Perfect Mate by Jennifer Ashley Narrator: Cris Dukehart
Length: 2 hrs 54 mins
Published by Intermix, Penguin on May 20, 2014
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 119
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Cormac has been moving from one Shiftertown to the next in search of a mate. Now he's in southern Nevada, where a beautiful, unmated bear Shifter greets him...with a shotgun in her hands.
Nell is a hot-tempered mother of two cubs, and she doesn't take kindly to new Shifters showing up in town without her consent - even one with a sexy smile and brilliant blue eyes. But when her sons are endangered and she desperately needs help protecting them, Cormac proves he's worthy of her trust as well as her desire.
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Yay! Another bear book!
For Perfect Mate we find ourselves in the Nevada shiftertown. Nell is tough and stubborn. She has two cubs, that are mostly grown up bears. That doesn’t mean mama bear is not heavily into their lives protecting them.
When Cormac ends up in town, Nell is instantly on alert. He’s looking for a mate, and Nell is not thinking of mating. Her life is wrapped up in her cubs. Once those cubs are on board with Cormac’s plan, they are frustratingly on his side and encourage Nell to mate. It doesn’t take too much pushing before she accepts Cormac. She is definitely the dominant of the pair which is fun to see.
The back and forth between these two bears was really fun to read. But we can’t leave out the action that comes when the cubs are in danger. We see mama bear take action to protect those cubs and gladly takes Cormac’s help.
A couple of things about Perfect Mate. It was short as it was a novella. I love that this novella was done in audio, I hate switching formats to get the novellas read. Being a novella, the romance and the action all happen pretty quickly. Another thing is I love the bears. They are big, strong and protective. Nell is all of those and that made me love her as a main character. Cormac is a newbie, but his persistance and strength make him a great match for Nell. She is just so dominant that she balances out with Cormac.
This was a great pair and I loved every bit of their story.
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About Jennifer Ashley
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Jennifer Ashley has lived and traveled all over the world, and now lives in the Southwest. She writes historical, paranormal, and contemporary romance as Jennifer Ashley; mysteries as Ashley Gardner; and paranormal romance and urban fantasy as Allyson James.
Jennifer’s/Allyson’s/Ashley’s more than 83 novels and novellas have won RWA’s RITA award, the Golden Quill, RT Reviewer’s Choice awards, and the Prism award, among others. Jennifer’s novels have been also been translated into French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Hungarian, Italian, Thai, and other languages.
Jennifer enjoys writing and reading above all else, but her hobbies include cooking, hiking, playing flute and guitar, painting, and building miniature rooms and dollhouses.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2016 Audiobook Challenge
- 2017 Library Love
