Former enemies align, but is it too late to protect everyone they’ve come to love?

Lara has always relished being a thorn in Mason’s paw. When she was chosen as pride Enforcer, it was easier than ever to get under the passionate shifter’s skin. But with the scent of humans in the air comes a threat she’s powerless to battle alone.

It’s time Lara unites with the one man she needs, the one man she’s secretly drawn to…as if by fate.

If there’s one thing Mason hates more than relinquishing control to a female, it’s the attraction he feels for the fiery lioness. Joining forces with Lara against an insidious enemy only makes their primal bond hotter—and the two of them stronger.

Now it’s up to them, side by side, to bring together three warring shifter clans, win the final fight and save Deep Creek.

Review:

Always a sucker for a good paranormal/shifter romance, so I really enjoyed this story and series.

The war has ended between the shifters and now the sides must come together against a common foe, man. I liked the premise of the story of the pipeline going through state lands and the shifters trying to stop them to save their land. I think Lara and Mason made a good couple, the heat was there and there was just enough tension and issues to keep them interesting. Now, the stories are not necessary to read in order, but I would definitely recommend it.

4Stars
*I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this book provided by the publisher.*

Claiming His Lioness is a fast paced exciting culmination to this series. I’ll admit I didn’t see Mason & Lara as a couple but if anyone can bring him out of the stone ages it would be her. I loved watching the shifters come together against a common enemy. I laughed and sighed and enjoyed this book thoroughly.

I loved the ending to this series. It was passionate and hot! The battle this time is with the humans and not the other shifters. They had to come together in order to save Deep Creek and themselves. Lara and Mason, wow I really did not see that one coming. With as big a pain in the butt as they were to each other, getting under each others skin..... well sometime so those types of relationships create the most passion. I did not put this book down from the moment I picked it up!

I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book.

Lara has not been my favourite character of this series so far. She was always a bit too bitchy for me. But now I get why she channelled her inner alpha female so much, she was deflecting her fear of not being accepted by the rest of the pride. I still don't love her but I DO understand her. Mason is the perfect foil her. He IS the boss, she just thinks she is, LOL.

Mason and his twin always knew they were meant to lead the pride, but he never imagined it happening so soon. But now with his brother happily mated, to a bear no less, he feels the pride is under attack and not from the usual foes. The humans are up to something and he and the annoying Lara are going to get to the bottom of the mystery, even if it kills them.

Lara and Mason were a fairly matched couple and I loved the tension they generated. Each had a fear of letting down the pride for differing reasons. The new storyline with the human foes was really good and upped the tension and applied pressure to the tentative truce with the bears. Great conclusion to the story and I was a happy camper that all my little loose ends were tied up.

My favorite so far, Claiming His Lioness is cheeky, sexy and sassy. I liked this story Mason is a great character and well suited to Lara. I enjoyed the story and the interaction between the characters and I look forward to reading more by this author.

This book fits everything you would expect in a Harlequin novel. A Heroine who sacrifices themselves for the good of all. A hero who notices and loves her through thick and thin. An evil that could only be overcome through the combined efforts of the village. There is an old but true sense of wrong and right, redemption and love. There are moments when the book is slow, or unfocused. The Heroine’s internal angst seems too easy, her anger too petulant. But in the end, the triumph is a wonderful read.
ARC was reviewed via NETGALLEY.

Well, here’s something you don’t see every day. A shifter romance where the couple in question are a) the same species, b) already acquainted and c) she is technically his boss. But here in the wilds of Deep Creek, anything can happen, and as she rounds out this latest lion duology – in the first two books of the series, Waking the Bear and Pursuing the Bear, the lions were the Bad Guys – Kerry Adrienne gives us a fully-realized world of codes and ritual and mating that make Lara and Mason’s contentious path to desire, then love, then forever completely believable amidst all the spectacular crazy that surrounds them. A worthy entry into a very enjoyable, slightly off-kilter, paranormal romance series. (Oh, these “lions,” by the way? Mountain lions. Just so it makes more sense that they live in the same woods as a pack of bears.) – Rachel Hyland

3 1/2 stars.

This review appears in Romantic Intentions Quarterly #2, out July 3.

Mason just says sweet words to his woman, “you annoy me sometimes, but I could never hate you.” He held back his smile." There are times Mason doesn't beat around the bush, “then tell me what’s wrong so I can fix it. I really have no clue what you’re upset about.” I liked this book, I really liked Mason.