Primal Heat

Breeds #8.5 (Wolfe's Hope)

by Lora Leigh, Sherri L. King, Lorie O'Clare

"Moonlust" by Sherri L King
Series: Moonlust #1
During Brianna's trip to the Ural Mountains of Russia, a life-threatening accident places her at the mercy of a strange, reclusive man. A man whose secrets and unquenchable hunger will change her life forever...

"Pack Law" by Lorie O'Clare
Series: Lunewulf, #1
Pack law states every female shall have three mates. It's a necessary action in order to keep the lunewulf breed alive. Sophie Rousseau has just learned who her three mates will be. And one of them is the sexy Nik Alexander who has invaded her dreams since high school. Though Sophie's nervous about fulfilling pack law, she can't wait to mate with Nik. Nik has lusted after Sophie, wanted her for his mate and mother of his children. He gets his way, but by pack law, Sophie cannot be his alone. Nik will share her with two other werewolves. But only on his terms.

"Running Mate" by Jaci Burton
Series: Devlin Dynast, #1
Senator Jason Devlin is a man with a secret. A big one that could ruin his political career and his family. He guards his secret closely, allowing no outsiders to penetrate his intimate circle. Kelsey Harper is a reporter itching for an interview with the elusive senator. When a case of mistaken identity lands her in his bed, she gets much more than an interview.

"Wolfe's Hope" by Lora Leigh
Series: Wolf Breeds , #2
Hope believed Wolfe was dead, but he was only waiting for the right time to claim her. He is a man whose DNA was altered, infused with the genetic code of the wolf. His unique genetic makeup has created a male unlike any other and will make itself known in the most surprising ways. Now Hope must convince her mate she hasn't betrayed him, and they must defeat the plans of a scientist gone mad.

Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Anthologies, Paranormal Romance, Erotica, Erotic Romance, Shapeshifters

196 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

Lora Leigh is a New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is The Breeds. She won the 2009 RT Award for erotica. Leigh was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky, US.


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Reviews

[Sophia Triad · Rating 4 out of 5]

(This is only for the story Wolve's Hope by Lora Leigh)

Hope’s mother in the scientist who is performing experiments on Wolve before the Breeds were set free. The evil scientist discovered that her 17 years old Hope is Wolve’s true mate. Thus, she used her daughter as a lab rat to try and make Wolve breed on her. Wolve bit and marked Hope, but did not do anything else with her.
The book starts 6 years after the escape of Wolve who abandon Hope. Now he is back, he has kidnapped Hope and he is torturing her (using an enjoyable way some may think) in order to confess whether she has taken another mate and has forgotten about him.
The place where he keeps her locked is not specified, but I think it must be Haven (the new Wolves’ Breeds compound/base).
In just 40 pages Lora Leigh still manages to pull off a robust love story with a bit of action on the side.

[Mojca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh.

Judging by Lora Leigh's contribution (for her Breed series) I would never have thought this anthology could be bad, but I stood corrected yesterday when I read the other three stories and remained stock still in my comfy chair, staring at the pages with a disgusted/confused frown on my face.

Let's start at the beginning.

Sherri L. King's Moon Lust was amateurish in tone, style, and use of the language. The end result: the story was so boring and "frigid" I couldn't wait for it to end.

Lori O'Clare's Pack Law was the absolute worst in the bunch, and I dare say the absolute worst novella I've read so far. The premise had so much potential, yet the author turned all those little conflict-makers into a crazed sex fest, obliterating a solid "fact" of werewolf culture...Or is it just the male wolves that mate for life - with ONE partner - leaving the promiscuity to the females?
Also the language, though probably used "in context", came off so degrading to women, I merely skimmed through the rest of the story.

Jaci Burton's contribution, Running Mate was a nice reprieve from the first two novellas. It was cute in its own funky kind of way, and I wished it was longer. I would've loved to explore it a little further, maybe polishing the rather abrupt ending.
The scene in the clearing was a bit too much, though, if you ask me. It brought a huge kink in the stride of an otherwise good story.

