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bookdarling1987's review against another edition
3.0
The Big Alpha in Town by Eve Langlais; Milly Taiden; Kate Baxter thank you Negalley and St Martins press for my advance copy of this book the thoughts below are my honest and unbiased opinions. I have recently called my best friend a paranormal romance snob because all she reads is vampire romance so when I picked this up I was simply looking for something different. This is a compilation of three shifter stories and I liked them all but I wasn’t in love. Bearing his name was fast paced and funny. How do you deal with finding your mate and dealing with the fact that you might be the baby daddy to her sister? What I loved about this story is that Ark and Jade are a funny couple and I found myself thinking my Big Fat Greek Wedding with shifters.
Owned by the Lion was super sweet. I have a week spot for strong males and Kier is amazingly strong willed and sweet all in one. I almost wish that this book was called Taming the lion. I say that in the kindest of ways I just feel that Kier is such a womanizer that everyone wants and outside from a sex scene I don’t really see much owning. It’s just two people with big personalities falling in love since we never see a shift. I do love the match aspect of finding a mate.
No Need Fur Love
This one is actually my favorite! I don’t know much about wood nymph and the Hero and his leading lady are such a feisty match that I loved it. They are such a great match that the story just turned off the page. There was drama and chemistry. I feel like the conflict that happens at the end brings Mia and Owen together because the conflict of life helps you find love. All and all an anthology worth reading if you are looking something cute to read by the beach.
Owned by the Lion was super sweet. I have a week spot for strong males and Kier is amazingly strong willed and sweet all in one. I almost wish that this book was called Taming the lion. I say that in the kindest of ways I just feel that Kier is such a womanizer that everyone wants and outside from a sex scene I don’t really see much owning. It’s just two people with big personalities falling in love since we never see a shift. I do love the match aspect of finding a mate.
No Need Fur Love
This one is actually my favorite! I don’t know much about wood nymph and the Hero and his leading lady are such a feisty match that I loved it. They are such a great match that the story just turned off the page. There was drama and chemistry. I feel like the conflict that happens at the end brings Mia and Owen together because the conflict of life helps you find love. All and all an anthology worth reading if you are looking something cute to read by the beach.
jeanz's review against another edition
5.0
REVIEW
Once again I was asked if I would be interested in reading and giving my honest review of this trilogy of steamy shifter tales by the publisher. After reading Thanks Fur Last Night trilogy and surprising myself by really quite enjoying it I decided this was a book I actually wanted to read. I was aware some of the content was steamy and maybe a little explicit but I feel there is enough plot and story line that I can still enjoy reading.
The cover of this book fits very well with the previous book I read Thanks Fur Last Night with the icy blue colour and the bear on the left side. There is also the couple on the cover in a slightly different position to the couple on Thanks Fur Last night. After reading Thanks Fur Last Night i would probably picked this book up irregardless of the cover to learn more about it but once again I find the cover attractive. It certainly makes you want to ask questions about the couple on it as well as the bear. The cover could represent a couple of different scenes in the different tales. Would the cover make me pick it up from a book shelf? Yes definitely!
The genres I have seen listed for this book are Anthology and Romance which certainly fit. I would also add shapeshifter, and paranormal to that list too.
So this book is made up of three separate tales, Bearing His Name by Eve Langlais, Owned By The Lion by Milly Taiden and No Need Fur Love by Kate Baxter.
Bearing His Name
I really enjoyed reading this story. The central characters are Jade and Ark and I adored both of them. Ark receives what can only be described as a blackmail note accusing him of making someone pregnant! Ark approaches his cousin Stavros who is not only a bear shifter but also works for the Police too. Stavros reveals to Ark that he is not the first to approach him with a blackmail letter. It is Jade Cadeux that has sent the letters because it is her sister Ruby who is pregnant. When Ark knocks on her door and she opens it he instantly knows she is his mate! Though he knows better than to try to tell Jade that until they figure out who is the father of Ruby's baby.
