Complete Box Set Book 1 – 3 of the Shifter Night seriesSaturday night is shifter night… it was his turn to find a partner because he’s done with all the screwing around. Done with all the meaningless one-night-stands. He might head into town, when it’s his turn, but he’s staying far away from temptation. He’ll wait until his name comes up on the mating list and then he’ll settle down.
His good intentions are blown to hell when he meets Ana, a timid female struggling with an event from her past. Who is this beautiful creature? This broken, sad shadow of herself. Winston promises to help her. Hell, they’ll help each other. He might have vowed celibacy but he’s not dead. Not by a long damn shot. This way, he can spend time with a beautiful female without any expectations and in return, he’ll help her get over her fears.
Problem is though, friends should not be this attracted to one another. They definitely shouldn’t be this intrigued by each other. Keeping his hands off of her is becoming an impossibility. Will he be able to let her go when the time comes? Thing is, he’s not so sure anymore.
Unbound
It all started with a dare. One little dare. Just a string of silly words that landed Alice smack bang in the middle of the ‘Dark Horse’ bar surrounded by utter chaos. Like most pick-up joints, the place is a meat market, but on steroids. The guys aren’t just simply guys, they’re shifters.
Taller, bigger…hot damn…talk about jaw on the floor gorgeous. She can’t help but stare, back pressed against the wall, eyes wide, blood coursing just a little faster through her veins. That’s when he arrives. Impossibly big and brooding, seeming to look right through her with those dark eyes. She’s so tempted to leave with him, to let him make good on all of those dirty promises. Problem is, he’s just so annoyingly arrogant. Why does she feel like she’s punishing herself when she walks out…alone?
Ash watches in shock as the human turns and leaves. No female has ever turned him down. Not. Ever. He can scent that she wants him, so why is she denying her basic needs?
Try as he might, he can’t stop thinking about her…about what she would look like under him. Cheeks flushed, eyes glassy, biting down on her lip as she…
Ash decides that he has to have her. She’s awakened the hunter in him and he knows just where to find her. Just one time – he’ll give her exactly what she needs – and then he’ll be out of her life forever. He’s not looking for a mate, definitely not looking for love. Unfortunately, he’s about to find out that just once with this particular female might not be enough.
Unchained
Long ago Gage failed at love. He recently failed the human female he’d been assigned to protect. Now, the Alphas have clearly lost their ever-loving minds because they’ve given him the same duty a second time. Well, he isn’t going to take the mission. He’ll bring the human to the village, as instructed, and then she’ll become someone else’s problem. Not his! No way! That is, until he catches sight of her, until he catches a snoutful of her tantalizing scent. Then he’s done for. It’s game over.
Unfortunately, there were forces at work intent on keeping them apart. An unknown enemy. A foe that is not only stronger but quicker as well, so much more deadly. An enemy that means them harm. It wants the human. Gage will have to risk everything to protect her. Even put his own life on the line.
No cheating and a guaranteed HEA.
Contains hot alpha males and therefore strong sexual themes/language
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LOVE THIS SERIES!!!
Title: Shifter Night Box Set
Series: Shifter Night
Author: Charlene Hartnady
Designation: Compilation Of All 3 Books In Series, Full-Length (Approximately 600 pages), *Standalone, No Cliffhanger, HEA
#paranormal #shapeshifter #romance
My Rating: Five Delightfully Entertaining Stars
*This compilation includes all 3 books of the series and while I do not own the Shifter Night Box Set, I do own all 3 books in the series individually.
