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Palm Haven Shifters #1
Tempting the Tiger
Sarah is more than just a curvy, book-obsessed librarian… she’s a lady with secrets. Magical secrets that cannot be revealed, especially to the sexy new Director of her beloved library. She’s got way too much going on in her life to be checking out the boss, much less investigating the strange phone calls he keeps getting that he won't explain…
Sloan has a few furry secrets of his own -- shifting into a tiger, for instance -- but he can’t seem to keep anything from Sarah. The sexy little witch stirs his imagination and fills his dreams. With a lot of flirting and a little time, Sloan’s pretty damn sure he’ll lure Sarah into his bed.
Suddenly Sloan’s loyalties are thrown into question when the interests of the pack involve Sarah’s destruction, and time quickly becomes his enemy. All he wants is to get Sarah to take her hair down, show her how good it can feel to let loose…
Only Sloan might be the one to lose his tightly-held control, and it just might spell disaster for his clan… or his love.
Note: Although best enjoyed together, each book in the Palm Haven Shifters series are completely stand-alone romance novellas, each with their own very satisfying HEA!
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 6, 2015
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August 13, 2016
dnf at 10%... when my imagination came up with a smarmy guy trolling bars I lost interest in the hero.
“Quad shot for… Sexy?” the pimple-faced barista rolled his eyes and called across the room, clearly looking for a patron of the feminine persuasion. He was about to be sorely disappointed.
Sloan’s earlier flirtation with the register girl seemed distant and foolish now. When she’d asked for a name for the order he’d simply said ‘Call me whatever you’re going to scream out later’.
oh virgin h manwhore H so many overused tropes already shoved into the first 10%.
“Quad shot for… Sexy?” the pimple-faced barista rolled his eyes and called across the room, clearly looking for a patron of the feminine persuasion. He was about to be sorely disappointed.
Sloan’s earlier flirtation with the register girl seemed distant and foolish now. When she’d asked for a name for the order he’d simply said ‘Call me whatever you’re going to scream out later’.
oh virgin h manwhore H so many overused tropes already shoved into the first 10%.
September 26, 2016
Ended a little too quickly and never really get to know the main characters.
October 6, 2021
This ruined my day. It ruined my life. All because my friend loves tigers, like the furry she is.
Also
”You have room on your wrist for a tiger, but what about your heart?”
Made me want to end myself. At this point Im laughing through the pain.
Also
”You have room on your wrist for a tiger, but what about your heart?”
Made me want to end myself. At this point Im laughing through the pain.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 2, 2020
Get a grip
This was the first book I’ve read by this author, and I enjoyed every minute of the experience. I love the characters, she spent so much time building them and intimately weaving them into the story, that I really felt connected with the outcome. Throughout the book there was an intensity that kept driving me to read another page, and made the ending bittersweet. I was so invested in the story, that the ending felt rather abrupt. But this couple reached their hard fought HEA and now I desperately need to read the next book to see what happens with the guardians of the library.
This was the first book I’ve read by this author, and I enjoyed every minute of the experience. I love the characters, she spent so much time building them and intimately weaving them into the story, that I really felt connected with the outcome. Throughout the book there was an intensity that kept driving me to read another page, and made the ending bittersweet. I was so invested in the story, that the ending felt rather abrupt. But this couple reached their hard fought HEA and now I desperately need to read the next book to see what happens with the guardians of the library.
