Buffy's Ramblings

Summary: Lillian Lowell has a problem. She's newly mated to the Glacier leopards' pack leader, snow leopard shifter Cal Westland, which makes her the...she's not sure what. Den mother? Whatever her job title is, she wants to live up to it, so she's throwing the best Christmas party she can plan. But she's two months pregnant, and suddenly even the simplest tasks seem impossible. She needs help--but she doesn't want to admit it. And for some reason, Cal is making himself scarce. Alethia Landin has a different problem. She wants to have a merry Christmas, and enjoy the time with her pack--but she can barely look at Lillian right now, because all she's wanted for over a year is a baby, and it's not happening. Every month with no good news brings her and her mate, Grey, down further into the dumps. She's not proud of how jealous she is of Lillian, but it's hard to overcome. Will this ruin Christmas? Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy. C...

Summary: Divorced, broke, and living at home: Lillian Lowell has given up hope. Ever since her ex-husband left her with a monstrous debt, she’s focused on making her life as small as possible so she can pay it off. Even so, it’s going to take years, and she’s already in her mid-thirties. Any thoughts of a family and a future have already slipped away. Snow leopard shifter Cal Westland is married to his job. In the ten years since he left the Marines, he’s dedicated his life to being head ranger at Glacier National Park. Now that there’s a snow leopard pack living there, though, he’s become their alpha, as well as their boss. He loves being a ranger—but he’s a natural loner, and leading a pack full of twentysomethings doesn’t come easily to a middle-aged man who’d rather mind his own business. But when Lillian is threatened by a group of mountain lion shifters, suddenly his solitude doesn’t seem so important. Cal is determined to protect Lillian—both from her present, and from he...

Summary: Curvy Nina Williams has given up on finding a family. Ever since she was kicked out of her parents’ house for being a shifter, she’s been searching for a pack that will accept her—with no success. Finally, she heads to the middle of nowhere to live out her life alone. She’s learned the hard way that she can’t trust anyone, so she’s just going to have to rely on herself. Snow leopard shifter Joel Miller has everything he’s ever wanted in his life: his dream job of being a park ranger, and a cabin deep in the mountains to fix up and call home. He’s never wanted to let anyone get too close, not even his family, so his lonely cabin is perfect. But one day he scents a strange leopard nearby. And then the new waitress in town catches his eye. Nina is shocked to find another snow leopard in her lonely getaway—and even more shocked to realize that Joel is her mate! Can Nina learn to put her trust in others, and accept that she’s found her pack? And can Joel open his heart to Ni...

Summary: Curvy Teri Lowell is stuck at home. Three months ago, she was terribly injured in a car accident. Now she’s almost recovered—but she’s lost control of her life. Her overbearing mother is treating her like an invalid, and Teri has no job, no car, and no way to get out. Snow leopard shifter Zach Miller has just started work as a ranger at Glacier National Park. When he meets Teri, he knows that this is a woman who’s destined to run free. She may be caught in a cage right now, but Zach can see the wild snow leopard inside Teri’s heart, and even in the face of both their families’ disapproval, he can’t stay away from his mate. Neither Teri nor Zach can deny the passionate connection between them. But can Teri escape her family, and can Zach finally bring his mate home? Title:   The Snow Leopard's Home Series:   Glacier Leopards Book #:  3 Author:   Zoe Chant Approximate Book Length:   151 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   18+ Sexual Conte...

Summary: Curvy Leah Sanders has struggled to make ends meet since her fiancé left her and her baby daughter Emily. Raising a baby alone while working part-time to support them is the toughest thing she’s ever done, and finally, she has no choice but to take Emily and go live with her mom. But when she’s driving across the state with her whole life packed in her car, an enormous blizzard throws Leah and her baby into terrible danger. Snow leopard shifter Jeff Hart loves his job as a ranger at Glacier National Park. It’s the most beautiful place in the world to him, and helping keep people safe while they explore it is his dream career. But he’s tired of coming home to an empty house. More than anything, he wants a mate, and a family. When Jeff finds Leah and Emily lost in the snow, he’s determined to make sure that they’re okay. He rescues them from the blizzard and brings them to a mountain cabin, safe and warm…and soon he realizes that he’s found his family. But Leah has more t...