Wow, I loved the Shifter Night Series by Charlene Hartnady! I’ve been a Hartnady fan for years and followed her career as she became one of the most reliable and prolific authors in the paranormal romance genre today, consistently releasing original, unique, imaginative, well-crafted and edited stories, time after time. Hartnady is one of very few authors on my automatic one-click list. When she releases a new book or offers a preorder, I snap it right up, without even bothering to read the blurb or look at the price, and I’ve never regretted a single purchase. I subscribe to Amazon Kindle Unlimited but love her work so much, I buy her books rather than borrow, simply because I want them in my permanent library to read again and again. That’s quite a recommendation in itself. I was thrilled when I discovered Hartnady was releasing Shifter Night, a spinoff based in the same world as her bestselling The Chosen Series, but the inspiration for this series is shifters rather than vampires. In Sweetwater, Texas, you never know what you might find! And if you enjoy riveting paranormal romance, this is one collection you don’t want to miss, especially since it also sets the stage for Hartnady’s next spinoff series, The Feral. All the paranormals in Hartnady’s Sweetwater Texas world, which (so far) includes vampires, elves, bears, wolves, cats, dragons (and it looks like it’s about to get a whole bigger), are in need of females – fertile females. And now that the Vampire Kings have successfully launched their ‘Date A Vampire’ campaign, which is nothing more than a politically correct way of describing their ‘Breeding Program’ brainchild, human females have become fair game and they all want to mate a vampire. This is the premise for Hartnady’s The Chosen Series, another fabulous collection if you enjoy hunky, possessive vampires, but the books in the Shifter Night Series have storylines featuring the shifters of Hartnady’s Sweetwater World who come into town once a month on Saturday night to blow off steam at the Dark Horse, a pickup bar where shifters mix with human women aspiring to ‘party hardy’ and, hopefully, do the dirty with the handsome, strapping shifter ‘party-animals’. (I just couldn’t resist that little pun!) Roar! And these guys really know how to make a woman scream, and not in fright! Shifter Night has been mentioned in several of Hartnady’s previous stories and I’d so hoped she would make it into a series… and she did! But some of these guys want more than just a good time, they want to find love. Unfortunately, there are so many shifters looking for mates that the Alphas have had to start their own program. It’s not really an organized campaign per se but they call it ‘The List’. Any of the shifters wanting to date a human female have to put their name in the hat and wait their turn. The shifters can’t afford to draw attention to themselves by stealing all the available women, right? It just wouldn’t be fair to all the human males of Sweetwater since all the women want to date shifters! But Shifter Night at the Dark Horse has become so popular, it’s now big business for the town. Enterprising entrepreneurs have decided to cash in on the phenomenon and organized Shifter Night tours, bussing in women from all over for the weekend, and business is booming! Sign me up! lol… I tend to get a little carried away when talking about Hartnady’s work, but the entire concept is imaginative, fabulously entertaining and a whole lot of fun.
The Shifter Night Series consists of 3 books, Untethered, Unbound, and Unchained. Each book features a different couple finding love. All are exciting, well-crafted, fast-paced, easy to follow, full-length, standalone paranormal tales filled with great characters, laugh-out-loud humor, riveting drama, heart-wrenching angst, heated attraction, steamy passion, heartwarming romance, and even a bit of underlying mystery and suspense. The narratives are beautifully written in the third person with dual his and her perspectives. The dialogue in each is snappy, well executed, at times hilarious, and flows effortlessly. But without a doubt, my favorite component of every Hartnady story is the cast of diverse, engaging, and always endearing characters. I snickered, snorted, giggled, snuffled, sobbed, and fumed through the entire series but by the end, I was happy, satisfied, and entertained. I always enjoy the wide range of emotions I experience while reading Hartnady’s stories, but the component I enjoy most is her characters, which brings me to another element I adore about her work. Hartnady’s stories may be fiction, but the stories and characters in her books always deal with underlying real-life issues, making the stories so much more relatable. But never fear, after enduring a great deal of angst, shaking your fists in anger, and shedding quite a few tears, Hartnady always leaves you happy, satisfied and well entertained.
Did I like this collection? No, I LOVED it! What didn’t I like about this set? Not a darn thing! Would I recommend it? You bet, and I am but only for adult readers since it does contain naughty language and explicit(code word for dreamy) sex. If you’re into insta-love paranormal romance with no real-life conflict, this may not be the series for you. But if you enjoy a real tug of war between two very stubborn characters who both need an attitude adjustment, then this is one collection you won’t be able to put down. Will I read this author again? Absolutely! Just as soon as she releases her next book! And finally, was I entertained? Completely! Fabulous entertainment and an awesome read!
Untethered
Winston wolf shifter goes to town every month meets a human women.The women want nothing but sex.
Unbound
Ash is a bear shifter who is attending Shifter Night at the bar. He is looking for one-night stands. He had a mate and lost her.
Unchained
Gage failed at love. He recently failed the human female he’d been assigned to protect.
When I started reading I couldn’t put down.Charlene Hartnady is magnifysent and amazing writer.I cannot wait to read more of there books.Keep up the great work.You should definitely read this books.Can’t wait for the next book by this autor.