Sexy cougar shifter Cobalt aches with a need of his fated mate, craving the female he’s watched for two decades… but now he’s ready to claim her she might slip through his fingers forever.For the last twenty years, Cobalt has burned with a need of one female, a beautiful raven-haired cougar who captured his heart the moment he set eyes on her. His position as pride protector has been a blessing … a blessing at past mating gatherings, keeping females away, but this time it feels like the worst of curses, because the female who has bewitched him so thoroughly is taking part for the first time and all he can do is watch as males battle for her.
As much as she hates the way her mother controls everything in her life, Ember is thankful for it as she constantly turns away suitors, unaware of the pain she’s sparing Ember from with every male she rejects. Every male who isn’t the gorgeous blond with darkness in his eyes and an easy smile she burns for with an intensity that scares her, awakens feelings in her that have her verging on doing something reckless. Damaged goods he might be, dangerous and unpredictable, but with every contest over her that pulls her closer to her doom, she grows more determined to follow her heart, no matter the consequences.
With every fight over the right to Ember, the tethers on Cobalt’s feelings twist and threaten to snap, a torment he cannot bear and one that has him willing to risk it all, because a single kiss would make even the harshest punishment worth it. He would die for one moment with her… his fated mate.
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Discover four sexy cougar shifter brothers guaranteed to become your next book boyfriends in this hot new shapeshifter romance series from New York Times and USA Today international best-selling author Felicity Heaton, set in the same rich and addictive world as her Eternal Mates paranormal romance series.
Book 1: Claimed by her Cougar
Book 2: Captured by her Cougar
Book 3: Courted by her Cougar
Book 4: Craved by her Cougar
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Cobalt is on edge, he doesn’t know how much longer he can keep it together. The need to fight is a constant companion, it burns through him. He needs to tell his big brother, and he needs to tell him soon. And the cause …… his fated mate!!! This year she has matured enough to go through her first needing (a female cougar is ready to breed or mate) and he can’t do a damn thing about it!!!! (He’s part of the security team, so no fun for him)
Ember has come (unwillingly) to the yearly cougar meeting place, her mother drags her there year after year. And this year she is old enough to participate….. but that is not what she wants, she wants a certain cougar. And this year might be her year. If only he’d give her a sign.
Faced with so many males fighting for Ember’s attention, Cobalt is always on edge, to anyone looking at him, he looks cool and detached, but he’s from it, add the fact he’s lost his business, and whispers about him being a loose cannon, he feels all eyes are on him, just waiting for him to fail. So how can he ever hope to be good enough for his mate, his only hope is to speak to his brother and ask for help.
When Ember finally tells her mother she won’t participate in the challenge anymore, she hopes this sends a message to Colbalt, she wants him and only him, but will he listen?
I liked this story. After losing both his parents to a battle started by humans, Colbolt has lived with being a failure (he couldn’t save his parents, he almost lost his baby brother in that battle too) so his temper and patience has slowly eroded away. Finding out your mate is 30 years younger than you, could t have helped, and then watching her being paraded around like a piece of meat was hard. He never felt he was good enough for Ember.
Ember was just as bad, letting her mother make all her decisions was easier as a child, but as an adult, she should have said something earlier.
Will Ember be strong enough to Colbalt that she wants him? And will he finally be able to claim his mate? But time is running out, what will they do?
The perfect end to a great story!
The final installment of the Cougar Creek Mates saga is as wonderful as the previous three. The big difference in this as compared to the previous three, is that Cobalt and Ember are already enamored of one another when the book begins (and long before) so the story is really about them finding their way to one another.
Cobalt is the least put together and possibly the most broken of the brothers, and thus it seems appropriate that his story be the conclusion. He finds his way to accepting himself with the help of Ember and his brothers. It is an amazing story of family and love and how healing can take time and so much care.
Ember is an interesting character in that we get to watch her come into her own and learn to stand on her own two feet in this story. As with Cobalt, she has known for decades that he’s her mate, but hasn’t done or said anything about it. In the end, she had to grow into herself and he had to learn a few things too, so the wait was worth it for them.
A happy ending for the whole family, this book wraps up the series perfectly. Thank you Felicity for another wonderful story!
