From Goodreads:Ten years after Blayne Thorpe first encountered Bo Novikov, she still can't get the smooth-talking shifter out of her head. Now he's shadowing her in New York-all seven-plus feet of him-determined to protect her from stalkers who want to use her in shifter dogfights. Even if he has to drag her off to an isolated Maine town where the only neighbors are other bears almost as crazy as he is...
Let sleeping dogs lie. Bo knows it's good advice, but he can't leave Blayne be. Blame it on her sweet sexiness -- or his hunch that there's more to this little wolfdog than meets the eye. Blayne has depths he hasn't yet begun to fathom -- much as he'd like to. She may insist Bo's nothing but a pain in her delectable behind, but polar bears have patience in spades. Soon she'll realize how good they can be together. And when she does, animal instinct tells him it'll be worth the wait...
Ric Van Holtz is more than he seems, nothing you expect - and everything you want...When it comes to following her instincts, former Marine Dee-Ann Smith never holds back. And this deadly member of a shifter protection group will do anything to prove one of her own kind is having hybrids captured for dogfights. Trouble is, her too-cute, rich-boy boss Ric Van Holtz is making it real hard for Dee to keep her heart safe. He's wanted the fiercely independent she-wolf from day one, but he never expected their teamwork to be so explosive. Now is his last chance to show Dee what she needs isn't some in-your-face Alpha male, but a wily, resourceful wolf who'll always have her back in a fight...and between the sheets.
He's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He's also about to get trapped by own his game. . .
Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur. Especially when that someone is a curvy she-tiger with a skill set that's turning Crush's lone-bear world upside down--and bringing his passion out of hibernation. . .
As a member of an elite feline protection unit, Marcella Malone has no problem body-dropping anyone who hunts her kind. But Crush is proving one major pain in her gorgeous tail. The only reason she's joined forces with him is to track down the wealthy human who's got her entire species in his ruthless sights. It sure isn't because Crush's stubborn and contrary attitude is rubbing Cella in all the right ways. . .
Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it's the right thing to do. And if that means traveling around the country with one complicated She-jackal, dealing with chocolate-eating wild dogs, instigating trouble between his brothers, and having the most amazing sex he's ever had…well, who said his job didn't have perks?
Toni doesn't know how she keeps getting herself into these situations. But even she has to admit there's something about Ricky Lee Reed that she finds kind of interesting…and downright sexy. Now they just have to survive long enough to figure out if what they have is worth fighting for…
Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life's irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad's untimely and unexplained demise.
That's where Vic Barinov comes in--or his house does. Vic can't step outside without coming back to find Livy devouring his honey stash and getting the TV remote sticky. It gets his animal instincts all riled up. But he'll have to woo her at high speed: all hell is breaking loose, and Livy is leading the charge. . .
My Review:
This second half of the series was just as fun to read as the first! And it's pretty hilarious, just how many situations Blayne gets herself into, and just how many people are her friends, she definitely brought a lot of chaos to the series, and I loved it!
For these books, Blayne (obviously) and Bo, and Ricky Lee and Toni, and Livy and Vic were my favourite couples. Blayne for the chaos like I said, and how much she upends Bo's very structured life. Toni because she's the only non-genius of her siblings, and dealing with them was so fun. And Livy, she's the first honey badger in the series (it's weird that most characters didn't really know about honey badgers until they met Livy) and I'm so excited for the future!
But I do have a soft spot for Dee and Marcella, because they initially have this really big rivalry, but they work together really well, to the point where they're pretty scary to everybody else, which is pretty funny to read!
There's a lot going on in these books besides the romance. There's a pretty big subplot running through about fighting pits of hybrids mainly, of who was acquiring said hybrids, and who was having them fight. Loved watching that all get dealt with!
Loved reading these books and I can't wait to continue on in the world!
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Series: Pride #5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Read: October 28th, 29th, 29th, 29th, 30th, 2023
Source: Audible, Bought
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books, and Bite Me is a End of Series 2023 Book!
Publisher: Tantor Audio, Kensington Publishing Corp, Brava
Published: May 25th 2010, April 26th 2011, March 27th 2012, March 26th 2013, March 24th 2014
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Big Bad Beast:
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Wolf With Benefits:
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Bite Me:
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