Bear With Me

Halle Shifters #2.5

by Dana Marie Bell

A Halle Shifters Holiday Story

Genres: Shapeshifters, Paranormal, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Short Stories, Fantasy, Humor

26 pages, ebook

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Dana Marie Bell wrote her first short story when she was thirteen years old. She attended the High School for Creative and Performing Arts for creative writing, where freedom of expression was the order of the day. When her parents moved out of the city and placed her in a Catholic high school for her senior year she tried desperately to get away, but the nuns held fast, and she graduated with honors despite herself.

Dana has lived primarily in the Northeast (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, to be precise), with a brief stint on the US Virgin Island of St. Croix. She lives with her soul-mate and husband Dusty, their two maniacal children, an evil ice-cream stealing cat and a bull terrier that thinks it’s a Pekinese.

You can learn more about Dana at:

http://www.danamariebell.com
http://danamariebell.blogspot.com

Reviews

[valeria · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute story

[Thenia]

Cynful on Books On Track



Previous books:
✦ Cynful (Halle Shifters, #2) ~ ★★★ (25/06/2023)
✦ Bear Necessities (Halle Shifters, #1)
✦ Only In My Dreams (Halle Pumas #5)
✦ Steel Beauty (Halle Pumas, #4; Poconos Pack, #0.4)
✦ Cat Of A Different Color (Halle Pumas, #3)
✦ Sweet Dreams (Halle Pumas #2)
✦ The Wallflower (Halle Pumas #1)

[Rachel Remer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute and funny. Him repeatedly jumping over her in an attempt to catch her made me chuckle a couple times. The present day interludes from their children being horrified when they got to the sexy times were also funny.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Halle Shifters Holiday Story
Heather's Notes
This is the story of how Alex "Bunny" parents meet. It is cute and surprisingly pg. I did like it and enjoyed the byplay between them all.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet short about Barbara and William Bunsun and how they got together.

[D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alex and Tammy are spending a holiday evening with Alex's family. His parents relay the story of their romance.

[Robert Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75/5
Decent urban fantasy book with a shifter focus. Good characters and entertaining plot. Reading the book as a standalone is probably going to harm the readers enjoyment.

[Cruth · Rating 2 out of 5]

http://www.danamariebell.com/FreeRead...

Author: Dana Marie Bell
First published: 2012
Length: 26 pages
Setting: Contemporary
Sex: fade to black

It's a short story, a little moment in time. Sweet and easy but nothing overly special.

Halle Shifters:
Book 1 Bear Necessities - Alexander “Bunny” Bunsun (Bear) and Tabitha Garwood (wolf)
Book 2 Cynful - Julian DuCharme (Spirit Bear) and Cynthia “Cyn” Reyes (human)
Book 2.5 Bear With Me (holiday short story) - Barb (human) and Will (bear)
Book 3 Bear Naked - Ryan Williams (bear) and Glory Walsh (human)
Book 4 Figure of Speech - Chloe Williams (fox) and James Woods (human/wolf)

References:
Author's website: http://www.danamariebell.com/FreeRead...

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[t'irla ~The Bookslayer~ aka Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Christmas Short Story to see us through until the next book comes in 2013. Enjoyable read, rounds out some corners in the story and will help move the plot along a bit. If you miss reading this one it is not crucial to the series but it sure is a bit of fun to Celebrate the holidays with our Favorite Bear family!

A solid 3.5 rating for this short story and I'm still anxious for the next Halle Shifter/Puma books

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sweet little visit with the Halle Shifters!! This story reminded me why I love this series!

I have to go back and read Bunny and Tabby's story and then get to Cyn and Julian!!

Ms Bell is a wonderful story teller who has created an awesome world!! She instills just the right amount of humor and sass into her writing. I just wish the wait between books weren't so long! Oh well, quality takes time!

[Eve O. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually 2.5 Stars

A sweet short story about how Bunny's (Bear Necessities) parents met. I really wish it had been longer and that we found more about the struggles they went through being an interracial couple instead of just the night they officially mated. Although, Bunny and his brother Eric's reactions hearing the story of their parents' first night together was really funny.

[Melindeeloo · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars - this was a fun little freebie holiday set Hallie Shifter short (available on the authors website.) It was fun to see Bunny and Tabby at his parents home and even more fun to get to listen in as Bunny's dad tells the story of claiming Bunny's mom (all while Bunny tries to keep the telling PG13.) What a nice little treat.

[Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice short story to wet your appetite tillthe next book comes out.
Hurry please.

[Katarina Pisarova · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just love the Bunsun-Williamses. I really do. I might just want one of my own :D

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet but short story about Bunny's parents

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Barb and Will are a hoot.

[Darcy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so much fun to read! I loved hearing how Bunny's parents got together. The best part was when the boys chimed in trying to block out the part of their parents having sex.

[BooksBooksandmoreBooks69 · Rating 3 out of 5]

That was sooooooooooooo funny :)
poor Bunny, having to listen to his parents, tell his mate, the story of them getting together.
Love it :)

[Frances · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but extremely funny!!! LOL

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

FREE FROM AUTHORS WEBSITE.
loved this short 26pg story about how Bunnys mum n dad got together. Hilarious. Got to see whole different side to Will (Bunny's) dad.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Free on authors website.

I love this series and getting this glimpse into Bunny and Tabby's life was awesome! I hope Bell puts more little shorts like this out.

[C Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The love story of Alex's parents.

[Sofia Camara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a short story about Bunny's parents, how they met and how they fell in love!
Really liked this one

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gotta be honest, half the fun of this is the parental trauma *maniacal laughter*. But that could be because I'm one of the few people I know not traumatized by it.

[Jamoz23 · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great funny short story of how Mr and Mrs Bunsen met and mated. I laughed out loud in some places.
This tale is told to Tabby much to the discomfort of Bunny and Eric.

[Sussan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, sweet and funny
Great short read -free

[Julianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

very cute!

[Shiran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really cute short to tie me over until the next book :)

[Susan Parks · Rating 4 out of 5]

So cute!