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Leopard's Spots #4
Isaiah
Snow leopard shifter Isaiah Trujillo isn’t a doctor like his brother Tim, but he’s a good guy and when he meets Bae Allen Warren, he knows he’s found the one man to make his life complete.Snow leopard shifter Isaiah Trujillo wasn’t the brightest guy. His brother was a doctor with more letters after his name than in it, and Isaiah was just a mechanic. But, he strived to be a good person, and that included accepting the offer to volunteer at a GLBTQ youth centre.
He’s nervous as hell, but Isaiah’s determined to do what he can to help.
Bae Allen Warren is a veterinarian with a mobile practice. It allows him more freedom than having an actual building he had to work out of. He had more baggage than any man should, thanks to his messed up shifter family. His lepe, or clan, was a source of constant stress and guilt. But the leader, his grandfather, makes demands on Bae he can’t ever fulfil for moral and other reasons.
When Bae and Isaiah meet, it’s instant attraction. They know they’re mates, but there’s so many obstacles in their way, not the least of which are the stalkers who seem determined to kidnap Bae.
He’s nervous as hell, but Isaiah’s determined to do what he can to help.
Bae Allen Warren is a veterinarian with a mobile practice. It allows him more freedom than having an actual building he had to work out of. He had more baggage than any man should, thanks to his messed up shifter family. His lepe, or clan, was a source of constant stress and guilt. But the leader, his grandfather, makes demands on Bae he can’t ever fulfil for moral and other reasons.
When Bae and Isaiah meet, it’s instant attraction. They know they’re mates, but there’s so many obstacles in their way, not the least of which are the stalkers who seem determined to kidnap Bae.
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 2, 2012
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About the author
Bailey Bradford
191 books552 followersA few things about me...
I am a married mom of four who spends most of the day writing, either on stories or at the blog. I love to write as much as I love to read. I am generally quiet and laid back, choosing to let things slide off me rather than stick and irritate me.
And it's really hard trying to think of descriptives for myself, so I'll just let y'all e-mail me or comment at the blog if there's something specific you'd like to know, and spare you from reading a boring bio:D
I am a married mom of four who spends most of the day writing, either on stories or at the blog. I love to write as much as I love to read. I am generally quiet and laid back, choosing to let things slide off me rather than stick and irritate me.
And it's really hard trying to think of descriptives for myself, so I'll just let y'all e-mail me or comment at the blog if there's something specific you'd like to know, and spare you from reading a boring bio:D
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November 9, 2018
Fourth book in the series. Still dealing with the same poor editing.
Examples;
Five minutes later, Isaiah pulled the bike into a parking spot by the kerb. In Denver Colorado that would be curb.
Isaiah’s pucker clenched, refusing entrance, then Bae’s dicks was sucked in, heat and rippling walls pulling and pulling until his groin was pressed against Isaiah’s butt. Dicks? Plural? When did that happen?
Sloppy editing is sloppy.
Examples;
Five minutes later, Isaiah pulled the bike into a parking spot by the kerb. In Denver Colorado that would be curb.
Isaiah’s pucker clenched, refusing entrance, then Bae’s dicks was sucked in, heat and rippling walls pulling and pulling until his groin was pressed against Isaiah’s butt. Dicks? Plural? When did that happen?
Sloppy editing is sloppy.
January 26, 2016
I love a book series and particularly the kind written like 'Leopard's Spots' where you have consistent interaction with the characters you've met in prior installments. For me, that makes it feel like I'm reading about people I actually know, and thus the series is burned into my brain with a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings. So, for that very reason, I was excited to read this fourth installment of the series where Isaiah, Tim's little brother, is the featured leopard.
Isaiah doesn't think of himself as smart. In fact, he has a pretty bad habit of beating himself up about what he considers his "lack if brains". His brother is the one with all the fancy degrees. Isaiah owns an auto shop and loves restoring classic cars. He's pretty shy and a little insecure outside of work but still yearns for his soul mate and hopes to find the love at first sight. When a customer recommends that he start volunteering at a GLBTQ center, he works up the nerve to go and meet the director.
Bae is a veterinarian with a mobile clinic who also volunteers at The Heart, the GLBTQ center. He is an Amur leopard shifter, and because their race is almost extinct, the priority within his lepe is on reproduction. His family, for the most part, doesn't have a problem with him being gay, they've just always assumed his mate would be female and Bae would help to contribute the cubs they need. Never mind that Bae gets nauseous just thinking about having sex with a woman.
In the midst of Isaiah and Bae beginning their mating, they are also plagued with a black SUV that seems to be stalking Bae. They have no idea who it is or what they want. When Isaiah and Bae go to meet with Bae's father and the head of the lepe to announce their mating and inform them that Bae will not be producing cubs, Bae is banished from the lepe and further contact with his family.
I greatly enjoyed this installment because not only did it deal with different shifter types, it also dealt with completely different shifter cultures and societies. This book also tried to delve a little more into what creates a shifter and, from a scientific standpoint, what is in their DNA that makes them what they are. I definitely recommend this series but will also say that it should be read in order so that nothing gets missed.