****4.5 stars!****
Okay…
Big girl panties donned –
Tissues at hand – (Oi! *points finger* Head outta the gutter)
Emergency chocolate rations nearby –
I think I’m ready.
Or not…
I can’t believe this is the last in the series. I’m not ready for it to be over *wails*
We definitely went out with a bang on this one. Cobalt and Ember’s story was everything I could’ve hoped for. I will say this though – I have never wanted to smack a pair of characters upside the head more than these two.
Sheesh!
Honestly, as if I didn’t have enough stress in my own life, I was in very real danger of ending up with an ulcer. And, I know whose feet I’d be laying the blame *nods knowingly*
Whaaa? Pfft, over-dramatic? Me? I don’t think so – once you’ve read it we can talk.
As ‘The Gathering’ draws to a close, Cobalt has a decision to make. Acknowledge who and what Ember means to him or face the very real possibility of losing her forever. For a man being eaten alive with self-doubt, especially given recent dealings, this is easier said than done.
Since the attack that changed their lives, and that of their pride, three decades ago, Ember has tried to be the perfect daughter for her mother. With her first heat reaching its peak, she has to decide whether to succumb to her mother’s will or follow that of her heart and the man that holds it.
Rath is a man of few words, but when he does, he tells it like it is. He had a few home truths for both Cobalt and Ember. I was virtually high-fiving him. Ivy is one lucky lady.
Anyhoo, I digress (as usual) …
So prepare, you’ll experience a variety of emotions. I don’t know why I’m snorting at that. Or maybe I do, and I’m sure you can as well – head meet gutter.
If there was just one teeny tiny thing I would have loved at the end was an epilogue, so we could’ve seen what their lives were like after. Sorry, y’all know how greedy I get *shrugs*
Felicity finishes this series with the most emotionally packed story of the lot. Cobalt and Ember have desired each other for years, but they waited…until she was older, until he was worthy, until… This novel is all about empowerment and perception…of worth, of value, of worthiness. Both Cobalt and Ember are prisoners of others’ misconceptions and their own insecurities. They learn that no one matters but the other. Grabs you and never lets go. Highly recommend.
Wow what a sizzling story we get with the fourth brothers book.
Cobalt has always known who is fated one is, And his fated one knows who he is too. Nothing and no one will stand in their way but his foolish pride.
The chemistry is off the charts for Ember and Cobalt but it may take his brother to set them both in the right direction.
Explosive, sexy, romantic and we get some action too.
This was the best one yet… I freaking enjoyed this book immensly.
Craved by Her Cougar is the fourth and final book in Felicity Heaton’s Cougar Creek Mates series in her Eternal Mates world. This great series is about four cougar shape shifting brothers finding their true mates. This story is best read after reading the other three books on this series, but it is a standalone that can be read at any time.
Cobalt (H) is one of four cougar shifter brothers in Cougar Creek responsible for security of the pride at their Gathering. He was deeply traumatized in his past when the hunter organization Archangel attacked his pride and he was protecting his younger brother Storm (see Captured by Her Cougar for Storm’s story). Because of his past, he feels like an outcast in his pride, a failure due to business problems, and all around not good enough for his true mate Ember. Ember (h), who we met in book one of this series, has just reached maturity and has come to Cougar Creek to talk to Cobalt, who she recognizes as her true mate. Unfortunately, it is also time for the Gathering, when the pride comes together and the males fight for the right to ease the females’ needing. Her over-protective mother is arranging fights for the chance to ease Ember’s season, and Cobalt can barely contain his anger when having to watch.
Cobalt and Ember both want the same thing, but they have a huge case of “lack of communication” and fear. I wanted to yell at both of them to put on their big boy pants – Cobalt because of his lack of confidence in himself, and Ember for allowing her mother to walk all over her. When you’re talking to the characters in a story, it is only because the author has pulled you completely into her world. I was frustrated with both of them for their lack of confidence, laughed when Cobalt came up with a way for them to be together, felt Cobalt’s desperate need to try to prove himself to his brother and his pride, felt Ember’s fear when Cobalt finally decided to fight for her, and finally their love for each other.
This book (and the series) is another home run for Felicity Heaton! If you love steamy romance, intense feelings, and action, I highly recommend this and any other book by this author.
