The Supernatural Enforcers Agency is a police division that specializes in supernatural crime. Holiday Mates is a short story collection containing eight stories revolving around the members of the SEA. My favourites were Lucky Charmed and Mother's Day Mix-Up. My least favourite was Fudging Cupid!. Individual reviews and ratings below. Overall collection rating was 3 stars.

DIE SOFTLY: ***
FUDGING CUPID!: **
SHANNON, THE ANNOYING GHOST: ***
LUCKY CHARMED: ****
EGGHUNTERS: ***
CINCO DE O - MY!: ***
MOTHER'S DAY MIX-UP: ****
PERFECT AND AWESOME: ***

DIE SOFTLY: ***

Penguin shifter, Penny and SEA Jaguar shifter, Walter Diaz are thrown together when the store they're doing last minute Christmas shopping at is robbed and they're taken hostage. I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. There's not a lot of depth but it's a fun amusing story about them getting together with a small background crime plot. I wasn't sure about Diaz in the previous books but he was pretty funny in this. Completely outrageous and a sexual harassment lawsuit waiting to happen, but hilarious. And I loved the animal shifter vs. human mindset thoughts. 3 stars.

FUDGING CUPID!: **

Valentine's Day at the SEA offices takes a turn for unhappy when a warlock dressed as Cupid shoots his love arrows, making Norma (the director secretary) think she's in love with Gerry and Lucie think she's in love with Wayne - which makes Cutter one very unhappy mate. This was alright. Quick short story featuring most of the SEA gang and Cutter forgetting Valentine's Day. The focus is mainly on Cutter and Lucie. 2 stars.

SHANNON, THE ANNOYING GHOST: ***

Gunner and Erin are disappointed to find their new house is haunted by a ghost who insists she was murdered and wants them to find her killer. This was good. Gunner was his usual crazy possessive self and Erin was competent in the face of danger. Even pregnant, she knows how to use her mace. The mystery of who killed Shannon was interesting and actually managed to surprise me. I mean yeah I thought for sure Shelley (the husband's assistant) was guilty - I just didn't expect that Shannon wasn't really dead. Shelley drugged her and admitted her to a hospital where her sister works and put her in a medically induced coma. Her plan was to marry Mike (the husband who she was in love with) and to keep receiving the payments from Shannon's trust. 3 stars.

LUCKY CHARMED: ****

A leprechaun is arrested at SEA and has to grant three wishes in order to be able to leave. Penny, Boris and Winston Strong are the lucky recipients. Penny wants to know how Diaz really feels about her. Security guard, Boris, wants his crush, swan shifter, Cecile to see him as her hero. And Winston Strong wants to be a hero.

I loved catching back up with Penny and Diaz and was amused at his logic. Penny thinks he's embarrassed by her because he won't introduce her to his work colleagues. So he takes her into the office and spends the day introducing her only to the females and avoiding places the men would be. Boris and Cecile were sweet and gave off Gunner and Erin vibes. And Winston Strong was ridiculous. He finds his mate in Wolfman: The Lioness and the Wolf.

I've got to say though, my favourite character in this one was Ethel. Ethel was a badass. “Come on, dear,” said Ethel soothingly as she helped Wolfman to his feet. “Did I save you?” he asked while rubbing his head. She gave him a sympathetic smile. “Not exactly, but you provided a nice distraction for me to clock him over the head. And look, I even managed to steal his wallet while he was trying to run away from me.” Ethel held it up proudly. She was quite the pickpocket back in the day. “That’ll teach the little bastard.”

Price, Elizabeth Ann. Holiday Mates: Short Stories (Supernatural Enforcers Agency) (p. 106). Kindle Edition.

4 stars.

EGGHUNTERS: ***

Bunny shifter, Judy is determined to get her old job back after she was demoted to assistant. She just needs to prove herself as an investigator and catch a thief who's stolen eggs. When she approaches Gerry Sanders at SEA for help, he lends her the assistance of gorilla shifter, Mason. This one was okay. There was a bit of mystery and detecting, bit of romance and some humour. 3 stars.

CINCO DE O - MY!: ***

Winston Strong makes a reappearance! Lioness shifter, Avery is having a bad day when her ex boyfriend accosts her, it gets worse when she's mugged by three gator shifters, but then she meets a hero - Wolfman. Winston is so absolutely ridiculous and it's hilarious. I liked seeing their first meeting. 3 stars.

MOTHER'S DAY MIX-UP: ****

Boris and Cecile visit Cecile's family for Mother's Day. This one was hilarious. I enjoyed the mystery and the snarky inner dialogue was to die for. Like this;

Course, she could do that by telling Edmund to take a fucking running jump thought his bear, grumpily. The male was smirking at him and Boris had the urge to stab him with a fork – he had a choice of four different forks so it was really tempting.

Price, Elizabeth Ann. Holiday Mates: Short Stories (Supernatural Enforcers Agency) (p. 216). Kindle Edition. Or my favourite part;

“Now, you have nine minutes and forty seconds. And I must warn you after the ten minutes has ended, I will have to release the bear.” They glanced nervously at Boris. “I asked Boris to be on his nicest behavior this weekend,” she explained, “but given that you did try to frame him for theft, ruin our mating, and kept calling me Cissy, I will rescind my request if you do not leave immediately. If I were you, I wouldn’t wait around to see what he is capable of.” Their eyes widened before scurrying off in opposite directions.

Price, Elizabeth Ann. Holiday Mates: Short Stories (Supernatural Enforcers Agency) (p. 240). Kindle Edition. Great read, 4 stars.

PERFECT AND AWESOME: ***

Lion shifter, Rick finds his match in witch, Ariadne. This was okay. Straightforward romance with a little bit of mystery. 3 stars. ( )