Margo Bond Collins

Ryker Phillips, the Moonstone pack enforcer, is sent under cover to the Idaho pack in order to find mistreatment and corrupt plans. He meets Ivy Campbell, a girl who has been mistreated by her pack her entire life. Her desire to run away but constant eyes prevent her from exceeding. Ivy fights the mate bond with Ryker out of trauma but is determined to help her pack out of her current leader and his overwhelming need for control. Both fights to save the pack and keep the current safety with all the packs.

“Ryker by Margo Bond Collins was okay, but I had I a few dislikes with it. One of those was Ryker needed to infiltrate the pack by fitting in, which means he needed to pretend to be as cruel as the rest but he kept showing a merciful and compassionate side to the pack leader which made him a very bad spy. Another was that the fighting and ending was anticlimactic and repetitive. It was still entertaining and an easy read and worth the time invested in the mated bond between Ivy and Ryker. 3 out of 5 stars.… (more)

This is a short prequel to the Mythic Kiss series. Skyla is a siren who’s lived in the ocean for thousands of years after the man she loved chose another woman. She can shift from mermaid to human at will, but she's stayed in her mermaid form for a long time. Then she’s sent to the surface by Poseidon to stop a threat that will tear the human world, and the mer world, apart.
Clay is a human detective from the US on leave in Greece. He meets Skyla, and they both feel something magical between them. They join forces to take down the bad guys and wind up with more than they bargained for.
I liked the story for the most part, but it needs a little editing. It’s predominately written in 1st POV and properly alternates between Clay and Skyla, but the author occasionally slipped into 3rd POV. There are also a few spelling errors. Other than that, it’s a good prequel for what seems like an interesting series.
3 Stars

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