Family Doctor

The fifth book in the Montgomery Family series, FAMILY DOCTOR, is yet another beautiful story of love joining three people into a tightly held family unit as only J.J. Massa can write it.

For so many years, Dr. Marc Fonteneax thought his only chance at happiness was with the mate of another. He has accepted that she is not to be his and has found solace in his work.

Then, Bernadette Reeves brings her sickly child to Marc hoping against hope that he might find a cure for the boy. While Marc recognizes Bernadette as his mate, she has a hard time accepting that they are destined to be together, even after he marks her as his own. But first Marc has to get her to believe in werewolves and then he has to convince her that her son is one of them.

Like the rest of J.J. Massa’s Montgomery Family series of werewolf love stories, FAMILY DOCTOR is wonderfully erotic and a howl of a good time. Readers first met Dr. Marc in the first book in this series, Acting Like Family, when he looked over Riker Montgomery’s mate until they could find their way back together. This reader has since had a soft spot for the good Dr. Marc and was especially pleased to see that he finally got a book and a life-mate, as well as a family of his own.

It takes a strong woman to find out her son is a real-life werewolf and that he might die from distemper. Readers will really empathize with Bernadette’s pain and that of the Montgomery’s when they realize that this illness could have avoided if only the boy’s natural father had told Bernadette the child was part werewolf.

The little boy wins our hearts from the start. He is smaller that he should be for his age and in incredible pain, yet he readily accepts and embraces his werewolf heritage and is eager to become a part of the Montgomery family. It would take a cold heart indeed not to cheer for this little boy and want to see him with a father that loves him. Big-hearted Dr. Marc slides into that role seamlessly and like all the Montgomery family, welcomes him and his mother into his life.

J.J. Massa has a wonderful way of bringing out the emotions of her characters that just makes you want to be part of this amazing family. The story flows beautifully and has enough of a stumbling block in the boy’s natural father to add some suspense to the book. Of course, the Montgomery’s band together, as we expected they would, and save the day. But somehow, our knowing how this book will probably resolve does not detract from the story at all.

This reader must reiterate her love of J.J. Massa’s Montgomery werewolves and FAMILY DOCTOR in particular. Skillfully written and emotionally charged, J.J. Massa’s FAMILY DOCTOR is sure to tug at the heartstrings of werewolf and romance fans alike.

September 2006