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Sexy Beast #1
Sexy Beast: Chanku Rising / Tiger, Tiger / Night of the Jaguar
Some men are more than meets the eye. . .much, much more. And when they unleash a woman's wildest desires--her deepest, animal hunger--the results are primal, magical, and undeniably hot. . .
Chanku Rising Kate Douglas
Xandi, Keisha, Stefan and Anton share a powerful they are shapeshifters whose primal power and heightened senses bring an added ecstasy to their lovemaking that is beyond all words. Now, one of their own is threatened by a danger from the outside, from one determined to expose their sexy secrets, and the friends will go to any lengths to save her and their clan. . .
Tiger, Tiger Noelle Mack
In the demon-haunted Himalayas, where illusion and reality are often one and the same, strange things happen. For a hard-bodied, world-class climber--a man of unearthly sensuality--that border will be challenged in the most erotic of encounters. In the guise of a blue-eyed snow tiger, he is able to lure one intrepid woman into his mountain lair and show her that the line between man and beast is blissfully slim indeed. . .
Night Of The Jaguar Vivi Anna
When Myra Galas finally takes her dream trip to the Amazon, she never imagines it will end in tragedy. Wounded and alone, Myra's mind is stalked by a dark, sexy male--sometimes man, sometimes jaguar--she inexplicably craves with every inch of her body. When she wakes to find herself in his powerful arms, he stirs something deep inside her--an ancient, hedonistic desire clawing to be set free. . .
Open yourself to pleasure and indulge the beast within. . .
Chanku Rising Kate Douglas
Xandi, Keisha, Stefan and Anton share a powerful they are shapeshifters whose primal power and heightened senses bring an added ecstasy to their lovemaking that is beyond all words. Now, one of their own is threatened by a danger from the outside, from one determined to expose their sexy secrets, and the friends will go to any lengths to save her and their clan. . .
Tiger, Tiger Noelle Mack
In the demon-haunted Himalayas, where illusion and reality are often one and the same, strange things happen. For a hard-bodied, world-class climber--a man of unearthly sensuality--that border will be challenged in the most erotic of encounters. In the guise of a blue-eyed snow tiger, he is able to lure one intrepid woman into his mountain lair and show her that the line between man and beast is blissfully slim indeed. . .
Night Of The Jaguar Vivi Anna
When Myra Galas finally takes her dream trip to the Amazon, she never imagines it will end in tragedy. Wounded and alone, Myra's mind is stalked by a dark, sexy male--sometimes man, sometimes jaguar--she inexplicably craves with every inch of her body. When she wakes to find herself in his powerful arms, he stirs something deep inside her--an ancient, hedonistic desire clawing to be set free. . .
Open yourself to pleasure and indulge the beast within. . .
272 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Kate Douglas
162 books837 followersSome people just seem to know they are meant to write, but it can still take a while to figure out exactly what their career will entail. Kate Douglas started out writing radio copy for a country western radio station in 1972, wrote and illustrated an educational cartoon strip for the American Mosquito Control Association for a number of years, was a newspaper reporter for a small town weekly where she covered everything from high school sports to drug busts, and then, in the mid-1980s, decided to write her first romance.
Many submissions and rejections followed.
In 1998, she sold to a small ebook publisher before anyone knew what an ebook was, but it wasn't until 2005, a full twenty years after finishing that first romance, that she signed with a New York publisher.
In January 2006, Kensington Publishing launched their Aphrodisia imprint of erotic romance with Kate's Wolf Tales, a sexy paranormal series about a lost race of shapeshifters. She went on to write 21 novels and novellas in that series, then wrote three other series for Kensington before moving to St. Martin's Press.
She has two series with SMP--The Intimate Relations series complete with three novels and one novella of romantic suspense set in California's wine country, and an erotic paranormal series, Feral Passions, set in California's Trinity Alps.
She is also continuing her Spirit Wild series, the sequel to Wolf Tales, independently.
Kate and her husband of over forty-five years have two adult children and six grandchildren. They live in the small town of Healdsburg, California, in the heart of the beautiful Sonoma County wine country.
www.katedouglas.com and www.katedouglas.com/eroticromance for full chapter excerpts of all of Kate's books.
You can find Kate on Facebook at www.facebook.com/katedouglas.authorpage or on Twitter @wolftales
Many submissions and rejections followed.
In 1998, she sold to a small ebook publisher before anyone knew what an ebook was, but it wasn't until 2005, a full twenty years after finishing that first romance, that she signed with a New York publisher.
