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Bad Blood Shifters #4

Bad Blood Panther

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I’ll always find you, Jenny. Jenny Castile can’t forget the chilling words of Alton Raines, alpha of the Broken Hill panther clan—the man who wants to take her baby son from her and raise him to be a killer. Her last hope is to track down her old friend Alex Fierro, now Xander of the infamous Bad Blood Crew. They’re the only monsters badass enough—and crazy enough—to protect her and Brandon. The fact that she once harbored a secret love for the man who only saw her as a friend doesn’t matter anymore. At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself…

Ever since he was Turned without consent—or even a little effing heads-up—by his ex-girlfriend, Cindi, Xander’s life has been a gradual slide into hell and insanity. Now he and his panther are one homicidal rage away from having to be put down, and his only goal is to leave the crew he loves before they’re the ones that have to do it. So the last thing he needs is Jenny Castile showing up in his life, begging for his help.

How can he help her, when he can’t even help himself?

Only problem: Xander’s panther wants Jenny, and he wants her bad. Suddenly his old friend is stirring up feelings he thought were gone from his heart forever. But Jenny’s keeping secrets—secrets that can either rip Xander’s life to pieces all over again, or finally help him step up and turn into the man he’s always wanted to be. Can Jenny trust Xander with everything? And can he become the mate she needs, before Alton Raines destroys them both?

Fall in love with the Bad Blood Shifters! Smokin’ hot shifter men with hearts of gold; the strong, passionate women who love them; secrets, lies and danger; naughty, steamy love scenes—and happily ever afters.

Content warning: This book contains naughty language and steamy love scenes, and is intended for adults only.

163 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2017

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Author 27 books454 followers
March 5, 2018
Stayed up until 3am reading this sucker! It had all the feels. LOVE!!
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2,700 reviews22 followers
August 6, 2023
Excellent

WOW! I have to say this is amazing! This is a fantastic series the stories will bring a smile to your face. The characters are awesome and their chemistry burns up the pages. It's full of emotions and feisty sexy heroines with handsome drop your pantyes for heroes. I can tell you that you will enjoy this story, especially if nothing else you don't mind that every page will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end. Characters like these always draw me in to see how much their character will grow throughout the story and of course I wasn't disappointed it was just as I expected.This is definitely a five stars story! Again I must say WOW this series is awesome and that I really enjoyed every installment.This is a great written romance with awesome characters and great dialogue.It's full of intrigue with emotional drama. Because of their sizzling hot passions it will keep you turning pages after page. The women are strong and the men are willing to protect and help their women feel the love of their life with steamy sizzling hot connections. But believe me you will enjoyed every moment of their relationship as I did.This is definitely a entertaining interesting storyline and its funny and will make you LOL. But all the books are just as awesome, I'm happy I have started binging this author. Her books are intriguing with lots of drama and this is another one I that I couldn't put my reader down until I finished the story.

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1,644 reviews5 followers
October 3, 2017
Xander

Xander finally found his mate. The mate he thought was his ex Cindy. The one who turned him without telling him anything about shifters. Xander a panther told him that they left their mate behind. But it wasn't Cindy, it was Jenny, the friend he grew up with who introduced him to Cindy.
Jenny is a panther too and has loved him for a long time. She has a secret reason for searching out Xander now. Xander realizes that she is his mate when his panther finally calms down when she is around. When they finally come to earn a little trust from each other Jenny tries to tell him her secret. But....in comes Cindy to ruin it by telling the secret first.
Kidnappings, truth challenges and alpha challenges are all involved in setting past mistakes right. There is also some cute funny things that happen to lighten up the story. Love Brandon and the fantasy island gig. (You'll have to read the story to find out what I mean)
Come read this series and you will fall in love with all of the bad bloods too. Final book with their alpha Flynn is next.
Profile Image for Karen.
1,424 reviews2 followers
September 9, 2018
Rage

This KU library selection is Xander Fierro's story. He is the most dysfunctional of the BB Shifters, the product of being turned against his will, then captured and tortured by Alexander Grant's minions. He's watched his packmates find and bond with their true mates and is at the point of leaving the pack when someone from his past shows up, asking for protection.