Once again, it is Lora Leigh's Wolfe's Hope that shines the most. I loved it. Yes, it was short, too short in fact, and seriously lacking in story, but still I loved it. This hot, hot, hot novella provided a great distraction, and though I'm not really partial to the EC excuses for stories, the amount of sex and almost invisible story didn't bother me. It was more an itch scratching, not providing any real insight into the leading couple, except they had the hots for each other, but I wasn't that interested in them.



The anthology as a whole is, unfortunately, an (almost) complete waste of paper and reading time. Though it's fifty-fifty in good and awful, the four stories are far from gems you absolutely have to read.

I wouldn't recommend this book, not even to the "Breed followers", since the Breed novella doesn't provide any real insight and any new developments on that front. It's a mere interlude, one that we all can do quite well without.

So, definitely not a recommended read.

[♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

1. Sherri L. King's story was so stupid. Sorry. Girl halls down a mountain in Russia, falls for a guy in a cabin who helps her, has lots of sex. Mated, the end. OOOOOkkkk! No spoilers, don't tell me you didn't see that coming. Names aren't even important. Corny sex stuff. 40 pgs

2. Lori O'Clare - GOOD GOD! I laughed my a** off. All it is is a short story of a werewolf girl who has to be mated to 3 men, because her grandma said. I wish my grandma was that cool! LOL! anyway, her main dude decides she has to mate with them all at the same time and he controls it all. Oooookkkk! I am so glad I read one of her real books, because I would never read one if I read this first. Just a flat 4-some story of sex in all orifaces at once! Wooo hoo! LOL!! 40 pgs

3. Jaci Burton - could have been halfway decent, but it seemed like she sat on her laptop and wrote a quickie sex story with a little real story in there too. Senator mistakes a reporter for the hooker who was meeting him at his hotel room. She has sex with him, and he decides right away they are mates. Full of sex. Whatever. 50 pgs

4. Lora leigh - THANK GOD I read all her other stories first. This was a 40 page story about how wolfe & Hope got together. Way too short, and He was an ass. She craved his sex, and they are Oh so in love. 40 pgs.

None of these stories are worth a flip, so don't pay for this book. Borrow it or something. You can even skip it. I bought it. WAS I stupid! Sooo I guess, I will now sell it! HAHA!

Great part of the book, was that I finished it in 2.5 hours! And all people involved in all the stories had such great sex, they are mated for life! Love it!

[Carolyn F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anthology.

1. Moon Lust by Sherri L. King. Brianna's uncle dies and makes her promise to see Russia because he was never able to go back home. Well, she goes on a tour of an old growth forest, gets lost, falls and is rescued by a Russian werewolf. Now they have to see if she is able to handle who/what he is. Very sweet story.

2. Lunewulf: Pack Law by Lorie O'Clare. Sophie has 3 mates chosen for her including Nik who she has always had a crush on since High School. Nik mates with her first becoming her true mate and then helps her accept the other two.

3. Devlin Dynasty: Running Mate by Jaci Burton. Kelsey is a reporter at a political function trying to get an interview with Senator Jason Devlin. She sneeks onto his floor and he thinks she's there for a little "stress relief" but once it gets going, she doesn't stop it. He then finds out she's his mate and he has to tell her who/what he is.

4. Wolf Breeds: Wolfe's Hope by Lora Leigh. Short but really good. This story is about how Wolfe and Hope first met in a horrible situation when she was 17 and their strained reconnection 6 years later. I really like the Breed stories. ****

I liked all four stories which is pretty rare for an anthology. I would recommend this book.

[melissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Probably a 2 1/2. I know being short stories they had to focus on the steamy steamy, but some more plot would have been nice. Also, I'm probably showing a bit of my vanilla side, but it would have been nice had just 1 of the stories not involved anal. Perhaps the cover could have showed the guy's ass as a heads up.

[Barbara ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anthologies aren't my thing as there simply isn't enough pages per story to fully develop anything so stories are rushed and unfulfilling. This one is no different. I read this simply because it had a moon on the cover and was less than 200 pages (for a challenge of course). Unfortunately none of the stories were very good and basically consisted of sex for the sake of sex since the plots were lacking any substance. I've read all of these authors full length novels and enjoyed their tales.

