As soon as I finish Laurenston's latest book, my countdown begins for her next book. I loved the dynamic of the sisters in this first of a new series. The all-bear neighbourhood was delightful (as long as you secured your garbage), and the Dunn family triplets were entertaining. The book has a breakneck pace, and a cast of a million characters. It could be read as a stand alone, but strongly benefits from having read her previous Pride series. I would have liked a longer reunion with all of my old favourite characters, hopefully the well continue to pop up in the final two books in the trilogy.

Hot and badgered is a phenomenal evolving of Shelley laurenston’s shifter world. The sisters give us bad ass heroines and the laughs kept coming. We got the chance to see how many of our favorite shifters are doing, that they have children and that life is still wacky and fun. Respect to anyone who can take on de-Ann Smith. I am looking forward to the great reads Shelley is sure to bring us with her next chapter of shifter romance.. read on

was given a copy of this book by Netgalley for an honest review.

WOOOHOOO!!!! Another great read. Charlie watches out for her two sister Max and Stevie.  They are all different in their own way. Charlie is the peacekeeper and watches out for the other two. Max is the enforcer. She likes to fight, and boy will she fight to the end. Stevie is the genius with mental disorders. Oh, and she is afraid of bears, but if her family really needs her, she will go off her meds to turn into...... Well, I will just let you find out. Hehe!! When her Dad  steals 1 million pounds, people are coming after the sisters to get it back. Charlie meets Berg when she climbs into a window to his room to get away from the goons in Italy. They don't meet again until she gets state side. The sisters end up taking sanctuary in Berg's neighborhood.  Which by the way is full of bears. Oh, poor, poor Stevie! Let the fun and chaos begin!! I think my new favorite book in the series is this one for now. I recommend this book and series to everyone. Definitely go out and get it! I give Hot and Badgered (The Honey Badgers) 5/5 stars.

Laurenston continues her hilarious paranormal romance shifter series with the launch of a new sub-series featuring the honey badgers. The badass honey badgers. This is a good jumping on point for new readers, and long-time fans will absolutely adore these characters.

This is a review from an ARC provided by NetGalley for a honest review . Hot and Badgered is the first from a spinoff from the ever popular Pride series by Shelly Laurenston. The story continue on the Badger side of the story (introduced in Bite Me (Pride #9)), after the wolf/pride and bear story. Thus we see more of the badger but with a new cast of character, but with frequent appearance of the old that we know and love.
From the old character we of course met Livy and Vic (Bite Me) in the old introducing the new kind of way. She is the sort of cousin of the new heroine Charlie, (her real cousin, Max, is the half sister from their mothers side and the sisters are related on the father side). You can't have Livy without having Toni Jean-Louis Parker (Wolf with Benefits (Pride #8)) and the rest of her crazy sibling. In fact, the hero, Berg, is the bodyguard of Cooper Jean-Louis Parker along with his triplet, Britta and Dag. If we have Toni and Livy, we have Hockey/Derby witch mean we have Bo and Blayne (Beast Behaving Badly (Pride #5)) witch incidentally Berg triplet Britta also play with casually. In Hockey we have Cella and Lou (Bear Meets Girl (Pride #7)) witch also bring KZS, and along that Dee-Ann and Ric (Big Bad Beast (Pride #6)) her partner from the GROUP incidentally we were introduced to their really adorable daughter Lizzy, who unfortunately for her father took a little too much from her Smith side, particularly her mother. Ric and Dee-Ann are not the only characters to have kids, Bo and Blayne, have three, especially a cute giggling little girl who delight running off and have her father chasing her.
Now into the story, the three half sisters (Charlie, Max, and last but not least Stevie) are MacKilligans Honey Badger. Their father Freddy had them from a different mother each, not only that different specie. Charlie the heroine is half wolf, Stevie the youngest, half tiger, with only Max being a full Honey Badger, her mother being from the elusive Yang (hence her connection to Livy). Their father like all honey badger and fox is a con artist. But that is not the problem, the problem is that he is particularly bad at it. And he had a tendency to embroiled his daughters, in his scheme when thing inevitably go tit up. That is how the story start, with an army trying to kill the two oldest (Charlie, and Max) so they could get to Stevie undeterred who is a genius in the Irene Van Holtz (When He Was Bad (Magnus Pack #3.5)), who incidentally made a cameo appearance with her husband when things went to sh*t. That is how Charlie met Berg, who unfortunately she wont recognize when they next met, because she was without her glasses at that time (who had time to search for the thing when being shot at) as she is near sighted, and also have allergy and can't smell a d*mm without her medicine (witch she also left in her hurry to escape) The sisters quickly deduce this was a scheme of their father that they got unwittingly dragged into, and set to find out what was the clusterf*ck this time, and make sure that anyone who had a beef with their father to leave them alone, as they had nothing to do with the man, and doesn't care one wit what happens to them (a feeling that is entirely mutual) unless it involve fleecing them of their money (something the sisters do not appreciate). The lesson of leave them the f*ck alone had the unfortunate side effect of having the three agency give them a hard side eyes, but that was smoothed over by Charlie diplomatic and smooth talking way. All in all, everyone worked hard in the end to find Freddy, and whom he pissed of this time all in the bag drop of the wedding of the year, without ruining said wedding.
This was all done with Shelly particular brand of humor, meeting new characters, and new specie, (the wolverine was introduced) get news of old characters, all this with plenty of action to spice it up. We even had Kyle Jean-Louis Parker, older but still a sanctimonious little bastard, with finally someone who can tolerate him (Stevie). Speaking of Stevie their is a hint of something between her and Shen (Vic best Panda friend (Bite Me #8)), hint, hint Shelly for them to be the next book. This is a good intro book into the series, although with the wide range of old character one would be smart to try to read them after. And it is an absolute gem for old fan, we get to find out what is going on with our old beloved characters as well as meeting new one. Bonus, we get more books in the series we know and love!
This is an absolute two thumbs up and five star!

