Colin

Council Enforcers #16

by Catherine Lievens

Colin has been living half a life for the past twenty years, ever since his father caught him kissing William. Instead of standing up for their relationship, Colin allowed William to be thrown in jail and married the woman his father chose for him. He loves his two sons and even Justine, but they were never meant to be together, and they’ll never be truly happy as a couple. That suits Colin just fine because he doesn’t deserve to be happy. His son Brandon does, though, and when Colin’s father decides to arrange a marriage for him, Colin finds the courage he never thought he had and finally stands up to him.


A half-shifter created in a lab, Matt has been working undercover for the past fifteen years with very little time as his real self in between cases. When he gets shot and realizes he won’t be able to go back to his job, he’s surprisingly relieved. He’ll finally have time to be himself and to cultivate his relationship with the few friends he managed to make in between jobs. And best of all, he’s met his mate. Maybe now they can get to know each other and see what’s possible.


Things aren’t that easy, though. Even after Matt and Colin talk, Colin is still married, still guilt-ridden over the pain he caused William, and still terrified of his father. Justine finds her courage first and tells Colin it’s time for them to get divorced. He agrees—but can he overcome his terror and stand up for himself and his mate?

Genres: Paranormal, Shapeshifters, M M Romance, M M Paranormal

134 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2018

About the author

Catherine is the creator of several series, most of them paranormal, including the Whitedell Pride Series and the Gillham Pack Series. While she graduated in translation, she decided to go the writer’s way because it was more fun to create her own stories and characters.
She’s been living in Italy for more than twenty years, but she’s a daughter of the North—Belgium to be precise—and she misses it so much that she’s already planning to move back.
She loves pizza—probably too much —her pets, and of course, books. She sneaks some reading time in her schedule every time she has five minutes free from writing, demands from her various pets and son, and lastly, housework.

Reviews

[nana · Rating 2 out of 5]

For personal reasons I have a weak spot for closeted-gay-married-with-a-woman characters, so I was very excited for Colin's book, and... guess my expectations were too high. The romance: boring, but I enjoyed Colin being so disturbed over his mate that his wife noticed something was wrong. It was a just ok read.

Also Gentry, the pack psychologist, is RIGHT THERE. (Btw he must have a LOT of work with all these characters).

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Past mistakes... they brushed by on the character development and I feel like at least one talk with Gentry could have helped with that. I don't know, its a little iffy but I felt the characters were more genuine in this book.