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Hunting Love: The Wallflower / Treasure Hunting
Hunting Love by JB McDonald and Dana Marie Bell
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Cover art by Anne Cain
On the trail of something wild…
The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
Emma Carter has been in love with Max Cannon forever, but he barely knew she existed. Now she runs her own unique curio shop, and she’s finally come out her shell.
When Max returns home take up his duties as the Halle Pride’s Alpha, he finds that Emma has blossomed into something more—his mate! Taking her “out for a bite” ensures she’ll be permanently his.
But first Emma must prove to the Pride that she has what it takes keep her Alpha.
Treasure Hunting by J.B. McDonald
A good tromp through the jungle in South America is exactly Meg’s idea of a great vacation. At first she thinks the sudden appearance of a wounded jaguar will make an interesting story. Then she wakes up to find a man in place of a cat, she wonders who’d believe it!
Santiago has learned the hard way that when you can change into an animal at will, it tends to put human women off. But despite his best intentions, he finds himself falling hard for the little blonde who saved his life.
Forever will take a leap of faith…or this treasure will slip through his fingers.
Warning: This title contains explicit sex, bad language, loads of giggles, a hot, blond Alpha male and bad humor.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Cover art by Anne Cain
On the trail of something wild…
The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell
Emma Carter has been in love with Max Cannon forever, but he barely knew she existed. Now she runs her own unique curio shop, and she’s finally come out her shell.
When Max returns home take up his duties as the Halle Pride’s Alpha, he finds that Emma has blossomed into something more—his mate! Taking her “out for a bite” ensures she’ll be permanently his.
But first Emma must prove to the Pride that she has what it takes keep her Alpha.
Treasure Hunting by J.B. McDonald
A good tromp through the jungle in South America is exactly Meg’s idea of a great vacation. At first she thinks the sudden appearance of a wounded jaguar will make an interesting story. Then she wakes up to find a man in place of a cat, she wonders who’d believe it!
Santiago has learned the hard way that when you can change into an animal at will, it tends to put human women off. But despite his best intentions, he finds himself falling hard for the little blonde who saved his life.
Forever will take a leap of faith…or this treasure will slip through his fingers.
Warning: This title contains explicit sex, bad language, loads of giggles, a hot, blond Alpha male and bad humor.
202 pages, Paperback
Published March 31, 2009
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About the author
J.B. McDonald
23 books41 followersJB has been writing fiction of some sort or another since she was eight years old, when she started with the highly acclaimed and illustrated, “Bucky the Bronco and his Missing Horseshoe.” Everyone in the McDonald household heard about it. Most even read it. Then they made the fatal mistake of encouraging it, and before anyone quite knew how it happened, JB declared that she was going to spend the rest of her life writing.
She wrote online for a stretch and warped a good many people. They sent heartfelt thanks and, on occasion, gift baskets. Sometimes they even brought her cheese sauce and wine. They were less appreciative of the gift of the world’s worst porn, which, thankfully, has gone by the wayside.
JB is possessed of a sense of humor that just will not quit, despite how many stick beatings it’s been through. She also has a cheerfully evil laugh that brings terror to many young hearts. She sadly lacks in cooking skills, which is why the gift baskets and cheese sauce are so important. Instead of cooking, or doing anything as time-consuming as eating regularly, she devotes all her time to writing so that she can inflict more horror—that is, fiction—on you, her hopefully devoted fans.
JB can be reached at her website (https://www.JBMcDonaldScribblesHere.w...), as long as you don't get distracted by her ravings or adorable pictures and videos of her service dog, Doc.
She wrote online for a stretch and warped a good many people. They sent heartfelt thanks and, on occasion, gift baskets. Sometimes they even brought her cheese sauce and wine. They were less appreciative of the gift of the world’s worst porn, which, thankfully, has gone by the wayside.
JB is possessed of a sense of humor that just will not quit, despite how many stick beatings it’s been through. She also has a cheerfully evil laugh that brings terror to many young hearts. She sadly lacks in cooking skills, which is why the gift baskets and cheese sauce are so important. Instead of cooking, or doing anything as time-consuming as eating regularly, she devotes all her time to writing so that she can inflict more horror—that is, fiction—on you, her hopefully devoted fans.
JB can be reached at her website (https://www.JBMcDonaldScribblesHere.w...), as long as you don't get distracted by her ravings or adorable pictures and videos of her service dog, Doc.
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February 20, 2015
Quick and sexy shifter love - it's the cat's meow
While I generally think that wolf shifters make great alpha leading men, I do have to admit that the idea of cat shifters with their slinky sensuous grace just calls to mind the quote, "cats rule and dogs drool".