Summary: Curvy Alethia Parker has never had any luck. With a shifter father and human mother, her brother got the shifter gene, not her. And after her boyfriend dumped her in the worst possible way, she's the one who got the reputation. In a small town, no one ever forgets your mistakes. Especially when your ex is always around to blame you. All Alethia wants is a fresh start in a place where no one knows her name. But when the handsomest man she's ever seen comes to her defense right there in town, she's shocked to find herself falling in love. But will her past tear them apart? Snow leopard shifter Grey Landin thinks he learned his lesson from his own wild past. Now all he wants is to live quietly, working as a lumberjack by day and returning to his solitary cabin at night. But he's not the kind of man to look the other way when a woman's being harassed. And when he looks into Alethia's eyes, he sees the snow leopard that only he can release... and the m...

Blurb: When firefighter Rory lays eyes on fire watcher Edith, he instantly knows she’s the one. His fated mate. Now, to win her heart, he just has to protect her from: 1. A raging wildfire (actually, she’s already got that covered, thanks) 2. The lightning-throwing invisible monster that started it (um, the what?) 3. Killer bunnies (don't even ask) 4. The appalling matchmaking attempts from his crew of misfit shifters (not only is this guy scorching hot, his dog is adorable too. And...weirdly smart?) 5. His own animal need to claim her. Now. (if only she could look him in the eye…) Good thing that as a powerful alpha griffin shifter, he can handle anything…right? There’s only one problem. The last thing this autistic woman wants—or needs—is to be protected… Title:   Wildfire Griffin Series:   Fire & Rescue Shifters Wildfire Crew Book #:  1 Author:   Zoe Chant Approximate Book Length:   274 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   18+ Sex...

Blurb: Swan shifter Rose knows she doesn’t have a true mate. She isn’t the one for Ash, the Phoenix Eternal. She knows he can never be more than a friend, no matter how his dark eyes and hard body make her burn. Everything Rose knows is wrong. Twenty years ago, Ash destroyed everything to save his true love. But he’s never been able to walk away from her. He yearns to claim her at last...but the shadows of his past are stalking him again. If anyone discovers what Rose means to him, all his sacrifice will be for nothing... Rose is his mate. She just doesn’t remember. Yet. Title:   Firefighter Phoenix Series:   Fire & Rescue Shifters Book #:  7 Author:   Zoe Chant Approximate Book Length:   266 Pages Recommended Reader Age:   18+ Sexual Content:   Moderate Thoughts: The one I've been itching for! Ash has been a steadfast presence through the books, and it's exciting to finally read his story. And it was so sad. We get to se...

Blurb: Sarcastic. Short-tempered. Definitely not sparkly. Paramedic and firefighter Hugh Argent is no one’s idea of a unicorn, and he’s careful to keep it that way. His life depends on hiding his secrets…and on never meeting his true mate. Outcast. Unwanted. Untouchable. Wyvern shifter Ivy has been shunned her whole life due to her uncontrollably venomous skin. Now finally there’s someone who can touch her…and he doesn’t want anything to do with her. No matter how much Ivy craves to be touched at last, there’s one thing that can make her give up her only chance at love—a cure for her terminally ill younger sister. So Ivy offers Hugh a deal: Heal her sister, and she’ll get out of his life forever. The more Hugh gets to know Ivy, the more he longs to claim this brave, fierce, infuriating woman. But a unicorn can only take a mate at a terrible cost… More than hearts are at stake. And every secret is about to be revealed at last. Title:   Firefighter Unicorn Series:...