I didn't fall in love with the first Shelly Laurenston book I read, but when I fell, I fell hard.

One summer I read her whole (10 book) Pride Series, trying to explain how delightful these books are is somewhat difficult. I found myself portioning this book out to myself, and then staying up too late to read it. It's addictive and a ton of fun.

I find the cast of characters somewhat unwieldy, and I don't know how you'd feel if you were new to the series. I will be waiting with bated breath for the rest of them.

A worthy addition to Shelly Laurenston's series, Hot and Badgered is a terrific read. Fast, fun and furious. Three honey badger (kinda) sisters and their antics is highly entertaining. Highly recommended.

Let me introduce you to three half sisters, born of Freddy MacKilligan, a promiscuous criminal honey badger and three different women.

Charlie, the eldest, is half wolf-half honey badger. Her mother raised all three girls and Charlie has spent her entire life keeping her younger siblings out of trouble. Max, the second daughter is all honey badger and borderline psychotic. Stevie the youngest is half tiger-half honey badger, a musical and scientific genius she is also neurotic and likes nothing better than checking herself into very expensive mental hospitals and treating them like spas.

The book opens with Charlie getting a phone call early one morning telling her to get out of her Italian hotel room, before she knows it armed men are breaking into her room and her only escape (naked) is into the room of another hotel guest. Berg Dunn is a bear shifter, acting as security for Cooper Jean-Louis Parker, the jackal shifter and prodigal musician and bored out of his mind until a naked woman burst into their hotel suite, covered in blood from gunshot wounds, and followed by men in black military tactical wear. How great an opening is that?

Charlie knows that something like this can only mean one of two things - or both. Either her dead-beat Dad has done something monumentally stupid (again) or someone is after her genius sister (again). As it happens, it's both.

This has a slightly different feel to Shelly Laurenston's other books, and that's no bad thing. It's still funny, there are still tons of shifters, lots of my favourite characters from previous books make an appearance, there's brawling, there's baking, there's a BBQ, there's a wedding, there's rocket launchers and roller derby. Maybe the humour is gentler? Maybe the characters are gentler? Berg is just one giant softie (despite being part of a private security firm) and Shen? Cutie!

