Title: Hunter’s Beau
Series: Paranormal Wars: Juarez, # 4
Author: Shea Balik
Genre: Futuristic / Paranormal
Length: Novella (131 pages)
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand, Inc. (May 20th 2015)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Blurb: Anemone Zerr had been imprisoned, used by the Cadre for his Earth Mystic abilities. He’d been locked away so long, he’d started fantasizing that a cat shifter would come and rescue him. When Hunter Keif showed up, a cheetah shifter, Anemone was convinced the man couldn’t be real.
Hunter Keif couldn’t believe the man he was staring at, curled up on the floor, nearly dead, was his mate. His heart broke with the knowledge that Anemone had been through so much pain at the hands of the Vlad Kempf, leader of the Cadre. It would take time, but Hunter would do whatever it took to help his mate heal.
But with Vlad intent on getting Anemone back, will the two be able to find a way to let their love grow or it will be trampled into the ground by the enemy?
ISBN: 978-1-63259-381-8
Product Link: http://www.bookstrand.com/hunters-beau
Reviewer: Leigh
Review: This book is part of a series and should be read in order. This series also coincides with events happening in the Paranormal Wars: Stone Haven series.
This book has become my new favorite in the Paranormal Wars world. From the minute I started reading I could not put it down.
Anemone has been in hell for the past eighty years. Drugged, beaten, raped, and forced to harm the environment for selfish people’s wants. All his has are the fantasies he creates to take himself away from his hell. His favorite is the one about a cat shifter who comes and takes him away from all his has to endure.
One day the fantasies become the reality.
I loved Hunter. He is the team’s assassin, and was trained from a young age by his sadistic parents to show no emotion. He has lived that way since. That all changes when he rescues Anemone, his mate. I loved how he went out of his way to make Anemone comfortable. Serious cute factors in the things he does for Anemone.
When the two finally consummate their mating, wow, just so loving and sweet and tender. Hunter really takes into consideration all that Anemone has been through. Hunter does all he can to never make Anemone feel threatened or scared about their sexual relationship.
I really enjoyed the slow burn this two had. Anemone is definitely suffering from PTSD, and Hunter completely understands it. The sweet little things does for Anemone, loved them, especially the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reference.
The best is when the chips are down, and Anemone takes back himself and fights back any way he can. This boy can do some damage and I cheered him on for it. Hunter was not bad either.
I simply loved this story. It was touching, sweet, loving, and sexy. Shea Balik really out did herself on this one.
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