When a mysterious illness begins to sweep through Noctem Falls affecting the children, Eleanor Kimball is called to the city to see if she can determine what is wrong. As a pediatrician Eleanor loves children and desires many of her own, however, after several dating disasters she has not only sworn off men, but has given up her dream of a family, and the promise of a destined mate.After … mate.
After discovering Grant in Noctem Falls she is faced with her own insecurities and finds it hard to believe in his love.
Grant Douglas is a man of few words and doesn’t do well surrounded by others. He is scared to death of finding a mate. He believes the harshness of his past, where he struggled to survive, didn’t cultivate a gentle heart. After a series of terrifying nightmares where his mate is at risk, Grant has decided he doesn’t want a mate at all.
When he meets Ellie, he realizes there are some things worth fighting for. Even if it means putting himself out there by becoming the Alpha he was born to be and facing the power he desperately tries to hide.
As Ellie starts to believe in Grant’s love it will take every ounce their combined strength to discover why the shifter children are suddenly falling ill before it’s too late.
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Grant seems surprisingly good with children. What a douchebag, trying to steal her research for petty reasons. Grant just keeps getting more interesting. This is a really weird sickness. I think Grant and Ellie are going to be wonderful parents. Of course Meryn has a cult. Good on Felix wanting you learn how to protect Meryn. Cthulhu! Oh my god, they’re gonna watch the miracle of birth!
Born to protect
Who doesn’t love a strong, silent, alpha male? Grant is one of my favorites in the Eta unit. He is just a quiet force, silently there when you need him. He found the perfect mate in Ellie, who is a phenomenal doctor and born to be a mother. The way they find themselves, each other and their HEA is full of surprises and love. But would we want it any other way? I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
Loved it
Love this series. Illness strikes the wolf shifter children living in Nactem Falls. Kari calls in her good friend Dr Elle Kimball, a pediatrician who is doing research in human illness. Elle is a curvy elephant shifter with a sweet nature and caring heart, but a low self esteem and hang ups about her weight.
Grant is a timber wolf shifter in Eta Unit, and best friends with Declan. He is quiet, intimidating, and adored by the children.
Ellie and Grant have a little bumpy start, mostly due to her insecurities and his quiet nature. They see the beat in each other and help each other in seeing themselves through their eyes.
When the elite vampire families start making trouble, Grant’s unique alpha gift is revealed along with his terrible early childhood. His friends who are family new and old have his back.
Meryn as always puts things in prospective with her unique views of the world. Happy that Colton and Rheia and Kendrick and Anne come to lend their help. I love Colton and Kendrick.
A bitter sweet story. A life lost to young, give hope in finding a cure for the the sick shifters. An orphan baby finds a new home. Can’t wait for the next book!
I love this series.
I am starting to believe it’s just the vampires in this series that I don’t connect too. This book was about two shifters. Grant and Ellie and I enjoyed this book more than the last one. I also really loved Grant and Ellie as a couple, so yea Imma thinking it’s just the vampires. Because lets be honest most of the vamps in this series are jerks. I am still enjoying the ongoing plot. I was really sad about the little girl dying and to be honest again I really wish that Aiden, Meryn and the that whole gang would just kick the poo out of the vampire royal families and call it a day. I am sick of the vampires being close minded, racists, backstabbing pos and I want Meryn’s gang to clean house. Forget the founding families, I am so sick of their crap and I need for them to get what’s coming to them and really soon. Just sayin’!
Title: My Defender
Series: Bewitched and Bewildered #8
Release Date: #AlreadyReleased
Author: Alanea Alder
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Serial: Standalone, No Cliffhanger
#Wolf#BearShifter #Vampire #Fae #Witch
#5Stars
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I Just Love
Ms. Alanea’s Dedication
~Omnia Vincit Amor- Love Conquers All~
#5Stars no way make this book 100 Stars & 1000 for the SERIES, this Author is absolutely phenomenal. There is not enough word to describe the GENIUS she is. What an imagination!!
Shifter-ific This mind blowing series has tied me to my seat taking you on the ride of your life, full of Magical Fireworks and your dream boyfriend- This page turner has Adventure, Survival, Fear, Betrayal, Suspense, Action Packed, Loyalty, Hate, Love, so much Drama.
Several mothers have nightmares of there sons, with the mates looking or calling them. It then ends in death. So Aiden and Colton’s mothers went to Elder Rowan Airgead to cast a spell that will bring the unit warriors their mates.
The Wolf Shifters Children are sick acting erratic,crying, screaming. Prince Magnus will spare no money on equipment or doctor. They are calling a new doctor for help.
Eleanor Kimball is a Elephant Shifter plus a Pediatrician who has and dedicated her life to saving children. Her friend Kari calls her needing help children are very sick, Eleanor and her grandma whose is a nurse go to Noctem Falls. Checking the children she finds her mate playing with the sick children and Benji. Mb
Grant Douglas is a big and very quiet Wolf Shifter, is third in command Unit Eta. He spoke to no one his friends were his brothers on the team even then he hardly talked. Grant was hurt as a small child with unspeakable acts from his own pack. Can he be a mate and a father? Will he hurt his mate? Can he trust himself?
Meryn make you laugh, can make you cry, but she solves many questions and has the love of many.
Word of advice don’t ever threaten an Elephant Shifter..
HEARTACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!! YOU BETTER GRAB TWO BOXES OF TISSUES FOR THIS ONE!!!
Title: My Defender
Series: Bewitched & Bewildered
Author: Alanea Alder
Designation: Book Eight of Series, Full-Length, **Can Be Read As Standalone, No Cliffhanger #paranormalromance #fantasy #shifters #vampires #fae #witches #sprites #adultcontent
My Rating: Five Delightfully Entertaining Stars*****
**Each book of the Bewitched and Bewildered series features a different couple finding love along with their very own happy ending and can technically be read as a standalone. However, there are recurring characters and an underlying interconnected conflict that play a major part in all the books, therefore to avoid spoilers, I highly recommend reading the books sequentially.
OMG! I loved, loved, loved My Defender. Alder’s books are like crack for us paranormal romance junkies! I can see it now: Room in a church basement, a circle of chairs, surrounded by a group of grim faces, and I stand and say, “Hello, my name is Judy and I’m an Alanea Alder paranormal romance addict!” lol… All joking aside, Alder’s books really are addictive. They’re like potato chips; you can’t stop with just one! This is the eighth book of the series and each story gets better and better! I can hardly wait to dive into the ninth! lol… I love unique paranormal romance, addicted to danger, action, adventure & suspense, completely smitten with sexy, alpha heroes, adore sassy, courageous heroines, and there’s nothing I enjoy more than a few mind-bending plot twists along with a generous infusion of laugh-out-loud humor, but when I can get it all in one exceptionally well-crafted and beautifully written book, I’m in absolute heaven! And that’s exactly what Alanea Alder delivered – AGAIN – in My Defender, the eighth full-length paranormal romance in her riveting and highly imaginative Bewitched & Bewildered Series. Did I like this book? No, I LOVED it! Was it perfect? No, but it was perfect for me. There were a few little boo-boos missed in the editing process, but nothing that distracted me from the story. Would I recommend it? You bet, and I am but only for adult readers since it does contain explicit language, some violence, and steamy, dreamy sex. Will I read this author again? Absolutely which is probably the best recommendation I can give! As a matter of fact, after completing the first book of this series, I raced back to Amazon and purchased the remaining nine books and signed up for her newsletter, which speaks volumes as to how much I enjoyed this author’s work! And finally, was I entertained? Completely! I was glued to my chair, white-knuckling my ereader, my heart fluttering wildly in my chest as the pages flew as quickly as the time!
The series takes a bit of a turn in Book 6 when Unit Commander Aiden McKenzie and his firecracker mate Meryn leave Lycaonia to visit vampire pillar city Noctem Falls, Naturally, they are accompanied by Meryn’s squire Sei Ryuu and, of course, Felix the sprite along with former Noctem Falls resident Elizabeth Monroe and her mate Gavriel Ambrosios. Then in Book 8, they are joined by Colton, Rhei, Kendrick, and Anne. Aiden, Meryn, Ryuu, Felix, Beth, Gavriel, Colton, Rheia, Kendrick, and Anne are all recurring characters readers have gotten to know in the previous books of the series and always add so much to each story. We’re also introduced to an entire new cast of intriguing characters in Book 6 but the primary couple in this story is enigmatic unit warrior wolf-shifter Grant Douglas and kindhearted elephant-shifter Doctor Eleanor ‘Ellie’ Kimball, world-renowned pediatrician and medical researcher. I fell in love with the fierce, stoic, man-of-few-words, and always scowling Grant Douglas though he’s also a bit of a mystery. But once again, wait until you find out who and what he his! Oh my! Shhh… No spoilers from me. And the sweet, shy, humble and extremely self critical Ellie is the epitome of keen intelligence, generosity, kindness, and heartwarming devotion to children and those she loves, like her lovely grandmother, retired nurse Marjarom Johanson, who accompanies Ellie to Noctem Falls, is an absolute delight. At first glance, Grant and Ellie appear to be total opposites but were so perfect for each other! Ellie was just the woman to see the gentle, generous, kind soul beneath the layers of Grant’s stern nature and self-doubt! Both of their stories just broke my heart and one-year-old orphaned toddler Benji was soooo adorable! Sigh… So dreamy! And naturally, Meryn ‘the menace’, her minions Jaxson and Noah, along with her two newly adopted twin ‘baby Keelans’ provide loads of laughter and shenanigans galore! And once again, this story ripped my heart out of my chest! I snickered, snorted, sniffled, snuffled, chuckled, and outright ugly cried through the entire story! This one will really tug on your heartstrings! But just a little warning, folks, don’t start this book unless you have plenty of time; you will not want to stop until you reach the last page. I should know; I’ve spent the last week binge-reading the entire series and falling asleep holding my Kindle every night! lol… Alanea Alder, you’re killing me! If you enjoy perilous danger, intense drama, agonizing angst, pulse-pounding action, nail-biting suspense, side-splitting humor, heartwarming romance, and a few mind-blowing plot twists that you’ll never see coming, then this book is screaming your name. Extraordinary world building, exceptional character introduction/development, along with skilled plot progression make this series a fabulous, can’t-put-down read! Thanks for the recommendation Fran Zoch!
LOVE!
Meryn makes this book so entertaining. She is a so witty and just says what she wants. Great writing, I can’t wait for more books.
This series is wonderful. I highly recommend anyone who is looking for a book with paranormal characters pick this up!