Posts Tagged With: bonding

Audio Review: Slow Heat by Leta Blake

Posted on May 27, 2018 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Slow Heat
Author: Leta Blake
Narrator: Michael Ferraiuolo
Series: Heat of Love #1
Heroes: Vale & Jason
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 14 hours and 7 minutes
Publisher: Self-Published
Release Date: May 7, 2018
Available at: Amazon & Audible
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Blurb: A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past. 

Professor Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his mid-30s, he’s long since given up hope that he’ll meet a compatible alpha, let alone his destined mate. He’s fulfilled by his career, his poetry, his cat, and his friends.

When Jason Sabel, a much younger alpha, imprints on Vale in a shocking and public way, longings are ignited that can’t be ignored. Fighting their strong sexual urges, Jason and Vale must agree to contract with each other before they can consummate their passion.

But for Vale, being with Jason means giving up his independence and placing his future in the hands of an untested alpha – as well as facing the scars of his own tumultuous past. He isn’t sure it’s worth it. But Jason isn’t giving up his destined mate without a fight.

This is a stand-alone gay romance novel, 118,000 words, with a strong HFN ending, as well as a well-crafted, non-shifter omegaverse, with alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. Content warning for pregnancy loss and aftermath.

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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2018, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Book Review: Bitten by Desire by Annabelle Jacobs

Posted on October 17, 2017 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Bitten by Desire
Author: Annabelle Jacobs
Series: Regent’s Park Pack #3
Heroes: Alec Knight/Mark Appleton
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 311 Pages
Publisher: Annabelle Jacobs
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  Two lovers from rival packs. Have they come together only to be forced apart?

Alec Knight, a beta in the Regent’s Park pack, guards his heart carefully. Ghosts from his past keep him alone and angry, any hope of a relationship impossible while guilt from the pack wars still haunts him. With the anniversary drawing near, Alec needs a distraction.

As a lowly member of the Primrose Hill pack, Mark Appleton isn’t used to having his alpha’s attention. Lately he’s had more than his fair share, and not for the right reasons. Despite growing suspicions that all is not well, Mark tries hard to do better, but constant criticism leaves him desperate for a stress outlet.

Sex is a good way for shifters to let off steam, and while their packs attack each other with accusations and lies, Alec and Mark work out their frustrations in bed. Pillow talk and shared secrets lead to a closeness neither was expecting, but when pack relations reach an all-time low, any future for them seems out of the question.

If they want to be together, they’ll have to go against their alphas’ wishes—except Alec won’t and Mark can’t.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Claiming Christian by Kiki Burrelli

Posted on September 26, 2017 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Claiming Christian
Author: Kiki Burrelli
Series: Wolf’s Mate #2
Heroes: Derrick & Christian
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 210 pages
Publisher: Self-Published
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb: Derrick is an arrogant alpha billionaire poised to take control of his pack. Christian is a good guy who is always finishing last. When their worlds collide, will Derrick be able to protect them both?

Christian’s nice ways have finally landed him in the worst kind of trouble. After agreeing to help his friend, Finn, Christian becomes a target for a sadistic pack leader. He is saved from a beating by a sexy stranger.

Derrick has never been mistaken for a homeless person, but seeing how he met Christian after being passed out behind a dumpster, he can forgive the confusion. What he can’t forgive is how the sweet, sexy man attempts to ignore their connection. Someone has to save Christian from his nice ways.

When Christian agrees to return to his home, Derrick can breathe easily. That is until the pressures of his family and pack threaten to drive a wedge between them. Christian’s nice ways are his worst enemy, but Derrick has already decided Christian is his mate and will hold nothing back while claiming Christian.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2016, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Bitten by Design by Annabelle Jacobs

Posted on September 2, 2017 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Bitten by Design
Author: Annabelle Jacobs
Series: Regent’s Park Pack #2
Heroes: Seb Calloway/Tim Walters
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 245 Pages
Publisher: Annabelle Jacobs
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  When the last thing you want, is everything you need….

Seb Calloway isn’t interested in shifters. After his best friend bonded with one, he avoids getting involved with them—no matter how hot they are—to prevent the same thing from happening to him. Why take the risk for a few hours of fun?

Tim Walters is the pack doctor. Considered to be mild-mannered and non-threatening by pack standards, he prides himself on being able to stay calm and maintain his control at all times. Desperate for a bond of his own, he knows his interest in Seb is an exercise in futility, but he can’t seem to help himself.

When news emerges that threatens Seb’s safety, he and Tim need to fake a relationship to keep Seb safe. Despite Seb’s refusal to be anything other than friends with benefits, what starts out as pretend, quickly becomes more—for Tim at least. If Tim doesn’t want to end up heartbroken, he needs to prove to Seb that loving a shifter doesn’t mean losing himself.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Bitten by Mistake by Annabelle Jacobs

Posted on August 13, 2017 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Bitten by Mistake
Author: Annabelle Jacobs
Series: Regent’s Park Pack #1
Heroes: Nathan Kohl/Jared Taylor
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 233 Pages
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: July 28, 2016
Available at:  Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: From animosity to searing passion in a lunar cycle… but can their bond survive?

