He’s a man who’s used to getting what he wants, but she’s not the type of woman to take things lying down.… Mitya wants Ania desperately, it’s only a matter of time before his past catches up with him, and he’d rather die than put her in danger. But Ania is dealing with dangers of her own.…
Considering her family’s history, Ania Dover should know better than to get mixed up with a criminal like Mitya, but she just can’t stay away. Something wild in her responds to his presence. A need so strong it scares her. But she’s not sure she can accept what he’s offering. Ania has always been an independent woman, and Mitya expects to be obeyed in all things.
Even with her body calling out for his, Ania won’t let anything stop her from settling a deadly score years in the making—not even the man who wants to claim her as his mate.
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I just love this Leopard series and Mitya and Ania are a perfect couple but neither of them will give in to being controlled. Ania was raised by her father and grandfather with intention of carrying on the business of driving special packages and she is fiercely independent but Mitya doesn’t see that all he knows is that she calms him. Mitya is a leopard and even though Ania who is also a leopard his leopard sees hers and wants to be her mate. Mitya is dangerous and has someone after him or is it Ania because of her family? I loved Ania as she may not be a killer she can defend herself as well as any man plus she is an awesome driver but someone is coming for her and Mitya that they may not survive.
Reviewed on behalf of Once upon an Alpha
What an awesome book, series, and author! Read it in 1 day.
I honestly don’t know how I’ve been so oblivious to how freaking good Christine Feehan’s books are. Leopard’s Wrath was incredibly hot, suspenseful, and unputdownable! Mitya was a man used to getting what he wanted, who he wanted, when he wanted. His leopard was a barely controlled feral beast and the chances of him finding happiness were slim to none. When he meets Ania, he realizes that she’s the only one who quiets his animal, giving him a feeling of peace he’s never had. It doesn’t hurt that she’s drop-dead gorgeous with a kind and generous heart. While he worries about introducing her to the precarious and dangerous life he leads, she’s got an agenda of her own. He tries to keep her safe while she constantly throws herself in danger. Used to having his orders obeyed, she’s giving him a fight. Together, these two were a battle of wits, motives, and souls. They were perfection!
Between Mitya’s dirty and delicious mouth, his need for dominance, his overt sexuality, his prowess in the bedroom (or backseat of a car), and his overall awesomeness, I easily fell in love with this story. I loved every time he butt heads with Ania’s stand for independence, how capable he was in battle, and how deeply he cared for her and those closest to him. After learning so much about these leopard’s and their lives, I can’t wait to read more about them!
I was trying to remember if there had ever been another couple who was facing their first lifetime together – I could not recall one.
For me, this little hitch in the road just made their story that much more.
One of the things I enjoy about this series is despite the males being all ‘Alpha Caveman’ almost 99% of the time when it comes to family they will lay down their lives without thought.
When it comes to their mates they tend to expose their underbellies – Not always consciously but to them, nothing is more precious or treasured than the one who calls to their soul that calms the beast within.
Sounds sappy I know… but something about Mitya and Ania’s battle to find balance struck an emotional chord with me.
Ania has had to be the pillar of strength for the last three years. Running the business caring for her father, and plotting her revenge.
She’s surviving- she’s tired, she’s alone
Mitya … I felt for him. He was tired of fighting his leopard, always having to stay alert and in control. He has been fighting to keep some form of balance in his world since he was just a toddler.
He was resigned to whatever fate laid before him.
Can two lost souls lay aside their differences – trust a virtual stranger? – take a chance with their hearts? – with their very souls?
There are multiple secondary story lines interwoven within this is part of a series but can be read as a standalone. Some of the problems find resolutions, others are given clues as to possible outcomes but alas they are left for another day.
Now it’s time to start new journeys, build new relationships and most of all to love
I know sappy … but this series tends to bring out the romantic in me <3
Worth all the pain
I am so glad Mitya finally gets his own book, he is one of my favorite characters in the series so far. He is like some kind of dark knight the way he protected Fyodor and Evangeline a few books ago. The author did a fantastic job with his story, especially when she created Ania as his mate. So strong and feisty, she will give him the challenge he needs. I thought this book was the perfect mixture of action and romance, violence, family and love. I loved the depth of the characters and the way they interact with each other. I hope the next story is Sevastyan or Gorya’s story. Their history just really pulls at my heartstrings and I can’t wait to see them find the women they didn’t feel they would meet or deserve. I am looking forward to reading the next book by this author.
