His Burglar Boy (Daddy’s Little Sins) by Kerry Kilpatrick

Mike is a librarian that in his spare time "liberates" items that might need some additional attention. But he doesn't expect to be caught by an ancient vampire that might be his perfect daddy and mate.


From the blurb:

He came for the teddy bear, and stayed for the thief.

Mikey
Stealing is wrong.

Rescuing is saving, and that makes it the right thing to do.

If somebody leaves behind a plant, it comes home with me. If a stuffie gets lost, it comes home with me. And if a teddy bear spends all day sitting by himself in a museum exhibit with nobody to talk to, obviously he's coming home with me too.

Sir Theodore Von Cuddles deserves better.

I hadn't expected his "owner" to show up in my apartment.

Alastair is grumpy, ridiculously handsome, weirdly old-fashioned, and completely convinced I have a theft problem. I don't. I rescue, and it's not a problem at all. If he keeps leaving lonely things where I can find them, that's hardly my fault.

Maybe one day, he'll let me keep him too.

Alastair
Retrieving my excellent example of early industrial textile craftsmanship from the thief's flat should have taken all of five minutes.

Instead, I've managed to acquire an American little with remarkably sticky fingers, an alarming affection for midnight tea parties, and the baffling belief that anything "lonely" belongs in his flat. Every time I retrieve one stolen possession, another mysteriously disappears. Apparently, if I wish to keep my belongings, I ought to stop leaving them where Mikey can "rescue" them.

I have no intention of encouraging this behavior.

The difficulty is that I appear to enjoy retrieving stolen goods from my little thief as much as he enjoys stealing them.

His Burglar Boy is a low-angst Daddy/little MM paranormal romance featuring a perpetually exasperated vampire, an earnest little with a rescue complex, stuffed animals, midnight tea parties, egregious theft, age play, and a happily ever after.


SNik's review:

Part of a multi-author series (Daddy’s Little Sins), but can be read as a standalone. Paranormal. Daddy/little. Grumpy/sunshine. Fated mate. Quick read. Dual POV.

It’s not really stealing if Mike wants to rescue a stuffed animal from loneliness. But he certainly doesn’t expect a man (possibly a paranormal) to keep breaking into his apartment whenever he keeps “acquiring” things. 

This story was a bundle of sweetness with a man who slips easily in and out of his little headspace and a vampire that feels a compelling connection to him. Alastair is the quintessential serious vampire that has a cheerful light shone on his lonely existence, and it was so fun to read Mike and him together. Overall, an entertaining story I could have spent tons more time with these two and the shared world hinted at, but I was happy that their relationship was easy and instant and there was no hesitation that it would last forever.

Heather's review:

I don't often review PNR stories for the blog, but since I one click everything Kerry Kilpatrick writes, I fell into reading this book before I noticed the fated mates/vampire motif... It was so lovely to see Mike's quirky and sweet nature foil the grumpy inclinations of Alister, the vampire..

It was a low angst, sweet read with lots of little surprises and a strong willed little who knows just how scared and lonely abandoned toys can be... and wants to save them all.

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