BEAST WITHIN • ALTERED STATES
Dylan Gomez wakes from a blackout, horny as hell, naked and stuck in a cage. Added to his frustration is seeing sexy Wildlife officer, Haley Lundberg, holding a gun on him. Even though Haley is crazy to insist the cage held a rescued wildcat, Dylan’s grateful to wake from another blackout in her home.
Haley wants to enjoy Dylan’s hot body, but must make the former Special Forces officer accept he changes into a jaguarondi. Haley wants the passionate man, not the wildcat, and devises an erotic game to teach him to control the shifting.
Hating to be a sub, Dylan knows he must trust Haley to train him to command the Beast Within.
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Mate. My mate.
Dylan Gomez took a deep breath and focused on identifying the scent of the female he knew was his mate. He smelled parched grass, dust, deer crap filled with rotting mesquite tree beans, the rusty residue of rabbit blood spilled during a kill in the night.
The almost overwhelming stench of metal surrounded him, but it didn’t have the antiseptic pinch of the Hell Hospital or the pungent stink of fear and despair.
Since this wasn’t Hell Hospital, he figured whatever held him now wouldn’t hold him long. He reminded himself he’d almost gotten out of Hell Hospital. He cracked open one eye and realized he was in a cage within a van. He scented oil, grease and gasoline from the van. With the van’s doors open and this simple cage, he had a good chance of getting away. He ignored the metallic tang at the back of his throat and sniffed again, trying to get a sense of how many people he needed to take out.
There. He caught it again. His mate’s aroma. Near.
Every molecule in Dylan Gomez’s being knew his mate. Despite having a fun life with pleasurable sex, he never had settled with one woman. At this moment he knew this new, unique fragrance was that of his lifemate.
He inhaled the bouquet of her womanly scent mixed with the clean aroma of detergent, starched and ironed cotton.
The woman he would mate with.
His woman.
REVIEWS
BEAST WITHIN: These two characters create some steamy love scenes, and there is danger and intrigue to keep the plot moving along. (Read Full Review)
BEAST WITHIN: Now this is a hot, hot story. (Read Full Review)
“hot, spicy sex and some good obstacles to keep the reader entertained.” – Danielle, Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More
Five Angels from Fallen Angel Reviews: “Betty Hanawa has a scorcher with Altered States - Beast Within. Ms. Hanawa keeps readers guessing with this sizzling story. Altered States - Beast Within is packed full of action and passion. This is a fantastic paranormal read that should not be missed.” Sonya, Fallen Angel Reviews
ParaNormal Romance (PNR) Reviews "If you love hot shapeshifter romances, give SHADOW WARRIORS a try." Reviewed by Marlene Breakfield
Euro-Reviews "The Shadow Warrior Anthology was phenomenal. It’s easily the best that I’ve ever read." Reviewer: Kerin
Romance Junkies Blue Ribbon Rating: 5 "Betty Hanawa has done a terrific job of creating a story of action and adventure that will keep the readers coming back for more." By Angel
CK2s Kwips and Kritiques 5 ½ Shamrocks "This author put some laugh out loud humor into the highly sexual charged situations as Dylan Gomez, a shape shifting Jaguar teams up with his own very hot and sexy wild management controller." Marilyn Rondeau, RIO – Reviewers International Organization
SHADOW WARRIOR received a Joyfully Recommended Read from Jo at Joyfully Reviewed
Jaguarondi: I loved the full steam ahead and don’t mess with us attitude of Haley and Dylan. It was so interesting seeing two logical people trying to put logic towards a fantastic problem.
Shadow Warrior has four outstanding stories that intertwine so well that I actually forgot I was reading 4 stories by different authors. I found the entire plot line just different enough that it captured my attention right away. I actually did not want to put it down when I had to and picked it up as soon as I could to finish it. There is not one story that I can say stood out to me more than the rest, which is why I loved the entire anthology and kept forgetting it was an anthology.