Anyway, what I think I am trying to say is that this is different to the Magnus Pack series, just as that is different to the Pride series, just as that is different to the Call of Crows series. Shelly Laurenston is exploring a different pack and I am dying to see what happens with Max and Stevie.

A great start to a new series.

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This has to be one of my all-time favorites of Shelly Laurenston's book! It had me laughing like her earlier Magnus Pack books. The Jean-Louis Parkers are back and as dysfunctional as ever. The MacKilligans are just as dysfunctional and funny. We thought that Dee-Ann and Cella were scary and crazy but these sisters have them beat (and literally at one point). I hope to see books for each sister.

What makes this book a 5? I had to go back and read it a second time right after I had just finished it. Loved it!

OMG! OMG! OMG! Taking a deep breath here OMG! OMG! OMG!

The shifters are back!!!!

Can you tell how excited I am? There are just some authors, series, books that you just can't live without and for me that's Shelly Laurenston. Her shifters rock! No one writes a funnier story then her. Sure, there are other authors that write shifters that I just totally love and I wouldn't take anything away from them. They too rock. But for some reason I would be a little heartbroken if Laurenston ever stop writing or changed her voice.

Hot and Badgered is the start of a new series. Like I mentioned above she is back to writing shifters. Not that I didn't like her crows. I did, in fact I will miss some of those characters, but they couldn't hold a candle to how I feel about the shifters.

Not only do we have a new set of charcters, she had many of her past characters visit. So many of them I can't name them all or the review would only be a list of names. I will mention for those who love her other shifter series that Kyle and Bo are in this story! Do I need to say more?

Since Hot and Badgered is a new series you will have new characters to enjoy. Charlie and her sisters are going to thrill you. You will find yourself loving them. They kept me laughing throughout the book. The rest of her family is a little bit crazy. Some you'll like, others will just piss you the hell off!

I can't forget Berg and his family either. They are the sweetest, nicest bears you'll ever meet. I hope that his sister and brother find their loves in this series too.

I just loved enjoying how Charlie and Berg fell in love. It was a slow simmer that ended in a satisfying love story. Their romance builds up over time. It spans the book and you really feel connected with them. Your heart will give a little sigh!

Now this series can be read on it's own but why should it? Start with her Pride series and read that first that way when the charcters from those books show up you'll truly have a picture of who they are. Believe me when I say it will make for a better story. Not to worry though because of how good her books are you'll be caught up in no time.

Oh wow! I just love how ridiculous these characters are and despite it all I love them all and get sucked completely into their world. Charlie, Max and Stevie are three crazy badgers and boy did I love their dynamics. The Dunn’s were a interesting family too. For lovers of Magnus Pack and the Pride series you will love this. We see lots of past favorite characters....Dee Ann, Bo and more! This is a must read in my opinion, this new series starter has opened up the world I enjoyed so much originally and I can’t wait to see where this goes.
This was a complimentary advanced reader copy provided by the author and the publisher in exchange for a honest review via Netgalley.

***ARC received for an honest review***

<b>"'Sociopath is in the eye of the---''---forensic psychologist working for the prosecution?'"</b>

Right book. Right time. Life has kicked my butt this week - work and family and stress. And in the midst of a messy house and 12 hour days I found a book that made me love everything about it.

There's a lot of world-building here. And enough characters that it should be obnoxious and confusing. Laurenston made it work.

In a nutshell, Charlie and her insane sisters are plagued by their father's bad decisions. While fleeing another attempted murder/kidnapping Charlie meets Berg - a super chill grizzly who wants to be the one to take care of Charlie for a change. The romance is not the main focus of this book. Charlie's relationship with her sisters, tons of action, lot of humor, and a huge community of shifters made up most of the story. Charlie and Berg were understated perfection, and I adored that.

<b>"'Not to be rude but if either of you find a man..you need to hold that man.'"</b>

There is a lot of talk about how bad-ass Charlie is, and not much talk about her looks. For that alone this book earned my love and respect. Add to that it made me laugh out loud and that I struggled to pry myself away from it? Pretty much book perfection. Now I'm off to gobble up all the Shelly Laurenston I can find. (And to not-so-patiently wait for the next book in this series).

