Xander has his hands full being the new alpha of his bear clan.
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Given to me for an honest review. Bear shifters in this world are thought to be very dangerous so many precautions are taken when they wrestle bears from different clans. Xander has come home as his father requested. As his father tells the clan that Xander is the new alpha, he has another heart attack and dies. Freya and two friends are going to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. After days on the trail, they see what they think are three bears. The bears shift and take the women to their den. Xander is most unhappy with his stupid men. A clan law  requires death if any bear shifts in front of humans. Freya and her friends don't know what will happen to them. Will they be killed, too?
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This was a really good action packed story of bear shifters, a lone female and a saber shifter. Great characters and an awesome plot. I loved the dynamics of the story. Can't wait to finish the series.
I recieved an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.
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Xander and his team are back in action. Several new characters are sensational! Bradley Wright has indeed done it again!!!
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I was given an ARC of this book for an honest review

If you haven't read the Highland Wolf Clan Series, then stop right here. You need to start with book 1.
This series is amazing. One of the best shifter series I have ever read!
This book picks up where 2 ends. Now Cams brother Grant (Alpha of Highland Pack) is coming to meet
Chastity and perform the bonding ceremony. He will be bringing 15 wolves with him, the ones coming to help populate Chastitys old Pack. They will be assisting in all manner of ways.
On their way to meet up with Grant and the rest of the Highland wolves, they scent a new smell in the forest. Jinx and Cam find a young panther shifter that had been kicked out of his pack years ago for not being wolf.
Romance is in the air in this book. Matches are made and a prophecy is coming true with one of them.
So far in this series, this book has the best scene. It is when Cam and Grant dance the wedding dance in tandem over burning logs. The writing is so vivid, there is no reason to close your eyes to imagine. You can see it clearly in front of you.
If you have ever read one of A.K. Michaels books, then you would know that there is always danger involved. These are not cutesy little love stories. They are full of suspense. The kind that keeps you guessing.

I do have to give you a warning, it ends on a cliffhanger

Reviewed by Cryssy
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The second book in the series and we learn more about Isla, Callisto and the boys.  She already bonded with Torbin and she is getting used to her new body

Exciting and full of drama, this is a great story about bears, I love shifter bears, it flows at a very nice pace with twists and action, I am very looking forward to the next book!
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This is shaping up to be a great new series!!!

We find Lyric out with her friend and when they get separated she gets cornered by 4 rogue wolves in an alley.  Rowan, a human, comes to her aid and ends up the worse for wear.  Having no choice in saving him but to turn him, Lyric takes Rowan back to his seriously secured home.

Her Alpha Kellen and his second, her brother, Xan are way overprotective and she and her friend Syn know how to take care of themselves but she can't help but applaud Rowan's bravery, especially not knowing that he was going up against wolves.

Rowan was a special forces  soldier and now runs a security business. He's not sure what Lyric was doing biting him where the other guy had bitten him but he can't deny she's a hole lot better looking!!!  Will he be quite so ecstatic when he finds out that he is now a shifter?

This was a great start to the series and I love alpha males being brought to their knees by sassy females!!!  I can't wait for Syn's book or Kellans.  Snappy dialogue, empathetic characters and fast paced story makes this a great read!!!