I really enjoyed reading this tale by Eve Langlais, I liked how she played on the bear shifter and his love of honey and how he needed "honey" or rather had to sweet talk Jade quite a lot! Ark really has his work cut out to get Jade to believe him that he is not the father of her sisters baby. Ark has to use all his powers of persuasion because Jade's father abandoned her when she was younger so she is suspicious of any man.
I thought the cliff hanger at the end about Stavros finding a green eyed female by the bins was brilliant. I hope Eve Langlais tells his story of perhaps finding his mate soon. I am definitely interested in reading about more the family of Ark & Stavros.
Owned by the Lion
I adored this story, it is set around some of the same characters that are in Bought By The Bear that is featured in the Thanks Fur Last Night anthology. This time the lucky bear that finds his mate is Xander's best friend and work colleague Keir. Of course things don't go straight forward for him. Keir has a reputation for dating lots of different women and he thoroughly enjoys his lifestyle. His father wants him to take over the family business the bank and settle down, though Keir is reluctant to settle down with anyone he knows that he will have to take over the family business sooner or later. We meet more female characters this time and they enjoy playing match maker with Keir and Ally. In fact Xander and the others find it amusing that the one woman that Keir wants isn't falling at his feet as other women do.
I really loved this story and totally adored the fact I got to catch up with Xander and Josie as well as meeting new characters too. I definitely want to read more, both by this author and set in this world with its great characters. My favourite character in this tale had to Keir, he was so perplexed when Ally didn't just fall for his charms and into his arms straight away like most women usually did!
No Need Fur Love
I did enjoy this tale but I have to admit it took me a little longer to feel drawn into it. Once the story got going I didn't want to put it down! Again this tale takes place within the same setting as The Alpha And I was. (from Thanks Fur Last Night)
The two main characters that are mates in this story are Owen a hot werewolf shifter and Mia a beautiful, mysterious, conniving wood nymph. Mia's father wants to choose her a mate and for her to get pregnant to produce an heir! Mia doesn't want an arranged match so she comes up with the idea to go out and get pregnant, thinking that if she produces the heir he wants he will not force an arranged pairing on her. It just happens that Owen is sat in a pub drinking and thinking he will never find his mate. He readily admits he is jealous of his Alpha Liam who has found his true mate Devon. Mia just happens to be searching for someone to make her pregnant in the very same bar and she soon sets her eyes on the rather hot looking guy at the bar.
There is so much going on in this tale, there's the werewolves settling into their new territory oblivious to the fact that there is a group of wood nymphs with a crazy male leader who wants them out of what he considers his territory. Why can't they co-exist there is lots of land and space for both groups. I really loved the character of Owen. To begin with he is so overwhelmed that he has set eyes on his mate he gets carried away and they fall straight into bed. It's when he wakens the next day and Mia has gone that his worries begin. Naively he thinks its because Mia doesn't understand the true mate bond. Between the deception by Mia an the war Mia's father wants with the werewolves there's loads going on in this tale. I really didn't want to put it down. I would certainly love for more tales about Owens pack as shifters are one of my favourite paranormal beings to read about. I admit I was a little skeptical about a wood nymph's as I haven't read about them before but Mia was an interesting character, though werewolves remain my favourite!
This anthology as a whole was a really great read. I enjoyed reading more by these authors, and definitely would want to read lots more by them. I readily admit I have avoided books and authors who write erotica but having read a couple of tales by Eve Langlais I would be interested in reading other titles by her now, though not those labelled as erotica. I found I loved all the tales and certainly want to read more by all these authors.
My immediate thoughts upon finishing this anthology were, Wow steamy, sizzling hot shifters! I want more!
Once again, this great anthology has indulged my love of werewolf shifters and also introduced me to other shifters and paranormal beings. I always used to be of the opinion that I loved only werewolf shifters but these anthologies have encouraged me to read about other paranormal beings, such as the bear shifters, lion shifters and wood nymphs. I honestly loved revisiting the settings and characters from Bought By The Bear by Milly Taiden and The Alpha And I by Kate Baxter, which featured in Thanks Fur Last Night. I would love more stories in all the settings featured in this book. Are there going to be more anthologies and when can I read them?