March 4, 2016
Resisting Sloan was torture. Exhausting torture. 5 GOLDEN TIGERS
The tiger was ready to pounce. To claim her. She was his prey and the hunt was on. WOW!! This story is so STRIPETACULAR! It's so PAWSITIVELY TIGERTASTIC! Sennah's Tiger & Witch are so magically delicious, they're GRR-R-R-EAT!! It's loaded with charm, humor, bad guys, magic, secrets, friends, love & more! There is also all of that yummy naughty stuff too! wink All PURRRFECTLY woven into one helluva spellbinding can't-put-down book that will tempt you to read it over & over and over again! And that's the magical beauty of ANY book by Sennah - you CAN read them many times over and enjoy them just as much as the first time, if not more!! I ABSO-FURRY-LUTELY LOVE this one from start to finish! From the moment we meet Sarah, I couldn't help but love her! She is just one of those characters that I LOVE to become, living her story with her, AS her, and loving every single second of it! *dreamy sigh* And then there is Sloan! He could make me puurrrr any & every day & night ALL day & night! He is that PAWFECT mix of Bad Boy, Fierce Protector and Naughty Tiger all rolled into one, while being both… SORRY! No spoilers here! *droooool* See why I WANT to be Sarah?!? :-) I love how rich the story is, the depth & attention to detail that Sennah gives to every part of it, all while keeping me completely entertained & CATIVATED, so much so that I growled when I reached those two nasty words I hate so much - The End! GRRRRRR I was nowhere near ready to PAWS the story! Thankfully I have book 2 already to go so I can continue my Sennah binge with only a minor interruption of switching books! Every book of Sennah's that I have read so far, I LOVE!! Using that naturally FURNOMENAL talent & TIGERRIFIC genuine gift, she crafts these SHIFTACULAR stories that I eagerly lose myself in, becoming one with the characters & their stories, each and every single time! No matter how many books of hers I have read, no matter how many times I read them, even if - no especially if - they are in the same series, they are all unique, never cookie cutter and always PARANOMENAL!!
The tiger was ready to pounce. To claim her. She was his prey and the hunt was on. WOW!! This story is so STRIPETACULAR! It's so PAWSITIVELY TIGERTASTIC! Sennah's Tiger & Witch are so magically delicious, they're GRR-R-R-EAT!! It's loaded with charm, humor, bad guys, magic, secrets, friends, love & more! There is also all of that yummy naughty stuff too! wink All PURRRFECTLY woven into one helluva spellbinding can't-put-down book that will tempt you to read it over & over and over again! And that's the magical beauty of ANY book by Sennah - you CAN read them many times over and enjoy them just as much as the first time, if not more!! I ABSO-FURRY-LUTELY LOVE this one from start to finish! From the moment we meet Sarah, I couldn't help but love her! She is just one of those characters that I LOVE to become, living her story with her, AS her, and loving every single second of it! *dreamy sigh* And then there is Sloan! He could make me puurrrr any & every day & night ALL day & night! He is that PAWFECT mix of Bad Boy, Fierce Protector and Naughty Tiger all rolled into one, while being both… SORRY! No spoilers here! *droooool* See why I WANT to be Sarah?!? :-) I love how rich the story is, the depth & attention to detail that Sennah gives to every part of it, all while keeping me completely entertained & CATIVATED, so much so that I growled when I reached those two nasty words I hate so much - The End! GRRRRRR I was nowhere near ready to PAWS the story! Thankfully I have book 2 already to go so I can continue my Sennah binge with only a minor interruption of switching books! Every book of Sennah's that I have read so far, I LOVE!! Using that naturally FURNOMENAL talent & TIGERRIFIC genuine gift, she crafts these SHIFTACULAR stories that I eagerly lose myself in, becoming one with the characters & their stories, each and every single time! No matter how many books of hers I have read, no matter how many times I read them, even if - no especially if - they are in the same series, they are all unique, never cookie cutter and always PARANOMENAL!!