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Hot and Bagered by Shelly Laurenson is part of her shifter series. Charlie and her sisters have always taken care of themselves. There farther has stollen from the family but hes a idiot and keeps losing what he stole. Berg cant help but want to help Charlie and her sisters. He comes ro realize he wants Charlie and will do what he needs to do to keep her safe. But Charlie and her sisters can take care of themselves. Great addition to the series!!! Old and New friends pop in with lots of laughs, adventures and action! Cant wait for more by this great author. 5 stars!!

I just finished reading Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston. I have to say I have thoroughly enjoyed this and every title she has written in this series. The characters are so much fun and I caught myself laughing out loud several times! I highly recommend this titles and the series to those that love this genre.

OMG SO MUCH LOVE FOR HER BOOKS. This one is a brilliant addition to her library. There's overlap of previous shifter characters, but not in an oppressing manner--It should be totally possible to read this book without having seen any of her previous books. But unlike the previous books this is much more of an outside of the culture book, even with all the overlapping characters, I hope this holds true with what I assume the rest of the series will be. (Also, I want to know more about the POV character from the prolog. Will we see her again???)

This is another of Shelly Laurenston's humorous paranormal romances. Berg Dunn is a grizzly and a security specialist. Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan and a wolf-honey badger hybrid. They meet when Charlie, on the run from unknown assassins, lands naked and bloody on Berg's hotel balcony. She escapes with his best gun and one of his tee-shirts leaving him curious about what her situation was.

Charlie has always been the protector for her two younger half-sisters. Max is all honey badger and a borderline sociopath kept from total mayhem by her love for her sisters. Stevie is the youngest and is a honey badger-Siberian tiger hybrid. She is also a certified genius who is subject to panic attacks. The three girls have banded together since childhood to protect themselves from their father who is immoral, inept and constantly doing things that are likely to get his daughters killed. For example, when she was much younger, he tried to sell Stevie to a Peruvian drug lord to cook up meth for him. Now it looks like he has tried to sell Stevie again and it is up to her sisters to save her.

When they run into Berg again in New York City, he offers to help which is a unique situation for Charlie. No one has ever offered to help. Her MacKilligan family has more or less written them off unless they want to use them to get to their father. Right now they do because Freddy has stolen 100 million British Sterling from his brother and he wants it back. Also their aunt Bernice wants to hire them to make sure that her daughter's wedding to an all-human wealthy man goes ahead without a hitch.

Berg's help lands the girls in a house smack in the middle of the bear section of New York City. Did I mention that Stevie is terrified of bears and tends to have more panic attacks around them? She can often be found hiding up a tree or in a kitchen cupboard. But Charlie's habit of baking when she is under stress quickly endears her to all their sweet loving neighbors.

Lots of characters from earlier books in this series make appearances in this one too. From the lethal wolf Dee Ann Smith to the hockey-obsessed bear Bo Novikov to the Jean-Louis Parker family of jackals. There is a lot of humor in this story and a really nice romance too. My only complaint is that the problem with Freddy MacKilligan wasn't resolved by the end of the book. Of course, that does give lots of room for more books and maybe even romances for Charlie's younger sisters.

Flipping amazing, I can not praise this book enough!

I went into it knowing I was going to like it a lot, but I didn't think I was going to love it this much. I'm not even sure where to begin, the book can be read as a standalone, but then I don't think it really can, I'm hesitant to what way I should say it falls under. Only because this one had so many characters from the PRIDE series pop up through out the story. It to me in important to know everyone, I am so thankful that Shelly is one of my fav authors and that I read everything that she has put out in both this world. It makes me want to go and purchase some of her Crow books, anyways way of topic. Sorry!

Hot and Badgered is about three Honey Badger sisters, though they are not full honey badger they are hybrids, and man do they pack a punch! And then there are the Dunn triplets, omg you guys I am so flipping excited that they are BEARS!

Shelly writes some of the best comedy romance, in paranormal romance she has created one of the best worlds I have ever visited!

