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Australian Shifters #1
The Purrfect Plan
Fed up with men, but wanting a baby, Storm Wellington decides to take matters into her own hands, randomly selecting an obscure little town to find an unknowing sperm donor. Unknowingly, Storm walks into a town run and owned by big cat shifters. River Black, Alpha of Blacktown can’t believe his luck, finding his mate in his own town, even better, the lovely lush woman is more than eager. After a passionate night, Storm disappears without a trace, leaving River desperate to find her. Finally, tracking her down, River discovers the evidence of her single parenthood plans and is now pregnant with his cubs. River persuades Storm to return to Blacktown with him, but another has her eye on River and is determined to rid the town of any rival. In the sweltering heat of the Australian Summer, River must convince Storm to be his mate and protect her or risk losing her forever.
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168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 30, 2013
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About the author
Angela Castle
41 books480 followersI am a full time mother and part time writer. I live in a small country town in Victoria Australia. I have been writing ever since I learned to read, and almost endlessly drifting off into the fantasy world of my imagination.
Thankfully, I have a great group of supporting writer friends; a husband and three; currently small children who help keep me grounded.
When I’m not day dreaming of creating new worlds for my stories or madly typing away on my laptop. I have plenty to keep me busy on the home front.
I welcome feedback from my readers so please feel free to drop me a line at:
angelacastleleros@yahoo.com
Thankfully, I have a great group of supporting writer friends; a husband and three; currently small children who help keep me grounded.
When I’m not day dreaming of creating new worlds for my stories or madly typing away on my laptop. I have plenty to keep me busy on the home front.
I welcome feedback from my readers so please feel free to drop me a line at:
angelacastleleros@yahoo.com
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October 25, 2017
Nice basic MF shifter and human mate romance.
July 12, 2015
Not bad, if you like the whole "mate...mine...insta-love" thing.
River was pretty damn sexy.
River was pretty damn sexy.
September 12, 2013
Storm has decided she wants a baby but with no man in sight she figures the best way is to get knocked up by a stranger - thank goodness STI's don't exist in PNR - but I digress, she closes her eyes and picks a small town in the middle of no where. Storm arrives at the town nervous but ready to go and soon meets River, well River is panther and recognizes Storm as his mate. After they do the deed Storm is out of there and back to her life so now poor River has to track her down. And you can guess what happens from here.
I forgot I requested to borrow this book so when it popped up I thought why not. The writing is not bad...not really good either but decent. It is typical erotica with love at first sight. River is the perfect man and Storm is different - not really annoying but I never warmed up to her. In the end I guess you could say I did not really care about either one. Then there is the plot, nothing really happens, there is some tension about an ex-shifter girlfriend but honestly there was nothing to get excited about. I did however like the side character Hawk who is the hero in the next book.
I forgot I requested to borrow this book so when it popped up I thought why not. The writing is not bad...not really good either but decent. It is typical erotica with love at first sight. River is the perfect man and Storm is different - not really annoying but I never warmed up to her. In the end I guess you could say I did not really care about either one. Then there is the plot, nothing really happens, there is some tension about an ex-shifter girlfriend but honestly there was nothing to get excited about. I did however like the side character Hawk who is the hero in the next book.
March 17, 2013
Storm wants a baby and she has a plan on how to have a baby. Storm is going to find a man and get pregnant then leave. But Storms plans never put into account that the man she would meet would be River. River knows instantly that Storm is his mate so he is thrilled to see she is so easily taken with him. Till he finds her gone the next day, so River does the only thing he can and tracks down Storm. Storm never thought she would feel guilt and longing when she left River but she does, and now with a baby on the way her plan doesn't sound so good. So when River finds her she agrees to spend time with him getting to know him better. But an ex from Rivers past isn't to happy to hear about Storm and she will do what she feels necessary so that she can have River all to herself. So I read this book wanting a hot possessive shifter hero who was head over heals for his mate and thats exactly what I got. I flew through this book and enjoyed every moment of it. I'm excited to read not only more from Angela Castle but to also read book two in this series.
April 11, 2013
A purrfect shape shifter book with a purrfect human heroin staying human and a purrfect hero.
Would like to read more of the serie.
Would like to read more of the serie.
