Pride Mates: A Shifters Unbound Novel

by Jennifer Ashley

Book Overview

Collared and controlled, Shifters are outcast from humanity, forced to live in Shiftertowns. But waiting within are passions that no collar can contain.

Like most Shifters, Liam Morrissey has learned that trusting humans leads to no good. But when beautiful attorney Kim Fraser enters Shiftertown alone in order to prove her client's innocence, Liam's alpha nature leaves him no choice but to offer his protection. As their forbidden connection...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425245047
• ISBN13: 9780425245040
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I was sucked in!!

I bought this book thinking it would be a one and done. NO. I had to keep reading the series. Each book covers a different character but so far in the same Shifter Town. Kim Frazier and Liam Morrisey are quite the pair. This book took quite a few unexpected turns for me. I loved it all. Would highly recommend.

Best Shapeshifter Book I've Read This Year!

PRIDE MATES, book one of the Shifters Unbound Series, is an excellent start to a promising series. A tell-all book by a Shifter exposes this species, placing them all in danger. Many have sought refuge in the US, but aren't allowed the same rights as humans. They are also forced to wear a collar that will curb their animalistic behaviors. When a shifter is arrested for killing his human girlfriend, Kim Fraser is assigned his case. It doesn't surprise her that the humans want to see him go down for the crime. What shocks her is the lack of assistance she receives from the Shifters. Here's the thing. He's not guilty. He's wearing a collar that prevents violence. Right? Liam Morrissey whose father is the second in power of the Shifter Clan allows Kim Fraser into a world most humans don't get to see. She soon captures Liam's heart, but she won't let an innocent go down for a crime no matter what their traditions dictate. Although I haven't read a lot of Shapeshifter books, this is the best one I've read this year. I didn't want to put it down. I loved the passion between Liam and Kim. There was never a dull moment. I highly recommend this one to fans of this genre and look forward to the next book in this series.

Really Good Shifter Story

I really liked this book. It has a different werewolf concept that was well explained and made sense. I liked the way the author worked the facts in without an info dump. Liam had a wonderful sense of humor and was a kind man even though he was a very tough alpha. Kim was a strong character who thought things out and didn't spend the book being whiny and doing stupid things to show her independence which would lead her into danger as so many heroines do. Good strong secondary characters with lots of room for further books. The plot was strong and took unexpected turns which kept it interesting. Looking forward to the next one.

Very enjoyable paranormal romance

I completely & utterly enjoyed this book!!! The beginning starts off perfectly. A horrible crime has already been committed and when the hero & heroine first meet, the pace just doesn't slow down. This is a very quick novel, that I finished in 1 day. (but is was my day off!!) Since this is the first book of the series the "world" is still being set up with room to grow, however it does show that the shifters ( & those that love them) are belittled, resticted, & feared. Unfortunately that is what happens in real life, but the way that the shifters react it what makes this story enjoyable. They don't care, or I could say, they don't let that stop them from living life fully. This is not a "deep, dark angst-ridden" story, like so many paranormal romances are going to. I personally hate giving away the wholes storyline, that's why you're reading the book, but I will say this is a GOOD BOOK! An excellent beginning for a new series. Jennifer Ashley has once again proven herself a excellent paranormal storyteller.

super romantic urban fantasy

In Shifterstown in the Austin area, human attorney Kim Fraser is defending shifter Brian Smith from the charge of murdering his human girlfriend. Brian is the first shifter she ever met though their existence has been known for two decades. Like mots humans, she assumed shifters were beasts who needed collars to keep them from going berserk. In spite of her fears of shifters being violent bogey-beasts, she believes her client is innocent; so she comes to Shifterstown to obtain the help of the go to shifters the Morrisey brood; father Dylan and brothers Liam and Sean. Liam informs Kim that Brian never came to him so why should he help him. Kim explains she got the short straw as the junior lawyer, but believes Brian is innocent because the collar prevents violent crime. She also says the prosecution, cops, and judge have not played fair and her client has given up, but she has not. Although he has doubts about getting involved because of his attraction to the brave lawyer who came alone, Liam is forced to intervene when a shifter without a collar threatens Kim's life. The key to the first Shifters Unbound romantic urban fantasy is the belief that the world of Jennifer Ashley exists; especially the racism with parallels to America as humans even those who never met a shifter believe they are deadly animals needing control. The story line is fast-paced from the moment the feisty lawyer challenges the powerful shifter and never slows down as love and the law clash in what is a terrific tale of people's rights and dignities. Harriet Klausner

A Really Great Shifter Romance!

I really enjoyed this book. It's a shifter story giving you a look at what happens after shifters come out to humans. They're feared and forced to live in a section of town, away from the humans. They're forced to wear collars that shock them if they get aggressive, even though they aren't any more aggressive than most humans. They're not allowed the latest technology. And when the human girlfriend of a shifter is murdered, the police and prosecutors do a half hearted investigation and leap to blame the shifter boyfriend. This is where the story picks up with the human DA, Kim, assigned to the case being immersed in the shifter culture. She learns about them with Liam, a very sexy and dominant male shifter, as her protector. She sees the real side of shifters and learns secrets the shifters keep from the humans in order to protect themselves as she and Liam work together to defend a shifter against a murder charge and try to unravel why the leader of the clan is so eager for the shifter to be found guilty. I am a fan of shifter stories and I found this story to be very good. I could see people reacting the way they had in the story to shifters, even though it's quite sad, and I could certainly see the shifters banding together for protection. Liam is a very hot character and a very alpha male, but the writer keeps him from going too far with it. Kim and Liam really burn up the pages with their chemistry and while Kim does fight the relationship a bit, she doesn't go through the whole story fighting her attraction to Liam and then moaning because she's lonely with out him. That really gets on my nerves after a while and so many paranormal romances do that. This was a really fun read that I went through in an evening. If you're a fan of shifter stories or paranormal romances in general, I would definitely recommend this book.