shifter Undercover series. This story seemed to just drag on for me and then it just seemed to end. It just felt like so many things were left unsolved and the pieces that were solved, seemed way too obvious for an investigator. Also, it really rankled my Oregon pride because I hate when people have all these misconceived notions of what Oregon is like. Normally, I'm always so charmed to read about a book that takes place in a place I've lived, but this one just left me wishing she would've chosen some other state to set her story in.

Charli is the local vet in a small town in Oregon and basically Dr. Doolittle, which means she was born with the ability to speak to animals. One day while working, she brings home a bear who happens to turn into a man named Barry, a bear shifter, that wakes up with no memory in Charli's barn. Together, Charli and Barry begin to investigate the mystery surrounding Barry's memory loss and the strange thefts happening around the town.

I didn't hate Bearly in Control, but I also don't see myself picking up book #2. I definitely felt like Charli and Barry had some good moments, but it wasn't enough to keep me intrigued in the story and the multiple storylines often left me slightly confused. All in all, I'd give this book three stars.


Avid Reader – ☆☆☆
This was my first book by Milly Taiden. While I didn't love the story and actually found it to be very frustrating, I don't know whether it's because this particular story just wasn't Taiden's cup of tea or if it is simply all of Taiden's books.

This was a painfully slow story. There was SO much dialogue and sometimes, less is more. This would have had a much easier flow on the reader if there had been less talking, less description, just less in general.

Nothing was resolved in the story with the exception of Barry knowing what he is. Despite knowing that there will be more books to follow, I find myself uninterested in Barry himself and more interested in the secondary characters. What makes them tick? Why are they like they are?

Charli was fun and spunky in the beginning, but once she met up with Barry, she turned into a hormonal teenager with no impulse control. We lost the confident, sexy heroine to a giddy, giggly teenage girl who dumbed down considerably.

Overall, this was not a great read for me. I like shifter stories, but this one was just too slow.

Milly Taiden is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous series, including the Sassy Mates books and the Federal Paranormal Unit novels. Milly loves writing sexy stories so hot they sizzle your e-reader. When her curvy humans meet their furry alphas, inhibitions give way to animal instincts—and carnal desire. She lives in Florida with her husband, child, and Needy Speedy, their spunky dog. Milly is addicted to shoes, Dunkin’ Donuts, and chocolate and is aware she’s bossy.

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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Bearly in Control (Shifters Undercover #1) by Milly Taiden to read and review.