{"id":19079,"date":"2017-08-18T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=19079"},"modified":"2017-07-30T06:03:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T11:03:58","slug":"review-paranormal-shifters-im-not-a-dragons-mate-avaleighs-boys-book-1-by-sandra-r-neeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=19079","title":{"rendered":"#Review #Paranormal #Shifters &#8211; I&#8217;m Not a Dragon&#8217;s Mate, Avaleigh&#8217;s Boys Book 1 by Sandra R. Neeley  @sneeleywrites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1483630681l\/33799263.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I'm Not A Dragon's Mate! (Avaleigh's Boys #1)\" \/><\/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>Revised Cover, ISBN is the same as original 1519033532, ASIN is the same as original B01MAXX68A<\/p>\n<p>In the backroads and bayous of Louisiana lives a clan of mix matched shifters. Their Alpha, Kinkaid, has been kidnapped by a ruthless Dragon who thrives on torture and pain. Kaid struggles to survive against all odds. Unable to contact his clan, and weak and unable to shift from his Bear, he has given up almost all hope.<\/p>\n<p>One night a human female is brought to the Dragon&#8217;s compound against her will. Avaleigh has been chosen to be the Dragon&#8217;s Mate. She is tortured to the brink of insanity, easily overpowered by the Dragon. Gradually she realizes that she has no chance of freedom. But will she be strong enough to save Kaid&#8217;s bear? And if she does, will he be able to leave her there?<\/p>\n<p>Sitting alone in a smoke filled bar room, another Dragon waits. Stuck in this place, for no reason other than his Dragon refuses to leave here, Daniel GreyStorm watches the patrons come and go. Frustration keeps him company as he waits, wondering what fascination this Louisiana backroads bar holds for his Dragon. He has no idea he is on a collision course with fate.<\/p>\n<p>This book is the first in a new series, Avaleigh&#8217;s Boys, about a group of shifters who make their home in the backwoods and bayous of Louisiana. Their clan consists of a mix matched group of five shifters who depend on one another and are loyal to no end. These are their stories.<\/p>\n<p>WARNING: Intended for mature audiences. These stories contain hot bear, dragon, wolf and lion shifters. They like to cuss, fight and love their women. This book contains explicit love scenes, lots of use of the &#8220;F&#8221; word (among others), and some abuse by evil shifters. If you are offended by these subjects, please do not buy this book.<\/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\/33799263-i-m-not-a-dragon-s-mate?ac=1&amp;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=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uNAseq\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I received the book from the author after winning it in a book release party.<\/p>\n<p>So I love paranormal and I love shifters. This book was a big win for me.\u00a0 I admit it sat on my shelf for a few weeks because I didn\u2019t have the time.\u00a0 When vacation hit, BINGO I was all in.<\/p>\n<p>When I started the book, I admit I was unsure if I was going to like it.\u00a0 The beginning is a bit dark but I promise It\u2019s not NEAR as dark as other stories out there but be warned that there is non-consentual sex in the first few chapters.\u00a0 So there Is my review warning for ya\u2026\u2026But like I said it\u2019s not that bad but\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>Avaleigh was been kidnapped and is being held against her will by a really bad, bad, bad shifter.\u00a0 She is giving up on escaping but she sees another animal also being abused.\u00a0 Her final thoughts before she is willing to die is to save the bear.<\/p>\n<p>Kaid is on his last string.\u00a0 He is the alpha of his pack but is being kept in his bear form.\u00a0 He can\u2019t understand the spells that his is being contained under.\u00a0 When a strong-willed human who has endured her own abuses helps him escape, Kaid clams this human as his own.\u00a0 He gives her his bite to help hide her from the bag guy they are on the run from.<\/p>\n<p>Kaid bring Ava into his clan of misfit shifters.\u00a0 The guys all love her and her care.\u00a0 She has becoming the missing link to their pack.\u00a0 The missing female needed to help the guys form the solid family unit they are.\u00a0 Kaid and Ava are in this predicament.\u00a0 They both love and care for each other but they aren\u2019t the \u201cTrue Mate\u201d for one another.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Should they go ahead and claim each other?\u00a0 If so then what if their true mate appears????<\/p>\n<p>One night while singing her butt off with the guys in karaoke, in walks Daniel and everything flips on a dime!!\u00a0 Let\u2019s just say Ava\u2019s true mate found her and is not thrilled to see her snuggling with a group of shifters.<\/p>\n<p>The bar scene was the best.\u00a0 I was giggling my butt off.\u00a0 But I loved seeing the Kaid-Ava-Daniel dynamic play out.\u00a0 Ava is pulled in many different ways.\u00a0 Her duty to her mate or her duty to her family.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t think she can have both!!<\/p>\n<p>While the Pack is dealing and evaluating, the bad guy is tracking down his \u201cmate\u201d.\u00a0 He wants her back. \u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s just say things go really bad for him when he comes across a true mate and her pack family!!!<\/p>\n<p>The other guys in the pack\u2026seriously\u2026.Bam. My heart for this guy.\u00a0 But then Bane\u2026..shut up.\u00a0 Mav and Goldiy cracked me up but\u2026..but\u2026Kaid\u2026\u2026I need to know my Alpha is going to be ok!!!<\/p>\n<p>Books 2 and 3 are downloaded so I shall find out soon enough!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Sandra R Neeley is a 50-ish Mom, Nana, Wife and Author who masquerades by day as an Administrative Assistant and Manager. She is pretty much a home body who lives in the Southern United States with her husband, kids and a menagerie of animals. She has lived for most of her live with various and sundry characters running around in her head thankfully (and sometimes not so thankfully) distracting her from the standards of day to day life. They finally got so loud that with much encouragement from her husband and her mother, she decided to give them a voice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revised Cover, ISBN is the same as original 1519033532, ASIN is the same as original B01MAXX68A In the backroads and bayous of Louisiana lives a clan of mix matched shifters. Their Alpha, Kinkaid, has been kidnapped by a ruthless Dragon who thrives on torture and pain. Kaid struggles to survive against all odds. Unable to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=19079\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#Review #Paranormal #Shifters &#8211; I&#8217;m Not a Dragon&#8217;s Mate, Avaleigh&#8217;s Boys Book 1 by Sandra R. 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