Jenny Castile and Alexander were friends and she loved him long before he was turned. After he was turned, however, he was different, unable to control his rage and his animal. Then he disappeared and, three years later, she's finally found him. She has placed her two year old son in hiding and traveled to the BB pack to ask for protection from Alton, her alpha, an egomaniac who believes he is Brandon's father. Jenny knows Alton will train Brandon to follow in his footsteps, to be a killer. Her only hope is that Xander is stable now, that his pack will accept them, and that they are strong enough to protect them from the apocalypse that's coming.
Profile Image for Jennifer Holzapfel.
1,037 reviews4 followers
October 3, 2018
Jenny has been hiding a secret, but desperate times make her seek out Alex and the Bad Bloods. Alex, who is now Xander, was a human man that was turned into a black panther by his girlfriend Cindi. Xander has been fighting his animal for three years, first he was abandoned when he turned, then ended up a science experiment like the rest of his crew. Jenny needs his clans protection for her and her son, who is Xander's. Xander always has freak outs when his beast breaks free and Jenny managed to stop him with a touch and a word. They were friends when he was human, never knowing Jenny was a panther. She is his true mate and they come together, until Cindi shows up with their son Brandon just as Jenny is about to tell him. He is so angry, confused, and in love with his little boy. Anton, the alpha who pretended to be the father, kidnaps Jenny and Brandon to force Xander to fight to the death. How will a previous human fare against born panthers, when his crew isn't there to back him up; love and hope will have to work to save his family and himself.
Profile Image for Christi.
464 reviews2 followers
December 29, 2023
This one was good with all the feels, but there were a few plot points I wasn't a big fan of. We didn't get much about Jenny's time with her old crew either. We are told the last straw is the prophecy but we don't get much besides that until later when she mentions some of the abuse and not wanting her son to grow up with that.

Profile Image for Kay.
62 reviews1 follower
March 1, 2018
Fast paced

This is the first book I have read in this series. Even though this is the 4th book I highly recommend it. Anastasia Wilde has a way to make her characters come to life. Makes you feel that you are in the book fighting, hoping and praying things work out for all of them.

It is fast paced, funny, loving, of course there is a big fight and so much in between. Brandon is an adorable 2 year old with ninja disappearing capabilities. There are some alpha rules Brandon has to learn, like #3 no peeing on the alpha. But All that comes later in this book. Jenny loved him, but he didn't know it. His panther is unpredictable, fits of rage, need for blood and wanting to kill. Can Jenny and her son find safety with Xander and the Bad Blood Clan, or will the Broken Hill Clan win?

On and if you do that a chance and believe my comment, just wait till Jenny's son takes off into the woods. Bib poop!!!!!
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2,822 reviews68 followers
September 23, 2019
OK not quite the 4 but really close. I liked the crazy panther shifter but the last minute tells/saves and such almost, almost not quite, ruined it Still even with this last minute shenanigans, I loved how he fix the ending ha. Have the crazy. Then the negotiations was a joke and idiotic plot manipulation. Still good ending and liked Xander a lot.
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Author 17 books10 followers
October 22, 2019
I adore two-year-old Brandon

