Monday, June 22, 2026

Book Blitz with Excerpt + Giveaway: Camp Shifter Series by D.J. Jennings @XpressoTours

Owl Be Bear For You by D.J. Jennings
Series: Camp Shifter #1
Publication date: August 15th, 2017

Synopsis:
Hot summer fun where you'll change... in more ways than one.

Librarian Mara Scioto lives a nice, neat, orderly existence--except when she's being attacked by uncontrolled male shifters who need to mate.

Pesky little detail, right?

Raised by a grandmother who hates all shifters, she has one wish: to make it past the age of twenty-five without experiencing The Morph that tells you you're one of them.

And then the letter from Camp Shifter arrives with her name on it...

Orthopedic surgeon in training Jack Karsten is waiting to see if he'll follow in his shifter brother's footsteps. Being a shifter won't be so bad, if that's his destiny, but when he meets Mara, he realizes that fate and love don't always align.

But love always wins.

It can be a bear of an ordeal sorting it all out, but if anyone can help, it's the staff at Camp Shifter. While they'll train Jack and Mara on the ways of shifter life, there's one thing they can't teach them:

How to get out of their own way and let love leave them changed.

Forever.


You Shook Me Howl Night Long by D.J. Jennings
Series: Camp Shifter #2
Publication date: March 7th, 2019

Synopsis:
Eliot "Pole" Elianzo is a god in college football, and he knows it. Too bad he's also a polar bear. The Morph happens on national television, right after a pro team picks him in the draft. It's official--Pole is a shifter. And boy, is he livid. He can't choose practice over his mandatory stay at Camp Shifter, but he sure can make camp a nightmare for everyone. Especially the hot ash blonde who's teaching Undressed in Public 101 classes. Risa Devaneau can't believe Pole's in her class, in the first row, and very, very undressed. The former sportscaster and wolf shifter ran away from her testosterone-filled career for the quiet peace of Camp Shifter. Sure, teaching people how to be undressed in public isn't exactly the most prestigious job, but it got her away from the city. From her overly controlling politician father. From her past. From Pole. And here he is, smirking at her, front and center. In his birthday suit. 

You Shook Me Howl Night Long is book 2 in the Camp Shifter series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but why not enjoy them all?


DarkNight of the Moon by D.J. Jennings
Series: Camp Shifter #3
Publication date: July 9th, 2020

Synopsis:
He lurks in shadows and mystery at Camp Shifter, coming out only during DarkNight, the wild, bacchanalian free-for-all where anything goes. Anything. No one has seen him in the daylight, no one knows where he lives, no one knows his name--and the shifter nicknamed DarkLover by women, DarkDude by men, will do anything to keep it that way.

Andie Cumbington has been waiting her whole life for The Letter. One of the few shifters who is ecstatic about her newfound status, the chestnut-haired ballerina bear shifter arrives for her month at Camp Shifter with unbridled excitement. On her first DarkNight, she finds wild passion and--to her surprise--so much more, with a stranger who touches her heart as much as he lights up her body. And then he's gone, back into the shadows, hidden. Exactly where he wants to be.

Craving his touch with an insatiable desire, Andie can't let go. She always wanted the roll in the hay, but she never imagined the passion would be so intense. Fate drives her to find love. Then a simple errand turns into mortal danger for Andie, and an impossible choice as DarkLover must overcome his biggest fear in order to save the woman he loves. But will it be too late?

Welcome to Camp Shifter, where you're about to change... in more ways than one.


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FROM OWL BE BEAR FOR YOU

The sudden kiss took Mara by surprise, Jack's mouth slanted against hers with a determined passion that she matched without words. For the past forty minutes all she could think about was his face, his body, his eyes, those lips. She reached up and tore her glasses off, tucking them haphazardly into the outer opening of her purse, smashed between them as passion's frenzy took hold.

Now that she was in his arms, his thighs hard against her belly, his arms warm against her shoulders, she was nothing but pink fire and molten blood.

A beat pounded between them, as if their hearts were in sync, his tongue dividing her mouth and tickling her teeth, the kiss as dangerous as it was unnerving.

Dangerous because Mara felt herself falling for a man she barely knew.

Unnerving because it all felt so right.

She was supposed to argue with herself, fight against this tidal wave of emotion, tell herself she was being reckless and foolish.

Those words weren't there.

Instead, there were only fevered kisses and touches that made her sigh for more. Now that she was in his arms, she wondered how she would ever live anywhere without being touched by him.

Breaking the kiss, she said breathlessly, "I'm so sorry I never answered your text."

"You can make it up to me with another kiss."

And before she could say yes, her tongue was in his mouth, dancing against his, their lips enjoying each other with an abandon that bordered on criminal. 

"Get a room." Two different voices, one male, one female, said the words in unison. Mara broke away from Jack and stared at Sharon and Jim. The two were laughing and nudging each other. Given Mara's reputation as the prim and proper librarian who never dated, she could only imagine what they were thinking as she totally lost it in front of them.

"I'm--I--oh, I'm so sorry!" Mara stuttered, struggling to catch her breath and gather her wits at the same time.

Jack remained in place, his face suddenly serious, his arm remaining protectively around Mara's waist.

Without a word, he guided her to the main door and outside.

Her back was against the brick building, his mouth hot and frenzied on hers, before she could even look up at the night sky and spot the moon. Pressing her breasts against his wide chest, she pawed at him, her hands unable to stop touching him.

All the parts that were allowed in public, at least.

Jack's fevered breath poured onto her neck like hot silk. "I have never been like this with a woman before," he groaned, his tongue making warm, wet love to the base of her throat. "You do this to me, though. Only you. It's like--" His abrupt halt gave Mara pause.

"Like fate?"


The author of the Camp Shifter series, DARLA JOSEPHINE "DJ" JENNINGS, is originally from Ohio but now lives in Massachusetts in a household full of people who drive her nuts, but she loves them anyhow. She fills her days with writing, business management, and the never-ending task of herding cats.

Learn more about her in the New York Times bestselling novel, Random Acts of Crazy by Julia Kent, where she stars as one of the main characters. That's right! DJ Jennings isn't real, but Julia Kent sure is. :)