The Vampire in the Potting Shed by Hailey Edwards [Review]

The Vampire in the Potting Shed (Groom & Doom #1) by Hailey Edwards
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: June 17, 2025

Groom & Doom
1. The Vampire in the Potting Shed - Kindle
2. The Goblin in the Sink Drain

Hailey Edwards
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

There are two things Ana Sartori knows for certain. She can’t shapeshift into a wolf like her father or his pack. And, despite her being a latent, little more than human, he loves her despite her faults. She’s never going to be an alpha like him, but she can still hold her own in a fight. Not that her life is violent. He makes sure of that. Aside from occasionally wrestling pets into a headlock when it’s time to trim their nails at Gwinnett Street Groomers, Ana leads a simple life.

At least that was the case until someone broke into her pet resort and spa, leaving a mystery dog behind in one of the bougie boarding suites. Not to mention there’s a vampire hiding in the potting shed. A very tall, very handsome vampire. He even smells nice, minus the blood drenching his clothes.

Ana could handle those things, probably, but now there’s a new alpha determined to claim the town—and Ana—as his territory. Either she stands and fights for her home, or she runs to her father with her (metaphorical) tail tucked between her legs. Life is a lot of things, but for Ana, simple isn’t one of them anymore.

Thoughts on The Vampire in the Potting Shed: Oh.My.Goodness. I have yet to meet a new HE series I don't love and BOY am I enjoying the setup on this one. There are LAYERS here and secrets that are festering under the surface and I AM READY FOR THEM.

So. Ana is what amounts to a human in a wolf pack. Her inability to shift leaves her in a tough situation and she is trying her level best to carve out a life for herself apart from the pack. Her father makes it difficult, but he's given her some space. Or so Ana thinks. Because the moment things start getting sticky, he swoops in to bring her back into the fold.

But Ana's resourceful and has had a lifetime of working around her father's restrictions. She ferret's out what information she can and when she somehow ends up with a wounded man in her potting shed, she hides him to give herself time to plan. That, as it turns out, was exactly the right thing to do.

A whole lot of secrets, pack politics that are more than a little complicated, a new group moving into town, puppers, cautious friendship, and a lady who is far, FAR more than she thinks she is. MAN, I am ready to see what happens next!