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Bayou Heat #7-12

Bayou Heat Collection Two

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Six Sizzling Hot Puma Shifters, Six Sexy Stories...One low price...

The Bayou Heat Collection Two includes the following six bestselling paranormal romance titles by Alexandra Ivy and Laura Wright:

SEBASTIAN/ARISTIDE
LIAN/ROCH
HAKAN/SEVERIN

Author Note: Each title can be purchased individually or as a box set.

120,000 words.
A USA Today Bestselling series

Books 7&8
SEBASTIAN
Sebastian Duval has devoted his life to ensuring the survival of his people. He’ll do whatever is necessary to protect the Wildlands, even if it means working with the human FBI.
Reny Smith refuses to allow her amnesia to ruin her life. She’s created a new identity and is determined to become a successful FBI agent. Unfortunately, she’ll have to choose whether to run from the man who threatens to strip away her defenses, or listen to her heart and become the woman she was always meant to be.
ARISTIDE
Gorgeous Nurturer Aristide, is a rare male. He wants to be mated, wants love and a family. But Aristide must decide between the abiding want of his puma heart and the vow he’s made to his shifter species.
Reporter Katherine Burke lives for one thing. Her five-year-old son, Noah. She will do anything to protect him, including writing heinous lies about a group of puma shifters she doesn’t even believe exist.

Books 9&10
LIAN
The Hunter:
Lian isn’t a happy puma. He’s a lethal Hunter who should be out fighting the enemy, not babysitting a human scholar. Still, he’ll do whatever necessary to rid the world of the evil goddess, Shakpi.
The Scholar:
Dr. Sage Parker has always known she’s different. Not only because she’s a genius with languages, but because she has a weird ability to see auras around people. Then Lian charges into her life, dragging her out of the safety of her home and she must translate the ancient Pantera scrolls before Shakpi destroys the male she loves.
ROCH
Brilliant Diplomat Roch is devoted to his work. The sexy, blond male wants nothing more than to keep his life just as it is. But when he falls ill, he’s forced to find help in the human world.
Attorney Lydia Page has not only been fired from her job for being pregnant, but the clinic where she was inseminated wants her to end the pregnancy because she’s carrying an ‘animal.’ She loves her unborn child, and soon realizes that the only way to keep herself and her baby safe is to accept the help of a mysterious and very handsome puma shifter.

Books 11&12
HAKAN
Hakan never apologizes for being a lethal, barely civilized Hunter, but he understands that he has to be careful when it comes to his future mate, Payton. When he discovers she’s been captured, however, he’s done waiting.
Payton understands that there’s nothing more important than discovering why their newest enemies are targeting the Pantera. Does she listen to her pride, or give in to the urgings of her fragile heart?
SÉVERIN
Séverin has lived the last ten years of his life in his puma form. He is feral, predatory and angry at the human world. When he comes upon a human female running scared through his Wildlands domain, he wants nothing more than to get her back to the border. But as she finds shelter with him in his rustic treehouse, the male inside him starts to emerge, threatening his still-caged heart.
Running from her abusive ex, Taylor is desperate for a place to hide. Luckily, there is one Pantera who might want the beautiful teacher to stay.

483 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2014

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About the author

Alexandra Ivy

141 books5,178 followers
I'm not exactly sure when I fell in love with books. Probably on my mother's knee listening to her read Dr. Seuss to me. I do remember that I was barely old enough to cross the street by myself when I discovered the delights of the local library. Could anything be more wonderful than spending summer days surrounded by stacks of Nancy Drew mysteries? Over the years I fell in love with Victoria Holt, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, and J.R.R. Tolkien just to name a few. I read poetry, essays, biographies, and plays. In fact, I read anything I could get my hands on.

Years later (no, I'm not admitting how many) I'm still an avid reader, and my tastes are still as varied as they were in my youth, which I suppose helps to explain why I enjoy writing regency historicals under the name of Deborah Raleigh, as well as my contemporary paranormals as Alexandra Ivy. For now that is enough to keep me busy, but who knows what the future might hold!

