Review: And with a mighty roar...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2014
I like to go to this author when I need a quick alpha-male fix. She writes them hot, big and in charge, usually tatted up, muscled, and always pretty badazz. And Maverick is no different. He's an alpha lion shifter who's gruff and short on words, and I really liked his crude kind of appeal, the rough edges, and his lethal hit-man past.I also liked that he's forty-five years old. The heroine is only twenty-one, innocent and sweet, and I wish more had been made of that age gap. I love an age difference like that and wish that had been played up more. They were a sexy combination to me, and the heroine really suited this hero, too; her sweet innocence a contrast to his rough, needy personality. He's very protective of his heroine, of her softness and youth.I also enjoyed the heroine's name, Kettah. Made me smile and think of 'kitteh.' And that's what Maverick calls her, his little kitten. And it was fun that she's a cat shifter I've never read before. I've read lion, cougar, leopard and tiger, but never a Pallas's cat shifter. I had to Google that one and learned something new!The sex was hot, dominating, and kind of raunchy, with that alpha male talking dirty and marking his mate, "I'm going to claim you so f-ing hard, kitten. So f-ing hard." It is instant attraction, the usual way of shifter romances, but the story was still very sexy and fun to read. Erotic PNR not too long on story but was fully loaded with alpha-male appeal, and just the kind of hero I was looking for. Book 3 of this series but I do think it can be read as a stand-alone.