Fighting Destiny by Tamsin Baker #newrelease @evernightpub #shifter

Oh, do I have a treat for you today. When Tamsin shared her cover in our Author group, I literally twisted her arm to come on my blog to show it off. Well, look at it, it's fabulous! Tamsin was kind enough to send me an ARC and I tell you, it had me hooked from the first page.

In fact I wasn't all that coherent by the time I finished the story, because this is what I sent her:

DAMMIT woman!

I need a cold shower and you made me cry. This is ACE!!

You need to write more shifter stories :-D

Not the most eloquent review I know. *snort* But, hey, don't take my word for it. Read it for yourself!

Happy Release Day, Tamsin!

*****

Fighting Destiny by Tamsin Baker

First book in the series: The shifters of the land, sea and air.

MMF shifter contemporary erotic romance

Blurb:

Jeremy left his small hometown ten years ago determined to get away from the female child who is his predestined mate.

  But Natalia, a rare tiger shifter, has been kidnapped and Jeremy chooses to return to help the land shifter pack find her.

  What he doesn't expect when he returns home, is his attraction to Natalia's boyfriend Tommy and the fact that his tiger mate is still unclaimed.

  Jeremy finds himself falling in love with both Tommy and Natalia, yet the rival shifters of the sky seem determined to rip them from him.

EXCERPT:

Tommy felt every bit of anger and frustration of the past few years boil up inside him. They had been waiting a decade for this big asshole to return from whatever hiatus he had gone on. Now that he was finally back, he was blaming Tommy for not sleeping with Natalia? Tommy’s hands clenched into fists at his side, and without any thought except for the wasted years they had waited, he swung his arm and connected, punching the tiger shifter in the jaw.

He heard a sickening crunch of bone on bone, and his hand throbbed like hell fire, but he continued to glare at the man who was now reeling backwards after Tommy’s blow.

“Me? She’s been waiting for you since she turned sixteen! We both have! Where the fuck have you been?” Tommy panted hard, his heart beating so fast he knew he was going to shift soon. He needed to get clear of the people nearby or he’d hurt someone.

He staggered towards the forest’s edge and pulled off his t-shirt and jeans. Jeremy followed him, his eyes narrowed and nursing his jaw. Fuck my hand hurts!

Tommy felt the heat of the Alpha’s gaze all the way to his throbbing balls, and he shifted, unwilling to deal with Natalia’s predestined mate a moment longer.

Grey fur, four legs, and a tail emerged where his human form used to be. He howled, long and loud. Then he turned his back on his friends and ran.

Dirt beneath his paws, he ducked and weaved through the thick tall trees. He needed to put as much space between him and the tiger as possible.

He couldn’t believe Jeremy was such a dick-head! Drop dead gorgeous, yes, but arrogant and unkind. Who was he to blame Tommy for not claiming Natalia?

He and Natalia had discussed it years ago. She wanted to wait for Jeremy to come home before she decided. Natalia had admitted to Tommy that she wanted both of them as mates, and if Jeremy would agree then she would bind herself to both of them.

But would Jeremy agree to sharing her with him? And what would Jeremy think about Tommy’s unnatural attraction to him?

Tommy ran, anger and confusion beating against him hard. He had a chance of outrunning Jeremy, but he was unable to escape the true despair chasing him.

Sensing movement behind him and not wanting to stop, he pushed himself harder. He knew who was coming.

A deep growl sounded behind him, and he whirled to face the tiger that landed on the dirt in front of him.

He was magnificent. Huge, bright orange and black with razor sharp white teeth.

Tommy snapped his jaws at the man that could be his Alpha and turned, ready to run. He couldn’t stay and fight an animal five times his size. But instead of running away as he wanted to do, he was soon flipped onto his back and pinned to the ground.

Jeremy growled down at him, his silver eyes intense and powerful. Tommy whimpered feeling helpless and unfairly attacked.

Jeremy locked his jaw around Tommy’s neck in the ultimate sign of dominance, and Tommy let go of his wolf, shifting back to human.

Jeremy must have felt the change because he also shifted, and their fur disappeared.

Now Tommy was staring up into the glittering blue eyes of a naked Jeremy, still pinning him to the ground. He was burning hot even against Tommy’s own heated skin, his huge muscles bulging beneath his smooth skin.

Tommy’s cock hardened and lengthened as he attempted to get up but was pinned back down by the man he hoped to share a mate with.

“Let me up.” He grunted and twisted, but Jeremy just held him as though it were no effort at all.

“No, Tommy.”

Tommy arched his back and screamed out, but nothing changed. Jeremy grabbed his wrists and held them tighter. Panic began to swim through him.

“It’s not my fault.” He panted as he thrashed his head from side to side. Tommy was frantic in his arousal now. What would Jeremy think when he felt it? He was fully hard now, so there was no way of hiding it.

Jeremy dropped his head and bit into his neck, the move carnal as well as dominant.

Tommy shuddered and worked to slow his breathing down. Jeremy didn’t lift his head, just whispered into Tommy’s ear.

“I know, and I’m sorry. We’ll find her together.”

Tears formed at the back of Tommy’s eyes, and he blinked them away. There was the man he wanted. Fuck! He wanted to keep on hating Jeremy! It made things so much easier.

Buy links: 

http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Destiny-Shifters-Land-ebook/dp/B00E8YE7H6/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1375243791&sr=1-6&keywords=tamsin+baker

http://www.evernightpublishing.com/fighting-destiny-by-tamsin-baker/

Tamsin Links:

www.erotictamsinbaker.blogspot.com.au

www.tamsinbakererotic.com