Bears in Blue Shifter Romance Box Set

Bears in Blue is a well-written set of shifter stories there is Rookie Shift= Melissa and August’s story. Undercover Shift= Charlotte and Rhett’s story, Stolen Shift = Brynn and Mal’s story, and Last Shift= Lily and Luke’s story. A set with a lot going on for it each story has its own merits, each story connects with the one before. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

The Chicago PD is made of bear shifters and mortals. The bears and werewolves are against each other. The four stories contained in the box set make up four bears, their stories and how they meet their fated mates. Each story revolves around the major players trying to take over the specialized police force members. Each major player has something on each couple to ensure their compliance when the time comes for the takeover. These couples will not stand idly back while their lives and futures stand threatened by criminal elements. These stories are filled with action and are fast paced reads that will keep you mesmerized until the end. Great stories! I received this boxset via Booksprout and am leaving a voluntary review.

Four exciting bear shifter police adventures in one collection.
These are four stories of bear shifters cops and their mates.
Rookie Shift
As a child Melissa’s mother kept them on the move to escape her father but now her mother is dead and she has settled down gone through the police academy with her first day as a cop tomorrow. To celebrate she and her roommate go to a club but when there is a shooting Melissa leaves before the police arrive. The next morning she meets her TO August Silas who will be her partner as she trains on the job. She realizes she will be spending a lot of time in a car with this hunky police officer and wonder how she will survive. August finds himself feeling extremely protective of the rookie and when he talks to his sister she suggest that they could be mate but she seem human rather than a shifter like August.
Undercover Shift
Chicago PD detective and Bear shifter Rhett returns from leave to find his partner of seven years missing and no one will tell him where and why she has gone leading him to realize that she has gone undercover. Desperate to find out how much danger she is in he turns to the new partner he had been given who has some serious hacking skills in order to find her. Bear shifter detective Charlotte had reluctantly taken the undercover job to protect her partner whose ex-wife is the operative she is sent in to investigate. Danger surrounds them all as they face a Mob family who would kill them if they knew they were cops.
Stolen Shift
Five years earlier Malcolm and Brynn had been enjoying a vacation in Belize when four men attached them. Three of them engaged Bear shifter Malcolm then they run but Brynn was now missing and after months of searching no trace of her was found. Now Malcolm a detective is on a unit tracking human traffickers then he is told she is alive but has amnesia and has been changed into a wolf shifter who bear shifter will kill on sight.
Last Shift
Lily went to withdraw money out of the ATM and along with Bear shifter cop Luke gets caught up in a robbery. Luke tries to keep her spirits up and get all the hostages out unharmed. What he is aware of is that the four robbers are also bear shifters and are extremely dangerous. Luke is drawn to Lily who he is sure is his mate but the city is in a power struggle and the police department is not exempt.

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This was a good series. I liked the characters and plot. The author did a great job with tying everything in together. This series provided some action, suspense, mystery and romance with some very interesting twist.
In Stolen Shift we meet Malcolm Barnes, a bear shifter, whose mate was kidnapped and turned into a wolf shifter, which presents a problem since wolf shifters and bear shifters are enemies. The help Malcolm’s sister provides the couple was a brilliant idea, one of which you would never see coming. As with Last Shift. Luke Ressling and Lily Brenner’s relationship is considered doomed as well until another great idea presents itself. Tying it all off with the grand finale of stopping a catastrophe forming in the shifter community. This was a terrific conclusion to a very intriguingly entertaining series. It was a real joy to read and I look forward to reading more from this author.

This is a NON-SPOILER REVIEW. Bears in Blue Shifter Romance Box Set by Mia Taylor is a four book set. I liked this read. Mia Taylor tends to give a more human heavy shifter that really works. With each story following a different couple, you get several threads that tie into the overall storyline. I really liked that you get back to Melissa’s story to conclude the series. Great action, sweet but chaotic romance and sexy shifters. An interesting spin on bear culture in the CPD. I highly recommend this read to anyone looking for a different kind of bear shifter story.

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A very good collection of shifter romances. Danger, suspense, drama, steam and excitement are all blended into fun story lines that keep you engaged and entertained. I liked the characters and the chemistry they shared.

This romance set will have you wanting your very own man in blue and a shifter none the less! The stories are well written given to detail and story development. They are compelling and have you engrossed to see what is going to happen next. My favorite of the stories is undercover shift but all of them are captivating.