In January 2006, Kensington Publishing launched their Aphrodisia imprint of erotic romance with Kate's Wolf Tales, a sexy paranormal series about a lost race of shapeshifters. She went on to write 21 novels and novellas in that series, then wrote three other series for Kensington before moving to St. Martin's Press.
She has two series with SMP--The Intimate Relations series complete with three novels and one novella of romantic suspense set in California's wine country, and an erotic paranormal series, Feral Passions, set in California's Trinity Alps.
She is also continuing her Spirit Wild series, the sequel to Wolf Tales, independently.
Kate and her husband of over forty-five years have two adult children and six grandchildren. They live in the small town of Healdsburg, California, in the heart of the beautiful Sonoma County wine country.
www.katedouglas.com and www.katedouglas.com/eroticromance for full chapter excerpts of all of Kate's books.
You can find Kate on Facebook at www.facebook.com/katedouglas.authorpage or on Twitter @wolftales
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November 21, 2020
Anthology. If you're interested in erotic fiction, you'd probably enjoy this book.
1. Chanku Rising by Kate Douglas. This is Wolf 1.5. I had read Wolf 1 and this takes place right after that book ended. This is about Keisha wanting to finish her memorial garden in SF but Anton not wanting her to be alone because of some danger from a reporter. Keisha find out some stuff about her family.
2. Tiger, Tiger by Noelle Mack. I would have liked this more if it would have been about a straight tiger shifter, but he's actually some American climber who was changed by Tibetan monks into a white tiger so he wouldn't completely die. Stuff happens with really no explanation and the mural coming to life just seemed superfluous.
3. Night of the Jaguar by Vivi Anna. This was my favorite of the 3. Myra goes to the Amazon and on her first night she and her cousin are attacked by a jaguar shifter. Her cousin dies but she's changed, kind of like a werewolf bite. There's a good v. evil story.
1. Chanku Rising by Kate Douglas. This is Wolf 1.5. I had read Wolf 1 and this takes place right after that book ended. This is about Keisha wanting to finish her memorial garden in SF but Anton not wanting her to be alone because of some danger from a reporter. Keisha find out some stuff about her family.
2. Tiger, Tiger by Noelle Mack. I would have liked this more if it would have been about a straight tiger shifter, but he's actually some American climber who was changed by Tibetan monks into a white tiger so he wouldn't completely die. Stuff happens with really no explanation and the mural coming to life just seemed superfluous.
3. Night of the Jaguar by Vivi Anna. This was my favorite of the 3. Myra goes to the Amazon and on her first night she and her cousin are attacked by a jaguar shifter. Her cousin dies but she's changed, kind of like a werewolf bite. There's a good v. evil story.
August 5, 2012
I REALLY tried to like this book, and had to re-start it 3x before I gave up on the first short story about the wolves (Kate Douglas story). I just couldn't get into it. 2 STARS
I enjoyed the 2nd story "Tiger Tiger"; it is about a woman who slips and falls while climbing in the Himilayas, and is rescued by a very erotic shifting white tiger. 4 STARS
The last story "Night of the Jaguar"- I could not get into to that one either, and gave up. I feel like such a quitter! 2 STARS
It is not in my nature to give up on a book or novella. These weren't poorly written, but I couldn't get my mind into those two short stories. Your experience may be different.
By nature I'm not a PNR, shape-shifter type of reader, although in recent months I have begun to read and enjoy these subgenres. I would suggest giving this book a go if you are a fan.
I enjoyed the 2nd story "Tiger Tiger"; it is about a woman who slips and falls while climbing in the Himilayas, and is rescued by a very erotic shifting white tiger. 4 STARS
The last story "Night of the Jaguar"- I could not get into to that one either, and gave up. I feel like such a quitter! 2 STARS
It is not in my nature to give up on a book or novella. These weren't poorly written, but I couldn't get my mind into those two short stories. Your experience may be different.
By nature I'm not a PNR, shape-shifter type of reader, although in recent months I have begun to read and enjoy these subgenres. I would suggest giving this book a go if you are a fan.
May 4, 2019
Birthday sex
Reading De Beauvoir’s seminal “feminist manifesto” has allowed me to compose my genealogical tree, for The Second Sex is a book about my mother and the mother of my mother and the mother of my grandmother and of all my female ancestors in endless regressive progression who rebelled before obeying and who ended up capitulating like slaves shackled to the indomitable future of preordained inferiority.
