Uptown girl meets rough-and-tumble biker — with a shapeshifter twist!All Cynthia was planning for the weekend was a quick escape to the countryside where her inner dragon can stretch its wings. She wasn’t counting on a handsome, enigmatic wolf shifter coming along and sweeping her off her feet. Cynthia has always been driven by duty rather than desire. But suddenly, she finds herself making … herself making reckless, irresponsible choices and telling herself, Just this once…
A night of sizzling passion ensues, but the question remains. Is Cal to blame for making her throw caution to the wind — or is it destiny?
Maui just got hotter with this exciting new series of steamy, suspenseful paranormal romance!
ALOHA SHIFTERS: PEARLS OF DESIRE is a series of sizzling paranormal romances with adult content. No cliff hangers. Each story is a page-turner packed with action, emotion, and romance! If you like Magnum, PI and smoldering hot, alpha shapeshifters, you’ll love these books! Each includes strong heroines, alpha heroes, werewolves and shapeshifters, billionaires, military romance, paranormal suspense, action-adventure romance, fantasy romance, and exotic, tropical locales!
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Rebel Heart shows us Cynthia backstory. It gives us a taste of the love she had and lost, but doesn’t show us all of it. Just a reflection on that moment she meet her destiny and embraced passion.
It’s a short story getting us ready for Cynthia’s full novel.
I had a delightful time reading Rebel Heart and looking forward to Cynthia’s full story.
Rated: 3.5 Stars
I haven’t read any of the other stories in this series, so my review is only based on this book. This is a wonderful, almost perfect short story. It was only centred on Cal and Cynthia, so I had no backstory or other characters to figure out. It was super short (about 30 mins) and really left me wanting more.
Book 4.5 in Pearls of Desire by Anna Lowe
Cynthia is a bad ass alpha dragon in series but this is the incredibly sweet start to her and Cal her fated mate and love of her life.
Cynthia is from the oldest dragon family and expected to marry well and carry on the family name but after meeting a lone wolf shifter with no name fortune or family her family makes sure she doesn’t stay with him.
Been so looking forward to Cynthia story since meeting her in series and her adorable son Joey.
Rebel Heart is book 4.5 ( a Prequel to book 5) in the Amazing Aloha Shifters: Pearls of Desire Series written by the talented Anna Lowe. Rebel Heart is a fast paced paranormal romance short story about an uptown girl that meets a rough and tumble biker with a shape shifter twist! Cynthia Brown is a Dragon Shifter, only child of an old and respected dragon clans on the East Coast. Cal is a wolf biker. They met when her car broke down and offers her a ride home. This book takes place a decade before Cynthia comes to the beautiful tropical island of Maui. NO Spoilers, Get your copy today! I cannot wait for book 5 but sad that it would be the end of this awesome series. If you are a fan of paranormal romances, then this series is for you.
I received a complimentary copy and I am voluntarily giving my honest review.
Format: audiobook
Throughout the pearls of desire series Cynthia has been fiercely protective of her privacy, never opening up to anyone so it was nice to get this glimpse of her past. I can’t wait to read her full story.
This is a prequel, not a full book. It was a good introduction to the main characters and left me wanting to hear the rest of their story. The ending is a cliffhanger, but this is fairly common in a prequel, as it is meant to hook you into the series. It looks like it will be an interesting story line. I was given a free copy of the audio version of this book in exchange for an honest review.
REBEL HEART is the fifth release in the Aloha Shifters: Pearls of Desire series. It is a novella prequel to REBEL ALPHA and should be read prior to that book.
Because this is a prequel, it has a beginning and a middle, but the end is… heart breaking. It is not a cliffhanger, but it does make me cry for more. Beautifully written, this is how a prequel to a second chance is meant to be.
This is the first story I have read from the series, so I walked in blindly. Now I’m blindly walking out wishing for them to find each other again as the prequel implies they will.
Narration: The narrator, Kelsey Osborne, is a delight for the ears. I hope she continues in Rebel Alpha. She reads with dramatic flair and clarity that kept me engaged from beginning to end.
Note: While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Title: REBEL HEART
Series: Aloha Shifters: Pearls of Desire #4.5
Category /Genre: Paranormal Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Listenability: NSFW
Received from: Anna Lowe (as a Find-a-way Voices gifted copy)
Nice Prequel
Overall: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this short prequel to Cynthia’s story. It gave us a peek into Cynthia’s mind. This little glimpse into their meeting was steamy. Definitely makes me want to jump into the next book.
