review: Be Were by Eliza Gayle

Be Were by Eliza Gayle

My rating:  3/5

DRC provided by NetGalley for an honest review

Published: 1/27/14

Genre:  paranormal romance

Summary –

Dean had a family once. Until tragedy and betrayal consumed them. Now he lives on his own terms keeping life simple and carefree. Then one night leads to one bite and he's forced back into a dangerous world that reminds him he's still as angry as ever and this time he's not leaving until he gets what he wants. Niki.

Niki Harris has lived a life of secrets and solitude with no interest in making a change. But an easy one night stand turns complicated and she finds herself marked. Now she has to decide, tell the sexy shifter with a possessive streak a mile wide she's pregnant and in danger or do what she's always done--run.

Be Were is the full story from the free first chapter bonus, White Cougar Christmas. (Thanks to GoodReads.com for the summary)

My Thoughts –

Be Were is a steamy story about two people looking for a hot one nighter and ending up with more they ever knew they wanted.  Both characters are resigned to the fact that they’ll never mate, have a family and find happiness.  They never expected one night of hot smexy time to turn into a lifelong bond and family, oh well – stuff happens. 

I enjoyed the story of Niki and Dean.  They were good characters and they hat some wicked hot chemistry between the two of them for sure.  I thoroughly liked the world the author created here.  The action/danger element was interesting, could have been more developed, but then this is book 5 in a series.  I think to really grasp the level of danger, the other 4 book must be read before.  You can definitely tell this is part of a series.  I this the title of the book should be larger than the author’s name, but maybe that’s just me.  I look forward to more in this series and from this author!!  Great job.

Ashes of War (Sons of War, book 2) by Lia Davis + GIVEAWAY

Ashes of War (Sons of War, book 2) by Lia Davis

Genre: paranormal romance

Blurb

Ashlynn Blake, minor goddess of the hunt—lethal, beautiful, and able to connect with animals on a psychic level—is the perfect person to place judgment upon an accused dragon. But first she has to prove to the gods that Ty Sullivan is innocent of his crimes. If she fails, she’s doomed to lose her heart along with him forever.

Ty’s been beaten, scarred, and betrayed by females. He doesn’t trust them, can’t stand being around them for longer than he or his dragon needs to be. Yet, when he meets Ashlynn, his dragon is ready to mate, but the man believes she’s no different than the others.

The Fates have thrown them together, forcing secrets to be told and igniting a passion so fierce it may destroy both of them.

Excerpt:

A twig snapped and he whirled to face the intruder. As soon as the redheaded goddess came into to full view, he froze and his heart pounded. Her hair hung in silky waves around her shoulders and her green eyes sparkled like emeralds. He let his gaze travel down her body. A tight black V-neck sweater and black jeans clung to her modest curves and his palms itched to touch her, to see if she was real.

“Are you going to stand there and stare at me all day?” Ashlynn stepped toward him, her expression a mysterious blend of coyness and invitation.

The dragon snapped his teeth and paced beneath his skin. A hot, dizzying rush of desire filled him. Ashlynn’s strawberry scent called to the beast, stirring a fiery need only she could calm. Every day and night she’d been gone, the dragon grew more impatient. Seeing her, being close enough they could touch in two long strides didn’t ease some of the darkness he succumbed to over the past weeks. No, being close to her raised a need within him that drove his dragon insane with lust.

The man had no intentions on claiming the female. Not yet, anyway. How did he know she could be trusted?

With a low growl to warn the dragon to back the fuck off, Ty watched her pass him to stare at the ruins. “Where have you been?” he gritted out.

She took a deep breath before answering. “At my mother’s. Healing.”

“Sounds like she lives nearby.”

She turned to look at him, brows raised. “What if she did?”

He growled and took one step forward, wrapped an arm around her waist to jerk her against him. Her body meshed into his, electrifying each nerve ending, and he tried to ignore how perfectly she fit against him. “Don’t play with me, female.”

A sensual smile lifted her full, kissable lips. “Oh, believe me, I haven’t begun to play. Yet.”

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