Dana Marie Bell kicks off Hunting Love's cat shifter anthology with "Wallflower", Emma is a successful shop owner in her home town and no longer the plump highschool girl who crushed on Max Cannon. Max is now a doctor and is back in town to set up shop - and unknown to human Emma to take over as Alpha of his pride. Emma's dreamed about the sexy Max for years and now all her dreams may just come true - because Max thinks Emma's his mate. But is this former wallflower strong enough to rule at Max's side, especially with one 'catty' shifter female who intends to 'sink her claws' into Max and never let go?
- There were parts of this story that I really liked, Emma has a great sense of humor and has some really funny one liners, and she comes across as a strong character so that you believe that she is more than fit to be a 'cat' alpha - except for one minor area, she is a pushover when it comes to accepting the life altering decisions Max makes for her. I don't think that Emma wouldn't have at least given him a hard time for his highhandedness, even if she ended up happy with the outcome. Woven into the story there is also the start of what looks like a tease for a possible follow-on story for Max's second in command Simon and Emma's best friend Becky. (3.5 stars - for the character break and one unfavorite word in the mix)
While Bell's story was fine, my favorite of the anthology was JB McDonald's "Treasure Hunting" - Sociology Professor Meg steals off to South America when ever she has time off and searches the jungle for ruins. On this expedition she makes a truly amazing find, a wounded jaguar in the jungle, one that shifts into a gorgeous naked male. Though he generally avoids narrow minded human women, Santiago's bullet wound quickly become infected and he needs Meg to get him to help.
- I really liked this one, McDonald did a great job of developing an attraction between the Meg and the 'cat-God', using Santiago's injury to keep the unlikely pair together long enough to get to them to like each other (in addition to the immediate lust for each other) and also uses his weakness to stave off the culmination of the attraction long enough to build a nice amount of tension. Again as with Bell's heroine in the previous story, Meg here is a good one, some one you could imagine actually being able to hold her own in the jungle and straight forward enough to cut through misunderstandings when Santiago gets sulky. (4.5 stars)
While I generally think that wolf shifters make great alpha leading men, I do have to admit that the idea of cat shifters with their slinky sensuous grace just calls to mind the quote, "cats rule and dogs drool".
Dana Marie Bell kicks off Hunting Love's cat shifter anthology with "Wallflower", Emma is a successful shop owner in her home town and no longer the plump highschool girl who crushed on Max Cannon. Max is now a doctor and is back in town to set up shop - and unknown to human Emma to take over as Alpha of his pride. Emma's dreamed about the sexy Max for years and now all her dreams may just come true - because Max thinks Emma's his mate. But is this former wallflower strong enough to rule at Max's side, especially with one 'catty' shifter female who intends to 'sink her claws' into Max and never let go?
- There were parts of this story that I really liked, Emma has a great sense of humor and has some really funny one liners, and she comes across as a strong character so that you believe that she is more than fit to be a 'cat' alpha - except for one minor area, she is a pushover when it comes to accepting the life altering decisions Max makes for her. I don't think that Emma wouldn't have at least given him a hard time for his highhandedness, even if she ended up happy with the outcome. Woven into the story there is also the start of what looks like a tease for a possible follow-on story for Max's second in command Simon and Emma's best friend Becky. (3.5 stars - for the character break and one unfavorite word in the mix)
While Bell's story was fine, my favorite of the anthology was JB McDonald's "Treasure Hunting" - Sociology Professor Meg steals off to South America when ever she has time off and searches the jungle for ruins. On this expedition she makes a truly amazing find, a wounded jaguar in the jungle, one that shifts into a gorgeous naked male. Though he generally avoids narrow minded human women, Santiago's bullet wound quickly become infected and he needs Meg to get him to help.
- I really liked this one, McDonald did a great job of developing an attraction between the Meg and the 'cat-God', using Santiago's injury to keep the unlikely pair together long enough to get to them to like each other (in addition to the immediate lust for each other) and also uses his weakness to stave off the culmination of the attraction long enough to build a nice amount of tension. Again as with Bell's heroine in the previous story, Meg here is a good one, some one you could imagine actually being able to hold her own in the jungle and straight forward enough to cut through misunderstandings when Santiago gets sulky. (4.5 stars)
August 3, 2014
I'd gotten this book to read the second story since I'd already finished 'Wallflowers'. It was my intro to the author and her writing style. Her take, her twist, on shifters was interesting. The basis was captivating. I can't wait to see how far she can go with. It.
August 25, 2011
Very steamy, very short. I did prefer the first short story more than the second one, but both were very wild. ^^
June 6, 2012
Same as the Wallflower...
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October 3, 2013The wallflower by DanaMarie Bell and Treasure Hunting by J.B. McDonald
Both good stories.
Both good stories.
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