Prey Mate
by Bailey
Bradford
Publisher:
All Romance eBooks
Date of
Publication: May 1st 2016
Cover
Artist: Erin Dameron Hill
Genre:
Gay Shifter Romance, Paranormal, Wolves
From The Book Junkie Reads . . . Prey Mates . . .
Surprise, surprise. Prey mates are not always of the same species. You will be quick to learn that in this quickie Gay Shifter Paranormal Romance. I got more than I was expected and could have taken more.
Cody was determined to not be owned by the one thing in the world he feared. But to save his life. He will have to give his life. Give his life to a mate. A mate of the very species he wanted nothing to do with.
Join Cody's fight to stay a single entity and live free.
**This
ARC was provided via Bewitching Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.**
BLURB
Predator and prey...one reluctant
mate.
Cody Sanderson wasn't looking for
a life on the run, but one mistake has cost him his freedom. If he gets caught,
it might cost him his life. The man he hooked up with for a night wasn't a man
after all, but a beast intent on owning Cody.
But Cody isn't anyone's to keep.
He will evade capture and die before he lets himself be caged by a monster.
When he's finally caught, he thinks he's about to be taken to the one man he
doesn't want to see ever again. Instead, he's offered protection and a solution
that will keep him safe.
The only thing is, he'd have to
be mated to one of the very things he feared most—a wolf shifter. Cody's not so
sure the risk is worth taking.
It was
happening again. Cody Sanderson fought against the instinct to turn and look
behind him. The uncomfortable sensation of being watched made his spine itch.
He finished the last of his beer and set the bottle on the grungy table. The
bar he’d stopped in at was a few steps below a dive, not the kind of place he’d
hung out at in Texas at all. He’d hoped that would throw Ansel off his trail.
Maybe it had, and whoever watched Cody had nothing to do with Ansel at all.
Or maybe
Ansel had found him. Again.
Cody
wiped his mouth and pushed to his feet. The legs of the chair scraped noisily
on the uneven floor, timed, much to his displeasure, with a pause in the
country music that had been blaring from an ancient-looking jukebox a half
dozen feet away. Cody hadn’t been listening to the song—it’d been a background
noise to his own chaotic thoughts—and he didn’t know if the song had ended
naturally or if someone had stopped the music. Perhaps he was being paranoid,
but paranoia was all that had kept him alive thus far.
He kept
his head down as he pushed the chair back in, a ridiculous thing to do in a bar
like this one. Old habits and ingrained manners made him do it, though, and he
felt like it marked him as the outsider he was. It was definitely past time for
him to get out of there.
The
jukebox didn’t start up again as he made his way toward the exit. Cody’s skin
prickled with goosebumps as he walked. The utter lack of conversations made him
want to run screaming from the place. He felt like everyone watched him, and if
they were, it couldn’t mean anything good for him at all.
He tried
to think, to pinpoint if he’d done anything that might have made him a target
there. Nothing came to mind. He hadn’t done more than order a beer and a
burger, had been careful not to smile or stare anyone in the eyes for longer
than necessary. Keeping his gaze averted would have marked him as prey as
surely as staring too long would have.
What a
crazy, unbelievable world to live in. And he’d had no idea just how crazy and
unbelievable until he’d stumbled upon Ansel’s secret. For that bit of
stupidity, he’d have to spend the rest of his life on the run, on the lookout.
If he
survived tonight. His footsteps seemed abnormally loud as he strode toward the
door. The scents of stale beer and cigarette smoke paled against the rancid
sweat odor that clung to him. If Cody could smell his own fear, then so could
any predators.
He
struggled to keep from running, to keep his steps even. Showing fear would be a
mistake he might not survive. His palms were slick as he reached for the door
handle, but he didn’t lose his grip on it. Cody opened the door, and the crisp,
cold air that greeted him chilled him to the bone.
He
stepped outside. The sound of the door closing behind him didn’t ease his fears
any. Every one of his senses was on alert; Cody had learned to listen to his
instincts in the past few months. He held himself still, barely daring to
breathe as he waited. When music blared suddenly from inside the bar, Cody bit
back a yelp but couldn’t repress his body’s reaction otherwise. He jolted as if
he’d been jabbed with a cattle prod, and it broke his reserve, sending him
running to his motorcycle.
Stop
running.
Cody told
himself that over and over again, but he knew he’d never be safe, and he’d only
be able to stop running when he was captured by Ansel or dead. Given those two
choices, he knew which one he’d prefer.
Author Info
Bailey Bradford is a married mom
of four who spends most of the day writing, either on stories or at the blog. She
loves to write as much as she loves to read. Baily is generally quiet and laid
back, choosing to let things slide off rather than stick and irritate her.
Although like many authors, she finds it a challenge to talk about herself, but
she does answer emails and invites readers to leave comments on her blog if
there’s something specific they’d like to know.
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