Christine Warren started writing about the "Others" for Ellora's Cave as a download online book. They became popular and now she is found everywhere and it couldn't happen to a better author. Her creation of a hidden group of creatures such as demons, vampires, werewolf's, fairies, witches, etc is both romantic as well as steamy hot.

For centuries the "Others" have kept their existence a secret but recently have through secret talks with the government made themselves known to the public.

In this story "Kitty" and I kid you not that is her name finds out she is a lion shapeshifter other due to the DNA her long gone father left behind. Her father contacts her about the same time she finds out about her furry side and makes arrangements to go meet him in Las Vegas to tell him off and to find out more about being a shapeshifter. Such as how do you shift back? Keep from hurting your loved ones? etc.

Her Father turns out to be the dying Alpha head of the Las Vegas Red Rock Pack. His heir is a hot lion shapeshifter who takes Kitty under his wing as well as under his body. They are destined to be mates but someone is trying to kill her and he has to find out who.

A steamy good read. I look forward to her next installment in the series.

The Others series has been a lot of fun from the get-go. Of all the books, however, this one reeled me in. Our girl Kitty, contrary to the gist of the story summary, is not a wishy washy drama queen. She's a dame with a great sense of humor, intelligence and a brass set of her own. And Max? He's worthy. It's a funny, solid read with enough "wow sex" to keep the party going. I'm not easily pleased, but this one did it for me.

In Tennessee while driving home with her mom Misty, their truck crashes. Misty is unconscious, but Kitty Jane Sugarman manages to get both of them clear of the vehicle. However, they need help desperately, but on the back roads no one is in sight. Somehow while in severe pain, Kitty Jane for the first time in her life shifts her body; she now knows her father is an Other, a lion shapeshifter.

The Felix of the Red Rock Leos, Martin Lowe is dying from cancer. He wants to meet his daughter before he dies. He sends his trusted aide Marcus "Max" Stuart to arrange for his meeting Kitty. Max goes to Vegas to meet Kitty at the airport. He is stunned to find an innocent twenty-four years old instead of the hardened easterner that he expected. However, many in the Pride want Max and Kitty out of the way so the can replace Martin and inherit his wealth; none expected the strong loving bond between the number two Leo and the daughter of the Felix.

The latest Others' supernatural romance is a strong tale starring a solid cast who make believers that shapeshifters exist. Kitty and Max are a wonderful coupling as they fight, fuss, and purr in love. However, the star is Kitty who had no inkling of her paternal DNA until the accident, but whose steel magnolia personality comes in handy as she deals with her dad's pride, a totally new side of the family; with at least one or more wanting her either frightened back to backwoods Tennessee or dead. Fans will enjoy the war between love and avarice as Christine Warren provides another terrific paranormal romantic suspense thriller.

Harriet Klausner

I enjoyed this book about as much as I did the first one in the series. I am sooo glad that the author decided to right about other "OTHERS" out there in her world, I was starting to get bored with all the interlocking people that were in the previous books.
As for the plot I loved it. I loved how the characters interacted, the chemistry between them, and how the story moved along. The only thing that I wished was more fleshed out was the interaction between Kitty and her biological dad. I plan on re-reading this book as soon as I am done writing this review.

It's been an interesting week for Kitty. She's nearly died in a car accident, discovered that she gets fanged and furry when she's terrified, and Kitty's found out that her dead father is wasn't really killed in a car crash on prom night. Not only is daddy alive, he is the "Felix" (alpha) to a were-Lion pride in Las Vegas. While Kitty's in no hurry to forgive her dad for abandoning her-- in fact slapping him and giving him a great big piece of her mind is on the agenda -Kitty's practical side realizes that he has answers to all the questions about her new found powers. Kitty really needs to bring her inner "lioness" under control so it's off to "Sin City". But little does Kitty realize that with the lionshifting "Leos" she's going to end up with way more family than she ever imagined including half-siblings from hell and her father's "catty" ex-wife. Fortunately there is an upside in sexy powerful lionshifter Max who is her father's heir apparent. Kitty's freckles, forthrightness, innocence and spirit has Max realizing that while Kitty is nothing like the type of women/lionesses he normally dates, she is exactly the type of women he wants for his mate.

Walk on the Wild Side is a standalone book set in Warren's world of the Others but since we are out of Rafe and Graham's realm none of the running cast from the previous books appear. While there were parts of the book that I enjoyed, there was just something `missing' with the story and the romance. Kitty and Max's relationship was so straight forward - even their animal forms were`compatible' -- that even with some peril for Kitty in the background plot there just wasn't enough tension built between the leads. Max, was your typical gorgeous pushy alpha male so part of that might have been due to Kitty. Her practicality and the folksy wisdom which appeals to Max also result in kind of a leveling of her emotional reactions - her 'mad' with her dad fizzles pretty quickly and all of her near death experiences don't phase her much. If you are a fan of Warren's "Others" you will probably find this pleasant enough but Walk on the Wild Side just doesn't have Warren's usual sizzle. If this is your first foray into the world of the Others, don't stop here. The "Others" series is one of my favorite paranormal romance series with many flavors of shapeshifters, vampires, fae and demons all finding their soul-mates, so do yourself a favor and check out the previous books.

Warren's Others
Wolf at the Door (The Others, Book 1)
She's No Faerie Princess (The Others, Book 2)
The Demon You Know (The Others, Book 3)
Howl at the Moon (The Others, Book 4)
No Rest for the Witches (has a connected short)

I have read all of the books in this series and this one is by far the worse. It does not feature any of the characters we have come to know and the main characters are one dimensional. The heroine is irritating. She is a country bumpkin that borders on TSTL. I don't see the where the conflict came from and the other characters are so under-developed that you just keep waiting for the story to start. The romance comes from nowhere and goes back to that same place. This should not be number five of the previous series but should probably be number one of an entirely different poorly started series. She should have given this story a skip and I suggest you do as well.

Nice story -- I really enjoyed it. A young woman suddenly, traumatically, finds that she is a shape-shifter. Her father, who she had thought was a high-school boy who died in a car-crash, is a Leo -- a were-lion -- a pride leader, and alive. To learn who she really is, and how to control this new aspect of her nature, she goes to visit. Trouble -- there are those in his pride who are by no means welcoming. Her only allies are her father, who is terminally ill, and his lieutenant. Characters grow and develop, others reveal themselves, there is suspense and danger, and things work out in a very satisfying manner.