BITS AND BOBS by Mandy Rosko

Title:  BITS AND BOBS
Series:  FUC Academy #24
Author:  Mandy Rosko
Publisher:  Mandy Rosko
Publish Date:   11.19.2021
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance, Rom-Com
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content.
Grammar/editing:  received as an unedited ARC / errors excused.
Received from:  Mandy Rosko
Goodreads link: Bits and Bobs
Date completed: 11.23.2021
 
Description from the publisher:
A cat, a fish, and an evil bird all meet up at a lake…

Steve’s little trip to BC to help his brother turned into more than he bargained for when a strange bird-woman abducted him. Now all of a sudden he can turn into some kind of cat… what?!!

Cindy’s been stuck as a rescued resident at the Furry United Coalition Newbie Academy. The kind agents managed to save her from the lab, but they’ve had no luck reversing whatever experiment gave her permanent gills, rainbow scales, and webbed fingers.

Her roommates have all found love and moved on from the Academy, but Cindy’s lost hope on that ever happening for her. Until she meets Steve. He sees past her abnormalities. In fact, he thinks she looks like a beautiful mermaid.

Can it be true? Does Cindy finally have a chance at a happily ever after? Or will the evil bird-woman ruin it all when she comes to collect her chicks?
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BITS AND BOBS is the twenty-fourth book in the multi-author FUC Academy series.  Each is a stand-alone, paranormal, romantic suspense story set in the FUC world created by Eve Langlais.  You do not need to have read any of those books to start this series – I haven’t, though I wish now that I had.
 
This story was very well written with great descriptions that made me feel like I was living the events. 
 
There is a lot of suspense and emotion.  For Steve, it all started with visiting his brother, Sam, in the hospital after Sam was bitten by a snake.  Steve doesn’t know about FUC, shifters, or that his world is about to change.
 
I loved that Steve thought that Cindy was a mermaid.  What she saw as disfiguring and ugly, he saw as beautiful and unique.  That is the beginning of true love.  Years ago, I saw a movie called “The Enchanted Cottage.”  In it a disfigured war veteran and a plain-Jane maid don’t see each other as they are.  Instead, each is the most beautiful person to the other… as long as they are in the cottage.  I was reminded of that movie when I read this book.  Steve truly believed that Cindy was his beautiful mermaid.  Absolutely heart-warming.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via BookSprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
FUC Academy Series:
1.      FUCN’A Introduction (Eve Langlais)
2.      I’ll Be Dammed (Mandy Rosko)
3.      Goose and the Ocelot (Renee Hewett)
4.      Bat and the Bone (Alexa Gregory)
5.      Panda and the Kitty (Eve Langlais) 
6.      Jumping the Bull (Jenn Burke)
7.      Pawsitively ImPurrfect (Lucy Farago)
8.      Chinchilla and the Devil (C.D. Gorri)
9.      Tiger and the Unicorn (Susan Hays)
10.  Tough Nut (Jodi Kendrick)
11.  The Turtle and the Hare (Amanda Kimberley)
12.  Tabby and the Den (T.B. Mann)
13.  Trash Queen (Mandy Rosko)
14.  The Siberian’s Winter (Lucy Farago)
15.  A Tree and Her Honey Badger (Julie Mills)
16.  Diamond in the Ruff (Jodi Kendrick)
17.  Moose and the Narwhal (Renee Hewett)
18.  Chillin’ Out (Mandy Rosko)
19.  The Turtle and the Rock (Amanda Kimberley)
20.  Doc and Her Dragon (Julia Mills)
21.  Taming the Tiger (Scarlet Fox)
22.  Sammi and the Jersey Bull (C.D. Gorri)  
23.  Bat and the Jack (Alexa Gregory)            
24.  Bits and Bobs (Mandy Rosko)
25.  Dusty and Her Dino (Julia Mills) - release TBA
 
Also from Mandy Rosko:
·         Angels & Demons
·         Bad Boy Bear
·         Bite Me
·         Clockwork Heart
·         Dangerous Guardian
·         Eclipse
·         Get Kraken (Federal Paranormal Unit)
·         Gonna Make You Howl
·         Jessie’s Harem
·         Just One Touch
·         The Lady and the Dragon’s Holiday
·         Mate of a Dragon Villain
·         The Princess’ Dragon Lord
·         Sold to the Enemy
·         The Wild Wolf’s Wife
Alpha Bites Series:
1.      Alpha
2.      Alpha Bear
3.      Alpha Dragon
4.      Alpha Wolf
Bad Boy Billionaire Brothers Series:
1.      Arrangement with a Billionaire
2.      The Billionaire Fantasy
Holiday with a Billionaire
Blood Secrets Series:
1.      Darkness Awakened
Dangerous Creatures Series:
1.      Burns Like Fire
2.      A Shock to Your System
3.      As Cold as Ice
Mate of the Wolf Series:
1.      Mate of the Wolf
2.      The Wolf’s Pack
Night and Day Series:
1.      All Hell Breaking Loose
2.      The Calm Before the Storm
Royal Dragons Series:
1.      Kidnapped by the Dragon
Shape Up or Shift Out Series:
1.      A Rose by Any Other Name: Paranormal Dating Agency
Things in the Night Series:
1.      The Vampire’s Curse
1.5  The Dragon and the Wolf
2.      The Legend of the Werewolf
3.      The Shepard’s Agony
You’ve Got to Be Shifting Me Series:
1.      Zero Fox Given
2.      Howl Always Love You
3.      Can’t Bear to Be Without You
 

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