Hot and Badgered. Shelly Laurenston

      

      “Shelly Laurenston’s shifter books are full of oddball characters, strong females with attitude and dialogue that can have you laughing out loud.”

      —The Philadelphia Inquirer

      “Witty dialogue.”—FIRST for Women

      “Laurenston is the queen of paranormal romances that mix over-the-top humor, eccentric characters and sexy, crazy plots to produce addictive stories you won’t want to put down”—RT Book Reviews, 4.5 stars, TOP PICK!

      “Quirky characters, madcap antics, snappy dialogue, charged love scenes and sitcomesque humor keep things move at a breakneck pace.”—Publishers Weekly

      “Hot and humorous.”—USAToday.com

      “Hilarious, sexy fun. The dialogue is smart and funny, and at times outrageously shocking.”

      —Heroes & Heartbreakers

      “A little bit of everything … humor, passion, and suspense with a touch of paranormal.”

      —FreshFiction

      “Laurenston really scored with great humor, conversations, and memorable moments galore in this book.”

      —SmexyBooks

      “A wacky, crazy fun time that is sometimes crude and outlandish, the dialogue is ridiculously hilarious and the sexy scenes are smoking hot.”

      —FictionVixen

      “Clever, fun, and a really enjoyable read, with some great characters and laugh out loud moments.”

      —All Things Urban Fantasy

      Also by Shelly Laurenston

      The Pride Series

      The Mane Event

      The Beast in Him

      The Mane Attraction

      The Mane Squeeze

      Beast Behaving Badly

      Big Bad Beast

      Bear Meets Girl

      Howl For It

      Wolf with Benefits

      Bite Me

      The Call of Crows Series

      The Unleashing

      The Undoing

      The Unyielding

      The Honey Badger Chronicles

      Hot and Badgered

      In a Badger Way

      HOT and BADGERED

      The Honey Badgers Chronicles

      SHELLY LAURENSTON

      KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP.

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      Table of Contents

      Also by Title Page Copyright Page Dedication PROLOGUE chapter ONE chapter TWO chapter THREE chapter FOUR chapter FIVE chapter SIX chapter SEVEN chapter EIGHT chapter NINE chapter TEN chapter ELEVEN chapter TWELVE chapter THIRTEEN chapter FOURTEEN chapter FIFTEEN chapter SIXTEEN chapter SEVENTEEN chapter EIGHTEEN chapter NINETEEN chapter TWENTY chapter TWENTY-ONE chapter TWENTY-TWO chapter TWENTY-THREE chapter TWENTY-FOUR chapter TWENTY-FIVE chapter TWENTY-SIX chapter TWENTY-SEVEN chapter TWENTY-EIGHT chapter TWENTY-NINE chapter THIRTY chapter THIRTY-ONE chapter THIRTY-TWO EPILOGUE

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