ARC Review – Howl For It (Pride 0.5) by Shelly Laurenston, Cynthia Eden

Description:
They hunger for your pleasure. They growl for your touch. And in these sizzling stories by New York Times bestselling author Shelly Laurenston and Cynthia Eden, these sexy wolf shapeshifters are lust at first bite. . .

“Like A Wolf With A Bone” by Shelly Laurenston
Quiet little Darla Lewis couldn’t be happier when the most-feared member of the South’s rowdiest pack kidnaps her. A girl gets real tired of being overprotected by her own shifter family, and there’s nothing like an oh-so-big bad wolf to start a pack feud, unleash her instincts–and have her surrender however and whenever she wants. . .

“Wed Or Dead” by Cynthia Eden
Gage Ryder knew his human bride had a wild side. But spending their honeymoon night on the run from hunters out to finish him and his pack is sure not the kind of fun he was looking forward to. No problem–Gage will do whatever it takes to lay bare Kayla’s secrets and find the truth. If he can keep from being captured by his own seductive game.

Like A Wolf With A Bone 5 stars
In Like A Wolf With A Bone readers learn how Dee Ann’s parents, Egbert ‘Eggie’ Ray Smith and Darla Mae Lewis meet and mate. Eggie Ray Smith is the most revered of the Smith male; from other pride books it’s well known that Eggie is the one you call when you need someone to “disappear”. He’s known as the dumpster diving, killer that loves his wife and daughter and doesn’t care about to much else. OMG but Eggie is a sweetheart! The book starts off with Eggie and Darla meeting, both are on mandatory work vacations hiding out from their fighting mated siblings ( Eggie’s brothers mated to Darla’s sisters). Darla doesn’t know it but someone is trying to kill her and of course it’s Eggie to the rescue. Eggie might be a loner, a killer, and not much for emotions and talking put he is the sweetest shifter in history. He takes every measure to make sure Darla is safe and well taken care of, he knows he might not be her first choice for protection but he do anything to make sure she’s safe.

Darla Mae takes one look into Eggie’s eyes and knows there’s nowhere safer than with him. Her sisters may think she’s lost her mind but she knows Eggie’s just misunderstood and mistreated by his pack. Darla is so quick to accept Eggie that he doesn’t know how to handle her. It’s great seeing the quietest, pacifist little Lewis sister wow the scariest Smith male around.

There are also glimpses of Sissy and Smitty parents along with Sara Morrighan of the Magnus Pack parents that add to the fun look into the past.

Wed or Dead 4.5 stars
Wed or Dead is action packed. Gage is a wolf shifter and Kayla is the woman hunting him, the only problem is she’s also the woman he just married. Kayla is undercover trying to get close to Gage so the hunters she works with can get rid of him and his pack of monster shifters. Gage has known all along that Kayla is a hunter but that doesn’t stop him from wanting her and convincing her that she wants him too. Kayla is turn between being loyal to the man she’s falling for, her hunter friends and coming to the understanding that maybe all shifters aren’t monster murders. Gage and Kayla have to figure out whose friend or foe and if they can trust each other enough stick together.

Charnel gives Howl For It the Purest Delight Award!