 I was gifted this ARC for an honest and truthful review.
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Fans of the One True Mate series will go over the moon for Bruin's story, One True Mate 6: Bear's Redemption.  Shy and reclusive, Bruin is one of the bearen - bear shifters - but not really.  Between his strange random prophetic incidents, and the unjust accusations and prejudice leveled against him by his fellow bearen, he's an outcast with only one true friend, wolf-shifter Mac.  Until he stops into the Honey Depot restaurant and meets its owner, Willow.  Willow is half-angel, one of the True Mates, but her mother's tales of her angel father have her convinced that Bruin can't be hers.  His misunderstanding of his own prophecy make Bruin think Willow can't be his.  But he is, and she is, though they need a whole book's worth of searching for clues, fighting the demon Khain, and sorting friend from foe before evidence demonstrates what their hearts already knew.  Of all the characters in this ongoing series, Bruin is the one who melts my heart, and my Kindle - strong, sweet, and quietly endearing, he deserves this fabulous turn in the spotlight of Lisa Ladew's epic good-vs-evil paranormal romance series.
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Jayden is the Alpha's brother and constantly tried to get into the Pack owned club Silver Bullet.  He failed each time until this time when his brother let him in.  He was a bit overwhelmed so kept to the shadows and that is when he scented his mate, a huge vampire who was there with his friends before going down to the BDSM dungeons.  Uh oh, Jayden is a virgin and into romance and cuddling.  He does some research to find his mates name and some information about BDSM.  Then he sneaks down to the dungeon after covering his scent so the vampire can't tell he is his mate, and arrives in time to see his mate whipping a sub so badly his skin is slicing open, the sub looks to be in agony and is crying out for Andrew to stop.  Jayden tries to intervene but the vampire turns monster-ish and yells at Jayden who flees.  He is so shaken he isolates himself.  Meanwhile two week after that incident Andrew can't feed off another and has no idea why.  His friends think he has met his True Match and they try to find him.  Once identified Jayden is happy to send blood to Andrew but is too scared to meet him, much to Andrew's distress.
The story is well written and builds on the first book in the series.  These are well paced books that give an in-depth view into the lives of the Main Characters of each story and their pack mates etc.  It is not an intense read and I am enjoying the nice slow pace that leads me into the lives of this pack and the vampire friends.
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I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from Hot New Books.

This is the first book in a new series about a family of five lion shifter brothers. Logan, the Alpha and oldest, finds his mate and she does not behave the way women typically do around him. Of course this leads to lots of jokes and laughter from his four brothers.

I found this book to be very entertaining. I love how fiesty Natalia is toward Logan. Also, there is lots of action that keeps the story moving along nicely.

This series has a very strong begining. We get to know a bit about each brother's personality and how they mesh together as a family. I'm looking forward to reading each book!
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Chris is the lone survivor of raids on his bear shifter clan and their ancestral land. He is forced to leave on pain of death, and now, lost and lonely, he must find a way to blend into to the human world. Alexander, is in town on business for his thriving bear shifter clan. When the two men meet, they are drawn to each other partly because of their bear shifter identities. After their night together, Alexander must leave to go back to his clan and his place in it. Alexander finds he is pregnant and reaches out to Chris to tell him, and to reveal his life-or-secret. Chris must decide to stand by Alexander or let him deal with things on his own.
I always enjoy Preston Walker and Liam Kingsleys books. This collaboration is no exception. A good pace to the story, interesting storyline and good characters make this a good read-in-one-sitting book.

This is a voluntary review of an advanced copy of this book.
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I loved this story about Gideon from the Talon Pack and Brie from the Redwood Pack, who were wolf shifters, and their packs were in alliance.  Gideon was an alpha and leader of the Talons and Brie was a submissive shifter from the Redwood Pack.  They were not meant to be mates and yet they ended up together as mates.  There were objections to the union because the elders of the packs believed in the old traditions and some of them decided to kill Brie and Gideon.  It results in a fight where  the traitors revealed themselves to the humans. However, Gideon and Brie did not lose their love for each other and they know something worse is coming because of the humans now knowing about the wolf shifters.
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"Stay strong," said the detective. "They respect strength."
What the hell was she supposed to do? Break a chair? Bench-press a Volvo?

THE BEAR WHO LOVED ME by Kathy Lyons is a fun and sexy paranormal romance. Its the exciting first installment in a trilogy about HOT grizzly bear shifters who are struggling to keep their inner monsters under control. The shifters need their mates to help them find a peaceful state between their animal and human sides so they don't go feral. This is the story of Carl Carman, the Maximus alpha of the Gladwin Grizzly Shifters Mid-Michigan Clan, and Becca Weitz, a human who is blissfully unaware that there are paranormal elements in this world. She is raising her sisters son and running a bakery.

Carl stepped up as Maximus eight years ago after he'd finished college. He has grand dreams of innovating and being smarter in how the clan operates, but he is meeting resistance from clan members. He definitely does not want to be like his grandfather and uncle who held onto power by terrorizing their own clan  including Carl. Hes under pressure to mate and knows he should mate with a willing, powerful she-bear. BUT, the human, Becca, both calms and excites him. Will she give their relationship a chance?

