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Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. More than a year has passed since Marcus, free at last from his harsh captivity, disappeared to lead a life of solitude. Rachel waits for him, clinging to hope, but her fear grows that the man with whom she shares an unbreakable bond is lost to her forever. Despair leads her to take risks with her life, and Elijah does his best to keep her safe, but he knows that only his More than a year has passed since Marcus, free at last from his harsh captivity, disappeared to lead a life of solitude.
Believing that he will only bring her pain and sadness, Marcus has vowed to leave Rachel on her own, telling himself that she will move on and find love and happiness in the arms of some other man. Though overjoyed that Marcus has returned at last, Rachel cannot bring herself to believe that he will truly stay this time, and her doubts push her to defy him even as he fights to protect her.
She soon learns, however, that he will tolerate no disobedience when her safety is at stake, and her defiance will be dealt with firmly. As she stands before him, bare and blushing with her well-spanked bottom on display, knowing there is much more to come, Rachel longs for her mate to claim her as his and his alone. But can he shield her from those who would do them harm, or will he be torn away from her yet again? Claimed by the Beast is the sequel to Taken by the Beast.
It is an erotic novel that includes spankings, anal play, graphic sexual scenes, elements of medical play and BDSM, and more. Kindle Edition , pages. Published December 17th by Stormy Night Publications. Taken By The Beast 2.
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Lists with This Book. Oct 22, Chelon rated it it was ok Shelves: This would be a great story if it wasn't for This is great concept, great story well written, exciting. But the sex is not good and the men are just assholes. Love alpha males and D's but there's a line where its just assault. When your so called boyfriend who left for a year and sleeps with a different women every night during that time expects you to obey him and spanks you when you don't, assault. When his brother pulls your pants down and spanks you, assault. If she was in on it, or und This would be a great story if it wasn't for If she was in on it, or understood, or raised to expect it then , maybe OK.
But this was just unnecessary, the story was good without it, and at no point was this sexy or romantic. May 26, Katherine Deane rated it it was amazing. This story continues a year after Elijah rescued his brother, Marcus, from a group of men who kidnapped and ran deadly tests on him and his family of shifters. I also loved watching Rachel fight her own inner demons.
And Marcus, as the wounded hero, was amazing! His PTSD like memories traumatized and kept him from moving on with his life, keeping him from his mate, until it was almost too late! Between the great action, detailed Were attacks, hot sex, hard spankings, and hot and sweet romance, this book kept me turning the pages well into the night. Aug 06, Bernice Mills rated it did not like it. You know, I finished this book purely because I was waiting for her to find out that he'd been banging his way across the US while she played faithful Penelope and lost her goddamn mind at him, and He never told her, she never asked I had a problem with the discipline scenes as well.
There's a nasty term for that and it rhymes with Bruce. In fact, I don't think that Rachel consented to anything that happened for the entire duration of the book, except when she succumbed to Treacherous Body Syndrome and ended up enjoying it anyway. A mouse scurried across the rotting floor several feet away. A big furry arm draped over her waist and hugged her close to a large form with a wet nose pressed into the curve of her neck. A putrid stench of decay surrounded her. Gagging, she tried to slip out from underneath the beast, but he only groaned and held her closer.
The pain fired through her skull as she clenched her jaws.
Her body twisted and jerked violently as she cried out in rasping wheezes like a strangled animal. Tears soaked her cheeks as the ache set in and the racing of her heart slowed, but the beast held tautly. She could feel his muscles trembling against her skin. She stiffened when his cool, damp nose touched her hot, sweaty neck and inhaled deeply. With her chest still heaving to return oxygen to strained muscles, the beast relaxed his hold and withdrew from her. He hovered over her. His massive form terrified her. Even with his thick matted fur concealing his body, she could feel the power emanating from him.
He had the broad shoulders of a man, a strong torso, thick arms that extended out to large, rough hands with massive talon-like claws that could slice her open with one quick swipe. His fur was a dark brown with a golden-maple swirl over his eyes, muzzle, and belly. What stopped her heart were the pale gray eyes staring back at her. Haunted with pinprick pupils that slowly began to grow in size the longer she stared back at him. He half-growled, half-whined before he huffed and nudged his nose under her arm.
He wanted her to get up? Huffing, he balled his paws into fists, the claws digging into the rough pads of his palms and slipped one arm under her knees and the other under her neck and lifted her up. Despite the heaviness of her arms, she instinctively reached up to wrap them around his wide neck for extra support and security. He stiffened for a moment before his muscles relaxed. His nose pressed to the crown of her head and inhaled. His exhalation fanned across her face and her nose wrinkled at the wicked stench that met her sense.
He held her as if she were fine glass, while trying his best to keep his claws away from her skin.
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And he kept smelling her. What was with that? His heartbeat was fast, thumping loudly against her ear and oddly enough, she felt safe in his arms. The trees were beginning to thin, the foliage on the ground thickening with lush green ferns and grasses as a calm stream with a pebbly shore came into view. She may be a werewolf without a wolf, but she could handle drinking water straight from the source like the rest of her kind. It healed while she slept. Did you—uh—protect me last night? She laid back, her head almost completely submerged as the chilly water eased the embers still smoldering within her veins.
Sighing, she closed her eyes and focused on the feel of the gentle ripples caressing her body, like soft fingers smoothing out the knots and kinks. His eyes were downcast and looking to his side. In the bright sunlight, she saw scars scattered across his face where the fur was the thinnest. They crisscrossed over his muzzle, his brows, and a thick scar on his ear suggested it had once been ripped down the middle before healing back together.
They swirled together in a cloudy storm that made all her hairs stand on end. His brows furrowed and his lips curled back, revealing a sharp set of teeth. He sputtered out sounds before he snarled and turned away. Picking up a paw-full of rocks, he hurled them across the river, grumbling as his fur bristled and his ears flattened back. He growled, pacing a few feet away from her, kicking the rocks along the shore as he went before circling back to her.
His ears were back, tail lowered, and eyes avoiding hers. His ears perked toward her before he paused and hung his head, tucked his tail under his legs, and flattened his ears back. He looked around him and his ears perked up before he picked up a flat rock. Gripping it in one paw, he pressed a nail against the smooth surface and looked like he was writing an inscription on it. He struggled to hold the rock still and dropped it into the water. A little snarl curled his lips as he fished it back out and continued pressing his claw across its surface before he curled his fingers around it and held his paw out to her.
Confused and slightly stunned, she pulled herself up into a sitting position, her strength slowly coming back. He dropped the rock into her outstretched hand before curling back, his shoulder hunched, head tilted with one ear down and the other perked toward her. It was the size of her palm, round in shape, and smooth from years of water polishing the rough edges away. She rubbed her thumb over the surface of it before turning it around to read the inscription.
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