Moon Lust - Sherri L. King ~ 2 stars
Lunewolf Pack Law - Lorie O'Clare ~ 3 stars
Running Mate - Jaci Burton ~ 2 stars
Wolfe's Hope - Lora Leigh ~ 3 stars

[Rhapsody · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only read Lora Leigh's story Wolfe's Hope. My first exposure to Leigh. I was actually impressed, I'm not into erotica really but she's a great writer. This one was short and pretty cut and dry. Wolfe was created in a lab with human and wolf DNA. The evil scientist who created him gave him her daughter because she wants to study his progeny. He marked hope as his mate, but never made love to her. Eventually, he escaped the lab. Six years later, he comes looking for hope because he thinks that she betrayed him. Nothing special, but well-written.

I'll probably check out her other Breeds books.

[Lani · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was not a great book.
Four stories in one book and the first two were really bad.

Moon Lust was about an overweight unattractive woman who gets rescued/kidnapped by a Psychopath wolf with a thick Russian accent. It makes it seem that she stays with him because she can't do any worse.

Pack Law was immature in both dialoge and plot.

Running Mate I didn't mind, it was so much better than the first two. But the whole turning into a dog thing and having "pups" doesn't do much for me.

The forth is the reason I bought the book in the first place. I am a big Lora Leigh fan and was only disappointed that the story wasn't longer. I'll have to get the full version.

[Erin Robbins · Rating 2 out of 5]

Four short stories labeled as "romantica" I found myself wondering where the romance was. I understand short stories are often lacking in the build up and character development, but some of these left me wondering how you can claim romance when you are sharing you love with other men or worse using sex as torture.

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read. Contains several short stories linked to series:

Moonlust By Sherri L King Book 1 in the Moonlust series
Pack Law By Lorie O'Clare Book 1 of the Lunewulf series
Running Mate By Jaci Burton Book 1 in the Devlin Dynasty series
Wolfe's Hope By Lora Leigh Book 1 in the series Wolf Breeds

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

didn't like this one as much as other breeds stories -it was extremely short, even for an anthology and Wolfe was pretty much a dick for most it. Big fan of breed stories but could have past this one up, and I hate saying that...

[Dina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read:
- 'Wolfe´s Hope' by Lora Leigh (3 stars)

Did Not Finish:
- 'Moonlust' by Sherri L. King
- 'Running Mate' by Jaci Burton

Avoid:
- 'Pack Law' by Lorie O´Clare (ménage)

[Rbeey · Rating 5 out of 5]

short ,hot & entertaining Read when u only want a little some-some. nicely done.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great mixture of writers. Hot and sexy. I did buy in for Breeds and wild riders but other story's were great too.

[78sunny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hier die einzelnen Rezis zu den 4 Kurzgeschichten:
1)
Sherri L. King „Moon Lust“ (Moon Lust #1)
Kurz-Meinung:
Die Geschichte war sehr oberflächlich und es ging mal wieder nur um das eine. Die Protagonistin hat alles in ihrem Leben verloren, was ihr lieb war. Wie praktisch um einen Neuanfang zu machen. Als sie nach Russland aufbricht (wegen des letzter Wunsch ihres Onkels), weiß sie allerdings nicht, dass sie nicht mehr zurückkehren wird. Für den Leser war es sowas von 'mit dem Zaunpfahl vor den Kopf geschlagen', aber naja. Brianna hat einen 'kleinen' Unfall und wacht in einer Hütte auf. Ein Mann (natürlich abgöttisch sexy, so dass sie sich sofort von ihm begrabschen lässt obwohl sie noch Fieber hat und den Typen überhaupt nicht kennt...) pflegt sie gesund. Sein Verhalten ist sehr ambivalent und passte für mich nicht so ganz. Der Grund warum das Buch noch 3,4 Sterne bekommen hat, war vor allem der Vergleich mit der anderen Geschichte, die ich bereits aus der Anthologie gelesen habe. Es gab hier einen Moment (ein paar Seiten) das war es wirklich toll. Nämlich genau da, wo sie mal keinen Sex hatten und eine wirklich süße Beziehung sich entwickelte. Das hätte man für meinen Geschmack ausbauen können, denn das waren wirklich ein paar schöne Momente. Der Sex war okay, aber mir einfach viel zu viel. Daher kann ich auch nicht mehr als 3 Sterne geben. Die Charaktere (zumindest Brianna) bekommen ein wenig Tiefe, aber ansonsten bleibt alles oberflächlich. Man hätte hier das Rudel einbringen können oder wenigstens die Familie von Briannas Retter, aber nein, das Buch handelt komplett nur von den beiden Hauptcharakteren.
Ich werde die Reihe nicht weiterverfolgen, aber werde die Autorin noch nicht für mich abschreiben

