Series: Black Claw Ranch #1 - #5
Author: Cecilia Lane
Publisher: Cecilia Lane
Publish Date: 06.10.2020
Category /Genre: Paranormal Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: received as an unedited copy
Received from: Cecilia Lane
Goodreads link: Black Claw Ranch Box Set
Date completed: 06.25.2020
Description from the publisher:
Growly, grumpy cowbears don’t stand a chance against their fated mates.
Saddle up with the bears of the Ashford clan in this complete series set. Snarling, tortured cowboys find their match in their feisty mates, with loads of kick-butt action and swoon-worthy romance.
Wrangled Fate
Tansey is on the hunt for her missing brother and the gorgeous cowboy on Black Claw Ranch holds the answers. Ethan’s shifter instincts warn him Tansey’s a terrible danger--and not just because his bear is roaring to get more of her honeyed scent.
Spurred Fate
City-girl Joss Warren has never met a man as rugged as Hunter Shaw. Joss is sure his sultry gaze promises wicked pleasure. But Hunter hides a dangerous side and Joss can't risk her fragile heart.
Breaking Fate
Sloan Kent believes in justice, for all. But when she's assigned to a new, shifter-run, Supernatural Enforcement Agency squad, she's suddenly regretting being open minded. Small town drama runs wild in Bearden and she doesn't want any part of it. She's just there to do her job… until she meets Lorne Bennett, that is.
Wild Fate
Liv has spent years putting the past behind her. After her boyfriend suddenly disappeared, she swore off love forever. Alex is in a battle with his bear and his heart. Face to face once again, nothing is the same. But with enemies closing in, he’ll do anything to keep Liv safe.
Bucking Fate
Her kidnapper will kill to keep her. So will her mate. When the enemy tracks Nora to the small shifter town Bearden, sexy cowbear Jesse will salt the earth with enemy blood to protect his fated mate.
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I had already read books two through five and picked up the box set just to get to read book one. I’m not all sorry that I did!
It was great to finally find out Tansey’s and Ethan’s story. I’ve loved these bears and their mates, but it’s wonderful finally getting to the beginning and their alpha.
Great story and fun read.
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SPURRED FATE is the second book in the Black Claw Ranch series.
This is a spin-off series, and you will revisit characters – This was the first book I had read in the series, but I know I bumped into some dragons, bears, wolves, and lions that must have their own stories. I wish I could read them all!
I loved this story of new beginnings – making your own path – defining your own destiny. Joss and Hunter are complex characters, but Cecilia Lane did an amazing job of presenting their twisted “meet cute,” relationship, and drama. There was plenty of sexy, swearing (or not!), and laughs in this enjoyable, entertaining, paranormal, suspense romance.
Cecilia Lane is a new-to-me author and I look forward to reading more of her world.
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BREAKING FATE is the third book in the Black Claw Ranch series.
Sloane is feisty, sassy, self-assured, and strong. She is also the only human, the only female, and newly assigned to the SEA (Supernatural Enforcement Agency). Her transfer means living in Bearden among shifters who don’t trust humans as a rule and even less anyone on the SEA. She doesn’t know who she can trust, who will have her back. More than the transfer, her past has her keeping secrets, because of that undecided trust.
In most paranormal romances, she would find her mate in her new partner. I like that she didn’t. Instead, he’s one “bad news bear” of a cowboy.
Lorne also has a past that is holding him hostage. He’s holding his bear back from claiming the human SEA agent that the bear says is his mate!
I loved the twist and pull as they both tried to figure out who they were to one another. I loved the intrigues regarding Lorne’s family and Sloane’s previous department. I loved Lorne and Sloane together and at the Ranch.
In short, I loved this story and I look forward to returning to the Black Claw Ranch!
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WILD FATE is the fourth book in the Black Claw Ranch series.
Alex and his bear are mad at the world. He wasn’t born as a shifter. He didn’t ask to be a shifter. He was attacked. His plans, his world, his life was taken away from by a bully in a bear shift. He had to give up everything, including the woman he loved, the woman his bear knew was his mate. How was he to understand mate. He didn’t comprehend what had been done to him since shifters were still a secret six years ago.
I understand the soul-crushing depth of Olivia’s feelings towards losing Alex six years ago. You live afterwards. You outwardly move on, but nothing is the same. There is before and there is after. It is a delineating mark in your life. The newest chapter of her life is a new job. Her dream job is working with shifters and a project to see if the bitten can be reversed to human. Imagine her surprise to see Alex’s name among the files of test subjects!
New business will wait, Olivia wants old answers first. I loved that she wasn’t weak. She may have been crushed, but she wasn’t destroyed! Her strength is going to be tested by Alex… and by his maker.
This was an amazing story. It was full of suspense, passion, and love. I especially love the love of the clan. They are great at teasing, tormenting, and pranking one another, but they will also support and defend against any and all who may come against them, including their own inner demons.
I’m excited to read Jesse’s story in BUCKING FATE in just a few weeks. No matter where Cecilia takes us, I know there will be passion, suspense, and love … lots of love.
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WILD FATE is the fourth book in the Black Claw Ranch series.
We met Nora in WHISKEY AND WOLVES in the Shifters and Sin series and that same scene was shared in this story. Talk about a scary introduction to the shifter life! I’m glad that we got this chance to see that Nora was safe after Jensen took that risk to release her from Viho.
Jesse is the last of the Bears in the Black Claw clan to find his mate, but she may be the most special of them all. Really, all of the women are exceptional and perfect matches to their bears.
I’ve loved the talents and the companionship, not just in the couples, but also in the entire clan. This series has been wonderful, and I hate to say good-bye now that we’ve reached the final book. On the other hand, I know that Ms. Lane will bring us to more wonderful towns full of shifters and their ladies.
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Note: While I received this box set as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Black Claw Ranch series:
1. Wrangled Fate
2. Spurred Fate
3. Breaking Fate
4. Wild Fate
5. Bucking Fate
Also from Cecilia Lane:
· Bear Enchantment (Arcane Affairs Agency #2)
· Dragon Claimed (The Lost Dragon Princes #2)
· Mated by Midnight
· Wanted by the Bear
Cursed Dragons Series:
1. Dragon’s Touch
2. Dragon’s Desire
3. Dragon’s Demon
Dragonsworn Series:
1. Smoulder
2. Singe
3. Scorch
Fated Hearts Club Series:
1. Burning for the Dragon
2. Bear’s Baby Blues
3. Howling for a Mate
Lion Hearts Series:
1. Savage Pride
1.1 A Very Savage Christmas
2. Savage Claim
2.1 A Very Savage Valentine
3. Savage Chase
4. Savage Craving
Shifters of Bear’s Den Series:
1. Forbidden Mate
2. Dangerous Mate
3. Hunted Mate
4. Runaway Mate
5. Stolen Mate
6. Untamed Mate
Shifters and Sin Series:
1. Whiskeys and Wolves
2. Tequila and Tigers
3. Bourbon and Bears
Shifting Destinies Series:
1. Her Christmas Wolf
2. Claiming the Wolf Princess
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