April 9, 2015
2.5 stars
January 12, 2018
I really liked Storm and River’s story. It was unique and all the secondary characters played a big part in the story. My biggest issues were the lack of back story on the main characters. Yes we know the pasta for them, but I wasn’t able to connect with them because it was so cut and dry. Add on the fact that I wanted the whole baby thing to be a bigger part of the story line, this book left a lot to be desired. I’m not saying it was a really bad book because I liked the suspense and actions to it. 3 Stars #2OCCJD
November 26, 2019
Hmm...neviem, ci sa mi to pacilo. Ono, citalo sa to lahko...pretoze to bolo pisane ako pre blbeckov...velmi jednoducho. Pribeh fajn, ale vela veci nedotiahnutych, postavy plytke. Dalo sa z pribehu vytazit ovela viac. Samozrejme...eroticka linka...co k nej dodat...niekedy je menej viac 🤔. Trosku prehnane, akoby sa autorka snazila zakryt nedostatky deja prave erotikou. Za mna 2,5*.
February 26, 2019
I absolutely loved this short, paranormal, shifter, romance novel. The novel was fun and full of romance, true love, mates forever, and lots of steamy sex! I normally am embarrassed to admit that I read these kind of books but I just loved the Purrfect Plan so much.
February 25, 2024
I like this book. You will meet Storm and River. Storm wants a baby and she decides to take matters into her own hands by going to a town and having a one-night stand with a stranger. She goes and meets River the alpha of the town and things don't go as planned.
April 18, 2021
So much of the sexy times!
June 14, 2022
The writing is so-so. Aside from the hare-brained premise, the male MC turns out to be of the alpha-@$$hole variety and the heroine is a doormat. Can't recommend.
June 7, 2015
This was an interesting take on a shifter story--cat shifters in Australia. And no one knows they exist.
Our heroine doesn't trust love or men at all. But, she does want a child. She just doesn't want the father of the child in their life. She decides to drive to a randomly selected town a few hours away for a one-night stand in the hopes of getting pregnant. When she walks into the bar, she is quite impressed by the size of all the good looking, tall men, and starts flirting with one. The the Alpha walks in, he is our hero. He can scent that she is his mate.
They spend the night together the same night they meet. He wants to move fast because she is his mate, she wants to move fast so she can get out of there without anyone learning anything about her. Even though the loving was the best ever, she runs off before he has a chance to tell her they are mates, or that he is a shifter. When she gets home, she misses him and is surprised at her own feelings. She can feel the mate bond, too, but not as strongly as he does.
He goes crazy looking for her, and finally finds her. He realizes she is pregnant and doesn't trust men, and he talks her into giving him two weeks to change her mind.
Someone decides to kill her, they don't want him to mate the human girl, and they make more than one attempt on her life, but she saves herself, and he saves her. He is very caring and loving with her.
I liked both characters very much, and I liked his family. It was interesting being set in Australia, but I would have liked more in the story that indicated it was Australia--I didn't notice much beyond city names. I felt like she caved in to him too fast, but that is explained because she slightly felt the mating bond. I wish we had gotten to know the hero better. I also wish he was a bit more alpha. He was more of the man in charge than the alpha of the group, to me.
I also felt like her bad past was maybe over-done. The sexy-times were well-written, but there was some stuff that was maybe on the edge of what I was okay with.
Our heroine doesn't trust love or men at all. But, she does want a child. She just doesn't want the father of the child in their life. She decides to drive to a randomly selected town a few hours away for a one-night stand in the hopes of getting pregnant. When she walks into the bar, she is quite impressed by the size of all the good looking, tall men, and starts flirting with one. The the Alpha walks in, he is our hero. He can scent that she is his mate.
They spend the night together the same night they meet. He wants to move fast because she is his mate, she wants to move fast so she can get out of there without anyone learning anything about her. Even though the loving was the best ever, she runs off before he has a chance to tell her they are mates, or that he is a shifter. When she gets home, she misses him and is surprised at her own feelings. She can feel the mate bond, too, but not as strongly as he does.
He goes crazy looking for her, and finally finds her. He realizes she is pregnant and doesn't trust men, and he talks her into giving him two weeks to change her mind.
Someone decides to kill her, they don't want him to mate the human girl, and they make more than one attempt on her life, but she saves herself, and he saves her. He is very caring and loving with her.
