Ami's Hoard

4.25 stars

Desert Bound is the follow-up of Shifting Dreams, a paranormal romance set in the small town of Cambio Spring; a town that is full of shifters. This time, the highlight couple is Alex McCann, future Alpha of the werewolves clan and Teodora "Ted" Vasquez, a dominant mountain lion from the cats clan.

Well, I definitely loved this one ... even slightly more than the first book!! Alex and Ted had history between them; Alex broke Ted's heart and she didn't trust him now that Alex said he wouldn't leave Cambio Springs again. They argued a LOT but at the same time, I thought Alex and Ted were a couple that strive best when they do. Both are strong-willed and hard-headed; and both are DOMINANT in their clans. So it would be expected that they butt-head from time to time.

I was quite happy with the progress of Alex and Ted's relationship. Ms. Hunter didn't let the push-and-pull to stay on page for too long. In fact, Alex and Ted reached their agreement -- that they were good as a couple -- about halfway of the book. After that, they were pretty much solid as they dealt with other important things that happened in their town: finding the murderer of Marcus Quinn, the disappearance of Allie's deadbeat husband, as well as the disapproval from both Alex and Ted's parents about their relationship. I thought this gave a GREAT balance to the whole story in overall. Because dragging along the relationship could be boring and frustrating for readers. So I was glad that Ms. Hunter didn't choose that path.

Then of course there were the secondary characters... namely Ollie and Allie. We've already given clues about Ollie's love towards the werefox that have been going on for 15 years. I guess now that Joe decided to walk out on Allie, we could see Ollie finally get his Allie-girl. I seriously couldn't wait for book three (which is unfortunate because it hasn't even been written yet!)