Half man, half animal, a Shadow Shifter must walk the line between predator and prey. Love and lust. And pure, blind hunger…
A natural born hunter proud of his birthright, Ezra Preston agrees to hide his true identity and pretend to be human to learn what his enemies know of his kind. But even undercover, it’s not in his nature to play games with a woman. Especially when he discovers a creature as mysterious—and utterly delectable—as Jewel Jenner. Can she be trusted? The only thing Ezra knows for sure is that she cannot be resisted…
A natural born hunter proud of his birthright, Ezra Preston agrees to hide his true identity and pretend to be human to learn what his enemies know of his kind. But even undercover, it’s not in his nature to play games with a woman. Especially when he discovers a creature as mysterious—and utterly delectable—as Jewel Jenner. Can she be trusted? The only thing Ezra knows for sure is that she cannot be resisted…
This is the first of four parts of the
serial novel, Hunger’s Mate, and Ms. Arthur certainly has my attention. In this
installment, we meet Ezra Preston, a Lead Guard of the Stateside Shadow Shifters.
He has been sent to Perryville to infiltrate Comastaz Labs to find out how much
the government actually knows about his people. While there he encounters Jewel
Jenner, a human who works as the administrative assistant for the Mountain
Zone’s Lead Enforcer, Jacques. She calls to his cat in a way that no female has
in a very long time. Because of his treatment at the hands of the last female
he was drawn to, he does not engage in emotional entanglements with women, not
that he ever would with a human.
Fans of the series may recall meeting
Jewel briefly in Shifter’s Claim. The Prologue of Hunger’s Mate Part 1 provides
quite a bit of insight into Jewel’s past without actually revealing why she is
on the run. Through her interactions with Ezra and Jewel’s own inner monologue,
it is clear that she was abused – likely physically and sexually – and she is
in hiding from the man who abused her. That she unknowingly happened to end up
working for a resort owned by shifters who are not interested in humans as
mates has given her a safe haven in which to hide. And all was well in her life
until Ezra arrived on the scene. He makes her want things she hasn’t wanted in
years and this scares her.
As expected, Ms. Arthur infuses an
elevated amount of sexual tension between Ezra and Jewel – no sex yet, but the
make-out scenes definitely got my inner kitty purring. Although there has been
no mention of companheiro calor nor has Ezra considered it in this first
installment, those readers familiar with the series will easily recognize the
direction of Ezra’s behaviors and the writing on the wall is clear. However,
Jewel’s past makes an unexpected intrusion in her life and she is whisked away
before Ezra has a chance to take things further. Not only is Ezra left frustrated,
but so is the reader as the author has set up the ending of part one with an
action-packed cliffhanger that makes me relieved that I already have part two
sitting on my Kindle.
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Ezra can’t help but be on the prowl. Jewel is stunning. Sly. Insatiable.
But she is no ordinary human—and he’s about to find out that he’s
stalking but an alluring and mysterious cat thief. One who posseses
dangerous secrets of her own…
He’s found her. The man that Jewel has
been hiding from for three years has finally found her. Her secrets are out …
well, most of them. But when she manages to elude HIM, with the help of Ezra, Bas, and Jacques, HE brings an army down on the resort in order to get her back. But
Ezra is determined to protect her and once again Jewel avoids capture. But her
freedom is not without cost as there were plenty of people caught in the
crossfire at the resort. And the Shadow Shifters have lost ADAM in the invasion
too.
Ms. Arthur ramps up the action and the
sexual tension in the second installment in the Hunger’s Mate serial novel. And oh my goodness is it hot! There are
major revelations made in this book about Jewel and Ezra – some we learned
parts of in part one and some were completely new info. When Jewel’s safety and
freedom are threatened, Ezra’s protectiveness increases exponentially and he is
forced to admit to himself that he wants to claim her. At the same time, Jewel
continues to fight what her body wants and finds it harder to do so as her
situation gets direr. But when they both finally give in to inevitable, holy
heck is it hot! Jewel refuses to obey, to acquiesce, to submit, so instead she
takes what she wants and she wants Ezra. Ezra is more than happy to give her
that control. And as we’re all coming down from that post-orgasmic high, Ezra
receives a text that does not bode well. What is it? I DON’T KNOW!!! The reading
of Hunger’s Mate Part 3 commences
NOW!!!
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