Mate Set

Mating Heat, Book 1

By: Laurann Dohner

Narrated by: G. C. VonCloudts

Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

It's werewolf mating season. All the males are in heat and the driving, sexual lust of their beasts is almost uncontrollable. Mika is human, in an alley, surrounded by four horny werewolves. She knows she's in deep shit. A tall, handsome werewolf rescues her then demands payment. Hot, sweaty, intimate payment.

Grady is a half breed whose human mother abandoned him to his werewolf father, so he knows human women just aren't safe to fall in love with. The wolf within him wants Mika as his mate, but Grady will not give in. Never. Ever. He's willing to fight his emotions and his beast, no matter how much sexy Mika tempts him.

But neither of them expected her Uncle Omar to assign Grady to protect her from other males - 24/7, in her home, sleeping just down the hall. Mika decides to make the best of her vacation and keep the hot wolf in her bed. Grady can't resist the scorching sex, but he is determined to resist the bond.

©2010 Laurann Dohner (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Hot, Sexual and Sensual

Loved it! It was my first Laurann book. I could not stop listening. I really enjoyed the plot and the hot males. The book is even better than I expected. I cannot wait to listen to the next book.

awesome

Storyline was great. I loved the narration. Overall it was a terrific book. Happy Reading.

Loved it so much!

This is one of the BEST stories I have EVER heard! This one is a keeper! I laughed, cried and other emotions I had listening to this story. Gonna have to listen to this again!

Yummy smexy read!!!

I had previously read this book and decided to reacquaint my self with the series in audio. It reminded me of just how much I enjoyed it the first time around!! Such a great read!

Mika is just the sassy snarky kind of gal I love to read. She knows what she wants and goes for it. I adored her banter and spunky attitude. The way she teases Grady is so naughty and delightful! She does push things too far at times, especially knowing the danger she faces.

Grady is a gruff Alpha wolf, who has no plans for a human mate. This makes him a bit of an a-hole most of the book. He is fighting it with everything he has and really not very likeable at times.

The whole book is from Mika's POV, which is part of why Grady comes off so badly. If there had been a mixed narrative he cold have explained himself to the reader in his thoughts. Cause his actions said major bad news d-bag.

The steam is off the charts hot!!! I am talking forget eh panties and have a fella nearby!!! Oh lord do those wolves like to lick their treats! And the biting. And the dominance!! Good lordy!

There are some major drama moments in the story, these kids have things to work out. I really loved the supporting cast and hope to see some wolfie brothers find mates soon!

I listened to the audiobook narrated by G. C. VonCloudts, who does a great job. Plenty of variation in the voices and consistency. She has a great tone that leads itself to the material. I loved her energy throughout the read, especially in the naughty bits! The girl gives good voice!

I really enjoyed this book despite the hero being arrogant and highhanded. I am eager to read the next book in the series again and then move on to the third book which will be a first time read!

anglo human girl gets 1/2 breed alpha male in heat

An adopted 28 anglo girl visits her shifter uncle. She falls for the alpha leads bastard oldest half breed son during the summer heat. He has issues due to his mixed breed nature. She develops feelings but, has to be realistic. Mating with an human is looked down on. Her adopted parents had received hardship due to her mother being a shifter and her father being human. But her mother's brother also loved his niece like his own. She knew about shifters but. her heart fell in love. She can't just have sex without attachments. But, the issues that the lead alpha's 1/2 breeds son is in the way of mating a full wolf female or fall for a human female like his mother. But, knowing his human mother left him. Alone and didn't bond with him made him fear that the human female he cared for would do the same. This was a nice sexy story.. No diversity of other skin colors other than different races of human with shifters all anglo with pale skin. Good ending. Worth a credit. Hope to find out if she attempts to be "turned " or have pups.

liked thi one too

this is a good story. the narration was great. Now the narration didn't match the book sometimes but not to much it can't be followed.

Great Plot

Live it! Could not stop listening until the end. It was like I was there.

Turned my frown upside down!!

