Review: On The Growl: A Shifter Romance Anthology
From a pack of your favorite NYT and USAT best-selling paranormal romance
authors comes a collection of ALL NEW novellas that will make you howl, scratch
and bite... and leave you roaring for more!
Author: Celia Kyle, Lynn Red, Jessica Sims, Flora Dare, and Marina Maddix
Title: On the Growl: A Shifter Romance Anthology
Genre: |Paranormal Romance |
Release Date: October 11, 2014
Title: On the Growl: A Shifter Romance Anthology
Genre: |Paranormal Romance |
Release Date: October 11, 2014
Love comes in all shapes and sizes. No surprise there, right? Passionate, wild, hungry, dripping, salty, sweaty, steamy; falling in love is the best thing in the world.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a bunny with curves, a brand new werewolf without much clue what’s happening, a feisty wolverine shifter, a fun-loving house cat or a were-tigress with a short temper for obnoxious men, there’s a big, protective, incredible alpha for everyone... or in some cases, two of them!
Except... sometimes, it gets complicated. Mysterious and magical resorts, dangerous rogue wolves, dentists that get just a little too excited and start growing hair in funny places, a couple of bears who might be terrorists, and a tiger with a bad attitude?
Gulp. Things could get REAL complicated.
In places where the only rules are Pack rules; in towns where shifters and witch doctors rub shoulders; on exotic vacations where only eagles dare, and on planes where a wolverine shifter is sandwiched between two of the sexiest bears she’s ever imagined, you’ll never have more fun, or get more steamy, seductive, incredible paranormal romance in ONE PLACE at ONE LOW PRICE.
From our pack to yours, enjoy these incredible novellas, and keep howling for the moon!
Waking Up Were by Celia Kyle
What’s a gal to do when a dog bite isn’t a dog bite and her boss makes her want to howl at the moon? Keep him.
Bear Your Teeth by Lynn Red
A slightly clutzy rabbit-shifter and a big, bad bear of a dentist will take you along on a steamy, hilarious ride you’ll never forget!
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...
Bears Repeating by Flora Dare
It takes double the werebears to handle one cranky wolverine in this menage romance.
To Screech His Own by Marina Maddix
It may be against the rules, but when a hot eagle shifter lands at an exclusive resort, one employee really wants to ruffle his feathers. What’s a curvy kitty to do?
This anthology was an absolute delight to read. I loved each and every story. the authors all put a unique spin on their stories that kept me turning the pages.
From the moment, I started reading this story I was snorting. Poor Paprika Lewis is a rabbit shifter who is in love with Dr. Thor Melton a bear shifter who just happens to be her dentist. Not only are these two not good at discussing how they feel for one another. Paprika “Rika” has one of the funniest dysfunctional families I have read. Her mom and sister had me rolling.
This story is all about
pushing your comfort zone and going after what you really want. Rika wants Thor
even if he is shy and not good at expressing himself. She takes a leap of faith and goes after the
man she loves.
When Rika arrives at
Jamesburg she just thought she knew crazy. The shifters and people of Jamesburg
had be laughing until I had tears.
Author Lynn Red did a
fantastic job at bring the world she wrote to life. I kind of want to visit
Jamesburg and meet some of the funny and unusual characters Rika meets when she
looks for Thor.
To Screech His Own by
Marina Maddix
Anytime
I get to read about new shifters I get excited.
Author Marina Maddix fills this story with shifters of all shapes and
sizes. The island of Haven was crated
for shifters to sit back and relax no matter their age, shapes, or sizes. This
was a fun read I absolutely adored.
This
story has a little bit of everything in it, a sassy lead, a hot sexy shifter,
action, and a little mystery.
Katie O’Meghan lands
her dream job. She is the events coordinator
at Haven. Her inner housecat and she
could not be happier. That is until one of her coworkers goes after her and the
sexy eagle shifter Arnaud saves her.
Too bad she cannot give into her desires for this man.
This story has many layers.
One being that Arnaud lost his mate already and eagles normally mate for
life. I loved watching him work through
his loss and curiously about the sweet Katie.
This was my first story to read by Marina Maddix and I cannot
wait to read more of her stories. It was
fun, creative, and left me smiling.
This story would make a great introduction too many short
stories revolving around Haven.
Tiger by the Tail by
Jessica Sims
This story really grabbed my attention from the moment I started
reading it. Everything about this story intrigued me. Finally someone wrote a story where the
person who was changed did not ask for it and had to deal with the consequences
of someone else’s impulse. And to make
it worse, the one that changed you realizes they don’t want you for their mate because
your are mad they changed you!
Mandy’s character was strong and independent. She was not happy she was changed and forced
to live on the compound with the others.
She hated it. No one listened to her or asked her opinion. But when Adrian offers to take her in and
make her understand why things are going to be they both realize things about
the other one.
When Mandy changes and moves around the compound hunting and
playing I was smiling at how Adrian would keep her in line with little love
bites. He cared for her more that she realized.
He wanted her because she was his equal not because he could.
Adrian loved how strong willed Mandy was and he knew he did
not have to force her to do anything. And
the fact that he honestly wanted what was best for Mandy. He listed to her and
tried to find compromises when he could.
I would love for Author Jessica Sims to write more of Adrian
and Mandy in the future. Having them show the others that they are strong
together would be fantastic.
Bears Repeating by Flora
Dare
This story was great! It had hot sexy shifters, mystery, and
a sassy leading lady that kept everyone in line.
Jena a wolverine shifter hated flying and ends up between to
beast of men who just happens to be bear shifters. They are all instantly drawn to one another
but she denies her feeling at first.
Matt and Jack are both Alpha's. But I loved how one was very strong while one had a past Jenna could relate to. She needed them both and they complemented her perfectly.
But it is hard to deny them any longer when their plane
crashes and she is stranded with them.
Saying these two are protective of her when others upset her is an
understatement.
Watching Jena with Matt and Jack was fun. Those men loved her and only want the best
for her. I won’t give away the good stuff but I will say this was one of my
favorites. It was fun, hot, and full of
sass and mystery.
I am saying a little prayer that author Flora Dare will
continue this story one day. There is so
much she could do with this story to make it a full novel.
Waking Up Were by Celia
Kyle
From the first few lines I knew I was going to fall in love
with this story. It was well written and thought out. I absolutely adore Celia
Kyle’s stories and characters. I was in
stitches from what all Brenna would think or say out loud. She was not accepting that a werewolf bit
her.
Declan Ross hot alpha of the Swan Mountain werewolf pack was
so damn HOT! I loved his mine bit even when Brenna Davis lines his butt out and
lets him know that she will not put up with it.
Declan does not put up with anyone’s crap. So when he heads off to handle what he thinks
is another close call the rouge werewolf he was not prepared to find his mate.
Declan and Brenna have been close friends for years, both
secretly crushing on the other but neither pursuing it. Declan would not risk her not taking the
change well and her thinking he was out of her league.
One of my favorite parts of this story besides HOT Declan was
how Brenna’s change happened and what all went down. It as creative, detailed, and had me glued to
my Kindle.
If you have not read anything by Author Celia Kyle this is a
great story to see her creativity, sassy spunk, and how she write characters
you will fall in love with. I am always sad when I finish one of her stories. It is never enough.
Lynn Red
Jessica Sims
Marina Maddix
Flora Dare
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