I do have a few other loves in my life besides reading and writing, the most important being my unbelievably patient husband, David, and my two sons, Chance and Alexander. Without their constant support and belief in me, I never could have been able to follow my dreams. They are truly my heroes.

--From authors website--

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Profile Image for Jamoz23.
5,336 reviews46 followers
April 1, 2017
4.5 stars for one very interesting and different type of shifter series.
Fantastic value for money and I love having these books together for easy re-reading.
I love the direction that this series has gone in and all the interesting characters we meet and are still meeting.
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Author 5 books9 followers
September 11, 2016
The stories are super short making it hard to get into/care about the characters. There is a bigger storyline running through the books, but the narrative hardly pays attention to it. The female characters are slightly more interesting. At least they have different looks and personalities. All the males are 'sculpted from marble' and 'arrogant'.

Good fluff to read to unwind after work, but really expected a richer world from Alexandra Ivy.
Profile Image for Monica.
2,079 reviews
August 10, 2015
Great collection #2.

Sebastian is an interesting one. He reminds me a lot of Rafael. He's a suit but now he's gotta work with the FBI which pisses him off. That is...until he meets Remy who gets his puma purring and the man of course. She feels the same as well. He smells puma in her which baffles him and she's got no clue. That might have something to do with losing her memory. I have to say that a lot comes out in this set between this story and the last. Especially about Remy.

Aristide is a nurturer and male and thats pretty rare. He's made a promise to himself and his puma that when he mates which he desperately wants that it HAS to be with a female puma. He meets Katherine who in part is to blame for all the negativity about the Wildlands and the pumas. She's the reported that told all the lies. Ari insists on protecting her for some reason but at the same time needs answers. Theres a good reason she did what she did. She has a child whos being used and of course a mother will do ANYTHING for the safety of her child. Ari can't fight his attraction to her and he continually makes her feel like dirt because she is human and she isnt good enough for him. He doesnt come out and say that in exact words but basically he kinda does. His puma has other ideas though. His man brain caught up too slowly to register. LOL. So...didnt see the thing with Hiss coming! Wow...traiter against the Pantera. I can see his reasoning but yeah...still wrong.

Lian was kinda funny sometimes. He's a hunter and has been tasked to find this doctor who can read ancient scrolls they have and have been unable to decipher. So...Xavier is a geek but a hot geek. Anyways, he knows someone who can do it but apparently dont know alot about the person but he sends Lian to fetch HIM. Lo and behold he gets to their home which is in the country and has all kinds of traps set to prevent someone from entering their domain. This doctor is a shut in kinda. Well...Lian learns real fast that its no a he but a she. Dr. Sage Parker. She's also an unpracticed Shaman and doesnt really want anything to do with it. However, now that her life is in danger tahts a different story. Lian takes a shine to her instantly and has a soft spot for the doctor. Now...Shakpi is finally taken care of when finally their goddess returns. So, shes out of the picture but a new threat emerges. Not a nice one either...thought Shakpi was bad? Uh no. Rosalie and Mercier are kidnapped and held for ransom for Hiss.

Roch ugh I wanted to slap that boy! Roch is a diplomat for the Pantera. He's fallen ill and doenst know why. Something is pulling him but he doesnt know why or where. He follows his puma instincts and follows and finds Lydia. Lydia wants a family and has gotten artificially inseminated successfully but this "clinic" tells her she has to abort it because its part Pantera. She wont hear of it and gets pissed of course and flees. Roch finds her in a beignet shop. He's confused and shes scared and freaked a little. He ends up scaring her lol. Finds her later and found out shes pregnant with a Pantera cub. For her safety he takes her to the Wildlands because someone tries to hurt her. He doesnt even find out right away that she didnt lay with a Pantera. Everyone is pissed and confused to why a human clinic would even get a hold of thier semen to even do that kind of thing. He wants her but doesnt really make a move until he finds out who fathered the cub. He hurts her pretty bad and thats why I wanted to slap him cause really? Men! Of course by a twist of fate he IS the father. After groveling she accepts his mating. Bad news is Mercier has been killed trying to save his mate Rosalie. Sad face!

