Coyote's Mate (Breed Book 18)

Loved the hck outta this book. Bought it hard copy years ago and didn't stop readin til I finished the very last word. I like how finally a author isn't worried about making the female character be pissed. I mean girls in real life get pissed and leave and the guy gets to feel like crap for a while but most romance authors make the girl forgive him way too easy and early but this one doesn't. I re read this book like ten times in a week I just loves it

For six years Anya Korbin worked with Del-Rey Delgato--the genetically altered rebel known as the Coyote Ghost--to free a group of coyote women kept in her father's lab. As Anya matured into a woman, she and Del-Rey grew close...but then he broke his promise and killed her father. Now she must deal with her animalistic desire for the one who betrayed her.

All I have to say is WOW......I was cheering on the characters, crying with them and could literally feel like I was living the story with them. I give this one 5 stars ++

Read it, save it and read it again!!!!!

Lora has outdone herself. This book is vastly different from the others in the series that I've read and I loved it. So much emotion and so heart-wrenching, this book had me in tears more than once. It also had me cursing Del-Ray quite a few times. But in the end, it was a wonderfully written book and I can't wait to read more of this series.

Coyote's Mate is another great installment in the Breeds series. This book gives us a look at a segment of the Breed population we haven't seem much, and the first look at the Coyotes as a society.

This story is more involved with the other Breed societies than the previous Coyote book and furthers the storyline as a whole, where' Soul Deep (Coyote 1) featured a solitary hero.

I highly recommend this book, which I believe is number 17 in the overall Breeds series.

New York Times best selling author Lora Leigh continues her Breeds' saga with the story of Del-Rey Delgado, the Alpha of the Coyote breeds and Anya Kobrin, the woman nature made his very own.

Called the Coyote Ghost, Del-Rey Delgado is Alpha to a pack of rescued Coyote breeds who call themselves Team Zero. Fighting in covert operations the world over, the Coyote Ghost and his band of liberated genetically altered breeds have made a name for themselves as one of the top rescue teams available. When Del-Rey gets word that someone from a lab in Russia wants to speak with him, he suspects a trap but allows himself to meet his contact. When Anya Kobrin levels her blue-eyed gaze on him and requests that he rescue five Coyote breed females from a Genetics Council lab, Del-Rey agrees, knowing without a doubt that he will end up betraying her. Throughout the next six years Del-Rey and his men, along with Anya, plot and plan the perilous rescue of the only known female coyotes. At the culmination of the rescue, what Del-Rey believed would happen comes to pass - with two minor twists. Not only did he deceive Anya, but he also kidnapped and kissed her, with disastrous results.

Anya will never trust Del-Rey again. While his name means, "of the King", he is anything but royal. Trusting him with the lives of her friends, Anya never once thought she would be taken against her will. Nor did she ever begin to imagine that a forceful kiss would cause such a disruption of her body as well as her heart. Wanting no part of mating heat or the mating, Anya fights Del-Ray's claim every step of the way. When Del-Rey leaves Anya to become an Enforcer, she finds out exactly how hard it is to run the Coyote base as Del-Rey's Coya. Months later, Del-Rey is back and ready to assume his status as Alpha of the Coyote base. Del-Rey knows Anya is his mate, but he refuses to go through with the formal ceremony claiming her as such. In his mind, he is keeping her safe -- in the minds of his men, she is no longer his mate and therefore no longer the Coya. They could not be more wrong.

Forgiveness and acceptance is the theme in this enigmatic and highly anticipated Breeds' installment. Readers first met Anya and Del-Rey very briefly in Lora Leigh's Ellora's Cave release, Aiden's Charity. At the time, Del-Rey was not sure what was wrong with Anya and readers didn't get to see what happened to her prior to their arrival in the caves that eventually become the Coyote base. COYOTE'S MATE gives the back story of Del-Rey and Anya which I found perfect. I needed to know that Anya and Del-Rey had not been strangers.

Speaking of Del-Rey - this was one stubborn coyote. Black eyes and blond hair. Strong build. Loyal. All of these traits describe Del-Rey. But, enamored and enthralled by his mate are also traits that we see of this Coyote Alpha. Unable to tolerate his Coya being in danger, Del-Rey does the only thing he can to keep her safe - he denies her place as his Coya. He never anticipates the repercussions of such a decision. Coming to his senses quickly, Del-Rey vows to never put her in danger again.

Breathing a happy and totally sappy sigh at the magical ending to COYOTE'S MATE, I didn't want the book to be over. Every time I read a Lora Leigh release I hate for the story to end. COYOTE'S MATE was no different. With passionate love scenes packing enough heat to keep me warm until summer, COYOTE'S MATE is compelling and addictive. I highly recommend this fantastic installment - the Queen of Breeds has done it again!

COYOTE'S MATE releases on February 3, 2009 from Berkley Sensation. Don't miss it!

Natalie S.

Coyote's Mate topped anything I have ever read from Lora Leigh and I hav read everyhting she has published - even all the ellora's cave stuff before they were printing her books. This book is a continuatioin in the breed series but the first full length Coyote Breed novel she has produced. There is all of the ususal heat and spice that make up Lora Leigh's books but in this one there is also soo much more emotion and depth than usual. I LOVED IT!! I can't recommend it highly enough.

