This was a great book!  An alpha male and, for once, an alpha female!  I'm so tired for TSTL, wimpy women.  This book shows Monette's progress in her writing and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Yes, his growling was mentioned a lot but I thoroughly enjoyed it!  Linnea Sinclair used to write less soap opera and more enjoyable, adventurous reads and it looks like the author has taken that aspect of sci-fi/romance but made it her own.  Great story!