Series: Shifter Wars
Author: Kerry Adrienne
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: November 28, 2016*
Publisher: Carina Press
Format: Digital
Digital ISBN: 9781460397442
Synopsis:
Bear shifters exist.
Professor Bria Lane has known this since she was a child. Now she’s returned to he forests of Deep Creek to prove it to the worlds. She has no idea how close she is to that proof in ruggedly sexy park ranger Derek Poole. Intimately close. But uncovering Derek’s wild side comes with a shattering price.
Like a magnet meeting metal, Derek is drawn to Bria. His destiny. His mate. So beautiful and so vulnerable. So dangerous, too: an encroachment of lions, vengeful and vicious, is closing in and they’re ready for war. Now is not the time to be distracted like a lovesick cub.
If Bria reveals the truth of the Deep Creek shifters to the world, she’ll bring out the worst of both sides. But Derek can’t hide his secrets from the love of his life forever. He knows they’re playing with fire – and that when passion runs this hot, this reckless, someone’s bound to get burned.
*Previously published, newly revised and expanded by author
“What an ursus…umm...whatever you said?
I’ve always worked with my hands—I never was a college guy. Didn’t have the
patience to sit still in the classroom.” Derek kicked at the ground then looked
up.
“No worries.” She snapped her attention
back to what he was saying. “Most people don’t know what an ursinologist
is—it’s someone who studies bears.”
“Bears, huh?” He shook his head and
laughed. “You study bears?”
“What’s so funny?” She crossed her
arms. “It’s a valid profession. And I’m doing what I love.”
“Nothing wrong with it, Bria.” He
stepped so close to her she had to look up to meet his gaze, and held his hands
up in mock surrender. “I think it’s a fine profession, I’ve just never heard of
it. It’s a totally new job that I’ve never heard of. Yet here you are in the woods
with me, so I guess we aren’t that far apart, career-wise.”
Derek was in her space and even though
they weren’t touching, she felt his presence touching hers, like a low-level
energy buzzing in the evening air, crackling when hers met his. One step closer
and she could pull that hair band out and hop into his arms, straddling him as
she kissed him. She shook her head to clear her naughty thoughts. Ugh. Stop. The thoughts about what she’d like to
do to the hot park ranger needed to stop. Maybe she’d been out in the sun too
long. Normally she didn’t ogle guys. In fact, she couldn’t remember the last
time she had. She cleared her throat and took a step back. “I thought you were
laughing at me.”
“No. I didn’t know there was a name for
someone who studies bears. Plus, the word sounds kinda funny.” He scanned the
forest, thumbs in his belt loops. “I guess you’re in the right place to look
for bears, though. Especially this deep in the forest. Lots of them live in
Deep Creek. They’re everywhere. Probably closer than you think.”
“I hope so.” Her shoulders lowered and
she blew out a breath. “Have you seen any this season? I know they are more
active in summer. After they’ve woken from hibernation.”
“I see them every day. I’m out in the
woods a lot.” He chewed his lip. “They really only partially hibernate, though.
But yeah, I guess you could say I’ve seen a lot of bears here in Deep Creek.”
He’d seen bears. Recently. Her pulse thumped in her neck and she leaned forward, as
if being near him would make the bears closer. Excitement rang in her ears.
“Where? Can you show me, or at least give me some pointers where to look? I
can’t wait to see them.”
“My best advice is to keep your eyes
open. You never know when a bear will appear right in front of you.”
***Excerpt provided courtesy of Kerry Adrienne
and Carina Press. This excerpt is from an unedited ARC and subject to
change.
Sexy shifter passion is awakened when two unlikely lovers are challenged by secrets, danger and an unstoppable need to claim one's mate…
For human Amy Francis, the secluded cabin in Deep Creek is the haven she needs to map out a fresh new start. She never expected her heart to be reawakened by a distraction like Griff Martin, commanding yet gentle, too ferociously sensual to ignore. It's clear that patrolling the forest is more than a job to Griff—it's a means of survival. But what Amy doesn't realize is she's reawakened the beast within him.
Griff's dormant hunger is stirred by this intoxicating woman…and threatened by the secret she must never learn. Duty-bound to defend his bear clan against an avenging pride of lion shifters, Griff's entire world is upended when he meets Amy. His animal need to claim his mate has taken hold, but that very desire could seal her fate as an unwitting pawn in battle.
Now, as a shifter war looms, Griff must decide between letting Amy go or following his most carnal instincts. To have her would change his life…but risk everything he knows and was born to protect.
Storm Damaged
In a world where humans don’t know mermaids exist, Mari leaves her home in the ocean to escape her mother, her betrothed, and her tribe’s expectations in order to make a go of independence on land. Chase, former Navy diver and self-appointed curmudgeon-who-isn’t-worthy-of-love, lost his brother in a freak diving accident and now fears the ocean he once loved.
Mari’s a mermaid with a plan. She has to get the sexy bartender, Chase, to remain on the island so she can get him into her bed. Trouble is, he’s afraid of the water and there’s a hurricane coming. But with Mari's betrothed on the rampage over a centuries-old vendetta, the storm isn't the worst thing they'll have to face.
Repped by the fabulous Marisa Corvisiero with the
Corvisiero Literary Agency. http://www.corvisieroagency.com/
Kerry loves history and spends large amounts of time
wondering about people who lived and walked on Earth in the past. She’s a mom
to three daughters, six cats, and various small animals. Her husband says she’s
a marketer’s dream, as she often believes everything she hears—at least
initially. Her shoe horde will attest to her fine shopping skills.
In addition to writing, Kerry loves to sew (costumes and
cosplay, especially), draw, paint, make chainmail, and play guitar.
Her new love is her Mini Cooper Convertible, Sheldon, and
they have already gone on many adventures. They travel to as many concerts as
they can–especially Green Day and Marilyn Manson.
You can visit her much-neglected costuming blog here: http://cloakandcostume.blogspot.com/ Maybe she’ll have time to update it soon.
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