This novella was very cute. I wish it was a tad bit longer, but what can you do short of threatening the author? -wink,wink-
Mandy was thrown into a horrible situation thanks to a greedy and selfish were-tiger. Her decisions were getting made for her without any consent on her part and shifting was not becoming an easy feat. It went downhill from there until Adrian came into the mix and made a bet.
Adrian was the quiet second in command. Just because he doesn't say anything, doesn't mean he wasn't feeling anything. It was amazing seeing how caring and dedicated he could be. He won me over by the 30% mark.
Overall a sweet story, which will be obligating me to continue on in this series by picking up the next book. P.S. The happily ever after was adorable!
My Favorite Quotes:
"She had opinions, dreams, plans. She mattered, damn it."
"But really, hadn't he been giving her everything she'd ever wanted? Love, patience, understanding, companionship, and letting her have a say in her life?"
Nikolina Aasen’s lived a lonely life as a single were-bear female with no compatible mate in their small clan. But when she shows signs of going into heat, her clan decides they need to pick a man who can sire her child.
Nikolina has other ideas, though. She’s thinking of someone tall, dark and handsome…who disappeared sixteen years ago.
Leif Ludvik left the bear clans behind to go totally, completely wild and bury his grief. He’s been hiding out in bear-form for so long that he hardly remembers who – and what – he is. When Nikolina finds him, she’s determined to make the sexy beast her mate no matter the cost…
But will seducing Leif get her the family she's always wanted...or destroy both of their lives?
Review
I wanted something fun and I got that. I haave a thing for bear shifters and I love it even more when the heroine is a bear shifter.
Her family is just awful. I didn't enjoy that part of the book but the love story is very sweet and the hero is wonderful.
I could have used a few more chapters into the HEA and the hero and heroine building a life together but all in all a good read. I will be reading more of the series. I have some books on my TBR!
Must Love Fangs
Midnight Liaisons, #3
Jessica Sims
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date of Publication: August 27, 2013
Number of pages: 369
The third book in the “funny, sexy, and lively” (Publishers Weekly) romance series about a paranormal dating service called Midnight Liaisons.
Marie Bellavance has known for years that she’s going to die of the same incurable disease her mother did. That’s why she never dated and doesn’t allow anyone to get close to her. But now, as an employee of the paranormal dating agency Midnight Liaisons, she has a chance: if she can find someone to turn her into a supernatural creature, she’ll be cured!
Flirty were-cougar Joshua Russell has wanted standoffish Marie for his own, but she’s been off limits as a human. When he catches her sneaking away from a vampire date gone wrong, he steps in and offers his own services. As a vampire bodyguard, he’s able to tell her which men will be the perfect ones to date. But he’s secretly got a better plan in mind: if she wants to date the supernatural, a handsome were-cougar would be the best choice of all.
Marie has just gone on her first date and discovered that finding someone to turn her isn't going to be as easy as she thought.
Quote:
I arrived at the agency a short time later, plunked one Red Bull down on Ryder’s desk, and stomped back to my desk.
“Date went well?” Ryder said in a faux cheerful voice.
“He told me I wasn’t his type,” I said between gritted teeth. “Too much glasses and eyebrows. Not enough badonkadonk.”
“Reaaaallly.” She popped open the Red Bull and added some to her newest mug of coffee. “You should note on his file that he’s an ass man.”
I snorted. “An ass man who’s an asshole.”
“Har har, very funny. So are you done with this now?” she asked hopefully.
“No,” I said firmly. “Just because the first one was a pig doesn’t mean they all are.”
“Marie, sweetie, if they could catch a woman on their own, they wouldn’t need the agency, would they? All you’re going to find are pigs.”
But I refused to give up. I pulled open the database and immediately began to search for the next victim.
I would find someone to turn me. I would.
Review:
It's been awhile since I read anything in this series. I remember that it was a fun series based around a Dating Service for Supernaturals. I didn't have a lot of expectations going in other than a quick fun read. And I wasn't disappointed; sometimes you just need some brain candy. I did wish that the character had actually gotten checked out instead of self diagnosing her fatal disease. Personally, I think she stressed herself into a self-fulfilling prophesy, but other than that it wasn't a real deep thought provoking read. This didn't turn out to be something that I would reread, but for a couple of hours of light hearted entertainment, it fit the bill. I will continue with the series, and gave this book 3 stars.
The majestic tiger makes a badass shifter hero or heroine. Bengal, Serbian, or White!
Here are some great Tiger Shifters in Romance!
My lists are never in any particular order.
1. Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley
He was once a captive, but his urges were never caged. Now he’ll release them on a beautiful stranger whose own secret desires are longing to be sated…
He doesn’t have a name. He doesn’t have a clan. The humans who held him prisoner for forty years have taken them away. He knew nothing but captivity until nearly a year ago, when he was released into the light. Now Tiger lives in the Austin Shiftertown, where he struggles to belong and searches for an identity.
Carly Randal thinks her fabulous life is complete—until her car breaks down on the side of the road, and a wild-looking Shifter is the only one to help her. Tiger takes one look at Carly and knows instantly—she will be his mate. As Carly is drawn into his Shifter world, she risks everything she has for that forbidden something she still wants: passionate love.
2. Night Shift by Iona Andrews and Nalini Singh
Magic Steals, when people start going missing, shapeshifting tigress Dali Harimau and jaguar shifter Jim Shrapshire must uncover the truth about the mysterious creatures responsible.
