Review: Amber - Mia Harlan

Review: Amber - Book #1 Jewel's Cafe Series - Mia Harlan - October 2019

It's been a while since I've read and enjoyed a paranormal/supernatural novel as I used to read a lot of them when I was in my late teens / early adult years but then I got over them as they felt all the same. Recently, however, this new series Jewel's Cafe caught my eye were a number of authors have written a book using a gem. The books are also Reverse Harem which drew me in. Amber starts off with Amber and Julian at the cafe that they now own - Jewel's Cafe in Silver Springs. It was great when they first opened but the last few months, they have only had the odd customer in. To make matters worse for Amber - her arch-nemesis Minerva aka Mini has opened a successful bakery across the road from them and is always hanging around Julian. For the past six years, Amber has loved Julian but never had the courage to tell him as whenever Mini's around - she catches his attention. Amber is a chameleon shifter and her last straw was when she accidentally shifted into Minerva and saw the way Julian looked at her.  She leaves and falls into the arms of Wes - a bear shifter who tells her she is his mate. The pair head back to the cafe where Wes tells her about the bad juju vibes and also in the cafe is Chase - a rabbit shifter who loves to talk about his "carrot". Turns out Julian tried a spell and has ended Amber up with not one but three lovers. Amber also learns the truth of Julian's feelings and why their cafe has been suffering. I have to admit the suffering part, I had a feeling as it was quite an easy guess but did like the Reverse Harem twist with the different sorts of shifters as it's not every day we read about a handsome "bunny" shifter.  I am now looking forward to reading the next book in this series - Sapphire by Eva Delaney.