I enjoyed the narrator performance as well.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of the audiobook. I also purchased the Kindle version.
(originally posted on Audible.com)
Cynthia is a Dragon and a very well know and “high class” one at that. She’s stuck on the side of the road and Cal, the lone wolf bad boy biker comes to her aid. It was an instant attraction and they couldn’t deny it. The heat and passion with them was so good. The connection seemed perfect, until things changed. Being from two different worlds makes it almost impossibl for them to work out. This prequel broke my heart and has me checking the days until the next book comes out!!
Day Dreaming?
As dragon shifter Cynthia sat rocking on the porch in beautiful Maui, she began to think of 12 years ago when a tall, dark and handsome stranger came to her rescue on a dark lonely night when her car broke down on her way home. She was transported back in time to that very passionate night she had with the wolf shifter Cal, one she has never forgotten as she broke all the rules her family had set upon her. But wait is she daydreaming? A roar of a motorcycle like the one she heard that night is in the horizon.
What an amazing prequel to Cynthia’s story, Rebel Alpha! Cal and Cynthia are sizzling in this and I can not wait to get the continuation of their story! I am certain Anna Lowe will make it epic!
REBEL HEART is the prequel to REBEL ALPHA! A beautiful well planned story that pulls you in. I’m a hopeless romantic and could visualize and feel each character’s emotions. I did well up with tears while reading too. This is not a happy ending story but the beginning of a story about two amazing characters. Vivid scene descriptions are fabulous. There is sizzling romance and humor too.
Cynthia a dragon shifter is co-alpha to a mixed shifter group in Hawaii. She is intelligent, sweet and when needed fearless. She was young when she met her true mate but her parents had other plans for. Cal a lone wolf-shifter is charming, hot and leaves Cynthia breathless. He is off limits to her; she comes from a high class family.
FABULOUS READ that I loved from start to finish. There is nothing in this story that disappointed me. I do look forward to Rebel Alpha; because you can’t hide from your destiny. {This is a pre-release review done by my own choice.} Without hesitation, I recommend this read.
I always knew Cynthia had a juicy story! This look at her first love is amazing! Cal is a very sexy wolf shifter that she falls for. This is a great glimpse that definitely leaves you impatient for more! I received this as an ARC and voluntarily reviewed it.
Quick but great glimpse into Cynthia’s past. There have been hints all along that Cynthia was more than she seemed, it was great to get that confirmation. This is real short but a very important piece I’m sure in the next storyline.
As I have read the Pearls of Desire series, I always wondered why Cynthia was how she become the person she is since she has such a tough exterior except towards her son. This prequel gives the reader a chance to see how she was when she was younger. There are still many questions left to be answered but it gives just enough of the story to have me wanting more. Can’t wait to see where it goes from here.
Cynthia’s story
Well some of it because we all know Anna Lowe and we all know she loves to just hint at things. Well this book is enough to have me sink my teeth into Cynthia’s story and to scream blooming murder when I don’t get the answers I want! Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I loved every Anna Lowe books and her Aloha Shifters Pearls of Desire series has to be her best yet in my opinion. She sure does know how to yank my chain though!
Here we find out why Cynthia is as she is. But as this is a prequel we don’t find all the answers. I guess we’ll have to get Rebel Alpha to find out all the answers.
Awesome prequel to Cynthia’s story. I loved this short story and can’t wait to read the rest of Cynthia’s story.
Cynthia has always been quite a mysterious character. She keeps her secret.
This backstory helps you understand her better and I look forward to reading the last book in the series that focuses on her. She seems so sad in the series and I wanted to know more about what caused her to be so distant. It definitely surprised me to learn about her past and it made me feel closer to her.
I recommend you read the whole series in order. The authors’ other series books often tie together but can be read as standalones. I like that you get to visit with familiar characters throughout the different series.
I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.
This is a great prequal and it makes it hard to wait to see what happens with dragon shifter Cynthia and the wolf shifter she left behind. I received a complimentary copy and I am voluntarily reviewing.
Uptown Dragon girl meets a loner Wolf shifter biker. This is Cynthia and Cal’s story and it takes place a decade before we meet Cynthia and she and her son comes to maui.
Very sweet and hot but still leaves it open as to why there not together. Guess that in Rebel alpha i so can’t wait for that book to come out. Lol . What could break true mate apart? I am dream Cal! Lol fun romantic and so sweet but a little sad there not together yet.
Voluntarily review a copy.