Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash
Series: City Shifters: The Pride #1
Published by Indie
Published on: September 4, 2015
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 130
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Up-and-coming chef Natalia Spencer has enough on her plate dealing with a struggling restaurant and a corrupt manager selling her out of pantry and kitchen. She doesn't have time for arrogant customers, even a gorgeous corporate raider in a bespoke suit with muscles that just don't stop. Until, of course, he buys her restaurant and saves her life.
Logan Chase, alpha of his lion shifter pride, is intrigued when the feisty chef kicks him out of her restaurant. He's enraged when someone attacks her. And he's intoxicated when he finally gets close enough to kiss her. But when he shifts in front of her and his lion comes out to play, he risks losing Natalia forever.
Natalia just wants to cook and snuggle with a nice guy. Shacking up with a man who's also a lion means inviting a new level of crazy into her life, along with his unruly brothers, and even her werewolf best friends warn her away. Can she and Logan create a steamy relationship from scratch, or are they a recipe for disaster?
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Sometimes I just want a quick read and Thrill of the Chase fits this bill quite nicely. Lion shifters? Gimme! I liked it so much I have already bought two more in the series. Each book tells a different Chase brother’s story.
In this author’s world building, Lion shifters are dying out. There’s only one lioness left that is of child bearing age, and she’s not a part of their pride. To that end, the brothers meet for dinner at a newer restaurant in a trendy neighborhood to plan for their prides future. When Lion shifter and corporate raider, Logan Chase, sends his steak back twice and asks to speak to the chef, little does he know that his destiny is going to come face to face with him, and then kick him out of the restaurant! Natalia is about the only thing keeping the small restaurant from failing. A Le Cordon Bleu graduate, she knows how to cook a steak and she is just mad enough at the restaurant manager for his misdeeds, that she doesn’t have time for a customer who tries to tell her how to cook his already perfectly cooked steak.
Natalia was a feisty heroine, to say the least. She’s human and knows nothing about the paranormal world. When Logan tricks her into another meeting, she knows she is attracted to him. On Logan’s part, he knows she is his mate, plain and simple. Logan is leader of his pride and the eldest of five brothers-all of them living in a huge mansion. He’s used to getting what he wants and now he wants Natalia.
The author employs the use of a shifter instantly(more or less)recognizing his mate in this story. I have no problems with that because that is part of the nature of shifters. That being said, I think Natalia falls for Logan a bit too fast, and it wasn’t as believable for me. Oh it’s not one of those jump into bed immediately ones, but it wasn’t a slow burn romance either. I did think the way Natalia reacts to Logan as a Lion was one of the most realistic reactions to a shifter that I have read. I can not stand it when a human barely reacts to seeing a shifter shift. So I liked how the author handled this part. Keep in mind, these are not really spoilers-not when you go into reading this knowing it’s a paranormal romance.
Sure shifter romances are a dime a dozen these days. But some do stand out for me and I do have a few favorites. This one was well written, the characters seemed very realistic-regardless of the paranormal element, and I really mostly enjoyed the romance. In addition, some of the brothers really stood out for me and made me want to read their stories. That could have been all, but the author also threw in some suspense and dangerous moments for Natalia and I thought that worked too.
All in all. this whole book worked for me and I read it in one sitting. It had humor, a helping of angst, a few steamy moments, and I highly recommend this to adult paranormal romance fans. Me? I am left wondering how I had no idea this series even existed until now!
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I’m Lorna and I live in Maryland. Since retiring, I spend my time mostly reading and reviewing books. My favorite reads are Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Young Adult. I read a lot of indie books in addition to traditionally published books. Favorite paranormal creature? Vampires, but I am really liking werewolves more everyday.
So many shifter series that I have never heard of out there. 🙂 Looks good!
Yes way too many shifter books out there for real, but sometimes you find a good one 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
This might just be the thing that I need to get me over a reading hump. And the interactions between Natalia and Logan seems like a lot of fun. 🙂
Yes, I did like it a lot-maybe it will work for you 🙂 Hope so!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
Another great UF series and another great review. 😉
Thank you Ali 🙂 I did enjoy it!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
Look at that pretty lion
He is pretty 🙂
Oh lion shifters FTW! This sounds so good and I haven’t heard of it either. Totally wishlisted it! 😀
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Yay! Hope you enjoy it 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
Well, that makes two of us, Lorna, because I’d never heard of this series either. But I’ve already popped up an amazon window. 😉 Lion shifters? Yeah, I’m down with that. 😉 And you know I’m a fan of feisty heroines so Natalia is a gal I’d like to meet. The Chase brothers sound rather fine as well. 😉 I get what you’re saying about Natalia falling too fast – humans don’t have the luxury of instantly knowing their mate. But I *am* interested in seeing how the author presented Natalia’s meeting of Logan’s lion. Thanks for introducing me to a new *must read* series. 😀
I can’t wait to see what you think! Of course I don’t expect you to read it right away! I did really enjoy it and like I said have already bought two more of them 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
Oh lion shifters? That’s great, I’m curious anly for that because who doesn’t like lion shifters? Impossible, it’s like dragons lol. It’s always complicated to find something a btit different in PNR but it’s great to see you had something like that.
Lion shifters are pretty great aren’t they? And dragons, and wolves.. Thank you!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
Oh a chef and a lion shifter, that sounds fun! And the female doesn’t know about her shifter side that sounds like it makes for some interesting situations. I like the sound of these characters.
I don’t mind the concept of them recognizing their mates so fast, but it does seem that sometimes it gets used so the author needs less time to develop their relationships and that’s a shame. I do want to feel their connection and see them get to know and fall for each other and I don’t like it when that goes too fast.
I like the sound of there is some suspense in this book as well and how this book makes you curious about some of the other characters their stories. Great review!
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One thing though-she isn’t a shifter-which is why I didn’t understand how fast she falls for him. I know what you mean about the author not taking time for the relationships to develop though! I did end up enjoying this read though 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)
Yep, the whole mating bond thing is so prevalent with shifters it doesn’t bother me. I have never read about anything other than wolves..I should try lions!
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I this is is my second lion shifter series that I have read although I am still waiting for book two of the other one. I have read several bear books and even a deer one. The field mouse one was the cutest though!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash (@Mollykatie112, @laylanashwrites)