Once again I was asked if I would be interested in reading and giving my honest review of this trilogy of steamy shifter tales by the publisher. After reading Thanks Fur Last Night trilogy and surprising myself by really quite enjoying it I decided this was a book I actually wanted to read. I was aware some of the content was steamy and maybe a little explicit but I feel there is enough plot and story line that I can still enjoy reading.
The cover of this book fits very well with the previous book I read Thanks Fur Last Night with the icy blue colour and the bear on the left side. There is also the couple on the cover in a slightly different position to the couple on Thanks Fur Last night. After reading Thanks Fur Last Night i would probably picked this book up irregardless of the cover to learn more about it but once again I find the cover attractive. It certainly makes you want to ask questions about the couple on it as well as the bear. The cover could represent a couple of different scenes in the different tales. Would the cover make me pick it up from a book shelf? Yes definitely!
The genres I have seen listed for this book are Anthology and Romance which certainly fit. I would also add shapeshifter, and paranormal to that list too.
So this book is made up of three separate tales, Bearing His Name by Eve Langlais, Owned By The Lion by Milly Taiden and No Need Fur Love by Kate Baxter.
Bearing His Name
I really enjoyed reading this story. The central characters are Jade and Ark and I adored both of them. Ark receives what can only be described as a blackmail note accusing him of making someone pregnant! Ark approaches his cousin Stavros who is not only a bear shifter but also works for the Police too. Stavros reveals to Ark that he is not the first to approach him with a blackmail letter. It is Jade Cadeux that has sent the letters because it is her sister Ruby who is pregnant. When Ark knocks on her door and she opens it he instantly knows she is his mate! Though he knows better than to try to tell Jade that until they figure out who is the father of Ruby's baby.
I really enjoyed reading this tale by Eve Langlais, I liked how she played on the bear shifter and his love of honey and how he needed "honey" or rather had to sweet talk Jade quite a lot! Ark really has his work cut out to get Jade to believe him that he is not the father of her sisters baby. Ark has to use all his powers of persuasion because Jade's father abandoned her when she was younger so she is suspicious of any man.
I thought the cliff hanger at the end about Stavros finding a green eyed female by the bins was brilliant. I hope Eve Langlais tells his story of perhaps finding his mate soon. I am definitely interested in reading about more the family of Ark & Stavros.
Owned by the Lion
I adored this story, it is set around some of the same characters that are in Bought By The Bear that is featured in the Thanks Fur Last Night anthology. This time the lucky bear that finds his mate is Xander's best friend and work colleague Keir. Of course things don't go straight forward for him. Keir has a reputation for dating lots of different women and he thoroughly enjoys his lifestyle. His father wants him to take over the family business the bank and settle down, though Keir is reluctant to settle down with anyone he knows that he will have to take over the family business sooner or later. We meet more female characters this time and they enjoy playing match maker with Keir and Ally. In fact Xander and the others find it amusing that the one woman that Keir wants isn't falling at his feet as other women do.
I really loved this story and totally adored the fact I got to catch up with Xander and Josie as well as meeting new characters too. I definitely want to read more, both by this author and set in this world with its great characters. My favourite character in this tale had to Keir, he was so perplexed when Ally didn't just fall for his charms and into his arms straight away like most women usually did!
No Need Fur Love
I did enjoy this tale but I have to admit it took me a little longer to feel drawn into it. Once the story got going I didn't want to put it down! Again this tale takes place within the same setting as The Alpha And I was. (from Thanks Fur Last Night)
The two main characters that are mates in this story are Owen a hot werewolf shifter and Mia a beautiful, mysterious, conniving wood nymph. Mia's father wants to choose her a mate and for her to get pregnant to produce an heir! Mia doesn't want an arranged match so she comes up with the idea to go out and get pregnant, thinking that if she produces the heir he wants he will not force an arranged pairing on her. It just happens that Owen is sat in a pub drinking and thinking he will never find his mate. He readily admits he is jealous of his Alpha Liam who has found his true mate Devon. Mia just happens to be searching for someone to make her pregnant in the very same bar and she soon sets her eyes on the rather hot looking guy at the bar.
