Clutch: Forbidden Desires Book 1, Piper Scott and Virginia Kelly

Nathan and Alistair meet when the feisty omega sends a message over a hookup app and the chemistry between the pair is immediately incendiary.  The encounter produced an unprecedented consequence, one that changed both men's lives forever.  Working together for the sake of their clutch is no easy feat, yet they find a bond neither desired but cannot deny is what they want forever more.  When neither of them ever desired offspring of their own there's a lot of adjustment, but it isn't until there's a very real threat that will separate them all that they decide just how permanent they want their lives together to be.

Damn.  I literally had no idea what to expect.  I was blown away, to be sure, that these two men could so quickly capture my attention and affections.  While their second meeting was both bizarre and frenetic, it set the stage for all the centuries of tradition that was in direct opposition to what they were experiencing.  From start to finish I was curious and eager to get to the next moment, and the next, and the next.  I didn't want to stop reading...so I didn't.

Nathan was all kinds of feisty and yet there was something soft in him that reminded him not to act out and lash out with unkind words because he was uncomfortable and scared.  He used his brain and his heart together equally as well as communicated his frustrations and desires for their life that I found quite admirable.  He handled things so well under the bizarre circumstances and I grew to love him quite a lot as an individual and the perfect partner for the oft-belittled Alistair.

"Holy f*balls.  You know what this means, don't you?"

Alistair raised one fine, dark brow.  "That we'll be having acrobatic sex for several centuries, at least?"

Nate whacked Alistair lightly on the chest.  "No, you stupid lizard.  It means I'll finally have time to read all the books!  Not to mention finish my dissertation."

Alistair blinked at him.  "That's..."

"I know."  Nate snuggled into Alistair's warmth.  "Just think.  All the books.  All of them.  All.  This must be what Harry felt like when he found out dragons were real.  I'm so excited.  All the books, Alistair.  All of them."

Alistair held him tight and whispered in his ear, "All the books, my love.  Every single one."

I loved them as a pair but mostly because I hurt for the pity and disparaging Alistair constantly seems to experience from his family.  His soft heart and his desire for experience and life rather than wealth beyond number both make him unique as a dragon but also as a man.  What he values sets him on the path to be the ideal partner for Nate.  He also has a very strong will and is willing to fight for what he knows is his.

The drama surrounding their clutch is a tiny bit nerve-wracking but ultimately short-lived and just right for their experience.  Mainly it gives us a greater image of what will be coming in the subsequent books of the series.  From the little-believed idea of mates, few clutches produced, antiquated hierarchy, to inter-dragon relations, there's going to be so much to discover about this world that I cannot wait to dive back in with Bond, Mate, and all the rest that's coming!

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