Tempting Her Tiger

By Virginia Cavanaugh

As a young girl, Stacia Carter had a crush on her brother’s best friend, Jordan Bayne. Grown and independent, she heads off to college and her destiny—to make him notice her as more than just the girl next door. After all these years, there’s no way she’ll take no for an answer.

Seeing Stacia again rocks Jordan’s world. She’s gorgeous, feisty, and hot...and also his best bud’s sister. No way can he have her for his own. But resisting the temptress proves harder than he thought.

When a male from a rival pride attempts to steal Stacia's affections, Jordan sees red. No one is good enough for her...not even himself. But the feline temptress stars in his every fantasy. Maybe one more kiss will satisfy his hunger for her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Decadent Publishing
• Release date: Nov 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781613337509

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Tempting Her Tiger

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Copyright © 2014 by Virginia Cavanaugh

ISBN: 978-1-61333-750-9

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ROAR

Mischief, Mongrels & Mayhem

Sorority Wolf by Rebecca Royce

Phoenix Rising by Cara Carnes

Imperfect Mate by Lia Davis

Shifted Plans by Brandy Walker

Tempting Her Tiger

By

Virginia Cavanaugh

Dear Reader,

Welcome to autumn, 2014. It’s a time for pumpkin spice lattes, cooling days, and kids heading back to school. I swear it feels like just yesterday that we were doing this last year. You know, I have a deep and abiding love for paranormal romance. I actually fell in love with urban fantasy and by extension paranormals thanks to two authors: Anne Rice and Emma Bull. If you’ve never checked them out, you should.

Fortunately, in the years since I read those the genre of paranormal romance has grown by leaps, shifts, fangs, and fur. I’ve always had a soft spot for shifter romance, and if you told me a book had wolves or cats or bears in it—well, I was so there. This hasn’t changed, not one bit. I don’t think there’s enough shifter romance in the world, but I did want to see more—what happens when young shifters leave their packs? What if they go off to school? How do they start over? How does a young wolf or cat or bear or any young person really make that final leap to adulthood?

I am thrilled to introduce Decadent ROAR as an answer to those questions. The line is dedicated to featuring stories about young weres and shifters who have come of age but now must determine the path of the rest of their lives. It's an exciting time of making your own decisions and not having to seek permission, but freedom always comes with a cost. Fortunately for these burgeoning adults, they have the ROAR hotline to reach out to.

Run by the mysterious siblings Hui and Min, 555-ROAR is a line shifters can text or call for help, whether it’s, What’s the best spot to hunt, or I’m in danger. What should I do? It’s a helpline, and a lifeline in some cases. Growing up is hard—being an adult is harder.

So what do we have to kick you off as ROAR launches a new school year? How about a mongrel attending college close to home who must contend with a sexy Alpha and his pride moving into her region? That’s the problem Mischief Missy Jones faces in Mischief, Mongrels & Mayhem by Heather Long.

Pledging a sorority can be hell, but is it so bad when you have a demon on your side? Werewolf Alexandra will have to decide when Kieran promises to turn over heaven and hell to help her out in Sorority Wolf by Rebecca Royce.

Not everyone gets encouragement when they head off into the big, bad world on their own. This couldn’t be more true for fragile and abused Riletta who’s dumped at school with no options, no fallback, and no hope—that is until delicious Macen intervenes in the hot ride that is Phoenix Rising by Cara Carnes.

Choosing college can be a grueling experience, but, then again, so can diving into adulthood and taking responsibility for your actions. Samira faces s a lot of hard choices, none tougher than accepting human Gavin might be her mate in Lia Davis’ Imperfect Mates.

Life is what happens when you’re not paying attention, and the best things don’t always occur in the order you expect. They sure don’t for Avery and Declan. Both are busy setting up their lives but the allure of mating throws them for a loop in Brandy Walker’s Shifted Plans.

Attracting attention from the male species is a hard job, even more so when that male is a shifter. Some lines, though, are hard to cross, and Jordan will fight his attraction to his best friend’s sister, Stacia, with everything he has in Tempting her Tiger by Virginia Cavanaugh.

Ultimately, the question these six stories must answer is not who will they be as adults, but who are they? How do they reconcile everything they've ever known with what can be? It's a new type of shifter romance, with all the love and passion required to achieve a happily ever after....

Thank you for joining us as we launch a hot new series—we’ll do our best to make every single tale memorable.

Happy Reading!

Heather Long and

Decadent Publishing

www.decadentpublishing.com

~Dedication~

Libby Carlson, for being the most awesome college buddy a woman could have.

Chapter One

Butterflies tumbled in Stacia Carter’s belly. She strode into the room, desperate to exude a confidence she didn’t feel. Shyness had always been her greatest handicap. Biology class wasn’t the cause though. She excelled in her studies—always had. The cause of her distress came from one male wrapped in a very sexy package. Jordan Bayne. Jordan talked with friends on one side of the room, and it was hard to tear her gaze from him—her first real look in over a year. He’d only become better looking. His dark-blond hair was longer than before and swept across his broad shoulders. The henley shirt he wore hugged his biceps and upper chest, falling loose around his lean waist.

They’d known each other all her life. He was her brother’s best friend. Of course, their relationship relegated her to the little sister category. A category she couldn’t wait to escape, and this was her chance. Seth had left to go to a division one college on a full scholarship. Jordan had always worried more about sports than his studies, so for the first time, the two best friends were separated. Stacia only hoped Jordan seeing her without her brother around would help get her out of the kid sister zone. With effort, she looked away from his powerful back muscles and focused on where she was going. It wouldn’t do any good for her to trip up the steps to her seat. Not exactly attractive behavior. She’d find