I also realize that these two stories came out about a month ago,
but hey, life gets in the way and prevents us from doing what we really want to
do. I finally got around to reading them
and for the most part they were both a really quick, easy read. These
two authors have teamed up to create a new world of puma shifters who live in
the bayou’s of Louisiana.
The first story is centered on Raphael who is a diplomat for
this race of shifters, called The Pantera, in the Louisiana swamps. He met our heroine Ashe one night at the
local bar and had a sexy romp with her then hides her memory of the night in
question. Then oopsie, she ends up
pregnant and has no idea how that happened.
She keeps remembering tidbits here and there but can’t tell if they’re
real or imagined. Ashe goes to the bar
to pay her mother’s bar tab (she’s the town drunk) and meets up with Raphael
again and that is where their story begins.
He explains to her that he knows she’s pregnant with his child and wants
her to be with him. Ashe isn’t so sure
of that so Raphael has to convince her that she should be with him because he
can offer her a home (her mother kicks her out at the beginning of the story). Of course, nothing is ever as simple as it
seems and there’s a group of bad guys who want to kill Ashe because she carries
the first Pantera child in 50 years. She
is constantly in danger and Raphael does his best to protect her from the ones
who want her and the baby dead. They finally make it to Raphael’s homeland
which is called the Wildlands.
The sexiness factor was definitely there. For the most part, I liked Ashe and Raphael,
so I gave their story a 3 out of 5. I
liked it but I didn’t love it. Plus,
it’s only 50 or so pages and it’s hard to squeeze a lot of plot and development
into that short of a story. I thought
Alexandra Ivy did a good job with this one.
Second story is based on Parish, who we see briefly at the
end of the Raphael. He also has a deep hatred
for humans but has a good reason (which I don’t want to spoil). Raphael sends Parish to New Orleans to bring
back a baby doctor for Ashe. Julia
Cabot is one of the best baby doctor’s in the state of Louisiana. She’s also just had a terrible string of bad
luck because she’s had to deal with her cheating boyfriend, being kicked out of
her home, and then gets kidnapped by Parish.
He was only supposed to talk to her and reason with her to come be
Ashe’s doctor, but one look at Julia and Parish knew she was his. So, Parish takes her to the Wildlands and
from then on out we see the relationship build between these two. Julia didn’t want to fall for Parish because
of her cheating ex and Parish didn’t want to fall for her because she was
human. Julia wants to leave but Parish
convinces her to stay with him. Of
course, she decided to stay with him because she loves him. This story is also left with a
cliffhanger. Ashe gets injected with
something and now it’s a race against time to figure out what she’s been
injected with and how it’s going to affect her. So hopefully, the next two
stories will give us some idea as to what’s going to happen with Ashe and the
baby.
I gave Parish a 3 out
of 5 too. Like I said earlier, I liked
it but I didn’t love it. Laura Wright
did a good job with Parish as well.
If you’ve read the Breed series by Lora Leigh, I felt a
similar connection to that series after reading these two stories. I liked that
series so I have high hopes for this series as well.
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