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Shifters by the Sea #1
Bared to Him
Human by day and a tentacle shape shifter by night, Gray Wagner, is the last male that Alaskan custom boat maker Miranda Bolton dreams of falling in love with. He’s irritating, arrogant and teases her to no end. Due to her ancestry, Miranda knows she has a good chance at becoming a shifter just like Gray. Alone with him, traveling the high seas on a yacht, she unexpectedly can’t stop fantasizing about him. Suddenly Gray becomes the only one she wants to mate with, and she’s going to make sure she gets what she wants… Gray Wagner promised Miranda’s dad that he would keep his daughter safe during their week-long ocean voyage to attend a mutual friend’s wedding in California, but Miranda’s succulent scent is driving Gray wild. He knows he shouldn’t be thinking about doing all the dirty and delicious things he wants to do to her, but all his promises to Miranda’s father disintegrate when Miranda shifts and Gray goes primal…
120 pages, Paperback
First published August 13, 2014
58 people want to read
About the author
Jan Springer
231 books381 followersNew York Times & USA Today Best Selling Author Jan Springer writes erotic romances exclusively for Spunky Girl Publishing. Past publishers include Ellora's Cave, Totally Bound, Siren Bookstrand and Pocket Books. She lives near Minden, Ontario in Canada
Jan enjoys gardening, hiking, kayaking, reading and writing. She is a member of the Writers Union of Canada and the Romance Writers of America.
Jan enjoys gardening, hiking, kayaking, reading and writing. She is a member of the Writers Union of Canada and the Romance Writers of America.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
September 6, 2014
Reads as a follow up to Passionate Ink; hence more octopus-shifter/8 tentacles smexy times...
YUP, NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVER WRITE THOSE WORDS EVER IN A REVIEW...
YUP, NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVER WRITE THOSE WORDS EVER IN A REVIEW...
October 3, 2014
Night Owl Review
Original Review Published here: http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Rev...
Gray Wagner is a tentacle shifter who is in love with Miranda. His biggest problem is he also cares for Miranda’s father and does not want to cross that line with her because of her father. Gray is a custom boat maker who is contracted to finish a boat on a short timeline and is tasked to keep Miranda safe on a weeklong voyage.
Miranda Bolton is a tentacle shifter who has not shifted yet. The age span that females shift is anywhere from eighteen to thirty so it could happen at any time. Miranda is smart because she is well aware that she might shift and is well versed about what can happened. She seems at ease with her life and while she loves Gray, he also frustrated her as well.
The connection between Miranda and Gray is intense. They each spend a lot of time fighting the attraction growing between them. They are both very strong willed and unwilling to bend to each other until it’s almost too late. The sex scenes were scorching.
Bared to Him is the sequel to Passionate Ink by Jan Springer. This book can be read as a standalone novel with ease. I found this book well written with an attention-grabbing plot. While shifter novels are plentiful, this book uses an animal that is normally associated with shifters. The ending is set in a way that leaves you wondering about the future and how they will cope. The main characters and the secondary characters were charming. At 66 pages, this book has a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. Overall, I loved this book.
Original Review Published here: http://www.nightowlreviews.com/v5/Rev...
Gray Wagner is a tentacle shifter who is in love with Miranda. His biggest problem is he also cares for Miranda’s father and does not want to cross that line with her because of her father. Gray is a custom boat maker who is contracted to finish a boat on a short timeline and is tasked to keep Miranda safe on a weeklong voyage.
Miranda Bolton is a tentacle shifter who has not shifted yet. The age span that females shift is anywhere from eighteen to thirty so it could happen at any time. Miranda is smart because she is well aware that she might shift and is well versed about what can happened. She seems at ease with her life and while she loves Gray, he also frustrated her as well.
The connection between Miranda and Gray is intense. They each spend a lot of time fighting the attraction growing between them. They are both very strong willed and unwilling to bend to each other until it’s almost too late. The sex scenes were scorching.
Bared to Him is the sequel to Passionate Ink by Jan Springer. This book can be read as a standalone novel with ease. I found this book well written with an attention-grabbing plot. While shifter novels are plentiful, this book uses an animal that is normally associated with shifters. The ending is set in a way that leaves you wondering about the future and how they will cope. The main characters and the secondary characters were charming. At 66 pages, this book has a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. Overall, I loved this book.
September 9, 2014
Meh...not my cup of tea. I have a personal dislike of spoiled bratty behavior and felt that the lead girly fit that bill. The tentacle thing was that they were octo shifters. However, when reading it seems that they half shift (grow tentacles where limbs would be) but, seem to stay human in every other way. I just personally could not wrap my head around it when scenes are described.
Also, I hated this sentence, hated it I tell you!
"....and he'd never been trustworthy of them to explain why" what?? How about, ....and he had never trusted one of them enough to explain why.
Merged review:
meh....not my cup of tea. I felt Miranda was immature and a bit of a brat. Probably the reason her dad did not trust her to make deliveries on her own. Gray seemed like a nice guy and he is handy. I have a bathroom floor I need re-tiled! Not sure I really see the appeal of the octo thing though.
I hated this sentence "..., and he'd never been trustworthy of them to explain why..."
What?? How about "he never fully trusted one of them to explain why."
Also, I hated this sentence, hated it I tell you!
"....and he'd never been trustworthy of them to explain why" what?? How about, ....and he had never trusted one of them enough to explain why.
Merged review:
meh....not my cup of tea. I felt Miranda was immature and a bit of a brat. Probably the reason her dad did not trust her to make deliveries on her own. Gray seemed like a nice guy and he is handy. I have a bathroom floor I need re-tiled! Not sure I really see the appeal of the octo thing though.
I hated this sentence "..., and he'd never been trustworthy of them to explain why..."
What?? How about "he never fully trusted one of them to explain why."
September 1, 2014
Quite the unusual erotica! Strange! Short though and not very beefy with drama. So-so from my standpoint.
October 21, 2014
Wtf? Octoposeidon? Really? This is sexy? To have humans turn into octopuspeople?? No thanks.
January 9, 2015
I don't mind shape shifters but this was a bit off for me
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