Pulled by the Tail by Nancey Cummings [Review]

Pulled by the Tail (Tail and Claw #2) by Nancey Cummings
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: August 1, 2023

Tail and Claw
1. Have Tail, Will Travel
2. Pulled by the Tail - Paperback | Kindle
3. Tail, Dark and Handsome
4. Tattle Tail
5. Tail Me No Lies

Nancey Cummings
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Matched to the wrong alien…

Georgia wanted a prince, not a massive brute. When a clerical error lands her on a backwater planet with only anti-social Talen for company, she knows there’s been a mistake. The agency says it will take months to fix, but the more time she spends with Talen learning about his surprising hidden depths and surrendering to his sensual embrace, the more she wonders if Celestial Mates was wrong after all.

Talen lives for his books… and his family…

So when his brother’s latest scheme delivers a human female to his door he refuses to turn her away. She’s part of his pride now and her luscious form and biting wit are vital to his future. He’ll win her heart and convince her that no matter how they were brought together, she’s the only one for him.

Thoughts on Pulled by the Tail: After a pretty awful romantic betrayal (which comes after dealing with potentially awful news already), Georgia applies to Celestial Mates, ends up matched to Quil, and heads off-planey to do the couple thing. Except...Quil's already hitched himself to another lady (don't ask. His actions were not cool no matter that Georgia ended up with the brother who she probably should have been matched to in the first place) and a loophole in the marriage contract has her faced with either accepting that she's married to Talen or losing her visa to stay on planet. Yeah, it's a little sticky.

Let's just say that Quil's a douchecanoe of the highest order, his new wife is convinced Georgia is going to set her sights on the guy who ghosted her and married someone else while technically married to her, and Talen is the only one rooting for Georgia to give Quil holy heck and do what needs to be done.

Which, in this case, is accept that she can take the loophole, stay married to Talen, and help him (and the others in his found family) turn their rundown manor into a thriving business. She's still convinced she's going to head out at soon as she saves enough funds, but Talen is doing his level best to convince her to stick around and make a real go of it with him.

Found family, big family trauma (for both the brothers and for Georgia), a house with a lot of character, a whole lot of verbal sparring, some "bad sausage", and two people who figure things out just in the nick of time. *thumbs up*