Buckle up! This new addition to the Leopard Series takes you on quite a ride! My heart goes out to Mitya for the horrific life he had, he struggled to survive. And to Ania for the loving family that empowered her and was torn away from her, set her on a path of revenge. This story brings home all I love about paranormal romance especially in a Series. Leopard shifters are passionate and the attraction is strong and erotic, but its beautifully written through these characters that so much more is needed for a relationship to make both partners happy.
Both characters had completely opposite upbringings. His making him develop skills of control dominance, his word is law. Her’s was caring with inclusion, the feeling of importance, a part of decisions and knowing her self-worth. Loved how the differences between them add to their struggle to bond and find their balance. Yet, the strengths they got from those lives actually help them grow, heal them, bring respect and peace between them as love grabs hold, and they fight to defeat those out to destroy them.
Along with their internal struggles, there are whoppers of external dangers bent on blocking these two from strengthening their bond. Lots of action, attacks and battles bombard them around every turn. Lazar, Mitya’s father is coming, out for blood because of his son’s and Nephews’ treachery to him and the Bratya. We know this from previous books, but recapped very well.
But besides the Lazar threat, those who killed Ania’s family, the search for a notebook, those attacking her and her family home, reveal another threat. One possibly far more dangerous than the enemy you know, is coming to the Coalition. The alliance Drake Donovan has formed is under attack, its threatening alliances, trust, and exposes that there is an enemy hidden in plain sight, among them, challenging them with ghosts of enemies past. However, attempts to weaken the coalition may have resulted in strengthening it among the members. I’m excited to see them work together to ferret out this new enemy in future books and what it will add to story lines.
By the acceptance of love, relying on loyalty of family and bridging the trust to allies…all once thought a sign of weakness… brings Mitya victory against Lazar. Leopard’s Wrath is a reread keeper, and because Christine writes such amazing secondary characters, Ania realizes she has gained new family and friends, who will help her navigate her new life and Mitya knows his family has his back and it’s good to be cautiously open to new friends. I’m already looking forward to Leopard’s Rage and who wins Sevastyan’s heart
If you read Christine Feehan your aware her books are erotica with suspense, in the paranormal element. They all tend to have a darkness to them, this one included, because they deal with real elements in life, but all wrapped in family. The light, that always shines through to guide you during the darkness. This one had a mystery, I love those, and we still don’t know who the new player is in town, but she sure got me hook line and sinker with the mystery!! Mitya doesn’t move me, but Ania was awesome. So if she can accept him, then I must be missing something. Their story was action packed, intense (and I am not just talking the sex) and yet there was softness to give you hope. This line from Ania choked me up in its depth and its simplicity. **” I knew I had to do it to save us, but I didn’t know he would take a piece of me with him when he died” ** Sigh. Thank you Christine Feehan thank you Berkley for the arc. I voluntarily leave my thoughts and opinions, all which were unsolicited.
*4.5 stars*
Another emotional powerhouse…
This series is one of my all-time favourites! Mixing sweltering smexy with danger, intrigue and family, it hit all the highs, lows, and everything in between. You might think after ten stories in the series that this one would be simply more of the same. It was – the good stuff anyway – while it also added another complex character to the mix…
Ania was hanging on by a thread. Her family was in tatters and there was only one thing that kept her going. Revenge. Trust was in short supply and even those she long thought were friends to her family, came into question. When Mitya said he was her champion, it was easy to see why she was skeptical…
Mitya valued family, whether by blood or by choice, above all else. When Ania quickly became his everything, he would do anything to make her his own. That is when it got a whole lot more complicated.
Ania and Mitya’s story was a whirlwind of emotion as they both struggled with the new feelings they had for each other. Love wa always complicated but if you put life-threatening danger – and leopards – into the mix, a normal courtship became impossible. Impossible, passionate, uncertain. At times, my heart was racing as Ania dealt with one blow after another, shaking her belief in all she held true. Even her belief in herself… Surprisingly, even with Mitya’s formidable and stoic approach to love, there was still room for gentleness and hints of humour…
If I found the story details were repeated (something I’ve noted in recent stories by this author), I still couldn’t find myself caring too much. Between Mitya and Ania there was heat, true love and a sense that their romance could be anyone’s as it dealt with all that life could throw at it. How they handled it was reading bliss…
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**Thank you to NetGalley
4.25 stars– LEOPARD’S WRATH is the eleventh instalment in Christine Feehan’s contemporary, adult LEOPARDS paranormal, erotic, romance series focusing on a group of Leopard shifters. This is Russian leopard shifter and businessman Mitya Amurov, and Anja Dover’s story line. LEOPARD’S WRATH can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for backstory, history and cohesion.