Meine Wertung:
3,4 von 5 Sternen

2)
Lorie O'Clare „Lunewulf Law“ (Lunewolf #1)
Kurz-Meinung:
Die Geschichte war sehr merkwürdig. Teilweise bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob die knappen 3 Sterne gerechtfertigt sind. Kaufen würde ich mir das Ebook niemals. Die Geschichte ist höchstens als kostenlose Variante zu empfehlen und dann auch nur wenn man auf Erotik und vor allem Menage-a-trois steht.
Die Protagonistin, Sophie, ist dermaßen dämlich, dass es einem das ganze Buch versaut. Sie ist so sexgeil, obwohl sie noch nie Sex hatte, dass es schon lächerlich wirkt, auch wenn man es auf ihre teilweise tierische Natur schieben könnte. Sie verkörpert das dumme Frauchen, dass ihrem großen, starken Mann hinterherhechelt und ihm alle Wünsche erfüllt. Dagegen spricht dann wieder, dass die Autorin ihr manchmal Sätze in den Mund legt, die ausdrücken sollen, dass sie sich einbildet die Oberhand in der Beziehung zu haben. Was absolut gar nicht, nicht mal ansatzweise, der Fall ist. Sie wird also wegen des neuen Gesetzes zur Erhaltung ihrer Rasse gezwungen sich mit 3 Männern zu paaren. In einen von ihnen ist sie schon lange verschossen und bei den anderen beiden hat sie kein Problem sie sich in ihrem Bett vorzustellen. Leider wirkt sie in ihren Gedanken wirklich schrecklich naiv und teilweise zurückgeblieben, dass die wirklich guten Sexszenen das ganze dann nicht mehr rausreißen konnte. Die Männer waren wirklich interessant, wenn auch ihr Verhalten teilweise sehr ambivalent war. Die erotischen Szenen waren wirklich heiß und es wurde versucht eine kleine Story bzw. ein Weltaufbau drum herum aufzubauen. Trotzdem ist das ganze wirklich eher ein Porno in Schriftform als eine wirkliche Geschichte. Gereizt hat mich da eher Elsa, die Schwester von Sophie. Sie war nämlich aufmüpfig und wollte sich dem Gesetz nicht fügen. Also hatte ich wirklich vor die Reihe weiter zu verfolgen. Als ich dann aber die Inhaltsangabe zum zweiten Teil (in dem es um Elsa geht) las, habe ich von dem Vorhaben abgelassen. Für mich war dies nicht nur der letzte Teil dieser Reihe, sondern auch das letzte Buch dieser Autorin.

Meine Wertung:
2,6 von 5 Sternen

3)
Jaci Burton „Running Mate“ (Devlin Dynasty #1)
Kurz-Meinung:
Also im Vergleich zu den ersten beiden Kurzgeschichten in der "Primal Heat" Anthologie merkt man dieser Kurzgeschichte an, dass die Autorin viel geübter ist. Hier wird endlich eine richtige Geschichte erzählt und die erotischen Szenen werden (auch wenn noch recht überstürzt und häufig) gut in die Handlung integriert. Eigentlich wollte Kelsey ein Interview mit dem charismatischem Senator (Jason) führen, als sie sich vor seinem Hotelzimmer postiert. Dummerweise verwechselt Jason sie mit einem kleinen Geschenk seines Bruders. Schwubs landen die beide im Bett, weil Kelsey 'natürlich' so überwältigt von dem Typen ist, dass sie die Verwechslung nicht klarstellt. Das war aber auch der einzige Teil der Story den ich wieder total übertrieben fand. Ansonsten hat die Geschichte wirklich mit ein wenig Handlung (gemessen an anderen Ebooks dieser Länge) aufwarten können. Die beiden verbringen dann nämlich noch ein Wochenende zusammen, was zwar auch sehr heiß hergeht aber trotzdem auch ein wenig drumherum zu bieten hat. Der fantastische Aspekt ist hier nicht allzu groß und andere Charaktere kommen auch so gut wie nie ins Spiel, aber wenigstens werden mehr erwähnt als bei den anderen beiden Stories in der Anthologie. Auch emotional hat es mich deutlich mehr angesprochen. Man merkt, dass aus anfänglicher Anziehungskraft langsam ein klein wenig mehr entsteht und auch der Konflikt Geheimhaltung der Werwölfe versus Journalistin wurde ganz gut verpackt. Die erotischen Szenen waren sehr gut geschrieben und ich würde definitiv mehr von der Autorin lesen. Ob unbedingt diese Reihe, weiß ich allerdings nicht. Dafür kenne ich zu viele gute Reihen aus diesem Genre, die ich bereits lese.