Haken ok...so he's rough around the edges and he's dominant. 20 years ago he breaks Payton his mates heart by rejecting her. She's lived with it for 20 years and has successfully avoided each other since then. What she didnt know was the reason and when she finds out she UNDERSTANDS it but still...he could have told her. I mean yeah she was young and he didnt want to break her spirit. He wanted her to grow up. He's always fully intended to claim her but wanted her to give her time to grow into her puma. Uh why couldnt he have said that? Probably because Payton would have driven him mad and claimed her anyways and he didnt want that for her so he pushed her away. She's not quick to accept him back...at least to mate him. He hurt her pretty bad. Boy he makes up for it though....awww the wooing!

Severin oh my poor sweetie! THIS is my favorite of them all! He's been in the Wildlands for 10 years and hes always remained his puma. He's got issues and turns out he was kidnapped and used for experiments and his man bits to put it nicely. He meets Taylor whos a human and comes to the Wildlands for refuge and protection from an ex whos hell bent on hurting her or worse. He doesnt want her there at first. He allows it because he puma pushes it. Bits here and there he's revealed his male to her. She makes him feel better and he her. Both have been abused and used. Shes so great and understanding. Hell she is something else if she considering living in a tree house with him even if hes his puma the whole time. He finally reveals himself fully to her and smiles and talks. Its so sweet and cute. Anyways, great story and loved it. My fav. Things arent over yet not by a long shot! This Mr. Locke is nutso and now he has Hiss.
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1,203 reviews14 followers
February 10, 2018
Box set 2 puma shifters

This is the second box set. Each book had 2 stories. Around 8 stories total. Very well written and continued through the series.
Overview. Each puma shifter finds there mate and help to solve the mystery of their future. The first box set was about the goddesses. The puma creation, and how to balance their future. But box set 2 showed that some of the things from box set 1 were leading into this set and a bigger cause is happening. Looking forward to the next box set.
4,809 reviews9 followers
December 29, 2019
Good set of books

Interesting storyline that weaves through all the books. Paranormal intrigue and romance of shapeshifters and humans fighting unknown enemies and finding their mates. Enjoyable.
Profile Image for Heather.
116 reviews2 followers
March 25, 2018
loved them all so far on to the next ones
34 reviews
June 16, 2019
Great book

Every story will keep you on the edge of you r seat..makes you want to read more of her books.
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1,010 reviews
February 11, 2023
It was nice to have all these stories in one collection. Of course, some were better than others, but it was nice that they kept the timeline so it was easy to follow the story.
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2,044 reviews32 followers
January 3, 2015
3 1/2 Total for all three books.

#7 Sebastian by Alexandra Ivy

Attacks outside of the Wildlands are being blamed on Pantera and Sebastian is tapped to work with FBI agent Reny. Reny woke in a hospital 6 years ago with no memory of her previous life. Sebastian immediately recognizes her as his mate. And almost as quickly they are off and running trying to find out who is helping the evil goddess in her plan to start an interspecies war between the Pantera and humans.

This story is super quick and though the other stories were quick also the romance was believable. Not that it wasn't here there just wasn't enough time to get into it, they literally fell in love in one day. Just too quick and I didn't get to know the characters enough.

The furthering of the story was enjoyable.


#8 Aristide by Laura Wright

Aristide is determined that his future mate will be a Pantera female, but one look at waitress Katherine and his mating instincts start to take over. This is bad not only because she is human but she is also the author of an article about the Pantera portraying them as bloodthirsty killers. Kat would do anything to protect her son who was taken by her ex to force her to write the article.