There is so much going on in this tale, there's the werewolves settling into their new territory oblivious to the fact that there is a group of wood nymphs with a crazy male leader who wants them out of what he considers his territory. Why can't they co-exist there is lots of land and space for both groups. I really loved the character of Owen. To begin with he is so overwhelmed that he has set eyes on his mate he gets carried away and they fall straight into bed. It's when he wakens the next day and Mia has gone that his worries begin. Naively he thinks its because Mia doesn't understand the true mate bond. Between the deception by Mia an the war Mia's father wants with the werewolves there's loads going on in this tale. I really didn't want to put it down. I would certainly love for more tales about Owens pack as shifters are one of my favourite paranormal beings to read about. I admit I was a little skeptical about a wood nymph's as I haven't read about them before but Mia was an interesting character, though werewolves remain my favourite!
This anthology as a whole was a really great read. I enjoyed reading more by these authors, and definitely would want to read lots more by them. I readily admit I have avoided books and authors who write erotica but having read a couple of tales by Eve Langlais I would be interested in reading other titles by her now, though not those labelled as erotica. I found I loved all the tales and certainly want to read more by all these authors.
My immediate thoughts upon finishing this anthology were, Wow steamy, sizzling hot shifters! I want more!
Once again, this great anthology has indulged my love of werewolf shifters and also introduced me to other shifters and paranormal beings. I always used to be of the opinion that I loved only werewolf shifters but these anthologies have encouraged me to read about other paranormal beings, such as the bear shifters, lion shifters and wood nymphs. I honestly loved revisiting the settings and characters from Bought By The Bear by Milly Taiden and The Alpha And I by Kate Baxter, which featured in Thanks Fur Last Night. I would love more stories in all the settings featured in this book. Are there going to be more anthologies and when can I read them?
thebookdisciple's review against another edition
3.0
Shifters, manwhores, and baby daddies, Oh My! Big Alpha in Town gives you 3 shifter stories by some of my favorite authors. First up, Bearing His Name. So, whats a guy to do when he finds his mate and also discovers he might have knocked up her sister?! Langlais, in her usual way keeps it light and not too angsty which I appreciated! However, I didn't really care much for Jade or Ark.
3 stars
Owned by the Lion is up next and again, a bit of a conundrum when a manwhore finds his mate. Keir wants Ally, but she has heard ALL about him and isn't going to put up with his games. My biggest struggle here was that not only was Keir a whore, every time I flipped the page, they were running into an ex of his! So, all the angst came from that drama-llama which I don't really enjoy.
2 stars
No need for love is the final entry in this anthology and I will give Baxter credit for originality! The heroine is a wood nymph! I think this really suffered from 'novella syndrome' and neither character felt really developed. But, Owen wasn't a manwhore like the other two heroes, so again, bonus points there. Overall, this was okay, but I think it could have been better.
3 stars
Books by authors like Chasity Bowlin, Celia Kyle, Harmony Raines...then you will probably like Big Alpha in Town!
Big Alpha in Town
nikkisbooknook's review against another edition
5.0
I read this first book Thanks Fur last Night so was tres excited to get my hands on this! Great mix of three separate worlds in one fantabulous book.
Bearing His Name by Eve Langlais - When Jade sets about blackmailing Ark and his family, who she believes impregnated and then abandoned her sister, she does not count on Ark searching her out..or that he'd make things really complicated and tell her SHE is his mate!
Owned by the Lion by Milly Taiden - Take one best friends little sister, add one hot lion shifter boss and you have a great story!
No Need Fur Love by Kate Baxter - Owen's pack moved to the idle of nowhere, Idaho to ensure they didn't have any territory wars with other packs. Pity he didn't know about the Wood nymphs nearby who have claimed the very same land!
Loved these. Great way to dip back and forth between the series. Great writing, witty dialogue and great action!
Bearing His Name by Eve Langlais - When Jade sets about blackmailing Ark and his family, who she believes impregnated and then abandoned her sister, she does not count on Ark searching her out..or that he'd make things really complicated and tell her SHE is his mate!
Owned by the Lion by Milly Taiden - Take one best friends little sister, add one hot lion shifter boss and you have a great story!
