Fighting Instinct by Mary Calmes

Review of Fighting Instinct
By Christy
on Jan 25, 2015 06:01
\"I had never revealed my true nature to either my employer or his bodyguard. In this case, what they didnt know wouldnt hurt them. He (Quade) had no idea I was a shifter, much less that the kind of shifter I was killed the kind he was on a regular basis.\"
Predator. Prey. This is only part of the reason why Arman and Linus have danced around their attraction for so many years. Linus is a gorgeous white stag, and the only prey shifter who lives at L'Ange, the chateau Roman owns. Linus cares for everything inside the house, while Arman is in charge of security for the estate, and all the people who live on it. Mary Calmes left me in suspense for a long time before revealing what kind of shifter Arman is, although there were subtle hints. So, for that very reason, I'm not telling either. Ha! Trust me, though, when you discover it, so many things will make sense.
Much like Roman did in book one of this series, Linus impressed the hell out of me with his strength and resilience. Before Linus came to live at L'Ange, he suffered through a horrendous mental and physical attack. The kind of attack that might have broken a weaker man. Linus might be a prey shifter, but he's not weak. That's obvious every time he's near Arman, knowing that Arman could kill him in a heartbeat, but trusting and loving him anyway. But there's a lot more hiding inside Linus than just a white stag.
To describe Arman as cold is not exactly accurate. His type of shifter doesn't grow up in a pack, or any type of real family unit. When the males are sixteen, they leave the group and fend for themselves. The majority of male shifters of his type end up as criminals. Arman joined the military, the Force Recon Marines, to be exact. The only feelings he has involve Linus, his mate, and even there Arman is surprised to realize he has them. He truly didn't believe he was capable. What he is capable of, however, is hunting down the people who brutalized Linus, and systematically killing them, one by one, over the past seven years.
Ive never had anyone who was mine before, he whispered, lying down, stretching out, and curling into my side. I dont think you understand the monster youve created.
I threw an arm around him, drawing him closer, tucking him against me, and burying my face in his hair. I dont see a monster, just my mate.
He caught his breath. You have no idea what youve done. Ill never be the same.
As usual, Mary Calmes has surprised me and taken this story down a few roads I wasn't expecting. Watching Arman, a dangerous predator shifter, and Linus, a deer shifter, interact was amazing. Linus didn't take any crap from anyone, and certainly not his mate. But it took the relationship, the friendship, the trust, and the love, that they've nurtured for seven years to get to that point. Linus belonged to Arman, and Arman definitely belonged to Linus. Nothing, and no one, could ever tear them apart. It was truly beautiful to watch.
Now, I have one thing to say to the author. I must have more, and I loved this book and all of the characters. Oh, wait, that was two things. Sue me. *grins*
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews

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- Review of Fighting Instinct
- By Diverse Reader
  on Jan 3, 2016 11:01
- This is an amazing series! I so hope there is a book 3 on the horizon! In Fighting Instinct we are dealing with Linus and Arman! Talk about massive opposites. Arman seeks revenge for a past that, for a long time, destroyed Linus. Linus is a walking talking ice box to everyone. But trust is not something Linus gives anymore until he realizes that seven years of fighting the pull he feels for Arman, a shifter and also a predator, cant be contained anymore.
  This was an exciting, heartbreaking, beautiful love story. Im not sure Ive read a revenge story so well done. I closed this book and was in awe. Mary Calmes didnt go lightly on anyone that deserved Armans vengeance and I loved that.
  I love LAnge and that Roman has all these different shifters there. With each book the strength and love grows inside his magnificent Chateau.
  I adore this series so so much and you need to be reading it!
- Review of Fighting Instinct
- By Christy
  on Jan 25, 2015 06:01
- \"I had never revealed my true nature to either my employer or his bodyguard. In this case, what they didnt know wouldnt hurt them. He (Quade) had no idea I was a shifter, much less that the kind of shifter I was killed the kind he was on a regular basis.\"
  Predator. Prey. This is only part of the reason why Arman and Linus have danced around their attraction for so many years. Linus is a gorgeous white stag, and the only prey shifter who lives at L'Ange, the chateau Roman owns. Linus cares for everything inside the house, while Arman is in charge of security for the estate, and all the people who live on it. Mary Calmes left me in suspense for a long time before revealing what kind of shifter Arman is, although there were subtle hints. So, for that very reason, I'm not telling either. Ha! Trust me, though, when you discover it, so many things will make sense.
  Much like Roman did in book one of this series, Linus impressed the hell out of me with his strength and resilience. Before Linus came to live at L'Ange, he suffered through a horrendous mental and physical attack. The kind of attack that might have broken a weaker man. Linus might be a prey shifter, but he's not weak. That's obvious every time he's near Arman, knowing that Arman could kill him in a heartbeat, but trusting and loving him anyway. But there's a lot more hiding inside Linus than just a white stag.
  To describe Arman as cold is not exactly accurate. His type of shifter doesn't grow up in a pack, or any type of real family unit. When the males are sixteen, they leave the group and fend for themselves. The majority of male shifters of his type end up as criminals. Arman joined the military, the Force Recon Marines, to be exact. The only feelings he has involve Linus, his mate, and even there Arman is surprised to realize he has them. He truly didn't believe he was capable. What he is capable of, however, is hunting down the people who brutalized Linus, and systematically killing them, one by one, over the past seven years.
  Ive never had anyone who was mine before, he whispered, lying down, stretching out, and curling into my side. I dont think you understand the monster youve created.
  I threw an arm around him, drawing him closer, tucking him against me, and burying my face in his hair. I dont see a monster, just my mate.
  He caught his breath. You have no idea what youve done. Ill never be the same.
  As usual, Mary Calmes has surprised me and taken this story down a few roads I wasn't expecting. Watching Arman, a dangerous predator shifter, and Linus, a deer shifter, interact was amazing. Linus didn't take any crap from anyone, and certainly not his mate. But it took the relationship, the friendship, the trust, and the love, that they've nurtured for seven years to get to that point. Linus belonged to Arman, and Arman definitely belonged to Linus. Nothing, and no one, could ever tear them apart. It was truly beautiful to watch.
  Now, I have one thing to say to the author. I must have more, and I loved this book and all of the characters. Oh, wait, that was two things. Sue me. *grins*
  NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews

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