Onyx Moon was another short, hot story in the 1 Night Stand series. As in the earlier volume, Emerald Moon (reviewed here), the one night stand is really just the excuse to get two shifter mates together. While this is the fourth second book in the Prides of the Moon series, it reads really well as a stand-alone, so don’t let that stop you. Or if you like m/m/f ménages, read the first three books before you dive into this one.

Marcus is a powerful Alpha who is secretly scared of being overwhelmed and/or conned by magic. His plan of looking for and mating with a beta who is a shaman sounds good – until he meets the man and finds it difficult to trust him. A careless ‘test’ of the other man insults the shaman deeply, and Marcus has to risk everything to apologize. Not an easy thing for a proud Alpha to do, but Marcus has no choice.

Vashan has been excluded from his pride ever since his first shift revealed him to be of an inappropriate shifter race. He sees no way out, but is willing to go on a one night stand to check if an Alpha from another pride would be willing to accept him. His pain and disappointment when Marcus rejects him is crushing, but, luckily, the cats aren’t completely in charge and they manage to let the humans work out their differences.

If you like shifter stories, reading about men who are clearly meant for each other and appreciate some very hot sex added to the mixture of a story of consolation, you will probably like this book. It offers a fresh interpretation of the one night stand concept and an intriguing peek at a bigger ‘shifter world’ which will hopefully evolve over the next few sequels.

A small note of warning: there is a hint of female bond mate at the end of the story, but it is no more than a mention at this stage.




NOTE: This book was provided by Decadent Publishing for the purpose of a review on Queer Magazine Online
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Dialogue a little cheesier than in her prior stories in the series, but am still enjoying them. ( )