Release Review: Double Trouble: Barbara Elsborg

by - Thursday, October 21, 2021


Double Trouble
Barbara Elsborg
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Release Date October 21, 2021

A few scenes in this story appeared in a book that is no longer in publication.
In addition, although it is not an Omegaverse story, the possibility of a male shifter getting pregnant is part of the plot. No on-page detail is given.

Seven years ago

Fifteen-year-old Raffety freaks out the moment he arrives at summer camp. Something isn’t right about the place, parents, kids and the counsellors. The only good thing is Jonah—and their first kiss.

Trouble is Jonah’s middle name. He can’t just ignore that Raffety clearly doesn’t belong at the camp, and risks everything to help him escape, even their budding friendship.

Jonah’s actions have damaging repercussions for both boys. Raffety returns to a very different world than the one he left, one where his mum is terrified of strangers who insist they’re pack. As for Jonah, his father decrees he’s gone too far. His memories of Raffety are wiped and Jonah’s exiled to Faerieland.


Present Day

Breaking cover for his mum’s funeral lands Raffety back in the claws of a pack that never stopped searching for him. The alpha is claiming Raffety’s an omega, and prime breeding material. Erm, no way. Raffety would rather eat his own eyeballs. He needs to figure out a way to escape—and quick.

Indentured to Paranormal Resolutions for his sins, which are many, Jonah’s ordered to extract a mark from the clutches of a pack of werewolves. The mission fills him with dread: the wolves know he stole their gold and if they catch him, they’ll eat his guts, with or without ketchup―gulp! But defying his boss isn’t an option. Not if Jonah wants to live.

Is it chance that Jonah and Raffety end up in the same trap, or is it more? Could fate be giving them both a helping hand, or have they just landed in the worst trouble of their lives?

Seven years ago Raffety was thrust into a situation that opened up his eyes to a whole different world and other species and made him question who he might really be. He and Jonah shared a moment, but was not enough to make him stay so he ran with the help of Jonah. But that night and their actions had consequences for both of them and their lives were totally changed. 

In the present, Raffety comes out of hiding for a good reason but unfortunately gathers unwanted attention and gets himself in serious trouble again. And these guys have their own agenda that Rafferty wants no part of. 

Jonah is still dealing with the repercussions of his poor choices in the past and basically working off his time. When his boss sends him in for an extraction he has no idea how crazy and complicated it might be. 

Their two lives seem to cross when it is most needed and they tend to rescue each other. Is it fate, destiny, or just luck? Now they are on the run and Raffety is not quite sure if he is being double-crossed or if he can really trust Jonah. But trouble definitely seems to follow these two. 

This is an interesting paranormal world with a bit of mystery, magic, and hidden agendas. I was cheering for them to make it out okay and for the nasty bad guys to get their comeuppance. I kind of wish I had not read the blurb and just went in blind because I think it would have been even more fun to try to figure it all out. The Paranormal Resolutions Agency and this world seem like it could be a springboard to more stories since some of the side characters are also interesting. 

 

Barbara Elsborg
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Barbara Elsborg lives in Kent in the South of England. She always wanted to be a spy, but having confessed to everyone without them even resorting to torture, she decided it was not for her. Volcanology scorched her feet. A morbid fear of sharks put paid to marine biology. So instead, she spent several years successfully selling cyanide.

After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm) she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying plugged-in male, her laptop.

Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they were to write.

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