NOTE: LEOPARD’S WRATH contains scenes of graphic violence and implied abuse, including memories and retelling of events as well as spanking and discipline, that may not be suitable for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Ania and Mitya) LEOPARD’S WRATH follows the building relationship between Russian leopard shifter Mitya Amurov, and Anja Dover. MItya Amurov found Ania Dover stranded on the side of the road not realizing that Ania was his intended mate, a female leopard shifter who lived on the neighboring estate. About to enter into the Han Vol Dan, the female leopard shifter’s first fertile period, Ania is caught unaware as she struggles with her father’s declining health, and staying one step ahead of the people who have targeted her and her family for execution. But all is not well in the world of the Leopard shifter, as more than one family has been targeted by someone intent on destroying them all. What ensues is the building relationship between Ania and Mitya, and the potential fall-out as secrets and lies, and the struggle for power threaten everyone in Ania and Mitya’s circles.
Ania Dover comes from a long line of leopard shifters who have worked on the periphery of organized crime. A car enthusiast and lover of speed, Ania is more than capable of holding her own when it comes to getting out of harm’s way but Ania is unprepared for the emotional and physical needs of her leopard, and finds herself in situations where she has very little control. Mitya Amurov never thought he would find someone to love especially in the wake of his violent lifestyle and the abuse he suffered as a child but meeting Ania Dover meant the possibility of his own happily ever after if not for the threats against his life by the leopard that is his sire.
The relationship between Ania and Mitya is one of immediate attraction fated by DNA, need and the Han Vol Dan. Mitya Amurov, like all male leopard shifters, is a possessive and controlling man, and is aware that Ania is about to enter into her time of need, a time when every male shifter will target the woman he loves, to make her their own. Ania will become the recipient of many offers as she approaches the Han Vol Dan. Ania struggles with her attraction to Mitya, a man she knows to be dangerous and dark but her father’s rapid decline in health meant Mitya is the man to step up and help the dying shifter in his final hours. The $ex scenes are passionate, erotic, and intense. There are some scenes of spanking and discipline .
Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of strong secondary and supporting characters including Mitya’s cousins and their mates: Evangeline and Fyodor Amurov (Leopard’s Blood #8), Timur and Ashe Amurov (Leopard’s Run #10), as well as Jake Bannaconni, Drake Donovan, Joshua Tegre, Elijah Lospostos, Eli Perez, Mitya’s right hand man Sevastyan, and shifters Vikenti and Zinoviy, Miron, Kiriil and Matvei, Mitya’s father Lazar; Ania’s father Antosha, as well as numerous leopard shifters from various crime families.
LEOPARD’S WRATH is a story of family, betrayal, power and revenge; a story of grief, loss, threats and control. The action packed premise is entertaining, engaging and emotional; the characters are colorful, energetic and dynamic; the romance is spicy, sensual and hot. LEOPARD’S WRATH and the Leopard Series will open up your imagination to the wonders of the paranormal.
Christine Feehan’s Leopard’s Wrath is a captivating, romantic-suspense adventure wrought with heart-stopping danger and raw, intense passion between brooding alpha Mitya and Ania. Mitya Amurov is part of the dynamic of the Amurovs and their allies are working to clean up the criminal element of their kind. Born in world of crime and cruelty, he struggles daily to control his feral leopard as it claws its way to the surface. A chance encounter with Ania instantly calms the predator inside him. Ania Dover is a strong and fiercely independent woman capable of taking care of herself, and something wild within her responds to his presence. She should steer clear with a criminal like Mitya, but she can’t. Their passion is off the charts, and their lives are tightly interwoven as they confront a known enemy from Mitya’s past. Christine Feehan writes phenomenal hot-as-sin sexy romances packed with suspense in her Leopard People series that never fail to keep me on the edge of my seat. I received a complimentary ARC by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
It’s been I while since I’ve read anything from this author but I used to devour her books by the bucket-load.