February 6, 2019
Tldr: distinctly meh. A hot mess, author has potential but needs a lot more work
Though I was born a Leo I've always had an affinity for tigers so any time I see a tiger shifterbook I snatch it up. I think this author has a kernel of talent because despite this book being a hot mess there was something to it that was enjoyable. However the kernel needed a lot more time before being kicked into the world. We're dropped into the middle of a world where a supernatural war seems to be looming and yet there's no world building and only minimal description. The author was constantly writing things that were contradictory to something written earlier (ie at first having sex recharges a witches energy and she already has too much then sex being the magical answer to fixing her overactive powers). There were a few editing issues. Though the sexy talk was hot the actual sex scenes were full of "dripping folds" and "clenching channels". In other words cringey. Also maybe I missed something but the whole him ramming into her thing went astray. My reading of it was her first interaction as a teenager went so poorly she shunned sex so she was either a virgin or celibate long enough that she might as well have been one. The romantic and plot development both seem to skip ahead with no warning and the hea promised in the blurb didn't feel at all like a resolution. The romance felt like it was just beginning and the plot wasn't resolved at all.
Though I was born a Leo I've always had an affinity for tigers so any time I see a tiger shifterbook I snatch it up. I think this author has a kernel of talent because despite this book being a hot mess there was something to it that was enjoyable. However the kernel needed a lot more time before being kicked into the world. We're dropped into the middle of a world where a supernatural war seems to be looming and yet there's no world building and only minimal description. The author was constantly writing things that were contradictory to something written earlier (ie at first having sex recharges a witches energy and she already has too much then sex being the magical answer to fixing her overactive powers). There were a few editing issues. Though the sexy talk was hot the actual sex scenes were full of "dripping folds" and "clenching channels". In other words cringey. Also maybe I missed something but the whole him ramming into her thing went astray. My reading of it was her first interaction as a teenager went so poorly she shunned sex so she was either a virgin or celibate long enough that she might as well have been one. The romantic and plot development both seem to skip ahead with no warning and the hea promised in the blurb didn't feel at all like a resolution. The romance felt like it was just beginning and the plot wasn't resolved at all.
August 6, 2019
Spoiler!!!
I was enjoying this book till the last pages !! The story took awhile to get going and when it did you cut to the ending really quick and left many things unanswered! Didn't like that.
I was enjoying this book till the last pages !! The story took awhile to get going and when it did you cut to the ending really quick and left many things unanswered! Didn't like that.
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August 15, 2018
Sarah is a librarian and a witch who cannot control her power. She’s scared of this power and tries her best to keep to herself to not hurt other people. When she meets the new director of the library, her power goes even more out of control because she feels an instant connection to him.
Sloan is a tiger shifter who bought out the library in order to discover if there are ley lines—powerful magical lines that crisscross under the ground beneath the library. If there are ley lines, he and his tiger clan want to control them to fight off the wolf and bear clans.
Sarah is the Guardian of the ley lines but doesn’t know it. Sloan is hell-bent on seducing her to discover if the lines really do exist. In the process, he realizes she’s his mate and must choose whether to obey the tiger clan and do their bidding, or keep Sarah and the library safe.
There were a few typos but I enjoyed the author’s writing style. Unfortunately, I couldn’t connect with either Sarah or Sloan. In my opinion, Sarah was too wishy-washing and Sloan didn’t seem strong enough.
The book didn’t really end on a cliffhanger, but it feels like it did. Even though Sarah gets her power under control and scares off the villain, the bad guy will certainly cause more problems later on. The library and the ley lines are still in danger from the tiger clan, and Sloan could be killed for siding with Sarah and not killing her as he should’ve done. How will all this be resolved? I know there are more books in the series, but I thought this was the only book that focused on Sarah and Sloan.
3 Stars
Disclaimer – I downloaded this book free and volunteered to review it. I am not compensated in any way, shape, or form for this honest review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
Sloan is a tiger shifter who bought out the library in order to discover if there are ley lines—powerful magical lines that crisscross under the ground beneath the library. If there are ley lines, he and his tiger clan want to control them to fight off the wolf and bear clans.
Sarah is the Guardian of the ley lines but doesn’t know it. Sloan is hell-bent on seducing her to discover if the lines really do exist. In the process, he realizes she’s his mate and must choose whether to obey the tiger clan and do their bidding, or keep Sarah and the library safe.
