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How It Was
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- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's summary
Trina Hogue needs help. She’s stopped right in the middle of the Battleborn Crew to visit an old friend named Ren. But when she finds Ren, she’s surrounded by a small army of misfit shifters who are having trouble containing their inner animals. Her submissive personality won’t get her very far in this trailer park of beasts, so she has to adapt or perish if she wants Ren’s help. One night at the trailer park, and it’s clear she’s stumbled onto an ancient shifter who poses a threat to the world as she knows it. She should be terrified of Nuke, but with each passing minute, she starts to think he isn’t a monster at all. Maybe everyone else is.
Haunted by a past that will put the entire Battleborn Crew in danger before they’re even established, Trina must figure out whether to stay and lose herself, or leave and lose everything else.
Don’t miss this exciting sixth installment in T. S. Joyce’s bestselling Oath of Bane series.
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.
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- Lisa X
- 01-31-24
NUKE!
This is Nuke’s story. He has been sneaky, grumpy and unfriendly so of course that mean he hides good secrets. I was shocked and surprised about more than a few things in here. Nuke and Trina are a good fit. I will say I wasn’t a fan of her animal…it seems to lead more to the mythical side than paranormal. Other than that she was perfect for the story.
I loved all of Amos antics! He cracks me up and I cant wait for him to get his own story.
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