“Thus humanity is male and man defines woman not in herself but as relative to him; she is not regarded as an autonomous being.” (16)
Reading De Beauvoir’s concentric lines of argument framed within the existentialist discourse about the inward and outward implications of being a woman in a world devised by the masculine mind has glued the fragmented selves of my dispersed persona back together. My inner cracks have been filled with irrefutable evidence amalgamated from diverging fields of study infused with patriarchal metanarration such as the scientific, in its medical, biological and psychoanalytical aspects; and the humanistic, taking philosophy, mythology, literature and historical materialism as pinpointing references.
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” (295)
What I inferred to be particular quirks and shortcomings of my own character like the incessant urge to please, the lack of firmness when I voice out my opinions, the sense of displacement in my professional life, the unavowed guilt of my indecision on motherhood and many other details turn out to be the partial result of centuries of alienation from a position of imbued dependence and subservient otherness in relation to man, whose gender inherently assigns the role of “the essential” and “the independent” to him.
The female, on the other hand, achieves fulfilment finding her reason to be in the free conscience of the masculine figure. Man is the mirror where women seek their reflection.
Reading De Beauvoir’s subversive account on the status of women in the context of the modernized Western societies has revealed the double trap of the socio-political organizations in developed countries where women have reached equality, economic autonomy and a more relevant presence in the public institutions only in appearance but not in ethos. Women’s voices must be not only generalized and active but also questioning and disruptive in order to reinvent the endemic hierarchy of a society culturally and traditionally built on the oppression of half of its population. Are my ambitions, dreams and yearnings my own? Or are they the result of subliminally indoctrination passed through generations of tamed female mentality?
Reading De Beauvoir has put me on the ropes, reminding me of my privileged situation compared to the atrocious and reiterative abuse inflicted upon women, victims of dogmatic fundamentalism or totalitarian governments in most countries of the world: cases of ablation, rape, physical and psychological maltreatment saturate the media, tragic facts that back up De Beauvoir’s theory that femininity is neither essence nor destiny but an artificial construction of the cultural, societal and historical requirements of time and place.
Reading De Beauvoir has sharpened my feminism, rekindled my empathy and opened my eyes to the impending call to redefine the socio-political, economic and cultural frames of a so-called democracy, which is only de jureand not de facto, and to avoid the postmodernist doctrine of the difference feminism that allots innate and intrinsic qualities to the feminine gender, to establish a collective front that will guarantee new models of egalitarian coexistence for women, inside and outside the public and private spheres.
A collective outcry arises from the underground that joins many others, a dull murmur gathering momentum from those living on the fringes of society: women, immigrants, those of another race, the others, the marginalized, whose voices have been chocked by gratuitous despotism for centuries, start intonating a demand in unison. Don’t you hear it? It’s the canon of collective indignation roaring to achieve individual emancipation.
Reading De Beauvoir’s seminal “feminist manifesto” has allowed me to compose my genealogical tree, for The Second Sex is a book about my mother and the mother of my mother and the mother of my grandmother and of all my female ancestors in endless regressive progression who rebelled before obeying and who ended up capitulating like slaves shackled to the indomitable future of preordained inferiority.
“Thus humanity is male and man defines woman not in herself but as relative to him; she is not regarded as an autonomous being.” (16)
Reading De Beauvoir’s concentric lines of argument framed within the existentialist discourse about the inward and outward implications of being a woman in a world devised by the masculine mind has glued the fragmented selves of my dispersed persona back together. My inner cracks have been filled with irrefutable evidence amalgamated from diverging fields of study infused with patriarchal metanarration such as the scientific, in its medical, biological and psychoanalytical aspects; and the humanistic, taking philosophy, mythology, literature and historical materialism as pinpointing references.
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” (295)
What I inferred to be particular quirks and shortcomings of my own character like the incessant urge to please, the lack of firmness when I voice out my opinions, the sense of displacement in my professional life, the unavowed guilt of my indecision on motherhood and many other details turn out to be the partial result of centuries of alienation from a position of imbued dependence and subservient otherness in relation to man, whose gender inherently assigns the role of “the essential” and “the independent” to him.
The female, on the other hand, achieves fulfilment finding her reason to be in the free conscience of the masculine figure. Man is the mirror where women seek their reflection.
