If you are wanting to discover what author, Jocelynn Drake is about or the Asylum Tales then this is a good book to check out. You can read it as a stand alone book. All three short stories that are featured in this compilation work well together as one whole book. Right away I fell for Gideon and Gage. I can't pick a favorite between them so I choose them both. Gideon was more mature and seasoned which I was drawn too but on the other hand Gage had the bad boy feel with a heart of gold. The way that he reacted to the news involving his girlfriend, Trixie was sweet. They make a cute couple. Both guys are sexy as Hell. So as you can see Gideon and Gage worked well together. Although at times it was iffy. The storyline was good. It did feature some magic and was believable. Yet, It did seem like nothing really happened until about the middle of the second story or middle of the story. The ending was good. I will check out more books in this series. ( )