Wolf shifter Nathan Kohl’s pack is his whole life. Arrogant and handsome, he avoids commitment to anything or anyone outside of his pack. He works hard, plays hard, and pursues humans as lovers because there’s little to no chance of him forming a permanent bond. However, when Jared Taylor comes into Nathan’s life, every rule is broken.

After a bad experience, Jared vowed to never get involved with another shifter, no matter how much they got under his skin. Despite being physically attracted to Nathan, who’s all kinds of hot, Jared only sees an arrogant, domineering bastard.

A disastrous case of mistaken identity throws Nathan and Jared together until the next full moon. Forced to spend the next twenty-eight days in close proximity, they can no longer ignore the powerful attraction between them. Passion ignites, and their relationship takes a turn neither of them wanted.

But when the full moon comes, everything might change again.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2016, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Serpent’s Bond by Misha Paige

Posted on September 13, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

31843722Title: A Serpent’s Bond
Author: Misha Paige
Series: Myth Kissed #1
Heroes: Hudson/Drakein
Genre: MM Paranormal/Fantasy
Length: 97 Pages
Publisher: Twisted E Publishing
Release Date: September 5, 2016
Available at:  Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: A former foster kid, Hudson always had a simple dream for a perfect life. A husband to love and a family he could come home to every night. It wasn’t a fancy wish, but it might as well have been.

Approaching forty, he’s still single—and fighting the battle of the bulge—so his dream probably wasn’t going to happen. Not in this lifetime.

Especially not with Drakein Nacash, the drop dead gorgeous man who’s the subject of his nightly fantasies and barely even knows he exists.

In one day, his life is turned upside down and he’s introduced to a myth turned real. What if he could have everything he ever dreamed of?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2016, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dual Book Review: Heart of the Warrior by Kendall McKenna

Posted on September 11, 2016 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan and Susan65

20691860Title: Heart of the Warrior
Author: Kendall McKenna
Series: Tameness of the Wolf #4
Heroes: Terrell Hubbard/Kai Thayer
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 68 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Available at:  Amazon
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Blurb: Terrell Hubbard, decorated Marine sergeant, proudly serves as Beta wolf to his True Alpha and Dominant. During a mission, he meets Staff Sergeant Kai Thayer, Pack Leader of the Camp Fallujah sippe. Terrell is thrown completely off balance by the strength of their mutual attraction and the intensity of their passion. His entire world felt perfect though, each time they came together to mark and claim one another.

In the chaos of a surprise attack Kai shows poor judgement, driving a wedge between Terrell and him, and landing Kai on the True Alpha’s bad side. Terrell is torn between his ferocious loyalty to his True Alpha, and his new but powerful feelings for Kai. In the battle’s aftermath, Terrell and Kai are drawn together in passion, hoping it’s not the final chance to mark their claims.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Morgan's Reviews, Published in 2016, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Mate of the Tsatrya by Ann T. Ryan

Posted on February 10, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

12990037Title: Mate of the Tsatrya
Author: Ann T. Ryan
Heroes: Joseph/Mykael
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 144 Pages
Publisher: Silver Publishing
Release Date: November 12, 2011
Available at:  Ann T. Ryan
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Blurb: Joseph Archer never thought much of the Tsatrya race, only acknowledging they were superior to mankind in strength, speed and that they were blessed with extreme good looks. This all changed when he met Mykael of Lithonur. Not only was Mykael challenging what Joseph used to believe about his sexuality, he was also desiring a Tsatrya who ruled one of the continents of the New World. Before Joseph could stop himself, he had fallen deep for Mykael who was now trying to convince Joseph to become his true mate.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2011, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Envy by Maggie Walsh

Posted on October 3, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

26799680Title: Envy
Author: Maggie Walsh
Series: Angel Pack #7
Heroes: Crew/Laylen/Haven
Genre: MMM Fantasy
Length: 245 pages
Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Available at:  Siren-Bookstrand
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Blurb: Crew Angel has always felt like the outcast and fears he will be treated differently if his deepest desires are uncovered. Haven has been the head of Storm’s guard for centuries and has just been reunited with his pride. One of the Underworld’s Legion Warriors, Laylen, is a daredevil that loves to live on the edge. When the three meet, they find that when it comes to the bedroom, they all share the same needs and desires.

When Crew falls prey to a mysterious illness, the pack finds that they cannot help him because Crew has actually been possessed by an evil being. During a bank robbery Haven gets shot and Crew gets taken hostage. The two bandits then make the biggest mistake of their lives by bringing Crew to his home to hide out from the authorities. What they find in the house in the woods is something neither of them could have ever imagined.

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