Monday, March 19, 2018

ALPHA UNLEASHED by Kathy Lyons



Title:  ALPHA UNLEASHED
Series:  Grizzlies Gone Wild #4
Author:  Kathy Lyons
Publish Date:   03.06.2018
Publisher:  Forever Yours
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect
Received from:  Forever Yours Publishing (via NetGalley)
Goodreads link: Alpha Unleashed
Date completed: 003.05.2018

Description from the publisher:
Some men aren't meant to be tamed. Especially if they're Grizzlies Gone Wild.

YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD BEAR DOWN

Alyssa Nelson doesn't actually believe that Simon Gold is a shape-shifting grizzly bear---until she sees it firsthand. Aaaaand the award for Totally Surprising Changes goes to Simon Gold. But Alyssa doesn't have time to deal with the fact that her ruggedly hot, long-time secret crush is a shifter . . . not when her brother has turned into one, too.

After ten months in bear form, Simon is struggling. He's not ready to deal with anyone, let alone the bold and gorgeous Alyssa. Mine, whispers his bear. But all hell has broken loose in the Detroit shifter community, and it's spreading to humans. Now Simon must face the darkest place of all: where bear and man become one. And the only way he can make it back to his humanity is by finding---and claiming---his mate.
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ALPHA UNLEASHED is the fourth book in the Grizzlies Gone Wild series.  It stands on its own with no need to have read the previous books.  In fact, until I looked up this information, I didn’t know that there were other books in the series, but now I want to read them!

Very interesting and unique twist on a familiar trope.  These grizzlies are bears when they are animals and they are humans when they are not.  When they decide to meld the two, they are unstoppable! The brains of a human with the strength and determination of the animal, this is what Simon decided he must resort to in order to control the chaos.  Then to control the chaos in his mind, he needs to admit that Alyssa is more than a one-night stand.  She is his mate and he can’t walk away. 

That’s what I meant about the twist.  Fated mates, but he still feels he could walk away.  It would not be easy, but it would be doable.  That is unusual in a shifter book.  I’m just glad he didn’t!

This is the first book I have read from Ms. Lyons, but I hope I get to read many more.

Note:  while I was given this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Grizzlies Gone Wild series:
  1. The Bear Who Loved Me
  2. License to Shift
  3. For the Bear’s Eyes Only
  4. Alpha Unleashed
Also from Kathy Lyons:
  • Dinner with a Bad Boy
  • In Good Hands
  • Living the Fantasy
  • The Makeover Mistake (What Happens in Vegas #2)
  • Night after Night
  • Night Studies
  • One Night in the Spa
  • The Player Next Door
  • Taking Care of Business
  • Under His Spell
Accidental Angels Series:
  1. Seducing the Skeptic
Secret Desires Series:
            1.      Dream Nights with the CEO
            2.      Falling for the Wrong Twin
            3.      Two Week Seduction
Stone Men Series:
           1.      Box Set 1
           2.      Box Set 2

 











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