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Shifter Nation: Fated Over Forty
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D.C. Cole
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Meg Ripley
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"I just couldn’t see myself in a relationship with anyone here. Except you."
Those are the last words I expected to hear that night. After a failed marriage and sending my twins off to college, it was finally time to put myself first. I stepped way outside of my comfort zone and moved my relationship therapy practice up north. To help get my name out there, I hosted a speed dating event from my new home office, just in time for Valentine’s Day. But I never thought I’d be struck by Cupid’s arrow myself.
When a rugged stranger with soulful eyes showed up and asked me to take a round with him, I soon learned just how good this carpenter is with his hands. But there’s another side of Pax unlike anything I’ve seen. At the risk of sounding certifiably insane, when I was attacked by a client, Pax changed from the man I’d come to love to a snarling, ferocious bear.
He may have saved me from that fate, but now, who will save me from him?
Steamy shifter love scenes and an HEA inside! No cheating or cliffhanger in this stand-alone romance. Listeners 18+.
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Captivating, Steamy and Dangerous
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It's a toss up which Pax notices first, Carrie, or the woodwork in her home, but either way, his eye has been caught and he's interested in spending more time with them.
Carrie is establishing a new business in a tight knit community, that's hard enough, but the self-doubt her ex-husband planted in her mind is egged on at the most unfortunate times by misunderstandings, and some good old fashioned local secrets.
This done in one story was incredibly satisfying, containing more story/plot and character moments than I expected, all well paced.
So often stories about trust issues focus on trusting others, and there is some of that here, but add in the self-doubt / struggling to trust yourself at times and the story gets really interesting.
"James Thompson wasn’t much of a talker,..."
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Finding Love
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Shifters
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Overall: 4 stars
Performance: 4 stars
Story: 4 stars
Good
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This is a great paranormal bear shifter romance. I enjoyed this audio version; it made the characters come alive with the narration, it is steamy, entertaining, romantic with a great hero and heroine.
I love reading/listening about sexy big bad cuddly bear shifters and that is what the hero Pax is. Pax wants a mate so when he attends a speed dating event he sets his sites on the organizer Carrie who is a relationship therapist. The two have a sizzling, passionate night together and neither can seem to keep the other off their mind. The more time the two spend together Pax realized that Carrie is his fated mate.
Can Pax the sexy big cuddly bear shifter find love in a human relationship therapist, how will Carrie take it when she finds out that Pax is a bear shifter, will it make or break their relationship?
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Awesome Bear Shifter Romance
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First Time Audio Read
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My bear
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The storyline is all about acceptance, overcoming doubts and believing in yourself. Carrie and Pax both had issues to work through. Carrie's are the understandable ones faced by any woman when she comes through a divorce and has to start again. She also has the insecurities faced by any woman who has given birth and the changes that inevitably bring to one's body. Pax is plagued by doubts about the difficulties being in a relationship with a human can bring and wonders if Carrie will be able to accept him as he is.
I loved the way they actually talked and accepted help from the pack - no man is an island and even as a couple when you need help you should accept it gladly, especially as the clan's relationship therapist was happy to help.
Carrie and Pax
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Pax and Carrie
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