Aristide is so sexy and tender, he is a to die for hero. Kat was likable but not as developed. Again, the couple pretty much fall in love and mate in a day.

Ashe's baby is born and we also find out that the evil goddess needs the baby's blood in order to fulfill her plot.

The Pantera traitor is discovered though his motivations seem to honest and there is a big twist
at the end.


#9 Lian by Alexandra Ivy

Lian is sent to find a human scholar who may be able to decipher the ancient scrolls and save the Pantera by preventing Shakpi from returning from her current stasis form.

He finds Sage, a somewhat shut-in and is instantly attracted. This story is a return to the focus on the romance. The Shakpi storyline is resolved somewhat neatly and in a bow, but there is another faction that is attempting to cause mayhem in the Wildlands.

I liked Lian and Sage very much, their romance is sweet and sexy.


#10 Roch by Laura Wright

Roch will do whatever it takes to save his people but he's been suffering from an ailment that leaves him nauseous. He is inexplicable drawn to New Orleans where is drawn like a beacon to Lydia.

Lydia, a single attorney has been artificially inseminated (which she wanted) but apparently the father of her child is Pantera. The place she was inseminated is shady and the official want her to terminate her pregnancy immediately.

When Roch finds her, he is drawn to her and wants to take her back to the Wildlands. Knowing her child is Pantera, Lydia wants to find out as much as she can about the shifters.

Could Roch possibly be the father of her cub, and is that why he is drawn to her. They have a sweet romance and I liked them together.


#11 Hakan and Payton by Alexandra Ivy

Hakan has kept Payton at arms length waiting for her to mature enough to mate with her (20 years!) but hearing she is missing sends him on a quest to find her.

Hakan is sexy in the extreme and he and Payton set the pages on fire. She's resentful that he rejected her when she was young and though he explains why he did what he did, she doesn't want to just fall into his arms.

Payton annoyed me a bit with her game playing, she was purposely trying to punish Haka and though she did eventually give in it didn't endear her to me.

The story progression is good, with more information about the sinister fertility clinic revealed.


#12 Severin and Taylor by Laura Wright

Severin was abused at the clinic for years before escaping and now lives in his puma shape. Taylor (a human) is running from an abusive ex and is discovered by Severin who protects her. Both are drawn to each other and feel safe together.

I liked both of them and there is more information about the clinic and what the enemies are after. But the story was just too short and ended abruptly.





Profile Image for Leila Mota.
640 reviews6 followers
January 23, 2016
It's almost the same thing as the first collection, and all the stories just feel like the same, only changing names. The difference is that there's an idea of a plot that goes behind the scenes, almost like a background to the romantic couples' stories. You keep reading to see where it's going, and you feel like it will never end. Actually it's possible to keep going eternally with this background plot and I get tired of this. I don't like series, trilogies, etc. I like independent books where I can see a story's beginning, development and closure.
Profile Image for Rhonda.
451 reviews
July 31, 2015
Left me still wanting more!

In this second set we find a new enemy since Skapti is now gone. The characters are rich and well developed, but I wanted more about their life, after. Granted every character is intricately interwoven with the next couple that emerges and brought into play. I am waiting for the story about Hiss and his family. More please!!!!
Profile Image for Cali Jewel.
5,249 reviews39 followers
January 25, 2017
Great additions to the Bayou Heat series. These Six Pantera are Sexy, Wild, and had me speed reading the entire box set just to see what happens next. These are so well written they make you feel you are right there with the Pantera fighting for the servile of their race and protecting their home. I look forward to the next book.
163 reviews
May 14, 2015
Another winner!

I can't get enough of these books. I had another book to read but held off just for this set. Great change up, didn't expect the twist.
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87 reviews2 followers
December 30, 2014
Enjoyed this series of books. I can't wait unitl tge next book comes out.
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