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Zusatztext Praise for the New York Times bestselling Shifters Unbound novels “Danger! desire! and sizzling-hot action...Jennifer Ashley walks the razor’s edge of primal passion.”—Alyssa Day! New York Times bestselling author “Ashley’s Shifter world is exciting! sexy! and magical.”—Yasmine Galenorn! New York Times bestselling author “Will keep readers on their toes and hungry for more.”— RT Book Reviews “With her usual gift for creating imaginative plots fueled by scorchingly sensual chemistry! RITA Award–winning Ashley begins a new sexy paranormal series that neatly combines high-adrenaline suspense with humor.”— Booklist Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Ashley is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shifters Unbound series and the Mackenzies series. A winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, she also writes as national bestselling and award-winning author Allyson James. Klappentext Collared and controlled, Shifters are outcast from humanity. But waiting within are passions that no collar can contain in this novel in the New York Times bestselling Shifters Unbound series. When a female Shifter comes to town seeking refuge, feline Shifter Sean Morrissey claims the new arrival, expecting a submissive little she-wolf. Instead, he finds a beautiful woman who looks him straight in the eye without fear, stirring the mating frenzy within him. As a half-Fae, half-Shifter, Andrea Gray is used to looking out for herself. But in order to relocate to a new Shiftertown and escape an unwanted mate claim, Andrea must accept a new mate. A Guardian seems as good a candidate as any, but Andrea’s intense attraction to Sean is something she never expected—and a perilous complication for a woman with a troubled past. Leseprobe Chapter One Andrea Gray had just set the beer bottle in front of her customer when the first of the shots rocketed through the open front door. The bar just outside of the Austin Shiftertown had no windows, but the front door always stood wide open, and now a cascade of gunfire poured through the welcoming entrance. The next thing Andrea knew, she was on the floor with two hundred and fifty pounds of solid Shifter muscle on top of her. She knew exactly who pinned her, knew the shape and feel of the long body pressing her back and thighs, trapping her with male strength. She struggled but couldn’t budge him. Damned Feline. “Get off me, Sean Morrissey.” His voice with its Irish lilt trickled into her ear, swirling heat into her belly. “You stay down when the bullets fly, love.” A ferocious roar sounded as Ronan the bouncer ran past, heading outside in his Kodiak bear form. Andrea heard more shots and then the bear’s bellow of pain. Bullets splintered the bottles above the bar with a musical sound, and colorful glass and fragrant alcohol rained to the floor. Another roar, this one of a lion, vibrated the air, and the hail of bullets suddenly ceased. Tires squealed as an engine revved before the sound died off into the distance. Stunned silence followed, then whimpers, moans, and the angry voice of Andrea’s aunt Glory. “Bastards. Human lickbrain assholes.” Shifters started rising, talking, cursing. “You can get off me now, Sean,” Andrea said. Sean lingered, his warm weight pouring sensations into Andrea’s brain—strength, virility, protectiveness— you’re safe with me, love, and you always will be . Finally he rose to his feet and pulled her up with him; six-feet-five of enigmatic Shifter male, the black-haired, blue-eyed, Collared Feline to whom Andrea owed her freedom. Sean didn’t step away from her, staying right inside her personal space so that the heat of his body surrounded her. “Anyone hurt?” he called. “Everyone all right?” His voice wa...
