Review - Collared for a Night by Susan Arden

Collared for a Night (Rocky Mountain Shifter series #1)

by Susan Arden (Goodreads Author)

All it takes is one mistake to be marked. One bite, she crosses a line...into forever.

Diana Hambre's body is blazing. For days this leopardess shifter has spun through a body-searing heat cycle. Alone. Her senses reel when Shawn Barclay, her boss, walks into her reserved room at the Downtown Den, a stud club for shifters. He gives Diana a choice: spend the evening with him, give into his every desire, and she'll find out what it means to quench her heat-crazed thirst—or try her luck with a stranger, one of the club bangers.

Shawn hates when his back is against the wall. One sip of Diana’s pheromone-laced scent is enough to force his alpha hand. The tables have turned and it's Diana's back he wants up against a wall, or any other surface for that matter.

As the moon rises toward midnight, Shawn and Diana come to understand the difference between sex and bonding. For a night, neither of them resist their primal instincts, blindly giving into carnal desire. Her wild nature fights being subdued and she risks spontaneously shifting without warning.

Now, bearing Shawn's bite marks, she can’t simply walk away from him; not when he has the means to teach her to harness her leopardess nature. Shawn accepts the challenge of training Diana to control her untamed cravings. Employing every method available in and out of the bedroom, he discovers he's on the verge of ensnaring himself in the process.

Warning: Erotic scenes hot enough to peel paint!!

~~~~~MY REVIEW~~~~~

Collared for a Night by Susan Arden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Pay no attention to the amount of time it took to read this book, it is a reflection on my crazy real life not the contents of the story!!

This is a super sexy leopard shifter book!! Oh yummy, shifters are my favorites!! And cats are right up there near the op of my Shifter tree!

I really liked Diana and wished she has more confidence in her own strength! From everything other characters said about her she is pretty awesome! She just needed to believe in herself more, thanks goodness she had such a sexy boss/mate to help her see!!

Shawn is ever so delicious!! I loved his back story as well and the way it built him. I adore that even with past mistakes he could recognize the right mate and not shy away from her.

The steam factor here is off the charts!! Have a cold shower handy!!! Hot and heavy mating action, I almost went into heat reading it all!!The training was yummy but I would have liked even more details!

Fabulous supporting cast as well!!! I want stories for Quinn and Tristen!!! Smexy men!!!

Ms Arden is definitely on my radar now!! She really knows how to rev a gals engines and that is always a plus in my book!!

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About the Author - 
"I don't write about sex to solely titillate. I write about being in love and that consuming emotion is expressed at every level of human understanding. Whether it's a paranormal shifter romance weaving a primal instinct into the tension of the story or a woman learning to trust again. This instinct to connect exists and binds us together."

Susan Arden grew up in Miami, attending bilingual schools which lends itself to her interest in writing multicultural stories. Previously, a teacher in the field of special education and biology, Susan pursues her dream of writing fiction with several releases this year. Crafting sweet and spicy tales, she writes crazy-hot love stories across romance subgenres including contemporary (erotic), Western, fantasy/paranormal, and rock star. Susan also writes under the name of Susan D. Taylor when it comes to mermaids and evil twin sisters. 

Susan currently lives in TN along with husband, two cattle dogs, two outlandish cats, a gecko and a corn snake. As of 2011, Susan became an RYT200 Yoga Alliance specializing in vinyasa flow for those with health concerns. She is a member of the RWA, CIMRWA, and Paranormal Romance Guild.