Lure of the Bear: Aloha Shifters: Jewels of the Heart, Book 3

Having read the book, I was really keen to listen to this in audible and it exceeded my expectations.
I have posted a review for this book as well which I will include at the end.
I was able to listen to the story and detach myself from the tediousness of packing up my house, this saved my sanity.
Hunters shyness really comes through in audible and I love his dialogue with his bear even more than in the book.
Dawn’s inner dialogue and slow realisation that Hunter was still the sweet, wonderful person she knew as a young girl comes through so well.
The descriptions of Maui are colourful and make you wish you were there.
I still find it difficult having one voice do all the characters and while Ms Osborne does a great job, even my husband picked up on it whilst listening in the car when the baddie was talking. Little differentiation between characters. This did give us a good discussion matter however.
If you have never read or listened to an Anna Lowe book and love PNR you are doing yourself a disservice by not grabbing any of her books.
BOOK REVIEW
Such a sweet, sweet story. Had a soft spot for Hunter from the beginning.
I believe due to the fact we have known Hunter and Dawn are destined mates from earlier books, this was a bit slow in getting off the ground as we rehashed certain knowledge. Good for new readers, vexing for us following the series.
Once past this point though the story once again carried you along for a great ride.
We have known Hunter and Dawn are mates since book one but Hunter is so painfully shy and tongue tied around Dawn. He is unsure of himself and even his bear due to past trauma.
Hunter and Dawn were friends and nearly a bit more in high school but Hunter took off and joined the forces.
Having outed himself as a shifter to Dawn to save her life, he is feeling depressed thinking she is frightened of him and his bear. His dialogue with his bear was really lovely.
Having to work security for their respective jobs at THE wedding of the century on the island gives them time to renew their friendship and for Dawn to relearn just what a big softie Hunter is where she is concerned. Hunter was just happy to be near Dawn.
Oh Hunter, how I wanted to just cuddle him once we learned about his past childhood horrors, how sad it was.
Dawn was a nice surprise as we knew so little about her apart from she loved to book the Koa Point shifters for speeding all the time. This made everything we learnt about her interesting. Even police officers have background stories, this is one very put together lady even with her past trauma.
Loved the wedding drama, talk about reality TV gone mad. Laugh out loud.
I also liked Dawn’s landlady Lily, what a hoot she was ogling all the men.
We have another Spirit Stone literally fall into our Koa Point shifters lap and didn’t it once again help vanquish the baddie. Loved that bit so much.
This is my honest review of this book.

shifters, hawaii, law-enforcement, erotica

Another in this series of shifters with military histories living in a compound in Hawaii and coming together with their mate. Each story is about a different type of shifter, but each has a load of baggage and is challenged to convince the mate that he is not a monster, and that he is worthy of her love. See publisher's blurb for hints and clues but there are no spoilers here.
The audio is very good,and Kelsey Osborne is why.

So loving this series. I can not wait to read the future books on Cruz and Silas, especially Silas the grumpy dragon. I glad I waited a bit before reading the book. When I first got the book and audio there was not whispersync available. But not to long later it was available for this book.

Now I loved the narrator’s voice but like the previous books she did rearrange sentences and leave words and sentences out. If you are not following along in the book then you will not be able to tell it. For me when a sentence was left out I would stop the book and read the sentence that was left out.

I just loved Hunter. We got to know him little by little in each book. He was a bear shifter that was shy, lonely, and carried some hurt and pain around. My heart really broke for him. Reading about his past I can not imagine what it was like for him growing up. This did not only hurt him but it hurt is bear as well.

I loved how in this series the animal appears to be a separate being living inside the person. You could tell by how they talked to their animal and their animal talked to them. This was the same case in this story. Hunter’s bear talk to him, encouraged him, make his feelings, wants and desires know. He also help guide him on winning their mate.

Officer Dawn Meli was having a hard time after seeing Hunter turn into a bear. This caused alot of emotions to stir inside her. She was scarred of what she had seen. She was also drawn to Hunter and could not get him off her mind.

I had several laughs when it came to Hunter and Dawn working the wedding of this night mare of a person, Regina the nightmare bride was truly something. That woman loved attention. What Hunter and Dawn had witness was almost funny.

Dawn will find herself in danger and Hunter will find a ghost from his past come back to haunt him. I loved how protective Hunter was of Dawn. I love how much he put her first. This romance will really sweep you off your feet. This is a book I would highly recommend.

I have read all the books in this series and love every one of them. The author kindly sends me the audio versions for free and I listen took them all the way through. I always pick up something that I missed when I read it. The narrator is wonderful and I can always hear her voice in my head when I read the next book.

This book is about Hunter and Dawn. Dawn is a police officer, and Boone has the speeding tickets to prove it! Hunter has loved her for years and just when he thought he might have a chance, she found out he was a bear shifter. He was forced to kill a wolf shifter to save Dawn's life and she has avoided him ever since.

Find out if Hunter can change Dawn's mind about shifters. Pain from the past will come back to haunt both of them and they will need to overcome it, and Bridezilla, to save another spirit stone from enemy hands.

I have voluntarily reviewed this book.

Hunter and his past was just heart wrenching. All the information regarding his past plus finally putting him with his mate and knowing of Hunter since Book 1 made this a satisfying read.

With the sad, the funny came in equal measure. Throughout this series, the shifters animal sides monologues cracked me up. I don't even have a shifter side and I find myself talking to me just like they do, only they are funnier than I am.

Dawn and Hunter, a cop and a bear walk into a wedding.... sounds like the beginning of a good joke. Instead, it's the recipe for a sweet Hawaiian shifter book. As with all of Anna's books, you still get love, mystery, intrigue and of course hot guys.

yes for sure.. i love meli and hunter is the best thing ever.. this story is superb

i think hunter is my favorite.. he is so sweet.. and shy.. he is wanting so much he feels he cant have

the emotions.. i mean i feel them when im reading but hearing them is so much more intense.. the laughter.. the sadness.. all of it

laugh yes.. a lot lol

I liked this story about Boone , the bear shifter and Dawn, the police officer who harbored feelings for each other for years. Now that Dawn knows Boone is a shifter it puts her off. But the animal attraction cannot be ignored, not when you are fated mates. Add in a bridezilla (the narrator did a great job) they are doing security for and bad guys and you have a fascinating story. I received a free audio and am reviewing voluntarily.

Each book in this series gets better and better. I love each of the characters and the mystery of the gem stones.

This book centers around Hunter and Officer Dawn Meli who are both imperfect characters with baggage. While it seems like they take a long time to work through their issues, it was gratifying to see them working through the process of learning to trust again. Hunter’s shyness and unwillingness to cause further upset to Dawn was sweet and endearing. Dawn’s reactions to discovering that shifters exist came across as realistic and well written. I think it really helped that she grew up knowing Hunter and his foster family.

I loved how the other characters in the story were so supportive of their relationship and even set up moments for Hunter and Dawn to interact. I loved Lily and her flirting with all the guys at Koa Point. She's freaking adorable. Grumpy, overprotective Silas even made me laugh at one point in the story.

Cruz's story is up next and I can't wait.

Disclosure: I received a free copy of the book.

BOOK REVIEW.....
Loved the book. Love the characters. Stayed up all night. Couldn't put it down I will read it several more times as I have all of the other books in the series.

NARRATOR REVIEW.....
The narrator did a great job with the voices.

- - Gifted copy by author - -
L

I am in love with this series, and this newest book is just as great. The main characters are really well written, you just can't stop reading. You have to know how their story comes together. I can't wait for the rest of the books in this series to come out.