Ok so I was hella mad when I first purchased this book because I read the title wrong and thought I was purchasing a “set” of books not an individual book. HOWEVER, this was the best mistake I made!! I was so engaged with this book and listened to the entire story in 2 days (which is a record for me!!) I literally was sneaking and listening to this book while working and stayed up late past my usual bed time because the story was so addictive. Ugh and the narrator was effin AMAZING!! I really felt I was listening to different people!! Immediately purchased the second book in this series once I completed this one!!

Love the story and narrator

Wish we could have more of this series (I have read every book by Laurann Dohner)! And narrator!

Alright start to the series

2.5-3 stars

*** warning, this review might be a bit spoilerish****

I had mixed feelings about this story. It was well written and was alright but I had issues with the conflicts and the ways they were handled. Grady seemed iffy through most of the story and Mika was put in impossible situations that just made me feel bad for her. There is some insta-love going for those that don't like that sort of thing.

Mika lives in California and has a life but nothing is really holding her there. She has an uncle Omar that is a werewolf shifter and she goes back to her home town to visit him regularly. She's thought of moving back to be closer to him but he wants her to marry a human and thinks it's too dangerous for her to live there full time.

Grady is the first born of the pack Alpha in a wolf shifter pack. His mother was human and wasn't with his father when she started raising Grady. When he started showing signs of being a werewolf as a kid, Grady's mom found his dad and dropped Grady on his dad's doorstep. Unfortunately, Grady's dad's mate is a horrible woman who looked down on Grady because he was half human and wouldn't allow him to be taken in. Grady was raised by a number of families in the pack instead. Now he's known for staying away from humans except for the occasional one night stand.

Mika comes to town to visit for a couple weeks, She knows about shifters but her uncle doesn't bother to tell her that it's mating season (a time she's never visited before). This means that there are many strange werewolves in the area looking for sex and they're not all very picky about who they get it from. Humans are supposed to be off limits but not all the visitors follow the same rules. So Mika is in town and craving some chocolate so she goes for a stroll to the store and gets dragged in to an alley by 4 werewolves. She screams as they're trying to start a gang rape and before too long, Grady comes along and saves her. He then proceeds to come looking for some repayment (but they don't actually have sex). Mika is rather embarrassed by the whole thing (and was rather turned on by Grady) so she doesn't say anything to her aunt or uncle about the incident. Omar does finally realize that Mika needs guarded against the strange wolves in town and decides to draft one of the best enforcers in the pack, Grady.

So as her guard, Grady is staying with Mika 24/7 but pretty much treating her like crap and barely talking to her. She's pretty much locked in the house so she pushes to go out. They go to Grady's bar which is supposed to be safe ground but Mika almost gets abducted by a strange shifter right there in the bar and in order to save her from a horrible fate, Grady is forced to lay claim to her. Uncle Omar isn't happy about it but the way it happens means they have to have sex (during the rest of the mating season) or Grady will go crazy. Mika's Uncle basically gives her to Grady to have sex with for the next 2 weeks. Mika isn't all that happy about it at first but she was already attracted to Grady and figures she'll go along with it. Grady makes it very clear that he doesn't want a human mate so Mika knows she's headed for trouble when she realizes that she's fallen for Grady within the first couple days. Then she's pretty much plagued with life being horrible because Grady is constantly showing her that she's not what he wants and it hurts her. Grady is so clueless that he doesn't realize what the heck is going on or that his actions are hurtful. This pretty much continues until the end and then was have a whiplash turnaround and Grady and Mika get their HEA.

To be honest, the way the story went just didn't work for me, probably because I'm not in to the constant drama. The forced situations and frequent ups and downs (but mostly downs) wasn't really my thing so I had trouble getting fully in to the story. I liked Mika and wished for her to get her happiness but I was less than convinced that Grady would be the one to give it to her (at least until the last 5% of the book). I can see someone liking this story that was more in to the forced situations and big drama. I may try the next book in the series as I've heard it's better than this one and I do like the author. :D