This story is a fantastic addition to a paranormal romance series which is quickly becoming my favorite. I quickly devoured this book in one day and can't wait for the next one.

Each of her books in this series not only highlights a new couple and their romance, but also gives the reader more information about the special abilities of each different kind of breed (i.e., feline, coyote, tiger, lion, etc.). As a reader, I was delighted by the genesis of the new coyote breed capabilities and by the newly, developing coyote breed community.

I eagerly anticipate future coyote breed stories.

Firstly, I enjoy reading so far the entire Breed series. I have no plans on stoping. But, Coyote's Mate was just okay. There was too much arguing, bickering, and miss trust between the two characters. I think both of them humiliated each other equally in front of the breed community. This was not Lora Leigh best.....It was okay, but, where was the love!

I gave this only a three because, while the story was good, I think she's overdoing it - majorly - with all the snarling, growling, howling, and lip-curling-teeth-baring! The Breeds (and sometimes his/her mate after being affected by the hormone) in the recent stories never SAY anything. I get that they're Breeds, but come on...enough already. I had to force myself to finish this one despite liking the story, and I was relunctant to buy anything else by LL. I'm glad I did because Maverick was awesome, but I'll skim the next Breed in the bookstore before I buy it.

It took several tries to get going with this book. Most of her couples are so entertaining you just do not want the story to end. Not the case with this couple. Both were extremely annoying, which made for a difficult read. Simply not Ms. Leigh's best effort by far.

Wow, this was an amazingly bad book. The fact that it was even published astonishes me. I'm an avid fan of fantasy fiction and looooove shape-shifter, were, vamp stories mixed with romance. This book followed all the genre formulas to the point of nearly putting me to sleep. In fact, the book lay unfinished (I struggled through all but the last chapter) for weeks on my floor until I finally tossed it. It was such a bad read that I didn't want anyone else to suffer through it. Typical stubborn heroine "I can take care of myself!", strong, manly hero, star crossed lovers, blah, blah, blah. The romance was obvious and overtly sexual (not always a bad thing, but where was the love?), without suspense or anticipation. The sexual dialogue was overused and the relationship of the two main characters was so boring, I couldn't have cared less whether they got together in the end or not. In fact, I didn't even like them. They were one dimensional and predictable, much like the entire storyline.

Another perfect Breed book!
I couldn't put the book down and after waiting so long for it I wish it would've been twice as long.
Heated romance, breathtaking drama and wild humor will have you stuck to this book!

i have just finished reading the last enstalment of the breeds (coyote's mate) and can't wait for the next one. i have all of lora leighs books and im not disapointed in any of them. i would recomend all of her books. i love the breeds the best. and can't wait for mr.watts story .i have given these books copies to friends. and now they read them also i live in a small town so we pass the material around.

Heartwarming and Heartbreaking but ultimately Fulfilling everything that could be had in a romance novel such as this! It was a joy to read and moved me to tears and laughter! I love how deeply this book touched me!

I absolutely LOVE Lora Leigh's Breed series. Each new release gets better and better. Since I'm currently overseas, it is difficult to purchase certain authors and I made sure that my recent guest brought this title along with her! It is amazing that with each book, the development of Breeds gets more detailed and kind of makes you wish you were involved. Coyote's Mate is definitely a story that will touch your heart!

She has waited patiently for years for the right moment to rescue her Coyote Breed incarcerated in her father's Russian lab. Now after six anxious years fearing she will be caught for her seditious activity, Del-Rey "the Coyote Ghost" Delgado informs Anya Koran the time to set their final rescue plan in motion has arrived. She asks him one favor; not to kill her dad when they liberate the female specimens; he agrees.

During the raid, Del-Rey shoots and kills Anaya's father; he escorts her and the other Coyote Breed to the Sanctuary compound. While Anya remains irate with him for killing her father, mating heat assaults both of them. However, as his soulmate rejects him though her body betrays her by craving his touch; a traitor within the compound places everyone especially the newcomers in danger.

The latest Lora Leigh's homage to the X-Men (see DAWN'S AWAKENING, MEGAN'S MARK and HARMONY'S WAY, etc.) stars a great lead pairing who appear destined to remain apart in spite of mating heat uniting them. Anya cannot forgive Del-Rey for killing her father though she knows his other choice was a failed mission with many of the rescued dead and the rest imprisoned. Once again the bioengineered breeds seem genuine and the romance between the Alpha and his Coya enjoyable to follow. Although the betrayal seems somewhat similar in tone to MERCURY'S WAR, fans of the saga will enjoy the latest science fiction romantic suspense as the hatred and prejudice the Breed encounter would make Magneto believe humans love him and his mutants.

Harriet Klausner

I loved this Lora Leigh book! Sexy, suspenseful--couldn't put it down. Anya was a heroine with such a rough past. I really felt for her. The hero was strong, a good alpha. Can't wait to read more Breeds!