A review by r1vana
Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh

dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

A hereditary trial imagined in a test tube, conveyed to term by a substitute and acquiring the qualities of the creature his DNA had been adjusted with. A man with every one of the impulses and hunting capacities of a lion. A totally human looking male. A man reared to be a savage killer machine.
One day, Merinus, a journalist, goes to where Callus is hiding from the world, due to people wanted to use him as a common lab rat, and destroying his own being and taking his living rights as a human + lion.
She wants him to get out of the hidden spot and tell the world about the f-up scientists who change people as living weapons…
As they get close to each other, the tension aka the mating bond seem to pull them at close proximity and make them f*ck…

TW; sexual content; CNC; experimentation; forced-abortion mentions; kidnapping