Hard Mated

Written by Jennifer Ashley

Narrated by Cris Dukehart

Spike, a wildcat Shifter and the champion fighter of Shiftertown, is stunned when Myka, the best friend of a dying human woman, announces that Spike has fathered a cub. What's more, the mother is giving the boy to Spike to protect and raise. 

Myka is not sure that a wild fighter named Spike is the best man to bring up the cute little jaguar cub. She goes to Shiftertown to check out Spike, and finds that the man behind the name is a lonely Shifter who's lost most of his family and is a fierce caretaker to those he has left.

Spike is torn between the cub and his duties as tracker to the Shiftertown leader, and begs Myka, the only person who understands, to help him. He starts to like the sassy Myka, a horse trainer who's not afraid of working with animals, even if they're wildcats who turn into humans. 

When Spike's job puts his cub and Myka in danger, Spike is forced to choose between those to whom he's pledged his loyalty and his need to protect the woman and cub he's come to love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JA / AG Publishing
• Release date: May 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669699286

Jennifer Ashley

Jennifer Ashley is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Kat Holloway Below Stairs Mystery series, the Shifters Unbound series, and the Mackenzies & McBrides series. Her novels have won several awards, including RT Reviewer's Choice awards and a RITA.

Reviews for Hard Mated

[Dar Good · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was my first book in this series, and I quickly went and got them all! I love this world, how simple, civilized, and savage it is, all at the same time. But I really loved these characters, as Spike and Myka open up to each other. The trust they gain lets them finally let loose all the feelings they have been hiding almost all their lives. The passion they share, the emotions they express, and the love that grows, made me want only the best for them, forever and always <3