This kid was epic, his parents also because I loved Xander from book 1. But Brandon's little character stole the show with, "Kill it?" for everything breathing. Would you believe it was all the proof the Bad Bloods needed to know who his true father was? You can't find engaging and hilarious stories like this often.
So, I thought it might be impolite to mention other authors in a review, but everyone else is doing it. Here goes. I thought no one could top T.S. Joyce, my number one paranormal author. Well, I have two number ones now and currently binge-reading Wilde while my life is pretty much on hold until I have read all her books. I have got to stop finding diamond-reads among mountain ranges of coal.
Everybody and their grandma has a book out. Unfortunately, everybody can't put together a story that keeps you reading until there's nothing else to read by an author.
Awesome job, Wilde!!! Thank you.
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605 reviews17 followers
January 13, 2021
I could write the same review about all of Anastasia Wilde's books. I read a few but realised that there's a bigger story running through them all, so it really is a good idea to read them in order, starting with Fugitive mate, first of the Silverlake pack stories. Each of the series, whilst being about a different group of shifters, are all interconnected. The Bad Blood crew are a motley group who escaped from the psychotic criminals who subjected them to terrible torture. Panther is the third in the Bad Blood stories. I love Xander's story, he has been through so much, it's no wonder he's crazy and often out of control. Like each of the other characters though, he is endearing and finding he has a family is wonderful - until he has to fight to the death to get them back when they're kidnapped. I really love all of Anastasia's characters, and can't wait to read the next one each time I finish one, to find out what happens next !
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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280 reviews5 followers
August 16, 2021
I love Xander he is so broken and damaged.

Xander was a unwilling turned black panther. Cindi a old girlfriend turned him. But he had meet a friend of Cindi's named Jenny. Jenny really cared for Xander . After he was turned Xanders world fell apart he spiraled out of control with rage and uncertainty. Not know how to control his panther is how he ended up in Grants labs. He escaped with the rest of the Bad Blood Crew. Jenny had a secret about who her son's real father was. She had to hide her son and look for Xander. Jenny need to tell Xander about his son and convince him to protect her and their son. Plus she real wanted Xander to take her as his mate. I loved how she makes his panther less crazy. He is still full of mischief and pranks. He has a big heart and his crew means everything to him. I also loved how he got out of being the alpha of the Panthers clan. It was so Xander. I can't wait to see who is Flynn's fated mate in the next book.


3,128 reviews
September 23, 2024
Jenny is a panther with the Broken Hill clan and wants out. The alpha is crazy and wants to make her son, Brandon,just like him, a killer. She goes looking for Alex but he goes by Xander now. Xander was Turned by a member of Jenny’s clan and it made his animal crazy. Xander is a member of the Bad Blood clan and they are all a little psycho. Jenny is hoping Xander will protect her and her son but she leaves him with her grandmother. Jenny tells Xander and his alpha Flynn why she’s running but she leaves out about her son and that his father is Xander. Xander finds out when the boy is brought to them by the one who Turned him. After getting used to having a mate and a son, the other alpha takes Jenny and Brandon and wants Xander to fight for them.

There is some humorous parts in this book. Brandon, the cub, is adorable. A man who never knew shifters existed until he was made one. A shy, scarred woman with anxiety. Sex.
Profile Image for Kat Ryker.
788 reviews43 followers
June 9, 2018
This is only the second or third shifter book I've read. I believe to get the most out of this book, I should have started with Book 1 and read the other stories first. Although this is obviously a stand-alone plot, I think I would have gained more info on the other characters if I'd done so. That said, this was a good book. Xander is hilarious in places, and playful, and lovable, and wounded/imperfect all at the same time. But the panther who steals the show is Brandon. Totally and completely Brandon. The author could have written an entire story about him and I would not have complained. Bib Bear and Alfa Cat were ok too, but Brandon was a doll. The story of Xander's love for his mate, his history of torture, all made for a great story. I'm glad I read this and I picked up Book 5 and finished it too.
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382 reviews3 followers
May 28, 2019
Who would have thought, crazy could be so sexy?!

