“Jai Davis? Head of the medical team for the Carnivores?” I’m Jai Davis.”Ĭrush tipped his head to the side and studied her. When Crush only stared at her she smiled and added, “I should introduce myself. “Crazy’s relative,” the woman with Malone remarked. But no” - he faced Malone, briefly studied her pretty face - “you’re really crazy.” I thought you just acted crazy for the crowd. With a snort, Crush picked up Lola and put her in front of her food bowl. “I need a boyfriend or my aunts are bringing in a matchmaker so they can possibly hook me up with a distant relative.”

“Why are you here?” he barked, fed up with this line of questioning. “And there have been a few interested people but they weren’t the right family for her.” “I don’t have papers or anything and she’s been fixed.”

Unlike the She-tiger, this woman had basic manners. “A purebred English bulldog?” the woman with Malone kindly asked. The felines began laughing again and Lola snarled at them. Malone and the other woman exchanged another glance and Malone said, “This is your dog.” Lola continued to bark so Crush said, “Cut it.” She did and trotted over to him, turning and sitting down on his foot while facing the two felines. He didn’t know why Malone sounded so disbelieving. The two women looked at him and he shrugged. Lola trotted into the kitchen but commenced to barking as soon as she saw Malone and Dr. It used to be his apartment, now it was his house. “I’m fostering for a friend.” He whistled and Lola came out of the hiding place she always went to whenever his idiot brothers broke into his home. That was around the time the laughter stopped. While the two females found reasons to laugh, Crush finished putting away his groceries and put down food for Lola. It sure isn't because Crush's stubborn and contrary attitude is rubbing Cella in all the right ways.Bear Meets Girl Excerpt Unedited/Unproofed The only reason she's joined forces with him is to track down the wealthy human who's got her entire species in his ruthless sights. But Crush is proving one major pain in her gorgeous tail. Especially when that someone is a curvy she-tiger with a skill set that's turning Crush's lone-bear world upside down-and bringing his passion out of hibernation.Īs a member of an elite feline protection unit, Marcella Malone has no problem body-dropping anyone who hunts her kind.

But when someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur. Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. He's also about to get trapped by his own game. He's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. In the latest novel in Shelly Laurenston's Pride series, sparks fly when a resourceful she-tiger and a stubborn bear team up to track down a human enemy.

Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston