Stripped Bear by Kate Baxter

Get lost in the powerful, sexy novella by Kate Baxter where one alpha shifter will do whatever it takes to claim the woman he can *bearly* resist...

Caden Mitchell is the ultimate alpha. Known to most as a smoldering hot billionaire, his secret weapon- the ability to shapeshift into a strong and deadly bear- allows him to be the most ruthless enforcer of the Sotari, a paranormal organization tasked with keeping the course of Fate on the right track. But when the ailing health of his grandmother leads him back home, the luscious curves of his childhood nemesis will be too much to resist...

Leah Ridgeway never expected Caden to give her the time of day. With his abs cut from stone and powerful, strong arms, she knows there's no chance he's interested in her handful of curves. But Caden is tormented by thoughts of her beautiful body. And when evil threatens Leah's very life, Caden will stop at nothing to keep her safe...and claim her as his mate...

Awesome  short-novel, just the kind of story that I love when it comes to shapeshifters and mating-bond.

Caden and Leah are an amazing and very hot couple. He's a bear shapeshifter and Leah is a normal girl. Their attraction, the dominant character of him and his ways a bit caveman style, who doesn't want to allow anything and nothing to get between him and his mate and the stubbornness of her, with her sharp tongue, are the strength of this story.

Leah is human but subconsciously, since she was only a teenager, she fell in love with Caden, but because of their age difference he rejected her badly, hurting her feelings, but fate, and his " sweet Granny"  remedying the damage done by him, although Leah is anything but condescending.

I'm sorry only for its brevity, it would have deserved a real novel, giving them more space, I really like how this author writes.

I'm very curious about Sotari, the organization Caden works for and I absolutely want to read the story of the last vampire that Sotari wants to kill at all costs.

Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the kind preview.

Rating: 4 stars

TITLE : Stripped Bear

AUTHOR: Kate Baxter

PUBLISHER : St. Martin's Press

Fantastica short-novel, proprio il tipo di racconto che adoro quando si tratta di shapeshifters e mating-bond.

Caden e Leah sono una coppia veramente stupenda e hot. Lui un orso shapeshifter e lei una normale ragazza. La loro attrazione, il carattere dominante di lui e i suoi modi un po' da cavernicolo, che non vuole permettere a niente e nulla di mettersi tra lui e la sua mate e la testardaggine di lei, con le sue risposte sempre pronte, sono la forza di questo racconto.

Leah è umana ma inconsciamente, sin da quando era solo un'adolescente, si sentiva spinta verso Caden, ma lui visto la differenza di età l'aveva allontanata in malo modo, ferendo profondamente i suoi sentimenti, ma il destino, e la cara "nonnina" di Caden rimediano al danno fatto da lui, anche se Leah è tutt'altro che condiscendente.

Mi è solo dispiaciuto per la sua brevità, avrebbero meritato una vera novella in modo da potergli dedicare più spazio, mi piace molto come scrive questa autrice.

Mi incuriosisce molto anche la Sotari, l'organizzazione per cui lavora Caden e voglio leggere la storia dell'ultimo vampiro che la Sotari vuole eliminare a tutti i costi.

Ringrazio Netgalley e la St. Martin's Press per la gentile anteprima.

Voto: 4 stelle

TITOLO: Stripped Bear

AUTHOR: Kate Baxter

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press