Lila Fallon is the Lone Pine Pride Alpha's daughter. She has been a good, obedient daughter even so far as accepting the betrothal to her father's handpicked successor. It was designed for the protection of the pride. Her family, her home all depend on this match. She has no way of knowing that her doubts about her life could be brought out by a JAGUAR'S KISS. Can Lila turn her back on everything she has ever known or ever believed in for love?

Santiago Flores, a black panther, is less than suitable for the purebred lioness but that doesn't change how he feels. For five years he has been a member of the pride and for five years he has been in love with Lila. Now that the wedding date has been set, he must try to see if there is anything there for him except a broken heart.

JAGUAR'S KISS gives readers an intriguing and steamy look into the world of a pride. It is a well written look into the life of a dutiful daughter and the love she might have to pass up if he will let her. From the beginning of the book you can see that Lila is not really happy about the wedding plans, but has grown up being the dutiful daughter. She knows such marriages work ... her parents are the perfect example ... but is that what she wants out of life? One kiss from Santiago and her heart starts thinking along lines of fairy tales and forever after.

I enjoyed JAGUAR'S KISS but I thought the ending seemed a little rushed. She, of course, gets her happy ending but leaves a lot of questions to be answered. This is the first book of Vivi Andrew's Lone Pine Pride series and I hope Lila and Santiago are in the next one to add a bit more closure, but another look into this world will be enjoyable.

Book Summary

To get what he wants, he’ll have to rattle her cage…

Lone Pine Pride, Book 1

Lila Fallon, the Lone Pine Pride Alpha’s only daughter, has been betrothed since childhood to marry her father’s chosen successor. The match is designed to maintain peace by shoring up any cracks in pride solidarity.

She’s always known she would do her duty—she just never expected to meet a man who would tempt her to throw it all away.

As a black panther, Santiago Flores couldn’t be a less suitable mate for the Alpha’s purebred lioness daughter. But that doesn’t change the fact that for every one of the five years he’s been with the Lone Pine Pride, he’s been head-over-heels in love with her. And when the Alpha announces that Lila’s indefinite engagement is about to end in a very definite marriage, Santiago is through holding his peace.

From their very first kiss, Santiago rattles Lila’s neatly ordered world. But can a lioness who’s always lived to please everyone else risk everything to please herself?

Warning: This book contains tempting lone-wolf jaguars, lionesses who long for fairy tale endings, arranged marriages, tangled emotions and a pride full of trouble.

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