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| Soul Deep (Coyote Breeds, Book 1) | 
enlarge | Author: Lora Leigh Publisher: Ellora's Cave Category: Book
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Media: Paperback Pages: 194 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 1419954628 Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781419954627 ASIN: 1419954628
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Product Description Book 1 in the Coyote Breeds series. Mother Nature has a way of making the most unlikely couples 'fit'. And what could be more unlikely than a sassy, independent President's daughter who doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut and a loner Coyote Breed with a hunger for a cute rosebud mouth that he's determined to still. The vote for Breed Law is coming down the pike. Kiowa's job is to watch Amanda, the President's daughter look, but not touch. Just make sure the Goof Troop, the Secret Service detail assigned to protect her, do their job until the law is passed. But when they don't and the bad guys move in to take her out, Kiowa reluctantly slips in to the rescue, snatching her away to safety. But she isn't going to come easy and it takes more than smooth talking to make her see his point of view. For a man who's had nothing, Amanda Marion is food for the hunger that has tortured him, the reality to every dream Kiowa never dared believe in. What he feels for her is more than heat, more than love. She breathes life into his hardened heart, melting the icy chill that has protected him all his life, and touches a part of him that he thought had died his soul. And now he'll kill anyone who tries to take her away from him. But the one person he can't fight is Amanda, and when she wants to leave...
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"Best of the Breeds!!" September 30, 2007 44 out of 45 found this review helpful
Coyote Breeds are thought to be the lowest of the Breeds, the genetically altered humans with the DNA of animals. Coyotes were bred to be unfeeling hunters and soldiers; merciless, with no souls or loyalties.
Kiowa, a Coyote Breed, had a horrific upbringing. He was abandoned by his young Native American mother who was kidnapped off the streets and forcibly inseminated with the coyote DNA. Raised by a grandfather who hated him and forced to live in a hidden mountain cabin in isolation, Kiowa led a bleak existence. He was constantly reminded of how he came to exist and was told often by his grandfather that he had "no soul" and that his mother didn't want him. His grandfather barely kept him alive, providing only the bare necessities of food and few creature comforts (books and TV, which he used to educate himself) and showing him absolutely no love.
By the time he was 14 he was totally on his own, forced to hide his true identity from the world and seek out a meager existence. But when Dash Sinclair (Elizabeth's Wolf) found him, his life changed drastically.
Amanda Marion was the daughter of the US President, a school teacher living on her own and loving her new found independence, and inexperienced in love (except for her extensive reading about it). When armed intruders attempted to kidnap her on Halloween night, it was Kiowa that came to her rescue. And when Kiowa kissed her (to shut her up, of course) uh-oh...there would be no turning back!
A very important law enabling the Breeds to enact a form of self-government is coming up for a vote in Congress, and it is very important to the survival of the Breeds that this law is passed. But anti-breed blood supremicists don't want this law passed; they want the Breeds extinct, so they hope to kidnap the President's daughter and use her to sway a "no" vote from the President. The Breeds now need to ensure that no harm comes to Amanda, and they have only a week to protect her from kidnappers before the law is voted on. But what happens in that week's time, and the feelings that develop between Kiowa and Amanda, is the basis for this story.
Kiowa, unloved for so long, told he had no soul and feeling undeserving of love, has never felt for anyone what he feels for Amanda. He can't explain it--he would protect her with his very life!
Amanda, stubborn and refusing to believe that what she feels for Kiowa is anything more than hormonal lust, at first tries to fight her attraction. True, they have scorching sexual chemistry, but is that all there is?
When Kiowa has a pivotal conversation with young Cassie, daughter of Dash and Elizabeth Sinclair, he learns that perhaps he is worthy of love, and maybe he can give Amanda what she needs.
I loved this Breeds story more than any of the others, and I've read most of them. This one was hot, hot, hot, and packs such an emotional punch, and that's what I found missing in some of the others. I really cared about Amanda and Kiowa (especially Kiowa) and I felt that he desperately deserved some happiness in his life. Although at first Kiowa and Amanda have trouble communicating beyound their "mating", once that is resolved they find out that they do have some common ground and want the same things out of life. This was a very satisfying read, and one that I could easily recommend--5 stars! And check out that cover!!
P.S. Althogh this book can certainly stand on it's own, for you own reading enjoyment, I would suggest reading the 4 books that chronologically come before it: "Tempting the Beast", "The Man Within", "Elizabeth's Wolf", and "Kiss of Heat".
First Lora Leigh Book November 29, 2007 8 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was a little disappointed that I paid $10.00 not counting shipping for this book of 190 pages! It was not even small print, the pages were about 3/4 full of print, if that. It was an interesting few hours of reading, but it was more like a sort story. I'm not familiar with Lora Leigh's books, I don't know if they are all like this.
Shame on you Ellora's Cave April 21, 2008 6 out of 10 found this review helpful
The story was good and it was certainly interesting to get the perspective of a "Coyote Breed", since Coyotes are the bad guys in all the other books.
However, (and this is a big "however" for me), I have a serious issue with the packaging of the book. Specifically, this book was published in the Trade paperback format and, accordingly, was priced higher than the other Mass Media paperbacks that make up the bulk of Lora Leigh's Breed books. Why does this matter? Because it is a rip off. This story is shorter than the other books and yet I paid more for it.
I ordered this one without realizing that it was Trade. I later noticed that she has several others (published by Elloras Cave) that are also Trade. It appears that Elloras Cave publishes pretty much everything in the Trade Paperback format. I don't know why they think that it is ok to charge MORE for something that is basically a super-sized short story. If they combined three of these stories in one book, then I'd buy it, but I won't be reading the rest of her Breed series as long as they are only available in Trade format.
I typically read approximately one novel every two days. Consequently I refuse to pay more for a book that won't even take me a full day to read - no matter how good it might be.
Really liked the hero October 14, 2007 4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Not crazy about the heroine, but good to get into the coyote's story. I look forward to more about them.
Great Book April 20, 2008 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found this an incredibly intriguing book. the Coyote Breed is more than a story, it is perhaps, or maybe even probably, a prophesy of the not to distant future. Strange as it may seem, I am a relative newcomer to Lora Leigh's work, but I found this story so absorbing and gripping that I intend to bring myself quickly up to speed.
The sexual chemistry that develops between Kiowa and Amanda is truly electric, and what woman wouldn't lust after such an incredibly alpha male like that. I must admit that my usual reading is the erotic short story genre of which two recent gems I've enjoyed are Violet Blue's Best Women's Erotica 2008 (Best Women's Erotica) and Suzie Van Aartman's 100 Percent Erotica But Soul Deep is a really excellent book which was gripping and entertaining
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