Review: Big Bad Beast (The Pride Series Book 6) by Shelly Laurenston

Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When Wolf Dynasties Merge

Ric is a Van Holtz wolf. Van Holtz wolves are incredibly wealthy and have a proud history at the forefront of shifter politics. They also run a chain of extremely successful shifter restaurants and nearly all the members of the family either work or have worked in them to fund college. Ric happens to be a chef that runs the Manhattan restaurant. He also owns and plays for the local shifter ice-hockey team and run ‘The Group’ the organisation that protects shifters in the US. He’s a busy man, he’s also gorgeous, refined and unbelievably nice.

Dee-Ann Smith is a hillbilly and trained killer. Trained by her assassin father from a young age how to kill people, her temperament and upbringing left her little choice other than to follow in his footsteps. She joined the marines and then joined ‘The Unit’ the US Government’s shifter only team who go after people that hunt shifters. After retiring from ‘The Unit’ Dee-Ann ends up working for ‘The Group’ which she finds frustrating at times.

Ric fell for Dee-Ann the first time he met her and spends months subtly trying to woo her. This mainly involved not killing her when she randomly showed up in his apartment and feeding her great food.

These two seem so unlikely and it’s really fun watching how the author creates just the right circumstances to start their romance. This author really seems to excel at bringing unlikely characters together in a way that doesn’t seem obvious or unlikely.

The plot from the previous books of the hybrid hunters continues in this book as ‘The Group’ continues to seek out the source of the financing for them.

I love how this author is able to create a wonderful love story and weave it around a great plot, making the two inseparable from each other. Having the continuing plot certainly makes you more likely to pick up the next book in the series, if the quality of writing didn’t make you do anyway.

Another great book from this author.

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