NOTE: This book was provided by Pride Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews
Isaiah doesn't think of himself as smart. In fact, he has a pretty bad habit of beating himself up about what he considers his "lack if brains". His brother is the one with all the fancy degrees. Isaiah owns an auto shop and loves restoring classic cars. He's pretty shy and a little insecure outside of work but still yearns for his soul mate and hopes to find the love at first sight. When a customer recommends that he start volunteering at a GLBTQ center, he works up the nerve to go and meet the director.
Bae is a veterinarian with a mobile clinic who also volunteers at The Heart, the GLBTQ center. He is an Amur leopard shifter, and because their race is almost extinct, the priority within his lepe is on reproduction. His family, for the most part, doesn't have a problem with him being gay, they've just always assumed his mate would be female and Bae would help to contribute the cubs they need. Never mind that Bae gets nauseous just thinking about having sex with a woman.
In the midst of Isaiah and Bae beginning their mating, they are also plagued with a black SUV that seems to be stalking Bae. They have no idea who it is or what they want. When Isaiah and Bae go to meet with Bae's father and the head of the lepe to announce their mating and inform them that Bae will not be producing cubs, Bae is banished from the lepe and further contact with his family.
I greatly enjoyed this installment because not only did it deal with different shifter types, it also dealt with completely different shifter cultures and societies. This book also tried to delve a little more into what creates a shifter and, from a scientific standpoint, what is in their DNA that makes them what they are. I definitely recommend this series but will also say that it should be read in order so that nothing gets missed.
NOTE: This book was provided by Pride Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews
May 20, 2017
Re-read 5/20/17: Interesting read about a snow leopard shifter, Isaiah, and how he finds his mate, Bae. The whole series is about family of snow leopard shifters and their various mates. In this case, Bae is an Amur leopard, whose family is almost cult-like in that they have a forced breeding program to try to keep their Amur line alive despite dwindling birth rates.
July 7, 2012
Really liked this series. This book was a disappointment because it was just very little story and lots of sex.
March 3, 2020
Book 4 in the Leopard’s Spot series is about Isaiah, Tim’s brother, and is set in the US again. The other MC, Bae, grew up in a harsh, cult-like environment with pretty awful, warped “customs”. Bae is nice, but maybe a bit too hung-up on some of his fears and in the beginning he’s a little brainwashed still about the goings-on in his lepe/family. Isaiah is a great guy, shy though and lacking a little in self-confidence. It was lovely to see him grow and learn his own worth.
November 22, 2013
Isaiah is brother to Timothy who mated Otto in the previous book. Isaiah has always felt inferior and dumb compared to his older brother who holds multiple degrees including doctorates while he is simply a mechanic.
He decIdes to volunteer at The Heart, a GLBTQ center for kids. There he meets his mate Bae an Amur leopard.
Now after this initial meeting the GLBTQ center is not Mentioned again. Even though both men were supposed to be teaching trade classes to these children ona weekly basis. So I kind of felt like the center was used as a means to an end then simply forgotten. Also their mutual friend who introduced them Cliff was never mentioned again. Even though we learned quite a bit about cliff and his relationship with His deceased partner Quincy.
I am bummed that we met so many awesome characters in this book who will not be getting their own book. Cliff for Example. or some of the young men we met from the The Heart. Or the halfbreed shifters we met towards the end, one of which we know meets his mate.
This is not the first time we miss out on minor characters stories....I wish we would either get to read about these ppl we meet or maybe stop introducing these new characters in a way that might suggest future stories. :-/
But back to I&B.... their story takes an interesting turn as it becomes apparent that B is being followed by someone in a dark car. His safety doesn't seem to be at risk which makes the situation even more confounding. The story line involving these mysterious stalkers comes to an abrupt and unfinished ending which feels very f frustrating! The stalkers story sounds interesting and they went through so much to get B's attention and then the entire book just ends. They say what their plan is but we as readers don't get to see it come to life. We get Gypped!!
The only thing that saved this book was that I&B were so adorable together and so in love. The sex scenes were awesome and romantic. Isaiah was always defending his man but In the end their relationship was always on equal ground.
He decIdes to volunteer at The Heart, a GLBTQ center for kids. There he meets his mate Bae an Amur leopard.
Now after this initial meeting the GLBTQ center is not Mentioned again. Even though both men were supposed to be teaching trade classes to these children ona weekly basis. So I kind of felt like the center was used as a means to an end then simply forgotten. Also their mutual friend who introduced them Cliff was never mentioned again. Even though we learned quite a bit about cliff and his relationship with His deceased partner Quincy.
I am bummed that we met so many awesome characters in this book who will not be getting their own book. Cliff for Example. or some of the young men we met from the The Heart. Or the halfbreed shifters we met towards the end, one of which we know meets his mate.