Berg Dunn and Charlie Mackilligan are legit the coolest characters, you are going to love them and there siblings, I am really excited to see where this series takes us, especially now that we know who the bad guys are, I feel it in my bones that this is going to be a fantastic new series, interwoven with her Pride series.

Shelly's writing is flawless, it keeps you engaged, laughing and with the small romance burning in the background is the perfect blend to keep me happy. The sisters Max and Stevie, I cant even with them two! they are HILIRIOUS. the bond the girls have is seriously one that you wouldn't wont to mess with. With some mystery, so much belly laughter. I just sat here for 3 days smiling and laughing, enjoying myself getting caught up with everyone, it was the reunion.

On the 27th of March be sure to pick up a copy, Shelly fans the WAIT IS OVER!

I love honey badgers! Laurenston' s newest book has all of her usual amazing attributes, romance and over the top situations, with a heap of snarky fun and an underlying love of family. I really renjoyed meeting her newest zany characters and getting to see several of ,y favorites from past books. As usual, I eagerly anticipate the next book..

I’ve decided that 2018 is going to be the year I include more romantic comedies in my reading schedule. I always feel so good when I finish up a book that really make me laugh out loud all the way through. There’s fun PNR and then there’s Shelly Laurenston. I always know that I’m in for an adventure when I open her newest release. I’m usually not sure how she’ll take me there or what crazy, ridiculous antics are going to occur on the way, but I’m always up for the ride. I really, really love this author.

Hot and Badgered is the first book in the Honey Badgers series. Which is a spin-off of her much beloved Pride series. In fact this whole book is peppered with all the characters and couples we’ve grown to love over the years. And now there is a wonderful new trio of honey badger sisters to shake things up again. The heroine of Hot and Badgered is Charlie Taylor MacKilligan, a half honey badger/half wolf shifter, raised with her half sisters in the wolf pack once her mother passed. She HATES her no good father, who does nothing but get her and her sisters into trouble. She’s the oldest and the most stable of the MacKilligan sisters. Think of her as their handler… the one who keeps them from killing other people, and each other. I mean she has her own issues, but she is loyal and loves her siblings.

Our hero is a bear shifter named Berg who first meets Charlie when she, naked and armed, busts into the hotel room where he is working as a bodyguard. He helps her out and gets stabbed in the process. Charlie is being chased by a group of assassins, and she doesn’t really know why, other than it maybe has something to do with her piece of shit father. They meet up again when Charlie and her sisters wind up in a safe house that happens to be the main residence of one of their cousins. You might remember her and her husband… Livy and Vic. Berg offers a better place for them to stay, in the middle of a bear shifter neighborhood and right across the street from Berg and his siblings, Dag and Britta.

This book is just as laugh out loud, ridiculously funny as I expected it to be. I loved being back in this world, I didn’t realize how much I missed it until Charlie and her sisters started blowing shit up and kicking ass and taking names. The romances in this series are so subtle that by the time the H/H finally get to settling down in sexual bliss I’m more than ready. I think Berg and Charlie follow that mold. But he shows his concern for her welfare early on and is more than willing to come to her and her sister’s aid when needed. He’s just a big ole’ protective bear and I loved that.

One of the things I adore about this world is that the heroines are so crazy cool. Emphasis on the crazy. They are bold, and vibrant, and not afraid to be exactly who they are and enjoy what they enjoy. I LOVE THAT. Charlie and her sister’s have quite a few anxiety issues, which most likely stem from their terrible father and all the crap he’s pulled over the years, but they are dealing with it and doing it together as a team. Berg just slides right in and learns to understand why Max is so violent and Stevie gets startled all the time.

I couldn’t even go into the details of this plot and all the threads woven into this story if I wanted to. It is one hell of a crazy ride and trust me when I tell you, there is A LOT going on. But its fun in a ridiculous way and I absolutely, 100% can not wait until I can go back to Honey Bader land again. Final Grade-B

Favorite Quote:
“What the fuck have you gotten us into?” Dag asked.
“What are you talking about?”
“There has to be an easier way to get a date.”
“That’s not what this is about. We’re being helpful.”
“Do they need help? Because they don’t really seem like they do”