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*** Reviewing UNDERCOVER SHIFT (BOOK 2) ***
Mia, an undercover cop for two years now under the name of Stephanie Rizzo, was roughly grabbed by Big Earl and Carmen and driven to a country club where something — she wasn’t sure what — was supposed to happen. Would Victor have her killed there? Was her cover blown? The maître d’ who greeted her at the door had a big smile and led them to the dining room. When she saw Theo Susi, her “boyfriend” and the don’s son, she was alarmed. She was in jeans and a sweaty tank top, while he was dressed in a tux and surrounded by his family. Keeping things tense a moment longer, he explained he needed the theatrics so she wouldn’t suspect anything – as he got to one knee and proposed to her! Without waiting for her ‘yes’, he pulled out a ring and put it on her finger. Theo’s mother glared at her and demanded she hear her answer to show she actually accepted his proposal. But even then, she glared. Mia felt faint. They would have to pull her out of here quickly. She was in way too deep. Or did she really want to leave?

Detective Rhett Lewis’ partner, Charlotte Pinkerton, banged hard on his door. When she insisted he let her in, she was disgusted at the squalor he had been living in for the past two weeks. She told him to get a shower while she cleaned up the mess. Then they were going out to eat and drink, whether he liked it or not. The time for mourning was over, she said. He had two weeks to ignore her emails and phone calls. Now he was going to get out of this place. She tried to talk to him, but he didn’t want to discuss it. But once in her car, she started again. Mia had filed for divorce online, never contacting him personally. It was cold. Charlotte took him to a shifter bar, hoping to get him snapped out of his funk.

Sergeant Kramer called Charlotte into his office. An Intelligence officer, Sergeant Kelly, had an undercover assignment for her. They needed someone to go in and find out if Mia had flipped or if she was still working for the police since so little important information was coming in now. Charlotte thought it was a suicide mission, but if she said no, Kelly said they would send Rhett in to spy on his ex-wife. Charlotte knew they were jerking her around, but she couldn’t let Rhett face that woman again. It would destroy him. So she agreed to do it. Was this a death sentence for Charlotte? What would Rhett do when he found out, especially when he realized that Charlotte was his true mate from the start?

This was a good book, continuing the “Bears in Blue” series. The story line had good pacing, the tension keeping the reader thoroughly involved as it played out. The main characters were well depicted as they each showed their personality through their actions. Don’t miss this exciting story – so many possibilities are waiting to surprise you!

Rookie Shift
The prologue book left me wary of what this one would be like. I’m grateful to report that this is worlds different. Though, I will give that prologue book credit for giving me some necessary background information going into this. I like Melissa. She’s spunky and independent. However, that independence sometimes gets her in trouble because he wont always ask for the help she needs. August is adorable; a big growly teddy bear with a heart of marshmallow. I’m very interested to see how the rest of their story plays out.
Undercover Shift
This was a good engaging read. I was a little thrown off by the switch in main characters from the previous book, but August and Melissa make a cameo appearance at the end. Rhett and Char were absolutely crazy-making to me. They’ve been denying their feelings for one another for as long as they’ve known each other. And all of that unrequited chemistry pretty much blows up in their faces in this book. The groundwork is also set in place for a much larger plot that appears to be spanning the series.
Stolen shift
I loved the connection between Brynn and Mal. I was touched by how Mal continued to believe in the face of overwhelming odds against that someday Brynn would be home again. There’s lots of good action and intrigue in this story, but the continuity errors kept jarring me out. They prevented me from enjoying it the way I wanted to. Especially bad was miss-naming the villain after the hero of the previous book. That really sticks out in a box set where it’s expected that one book will be read immediately after the last.
Last shift
Luke is a bear with a dream and a complicated family situation that’s screwing it up. Lily’s the right woman in the wrong place. Now the pair of them need to stop the corruption and prevent a war. This was a good way to end the series; lots of intrigue and unexpected plot twists. Luke and Lily make a pretty cute couple. I was also glad to see all the names had been returned to the correct characters.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Booksprout.

Welcome to a world where bear shifters are on the police force. Mia Taylor has created a world of magic, intrigue, mystery and fated love that will keep you intrigued with characters that will enchant and frustrate you. This was a good read