I LOVE THESE BOOKS!!!
I’ve been a Felicity fan for years; her early books were fantastic, and her books just keep getting better. I love how many characters she can create, and how they all maintain their personalities, even while making cameos subsequent books. I also love how SMOKING HOT her books are, both during the love scenes and the tension leading up to them, and I also love the gritty fight scenes she so masterfully describes.
I had met Ember in book 1 (this book is a standalone, but the whole series is AMAZING), and I wasn’t sure what to make of her and her meddling mother. I truly felt for her, being the victim of an overbearing and controlling parent, especially since her personality seemed on the meeker side.
But, then Felicity threw in the whole “they are fated mates” thing, so she and Cobalt were physically and spiritually drawn to each other, and it was just…wow. Especially where Cobalt was concerned; the longing and the desperation and the anger and rage at not being able to have his mate…sigh…I LOVE “fated mate” stuff!
And THEN, Ember flipped a switch and look out! Everything changed and sparks flew.
I’m sad to leave Cougar Creek, but I can’t wait for the next journey Felicity will take me on!
(I received a copy of this book in consideration of my honest thoughts)
CRAVED BY HER COUGAR is the fourth instalment in Felicity Heaton’s contemporary, adult COUGAR CREEK MATES paranormal, romance series focusing on the cougar shifters of Cougar Creek, Canada. This is cougar shifters Cobalt and Ember’s story line. CRAVED BY HER COUGAR can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: The Cougar Creek Mates series is a spin-off from the author’s Eternal Mates series. It is not necessary to have read the previous series but there is an on-going premise throughout with the inclusion of the group known as Archangel.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Ember and Cobalt) CRAVED BY HER COUGAR picks up immediately following the events of book three wherein the ‘gathering’ for all unmated male and female cougar shifters is drawing to a close. Cobalt and his brothers own the cabins and compound where the gathering is taking place but Cobalt keeps to himself to contain his violent tendencies since the murder of his parents by the human working for Archangel. With Ember’s arrival at the gathering Cobalt struggles to reign in his control knowing Ember is his fated mate but our hero believes himself unworthy of the beautiful cougar shifter. As the other males fight for the right to claim Ember as their own, Ember takes it upon herself to prove to Cobalt he is worthy of her love knowing, he too, is her fated mate.
For twenty years Cobalt has kept his distance from the woman that calls to his heart-his fated mate-but a woman who battles between head and heart as her mother prepares our heroine for another potential mate. As the gathering continues Ember refuses to accept any challenges for her heart knowing her heart belongs to someone else.
The relationship between Ember and Cobalt is one of mutual attraction and fated DNA. Cobalt struggles as the other males fight for the right to claim Ember as one of their own but in the end Cobalt is willing to risk everything for the woman he loves. The $ex scenes are limited, passionate and intense.
Most of the previous story line couples play secondary and supporting characters including Rath and Ivy, and Yasmin and Flint.
Like most of Felicity’s story lines CRAVED BY HER MATE is more of a written narrative using memories, thoughts and introspection. The world building continues to focus on the ‘gathering’-a time of mating heat between unmated males and females. Once again, Archangel is worthy of only a mention in relationship and explanation of Cobalt’s emotional withdrawal and outbursts. The premise is engaging; the romance is fated; the characters are broken, charismatic and colorful. CRAVED BY HER MATE is a solid and strong instalment in Felicity Heaton’s Cougar Creek Mates paranormal series.
For years now Colbalt has known that Ember is his fated mate. This is the first year she has been mature enough to come to the spring gathering. Unfortunately he and his family don’t participate in the fighting over the right to ease the females through their mating heat, because someone has to control what could otherwise turn into a bloodbath.
Watching other males fight and be rejected is bringing him to the limit of his control.
Ember is quite happy that her mother keeps rejecting all the prospective males. There is only one she will ever consider, and he is not allowed to participate.
This is an emotional and tension filled story. Our hero lost control once and it has made everyone terrified of him. He knows he can seriously hurt someone if it happens again.
Our heroine is not afraid of taking what she wants.
Very exciting read and the last of this series. You could quite easily read it on it’s own, but the series is better if you read about all the brothers in order.