Claimed by the Bear by Sennah Tate

This is a review of Claimed by the Bear by Sennah Tate. It is book 2 in the Palm Haven Shifters Series. I really enjoyed this story. This is the story of a powerful witch named Ashley and a bear shifter named Callan that works construction. The witches are on the verge of a war with the different clans of shifters. There are some witches that want Ashley out of the way because she is such a powerful witch. The witches that want Ashley out of the way are plotting against her to get her out of the way and also to cause war among all of the different shifter groups and the witches.

Unions between witches and shifters are taboo. Ashley is mentoring a young witch whose mate just happens to be a tiger shifter. Ashley has a past history with this shifter so she doesn't really like him. She knows that in order to pass the test that her fellow witches have concocted that she needs to recharge her magic. The witches are able to recharge their power levels through sex.  Ashley goes on a hunt to find someone she can use to recharge her magic and she runs into Callan.  Callan had saved Ashley from a near disaster at a construction site earlier that day and she was surprised to meet him in a bar. They end up going home together and before they can have  full blown sex, Ashley backs out but she went far enough with Callan where she was able to recharge her magic.

Once Ashley figures out that Callan is a shifter, she wants nothing further to do with him. Since a  romantic relationship between a witch and a shifter is taboo so it takes some work on Callan's part to convince Ashley that they should be together. Callan's bear instantly recognized Ashley as his mate and he does finally convince Ashley to give them a chance.

The war between the shifters and witches is sure to be continued in the next book since that story feels like it is just getting started.

I received a free copy of this book from Romance ARCade in exchange for an honest review.