Reporter, Bre Hayne, is on the hunt for a story. Finally, her big career break has fallen into her lap, and she has chance to get the scoop on one of the notoriously private shifters. Not many of them exist, but one Holt Lachlan has put an ad out for a mate, and Bre is up for the challenge. She’ll pretend to be interested, gather intel on him, and then scoot out of Uncertain, Texas just as fast … fast as her old junker truck can speed her back to the news station. But the deeper into the story she goes, the more she realizes maybe Holt isn’t the one who is the monster. Maybe it’s her.
Alligator shifter, Holt Lachlan, is the center of an unfortunate legend. His family name has been tarnished by these swamps for generations, and he has to go outside of the town to try and find a mate. Desperate for something to occupy his inner animal, he meets up with a spunky beauty named Bre, and tells her the rules. The most important rule? Pretend he’s normal. Ignore the growling, don’t pay attention to his eye color, and definitely don’t go anywhere near the waters of Uncertain’s swamp at night. He’s protective of his territory, but the more he gets to know the bold and beguiling woman who has answered his ad, the more he thinks she just might survive his dark secrets…but will he survive hers?
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.
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As I sit here, having just finished T. S. Joyce’s Swim Deeper, the first book in the series (thank God), and wipe the tears of both joy and sadness from my eyes, I am forever thankful that I have had the immense pleasure of reading this little spitfire’s many, many, hand squeezing your heart books.
I read, and read, and read some more. Sometimes I read up to 7 books a week. How can I properly share the depth of emotion that our amazing Alpha provides for me?
Emotionally, I laugh out loud! I rant at the agonizing mistakes that her humans and shifters make. My heart pounds when these characters connect on both a physical and spiritual sense. Each character provides us with reality based in fantasy, with no holds barred.
She hits us with EVERYTHING! And we loyally keep coming back for more.
If the goal of reading ANY book is to make you FEEL, then T. S. Joyce is our Quiet Queen! (This time around…of the Swamp)
Holt needs a mate to protect, not to fall in love with & have a family. Bre is looking for that big story for her career as a reporter to take off. She is certainly not looking for the love of her life! The swamp has a way of drawing you in and keeping you there! I love T.S. Joyce and all her Shifter stories, they are so readable! A little bit of steam and a whole lot of chemistry makes for a great story! Check it out today!
New series with a unique twist on shifters!
We already know that T.S. Joyce can bring us to the edge of our seats with her tales of shifters and their lives. However Swim Deeper is a fantastic story of a unique type of shifter! T.S. reels you in from the very beginning and doesn’t let you go until the very last page! The dynamic between Bre and Holt is explosive from the get go! There are a few scenes that I absolutely love but I can’t say anything otherwise I would be giving away spoilers. Just know they are sassy, smart, loving, and HOT!!! Check this new series out for yourself!
Holy hotness. I had no idea what to expect with a gator shifter but damn did Holt win me over. I wasn’t ready for it to end, wanted to read more. This one had betrayal, but also super sexy scenes. Definitely give it a go.
I admit I never imagined a story about an alligator shifter could make me so emotional, but T.S. Joyce makes anything possible.
Holt lives his life alone. People either fear him or think he is a monster. But no one has even bothered to get to know him.
Bre is a journalist, an only child, and a loner. She is sent on an assignment to out a shifter. Afterall it’s not like he’s “human”.
How easily we pass judgement on people who are different from ourselves. Bre learned the hard way that sometimes it’s the differences that make someone truly precious.
I loved this book for so many reasons! T just pulls you out of yourself and gives you an awareness to things about yourself!
Being alone can do so much to your psych! When you think you only need one thing and then you see a totally different need for yourself but you are afraid to want it!
No disappointment ever!
*WARNING* contains adult situations
Hoyt Lachlan is the last Lachlan male. Hoyt has put out an ad for a mate because us animal needs someone to protect.
Bre is a reporter looking for that one big story to give her big break. Bre is sure getting the inside story on a swamp shifter will be her big break, so she answers the ad for a mate in Uncertainty, Texas.
Thus is another great story from Joyce. At the start of this book, I immediately did not Bre at all, but she’ll grow on ya. This isn’t a love at first site. This is a walk through get to know you. I really like the array of emotions this story gives in just approx. 150 pages.
Well written and interesting. Recommended
** spoiler alert ** Bre is looking for the story that is going to make her career. Holt thinks he is a monster and doesn’t believe he can handle romance. The heart wants what it wants. Will Bre stick around when she discovers what Holt is? Will Holt be able to accept her apology?
I’m a sucker for a TS Joyce book and this one was no different! I loved the different spin in the fact that is was an alligator. Holt definitely had a softer side underneath his thick armor and I loved how he slowly came out of the way he viewed himself. I loved how Bre was determined to do whatever she could to protect him. One of the things I love about this authors books is you get strong men and women building each other up and protecting each other. Great read and cannot wait for more!
Title: Swim Deeper
Series: Keeper of the Swamp #1
Release Date: #AlreadyReleased
Author: T. S. Joyce
Reviewer: Ingrid Stephanie Jordan
Serial: Standalone, No Cliffhanger
Genre: #PRN #GatorShifter #Moonshine
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OMG ladies get the tissue box ready because I’m still crying
Holt Lachlan is a GatorShifter who is closed mouth, lol and won’t say a word either, so it’s easy for the little swamp town’s people to bully and shun him. Until this little spitfire redhead applies for the Mate position.
Oh YES definitely a Must Read!
Keeper of the Lachlan Legend’s Heart
Wow, just wow Finished this book a minute ago and I have to tell you I’m still recovering from some ugly (happy) tears
Bre and her cameraman Brian are going to Uncertain, Texas in hopes of picking up a story that will help them pick up better reporting stories moving forward. However, Bre is not sure she wants to do this particular job and after one day with Holt, the growly and prickly shifter, she soon learns there is more to him that what animal he can shift into.
This story was phenomenal in that we had for the first time in a long time absolutely brand new characters and a whole new shifter world to explore and fall in love with Bre and Holt are my new favourite characters and I’m looking forward to Liam’s story next