Blind Date with a Werewolf: A Novel in Stories by Patricia Briggs

This is a treat for Briggs fans and readers of paranormal fiction. Set in the Pacific Northwest, present day, featuring werewolf Asil Moreno. Asil is set up on five blind dates during the winter holiday season by “your concerned friends”.

Asil is very, very old, powerful, and lonely. His main hobby is growing black roses. Two of the five dates go very badly, but none of it is Asil’s fault. A very pretty man who dresses well, he first goes to a dance with people pretending to be vampires, then has an encounter with a tiger and a lioness. Asil rescues people and fights a wyrm (distant relative of a dragon). Ghost hunters take him through a Victorian haunted house, and an old and treacherous vampire may or may not get his comeuppances. Fun and slightly dangerous, Asil and his wolf suit any occasion, formal or very casual. Some of these stories have been published before, and I had already read one of them. This is a quick, enjoyable, and less intense read than some of the titles in the Alpha & Omega werewolf or Mercy Thompson shapeshifter series.

Brenda