If you are looking for a purely erotic read with more focus on the erotic, then CLAIMED BY THE MATE is the book for you. Both stories are shifter based with hot and bothered alpha males looking for that perfect someone to slake their lust. What they find is an adventure racked with danger and other insane alphas looking to steal what they have taken for their own. Easy, enjoyable, erotica with romance and on the side. CLAIMED by THE MATES will fit well with those who enjoy a dark erotic romance where the alpha saves the damsel from a horrific future. I received this ARC copy of Claimed by the Mate, Vol. 3 from St. Martin's Press - Swerve. This is my honest and voluntary review.