R E Butler

The Jaguar's Bride R E Butler

Wanting to help her down-on-her-luck sister, witch Thea Greene plans to concoct a spell to help her find romantic happiness. The problem is that the one ingredient she doesn't have is a flower that blooms solely during the full moon. There's only one place the flower can be found, so she dons her hiking boots and heads out to locate it. Jaguar shifter Savage Bayle is a marked male. Unable to secure a bride on his own, he's now facing his people's traditional Mate Hunt, which occurs during the full moon. As part of a matriarchal society, the females are the ones who chase the males during the Hunt, and any male caught must mate the female or face punishment. One female in his prowl has set her eyes on him - the cold, cruel daughter of the queen. The last thing he wants to do is spend the rest of his life mated to her. Hoping to ride out the Hunt and escape unmated, he heads into the woods with his fingers crossed to find a place to lay low until the Hunt is over at dawn. When Thea follows an enticing smell deep into the woods, she stumbles into the arms of a gorgeous man. He purrs on contact, and the attraction between them is electric. One kiss and she wants to be his forever. But she's not the only one laying a claim to the sexy Savage - the jaguar princess has one, too. Is their budding love enough to protect Thea, or will Savage lose her forever?