I loved loved loved this book,very different people in the same family finding love, Adding the complication of being in the ruling family of a panther pride was awesome, Totally gutted when I finished it, Love Crystal Jordan TBR
In this universe, radiation poisoning has caused mutations that over time, have become part of the normal life most people can shift.
Three short stories all related to the same family Panthers shifters Dela Cruz
Easy to read quick to finish enough to satisfy
Three steamy short stories with predictable plots, . . but somehow I don't think plot was the author's focus when she was writing this one, Hot shifter lovin Not as steamy as I would have thought but overall pretty blush inducing! On the hunt for a great shifter book Let me recommend On the Prowl by Crystal Jordan! Her talented writing imaginative plots one heck of a sexy panther shifter tale.
I loved this booklet me tell you why, Characters, characters, charactersshe made them loveable and interesting, The romance, tension and steamy hot sex scenes that we have all come to love or maybe even crave are abundant.
The struggles were believable the bantering was endearing, And THE TWINSby far my favorite unforeseen dilemma, What I liked the most was that there were three stories in this book, each of which was masterfully tailored! On the Prowl was very entertaining and a book that I definitely recommend.
I really liked this book, Three stories, all related by storyline and familial characters, I felt that they were read in the most perfect order, Story, sexy and sucked you in, Story, even hotter than the first and storytopped it all off, I don't want to put spoilers in here so, all I will say is that Jordan's order was perfect and, just when you think you are amped up enough, she steps it up a notch.
I would have given itexcept the finalchapters were slow to me, for some odd reason. A bit too wordy. But, overall, great read!! Meet the Cruz brothers, They look humanexcept for the golden sheen their eyes take when they're aroused beyond control, . . and the way their claws come out when it's time to play rough,
They're Panthers, ancient shapeshifters, and their survival depends on mating to bring out their wild sides, . .
Undeniable
When Antonio, the strong, sexy new leader of the Panther pride, meets luscious Solana in a dark alleyway, their passion lights up the night.
But she's an outcast, an impossible mateand her touch makes him lose all control, . .
Irresistible
Exmodel and businesswoman Andrea doesn't need anyoneuntil she meets Miguel, who tempts her mind with daring games and teases her body with dark, forbidden pleasure she can't resist.
. .
Indescribable
Wild twins Ricardo and Diego do everything togetherand their women appreciate the teamwork.
Until shy Isabel takes refuge in their pride, and both want to claim her, Of course, sometimes two mates are better than one, . . I didn't like this anthology at all, The title may be less than original but the story has plenty going for it,
Panther shapeshifters, a species as old as ours, have existed alongside us in absolute secrecy, Each continent has its own Pride, with all the members of the Pride living together, They're not immortal, but sleep rejuvenates them and allows them to lead a slightly longer, healthier life, They're very uninhibited, sexually, and promiscuous until they find their mate, the one panther meant for them, It's only with their mate, and only in panther form, that they can conceive, and so the panther population is low and wellprotected.
In the first story, "Claim Me", Antonio has just inherited the North American Pride from his father, Esteban, now dead.
Having spent the last fifteen years with the South American Pride, he barely knows his younger twin brothers, Ricardo and Diego, and hasn't seen his sister Andrea for a long time either.
He brings back with him Miguel, to act as his Second, and a more modern outlook,
But even his tolerant, accepting approach is tested to its limit when he finds his mate, Solana, and discovers she's a nonshifter a rare panther born with the heightened senses like eyesight and strength, but without the ability to shift.
Which means: no children for them, For the leader of a Pride to take a nonshifter as mate is unthinkable, but he can't stay away from her.
Solana, persecuted most of her life by other panthers because of her lack of shifting ability, wants him to stay away but can't resist the draw of mates.
How can they reconcile their desire for each other with the needs of the pride
The second story, "Take Me", brings Antonio's sister Andrea back from her clothing designer business to the Pride.
Having run away at a young age, her past haunts her, Meeting her mate, Miguel, sets off a whirlwind of desire but she's determined not to let a male control her again, and sets limits on their relationship that nearly ruin them.
Can Miguel help her face her demons and convince her he won't hurt her Can she ever trust him
"Need Me", the third story, focuses on wild playboy twins Ric and Diego, lawyers by day, tag team by night.
They always take their women together, and when Isabel turns up from the European Pride, seeking asylum, and they discover they're both her mates, it seems a perfect match.
But Isabel is reluctant to commit while a panther from the Spanish pride is making the insane demand that he's her mate, and the twins take their dare devil antics to lifethreatening heights literally.
On the Prowl is perfectly structured, introducing the characters and panther world at a steady pace, building on the culture with each story.
The stories focus on relationships, and it makes a nice change that even though fate has predetermined who their mates are, it doesn't make for an instant perfect relationship: they have to work at it.
Which brings me to the characters, I need strong character development and even though Jordan is working with short stories here, she uses the space she has well in creating engaging, passiondriven characters who have some pretty darn good excuses to resist the mating thing.
They aren't complicated characters, but they are endearing, I especially liked Miguel, and the twins' banter,
The novel is erotica as well as romance, and we get all the classic positions, places, a bit of light bondage and a Ménage à trois.
The prose carries the graphic scenes without letting it slip into the indulgent and overthetop Christine Feehan style, or tacky or awkward.
It's easy to get swept up in the characters, um, experimentation,
While the novel never grabbed me like Kresley Cole or Beth Kery two of my favourite romance and erotic romance writers it held its own when the premise could have been downright silly and cheesy.
Besides that, I love Big Cats always need capitals!, so Jordan was always going to win me over there! Great find at the library.
Hot shifter Story.stories in one book. Pleasantly surprised by this one, This is one thosebooks in one deals, I liked the first story Claim Me, I thought it was HAWT off the bat and couldnt stop reading, I was drawn into the conflict of Solana not being a nonshifter and the reasons why she couldnt, I thought Antonio was amazing in the way he really didnt care and how he wanted to change the Pride.
I didnt like Take Me, At first I liked it, but it just seemed to drag on, The ending of the story was actually decent, but over all I just couldnt seem to enjoy Andrea and Miguels story at all.
I think Need Me was my favorite out of all, I liked the twins and their need to do everything together if you know what I mean, wink wink I felt for Isabel and the things that had shaped her life, This was definitely the hottest and steamiest of the stories and I loved it,
The only real problem I had with the writing was when the author would write, “and he froze” when the men were at their point of climax.
Ummmm, men dont freeze unless they want to not climax so this was a huge contradiction that annoyed the hell out of me.
A lot. She used it a lot, I think had the middle story been better, I could have given it aWorth the Read, but alas it wasnt.
.