No Need Fur Love by Kate Baxter - Owen's pack moved to the idle of nowhere, Idaho to ensure they didn't have any territory wars with other packs. Pity he didn't know about the Wood nymphs nearby who have claimed the very same land!
Loved these. Great way to dip back and forth between the series. Great writing, witty dialogue and great action!
di_the_reader's review against another edition
3.0
It was ok, would probably like to actually read instead of listen to the audio book version
vpjto's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
The two stars I'm giving this are exclusively for Kate Baxter, whose story is the shortest but by far the strongest.
ashesofabookdragon's review against another edition
3.0
**Netgalley provided an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review**
Phew okay so.
I'll start with I like romance... I like Paranormal Romance a lot. So it's hard when I need to give a little tough love on one of my favorite genre's, but here we go.
Bearing His Name: 2 Stars
Both of these stars are mainly for the plot point. It started out interesting enough but quickly for me became a little too much and really confusing.
This was compounded by the hero being a little much. He didn't keep coming back and knocking on the door with flowers... nope... he ignored the heroine's 'no's' for time and space and instead broke in at one point... which was a little much for me to allow in a book.
Owned by the Lion: 3 stars
This one I actually liked. It was a great little slice of life story with good development and plot. You of course had to take it will a grain of salt, being a shifter romance but it was well done. The first sexy scene for me read a little strange and then was a bit rushed at the end.
No Need Fur Love: 3.5 Stars
This one actually had an EXCELLENT story line and I would have liked more insight and slower development. If you read any of these - read this one. I also love the fact that it includes a paranormal character that doesn't get as much screen time. (nymphs/wood sprites)
Overall 3.25 stars.
~Ash
Phew okay so.
I'll start with I like romance... I like Paranormal Romance a lot. So it's hard when I need to give a little tough love on one of my favorite genre's, but here we go.
Bearing His Name: 2 Stars
Both of these stars are mainly for the plot point. It started out interesting enough but quickly for me became a little too much and really confusing.
This was compounded by the hero being a little much. He didn't keep coming back and knocking on the door with flowers... nope... he ignored the heroine's 'no's' for time and space and instead broke in at one point... which was a little much for me to allow in a book.
Owned by the Lion: 3 stars
This one I actually liked. It was a great little slice of life story with good development and plot. You of course had to take it will a grain of salt, being a shifter romance but it was well done. The first sexy scene for me read a little strange and then was a bit rushed at the end.
No Need Fur Love: 3.5 Stars
This one actually had an EXCELLENT story line and I would have liked more insight and slower development. If you read any of these - read this one. I also love the fact that it includes a paranormal character that doesn't get as much screen time. (nymphs/wood sprites)
Overall 3.25 stars.
~Ash
poisonivy70's review
3.0
The second anthology by this group of authors is a mixed bag - I’d read the earlier antho, and it kind of continues in the same vein, since I liked one out of the three stories. I didn’t actually dislike the first two, which is an improvement from the first antho, so….there’s that.
Yeah, anyway, here’s how it breaks down:
Bearing His Name - 2.5 Stars; problematic AF at first, since the complete lack of respect for what the heroine wanted, even if it was for the humorous effect, wasn’t my fave. With the heroine suddenly “realizing” why she’s resisted and making the hero’s stalkery behavior alright (not really), it was just an ok read for me. Eventually things balance out and it ends cute in it’s own way. Really it’s more about the comedy than the romance.
Owned by the Lion - 2 Stars; second book follows events of first book from first antho, cute but nothing new and not particularly memorable, which is probably worse. It didn’t irritate me, but I also didn’t think it was compelling and the reason for not telling the heroine that they’re fated mates a weak excuse for tension.
No Need Fur Love - 3.5 Stars; this story also follows events of first book from first antho; It was my favorite of the three, with a decent storyline, good chemistry and fun wood nymph twist on the shifter rom standard, though it wraps up too quickly.
Frankly the best of the lot both times has been the last story by Ms. Baxter. However, if you’re a fan of these particular authors, or if you love shifters roms of all kinds, you may enjoy the entire antho more than I did.
**ARC provided by publisher via netgalley for review**
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