Reading De Beauvoir’s subversive account on the status of women in the context of the modernized Western societies has revealed the double trap of the socio-political organizations in developed countries where women have reached equality, economic autonomy and a more relevant presence in the public institutions only in appearance but not in ethos. Women’s voices must be not only generalized and active but also questioning and disruptive in order to reinvent the endemic hierarchy of a society culturally and traditionally built on the oppression of half of its population. Are my ambitions, dreams and yearnings my own? Or are they the result of subliminally indoctrination passed through generations of tamed female mentality?
Reading De Beauvoir has put me on the ropes, reminding me of my privileged situation compared to the atrocious and reiterative abuse inflicted upon women, victims of dogmatic fundamentalism or totalitarian governments in most countries of the world: cases of ablation, rape, physical and psychological maltreatment saturate the media, tragic facts that back up De Beauvoir’s theory that femininity is neither essence nor destiny but an artificial construction of the cultural, societal and historical requirements of time and place.
Reading De Beauvoir has sharpened my feminism, rekindled my empathy and opened my eyes to the impending call to redefine the socio-political, economic and cultural frames of a so-called democracy, which is only de jureand not de facto, and to avoid the postmodernist doctrine of the difference feminism that allots innate and intrinsic qualities to the feminine gender, to establish a collective front that will guarantee new models of egalitarian coexistence for women, inside and outside the public and private spheres.
A collective outcry arises from the underground that joins many others, a dull murmur gathering momentum from those living on the fringes of society: women, immigrants, those of another race, the others, the marginalized, whose voices have been chocked by gratuitous despotism for centuries, start intonating a demand in unison. Don’t you hear it? It’s the canon of collective indignation roaring to achieve individual emancipation.
February 25, 2022
Great collection of steamy shifter stories
Wolf Tales, Chanku Rising , Kate Dpuglas ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Not a good stand alone. Need to read Wolf Tales first, as this is more of a last chapter epilogue. Keisha completes her Memorial Garden. The tabloid reporter is still stalking her. Xandi gets caught in the cross fire. Keisha learns that her stalker know her secrets, and the true cause of her mothers death.
Keisha's uncle makes contact. He promises to give Anton and their small pack, information about the Chanku. Their is a set up for Wolf Tales II. FF, MM, MF, ect.
Tiger, Tiger. Noelle Mack. ⭐⭐⭐
Dani Fairweather is a trauma nurse and into adventure recreation. She in on a climbing trip in Tibet, with her older brother's best friend Moe. A experienced climber who agreed to be her partner. Heavy snow and Dani falls into a crevasse.
She dreams of a white tiger, with blue eyes,who saves her. She wakes to a handsome man, with blue eyes and blond hair, and wastes know time jumping into bed with him.
Jack Flash is not what he seems and is far older than he appears. Dani learns she is caught in the place between life and death. Jack is on the path to reach reincarnation. Dani has to make a choice.
Good story, interesting setting with a lot of culture and history. Likeable characters. While the sex is hot, and frequent, it often felt thrown in. Good story over all.
Night of the Jaguar. Vivi Anna ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mara Gales, has been having strange erotic dreams about a man who shifts to a jaguar. On a trip of a lifetime to Mara Reserve. The biology teacher, she is documenting her adventure to use in the classroom. The trip is being lead by her cousin Hector. Hector is acting strange. Just after he shows her a jade amulet he found at the base of a temple, they are attacked by a jaguar. Mara is critically injured, and remarkably survives and is healing much faster then expected. The erotic dreams she has been having intensify as her behavior starts to change.
Then the man she has been dreaming of appears. Xalvador, has staked his claim on her. She is his true mate. Mara is changing and is in great danger. The four jaguar knights are divided. One seeks to bring back the old kings, he craves the power, wealth and all it brought. Jago will stop at nothing to reclaim the amulet. Xal, Tito and Kemen, are equally determined to keep Mara and her sister safe and end the threat.
Fast paced and steamy shifter romance. MF, MFM
Wolf Tales, Chanku Rising , Kate Dpuglas ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Not a good stand alone. Need to read Wolf Tales first, as this is more of a last chapter epilogue. Keisha completes her Memorial Garden. The tabloid reporter is still stalking her. Xandi gets caught in the cross fire. Keisha learns that her stalker know her secrets, and the true cause of her mothers death.
Keisha's uncle makes contact. He promises to give Anton and their small pack, information about the Chanku. Their is a set up for Wolf Tales II. FF, MM, MF, ect.
Tiger, Tiger. Noelle Mack. ⭐⭐⭐
Dani Fairweather is a trauma nurse and into adventure recreation. She in on a climbing trip in Tibet, with her older brother's best friend Moe. A experienced climber who agreed to be her partner. Heavy snow and Dani falls into a crevasse.