3. Here Kitty, Kitty by Shelly Laurenston
What do you do when you’ve got a hillbilly tiger by the tail? Or maybe the question should be: what wouldn’t you do…
Nikolai Vorislav likes his single life just as it is. Simple, relaxing and quiet. What he doesn’t need is some foul-mouthed Texan hellcat living in his house, eating his food, flirting with his idiot brothers and shooting holes in his home with his granddaddy’s gun. But those long legs, dark eyes and lethal tongue are making Nik insane and he fears he may be caught in the sexiest animal trap ever.
Angelina Santiago doesn’t know how she got from Texas to North Carolina in a night or how she ended up in some hillbilly tiger’s house wearing only a sheet. What she does know is that she doesn’t like good ol’ boys with slow, sexy drawls who can’t seem to stop rubbing up against her. Yet in order to protect her friends, Angie has to stay with a cat who seems hellbent on finding all sorts of delicious ways to make her purr.
4. Tiger by the Tail by Jessica Sims
Were-tiger Adrian Merino is determined to see the newest shifter on the block, Mandy, become his mate. But it’s got to be her idea first… Can he convince her that what he wants is what she wants, too? Or is Mandy too stubborn to see what's before her whiskered nose?
5. Hidden Crimes by Emma Holly
Cats and dogs shouldn't fall in love. Like any wolf, RPD detective Nate Rivera knows this. He can’t help it if the tigress he’s been trading quips with at the supermarket is the most alluring woman he’s ever met—sassy too, which suits him down to his designer boots.
Evina Mohajit is aware their flirtation can’t lead to more. Still, she relishes trading banter with the hot werewolf. This hardworking single mom hasn’t felt so female since her twins’ baby daddy left to start his new family. Plus, as a station chief in Resurrection’s Fire Department, she understands the demands of a dangerous job.
Their will-they-or-won’t-they tango could go on forever if it weren’t for the mortal peril the city’s shifter children fall into. To save them, Nate and Evina must team up, a choice that ignites the sparks smoldering between them . . .
6. Captive Moon by C. T. Adams
World-class entertainer and Sazi councilmember, Antoine Monier has taken his big cats all over the world without any trouble--until his latest trip to Stuttgart, where one of his tigers is stolen and killed. To Antoine's surprise, the German police have another tiger in custody--a tiger who is actually a lovely Turkish-American woman, Tahira Kuric.
Like Antoine, Tahira is a shapeshifter, but of the Hayalet Kabile, the ghost tribe of shapeshifters. And despite their immediate attraction, Tahira wants nothing to do with Antoine--the Sazi are the enemy of the Hayalet Kabile.
But Tahira doesn't have a choice, because she and Antoine have discovered that she is a fabled "power well," able to store magical energy from other shapeshifters--and something is hunting her, eager to use her powers for itself.
Only if they can set aside their peoples' ancient rivalry and rely completely on each other--body and soul--can Tahira and Antoine save themselves and their people.
7. Eternal Hunter by Cynthia Eden
In a hotbed of secrets like Baton Rouge, it's only natural Assistant DA Erin Jerome is keeping a couple of her own. Like the fact she's not entirely human--she's Other, desperately trying to keep her supernatural strength under wraps. Or that she's got a killer stalking her--an Other rogue set on "gifting" her bloody corpses, not to mention nights lying awake in terror. But the bounty hunter on her new case is about to change everything. Jude Donovan is a shapeshifter, and when the two are near each other their hidden instincts are definitely awakened. Tracking a rogue Other through half of Louisiana is hard enough without letting their wild sides come out to play. . .
8. Touch of Seduction by Rhyannon Byrd
Sold into slavery as a child to a cruel taskmaster, tiger-shifter Aiden Shrader trusts no one. Not even his own kind. Yet as a member of the Watchmen--the organization of shape-shifters who keep watch over the ancient nonhuman races--Aiden is fiercely protective of the helpless. Never more so than when he's asked to guard a little girl with witches' blood--and her beautiful human aunt. A woman who arouses all of Aiden's primal urges...urges he must resist.
To small-town schoolteacher Olivia Harcourt, the massive tigershifter with the glowing amber eyes is as much a dark mystery as the enemy stalking her. Yet Aiden is her only hope of surviving. Until their intense passion unleashes her own inner tigress with a ferocity that will make the evil Casus rue the day they messed with her family...and will take Aiden by seductive surprise.
9. Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
An orphan with no clan that will claim him, Wren Tigarian grew to adulthood under the close scrutiny and mistrust of those around him. A forbidden blend of two animals--snow leopard and white tiger--Wren has never listened to anyone when there was something he wanted. Now he wants Marguerite.
Marguerite D'Aubert Goudeau is the daughter of a prominent U.S. Senator who hates the socialite life she's forced to live. Like her mother before her, she has strong Cajun roots that her father doesn't understand. Still, she has no choice but to try and conform to a world where she feels like an outsider. But the world of rich and powerful humans is never to meet the world of the Were-Hunters who exist side by side with them, unseen, unknown, undetected. To break this law is to call down a wrath of the highest order.
In order to have Marguerite, Wren must fight not just the humans who will never accept his animal nature, but the Were-Hunters who want him dead for endangering their world. It's a race against time and magic without boundary that could cost Marguerite and Wren not just their lives, but their very souls…
10. Bengal's Heart by Lora Leigh Not a Shifter but close!
Reporter Cassa Hawkins has always supported Breed rights-especially in light of a specimen like Cabal St. Laurents, the epitome of the male animal. But when the Breeds are incriminated in a series of violent murders, it's left to Cassa and Cabal to discover the truth before they become prey.
Did I miss your favorite? Let me know and check out my Goodreads list! Tiger Shifters in Romance