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Scent of a Mate by Dianna Love

cheryls's review

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5.0

This is book 4 in the League of Galize Shifters series and it features Gan and Scarlett. Gan is having major trouble coexisting with his Siberian tiger. The Guardian has given him one more chance to prove he has it all under control. He is to help Scarlett on her mission to rescue a group of female shifters taken captive by a dishonorable shifters. He’s finally found something he and his tiger agree on and that is Scarlett and her cougar. She’s got powerful secrets people would kill for. She doesn’t want to endanger anyone that gets too close to her. Namely a hunky, persistent Siberian tiger. These two make a great team! Add in the insane attraction and it gets even better...and HOTTER!

The story line was fantastic. I could actually see it all playing out in my mind. Scarlett’s secret was quite the plot twist. All the characters were great! It was entertaining watching Gan’s character growth. I can’t wait for the next book in this amazing series.

monadh's review

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5.0

The unexpected sweetness of a hot tiger shifter

This is the fourth installment in Dianna Love’s exciting League of Gallize Shifter series. Theoretically the books could be read as standalones, as each one focuses on another pair of shifters, but they are all connected by an ongoing story arc, in which parts of the mythology surrounding this special breed of shifters is gradually revealed.

Gan and Scarlett’s story is a bit different though, because they featured as important supporting characters in the previous book, Stalking His Mate, and they also met there for the first time. Also, we get a lot of Gan’s background, as he is the adopted brother of Siofra, the heroine. They both lived in prison camps run by unscrupulous shifters, where they watched each other’s back. At that time Gan did not yet know that he is a shifter, as his animal had not yet emerged. And when it does, it’s a huge Siberian tiger that is constantly at odds with Gan. In order to learn control, he is placed in a sanctuary together with another shifter that has control issues. But Gan is deeply unhappy, as he sees this as just another prison and he wants nothing more than to finally be free and live life on his own terms.

Scarlett has demons of her own and she has made it her mission to rescue and help female shifters that have been abused. But her latest mission turns out to be more than she can handle on her own, so she cashes in the favor the Gallize shifters owe her. But things don’t go according to plan and she needs to rely on Gan for backup. Although Gan has his own plans, his tiger feels drawn to Scarlett’s cat and is much calmer in her presence. They both feel that because of their respective circumstances they cannot afford to have a committed relationship, but they can’t help developing feelings for each other. But before they can find their happy ever after, Scarlett’s past catches up with them…

I loved how different this story felt for a variety of reasons. First there is the hero, Gan: because of the way he grew up and his past experiences, or rather the lack thereof, he has kept a childlike innocence (although he is all man in other regards). But he says what he thinks and is unable to dissemble. Also, he is not driven by an unrelenting need to find his mate, as he doesn’t know about the Gallize curse. And I also liked that Scarlett is a shifter herself, whose cat can stand up to Gan’s tiger. Their relationship had an unexpected sweetness to it.

I am already looking forward to the next book in the series!

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