She dreams of a white tiger, with blue eyes,who saves her. She wakes to a handsome man, with blue eyes and blond hair, and wastes know time jumping into bed with him.
Jack Flash is not what he seems and is far older than he appears. Dani learns she is caught in the place between life and death. Jack is on the path to reach reincarnation. Dani has to make a choice.
Good story, interesting setting with a lot of culture and history. Likeable characters. While the sex is hot, and frequent, it often felt thrown in. Good story over all.
Night of the Jaguar. Vivi Anna ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mara Gales, has been having strange erotic dreams about a man who shifts to a jaguar. On a trip of a lifetime to Mara Reserve. The biology teacher, she is documenting her adventure to use in the classroom. The trip is being lead by her cousin Hector. Hector is acting strange. Just after he shows her a jade amulet he found at the base of a temple, they are attacked by a jaguar. Mara is critically injured, and remarkably survives and is healing much faster then expected. The erotic dreams she has been having intensify as her behavior starts to change.
Then the man she has been dreaming of appears. Xalvador, has staked his claim on her. She is his true mate. Mara is changing and is in great danger. The four jaguar knights are divided. One seeks to bring back the old kings, he craves the power, wealth and all it brought. Jago will stop at nothing to reclaim the amulet. Xal, Tito and Kemen, are equally determined to keep Mara and her sister safe and end the threat.
Fast paced and steamy shifter romance. MF, MFM
April 5, 2019
Not So Sexy Beast
I'm not sure how to start...This was a profoundly confusing book. The first story was all over the place and bizarre. It made no sense and was a waste of time. The other stories weren't much better. If you want really good short stories about a beasts, try them by Christine Feehan, Nalini Singh, or Lora Leigh.
I'm not sure how to start...This was a profoundly confusing book. The first story was all over the place and bizarre. It made no sense and was a waste of time. The other stories weren't much better. If you want really good short stories about a beasts, try them by Christine Feehan, Nalini Singh, or Lora Leigh.
November 10, 2017
Wonderful!
November 21, 2020
This has been on my TBR shelf for years. Was in the mood for some shifter fiction, and this fit the bill, wolves, tigers and jaguars,oh my.
August 5, 2021
1st. Wasn't interested in reading this one.
2nd. I tried, but female character rambled on too much. Plus, took to long explaining sex scene.
3rd. Just couldn't.
2nd. I tried, but female character rambled on too much. Plus, took to long explaining sex scene.
3rd. Just couldn't.
May 7, 2015
An anthology of three shapeshifter sex scenes thinly disguised as stories. If you're interested, there is a chronological listing of the Chanku: Wolf Tales + Sexy Beast books on my website.
Series:
"Chanku Rising" (Sexy Beast, 1; Wolf Tales, 1.5)
The Stories
Kate Douglas' "Chanku Rising"
My Take
I know. I don't normally do the full bore in the short stories…unless it's part of a series I'm following. Douglas' numbering system for her series is very confusing, and I've decided to start over and try this from the beginning — I'm OCD, and Douglas' storylines seem to follow each other closely. It leaves me disoriented if I read out of order.
Of the three short stories, this is the best (a "4") as it has an actual storyline, and it is beautifully done as Douglas sets up a future problem, resolves several past issues, and solves a kidnapping with strong character development. Sex-wise, it's every combination you can imagine of four people.
I don't get Uncle Ulrich. Douglas has a thin premise for his disappearing from Keisha's life and his exit is abrupt. Despite him, the true value in Douglas' stories are the family values and honor of her very memorable characters. Yeah, and the sex is hot, LOL!
The Story
Keisha has the opening to attend in San Francisco for the memorial garden she designed and Xandi has decided to go with her. This trip will bring closure to both her mother's hit-and-run, her own rape, and Carl Burns.
The Characters
Contrary to my usual treatment of short stories, I'll include a list of characters as I'm trying to grab that progression and make sense of where everyone is from and how they're related.
Anton Cheval discovered what he was and has been testing and experimenting for some time. He's mated to Keisha Rialto, a landscape designer who has just completed a memorial garden for Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Alexandra "Xandi" Olanet is mated to Stefan Aragat. The four of them live together in Montana.
We learn that Keisha has a cousin Tianna and an Uncle Ulrich Mason.
Carl Burns is a tabloid reporter with no morals who is stalking Keisha.
