Coyote's Mate: Coyote Breeds Series, Book 2
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For six years Anya Korbin work with Del-Rey Delgato - the genetically altered rebel known as the Coyote Ghost - to free a group of coyote women kept in her father's lab. As Anya matured into a woman, she and Del-Rey grew close - but then he broke his promise and killed her father. Now she must deal with her animalistic desire for the one who betrayed her.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Ok, so up front it needs saying that if you get offended by detailed and highly intense scenes of a sexual nature, then this book is not for you... But then to be honest what are you doing reading a Lora Leigh novel if that's you? Leigh makes absolutely no bones about her style verging on the erotica and I have to say that amongst the genre at least this is supported by some very good, nay excellent writing. Her characters are always illustrated to perfection and this book is no exception.
I don't normally include a summary of the story in my reviews but as Amazon's is so fundamentally wrong I thought it might help! Assuming you know the mythology of the Breeds world, basically Anya works with Del Rey (an escaped Coyote Breed) to help free others in the lab where she grows up. She feels he betrays her when he injures her father when they finally attack the lab (although later she discovers he did this so they wouldn't be thought as collaborators and killed). As a result when the old Leigh favourite mating drama happens, she kicks Del Rey to the curb because of the betrayal. 6 months on and they're trying to live separate lives (and failing pretty miserably). The main story is about how two highly intelligent, stubborn and pretty arrogant people try to find a way to gel together when their fundamental basis for a relationship is under question.
The beauty in this story as with most of the Breed novels is not the eroticism - although Leigh's writing is always a good way to keep you warm on a cold night! :) but in characterisation. Del Rey is the epitome of an a love hate character. Leigh writes him so flawed, with an over abundance of pride and totally isolated - making decisions with good intentions but without consulting anyone else - and completely wrong as a result. In essence he's Mr Darcy! And Anya makes a credible Elizabeth Bennet - she's feisty, independent and trying to find her niche in the world. Above all she's likeable and most importantly normal!
I've massively oversimplified and am sure to be struck by lightning for comparing an erotic romance to the classic Pride and Prejudice, but for me that's what Leigh is trying to do in a way. She's trying to create a story that doesn't hang on some background mythology but is entirely about characters trying to find their way around each other. This does that and very well.
So far I've not found a Breed novel I don't enjoy - which is more than I can say for some of Leigh's other series - this is a great example and if you've not read them before a good place to start - enjoy!
I don't normally include a summary of the story in my reviews but as Amazon's is so fundamentally wrong I thought it might help! Assuming you know the mythology of the Breeds world, basically Anya works with Del Rey (an escaped Coyote Breed) to help free others in the lab where she grows up. She feels he betrays her when he injures her father when they finally attack the lab (although later she discovers he did this so they wouldn't be thought as collaborators and killed). As a result when the old Leigh favourite mating drama happens, she kicks Del Rey to the curb because of the betrayal. 6 months on and they're trying to live separate lives (and failing pretty miserably). The main story is about how two highly intelligent, stubborn and pretty arrogant people try to find a way to gel together when their fundamental basis for a relationship is under question.
The beauty in this story as with most of the Breed novels is not the eroticism - although Leigh's writing is always a good way to keep you warm on a cold night! :) but in characterisation. Del Rey is the epitome of an a love hate character. Leigh writes him so flawed, with an over abundance of pride and totally isolated - making decisions with good intentions but without consulting anyone else - and completely wrong as a result. In essence he's Mr Darcy! And Anya makes a credible Elizabeth Bennet - she's feisty, independent and trying to find her niche in the world. Above all she's likeable and most importantly normal!
I've massively oversimplified and am sure to be struck by lightning for comparing an erotic romance to the classic Pride and Prejudice, but for me that's what Leigh is trying to do in a way. She's trying to create a story that doesn't hang on some background mythology but is entirely about characters trying to find their way around each other. This does that and very well.
So far I've not found a Breed novel I don't enjoy - which is more than I can say for some of Leigh's other series - this is a great example and if you've not read them before a good place to start - enjoy!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Lora Leighs' books are not for the faint hearted and if you like your romances to stop at the bedroom door, not one for you but for me the whole Breed series is a great read and how these men and women, created in a lab and brought up as animals, try to find their way in a world that is both facinated and repelled by them is very good. I can never put any of this series down and will read them cover to cover. Coyote's mate is another one I could not put down, there have been a few of the books where I thought she was dropping the ball but with this one she is back on top.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first book that I have read by Lora Leigh and to be honest my expectations for this book were pretty low. I thought that it would be your typically irritating, overly dominant and frustratingly ignorant alpha male and a heroine which quite frankly needs to stop being such a pushover and kick the guy into touch. Don't get me wrong - this is pretty much what the book is like but unlike some other books which have gone down this route (e.g. Christine Feehan's Carpathians) I didn't hate it - I thought it was brilliant. I think this is down to excellent development of the characters: Del-ray drove me nuts with his complete ignorance and utter arrogance (and his constant defence of bad aspects of coyotes being that they are not Wolves). Yet at the same time I didn't hate him despite his flaws. I thought that Anya was a brilliant heroine - intelligent, brave and very likeable. I connected well with the character and followed her emotions throughout the book. (My only criticism is that she should have been tougher on Delgado - she let him off with way too much!)
The story came together very well, I thoroughly enjoyed the in-depth storyline and the other characters - especially the Russian coyotes - made this book really enjoyable.
Despite not reading any of the earlier books in this series I followed this one easily so don't be put off by the fact that it is at least 12 books in or something.
I would say that if you are not comfortable with very intense and detailed sexual scenes then this is not the book for you (I've read loads of books in this genre and I have to say this is by far the most explicit that I've come across).
This is the best book I've read in ages and I highly recommend it!
The story came together very well, I thoroughly enjoyed the in-depth storyline and the other characters - especially the Russian coyotes - made this book really enjoyable.
Despite not reading any of the earlier books in this series I followed this one easily so don't be put off by the fact that it is at least 12 books in or something.
I would say that if you are not comfortable with very intense and detailed sexual scenes then this is not the book for you (I've read loads of books in this genre and I have to say this is by far the most explicit that I've come across).
This is the best book I've read in ages and I highly recommend it!
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