Welcome to autumn, 2014. It’s a time for pumpkin spice lattes, cooling
days, and kids heading back to school. I swear it feels like just yesterday
that we were doing this last year. You know, I have a deep and abiding love for
paranormal romance. I actually fell in love with urban fantasy and by extension
paranormals thanks to two authors: Anne Rice and Emma Bull. If you’ve never
checked them out, you should.
Fortunately, in the years since I read those the genre of paranormal
romance has grown by leaps, shifts, fangs, and fur. I’ve always had a soft spot
for shifter romance, and if you told me a book had wolves or cats or bears in
it—well, I was so there. This hasn’t changed, not one bit. I don’t think
there’s enough shifter romance in the world, but I did want to see more—what
happens when young shifters leave their packs? What if they go off to school?
How do they start over? How does a young wolf or cat or bear or any young
person really make that final leap to adulthood?
I am thrilled to introduce Decadent ROAR as an answer to those
questions. The line is dedicated to featuring stories about young weres and
shifters who have come of age but now must determine the path of the rest of
their lives. It's an exciting time of making your own decisions and not having
to seek permission, but freedom always comes with a cost. Fortunately for these
burgeoning adults, they have the ROAR hotline to reach out to.
Run by the mysterious siblings Hui and Min, 555-ROAR is a line shifters
can text or call for help, whether it’s, What’s
the best spot to hunt, or I’m in
danger. What should I do? It’s a helpline, and a lifeline in some cases.
Growing up is hard—being an adult is harder.
So what do we have to kick you off as ROAR launches a new school year?
How about a mongrel attending college close to home who must contend with a
sexy Alpha and his pride moving into her region? That’s the problem Mischief
“Missy” Jones faces in Mischief, Mongrels & Mayhem by Heather Long.
Pledging a sorority can be hell, but is it so bad when you have a demon
on your side? Werewolf Alexandra will have to decide when Kieran promises to
turn over heaven and hell to help her out in Sorority Wolf by Rebecca Royce.
Not everyone gets encouragement when they head off into the big, bad
world on their own. This couldn’t be more true for fragile and abused Riletta
who’s dumped at school with no options, no fallback, and no hope—that is until
delicious Macen intervenes in the hot ride that is Phoenix Rising by Cara Carnes.
Choosing college can be a grueling experience, but, then again, so can
diving into adulthood and taking responsibility for your actions. Samira faces
s a lot of hard choices, none tougher than accepting human Gavin might be her
mate in Lia Davis’ Imperfect Mates.
Life is what happens when you’re not paying attention, and the best
things don’t always occur in the order you expect. They sure don’t for Avery
and Declan. Both are busy setting up their lives but the allure of mating
throws them for a loop in Brandy Walker’s Shifted
Plans.
Attracting attention from the male species is a hard job, even more so
when that male is a shifter. Some lines, though, are hard to cross, and
Jordan
will fight his attraction to his best friend’s sister, Stacia, with everything
he has in Tempting her Tiger by
Virginia Cavanaugh.
Ultimately, the question these six stories must answer is not who will
they be as adults, but who are they? How do they reconcile everything they've
ever known with what can be? It's a new type of shifter romance, with all the
love and passion required to achieve a happily ever after....
Thank you for joining us as we launch a hot new series—we’ll do our
best to make every single tale memorable.
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