Noelle Mack's "Tiger, Tiger"
This is a cute idea, and a "2". I just wish Mack had developed this much farther than simply a string of ideas held together with sex. There are so many clever vignettes and she could have really gone somewhere with this. Instead, it reads more like a dream sequence in which disconnected actions pop up with no purpose. Mack's idea of closure is inadequate. Of course, part of that may be that I got rather bored and kept putting the book down over the weeks it took me to get through this.
Vivi Anna's "Night of the Jaguar"
This is the least enjoyable ("1") of the three with its clichéd plot of the woman who gets exposed to her hidden genetic inheritance (I'm guessing as Anna couldn't be bothered to explain it) and returns home only to discover she's being pursued by sexy beasts in her dreams and her physical world for the amulet. Lame and heavy handed.
The Cover and Title
The cover is all pinks and fleshtones with its naked and well-muscled man sprawling back, a sheet strategically draped, a roaring cat's head tattooed on his left bicep.
The title is definitely about a series of Sexy Beasts.
Series:
"Chanku Rising" (Sexy Beast, 1; Wolf Tales, 1.5)
The Stories
Kate Douglas' "Chanku Rising"
My Take
I know. I don't normally do the full bore in the short stories…unless it's part of a series I'm following. Douglas' numbering system for her series is very confusing, and I've decided to start over and try this from the beginning — I'm OCD, and Douglas' storylines seem to follow each other closely. It leaves me disoriented if I read out of order.
Of the three short stories, this is the best (a "4") as it has an actual storyline, and it is beautifully done as Douglas sets up a future problem, resolves several past issues, and solves a kidnapping with strong character development. Sex-wise, it's every combination you can imagine of four people.
I don't get Uncle Ulrich. Douglas has a thin premise for his disappearing from Keisha's life and his exit is abrupt. Despite him, the true value in Douglas' stories are the family values and honor of her very memorable characters. Yeah, and the sex is hot, LOL!
The Story
Keisha has the opening to attend in San Francisco for the memorial garden she designed and Xandi has decided to go with her. This trip will bring closure to both her mother's hit-and-run, her own rape, and Carl Burns.
The Characters
Contrary to my usual treatment of short stories, I'll include a list of characters as I'm trying to grab that progression and make sense of where everyone is from and how they're related.
Anton Cheval discovered what he was and has been testing and experimenting for some time. He's mated to Keisha Rialto, a landscape designer who has just completed a memorial garden for Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Alexandra "Xandi" Olanet is mated to Stefan Aragat. The four of them live together in Montana.
We learn that Keisha has a cousin Tianna and an Uncle Ulrich Mason.
Carl Burns is a tabloid reporter with no morals who is stalking Keisha.
Noelle Mack's "Tiger, Tiger"
This is a cute idea, and a "2". I just wish Mack had developed this much farther than simply a string of ideas held together with sex. There are so many clever vignettes and she could have really gone somewhere with this. Instead, it reads more like a dream sequence in which disconnected actions pop up with no purpose. Mack's idea of closure is inadequate. Of course, part of that may be that I got rather bored and kept putting the book down over the weeks it took me to get through this.
Vivi Anna's "Night of the Jaguar"
This is the least enjoyable ("1") of the three with its clichéd plot of the woman who gets exposed to her hidden genetic inheritance (I'm guessing as Anna couldn't be bothered to explain it) and returns home only to discover she's being pursued by sexy beasts in her dreams and her physical world for the amulet. Lame and heavy handed.
The Cover and Title
The cover is all pinks and fleshtones with its naked and well-muscled man sprawling back, a sheet strategically draped, a roaring cat's head tattooed on his left bicep.
The title is definitely about a series of Sexy Beasts.
January 10, 2009
CHANKU RISING - Keisha designed a well known park in San Francisco. She moved to Montana with her mate Anton along with her packmates Xandi and Stefan. Well, now she has to go back for the dedication however there is a threat that awaits her when she returns-a news reporter. Anton does not want Keisha to go alone so he allows Xandi to join her. What happens to Keisha and the reporter or better yet, what happens to Xandi? Gotta read it!
TIGER, TIGER - Dani and Moe are in Tibet to mountain climb when a snow storm hits and they are both separated by falling. After Dani falls, she was caught by a ledge but could not move. She falls in and out of consciousness and she thinks she is dreaming about being rescued by a white tiger. She wakes up in a totally different surrounding and the man she meets is totally in to her. She has a perfect time with him until something he tells her, she cannot completely understand about herself. Is she living in a real life? Was the tiger real? What happened to Moe?
NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR - Myra is taking her long awaiting dream trip to the Amazon. When she gets there, the trip turns out to be a tragedy. She discovers an amulet from ancient times. She is being stalked by this big black silhouetted man/jaguar. She is completely turned on by this creature-by the smell, look, stance, everything but knows it would not be right. The amulet is now in her hands and is making everything weird to her. What is it with this amulet that brings her and her family as well this man of a hunk turmoil?
TIGER, TIGER - Dani and Moe are in Tibet to mountain climb when a snow storm hits and they are both separated by falling. After Dani falls, she was caught by a ledge but could not move. She falls in and out of consciousness and she thinks she is dreaming about being rescued by a white tiger. She wakes up in a totally different surrounding and the man she meets is totally in to her. She has a perfect time with him until something he tells her, she cannot completely understand about herself. Is she living in a real life? Was the tiger real? What happened to Moe?
NIGHT OF THE JAGUAR - Myra is taking her long awaiting dream trip to the Amazon. When she gets there, the trip turns out to be a tragedy. She discovers an amulet from ancient times. She is being stalked by this big black silhouetted man/jaguar. She is completely turned on by this creature-by the smell, look, stance, everything but knows it would not be right. The amulet is now in her hands and is making everything weird to her. What is it with this amulet that brings her and her family as well this man of a hunk turmoil?
December 23, 2009
This book is erotica, so if that's not your thing, stop reading.
This is a collection of three short paranormal erotica stories set in contemporary times. The first is part of the the Kate Douglas Wolf Tales series about a polyamourous wolf pack composed of two women and two men. The settings are Montanta and San Francisco. Anything goes in that pack: M-M, F-F, M-F-M, M-F-F-M. As always, Douglas does a really good job with this particular sub-genre. If you can suspend your disbelief, it's a hot story.
The second one is by Noelle Mack and features a Himalayan were-tiger and a woman mountain climber. There was something very likeable about both of those characters, and their anything-goes, gung-ho attitude about sex comes off as sweet. That story features some dirty talk and spanking, but is mostly tame, despite the tiger.
The third story I didn't finish because it started off with a bloody murder, and I found that disturbing in an erotica story. The set-up makes it look like the hero may have murdered the heroine's cousin in front of her. I honestly don't want to read the rest of that. Plus it's set in the Amazon, which doesn't appeal to me at all. Bugs and humidity? Yuck!
This is a collection of three short paranormal erotica stories set in contemporary times. The first is part of the the Kate Douglas Wolf Tales series about a polyamourous wolf pack composed of two women and two men. The settings are Montanta and San Francisco. Anything goes in that pack: M-M, F-F, M-F-M, M-F-F-M. As always, Douglas does a really good job with this particular sub-genre. If you can suspend your disbelief, it's a hot story.
The second one is by Noelle Mack and features a Himalayan were-tiger and a woman mountain climber. There was something very likeable about both of those characters, and their anything-goes, gung-ho attitude about sex comes off as sweet. That story features some dirty talk and spanking, but is mostly tame, despite the tiger.
The third story I didn't finish because it started off with a bloody murder, and I found that disturbing in an erotica story. The set-up makes it look like the hero may have murdered the heroine's cousin in front of her. I honestly don't want to read the rest of that. Plus it's set in the Amazon, which doesn't appeal to me at all. Bugs and humidity? Yuck!
June 21, 2010
1 star, I really did not care for the Wolf Tale story in this book. I prefer quality in sexual encounters, not quantity. The story is a bunch of sex & very little story line or plot. Just 4 people having a much sex as possible.
4 stars, Tiger, Tiger. This was a sweet read. I enjoyed Jacks banter & attitutde. The concept of what Dani & Jack are was interesting. Jack was so lonely & wanted Dani to stay with him. She is one of the few people that can actually see him.
4 stars, Night of the Jaguar. Wish it would have been a bit longer. I did not understand the hows of Mara having dreams of someone elses life, Xan's deceased wife to be exact. Mara is attacked by a jaguar in the Amazon & it changes her & her life as she knows it.
4 stars, Tiger, Tiger. This was a sweet read. I enjoyed Jacks banter & attitutde. The concept of what Dani & Jack are was interesting. Jack was so lonely & wanted Dani to stay with him. She is one of the few people that can actually see him.