This is part of her leopard shifter series and I believe I may have read one earlier in the series years ago but I read this completely as a stand-alone and managed to follow along easily.
Yes, there are plenty of previous characters included here but this did work for me though it would probably definitely enhance this to read them all in order.
This was action-packed with plenty of danger included and I found it an easy read.
It was incredibly hot in content and Ania and Mitya who were the central characters here had such an intense dynamic and connection.
This managed to mix the paranormal shifter aspect with organised crime and I love the idea that their inner leopards had a separate identity and conscience to the actual shifter this was a unique touch.
Mitya himself is a very dominant and dangerous man as is his inner leopard Dymka.
He’s used to being in charge and he’s a rough ruthless individual, he’s had to be that way his background from a vicious Russian shifter crime family which he managed to escape from is a dark and cruel one which both he and Dymka carry the scars of to this day
Ania is also of Russian descent and her family exists on the fringes of this word so she’s no stranger to this type of lifestyle.
Her inner leopard is Jewel and she’s just finding her feet her appearance finally emerging with Mitya entering her life.
I enjoyed this one very much it’s quite graphic in terms of content and has a lot going on it easily managed to keep my attention and I do so love me a possessive obsessed male willing to take on the world for his mate.
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A great paranormal romance read
I really enjoy Christine Feehan’s novels and read several of her series. Finding the perfect mate is essential for the leopard shifters and Mitya Amurov needs his mate because he was raised in a brutal bratya in Russia where his father murdered and tortured his son and everyone weaker than himself. Mitya escaped to the US and was convinced to join a group of shifters who are trying to reduce the criminal activity of the worst shifter crime lords. They walk a narrow line between law enforcement and the treachery of the crime lords. When he finds his mate, Ania Dover, he tries to resist the temptation to claim her because he knows how difficult life with him will be. However the attraction is too strong. Mitya is already in danger from his father and now finds that his beloved Ania has attracted dangerous enemies. They do not know who to trust and are not even sure of each other yet. With Ania’s leopard heat upon them, the danger is ramped up even more. This was a real page turner. I confess that I sometimes skip the sexy scenes to find out what will happen next.
Awesome book
Another great story in the leopard series. I enjoyed reading Mitya’s story. He’s so hardened that seeing him soften a bit and fall in love with someone strong and skilled is perfect. And I loved seeing the past characters in this book.
The background story of intrigue related to other leopard families will continue to the next book. Sevastyan maybe? Loved then interactions of Evangeline and Ashe with Ania. And Evangeline’s security snickering as he overheard in the bakery. Haha!
Love this series and all her other books too
This is a great series! The Amurov family is quite violent in all aspects of life but at the same time gentle n patient with their women. It’s a beautiful relationship a bit tense but dang would love to have someone cherish me that way! This time Mitya has his hands full trying to woe Ania and keep a step ahead of his father. On top of that someone is trying to kill Ania and Mitya…they eventually find the reason but not the who. Next book maybe??? They are good books alone but the best thing is start at the beginning and read in order to keep up with whats happening and it makes more sense to follow the flow.
You can’t go wrong on anything from Christine Feehan
Just crazy how excellent Christine Feehan’s books are. This book is another example of her great writing. Mitya Amurov is the male to be afraid of and stay away from. Connected with crime families and very dangerous. And that is when his leopard is held back by force. Only one thing more dangerous and that is when he finds his mate. Ania is that woman. Ania is a female leopard, and has plans of her own. Her entire family has been murdered and she wants revenge. Mitya has different people after him, while crime families are part of his life, he has joined a group of leopards trying to clean up the worst of them. This book was exciting and dangerous, a mystery and a love story. So much going on and so many characters yet written so well that it is easy to follow the characters and the story line. And for those that have not read the series I suggest you do, it will fill in the holes. And those fans that are caught up it will be a treat to see some familiar faces in this book. Can’t wait for more.
Loved it!! There was Lot’s of action, Lot’s of Steam, and Lot’s of Heart!! Ania was a perfect heroine for Mitya. She could hold her own no matter what came her way … whether it was Mitya’s dominance, loss of her family, or unknown killers. Mitya is really going to have his hands full. It was really nice that Mitya got closure with his father even though they still have their unknown enemy lurking about. I can’t wait for Sevastyan’s story!!