Becca has been raising her nephew since he was a baby. Shes an expert at decorating cakes. But, her life changes big-time from the normal she craves when her teenage charge goes missing. Can things get any worse? The answer is a big YES as shes kidnapped and shockingly learns that her nephew is not a human, but a were bear!

Carl and Becca make a great couple. Their interactions are sweet, steamy and feisty! Their alliance was dynamic. They certainly had a set-your-sheets-on-fire chemistry, but Becca craved normalcy and Carl was an alpha male with a clan who depended upon him. When push came to shove, Becca certainly showed that you don't have to be a shifter to be ferocious!

I met this author at the Coastal Magic Book Convention at Daytona Beach earlier this year and have been dying to read one of her books since! I finally did and really enjoyed it! Kathys writing is fluid and the plotline is captivating. Plenty of action sequences and suspense galore make for a well-rounded read. I can't wait to read the next book, LICENSE TO SHIFT, which is already on my reader! If you enjoy sensual shifter romances loaded with thrills and chills, Id highly recommend that you check out THE BEAR WHO LOVED ME!

My full review is posted at Reading Between The Wines Book Club. Please check it out there!
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The second of the series, Ms. Wylder certainly doesn't disappoint with her fast paced tale of Sage, twin brother to the Alpha mate, Sienna, of the Boulder Pack, and younger brother to Samuel, Alpha of the Tahoe pack.  When called upon by big brother to help with a situation, Sage isn't sure if he should be upset or not, but when he's told just what, or should we say, who, the situation is, he feels a bit more put out than upset.  He's not a glorified babysitter after all.  When Emery puts herself in danger in order to save Sienna from a clan of unruly bears, Sage no longer questions his inner wolf.  He knows she's his mate.  Now all he has to do is convince her.
Fast paced with lots of action and suspense, as well as the building heat between this beta and his protegee.  Definitely worth the read.  Looking forward to more from this series.
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I love alpha bear stories. Great book. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
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Alpha Ascendant picks up pretty close to where Terras last book left off and focuses around Ember. Ember is the bloodling wolf that all of the pack indulges. Justin, her biological father isn't afraid to use her as a tool against Wolfie, Terra and the pack. Much of the story has the entire pack evolving and Ember working as the string that ties everyone together. This book expanded on many of pack and even add a couple of interesting characters.

I found it fascinating that Terras wolf had to keep indulging her on the simplicity of being a wolf. I think it had to do with her many years away from the pack and staying out of wolf form. As Terra learned from her wolf as well as her mate and actions of her pack, I think it was all part of her growing and expanding process. Where as Wolfie was always one with his wolf and yet, they both had to learn to work Terra and trust that she wouldnt reject them.

I have really been a big fan for Terra since the start and found Wolfie to be a charismatic fuzzball in his own way. This is the final book for Terra. She has taken on the mantel of her pack and grown into her rightful alpha. With her mate, Wolfie shell be able to weather the good and the bad of her pack of misfits and outcasts. I am just hoping that while it might be Terras last book, that there might be hope for future books on any of the number of other characters that I fell in love with along Terras journey.
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I loved this story!!  Mark is a rich bear shifter from one of the best bear families.  He is a great CEO but decides to leave it all behind to join his brother at Bear Claw security.  He has just finished training and is ready for his first assignment but prefers office work.
  Char is a bear shifter and works in a womans shelter.  She comes to Bear Claw Security looking for protection from her abusive ex-husband.  The only guard available is Mark but she refuses to hire him because of his rich guy appearance.
  Mark realizes that Char is his mate and is upset she might be in danger.  He decides to pretend to be his twin and acts as her bodyguard.  He just wants to protect his mate.  In following Char around, he learns a lot more about how badly some men abuse the women and children they should be protecting.. He really grows as a person.
  Char has to overcome her prejudice against rich guys and people who lie to her.
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This is a continuation of the book Can't Bear to Run. In the first book bear alpha Dax and human Kendall meet and fall in love. But  Kendall's psychotic ex-husband Dan is missing and Dax has enemies still trying to take over his clan. This book is filled with action as Dax and Kendall fight for their very lives and the health and happiness of their clan. The romance was in the first book and the great storyline completes itself in this book. Both books read together make one awesome wearbear paranormal shifter romance.