Meine Wertung:
4 von 5 Sternen

4)
Lora Leigh „Wolfe's Hope“ (Breeds #1)
Kurz-Meinung;
Sicher bin ich etwas voreingenommen, was diese Story betrifft, aber ich denke auch wenn ich kein Fan der Breeds Reihe wäre (wo diese Kurzgeschichte Band 10 darstellt), würde ich diese von den vier Stories in der Anthologie am besten finden. Für mich hat die Art und Weise wie Frau Leigh schreibt einfach ein ganz anderes Niveau als zum Beispiel von Frau King oder Frau O'Claire. Sie schafft es mich auch bei so wenigen Seiten komplett in die Geschichte zu ziehen, mitfühlen zu lassen und richtig mitgerissen zu werden.
Leider war es emotional eher belastend, dass Buch zu lesen. Wolfe ist extrem verbittert und total irrational. Er quält Hope, die einem von Anfang an unheimlich sympathisch ist und man sehr mit ihr mitleidet. Vor allem Leser der Breeds Reihe wissen wie stark sich der Paarungsrausch auf die Frauen auswirkt, vor allem wenn das Verlangen nicht gestillt wird. Ob Leser dies nachvollziehen/erkennen werden, die die Reihe nicht kennen, weiß ich nicht so ganz. Naja, auf jeden Fall ist Wolfe aus einem bestimmten Grund der Meinung, dass er sie bestrafen muss und irgendwelche dummen Informationen aus ihr herauspressen muss und quält sie über das reizen und nicht erfüllen des Verlangens, dass durch den Paarungsrausch verursacht wird. Das hat mich wirklich genervt, weil der Leser weiß, dass es ungerechtfertigt ist. Vor allem seine Beweggründe was das Thema Eifersucht angeht. Das war dann selbst mir ein Spur zu heftig und ich hätte dem ganzen dann gern nur 3,6 oder 4,0 Sterne gegeben, aber im Vergleich zu den anderen 3 Stories der Anthologie habe ich mich dann für 4,4 Sterne entschieden. Das Buch hat mich schließlich komplett mitgerissen und emotional berührt, wenn es mich auch teilweise wütend gemacht hat.
Eigentlich muss man die anderen Bücher der Breeds Reihe nicht gelesen haben, aber ich denke man versteht das Verhalten der Charaktere und den Hintergrund um die Experimente einfach so viel besser, wenn man die Reihenfolge einhält. Vor allem kann der Fan der Reihe sich Wolfes Verhalten wenigstens ansatzweise erklären. Ich wüsste echt nicht wie ich sonst mit diesem unglaublich schrecklichem Verhalten von ihm gegenüber der armen Hope hätte leben können. Da ich aber schon von anderen Charakteren der Reihe weiß, wie stark sie durch ihre veränderte DNA und ihre grausame Vergangenheit gezeichnet sind, kann ich ihm einiges mehr verzeihen. So richtig nachvollziehen konnte ich aber nicht warum er erst jetzt auf Hope zugegangen ist. Seine Argumente am Ende der Story passen für mich nicht, da entgegen seiner Aussage Hope immer in Gefahr sein konnte und das muss er gewusst haben. Aber naja, hier darf man nicht viel nachdenken. Ich möchte auf jeden Fall noch eine Warnung aussprechen. Leser die empfindlich beim Thema Grenzüberschreitung was den Willen eines Partners beim Sex angeht, sollten die Finger von diesem Buch lassen. Ich muss sagen, es hat meine Grenze bereits überschritten, was die Einvernehmlichkeit angeht und ich bin da von der Reihe ja schon einiges gewohnt. Das muss dann jeder selbst entscheiden.