There were a few typos but I enjoyed the author’s writing style. Unfortunately, I couldn’t connect with either Sarah or Sloan. In my opinion, Sarah was too wishy-washing and Sloan didn’t seem strong enough.
The book didn’t really end on a cliffhanger, but it feels like it did. Even though Sarah gets her power under control and scares off the villain, the bad guy will certainly cause more problems later on. The library and the ley lines are still in danger from the tiger clan, and Sloan could be killed for siding with Sarah and not killing her as he should’ve done. How will all this be resolved? I know there are more books in the series, but I thought this was the only book that focused on Sarah and Sloan.
3 Stars
Disclaimer – I downloaded this book free and volunteered to review it. I am not compensated in any way, shape, or form for this honest review. I will not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.
February 11, 2020
The setting and main characters were great, I lobed both the main characters personality and how they needed one annother. The enviornment of the story was great, however so things about the plot I didnt quiet understand and the reason they were fighting (unless I missed it somewhere). The antagonist felt as if he was evil just because they needed him to be. There was no reason for him to really go after the main protagonist. Other than that is was a great lobe story and I cannot see where the next book lead readers.
December 29, 2020
Too bad, I would have liked to have given this book three stars (or more).
Unfortunately, the end feels very abrupt, so there are still a lot of open questions.
For example:
How exactly did Dana die and what did Ash have to do with it?
What happened to the Lay Lines at the end of the book and how exactly does Sahra's magic work?
How do the Elder feel about the situation at the end? (I didn't have the feeling that Randal is their representative ). It doesn't have to be necessarily bad for them, does it?
I liked the character and the basic idea of the story. Perhaps the author could - someday - round off the story a bit (Then it would be perfect)?
Unfortunately, the end feels very abrupt, so there are still a lot of open questions.
For example:
How exactly did Dana die and what did Ash have to do with it?
What happened to the Lay Lines at the end of the book and how exactly does Sahra's magic work?
How do the Elder feel about the situation at the end? (I didn't have the feeling that Randal is their representative ). It doesn't have to be necessarily bad for them, does it?
I liked the character and the basic idea of the story. Perhaps the author could - someday - round off the story a bit (Then it would be perfect)?
September 23, 2017
What...
What an amazing start to a series!
Sarah is a witch who has no control over her powers. She is a quiet curvy librarian, but could she really be more?
Sloan is a tiger shifter who was sent by the clan he had abandoned years prior, to do a job, but Sarah was the key to his success. Would he endanger her life to accomplish his goal?
Excitement, suspense, and betrayal, what more can you ask for? Oh ya...romance too! 😉
What an amazing start to a series!
Sarah is a witch who has no control over her powers. She is a quiet curvy librarian, but could she really be more?
Sloan is a tiger shifter who was sent by the clan he had abandoned years prior, to do a job, but Sarah was the key to his success. Would he endanger her life to accomplish his goal?
Excitement, suspense, and betrayal, what more can you ask for? Oh ya...romance too! 😉
June 4, 2018
Series
Quick read but satisfying. It does end on a slight cliff hanger with new characters introduced towards the end, continuing on book 2. This story is about a Librarian witch unaware of her skills and an Alpha Tiger shapeshifter. This series is set to be a war within the shapeshifters.
Quick read but satisfying. It does end on a slight cliff hanger with new characters introduced towards the end, continuing on book 2. This story is about a Librarian witch unaware of her skills and an Alpha Tiger shapeshifter. This series is set to be a war within the shapeshifters.
November 24, 2016
Witches and Shifters oh my
Never being able to control magick and its effects can be very difficult. Understanding that you're a ley line guardian and a mate will take some getting use to. Not to worry much as your tiger mate will protect you from harm. Sounds good to me!!!
