The Beast In Him

The Beast in him can be read on its own, but it's more fun if you know the books preceeding it. That would be the Magnus Pack-series, which introduces the shifter culture (the titles are: Pack Challenge, Go fetch!, Here, kitty, kitty!, and Miss Congeniality in the anthology 'When he was bad'). The Pride-series starts with 'The Mane Event', 'The beast in him' is the second and 'The Mane attraction' the third in the series. Bobby Ray Smith, a wolf-shifter, always felt attracted to Jess, and he had a lot of protecting to do when they were kids because Jess was the only wild dog-shifter in a town full of wolves who just loved hunting and humiliating her. Bobby Ray then left his hometown to join the military, and when he starts his own security firm with some shifter friends, one of their jobs leads him back to Jess. She also moved away and has become the leader of a pack of wild dog-shifters with lots of success and money. But just like Bobby Ray, Jess has never gotten over their attraction - and while they clearly love each other, they will have to confront the wolves of Bobby Ray's family if they want to have a life together... Just like the rest of the shifter-books, this is an entertaining novel with a lot of humour and eroticism, more so than usual in most paranormal romance. I enjoyed the book and the whole series.