Guest Review: Bonded Souls by Nina Pierce

Posted June 18, 2010 by Book Binge Guest Blogger in Reviews | 1 Comment

Tracy’s review of Bonded Souls (Prequel in the Shifting Bonds Series) by Nina Pierce

After discovering her boyfriend is married, veterinarian Jayda Kynslan decides to give up on men. She has every intention of planting her feet firmly on the path of celibacy—right after one more night of shameless sex with a stranger. A vacation in Montana would certainly ease the pain of betrayal and offer her anonymity.

Police chief and wolf shifter council leader, Cole Takoda, needs a break from investigating the murders of shifters plaguing his town. When a beautiful stranger seduces him at the local tavern it’s more than a tryst…it’s uncontrollable desire. And Cole can’t stand it. To top it off, their quickie becomes a revelation of shifter secrets and unfulfilled prophecies.

The discovery of a dead man in the forest behind Jayda’s rented cabin thrusts her into a foreign world of animal shifters and murder and the man she thought was only a casual diversion seems to be the only one willing to hear her side of the story. Jayda’s just not sure if Cole’s going to take her to jail—or his bed.

The blurb pretty much lets you know what’s happening in the story so I’ll just go right to my thoughts. I thought the premise was interesting but wasn’t quite sure why Jayda felt the need for one night of torrid sex before she became celibate – hadn’t she just had an affair with a married man? Apparently the sex with him wasn’t too memorable. *g*

Despite my misgivings of Jayda’s reasons for her night of sex she manages to pull it off quite well with Cole. With Cole being a wolf shifter – and knowing that Jayda is too although she has no clue – he’s up for some hot and heavy in the backseat of his car.

When Cole is called the next day to the sight of a murder he’s quite dismayed to find that Jayda is the person who found the body. He wasn’t sure if she was behind the murder or not, but that didn’t stop him from again having sex with her. Now I understand that shifters are very sexual people and with Cole thinking that he’s found his mate he’s all over her – but with the distrust that he was feeling towards her it just didn’t feel right for him to be with her while distrusting her.

I thought the story was a cute. The suspense part of it was definitely not complex but interesting enough to hold my attention. Jayda’s wolf found her mate – but she’s a polymorphic shifter which means that her cougar side is just hanging there. I see from reading about book 1 in this series that that issues is dealt with. If you want a quick shifter read then this might be for you.

Rating: 3.75 out of 5

This book is available from Ellora’s Cave. You can buy it here in e-format.

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