This is not the first time we miss out on minor characters stories....I wish we would either get to read about these ppl we meet or maybe stop introducing these new characters in a way that might suggest future stories. :-/
But back to I&B.... their story takes an interesting turn as it becomes apparent that B is being followed by someone in a dark car. His safety doesn't seem to be at risk which makes the situation even more confounding. The story line involving these mysterious stalkers comes to an abrupt and unfinished ending which feels very f frustrating! The stalkers story sounds interesting and they went through so much to get B's attention and then the entire book just ends. They say what their plan is but we as readers don't get to see it come to life. We get Gypped!!
The only thing that saved this book was that I&B were so adorable together and so in love. The sex scenes were awesome and romantic. Isaiah was always defending his man but In the end their relationship was always on equal ground.
August 7, 2016
Isaiah is a sweetheart and possibly my main draw here. He starts out as a pretty awesome guy all-around, and remains that way for the entire story, never wavering even a little in this. In contrast, Bae has his ups and downs, but that seems reasonable. Of course this is insta-love (faithful to this particular type of story), so accepting that, the devotion between the two guys is sweet to watch.
As far as fictional sex goes, this is not the bad kind (albeit consensually violent), and it ties in tightly with the relationship these two develop. However, it simply takes up so very much of the story. Removing the sex scenes might cut the word count in half. That’s a lot of sex. Or very drawn-out descriptions, anyway.
Luckily the rest of the time things actually seem to happen at a sound pace. So aside from during some of the sexual activities, I did not feel bored at all.
The end, on the other hand, comes about way too abruptly and without a what feels like a true resolution. Apparently just so that we can skip forward to a sex-laden epilogue. And maybe to a spinoff series for the dangling storyline…
I am still disconcerted by this author’s recurring tendency to have the physically weaker partner turn physically abusive at the slightest provocation. I mean, Tim never struck me as the bullying type in his own book but here he threatens his mate and actually hits him a few times in a response to teasing. Not cool.
As far as fictional sex goes, this is not the bad kind (albeit consensually violent), and it ties in tightly with the relationship these two develop. However, it simply takes up so very much of the story. Removing the sex scenes might cut the word count in half. That’s a lot of sex. Or very drawn-out descriptions, anyway.
Luckily the rest of the time things actually seem to happen at a sound pace. So aside from during some of the sexual activities, I did not feel bored at all.
The end, on the other hand, comes about way too abruptly and without a what feels like a true resolution. Apparently just so that we can skip forward to a sex-laden epilogue. And maybe to a spinoff series for the dangling storyline…
I am still disconcerted by this author’s recurring tendency to have the physically weaker partner turn physically abusive at the slightest provocation. I mean, Tim never struck me as the bullying type in his own book but here he threatens his mate and actually hits him a few times in a response to teasing. Not cool.
September 11, 2013
This is the fourth book in the series. I struggled to finish this one, it just didn’t appeal. Isiah and Bae are okay. The mystery (all the books in the series have a small mystery to solve) is a little different. Someone is trying to kidnap Bae and there aren’t any real clues to why. That’s the first issue I had. There is absolutely no way I can solve the mystery myself. I like a few clues to keep that part of the story interesting. The only clue is that the two shifters trying to kidnap Bae have a really foul stench, almost like they are decaying. So, the answers are given rather than discovered. The second problem isn’t so much a problem as it just didn’t appeal. There is a lot of sex in this book. It isn’t much beyond PWP, but it does have a plot. I should have picked a story with more story for this week.
So far I’ve liked the second one, Oscar, the best. I still like the series and will read the next one.
So far I’ve liked the second one, Oscar, the best. I still like the series and will read the next one.
November 8, 2012
Good action and plot but again marred by inconsistencies. In Timothy's book, it is stated that Tim has one brother, Isaiah, and two sisters, Renna and Stephanie.
But I guess there is something to be said for it taking me a lot less time to read this book than the previous one.
I liked Bae standing up to his family and that his father seemed to begin to stand up to Bae's grandfather, but I feel the story is definitely incomplete not knowing what happend with Adal and Dorso and with Steven and his leader and lepe.
But I guess there is something to be said for it taking me a lot less time to read this book than the previous one.
I liked Bae standing up to his family and that his father seemed to begin to stand up to Bae's grandfather, but I feel the story is definitely incomplete not knowing what happend with Adal and Dorso and with Steven and his leader and lepe.
September 26, 2014
The fourth book in the series, and it is more of the same. Lots of instant attraction between mates, a bit of danger for our MC's and easily resolved conflict that only leads to more sex. In fact so much sex, that it isn't sexy anymore. Still, I had fun reading it, so I give it an enjoyable 3 stars
August 29, 2015
Bradford's writing is dull and uninspired. These stories just couldn't hold my interest for long. Thankfully, they were short, so there was that. Had they been any longer, I would've given up. Hell, I did give on #5...
July 11, 2012
Juuust didn't do it for me.
November 22, 2013
3.5 stars
Great series, lovely romance!
Great series, lovely romance!
January 2, 2016
3.5 Stars
January 24, 2017
Isaiah ( Leopard's Spots)
This was also great I Loved it can't wait to read the next one in this series and I will be reading it next...
This was also great I Loved it can't wait to read the next one in this series and I will be reading it next...
July 21, 2014
3.5 stars
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