Meine Wertung:
4,4 von 5 Sternen

[india :) · Rating 1 out of 5]

holy shit this was so bad jesus christ. Wolfe's hope was the worst story out of all of them by far. Wolfe was horrible and literally tortured her and wouldn't shut the fuck up because he thought she wasn't a virgin anymore. And the mom getting knocked out by him flipping a switch and a sandbag falling on her head was the most insane line i've ever read. it was the only one with knotting so i guess i give it props for that. I guess Lunewold: Pack Law was the best i honestly don't even know. Like her having 3 mates was kind of dope like having them all at the same time was a fun twist and it ended up being sweet to read. Running Mate was the most like an actual story with a plot and an ending and it was sort of interesting. idk this all sucked so thats all i got

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wolfe's Hope by Lora Leigh

This isn't exactly a novella that I wanted to read, but that I'm glad that I did read.  I'm quite honestly getting tired of all the Feline Breed novels.  I see more of them than anything else at this point and it’s not a good thing.  This novella brought the Wolf Breeds to light and for this I'm very thankful for.  Hopefully there's going to be more novels based on this species, because at this point in time I'm starting to get pretty bored with Lora Leigh's novels.  She's already not the best writer, but I do feel like she's getting better.  And regardless of that fact I do want to see how she improves.  One of the Wolf Breed characters that she introduces is Wolfe, the Alpha of the Wolf Breeds.  Wolfe is a hard-headed man that is used to getting what he wants.  Whether it's by his own sheer willpower or by force doesn't matter to him.  He's very focused on righting all the wrongs that happened to them in the labs and right now he's focused on a specific Doctor.  One that brought him and his pack nothing but pain and misery.  But to do this he needs the one person that he could never forget.  A woman who was only a girl back when he knew her.  The Doctor's own daughter, Hope.  Hope has known about the Breeds for most of her life.  Her own mother was one of the scientists that took great pleasure in torturing them.  She was forced to watch her mother do these horrible things and couldn't react to any of it.  Now that she's older she's broken away from her mother and refuses to even talk about her.  However, this doesn't stop Wolfe at all.  He continues to kidnap her and use her as the perfect bait.  Of course he also has an ulterior motive of his own as well.  The attraction between them has only grown over the years and Wolfe wants to see how far it could go.  Which could either be a good thing or a very bad thing.  This novella is an interesting take on a romance novel.  I'm actually quite glad that it was a novella instead of a full novel.  It had a good plot to it and since it was over with quickly it made the plot that much better.  The romance in this novella wasn't like a slap to the face like I usually is, it was more subtle than that.  I think this is what actually made the novella so excellent in my opinion.  It was lead into it instead of doing a straight head dive into it.  It is perhaps one of the best well written novellas that Lora Leigh has done so far, and for this I'm thankful.  Mostly because I was starting to get bored with her novels.  Perhaps she's improving quicker than I originally thought.  I would say that you should read this novella before moving on, because it does give you some good information.

*Read on May 18th, 2015

[Vanessa theJeepDiva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Moon Lust: 2 Stars. This is a very short read. The relationship with Ivan & Brianna went from wounded gal from the woods to life mate. It just seemed to be a short story full of whole lotta random sex.

Pack Law: 2 Stars. This story involves a very young female named Sophie. She finally receives word of who her three mates will be and cannot wait to sleep with all of them. The language was a bit bothersome. The lack of the pursuit of a relationship was irritating. She just seemed very childish. Her three mates also had no character definition.

Running Mate: 5 Stars. This was Jaci Burton’s contribution to the book. I will most likely seek out other books in this series. This is a very short book, so all of the stories are too short. I at least got a feeling of a pursuit and relationship development with Jason & Kelsey. I liked how they fell into bed with each other, yeah it was very quick but at least he wanted to get to know her better. ¬¬¬

Wolfe’s Hope: 2 Stars. I was very disappointed! I have really enjoyed the Breed series so far. The plot was not lacking.... it was missing. It was too short for there to have been any relationship development between the characters.

[Caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Wolfe's Hope" by Lora Leigh is the 10th book in her Breeds story. It is a short story that starts when Hope is 17 and forced to mate with Wolfe by her bitch evil mother. The lab was set on fire and Hope was lead to believe Wolfe was dead so for 6 years she lived in a hell of grief and arousal, but when Wolfe shows up he is furious with her and she doesn't know why.

"Moon Lust" by Sherri L. King is about an American tourist who is in the forest of Russia who ends up injured. Her rescuer is a Ivan who is handsome, sweet, but a little strange.

"Lunewulf: Pack Law" by Lorie O'Clare is about a wolf pack who laws states each female lupine must have three mates and have kids by all there. Sophie gets the list that states her long time crush, Nik would be one. Nik is going to make sure Sophie is his. He might have to share but only under his rules.

"Devlin Dynasty: Running Mate" by Jaci Burton" is about a reporter who wants to get an interview with the very sexy Senator Jason Devlin. Once he sees her outside his hotel room he must have her. But will he trust her with her secret and would she keep it or write the story of the century.

[Lenna Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

I havent read the others but one but I will at a later time but I only read Lora Leighs story Wolfe's Hope, and it was a very fast read but long story short, Wolfe survived the explosives he set in the labs and saved his pack and wanted to go back for Hope but never did until 6 years later after being set up by Hopes mother to bring in out in the open by sending him photos of Hope having men having sex with her. Wolfe kidnaps Hope in getting answers about her mother but Hope was being used as well and when her mother shows up to kill him and her daughter, she never expected her pet to do her in.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is for Lora Leigh's "Breed" story "Wolfe's Hope". I have read every one of the "Breed" books and have reread a lot of them but not this one. I didn't like this story at all. But that's JMHO! I know others that liked it but I ain't one of them.. All I could think was I wanted to hit Wolfe upside the head more than once and wanted Hope would grow a "backbone".

I have not read the other stories in this book but only because they are both part of series by the authors and I haven't read the different series yet.

[Kathy Davie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jaci Burton's Devlin Dynasty: Running Mate was good!!! I want to read more!

Sherri King's Moon Lust was unimpressive.

Lora Leigh's Wolfe's Hope (Breeds, 10) was very disappointing. I can't believe I waited three months to get this book...

Lorie O'Clare's Pack Law (Lunewolf, ?) had lots of sex, but the writing is too primitive, simplistic...

[Bridget]

First story was very short (by Sherri L. King) with an interesting version of shifters. i would read her again. Rest of the book was rather dull. I only read these anthologies to test different authors, but the stories are usually not very satisfying, being crammed into such short reads. Wolfe's Hope by Lora Leigh is one of the Breeds, which is a series I do enjoy.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't bowled over by any of these stories. The LL story was a necessary read to continue the Breeds series, but the whole story was about Wolfe using sex and dominance to get Hope to admit she betrayed him. I didn't find any romance in it at all. The other three stories were about the same, and I pretty much skimmed them.

[FayAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

All in all this was an interesting anthology. Even though the 1st story (the Russian mountains 3) wasn't up to my liking, this book averaged to be a 4. That's because the last 2 stories were like 5's to me. The 2nd story (pack law requiring females to mate w/3 males 3.5) was better the 1st, slightly.

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of several erotic-ish Paranormal Romance shorts from different authors of shiftchanger series. They were predictable and not really noteworthy enough to intrigue you into reading more of the series unless you already have - such as the Lora Leigh Breeds series. Several scenes of backdoor action here.

[Angel Padillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed most of the stories in this anthology, with the exception of Pack Law. I didn't like that Sophie was referred to as "Bitch" even though they were using it in the actual sense of the word. It just didn't sit right. I also felt really bad for the other 2 mates. It was my first by that author, and probably my last.

[Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great, fun, quick read. I enjoyed each of the stories - they were exciting, sexy and engaging! I have enjoyed Jaci Burton and Lora Leigh in the past, and will look forward to more by Sherri L. King, Lorie O'Clare!

[Darcy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't often read all the stories in an anthology, but in this one all of the stories were good. They were fun, hot stories full of wild sex, each one around 50 pages so the storyline happened very fast.