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Cougar Challenge #15
Shifting Gears
Shifting Gears is book fifteen in the multi-author Cougar Challenge series, and book two in Jayne Rylon's Racing for Love series.
A standalone story in the Cougar Challenge series.
Mark envies his friend, Bastian and the cougar who tamed him. For years he's had his eye on a sexy, older, married woman. Despite his and Bastian's sharing women, he refuses to poach outside his steamy fantasies.
Sloan travels with the race car drivers as the league's publicist. Living abroad can be lonely, especially when touring somewhere like China - where beautiful landscapes surround them but language and cultural barriers are high.
Until she meets Lynn, who shares her love of erotic romances. In Lynn, she gains more than a friend - because sexy-as-sin navigator Mark is never far from the cougar and her fiancé, Sebastian, making Sloan wonder if it's time rejoin the dating scene after a nasty divorce.
When Lynn notices the chemistry between Mark and Sloan, she issues the 'Cougar Challenge'. Sloan expected fantastic sex. But she never imagined her relationship with Mark would empower him to explore the sexual tension building between him and Bastian ...
Four friends, two couples ... one night none of them will forget.
Reader Advisory: If you didn't guess from that last line, this story contains a sizzling FMMF ménage.
A standalone story in the Cougar Challenge series.
Mark envies his friend, Bastian and the cougar who tamed him. For years he's had his eye on a sexy, older, married woman. Despite his and Bastian's sharing women, he refuses to poach outside his steamy fantasies.
Sloan travels with the race car drivers as the league's publicist. Living abroad can be lonely, especially when touring somewhere like China - where beautiful landscapes surround them but language and cultural barriers are high.
Until she meets Lynn, who shares her love of erotic romances. In Lynn, she gains more than a friend - because sexy-as-sin navigator Mark is never far from the cougar and her fiancé, Sebastian, making Sloan wonder if it's time rejoin the dating scene after a nasty divorce.
When Lynn notices the chemistry between Mark and Sloan, she issues the 'Cougar Challenge'. Sloan expected fantastic sex. But she never imagined her relationship with Mark would empower him to explore the sexual tension building between him and Bastian ...
Four friends, two couples ... one night none of them will forget.
Reader Advisory: If you didn't guess from that last line, this story contains a sizzling FMMF ménage.
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 29, 2010
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261 people want to read
About the author
Jayne Rylon
288 books1,553 followersJayne Rylon is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She received the 2011 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Indie Erotic Romance. Her stories used to begin as daydreams in seemingly endless business meetings, but now she is a full time author, who employs the skills she learned from her straight-laced corporate existence in the business of writing. She lives in Ohio with two cats and her husband, the infamous Mr. Rylon. When she can escape her purple office, she loves to travel the world, avoid speeding tickets in her beloved Sky, and–of course–read.
Jayne is a member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA), the Central Ohio Fiction Writers (COFW) and Passionate Ink.
You can keep up with what's new in Jayne's world by subscribing to the Naughty News. 25 subscribers win prizes in each edition www.jaynerylon.com/newsletter
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Jayne is a member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA), the Central Ohio Fiction Writers (COFW) and Passionate Ink.
You can keep up with what's new in Jayne's world by subscribing to the Naughty News. 25 subscribers win prizes in each edition www.jaynerylon.com/newsletter
Chat with her on Facebook (facebook.com/jaynerylon) or Twitter (@jaynerylon)
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Displaying 1 - 17 of 17 reviews
June 14, 2015
Jayne sure does know how to write a steamy book, and I have always available admired her ability to inject humor and sizzling amounts of heat into her books. Shifting Gears was no exception, and these two characters were perfectly matched. My only issue was the rushed feel of the book, and the conflict just seemed rather ridiculous to me. I'm not going to spoil what happens, but I just felt like it was forced and out of place with what was going on in the story. Overall though, I did enjoy this book. I do wish we had more coming of these insanely hot couples, because I think they have so much more left to explore. Jayne, I want a honeymoon story!!!!
November 1, 2010
A nice follow-up to Driven. The beginning was funny for me, how Mark knew nothing of the Cougar Challenge and then was offended that he might be used, when he used many women in his past. Glad he got past that. :-) It was interesting to see how Lynn introduced the idea of m/m with Sloan. It was also, I don't know, a little humorous how Sebastian really wanted it but wasn't sure how to discuss it with Mark. Really cute that it was a double wedding at the end, too.
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September 10, 2015
Sloan is a publicist for the racing circuit and loves to read romance novels. She meets Lynn and they start talking about books. One thing leads to another and Lynn introduces her to the cougar blog she belongs to. Mark has had a crush on Sloan for a while but never approached her because she was married. Once he finds out she is divorced, he pursues her and sparks fly! Jayne Rylon has written another hot book and that's no surprise. I am really enjoying this series and I know you will too.
August 10, 2013
*3.5 stars*
I thought this was a hot follow up to Driven. I'm still not a huge fan to instant love but this one really was so hot, I overlooked it. I especially loved the . And the ending was sweet. Overall, I thought it was a cute read.
I thought this was a hot follow up to Driven. I'm still not a huge fan to instant love but this one really was so hot, I overlooked it. I especially loved the . And the ending was sweet. Overall, I thought it was a cute read.
February 25, 2013
I am kinda iffy about the whole cougar series. It was a great idea but I felt like some of the stories were missing something. This one really delivered with the heat and the story was nice too!
And oh boy there is some MM action so hot you'll need to soak in an ice bath to cool off!
Very steamy and hot reads! The fellas are young and virile and the ladies are older vibrant and looking for action!
And oh boy there is some MM action so hot you'll need to soak in an ice bath to cool off!
Very steamy and hot reads! The fellas are young and virile and the ladies are older vibrant and looking for action!
February 5, 2017
Wow!
Loved this series. Great storyline. Characters radiated chemistry. The sex was hot enough to burn. Would have loved to had a scene from the honeymoon, though. If this is your style of books, you don't want to miss this series. Go Jayne!
Loved this series. Great storyline. Characters radiated chemistry. The sex was hot enough to burn. Would have loved to had a scene from the honeymoon, though. If this is your style of books, you don't want to miss this series. Go Jayne!
December 27, 2016
Short and Steamy doesn't quite cover it. WOW. This book is delicious and I would recommend you get it immediately following the first book - Driven. Both are seriously hot. Books this hot don't normally have much of a story but I did enjoy the story as well although I would have loved more. Jayne Rylon is now one of my favorite authors!
November 10, 2010
3.75 out of 5. A continuation of another Cougar Challenge story involving the international race world. A very erotic novella with some interesting contexts and certainly a number of romantic encounters. Like so many stories in this series, just way too short.
September 15, 2014
Hot, hot, hot!!!!!
spicy. short entertaining read about older women who snag younger men. I enjoyed reading this book. it was a good read, not off the charts great but, good and entertaining.
spicy. short entertaining read about older women who snag younger men. I enjoyed reading this book. it was a good read, not off the charts great but, good and entertaining.
May 12, 2012
"Shifting Gears is a fast paced read filled with enough sizzle to ignite a fire"
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November 13, 2011
Kynya bagus nih. Ada telepon ***
May 8, 2012
this is a HOTTTTT book
March 4, 2013
One of my all time favorite romantica books on the hotness scale! Wish it was longer!! Would not mind if the author revisited this series!
April 2, 2016
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
May 11, 2015
short fast read. lots of hot, hot sex & dirty talk. a fun piece, well written with a well thought out story
June 20, 2016
See my review for Driven. This one is similar.
Bought from kindle
Bought from kindle
June 11, 2011
As all of her books it was great, but too short
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