Hot and Badgered: A Honey Badger Shifter Romance

Shelly Laurenston

Mar 2018 · The Honey Badger Chronicles Book 1 · Kensington Books

About this ebook

The “hot and humorous” debut of the action-packed shapeshifter series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Pride novels (USAToday.com).
 
It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her. By the time he figures out she’s a honey badger shifter, it’s too late.
 
Honey badgers are survivors. Brutal, vicious, ill-tempered survivors. Or maybe Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is just pissed that her useless father is trying to get them all killed again—and won’t even tell her how. Protecting her little sisters has always been her job, and she’s not about to let some pesky giant grizzly protection specialist with a network of every shifter in Manhattan get in her way. Wait. He’s trying to help? Why would he want to do that? He’s cute enough that she just might let him tag along—that is, if he can keep up . . .
 
Praise for Shelly Laurenston and the Honey Badger Chronicles
 
“When it comes to combining offbeat humor and mayhem, it is tough to beat Laurenston.”—RT Book Reviews
 
“Laurenston delights . . . Zany, sarcastic humor . . . Familiar, well-developed characters and full immersion into the universe make this a must-read for a new and returning readers alike.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Pure, unadulterated fun. It’s ten pounds of bursting-at-the-seams excitement in a five-pound bag.”—Bookpage

Ratings and reviews

The first book in the Honey Badger Chronicles which takes place in the Pride Stories world will keep you in stitches with a fun filled and action packed romantic adventure. As usual Shelly Laurenston provides such a fun read that I just can put the book down until I have wrung every last chuckle from every page. The zany and wonderful characters of her shifter worlds are always strong, compelling and full of snark while they tie readers in knots with laughter, they always make it easy for the readers relate to and become captivated by each and every one. So, needless to say Charlie and Berg stole the show in Hot and Badgered with their sizzling but prickly chemistry as they entertained readers with their quick witted dialogue and funtabulous but dangerous attitudes but don’t think that’s all these characters are about because they also some deep seated emotional issues that while they add to the fun also add depth to their personalities and captivate readers. The fast paced and super charged plot keeps readers on the edge of their seat with lots of thills and intrigue and there is no predicting what will happen next. There are several action filled events that gets the adrenaline pumping but also provide some chuckles and since there is lots of hated family members and plenty of enemies, there is never a dull moment to be found in this electrifying story. I have been waiting very impatiently for this story to be released as I love Shelly Laurenston’s books (p.s. I also love her alter ego – G.A. Aiken’s stories as well) and let me tell you that I was quite pleased with Hot and Badgered, she introduces new characters to her fascinating world and maintains her diabolical use of snark and fun to keep readers thoroughly entertained and I can’t wait to read the next one.

One of the books I love to reread because it makes me laugh every time. It's funny in an unhinged way and the characters are so unapologetically themselves, leaning into flaws and hopes in a way that makes you cheer for all of them (except the dad, he can go eff himself LOL)

**Received ARC from NetGalley for a fair and honest review** Hot and Badgered is the 1st book in the Honey Badgers series. This is a spin off of the other shifter series, and if you've read those books you will get to see a lot of favorites in this book. I loved this book, and had a difficult time putting it down. I always know that when I pick up a book by Shelly Laurenston I am in for a fun ride, this book had me laughing hysterically, I was at an appt reading on my phone and people were looking at me like I was crazy. This was an awesome start to this series. There are a mess of secondary characters that I absolutely cannot wait for their stories!! So I really enjoyed Charlie and Berg and both of their siblings. I really enjoyed the chemistry between them. I like this authors books because they are fun, they give you romance, you get that hot and steamy, but not overboard, you get updates on previous books characters, you get a storyline and at the end you can't wait for the next book. I can't wait to see which character gets the next book-- though I do sort of hope it's Stevie and that she ends up with Shen! Don't worry that's not a spoiler. Just something I'd like to see. Hopefully there will also be a bear spinoff because now that Charlie, Stevie and Max are living in a bear neighborhood and those characters have been introduced especially Berg's siblings Dag and Britta it would be a shame not to get bears! So much I could go on and on about with this book. Bottomline, I loved the book, can't wait for the next. Always know I will get a good laugh, and a good story from this author. Hope this helps! Happy Reading!!!

About the author

Shelly Laurenston is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Pride, Call of Crows, and The Honey Badger Chronicles, as well as winner of the RT Book Reviews Readers' Choice Award for her 2016 novel, The Undoing. When she’s not writing about sexy wolf, honey badger, lion, and other fang-filled predators, she's writing about sexy dragons as G.A. Aiken, the acclaimed and bestselling author of the Dragon Kin series. Originally from Long Island, she now lives on the West Coast and spends most of her time writing and making sure her rescued pit bull doesn’t love everyone into a coma. Please visit her online at www.ShellyLaurenston.com.