{"id":20523,"date":"2018-03-02T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20523"},"modified":"2018-03-01T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:12:42","slug":"review-shifter-the-blackstone-bear-blackstone-mountain-3-by-alicia-montgomery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=20523","title":{"rendered":"#Review #Shifter  The Blackstone Bear (Blackstone Mountain 3) by Alicia Montgomery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/04CEEAF7-E4C0-447C-A46E-1103A068FEE5.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20524\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/04CEEAF7-E4C0-447C-A46E-1103A068FEE5.jpeg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/04CEEAF7-E4C0-447C-A46E-1103A068FEE5.jpeg?resize=200%2C300 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/04CEEAF7-E4C0-447C-A46E-1103A068FEE5.jpeg?w=316 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Walker\u2019s bear is out of control and he can\u2019t let anyone know, not even his family and closest friends. The darkness inside is threatening to consume him, but when he meets Penny, he knows she\u2019s the one: his mate, the one who can calm his bear. And for once in his life, he feels he has a bright future ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Even though she\u2019s human, Blackstone has become a sanctuary for Penny Bennet. It\u2019s the place where she could start over and escape the scorn of the people from her past. When Ben suddenly declares she\u2019s the one his bear chose, she\u2019s not sure if she believes him. After all, why would he want to be with the girl from the wrong side of the tracks?<\/p>\n<p>When an unknown threat puts his family in danger, Ben must take the lead to protect everyone and everything he holds dear. But, can he also convince Penny she\u2019s his forever mate, before it\u2019s too late?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kristis-review.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kristis-review.jpg?resize=300%2C96\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kristis-review.jpg?resize=300%2C96 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kristis-review.jpg?w=428 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader\u2019s Copy of this book<\/p>\n<p>Holy bearded brooding bear!!!<br \/>\nBen is the Lennox\u2019s cousin, he is a bear shifter, and works at the mines with his cousins.<br \/>\nI love a brooding bearded man and that he is a bear shifter just makes it all the more awesome.<br \/>\nPenny is a new waitress at the bar in town called The Den. She had moved back into the area to take care of her dying dad and now that he has passed she has to stay until she builds her funds back up before she can return to Texas. She is a shy girl and has thought that Ben was hot since they bumped into each of their at his cousin\u2019s bachelor party at the bar, but he has no clue she\u2019s around. Until he gets a whiff of her, then he and his bear notice her as their mate.<br \/>\nIn this story Montgomery gives us a man who is sure that his other side is a monster and a woman that can calm that monster, that man taking the time to woo that woman (not just take her and mate her), another Lennox wedding, and some crazy a** relatives.<br \/>\nI love Montgomery\u2019s shifters, she always leaves me wanting more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/38365304-the-blackstone-bear?from_search=true\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blackstone-Bear-Mountain-Book-ebook\/dp\/B079KHM13H\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1519916417&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Blackstone+bear\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0818.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0818.jpg?resize=201%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0818.jpg?resize=201%2C300 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0818.jpg?w=292 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alicia Montgomery has always dreamed of becoming a romance novel writer. She started writing down her stories in now long-forgotten diaries and notebooks, never thinking that her dream would come true. After taking the well-worn path to a stable career, she is now plunging into the world of self-publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Sexy shifters, billionaires, alpha males, and of course, strong, sexy female characters are her favorite to write. Alicia is a wanderer, along with her husband, they travel the world and have lived in various spots all over the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/social-links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6164\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/social-links.png?resize=173%2C52\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aliciamontgomeryauthor.com\/\">Website<\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/amontromance\">Twitter<\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/8086734.Alicia_Montgomery\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Walker\u2019s bear is out of control and he can\u2019t let anyone know, not even his family and closest friends. The darkness inside is threatening to consume him, but when he meets Penny, he knows she\u2019s the one: his mate, the one who can calm his bear. 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