This story in the Lone Pine Pride series introduces a cougar shapeshifter, Patricia 'Patch' Fontaine, out in Montana guiding a party of wilderness trekkers. Her pheromone levels are rocketing this week and we're in no doubt that TAMING THE LION is going to involve some adult scenes. Patch drops the tourists back to base before anyone gets interested, but a meeting of shifters has been called and she has no choice but to attend.
Lone Pine is the only pride which admits other cat shifters, so we meet leopard, jaguar, lynx and African lion as well as a Bengal tiger. The general world is unaware of their existence so the usually solitary beings tend to band together and agree on rules for safety. A dominant lion called Roman works for their security and he will soon marry Lila, Patch's lioness friend, though this is more for expediency than love. The sight of him tonight sparks Patch's interest. It's probably just the extra hormones, right? A lion wouldn't be interested in a cougar, and her athletic figure has never attracted men anyway.
Three Rocks pride in Texas wants to reveal their nature to the world, so the debate is on and feelings run high. Another issue is that some shifters have just vanished. These include Patch's parents years ago, and more pride members recently. Who is kidnapping them, and why? Rumours fly. I found the story continually interesting as challenges are piled on while personal issues arise but have to be pushed aside temporarily.
I especially liked seeing the cougar shape that Patch takes, while the doors in people's houses all swing easily with paw-friendly latches. Patch constantly refers to her claws rather than nails, and they do seem sharp and strong for fingernails, so we take it that some attributes of the big cats carry over into the human form. Patch keeps grumbling about double standards and discrimination so the shifters don't have an ideal society but they can mostly be themselves. This includes being computer hackers in today's world.
Vivi Andrews has written a complex, fun and easily readable tale in TAMING THE LION which follows on from Jaguar's Kiss and precedes Hawk's Revenge. This adult romance fantasy series will prove addictive.
When sheโs in heat, thereโs no cooling downโฆ
Lone Pine Pride, Book 2
Wilderness guide and cougar-shifter Patricia โPatchโ
Fontaine has known the dangers of lone-shifter life since
she was ten, when her parents mysteriously vanished. All
grown up now, she thrives on her hard-won independence.
When rumors of a new rash of shifter abductions crop up,
sheโs forced to come home to the Lone Pine Pride for
protectionโright as the man sheโs always secretly wanted
is
about to marry her best friend. And right as sheโs going
into heat.
Roman Jaeger values his role as Alpha heir apparent, but
he
isnโt thrilled about his arranged marriage to the Alphaโs
daughterโespecially when his bride is just as nonplussed
as
he isโbut heโll do his duty for the pride. Seeing Patch
again challenges his noblest intentions. The wildness in
her
sets him on fire, and he canโt resist the chance for one
last fling.
Both know a future together is impossible. But when
chemistry and sowing wild oats grows into a need deeper
than
lust, their bond could threaten the very heart of the
pride
they both love.
Warning: This book contains a strong sexy Alpha-to-be, an
independent cougar-shifter who knows her way around a
lionโs
heart, secret affairs, arranged marriages, politics,
passion, and a pride full of lions and tigers and bears.
Oh
my.
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