I liked both characters very much, and I liked his family. It was interesting being set in Australia, but I would have liked more in the story that indicated it was Australia--I didn't notice much beyond city names. I felt like she caved in to him too fast, but that is explained because she slightly felt the mating bond. I wish we had gotten to know the hero better. I also wish he was a bit more alpha. He was more of the man in charge than the alpha of the group, to me.
I also felt like her bad past was maybe over-done. The sexy-times were well-written, but there was some stuff that was maybe on the edge of what I was okay with.
July 31, 2013
For Storm Wellington her carefully laid out plan for visiting Black Town was quite simple.
Find a willing man to have sex with -check
Walk away with his donation in her belly - check
Hope that she is pregnant - check
For River Black he realizes Storm is his mate the second her scent hits his nose. How to introduce a human to a shifter though is a bit more delicate than just blurting it out. He first needs to get her out of the bar and when she suggests going to her room at the motel, everything seems to be moving into the right direction. That is until he wakes up to an empty bed and his mate gone without a trace.
River finds Storm and realizes not only was he setup, but he is going to be a father. Although he would love to tear Storm a new one, he can't and realizes that there is more to Storm that makes it easy to forgive what she has done. It should be smooth sailing but his mate is not sure she wants to be a mate, an ex is intent on getting rid of Storm, and River still has not mated Storm properly.
I actually liked this one quite a bit, yes it has a few things that made me blanch, but overall fun fluff. This is one of those reads perfect to escape to, light and humorous with a touch of sizzle. I liked River and yes I was ticked at Storm, but you get why she did it and there is a redeeming moment when River finds out so it was easy to forgive her. Checking out next in series.
Find a willing man to have sex with -check
Walk away with his donation in her belly - check
Hope that she is pregnant - check
For River Black he realizes Storm is his mate the second her scent hits his nose. How to introduce a human to a shifter though is a bit more delicate than just blurting it out. He first needs to get her out of the bar and when she suggests going to her room at the motel, everything seems to be moving into the right direction. That is until he wakes up to an empty bed and his mate gone without a trace.
River finds Storm and realizes not only was he setup, but he is going to be a father. Although he would love to tear Storm a new one, he can't and realizes that there is more to Storm that makes it easy to forgive what she has done. It should be smooth sailing but his mate is not sure she wants to be a mate, an ex is intent on getting rid of Storm, and River still has not mated Storm properly.
I actually liked this one quite a bit, yes it has a few things that made me blanch, but overall fun fluff. This is one of those reads perfect to escape to, light and humorous with a touch of sizzle. I liked River and yes I was ticked at Storm, but you get why she did it and there is a redeeming moment when River finds out so it was easy to forgive her. Checking out next in series.
May 26, 2015
A fun,fun read :) She goes after what she wants and gets way more than she bargained for ;)
Storm (Storm and River love those names ;) ) was just soo much fun to me especially at 1st, her plan for get her "sperm donor" was soo funny at 1st (Kinda sweet and a lil goofy and just a tad misguided but fun) it was fun how she thought she had everything planned and thought out, I loved how looked at her and thought Mate! She looked at him and thought Donor! Boy did I giggle... He's this big ladies man who's planning forever and she's still planning to run over after possibly 5 minutes of sex. LOL!!! :) but it was a sweet and tender story, we should be soo blessed to have a Awesome guy like River come along, only thing that would have made it all truly Purrrfect would be to get rid of both Gia and Storm let me take both their places and keep Hawk as a younger Brother and give him another twin and let me have them both ;) Hey! I've spent too much ch time alone he in my life and I have a thing for twins and I'd Love to be at the center of two yummy sexy passionate men!! YES!!! Deep sigh ;)
Hated Gia but she gave the story just enough kick to keep it from being boring...
I look forward to reading more by M's. Castle ;)
Storm (Storm and River love those names ;) ) was just soo much fun to me especially at 1st, her plan for get her "sperm donor" was soo funny at 1st (Kinda sweet and a lil goofy and just a tad misguided but fun) it was fun how she thought she had everything planned and thought out, I loved how looked at her and thought Mate! She looked at him and thought Donor! Boy did I giggle... He's this big ladies man who's planning forever and she's still planning to run over after possibly 5 minutes of sex. LOL!!! :) but it was a sweet and tender story, we should be soo blessed to have a Awesome guy like River come along, only thing that would have made it all truly Purrrfect would be to get rid of both Gia and Storm let me take both their places and keep Hawk as a younger Brother and give him another twin and let me have them both ;) Hey! I've spent too much ch time alone he in my life and I have a thing for twins and I'd Love to be at the center of two yummy sexy passionate men!! YES!!! Deep sigh ;)
Hated Gia but she gave the story just enough kick to keep it from being boring...
