Amanda Bonilla can write an amazing Urban Fantasy series with a great world and larger than life heroine. So I was curious when I saw she had written three shorts in the Paranormal Romance genre. And I jumped on them when she asked if I would be interesting in reading them. HELL YA.
All three shorts are connect in a way that a PNR series would be. Bonilla does a fantastic job of weaving the couples' story into one over all plot arc.
Even though each short is about 40 pages long, Bonilla has giving you what amounts to the cliff notes version of what could be three great full length novels.
In the first short,
The Sweetest Torture, we meet the first couple, Cait and Logan. The two share a past that has stuck with them for the last 30 years. Both are weres that change into mountain lions. Cait has to go to Logan in order to help her father and pride. She has not forgiven Logan for his cheating on her all those years ago.
Logan hasn't had eyes for another female since Cait. He hasn't gotten over her not believing him when he tried to explain about that night 30 years ago. He has vowed to himself that once he gets Cait back in his life he will make her listen and understand.
Both Cait and Logan are strong and stubborn people. Both believe they are in the right. Both are still in love with the other person. It was fun watching the two come to turns with their past and what could be their future. And DAMN was there some smexy scenes.
The second short,
The Sweetest Temptation, features Logan's brother, Andrew and a wood nympho, Erica.
The couple is thrown together by a BIG misunderstanding. Erica thinks that Andrew kidnapped her sister and had either harmed or killed her. Andrew has no clue to who Erica or her sister are.
After Erica uses her nymph magic on the local troopers, she kidnaps Andrew to find out where her sister is and if she is ok.
Things heat up between the two when Erica's nymph sexual nature takes over. They two heat up the pages while trying to piece together the mystery of Erica's missing sister.
The last and third short,
The Sweetest Mercy, continues the story of Erica's missing sister, Keria and Carter.
Logan the alpha of the pride from the first short sends Carter to look for Keria and bring her home safely. Logan is a little more prepared for Keria's nymph background than Andrew was. But not by much.
Sure he knows that Keria is most likely in sexual need because of the full moon but he has no idea what kind of need she is going to put him in when they meet.
Carter does is job and then some saving Keria from the bad guy that helps thread the three stories together. Carter and his lion find their mate in the tiny and sexy nymph. But it's not just her sexy body that gets Carter's attention, its the fact that she is a strong female that can be his equal no matter how tiny she is.
I really enjoyed reading these shorts by Amanda Bonilla. All three could have easily been turned into full length novels. But Bonilla get a great job boiling down a long stories and making them very sweet treats for someone that needed a quick fix. If you are looking for some romance in bite size reads you should check out these Sexy Shifter shorts. But trust me you won't stop with one, you'll want to read them all back to back and you'll still have time left in your night to do other things. Maybe grab your sexy male and show him a few things that you read in Bonilla's smexy shorts about hot mountain lion shifters {wiggles brows}.
About the Author
Amanda Bonilla lives in rural Idaho with her husband and two kids. She’s a part-time pet wrangler, a full-time sun worshipper, and only goes out into the cold when coerced. She loves the outdoors, black clothes, pink appliances and thinks junk food should be a recognized food group. In the summer, she can be found sitting by the lake, enjoying the view from her dock.
