Mated In The Big City

A NYC Shifter Tale Anthology Books 1-3 Anything can happen in New York, and for these Shifters that means finding their mates. Featuring books 1-3 in USA Today Bestselling Author C.D. Gorri’s NYC Shifter Tales series. Included: Cuff Linked A NYC Shifter cop meets a red hot pastry chef in this steamy paranormal romance… Rami Llewellyn’s blood runs blue. He’s not looking for any complications in his life. But things get red hot real fast for the litigious Lion once he meets his potential mate. Noemi Donato dreams of buying the bakery where she works from her boss who is soon retiring. But her mother wants her to move back home, away from the dangerous city she loves. All she needs is a reason to stay. Sealed Fate Can a Tiger ever change his stripes? Yasmin Malek is a talented dancer who never caught a break. Working at a gentlemen’s club three nights a week was not her ideal job, but the Lioness Shifter will do anything to make sure her son has a bed to sleep in and food on the table. Konstantin Petrov is a Siberian Tiger Shifter and owner of The Stripe Club, a members only establishment featuring top shelf liquor and the finest dancers in NYC. He’s had his eye on the gorgeous single mother for months now. His Tiger knows she is theirs, but he has yet to make a move… Virtue Saved Virtue comes in all shapes and sizes… Alina Petrova has gone from practicing ballet as an understudy in Russia to being cooped up in her big brother’s fancy house in New Jersey. She is finished waiting for the men in her life to come rescue her. Especially the big Grizzly with the gorgeous brown eyes. If he won’t claim her, then she will have to take matters into her own hands. Eduardo Valens is a Bear Shifter and an ex-mercenary working for one of the biggest, baddest Tigers in NYC. He owes the guy for saving his life more than once, which is why there is no way in hell he is going to take the man’s little sister as his mate. Until matters are taken out of his hands. Keywords: paranormal possessive romance, curvy girl shifter romance, alpha hero, instalove shifter romance, paranormal romance with strong female lead, alpha hero, loner, tortured hero, curvy heroine, plus size heroine, fated mates instalove, fated mates paranormal romance, fated mates quick reads, fated mates rejection. fated mates virgin, shifter romance, witch romance, druid magic

Big-city mayors and other political leaders face the triple challenge of assembling a winning political coalition; translating this into an effective governing coalition; and coping with a tightening local budget constraint. The challenge is still greater when elections have produced a change in ethnic control of local government, bringing into power new groups that want to use government spending to serve their constituents' demands but are resisted by those controlling the economic resources. This volume explores the political transition now going on in big cities. One group of chapters examines recent electoral politics in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Antonio, where different types of ethnic and class lines have been drawn, and where different strategies have been employed to adjust political machines to the new realities. A second group of chapters considers the business of governing under the conflicting pressures of community organizations, the press, the business community, and higher levels of government. A final group of chapters examines the fiscal and budgetary constraints upon big-city governments, and the difficulty that these governments, no matter how well motivated, face in generating jobs and economic opportunity for their political constituents.

The entire Big City Pack series in one boxed set. The Canuck Werewolf Rylee doesn’t have high hopes for the Victoria Day weekend camping trip, seeing as she’s been roped into taking her brother and his juvenile friends. Her mind is changed when she spots a gorgeous man on a hiking trail. Atticus came to Elora Gorge to get away from his father and his demands that his son find a mate. The tent heats up quickly, but before Atticus can tell Rylee what he is, he discovers a member of his pack has followed him with the intention of claiming him for her own. A Werewolf at the Falls As a cocktail waitress at Fallsview Casino Resort, Jorja has been witness to some brow-raising moments, but she’s never been part of one until a hot-as-hell patron in her section pulls her onto his lap and kisses her senseless. What was supposed to be a weekend of harmless gambling takes a dramatic turn when Kian’s wolf scents his would-be mate. Consuming her lips as if his life depends on it in the middle of a crowded casino is bad enough—but giving in to his mating urge and claiming her before she knows his true nature is nothing short of a disaster. Werewolf's Treasure Treasure never dates clients. When her sexy-as-all-get-out buyer hinges his offer of purchase on her willingness to have dinner with him, she wavers. Soren hoped to secure a primo home when he arranged to view a penthouse. He didn’t expect to be taken to his knees by the scent of his would-be mate. Werewolf Claimed As werewolves go, Draven isn’t exactly a spring chicken. At fifteen hundred years old, he’s beyond ready to find his mate and settle down. Wyatt has come to Buck Lake to spend his two-week vacation. Being rescued by a man who can only be described as a walking wet dream certainly improves his outlook. Loved by a Werewolf At her cousin’s wedding, Sierra is stuck on drunk-brother patrol. When he slips out of the reception with a married woman, Sierra must go in pursuit, but her efforts are in vain and she finds herself on a hiking trail along the edge of the property. Cale knew he’d found his mate the moment he caught Sierra’s scent in his wolf form. Things don’t start off well, however, when she throws a rock at him.

