Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

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

Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on

4 of 5 stars

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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. 

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