Fangs and Fur
  

When an evil scientist starts experimenting on shifters and vampires, trying to uncover the secret to their kind, the races must join together to stop him.   In the process, four couples find love and passion beyond any they could have imagined.

Kali risks everything to free Riordan from the scientist.  Once she succeeds, she isn't certain what to do with him.  He has a good idea though ... if she's willing.

When Shaylee escapes from a kidnapping attempt, she manages to get to safety and the shelter of her neighbor Garrett's arms.  Once there, she discovers she doesn't want to leave.

Anya is a protector for the vampire race.  In the process of taking care of the threat to her people, she meets Ruben, who is delighted to find that she is his mate.

As a councilor for the vampire race, Kathryn has had to make hard choices--including sending Anya to take care of the scientist hunting them.  One of the hardest thought is accepting that she is a shifter's mate. As a future alpha, Vance isn't willing to accept no for an answer.

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EBook ISBN: 9781603134224

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Unnatural Bonds was previously published in the Summer Solstice Scorchers and Laws of Nature was previously published in Samhain Scorchers.  The other two stories are all new.

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Unnatural Bonds

Laws of Nature

Unnatural Bonds

        She wasn't certain how he did it so quickly, but no sooner than his tongue left her body, he was naked, his body pressed fully against her.  As he settled into the valley of her thighs, she parted them, welcoming him.  If felt right, almost as if he were fated to be there.

        Clasping his shoulders, she curled her fingernails against his skin, leaving tiny crescent marks.  A shudder rippled through him.

        'Again,' he whispered in her mind.  Shifting her hands down, she raked her nails against his back, watching as he undulated against her.  Without it a doubt, it was the most seductive sensation in the world.  She was so helpless against his strength, but with the merest of touches, she had him in the palm of her hand.

        Raking her nails again, she was rewarded by a deep growl.  His head lifted, and his gaze locked on hers.  His eyes had gone molten.

        "I do not wish to hurt you," he rasped, his voice tight with need.

        In response Kali wiggled beneath him, until she could wrap her legs around his waist.  Tightening them, she coaxed him to rest his cock against her entrance.

        'Then don't leave me,' she answered, trying to convey with her thought that it wasn't just her body that would be left bereft.

        Riordan's lips slammed down against her, bruising her mouth with his passion.  Parting her own lips, Kali swept her tongue past to mate with his, claiming the role of aggressor for once in their mating.  He held still, almost frozen above her.

        Reaching between them, she wrapped her fingers around his cock and guided him past her pussy lips.  As the first inch slipped in, she tried to relax.  Her body was demanding more, but she knew if they rushed, pain would follow.  Going slowly, she arched up against him, coaxing his cock in another inch.

        Slickness increased as her body welcomed him.  Tightening her legs, she rubbed her tongue against his as she sent one word through their mental link.  'More.'

        He responded with a passion that made her see stars.  It was as if her demand had unleashed him from whatever held him immobile.  One hard thrust, and they were fully joined.  Kali gasped into his mouth as the bond doubled in strength.  She could hear her heart beating through his ears.  If she closed her eyes, she knew she would see herself, laying there beneath him.

        'Mine,' he answered, an almost primitive instinct guiding him.  She broke the kiss and burrowed her face into his neck, nodding against his sweat slick skin.  

Laws of Nature

It took Shay a moment to register it wasn't Bobby in the doorway, but her neighbor Garrett.

"Shay?"  Nervously he pushed his glasses up his nose and stepped towards her, his observant gaze not missing the handcuffs that shackled her wrists.

"Get out, and close the door behind you Garrett."

"What happened, Shay?"  As he spoke he stepped into the room and closed the door behind him, flicking the lock.

"Bobby," she spit out, the word tasting foul on her mouth.  Jerking in agitation, she hissed as the silver rubbed her already sore wrists.

Fire flared within Garrett's normally calm brown eyes.  His boyish features tightened in anger, and for the first time in the two years she had known him, a curious awakening stirred within her.  Gone was the boy next door, and in his place stood a man.  As he stepped toward her and wrapped his hands around her wrists, a rush of desire moved over her.

"Let's get you out of these things."  There was a gleam in his eyes that she had often seen in her brother's gazes when they looked at women.  He was pissed, and about to go alpha male on Bobby's ass.  It only excited her further.

Swallowing the words that begged to be expelled, she cursed her hormones and the urge to mate that called.  Garrett had always been safe--the sweet computer geek who lived next door.  She should have known there was more to him.

Unable to speak, Shay nodded her consent, holding back the whimpers that formed as he twisted her wrists to get a better view.  "Silver?"

"Yeah.  I'm allergic to it."

"I remember."

Almost absently she nodded.  Trust Garrett to remember everything, including the time he had purchased a silver necklace for her birthday and had to return it for a gold one.

As Garrett leaned down to grip the paperclip and begin working it in the lock, his hair brushed against her chin.  Shay breathed in, the deep woodsy scent of his aftershave swirled within her nose, further arousing her.

"I've almost got it, Shay. Just a second longer. . . there, got it."  As the cuffs dropped free, his hands gently rubbed her wrists, soothing her abraded flesh.

"Thanks," she whispered, her throat tight.  Her mind was still functioning, but her body was demanding control.  The urge to jump him was building the longer she was near him.

"No problem, Shay.  Now we need to call the cops and have him arrested.  After I find him and beat the--" His words dropped off as he lifted his head, his gaze locking on hers.  Looking into his deep brown eyes, Shay found herself drowning in need.  Unable to resist, she tipped her head forward, brushing her lips over his.

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 Doctor Nelson is a scientist experimenting on shifters and vampires.  He wants to find out their secrets and already has a vampire in his lab.  The two races must pull together and stop him before it is too late.  In four stories about the fight between the evil Doctor and the paranormal, four couples find love and passion beyond anything they could have ever imagined.

Unnatural Bonds starts things off with the reader getting a good look at the nasty piece of work known as Doctor Nelson.  Kali has been working undercover for 6 months to find the missing vampire and she has to play along with the Doctor if she wants any chance of freeing him.  Laws of Nature moves on to the shifters.  The silver cuffs on Shay are hurting her but Bobby is going to hurt more when she gets free.  He wants to give her to a lab to be experimented on and she doesn't want that to happen.  Her geeky neighbor Garrett comes along at the right moment.  She is free and in heat but Garrett doesn't mind because he has been after Shay for two years.

 Then in Bound in Blood we meet Anya, a vampire who gets involved with Shay's brother Ruben to fight against the threat to their people.  With the information that Kali and Riordan have given the council it is only a matter of time before things can go back to normal.  Lastly in Nature of the Beast the council member Kathryn needs protecting and Shay and Ruben's older brother and future Alpha doesn't mind taking on the job. 

 Four different stories but all of them are connected.  In reality the author could have just written one story about the situation and given all the characters roles.  In saying that the passion of the couples in each story would not have been as well captured if bunched together.  Separately they all get their own limelight and of course they all get their amazing love scenes.

 Hot paranormal romance and a good storyline to boot.  This is a nice collection of four quick saucy stories that will please a lot of appetites.

"Laws of Nature is fantastic, animalistic and a very fun romp, Ms. Houston is a definite read for shape shifter lovers!" ~  Stephanie Q. McGrath for Paranormal Romance Reviews

"Laws of Nature is a wonderful story by Michelle Houston. The characters are well developed and come together with the plot to create a short story that reads more like a full length novel. I loved the passion in the story and hope to see more of these characters in the future." ~ Tara Renee for Two Lips Reviews

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