License to Shift

Kathy Lyons

Oct 2016 · Sold by Forever Yours

About this ebook

Bear Meets Girl...

Julie Simon returns to Saginaw, Michigan, to find her ailing father's missing research on local shapeshifter lore. Unlucky for her, the only person who can help her is the darkly sexy Mark Robertson, the guy who spent an entire summer giving her the cold shoulder-and one white-hot night of pleasure...

Mark is a hair's breadth away from going feral. Soon, his grizzly side will destroy everything that makes him a man. And after years of fighting, Mark is ready to give in to the beast. Then Julie-the gorgeous, curvy book nerd who awakened his most primal desires as a young man-shows up at his door. Now, he's fighting an insatiable longing to claim her as his mate. But Julie isn't the only one after her father's research. Someone-or something-evil is tracking Julie's every move...

Ratings and reviews

License to Shift is the second book in the Grizzlies Gone Wild series by Kathy Lyons. This book can be read as a standalone in the series but since it has reoccurring characters from the first book I would recommend reading the first installment as well. Mark Robertson is a bear shifter who knows his days are coming to an end. As the son of two powerful bear shifters, his bear gene is stronger and more dominant than that of other shifters. As a result his grizzly side has slowly been taking over his body and mind since he was sixteen. He knows he is going feral, losing his human side, and it is just a matter of time before he will have to be “put down”. His will power to keep going is dwindling as all hope of finding a cure is being exhausted. That is when a piece of his past comes back in the form of Julie Simon, the one woman he and his bear has always wanted to claim. Julie is back in town after her father’s heart attack. She is trying to round up her father’s journals and research to take to the hospital for him. Part of the research includes visiting Mark Robertson, her old nemesis and crush, house. When she comes face to face with the man she has always wanted she feels the old flame fire back up. He was always good looking and huge but now he is even more sexy and larger than life. Some things haven’t changed though, it is eight years later and he still seems to run hot and cold when it comes to her. When Mark volunteers to help Julie track down her father’s research work she doesn’t know how to act. While she wants to push him away and can’t deny the attraction and pull she still has towards the man. Mark wants to spend what little time he has left with the woman that should have been his but his grizzly side is pushing for him to take more, to make Julie theirs. When Julie’s life becomes threatened Mark and his grizzly vow to protect her even if it means letting his grizzly finally take over for good. I really enjoyed this book! The author did an excellent job with the characters and the story is very well written. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good shape-shifting or paranormal romance novel. I received an eARC of this book compliments of the publisher in exchange for my honest review and opinion. All ratings and opinions stated are my own.

About the author

Kathy Lyons is the wild, adventurous half of USA Today bestselling author Jade Lee. A lover of all things fantastical, Kathy spent much of her childhood in Narnia, Middle Earth, Amber, and Earthsea, just to name a few. There is nothing she adores more than turning an ordinary day into something magical, which is what happens all the time in her books. Winner of several industry awards including the Prism-Best of the Best, Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, and Fresh Fiction's Steamiest Read, Kathy has published over 50 romance novels, and she's just getting started. Check out her latest news at KathyLyons.com.