This is the fourth book in the 'Bad Blood Shifters' series. I have been looking forward to reading Xander's story. He is a great character in this series, he gave great advice to each of the members in all the books. Xander is so strong, sweet, complicated, dangerous, I don't know how he didn't turn completely bat-shite crazy from all that he went threw. I felt the heroine in this story was a great match for him. She started off shy, timid, and submissive but found not all leaders/shifters are alike. Brandon was a great character to add this story, he's just so dang cute!
Would I recommend this story to friends and family? Heck yes! This story and the other first three stories as well. I highly recommend reading these stories in order, that way you get to know Xander and his crazy misfit crew!
895 reviews
January 23, 2020
Betrayal, Love, Friends, Family, Battles OVER 18 READING

Jenny a young panther loves Alex a human boy who doesn't know shifters even exist. He breaks her heart when he choose another girl who is also a panther and turns him without ever explaining about shifters or asking permission to turn him. And he runs, and this new life has not been good to him leaving him a broken panther. Though he is excepted into a crew where Jenny finds him three years later and she needs the help of him and his friends. She also has more secrets them she tells them. Trouble follows her wanting all she holds dear in her family and new friends. Can he save her? Is he strong enough? Can she find the strength to overcome her shyness and help him overcome overwhelming odds? This is the second in this series I have read and they were both great books.
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2,038 reviews6 followers
September 27, 2021
Alexander Fierro aka Xander is so volatile and crazy I think he is the one that suffered the most of the crew and I wanted to know his story real bad. He has been my favorite character for the last couple of books. His panther has been struggling throughout all the series, and when he finally gets his HEA, I can't help but jump for joy!

Jenny comes looking for the Bad Bloods Crew scared, but she is looking for Xander. She needs the love of her life and father of her son to protect them. She and Brandon are just what the Dr ordered to cure Xander's crazy.

I so enjoyed and laughed at all the antics of this crew, but Brandon the mini Xander had me rolling on the floor, this is by far my favorite!

This crew may be cray cray, but the have each others backs. Can't wait to read Flynn's story next.
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408 reviews2 followers
August 22, 2018
This story had me in tears, not so much from the actual story but I have a big part of my heart that always cheers for the under-cat with the broken heart. Xander, panther shifter, is the trouble maker of the group but has a huge heart. He's gruff and grumpy but when it really comes down to it, he cares. He was turned without his consent and he is messed up inside because of it. Jenny knew her sister was going to turn Xander but didn't know it was against his will. Jenny has always know that he was her true mate but knew that he never saw her that way. Knew that he was more attracted to her sister, not her. Now her and her son are in harms way. Will Xander keep her and her son safe or leave them to the panthers.
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5,108 reviews86 followers
July 4, 2020
Most of the crew is coupled with mates, leaving Alexander ‘Xander’ Fierro’s panther feeling more isolated, insane and convinced he left his true mate the night he was turned against his will. Xander hasn’t seen Jenny Castile since that night but he’s been haunted by it and his cat’s becoming more unstable and unsafe each passing day.

It’s been three years and Jenny still can’t get Xander off her mind but she has to find him and convince him to help. Now! Sneaking away from her adopted crew, Jenny leaves what’s most precious to her with her grandmother praying the power hungry, rabid crew alpha doesn’t find out until it’s much to late for him to do anything about it.
Rating: 4.5stars
Profile Image for Merry One Maria.
2,317 reviews12 followers
September 8, 2025
Jenny-cat fights for her future

This is a gritty and tough story about growing up and living with some difficult circumstances. Jenny loved Xander aka Alex when she first met him. Unfortunately Jenny was a bit shy but her girlfriend Cindi was loud and outgoing and pulled Xander away. This set in place some awful things that happened to both Jenny and Xander. Years later, Jenny realizes that she will need Xander’s support to get away from her awful Alpha Alton. Who has turned a successful pack into a harem, and a pack that is losing money and wars with other packs. There is a happy ending. Read On!
Profile Image for Jamoz23.
5,351 reviews46 followers
September 30, 2017
Love this bunch of misfit shifters.
This crew have had so much thrown at them and are finally finding a semblance of peace and normality.
I cannot say much without giving spoilers which I don't want to do but. Could not see how Xander was going to be sorted out.
Was worried about Jenny at first as I hate deceit and lies by omission but surprisingly I could totally understand where Jenny was coming from and why she acted like she did.
I should have had more faith in Ms Wild, wow what a great story we are given.
Cannot wait to read Flynn's story.
Profile Image for Emily Lindsey.
Author 4 books21 followers
November 30, 2018
Crazy but vulnerable, Xander meets his match!

