Who needs claws when you’ve got a baseball bat? Lauren Evans sure as heck doesn’t.

Human Lauren has a protective streak a mile wide and one immediate goal in life—get her best friend out of an abusive household. If that involves a little bat-based redecorating, so be it. Unfortunately—or fortunately—a certain sexy-as-hell cop breaks up the fight before she has a chance to really get going. Grayslake police officer Van Abrams is too hot for his own good, and his handcuffs make all those wonderful places tingle. Too bad he, you know, arrested her and stuff. But then he becomes overbearing, demanding, and commanding. Suddenly Lauren finds herself in his arms, in his bed, and mated to his werebear butt. What’s up with that?

Werebear Enforcer Van Abrams doesn’t want anything to do with humans. He’s got reasons, and they’re damn good ones. He doesn’t need to explain himself to anyone, especially the curvaceous, luscious, gorgeous, human Lauren. Then, his bear decides Lauren is his mate and Van’s anti-human feelings abandon him. He still hasn’t figured out if that’s a good thing. Of course, when danger rolls in from Boyne Falls and joins with a powerful prick from Grayslake, Van realizes that, human or not, Lauren is his
Van hopes he can kill their enemies and still make it home for dinner.

Warning: This book contains bad guys (more than one) being bad to good girls (two if you’re counting), and one group of humans who sorta end up… dead. Unfortunately, all that comes with a lot of blood, tears, and balls of fur. In this one, boy bears really do drool and human girls rule (and kick ass). We also learn that you can never have enough baseball bats, brake fluid, or fire pokers. Just sayin’.

Tamara’s Review

I’ll be honest with you, I struggled with the rating for this book. My first gut reaction was an automatic 5 heart review, because, well I just love Celia Kyle, and I love the Graylake Bears. But, after consideration, I just couldn’t go there. So I’m giving All Roar and No Bite a 4. Not because it wasn’t a great book. I did truly enjoy it, but because there were just a few things about it that bothered me.
Sometimes being a writer and an editor can be a hindrance to my enjoyment of a book. I won’t give spoilers (I don’t do that) But if you read the first book in the series, No Ifs, and or Bears, you are well aware that Van has a big ole hate on for “humans.” Celia alludes to some deep dark tragedy in the past that colored his view of the human race and we finally get to see it revealed in All Roar, No Bite.
That was where she lost me a little. I won’t say what happened. I will say, that while it WAS tragic and sad, I didn’t see it as a reasonable motivation for Van’s hatred. Just my opinion.
My second problem with All Roar and No Bite is purely personal. Anna, a secondary character, best friend to our heroine, Lauren is an abused wife. While I feel for these women, I have a real problem with women who allow themselves to be victims. Frankly, Anna pissed me off. She refused to press charges against her husband. Almost got herself and Lauren killed. Yet, she gets a do over and goes on with her life like nothing ever happened. I know, I’m a bitch. I own that.
Now on to what I did love about All Roar and No Bite. Lauren is a kick-ass heroine with fire and grit and I adored her. You go girl! She was believable, she reacts reasonably. She doesn’t find out about shifters and go “Oh, so you’re a bear, cool” No she locks herself in the bedroom with a gun and hides!
Van, he is a big, dumb bear/man. He says stupid shit. Does stupid shit, but in the end he means well and he loves Lauren to death. He’s protective and he tries really hard to overcome his stupid maleness. What more could you ask from a man/bear?
Keen, I love this brother! Can’t wait to read his book! And of course the re-appearance of Ty, Mia and little Parker.
All in all, All Roar and No Bite give you action, suspense, humor and heat. The big 4 in my book of must haves for a good read.