Blurb: Hated and mistrusted. Feared and misunderstood. For decades, the Master Shark has protected the underwater city of Atlantis. Now, his Empress has set him his most difficult mission yet: A relaxing beach vacation. Coyote shifter Martha Hernandez doesn't want to take a vacation. She doesn't want to sit around in some fancy all-shifter resort when her pack could be getting up to who-knows-what mischief in her absence. And she definitely doesn't want to bang this mysterious scarred, silent stranger like a screen door in a hurricane. Nope nope nope. No matter that he's her one true mate. She's a respectable widow with no call to be having such fool notions at her time of life. What would her family think? But he is the Master Shark. And he has never failed in the hunt. He'll capture his mate's heart... even if it means learning to salsa. Title:   The Master Shark's Mate Series:   Fire & Rescue Shifters Book #:  5 Author:   Zoe...

Blurb: Neridia Small just wants to fit in - but that's hard when you stand six foot six in your bare feet. Maybe it would be okay if she was supermodel skinny to go with her supermodel height, but a ridiculously tall, fat black woman? She's only ever attracted the wrong sort of attention. She longs to find a man who'll look past her size and see the real her. A nice, normal man... John Doe will never understand humans. A sea dragon knight from the hidden underwater city of Atlantis, he reluctantly took human form in order to search the land for the missing Pearl Emperor, ruler of all sea shifters. Though John has found unexpected friendship as part of a unique all-shifter firefighting team, his heart will always lie under the ocean... until he rescues Neridia from a mugging. As a knight, John's forbidden from taking any mate - let alone a human. And a sea dragon's honor is his life. But when a decades-old secret rises to the surface at last, only John can pro...

Blurb: Single mom Hayley Parker has always had to face every parenting challenge on her own — but when her five-year-old son unexpectedly turns into a lion cub, she finds herself with more than she can handle. With her little boy stuck up a tree and yowling for help, the only thing she can think to do is call the fire department… Ex-firefighter Griffin MacCormick has the heart of a lion and the eyes of an eagle — literally. As a unique shifter with two inner animals, his battling beasts are slowly tearing his body and soul apart. Forced to retire from the elite all-shifter Alpha Team by his degenerative condition, he struggles to be content working as a dispatcher… until one day he takes a call that will change his life. When Griff meets Hayley, both his lion and his eagle instantly recognise her as their one true mate. But how can he ask Hayley to risk her heart on a dying man, when she’s already been abandoned once in the past? And when Hayley’s arrogant lion shifter ex unex...

Blurb: Curvy pilot Connie West hates taking risks. But when her reckless father stakes her beloved airplane in a bet with a ruthless loan shark, Connie is forced to enter the Rydon Cup, a dangerous high-speed air race. To win the bet, she needs a co-pilot she can trust completely. Someone cautious and sensible. Someone completely unlike the gorgeous, wild Chase… Pegasus shifter and firefighter Chase Tiernach lives life at top speed, but not even his close friends in his elite, all-shifter fire crew can guess that his ready grin conceals a broken heart. Three years ago, he met his fated mate Connie… and lost her again, thanks to his reputation for recklessness. When Chase unexpectedly rescues Connie from a fire, he’s determined that this time, he’ll win her trust. All he has to do is fight off a gang of criminal shark shifters, defend Connie from a mysterious assassin, convince her to marry him so his clan will let him tell her he shifts into a flying horse, and win a perilous ...

Blurb: When curvy American archaeologist Virginia Jones finds the lost burial mound of an ancient Anglo-Saxon king near the English city of Brighton, she uncovers much more than she expected. Unearthing a priceless artifact summons an evil dragon who’ll stop at nothing to claim the treasure for his own hoard. Trapped in a burning building by a beast that ought to be imaginary, Virginia's only hope is to call for emergency…  Dai Drake has an unusual occupation for a dragon shifter — he’s a firefighter, part of an elite all-shifter crew. When he rescues Virginia from the blaze, he instantly recognizes her as his one true mate. But how can he tell her what she is, when the first dragon she ever met was a greedy, bloodthirsty monster? As Virginia and Dai work together to save the artifact from falling into the wrong claws, the spark between them quickly grows to an inferno. But will his secret make their relationship go up in smoke? Title:   Firefighter Dragon Series:...