Spiders, discusses the life of spiders and profiles different types of spiders provided by case studies examining individual species, along with facts about habitat, diet, and hunting practices. Additionally, this title features a table of contents, glossary, index, color photographs, labeled photographs, and recommended websites for further exploration.

This volume examines how government and administration in America's largest cities have changed between 1960 and 1990. Each chapter traces demographic and economic changes over this vital, and at times turbulent, thirty year period explaining what those changes mean for politics, policies and the general quality of life. Analytic and comparative chapters extract patterns and variations which emerge from the city profiles. Each profile addresses common issues in socio-economic, coalitional, institutional, process, values and policy changes in the following American cities: Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

Each story in this collection unveils a struggle with everyday problems in the big city. A bankrupt entrepreneur flees in the middle of the night, considers suicide, then has a chance encounter with someone who provides a ray of hope. Members of a high-school judo club are tortured by the uncompromising regimen of the new coach, but a turn of events reveals the man's true character and qualities. A foreign student, successful as a long-distance runner, returns home and witnesses a phenomenal change that had taken place during his absence. A quiet young woman is dumped by her selfish fiancé--and ridiculed by her colleagues--so she takes revenge in a unique but clever way. A young employee at a prestigious company badmouths a homeless man living by the river but is then is forced to confront his own biases. the problems and issues in these accounts give a multifaceted view of various sections and strata of Tokyo.

Welcome to Maverick Point, where you will find tales featuring paranormal romance with growly Shifters and their curvy fated mates! In order to lead his pride, tiger shifter Hunter must tame his clawing inner beast by finding his fated mate. When a stranded Elissa makes her way to Hunter, he knows she’s the one. The problem? She has no idea shifters exist! He’s the leader of his Pride. She’s a normal with no idea Shifters exist. Calling a Magical Matchmaking Service isn’t exactly ideal, but Hunter Maverick is desperate to find his mate. If he doesn’t have control of the eight-hundred-pound Tiger living inside him, he can’t run the Pride. The best way to manage his beast is to claim a female as his own, but no one in his Pride calls to him. Only his fated mate will do. There’s just one problem. He has no idea who she is. Elissa Phoenix has hit rock bottom. When she’s cajoled into accepting a blind date, she finds herself in one lousy situation after another. Bad manners and lewd suggestions leave Elissa no choice but to leave on her own. Stranded in the rain on the side of the road, Elissa is startled when an elderly stranger in a limo offers her a ride. She knows she should run, but her gut says get in. With no other prospects, what does she have to lose? Uncle Uzzi has found the purrfect mate for the big bad Tiger of Maverick Point, New Jersey wandering on the side of the road, but it’s up to the growly Neta to win her heart. Can Hunter convince Elissa she’s his purrfect mate? Keywords: tiger king romance book, tiger pride romance ebook, curvy girl romance, tiger shifter fated mates, cd gorri mates, fated mates paranormal romance, tiger shifter bbw romance series, strangers to lovers, instant attraction, heat level, claiming bite, fated mates novella, soul mates, destined mates, shifter romance ebook, paranormal fiction series, strong heroine, curvy girl romance novel, shifter mates, fated mates, instalove romance short, sexy shifter book, sexy paranormal romance book, steamy paranormal romance novel, steamy wolf shifter mates, strangers to lovers, instant attraction, shifter pride romance series, urban fantasy, fantasy romance, paranormal holiday romance, shifter holiday romance,

Demyan, Leo, and Myron have spent their lives underground and secluded as part of a dragon shifter race thought long extinct. One thing can make them sneak out from the safety of their clan, risk exposure after hundreds of years in secrecy, and head into the unknown—the chance at finding their one. They seek the mate that will complete the spiritual bond formed at their births. Mara is the “all work and no play” type, but when she kicks back, she knows what she wants: Strong drinks, tasty food, and watching shifters compete in fighting tournaments. Then a night of fun is derailed when she catches the scent she knows to be her mate's. Its trail leads her into the hands of a mischievous paranormal matchmaker. For the sake of finding her soul mate, Mara’s pride is forced to take a back seat as she begs the matchmaker for help. Too bad that help guides her onto a path as surprising as it is confusing. Everything is changing, and nothing is as expected. What compromises will they make to entwine their four paths into one?