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Cary Redmond
Romancing the Leopard: A Cary Redmond-Tiger Shifters Crossover Novel
Their world is not what it seems… Dylan Jones planned for this solar eclipse for two years. He got a prime site at one of the best locations in Oregon, and he intends to savor his last taste of freedom before he has to settled down and finish his Ph.D. thesis. He’s at the festival for sun pictures and maybe some all-night sky watching. And if he can manage it, some much needed time in his leopard form. He’s not there for a weekend fling. But the sexy genius in the site next to his proves too tempting to ignore. Something about Cat’s scent calls to his leopard, pulling him in like catnip, and he just can’t resist her. Catalina Donovan came to Oregon for the solar eclipse, and only the eclipse. Getting away from New York and the constant pressure from the tiger shifter males to choose a mate only increases her determination to enjoy the festival. And the super hot guy in the camp site next to hers only adds spice to her vacation. There’s something about Dylan that draws her, something she can’t quite put her finger on. For someone like Cat, unraveling the puzzle of him is as tempting and enticing as his sexy voice. But there’s more to Dylan than Cat knows. And more to their new relationship than Dylan wants to admit. As they countdown to the eclipse, and things between them heat up, Dylan must decide how much to admit to Cat, how much he dares tell a human. When tiger shifters show up to lay a claim to her, Dylan realizes he might just have to fight for her. And a future neither of them expects.
- GenresParanormalShapeshifters
320 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2021
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Kat Simons
110 books125 followersKat Simons earned her Ph.D in animal behavior, working with animals as diverse as dolphins and deer. She brought her experience and knowledge of biology to her paranormal romance fiction, where she delights in taking nature and turning it on its ear. After traveling the world, she now lives in New York City with her family. Kat is a stay-at-home mom and a full time writer.
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January 31, 2026
1.25 rounded down.
This is so repetitive! 200+ pages of them waiting in lines, getting and eating food, and thirsting hard after each other. Oh, but they can’t, it’s not possible, they’re afraid of the intensity of the feelings for the other (without saying anything, mind you this was just an inner monologue), but maybe it’s worth it… No! it’s dangerous (this isn't explained until more than halfway through, and to say it was underwhelming is an understatement. More like a mild inconvenience than a dangerous situation)... over, and over, and over…. I swear, the only differences in their POV were the pronoun they used to refer to their love interest and how they think of the tiger shifters (they don’t even talk about them, just repetitive inner monologue). Oh, and which sound/gesture the other made that made them hard/wet or lose their train of thought. It was very difficult to distinguish between the two MCs. The only semi-exciting things happen in the last 100 or so pages. This book could have easily been 150 pages long and it would have been better.
The sex scene at about 70% was not hot. The words ”kill” and “die” are used so often in the first part that it resembled a torture session. And one chapter ends in the middle of it only for the next one to pick up exactly at the same moment. There was no need to do that. The conflicts were mostly minor inconveniences that were blown out of proportion by the narrative, and that got solved within less than ten pages in the last third of the book with a couple conversations. The tiger shifters came and went as the same exact scene repeats three times, with a little added violence in the third. That was the only good part of this, and it lasts one chapter. Again, this could have been significantly shorter. Should have.
It’s also plagued with weird sentences and word choices, as well as grammar and punctuation mistakes. Plus several interchanged homophones, like “due” instead of “do”, and the typical “your” instead of “you're”.
The tigers were horribly patriarchal, and most were very misogynistic, even the women. I will not read this author again, since pretty much of her work is with the tigers.
This is so repetitive! 200+ pages of them waiting in lines, getting and eating food, and thirsting hard after each other. Oh, but they can’t, it’s not possible, they’re afraid of the intensity of the feelings for the other (without saying anything, mind you this was just an inner monologue), but maybe it’s worth it… No! it’s dangerous (this isn't explained until more than halfway through, and to say it was underwhelming is an understatement. More like a mild inconvenience than a dangerous situation)... over, and over, and over…. I swear, the only differences in their POV were the pronoun they used to refer to their love interest and how they think of the tiger shifters (they don’t even talk about them, just repetitive inner monologue). Oh, and which sound/gesture the other made that made them hard/wet or lose their train of thought. It was very difficult to distinguish between the two MCs. The only semi-exciting things happen in the last 100 or so pages. This book could have easily been 150 pages long and it would have been better.
The sex scene at about 70% was not hot. The words ”kill” and “die” are used so often in the first part that it resembled a torture session. And one chapter ends in the middle of it only for the next one to pick up exactly at the same moment. There was no need to do that. The conflicts were mostly minor inconveniences that were blown out of proportion by the narrative, and that got solved within less than ten pages in the last third of the book with a couple conversations. The tiger shifters came and went as the same exact scene repeats three times, with a little added violence in the third. That was the only good part of this, and it lasts one chapter. Again, this could have been significantly shorter. Should have.
It’s also plagued with weird sentences and word choices, as well as grammar and punctuation mistakes. Plus several interchanged homophones, like “due” instead of “do”, and the typical “your” instead of “you're”.
The tigers were horribly patriarchal, and most were very misogynistic, even the women. I will not read this author again, since pretty much of her work is with the tigers.
February 14, 2023
Ahhh, if only
A good shifter and human romance is so satisfying! If shifters did exist, and I was young and single, a relationship like this one would be the stuff of dreams. To meet a person who is physically, mentally, and emotionally attractive to you is wonderful. To experience fated mating as well would be frosting on cake. Everything about this story was great. The people, the science, the collaboration of clan matriarchs, and especially the surprise that was Tom.
A good shifter and human romance is so satisfying! If shifters did exist, and I was young and single, a relationship like this one would be the stuff of dreams. To meet a person who is physically, mentally, and emotionally attractive to you is wonderful. To experience fated mating as well would be frosting on cake. Everything about this story was great. The people, the science, the collaboration of clan matriarchs, and especially the surprise that was Tom.
May 20, 2021
Good crossover storyline
Really liked this book. h was brainy and funny. H was not overbearing and the mate bond seam really natural. Opposites attract but similarities endure and grow stronger together.
Really liked this book. h was brainy and funny. H was not overbearing and the mate bond seam really natural. Opposites attract but similarities endure and grow stronger together.
November 7, 2022
tiger leopard
Enjoyed the brainiac feel of the heroine. The tigers needed to take a chill pill. The leopards already took one.
Enjoyed the brainiac feel of the heroine. The tigers needed to take a chill pill. The leopards already took one.
November 14, 2022
Has some grammar errors, but good story, lots of science.
June 24, 2025
Pretty good story. Although I was definitely impatiently waiting for the two main characters to quit being silly and just get together already.
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