I look forward to reading more by M's. Castle ;)
March 22, 2013
I enjoyed the book for what it was, an erotic paranormal story. The story line was good, though I found the Hero to be "Too perfect." There was a scene that ruined the romance for me though ... see below
Spoiler ...
So there is a scene where the shifter-panther shifts just his tongue and uses it on his mate. I found this weird but I could go with it. No problem. Then toward the end there is another scene where he is in his panther form while using the tongue on his mate.
This I find unacceptable. It crosses a line and it disgusted me. Which was too bad too 'cause the scene was hot to start off with. If it had happened in the beginning or even the middle of the story I would have stopped reading all together. As it is, it's at the end so I did go ahead and finish the book.
Spoiler ...
So there is a scene where the shifter-panther shifts just his tongue and uses it on his mate. I found this weird but I could go with it. No problem. Then toward the end there is another scene where he is in his panther form while using the tongue on his mate.
This I find unacceptable. It crosses a line and it disgusted me. Which was too bad too 'cause the scene was hot to start off with. If it had happened in the beginning or even the middle of the story I would have stopped reading all together. As it is, it's at the end so I did go ahead and finish the book.
September 19, 2014
The Perfect Plan(Australian SHIFTERS)By Angela Castle
This first book in the series brings drama,humor,sensitivity wrapped around an enjoyable,engaging,sexually charged storyline of a determined human female and the alpha male who discovers she's his mate. He's not going to have an easy time but he's determined to get her to see he's right for her. River and Storms story is a wonderful start to this series now going to start reading Hawk's Story in book 2 of this series and hopefully more additional characters in the future. I recommend you check out the book. Angela Castle weaves together characters,well rounded storylines and sizzling sensual scenes for our imagination and entertainment.
This first book in the series brings drama,humor,sensitivity wrapped around an enjoyable,engaging,sexually charged storyline of a determined human female and the alpha male who discovers she's his mate. He's not going to have an easy time but he's determined to get her to see he's right for her. River and Storms story is a wonderful start to this series now going to start reading Hawk's Story in book 2 of this series and hopefully more additional characters in the future. I recommend you check out the book. Angela Castle weaves together characters,well rounded storylines and sizzling sensual scenes for our imagination and entertainment.
April 1, 2013
This was the first book I have read by this author and I thought the story was good. I do have to agree with some other reviewers that the sexual contact while River was shifted was a little icky for me. Perhaps if Storm were also a shifter I would have thought nothing of it, but with her being fully human and new to even knowing shifters existed weirded me out. I just had to think about him being fully aware and having thoughts of a man not an animal (I guess). All in all though, it was a sweet story and River is super hot (as a man). I'm looking forward to reading Hawk's book. Happy reading!!
May 27, 2013
4.5 stars. I truly enjoy this book. River and Hawk delicious Panther Twins one of my favorite shifters now. They are strong Alpha and Beta that took care of there community. River's book was great even though Storm aka Cookie had so many emotional, depressive issues in her life from the High School to Adulthood, wow. She had her moments that was getting on my last nerve but I gave her much respect for standing up to that God Awful "Gia", I wanted to whup her ass hard that she would definitely would forget her name. Bravo to Ms. Castle, truly an enjoyable book. Please write Hawk story cannot wait.
August 9, 2013
Oooohh this was a good one . Really liked the idea of a strong independent woman going after her dreams of being a mother and not letting being single get in her way !! lol i loved how clueless river was, like he couldn' beleive his mate storm would leave him after they had some good sex, like get a grip dude, yall barely carried a full conversation lol. Although i must say he was a hot one . Sex scenes were good for the most part if a little repetitive. Also there was a scene in shifted form that was a tad creepy i didnt know where the author was going with it for a minute but ended up alright lol. So 4.5 stars for the purrfect plan, great start to the series !!!!
October 29, 2014
Very run of the mill. It wasn't bad, but there was nothing really good either. Followed the standard insta-lust/love formula and getting shacked up together within a month with a default "bad guy causing trouble" plot . Mostly it was just sex strung together loosely with added stuff, though it could probably have been turned in to a decent PNR if it was longer and lingered more on events instead of opting to be erotica.
