Sometimes love arrives in the cutest bundle of fur.Alpha rabbit shifter Jase only plans to stretch his legs when he pulls to the side of the road. When a quick shift turns into a brush with death, he’s left in the hands of a young boy who vows to save him by bringing him to a small rescue farm to heal.Omega human August is tying up loose ends for his grandmother’s estate when a bunny is placed in … bunny is placed in his care–too bad he doesn’t know a thing about bunnies. His protective instincts immediately kick into place and he finds himself not only nurturing the small creature back to health, but also growing more and more attached to the farm each day.
August’s life is turned completely upside down when Jase arrives at the farm naked and in need of shelter. He’s immediately drawn to the man–the man who has a secret.
Some Bunny to Love is a sweet with knotty heat M/M shifter mpreg romance featuring an adorable bunny, a young boy who saves the day, a human who discovers there is an entire world he never knew about, two men who finally find their place in the world, true fated love, and an adorable little baby. This is the first book in the River’s Edge Shifters series brought to you by the co-writing team of Lorelei M Hart and Aria Grace and can be read as a stand alone. If you love knotty fun, true love, and your mpreg with heart, one-click today.
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In response to a single-star review that you do need to know about because of subject material.
Just to warn you, in case it’s a no-go in the first place, an innocent dog is mentioned to have been shot by a brain-damaged, drunken human male who should had been put down instead of the dog. I know it’s a terrible thing, but considering how many animal abusers there are in the world, and especially in my backyard, you can’t just say it’s not realistic. Does the guy get his just rewards? Maybe but not immediately, but that might be the subject of another book. Let’s just say that all the other animals in his realm of influence was removed, including a young boy who was also abused. Keep in mind that Human child abusers are often animal abusers first, and instead of ignoring them, the rest of us need to be out there, defending those being hurt by them.
Did I like this story? Hell, yeah! I love bunny shifters. (I’ve only read one other bunny shifter story, and I would love any other recommendations from anyone who might be reading this review. Just leave a comment. I’ll see it.) Don’t let anyone fool. you. Bunnies may look all cute and cuddly, but they can cause a lot of harm with their kicks and bites. Some of the worst pet-one-pet-afflicted fighting wounds were caused by dogs first then rabbits second. Talk about being a bad-ass bunny! But in our case, Jace the rabbit shifter has been pretty much removed from his family and pack because of his recessive gene peeking out in the gene miasma and saying “hi!”. According to his family/pack, nothing about being a bunny shifter is cool. Up until his first shift, Jace had been the first to do everything and could outrun, outfight, out-posture any adolescent in the same pre-shift status. But the other first-shifted into wolves while he became… a bunny.
SO not cool…
Even more NOT COOL was shifting into a rabbit to stretch the legs after a long-hour car drive, only to miss scenting a fox nearby. Said fox almost kills him in bunny-form, but he’s rescued by a nearby abused boy who took the nigh-unto-death rabbit shifter to the local informal wildlife rehabilitation expert by the name of Grandma Angeline… except she’s recently died, and her farm, barn, and animals was being temporarily taken care of by her grandson August (or Auggie for short). Since Jace can’t shift because of the severity of his injuries, he’s stuck in rabbit form, hoping against hope for a veterinarian. But August, between books and YouTube, manages to nurse the rabbit to much better health to the point he can shift back into human mode.
So how do you tell the guy who has been rabbit-cuddling you all along that you’re human, too, and wants to have wild rabbit sex with you? Oh, and there’s a chance you can get him pregnant if neither of you are using protection.
Talk about world-building. I only wish there could be more because I have still have a lot of questions in my head about this unusual universe. I knew there was always a need for a lone town where rogue (but socially acceptable) shifters can gather as there are strength in numbers as well as the concept that it takes a village to raise a village. As you can already guess, this is an m/mpreg universe which is fine with me biology-wise, as August is an omega. No big deal.
Both Jace and Auggie are sympathetic characters, both with plenty of history of being rejected by family and society. Neither have college degrees that could actually help them find careers they’d actually liked. Both are outcasts of the family. Both have a tendency to attract others like themselves. What a nice place to be… as long as we don’t have to deal with an über-alpha non-shifter sheriff of the town. I’m sure in subsequent books, we’ll learn more about him than we’d care, but as of right now, he’s on my villain name list.
But even the bully is likely to be more complicated than the usual stereotypical, typeset villain character often needed to propel a series like this as not only does he represent the local, hateful non-shifters of this town, he’s most likely attracting them to the town and overlooking their flaws while being a real jerk to the rest of the peaceful small towns’ folk. I appreciate a more complicated anti-hero on board. Let’s see where that leads us.
The editing isn’t that bad though it still needed a thorough, final read-through as there were still plenty of misspellings, grammar and punctuation issues. However, I think the writer did an excellent job in portraying this very unusual shifter class that people would otherwise ignore. (Can you imagine bunny-shifting MC bikers? Now that would be truly horrifying! But riveting reading material, for certain!) The storyline is original for its use of something different down the shifter pike.
As mentioned in the very beginning, there is mentioned a subplot of an abusive man upon a child and a dog shooting of one of the child’s adopted dogs as a means of controlling said child. It’s sad but realistic in this case. At least another dog as well as the child himself managed to escape such a doomed future when he was able to escape his father’s clutches and find himself a foster-father who is a shifter himself!! Hahaha!
I can’t wait for the next installment of this series! And I hope there are still bunnies as well as otters and who. knows what else. There are so many possibilities. Time for a much needed bunny nap!
I loved it.
3.5 rating
I think I said this before but I’m going to type it out again. I have never struggled to read Aria Grace’s books. All their books are readable to me. This is still the case even with writing partner Lorelei M. Hart. I enjoyed this book but nothing that exceed my expectation of what I was reading. I’m still confused about how a non-shifter was able to get pregnant but I accept MPREG as a thing in the place. It was sweet but with no depth. I will most likely read the next book.
I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.