Favorite Obsession is book 3 in Nancy Corrigan’s Royal Pride series. A series that is so good I want to wallow in the paranormal genre, which I’ve neglected for too long. Although you can certainly read each book as a standalone, I encourage you to start with book one, Treasured Find. It’s a slick piece of goodness that sets the foundation for a unique shifter world and the plethora of characters involved. As the series progresses, Ms. Corrigan adds more layers to this already intriguing, emotional, and complex story of feline shifters living among humans in a backwoods West Virginia town.

Mira’s life has been ruled by a prophecy decreed at birth by the Goddesses. She is meant to bear the children destined to change the world. The Goddesses have a tendency to be rather cryptic so it’s anyone’s guess what it really means. The prophecy seems straightforward, however, between the Council’s interpretation as well as her Pride Alpha, Kade’s, visions, it’s up for grabs. Mira is a tough cookie. In her 300 plus years, she’s endured more than her share of tragedy. So much so that she has given up on finding her True Mate, the one destined to share a piece of her soul for eternity. That is until she meets Josh. The only problem…Josh is human, which pretty much takes him out of the running for anything other than a fling. Much to her confusion, the three cats that reside within Mira think otherwise. She and Josh have had a chemistry of the fireworks variety since the day they set eyes on each other. Kade and Mira’s twin Devin have demanded Mira stay away from Josh. As painful as it’s been, they’ve complied. But when the Council suddenly demands Mira take a mate within one month, Josh and Mira decide to throw caution to the wind.

Josh has gotten used to the feline shifters and their oftentimes strange ways. His attraction to Mira is all consuming, uncontrollable, and baffles the hell out of him. When he’s around her strange things happen to his body and mind. Screw the prophecy and the rules. His heart tells him she is his mate, and he will overcome any and all obstacles to make her his. Including the fact that he’s human.

I was hoping Ms. Corrigan would tell Josh and Mira’s tale and, let me tell you, it exceeded all my expectations! THIS is how you write a love story. Josh and Mira are the definition of true love. Their chemistry is sigh-worthy, and when Josh turns on his alpha the sex is panty melting. Not only is the writing superb as usual, the twists and turns reveal shocking developments that serve to make this fast-paced story even better. Royal Pride is a first rate paranormal series, Favorite Obsession being my absolute favorite so far.