Watcher: A raven paranormal romance (Crookshollow Gothic Romance) Paperback – January 30, 2018

Cole is a Bran, a raven shifter in servitude to a vampire, and Belinda is a human who runs a bakery. This is a great fun read of how they met, she the sad human, he the injured Raven in the park. Danger, excitement, fun, and laughs insure. Great fun read with a cliffhanger. I received a gifted ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I also bought a copy.

A bakery in trouble. A beautiful baker. A gorgeous man trapped as a raven. A prisoner to a human master. What is going happen in this story? You will have to read it and see, and it will be worth every minute.I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed are my own and I have not been compensated for this review.

I really enjoyed this story of a lady cleaned out and stripped of everything by a con artist. She is unable to let go and open herself up to the possibilities there may be someone out there nothing like the man who ripped out her heart and ate it. And in walks Cole. Her world is now spinning out of control. Wanting to know more because try as she might she can't bring herself to run away. A nice enjoyable read about life sending you lemons and choosing to make lemonade. Belinda and Cole are both ready to go all in, the problem is their past will it let them go and move on? Great characters and some we have met before.

I received this book as an ARC for an honest review.This book is a bit of a departure from my usual reading; though I read a lot of paranormal romance I usually stick to the "typical" shifter stories with werewolves. I've never read an avian shifter books (I'm deathly afraid of birds so I avoid anything having to do with them LOL). I have to say that I really enjoyed this story though. It's about Belinda, a bakery owner that just got out of a horrible relationship where the guy literally took everything she owned when he left, and Cole, a raven shifter that wants nothing more to do with the family that owns him. Cole is a tattooed biker bad boy and Belinda is a shy and quiet baker, they are polar opposites, but hey opposites attract right? I love their pairing and I love that Belinda isn't your typical blond haired heroine that is so common in romance novels.Though I really like this book there were a few things that I didn't quite like; I was wanting a little bit more action maybe a few fight scenes, I think there might be a story that goes before this one, the author talks a lot about other characters in the book without giving them a real backstory so I think this might almost be a spin off (I'm going to go check so I can read the previous books if so) and the one that killed me...this book is a cliffhanger. I HATE cliffhangers and I don't see an exact date where the 2nd half of this book coming out so it just like ended with no resolution and I was just sitting there waiting like "where's the rest?!?". Overall I really did like this book and I will be most certainly reading the followup to this one; I think it's called Reaper and it says a release date of June 2016 and it's the 26th but I don't see any additional information about it.

Watcher is paranormal romance unlike any other I have read before. I have heard of wolf shifters, lion shifters, even a mouse shifter but never of a raven shifter. Believe me when I tell you a mix of hot male with biker appearance that is also a raven shifter is quite a mix. And our heroine is just too funny and cute. In my opinion, they complement each other perfectly. Nevertheless, let’s go back to the story first. Cole, raven shifter, has a cruel master who even dare to sell him off to a vampire. Cruel, right? Well, it seems he and our adorable patisserie, Belinda, have a lot in common in that department. She let a total jerk in her life, who ended up being also a thief that stole broke her heart and stole pretty much all her material possessions. He even dared to take away her clothes and her cat’s igloo. I don’t know if I should call that horrible or ridiculous but he did. Now she has a huge debt which would be paid in about 7 years and she is forced to deal with a 15 year old helping out in her bakery. The problem? The kid is obsessed with icing and believes that every pastry should have it in abundance.As you can see both, our hero and heroine, have their hands full with their lives, but faith can be quite persistence. One day, Cole is sent to her bakery to pick up a cake and that is all it took to ignite the spark that would seal their future forever. I have to say that even though this book is a romance, I believe the author add some scenes that are just too adorable and funny. I couldn’t help but laugh at how Cole enjoys teasing her and how she just blushed and follows his lead. Thought I am surprised she allowed someone into her heart after the huge broken heart that she was trying to nurse. It broke my heart to see how the spark when those two saw each other but he force himself to walk away because of his master, because he didn’t have the freedom to offer something to a woman like Belinda. However, I was snickering and smiling when faith decided that those two should meet again. Also, I was shouting at the book when I read more about that horrible master of Cole which gave every of his shifters a tattoo to control them.In my opinion, this book is the perfect mixture of mystery, mainly regarding Cole’s world, comedy, and a cute/hot romance. I was totally immersed by in front page one. Therefore, I wish to recommend it to paranormal romance lovers. Nevertheless, I wish to warn you that you wish to read the author’s Steffanie other Crookshollow series because it seems it and this book are connected. Also, be aware that this book promise to become the start of a new series, you can imagine what that implies.5 <3Reviewer of Romance Authors That Rock

An interesting tale about shifters. Even though parts of the story are predictable, there is enough twists to keep you interested and reading longer than you intended. It is a fast paced tale, that ends to soon. I enjoyed it and am eager to read the next book.

I picked this up as a kindle freebie and, I'll be honest, I wasn't really expecting to enjoy it. I'm pleased to say that I was pleasantly surprised. The characters are written well, and you can easily invest in them both - in their own separate stories and how their relationship develops.A thoroughly enjoyable read, and I admit I did swear when I got to the end and didn't have book two ready to go!