May 1, 2015
Ever heard of a sperm bank?
I tried reading it, just for the hell of it, but the insta-love they got going on has me nauseous on so many levels. It was slowly and steadily decreasing to two stars from that moment on. Then the author decides to make a sex scene with the male protagonist, River, in cat form. Bestiality, anybody? Storm; betrayed, broken, vulnerable,full of doubts, this one. "Wounded vulnerability" to quote River. Or at least that's how she's portrayed. She's supposed to be a feisty mate because of the screw-and-run of it all, but she barely stood up to the the "big, sexy, domineering Alpha male". Ugh. The porcelain throne is calling me.
I tried reading it, just for the hell of it, but the insta-love they got going on has me nauseous on so many levels. It was slowly and steadily decreasing to two stars from that moment on. Then the author decides to make a sex scene with the male protagonist, River, in cat form. Bestiality, anybody? Storm; betrayed, broken, vulnerable,full of doubts, this one. "Wounded vulnerability" to quote River. Or at least that's how she's portrayed. She's supposed to be a feisty mate because of the screw-and-run of it all, but she barely stood up to the the "big, sexy, domineering Alpha male". Ugh. The porcelain throne is calling me.
February 10, 2013
I struggled with what star to give this book to be honest. I did love the story, I thought it was sexy and hot and what a shifter story is about, but I did only give it the 4 stars as one part of the book kinda turned my stomach a little bit, i have never seen a shifter shift into his animal form and preform some kind of sexual act on his partner so it kinda turned my stomach to be honest.. over all it was a good read if only had left that bit out of the story it would have been a 5 star for me ...
July 3, 2013
nothing much happened. Not much of a plot, just two people falling in love after SPOILERS having sex, getting pregnant, and then Storm suddenly moved in with River when he found her. The whole book was just sex with a little bit of bestiality thrown in. Not reeeeaaallllllllyyyy worth the money. Unless you like graphic porn. The book spanned about a three weeks with a two and a half week time jump. The book's just a porno, sorry folks.
September 26, 2014
Highly entertaining
The heroine wants a baby and is on the hunt for a donor. The men in her life have left her distrustful. Of course she ends up in a bar in a shifter town and catches the eye of the Alpha. It is really quite interesting how he falls for her. The secondary characters are hilarious and add a great deal to the story. The psychotic ex of course creates the drama. A good read.
The heroine wants a baby and is on the hunt for a donor. The men in her life have left her distrustful. Of course she ends up in a bar in a shifter town and catches the eye of the Alpha. It is really quite interesting how he falls for her. The secondary characters are hilarious and add a great deal to the story. The psychotic ex of course creates the drama. A good read.
February 25, 2016
I loved the idea, you don't see many PNR with the single mother setting (especially when they intentionally get pregnant) and decided to give this a try. DNF at about 45%, I felt the already basic plot was getting thinner by the minute. The dialogue was drab and felt teenager-ish (haven't said that since Twilight, ugh); it's just not what I had hoped it would be. Glad I was able to return my kindle version.
September 25, 2016
This is one of my favorite books its about people who change into animals. One of the main people is Storm she's been let down by men all of her life first by her father then by the men she has dated. She wants to have a baby so she goes out to find a one night stand enter alpha male River he is the alpha to Black town he also has a younger twin brother Hawk. I would highly recommend this book its highly enjoyable and an entertaining read.
February 19, 2013
I found the writing on this one to be simplistic, choppy and amateurish. The plotting was thin and pretty unbelievable. It was all insta love even stretching my willingness to believe in 'fated mates', which is something I'm generally willing to roll with since I like shifter stories.
Nope, not for me.
Nope, not for me.
April 16, 2013
As far as short stories are concerned, it is better to jump into the heart of the matter so that the plot can flow smoothly. I found the writing of this story a little too simplistic. Nevertheless the quaint little shifter town and the emotional moments between Storm and River where pleasant to discover.
May 7, 2013
This was a pretty good book. A woman, completely disillusioned by the idea of love and men as stable partners, decides that she is going to use a man (one night stand) to get pregnant and then run off to have the child herself. This is one of the only reasons I kept reading after the last couple of offerings.
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