Risking Alex

Melissa
Stevens
Genre: 
Paranormal

Matt is grieving the loss of his wife and child who passed in a car accident two years ago. When he meets Alex through his sister’s clan there’s a draw to her that he’s never felt before. He loved his human wife dearly, but Alex is like him, a cougar shifter. A strong instinct to mate calls to both of them, but acting on their yearnings will take courage.

 

“Risking Alex” is a tale of love lost and new love found. Matt and Alex’s paths cross fleetingly at a party. There are several plots going on in this book and they overshadow Alex and Matt’s story. Instead of the novel beginning with Matt and Alex, the two characters are present, but the story opens with a disclosure of rape which occurred to Matt’s sister and her finding happiness with her new mate. Another plot then takes over after the wedding of the clan leader and his mate. Followed by another plot where the new alpha female meets her estranged family in a park, but few reasons as to why they are estranged. Finally, near the end of the novel, Matt begins to take interest in Alex and considers acting on their instincts. Their romance is far from heated and in fact feels more clinical. Matt continually reminisces about his wife and whether he should love someone else, but eventually decides life with Alex can be fulfilling and jumps in with four paws when her life is threatened.

 

Sloane Austen