Never being able to control magick and its effects can be very difficult. Understanding that you're a ley line guardian and a mate will take some getting use to. Not to worry much as your tiger mate will protect you from harm. Sounds good to me!!!
November 18, 2018
Tempting the Tiger
I haven't read about tiger shifters before. I found the combination of the ultimate predator and the prissy librarian who happens to be an unawakened,untrained witch irresistible. I loved it!! Can't wait to read the next book in this series.
I haven't read about tiger shifters before. I found the combination of the ultimate predator and the prissy librarian who happens to be an unawakened,untrained witch irresistible. I loved it!! Can't wait to read the next book in this series.
January 27, 2021
I really enjoyed getting to know the characters in this one. And oh the hotness of their relationship seems to explode off the pages. Looking forward to meeting others in this series and interested to see how it all works out.
June 5, 2017
Good
I did enjoy the book. I didn't like how it ended though. Its hanging in the air on what happened to Sarah and Sloan.
I did enjoy the book. I didn't like how it ended though. Its hanging in the air on what happened to Sarah and Sloan.
June 5, 2017
I really enjoyed this book. You don't come across too many tiger shifter books. The only thing I didn't care for was that it ended at a cliffhanger.
January 21, 2018
Good read
Liked it couple hours Reading material, sweet and fun to read kind of glues you to keep reading the book
Liked it couple hours Reading material, sweet and fun to read kind of glues you to keep reading the book
March 14, 2019
Tempting the Tiger
Great book, loved the characters. I could not stop reading and did not put it down until I reached the end.
Great book, loved the characters. I could not stop reading and did not put it down until I reached the end.
January 5, 2020
Hea
Book one of this series was interesting. The sneak peak of book two takes up right where book one ended.
Book one of this series was interesting. The sneak peak of book two takes up right where book one ended.
February 23, 2020
Really good
This is a really good book that has shifters and witch's in it. I wish it was longer because it was very entertaining. I would definitely recommend it.
This is a really good book that has shifters and witch's in it. I wish it was longer because it was very entertaining. I would definitely recommend it.
June 8, 2020
Excellent
Great read kept me hooked did not want to put it down, one to recommed to friends,family and anyone that like a great read.
Great read kept me hooked did not want to put it down, one to recommed to friends,family and anyone that like a great read.
June 21, 2020
Florida tigers
This book introduces a world with shifters and witches. Very slow build up to the sexy time but the mystery/action adventure takes off right away.
This book introduces a world with shifters and witches. Very slow build up to the sexy time but the mystery/action adventure takes off right away.
November 15, 2020
Brilliant
Brilliant absolutely loved this book couldn't put it down well written and a great cast of characters and story line
Brilliant absolutely loved this book couldn't put it down well written and a great cast of characters and story line
April 15, 2023
Nice enough but quite shallow. There was not a lot to the story, nor to the characters.
December 19, 2023
did not make it past the 50 page rule DNF
July 29, 2025
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August 21, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 21, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tempting the Tiger shifts slightly with a shorter novella format and a tighter focus on romance and personal stakes. Sarah, a librarian hiding magical secrets, pairs well with Sloan, a tiger shifter with his own challenges. Their slow-burn romance, flirtation, and mutual secrets create a tantalizing tension. The pack dynamics and supernatural intrigue add stakes, but the novella’s shorter length means the story leans more on character moments and romance than on deep plot complexity. Still, it’s an enjoyable, sweet paranormal romance that fits well in the series universe.
Tempting the Tiger shifts slightly with a shorter novella format and a tighter focus on romance and personal stakes. Sarah, a librarian hiding magical secrets, pairs well with Sloan, a tiger shifter with his own challenges. Their slow-burn romance, flirtation, and mutual secrets create a tantalizing tension. The pack dynamics and supernatural intrigue add stakes, but the novella’s shorter length means the story leans more on character moments and romance than on deep plot complexity. Still, it’s an enjoyable, sweet paranormal romance that fits well in the series universe.
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