Beast Behaving Badly (Pride, #5)

by Shelly Laurenston

Some men just have more to offer. Like hard-muscled, shape-shifting Bo Novikov--part polar bear, part lion, pure alpha. . .

Ten years after Blayne Thorpe first encountered Bo Novikov, she still can't get the smooth-talking shifter out of her head. Now he's shadowing her in New York--all seven-plus feet of him--determined to protect her from stalkers who want to use her in shifter dogfights. Even if he has to drag her off to an isolated Maine town where the only neighbors are other bears almost as crazy as he is. . .

Let sleeping dogs lie. Bo knows it's good advice, but he can't leave Blayne be. Blame it on her sweet sexiness--or his hunch that there's more to this little wolfdog than meets the eye. Blayne has depths he hasn't yet begun to fathom--much as he'd like to. She may insist Bo's nothing but a pain in her delectable behind, but polar bears have patience in spades. Soon she'll realize how good they can be together. And when she does, animal instinct tells him it'll be worth the wait. . .

"Non-stop laughter, snark, and witty banter." –SmexyBooks

Praise for the novels of Shelly Laurenston

"Delicious, sexy and wicked fun!" --New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter on Bear Meets Girl

• ISBN10: 0758286007
• ISBN13: 9780758286000
• Publish Date: 5 March 2013 (first published 1 June 2010)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Melanie]

I needed a little humor in my life right. I know that Blayne and Bo will put me in a better mood.

[nitzan_schwarz]

Originally published on my blog.

The Pride series is a real fun series, especially when you want yummy alpha-males; literally. Everyone in these books are shifters, and they usually deal with mixing breeds or crossing the bridges of enemy families. through love, so if that's a theme you love as much as I do, definitely check it out. 
It also deals with all kind of dysfunctional families; some filled with love, some with hatred, but dysfunctional nonetheless. 

I really enjoyed Bo and Blayne, though I admit it took me time to get into their story. I liked her and her craziness and deceptiveness, and I liked him and his OCD (he's also a time-freak, which is like a neat-freak, only... with time). Quite frankly, I found Bo to be adorable, and I loved watching him slightly change due to Blayne and her influence.

I felt like the romance was well done and they complimented each other's personality very well. They fit like a key to a lock; very different in terms of look, purposes and personalities on their own but only whole together. 

[EBookObsessed]

I enjoy Shelly Laurenston's stories and this was no exception. It was a quick read and enjoyable story.

She seems to give her characters certain characteristics of their animal counterparts. Bo is part polar bear/part lion. He is a multimillion dollar hockey player who is killer on the ice, but is not much of a team player. It's his puck and he'll hurt anyone who gets between him and his puck, even is own teammates. He likes to be alone, like his inner polar bear, and is obsessed with schedules and time management.

Bring in Blayne who is half wolf/half wild dog, and so flighty you can almost hear someone yelling "squirrel" and off she goes. She is frustrating to Bo since she doesn't respect schedules and wears a broken watch because it looks nice and she is the Oscar Madison to his Felix Unger. But when he is not frustrated by her lack of respect for his rigid schedules, he appreciates that flightiness in her that makes her beloved by her friends. She wins over his whole hometown, a town full of grumpy bears, within a few days.

Except for the sometimes horrible names she gives her characters, I know I can always pick up a Shelly Laurenston book and get swept by the likable characters (even the grumpy ones) and the action filled story.

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[kim620]

Loved Ric and Dee. I loved how he always takes care of her. What I really like about this story is he has loved her since he was 6 and while it took a little patience waiting for her to come around when she did she embraced it head on. No denying it even if her daddy hated Ric's family.

One of my favorite parts was July 4th on the roof. I don't want to spoil it but Ric knows his girl so well. Also have to mention the part with Rory (I think it was him..so many Reed boys, LOL) in the hotel room with his girl of the night and how Dee Ann handled it, LMAO! I re-read that part 4 times.