4 stars, Night of the Jaguar. Wish it would have been a bit longer. I did not understand the hows of Mara having dreams of someone elses life, Xan's deceased wife to be exact. Mara is attacked by a jaguar in the Amazon & it changes her & her life as she knows it.
August 20, 2013
I only read Chanku Rising in this anthology. I am in wrapping up loose ends with this series and am just plowing through. That said I may go back and read the other stories at a later date. For now this review is for Kate Douglas' story only.
Chanku Rising is really just a follow up to the previous stories with Keisha, Anton, Xandi and Stefan. Keisha goes back to see her garden in completion and witness the dedication. Its a girls only weekend until trouble happens.
This story has plenty of graphic G/G and M/M sexual exploits as well as threesomes and foursomes. There is nothing light about Kate Douglas' erotica, there is really nothing left to the imagination. If this is what you are seeking then you have found an entertaining series.
Chanku Rising is really just a follow up to the previous stories with Keisha, Anton, Xandi and Stefan. Keisha goes back to see her garden in completion and witness the dedication. Its a girls only weekend until trouble happens.
This story has plenty of graphic G/G and M/M sexual exploits as well as threesomes and foursomes. There is nothing light about Kate Douglas' erotica, there is really nothing left to the imagination. If this is what you are seeking then you have found an entertaining series.
March 11, 2014
Just a quick heads up I did NOT read this entire book, I only read Kate Douglas' story, so my review is for that and that alone. I knew sooner or later I'd be reading about this but I figured it would be later but I understand why Kate wanted to sort of wrap these loose strands before going on to others. Good short story was able to read it in about an hour. If your leery of spending that much for one short story she does have all these available for ebook her short novellas. I'm reading them as they go with the story but some have read them after and wished they had read fully in order. Hope you find it as great a read as I did
January 24, 2009
Chanku are very, very, VERY hot shifters! Be warned, if same sex relationships bother you, stay away.
I loved them all but I think Chanku Fallen in SB2 is my favorite. These are keepers
Chanku series
Wolf Tales
Sexy Beast~Chanku Rising
Wolf Tales II
Wild Nights~~Camille's Dawn
Wolf Tales III
Sexy Beast II~~ Chanku Fallen
Wolf Tales IV
Sexy Beast III~~ Chanku Journey
Wolf Tales V
Sexy Beast IV~~Chanku Destiny
Wolf Tales VI
Sexy Beast V~~Chanku Wild
Wolf Tales VII
Sexy Beast VI~~Chanku Honor
Wolf Tales VIII
I loved them all but I think Chanku Fallen in SB2 is my favorite. These are keepers
Chanku series
Wolf Tales
Sexy Beast~Chanku Rising
Wolf Tales II
Wild Nights~~Camille's Dawn
Wolf Tales III
Sexy Beast II~~ Chanku Fallen
Wolf Tales IV
Sexy Beast III~~ Chanku Journey
Wolf Tales V
Sexy Beast IV~~Chanku Destiny
Wolf Tales VI
Sexy Beast V~~Chanku Wild
Wolf Tales VII
Sexy Beast VI~~Chanku Honor
Wolf Tales VIII
January 24, 2008
Technically this one gets a 4.5 star, but since that isn't an option, I'll swing to the high side. All in all this is a great collection. My favorite story is Mack's Tiger, Tiger. Douglas and Anna deliver enjoyable tales as well, all with an element of danger, which make this anthology an intriguing read, as well as a super sexy and sizzling one.
March 29, 2010
All three stories were great. It was so good to revisit the characters in the Wolf Tales of Kate Douglas! I too enjoyed both of Vivi Anna and Noelle Mack! I both hope they write more related books! I suggest Kate Douglas's first Wolf Tales to start off with this series, this novella in the Anthology is second in the series. I don't miss any of hers!
June 5, 2015
I really enjoyed reading Sexy Beast, the stories were very good, nicely written, very hot and fun, as well. This anthology helped fill in a few parts of a series I enjoy reading and I think I've found a new series or two to look for as well. A very good, enjoyable anthology.
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July 30, 2011This goes along with wolf tales. good story
October 23, 2012
Novels of the Chanku can't get enough
January 30, 2013
too much hair for my liking
February 3, 2013
Chanku Rising was great, carrying the story of the pack further. The other 2 stories were okay.
February 12, 2013
Love this book!
March 4, 2013
Again another sexy dirty exotic book. Making u wanting more
November 16, 2015
Im' hooked.
March 9, 2012
I Love Erotica!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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