Exciting and emotional, this book engages you from start to finish. I love the backstory that Jenny brings in to help with understanding part of why Xander is the way he is. He shares more of their captured story, and his pain is understandable. The surprises keep coming for him and his coping strategy doesn't work as well as he thinks it should. There is a lot of action in this story and it was easy to read it in one sitting. I have already bought Flynn's story and can't wait to read that too!
738 reviews5 followers
November 23, 2022
Crazy gets his own family and sanity back.

Human turned Panther, Zander is losing his battle with his crazy, when a blast from his past shows up with his secret son, and he loses it altogether. I hate the misunderstood trope. I wanted to like this one as well as the last books, but I didn't like how juvenile this story read. It was like they were early twentysomething's instead of previously victimized adults. And why are all the other shifter groups they deal with so crazy or criminals with no honor? I'm looking forward to the next book and maybe getting some answers.
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131 reviews
August 18, 2024
Awesome!!

Y'all I discovered this series on Friday, today is Sunday and I have done absolutely nothing but read this series and fall in love with the Bad Blood Crew😍. Zander's story is my favorite one so far, it so heartwarming to see him find love and learning he's a father! Well done Ms. Wilde. This will be an author that I continue to read - I discovered her from a reader review who mentioned her stories, in her review of another author work - I thank that reviewer also. I am truly enjoying this series, now I need to at least do laundry before I start Flynn's story😊
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1,442 reviews5 followers
November 22, 2024
I liked seeing Xander’s panther settle and love. Especially his son. Them together was adorable.

I did not like that Jenny didn’t seem so anxious about being separated from Brandon. I get why she left him at first, but then she spends a week being happy with Xander, having sex, letting him set up a freaking beach for her, and not once seemed concerned about her son except to worry Flynn wouldn’t accept them into the Bad Blood pack.

This book was the better one so far because of Xander and his humor.
Profile Image for Sherry Westendorf.
4,593 reviews22 followers
September 6, 2017
Love the series. He was turned against his will and is not handling it well. She is on the run from someone who wants to turn her son into something horrible. She goes to her old friend who she has kept a secret from for help. Maybe she can help get him on the right path and come clean about the secret she has been hiding. I recommend it. I received a review copy and voluntarily review it.
1,147 reviews5 followers
October 14, 2017
Bad Blood: Xander and Jenny

The fourth book in The Bad Blood Shifters' Series. This book can be read as a standalone novel but this is such a great series. The reader gets a chance to see and read why Xander is the way he is and why Jenny loves him. The characters are very well written and balanced. The plot believable and will keep the reader's interest. Glad Xander and Jenny got their HEA!
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663 reviews
March 4, 2018
I have adored xander since meeting him and I was stoked to read his story. he is hillarious and this book didn't dissappoint. learning he had a cub and he was just as hillarious as xander was awesomeeeee. Jenny was delightful as well. she was shy with just enough determination and badass thrown in to stand up to xander for herself and her son. I definitely recommend this one but u should read them in order.
234 reviews
September 9, 2020
Great book

Xander is a member of the Bad Blood crew, a group of shifters who were tortured by Alexander Grant. They're all a little crazy but they're a good bunch. Jenny comes looking for Xander in the hopes that he can protect her and her son from a crazy alpha. It takes a bit before Xander learns that Jenny's son, Brandon, is his and it freaks him out for a bit. They face trials and tribulations before they get their HEA but they do get it in the end.
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