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Malcolm

A
shapeshifter romance

By Eliza Gayle

Kira MacDonald is in trouble. Plagued by false visions and
erotic dreams of a man she’s never met, she fears losing both her psychic
powers and her sanity. The cure? Finding and bonding with her mate. The
stubborn red-haired warrior might not want one, but fate has other plans, plans
that include her rescuing Lucas Gunn.

As the Guardian of his shape-shifting clan, Lucas Gunn lived
a quiet, solitary life. Until he was kidnapped, examined, and tortured. Now
imprisoned, his only tie to the outside world is the memory of his dreams and
the passionate woman who appears nightly in them. He thought she was nothing
more than a vision. Then she came for him.

An uneasy alliance, a mating call that won’t be denied,
rituals that must be honored, and unrelenting enemies who will stop at nothing
to get what they want. It all comes together in the first of Eliza Gayle’s
sensational Black Cougar Series. Passion and Pride. Duty and Danger. In the
end, there’s really only one choice…for Lucas.

Excerpt:

When they stepped outside the diner, Lucas dragged the cool
night air into his lungs searching for his control until he noticed the woods
across the road. The urge to change and go for a run crawled up his body,
taking over and making his skin too tight. He inhaled the clean scent of pine
trees, the musky earth, and various small wildlife.

He yearned to run free again. To be at home in his mountains
where he didn’t have to watch his back with every move and worry as much about
exposing secrets. It had been too long. He crossed the street and headed for
the cover of trees and shrubs, away from the busy restaurant and cars. Without
considering the consequences, he allowed the familiar prickling of his skin as
the changes rushed across him, fur quickly covering his arms. A branch snapping
behind him reverberated through him like a gunshot, startling him back from his
selfish thoughts as he realized what he’d almost done. He’d been about to
change in front of the enemy. The very thing he’d fought against all these
weeks. After taking a few moments to regain control over his traitorous body,
he turned to face Kira.

Her eyes were wide and full of questions, yet she said
nothing. Did she already know what he was or would it shock her to see him turn
into a wild beast? While carefully watching her responses, Lucas motioned
behind him. “There’s a pathway across the street. Do you feel up to a short
walk in the woods?” Surprisingly, he didn’t smell fear on her at his request,
and her heartbeat had only increased a few beats per minute.

“Yes, please. I’m not ready to get back into that car again
or go inside anytime soon. I could use some fresh air myself. And then maybe
you could tell me what happened back there.”

He snorted. “You like the woods?”

“Grew up in them. There were miles and miles of unspoiled
beauty back home that I could roam and play in. Loved them so much I took to
disappearing for days. Drove my mother berserk.”

His chest clenched at the genuine smile of happiness that
memory created. “Where at?” Kira’s smile faded and he realized he’d pushed too
far.

“A long way from here.”

He waited for her to reveal more but her face remained
closed. Stepping forward, he gripped her hand and led the way deep into the
woods. The instant his hand touched hers a connection sizzled between them,
sending heat throughout his body. His body reacted, growing taut with his
desire. Once again the urge to throw her to the ground and fuck her consumed
his thoughts. Pure, primal need for her coursed through him.

What is wrong with me? Why am I feeling so needy toward this
woman?

He knew she’d been sent to draw information from him. He
wondered just how far she would go to succeed in her mission.

She was obviously telepathic, and he couldn’t help but
wonder what other abilities she possessed.

Kira abruptly stopped and whirled around to face him.
“You’re wrong about me you know,” she blurted out. “I’m not who you think I
am.” She seemed so nervous the way she bounced from foot to foot, yet her eyes
blazed, daring him to challenge her.

Her lips mesmerized him. Lucas couldn’t focus on what she’d
been saying over the roaring rush of blood in his sensitive ears. Her tongue
darted out to moisten her lips. The memory of that tongue pressed to his skin
flashed through his mind and his entire body tightened further. He fought the
urges until lust seeped from his every pore and he snapped.

He grabbed her shoulders and crushed her against his chest.

“What-” Before she could finish, he took her mouth with a
rough, demanding kiss. He thrust his tongue past her teeth and devoured her
taste. Stroking into her silken mouth, he couldn’t fight the need anymore. His
beast wouldn’t be denied. Lucas wanted her more than his next breath and, by
damn, he was going to have her. Now

About the Author

From the moment Eliza read her first erotic romance novel
several years ago, she knew she had found her niche and realized her dream of
writing was passing her by. So after years of thinking about it she
finally grabbed her laptop and wrote. These days she likes her stories hot
and spicy whether they be contemporary, fantasy or paranormal and will write in
whatever genre her imagination has conjured that day.

Eliza lives in beautiful North Carolina and spends her days
dividing her time between writing, her job as a marketing manager and wrangling
her two daughters.

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