Rapture Untamed (Feral Warriors #4) by Pamela Palmer. © 2010 Avon Books. ISBN 9780061794704. Mass Market Paperback. Paranormal Romance. 384 pages. $7.99 US. Source: Amazon Purchase

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Synopsis
The most combative – and tormented – of all the Ferals, Jag is a predator who hunts alone – until daemons terrorize the human population. To stop them, he partners with Olivia, a flame-haired Therian temptress as strong as she is beautiful. But Olivia is no ordinary immortal. The survivor of a vicious supernatural attack, she possesses a deadly and forbidden skill – one that must remain hidden, especially from the powerful Feral Warriors.

As Jag and Olivia’s sensual dance of dominance and seduction gets wilder and hotter, a dark force sets its sights on Olivia, threatening to destroy everything she has vowed to protect. And the only one who can save her soul is the arrogant jaguar shifter she lusts for but dares not love.

Review
I really liked this book, in fact I liked it so much I read it all in one sitting.  The way the author writes is very simple to follow and very engaging. You learn about the characters through, not just their interaction with each other, but with their interactions with their enemies and friends. The H/H are not in their own universe and are dependent on everyone around them though they don’t have to be. Read the rest of this entry »

Bonds of Justice (Psy-Changeling, #8) by Nalini Singh. © 2010 Berkley Sensation. ISBN 9780425235447. Mass Market Paperback. Paranormal Romance. 368 pages. $7.99 US. Source: Amazon Purchase

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Synopsis
Max Shannon is a good cop, one of the best in New York Enforcement. Born with a natural shield that protects him against Psy mental invasions, he knows he has little chance of advancement within the Psy- dominated power structure. The last case he expects to be assigned to is that of a murderer targeting a Psy Councilor’s closest advisers. And the last woman he expects to compel him in the most sensual of ways is a Psy on the verge of catastrophic mental fracture.

Review
This book is a throwback to the first three books in the series in terms of the writing style, and that is a good thing.  I’m going to look at the character and the plots of the book.  Just a word of caution, in order for you to get the whole story of this book you need to at least read the first two books in this series. Read the rest of this entry »

Lion’s Heat (Breed Series #21) by Lora Leigh. © 2010 Berkley Sensation. ISBN 9780425233801. Paperback. Paranormal Romance. 342 pages. $7.99 US. Source: Amazon purchase.

Synopsis:
Bad boy Jonas Wyatt’s personal assistant, Rachel, has had a child; an innocent new life that has been put in grave danger because of Jonas’s perilous games and calculations played in the shadow-world in which he lives: the dark and sensual world of the Breeds. Now, Rachel is making only one demand of Jonas—that he finally take responsibility and deliver on the protection that only he can give.

Jonas has known for a long time that it is destiny that Rachel become his mate. He can sense it. He can also sense her reluctance. And for that, he refuses to claim her. He wants her on love alone and not because of the urge of the mating heat. But it is Jonas’s destiny to claim her. And he will have his way…

Review:
I waited for this book to come out because I REALLY loved the Breed series that Lora Leigh put together and the other books were spectacular.  This one, however, is a bit of a disappointment.  Don’t get me wrong, I loved the story, just not as Jonas’s story.  At the end of chapter two I decided to continue reading it as a Breed story rather than Jonas’s story and as such it did not disappoint.  I think the best way is to break it down and tell you why I gave it the marks I did. Read the rest of this entry »

Her Vampire Husband (Wicked Games, #3) by Michele Hauf. © 2010 HQN Books. ISBN 9780373774999. Paranormal Romance. 360 pages. $7.99 US [ Purchase ] Source: eARC from author

Synopsis: An arranged marriage between a werewolf and a vampire.  There will be blood.  She may resist his bite, but she can’t resist his charms…

Werewolf princess Blu Masterson won’t allow her seductive vampire husband to consummate their marriage with his bite, marking her forever. Alone in a secluded estate with her sworn enemy, Blu curses the marriage arranged to bring their rival nations together, especially since Creed Saint-Pierre calls out to her most feral desires.

When Blu uncovers her pack’s secret plot to destroy the vampire nation—and Creed—she is forced to confront her growing feelings for her sexy undead husband. Will she choose the only life she’s ever known or accept his vampire bite?

Review: At first glance Her Vampire Husband seems deceptively simple, boy meets girl, girl hates boy, boy makes girl love him despite all odds.  But there is so much more to the story. Read the rest of this entry »

Golden Eyes by Maya Banks ©2008 Loose-ID. ISBN13: 9781596326408. eBook. Paranormal Romance. 141 pages. $5.99 US [ Purchase ] Source: Loose ID Purchase.

Synopsis: When Sheriff Duncan Kennedy finds an injured cheetah in his mountains, he brings it home, determined to find out how she got there and stop the poachers who were hunting her. When he later checks on the cheetah and instead finds a gorgeous, naked woman with an arrow in her leg, he’s completely flabbergasted.

For six months, Aliyah Carver has been trapped in cheetah form. Taken by poachers who import exotic animals to illegally hunt, she stayed in animal form to avoid detection. She escaped the hunters, but now she faces another problem — a devastatingly sexy sheriff who now knows her secret.

Review: Ok, so what’s really new about this right? The answer is nothing and everything. Most paranormal shifter novels the male in the novel is the shifter while the woman is the weak human, not so in this novel. The storyline is similar to all other shifter novels in that the H/H have to struggle with the fact that one of them is a shifter and the feelings they have for each other.   Read the rest of this entry »