cover image Must Love Lycans

Must Love Lycans

Michele Bardsley. Signet Eclipse, $7.99 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-0-451-23450-6

Kelsey Morningstone is a therapist at a renowned clinic, counseling patients with issues as complicated as her own in this layered, humorous installment of Bardsley's Broken Heart series (Cross Your Heart, etc.). When Kelsey encounters gloriously nude patient Damian, she can't help but feel a combination of immediate lust and guilt at her highly inappropriate feelings for the somewhat feral man who paces like a caged animal. She soon discovers that he's an actual werewolf, and there's a magical world existing side by side with the merely human one. With complex characters, outrageously delicious sex scenes, a strong story arc, and fast-paced writing, Bardsley cements her position as a solid author of complex, funny, and satisfyingly relatable paranormal romance. (Sept.)