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The Mane Squeeze

by Shelly Laurenston · Pride #4

2009 · 429 pages · Kensington Books

ShifterGrumpy / Sunshine
4.3Goodreads
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💬 Mentioned in 10+ Reddit threads

📖 15k+ readers on Goodreads

📚 Book 4 of a completed 10-book series

About this book

Gwen O'Neill is a scrappy, tough-as-nails hybrid feline who's learned to survive on her own—so when a massive, honey-loving grizzly shifter keeps circling her orbit, she's not sure what to make of his sweetness and unwavering devotion. Lock MacRyrie is used to people running screaming at the sight of him, but Gwen? She sees past his menacing growl and four-inch claws to the genuinely protective guy underneath, even if she's firmly convinced that cats and commitment don't mix. When a dangerous threat emerges that has Lock's protective instincts firing on all cylinders, their chemistry becomes impossible to ignore—and he's absolutely determined to prove to this fierce feline that forever with him might just be worth the risk. It's a delightful clash of claws and tenderness that will have you swooning over one very persistent grizzly and the guarded lioness-tigress hybrid who's about to discover that sometimes the person who makes you feel safest is exactly who you need.

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Review: The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston

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