Series: Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery #1
Published by Oliver-Heber Books on April 16, 2020
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Vampires
Pages: 300
Format: eBook
Source: ARC
A girl's gotta eat--and so do her three cats. Recently divorced art history grad student Hanna Harvey has just fibbed her way into a job as the assistant to dangerously drool-worthy art gallery owner Mark Abernathy. For Hanna, working in the field she desperately loves provides the perfect opportunity to begin putting her life back together. Soon her cheese budget is in the black and her feline life partners are no longer eyeing her like a six-foot can of Fancy Feast.
But when her boss's lady friends start turning up dead, Hanna finds herself in the cross hairs of a murder investigation. Even worse, hunky homicide detective James Morrison fears hers might be the next body he discovers.
With the "help" of the gallery's quirky cast of resident artists, Hanna will have to hunt down the truth about Abernathy's dark secret--before it hunts her.
I discovered Cynthia’s work about a month ago and I have since made it my mission to read all her books as soon as possible. When an opportunity popped up to read an ARC of her newest release Once Upon a Werewolf, I was all there for it. I was completely sucked in right from the beginning and found it near impossible to put down and be a responsible adult.
Hanna was such a lovable character, especially in her more vulnerable moments. A recently divorced cat lover at the end of her rope fudges her resume because WHAT COULD GO WRONG? This book brought in a lot of different emotions, especially toward the end, but I spent most of this book laughing out loud and experiencing a hint of secondhand embarrassment.
I can hardly wait for the next installment! There is so much we need to learn about the entire crew of characters, but particularly Hanna and Abernathy. If you enjoyed Cynthia’s Private Lies or the Matilda Schmidt chronicles then you will definitely love Once Upon a Werewolf. I also recommended this for fans of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series because this is exactly the same sort of humor which means it is right up my alley! Be prepared for sexual tension, males with smoldering looks, mysteries abound, inventive swearing, and twists a-plenty in this thrilling paranormal mystery romp.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
About Cynthia St. Aubin
I like gravy.
This has nothing to do with the rest of my bio, but I thought you ought to know.
About the writing thing...
I wrote my first play when I was six and made my brothers perform it for my parents. I charged gum wrappers for admission (a steal, in my opinion, considering I had handed out the gum wrappers ahead of time). While I seriously doubt you'll be seeing any of my formative work on Broadway anytime soon, I can credit these early experiments with the first of many important lessons I learned about writing: no matter how brilliant your manuscript is, some kid can go streaking across the living room, and totally undermine your vision.
Cue the lightbulb moment. People like funny stuff!
I never quite gave up on the writing thing, even as I earned a Master's degree in art history and spent a decade in the corporate gulag, but in those quiet moments when expense reports had been filed and to-do items checked off, the funny people in my head kept talking to me.
What came out was an amalgamation (vocabulary!) of all the things I love: funny stuff, art, psychology, food, people, and paranormal critters!
Et voila! The Case Files of Dr. Matilda Schmidt, Paranormal Psychologist were born.
When I'm not sitting in my office watching cat videos and pretending to write, I like cooking, knitting (badly), wandering through museums, attacking late night Thai food with my face, and contemplating numerology.
I live in Texas with a surly cat named Patches.
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