by Katie Reus
Blurb:
Her past has
taught her to be wary…
With an abusive
relationship behind her, wolf shifter Leslie is quietly raising her young son
in the Kendrick pack. If she’s occasionally lonely, it’s a small price to pay
for her son’s safety. And if she’s secretly longing for pack alpha Malcolm
Kendrick, well…she’s keeping that fantasy to herself. Experience has made her a
realist, and they’re far too different to work.
This alpha is
about to stake his claim…
She has no idea
Malcolm wants her just as fiercely. That he’s been subtly courting her for a
year. But subtlety has gotten him nowhere—even if he thought it was the best
choice after what she’d been through. He wanted to make sure Leslie didn’t feel
obligated to him, that she was truly ready to move on. Now that he knows she
is, he’s determined to make sure it’s with him. And when a threat from her past
surfaces, he’ll eliminate anyone who would dare to hurt his mate.
Themes: Paranormal,
Shifters
Rating: 3.75 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
So to be honest, while I have enjoyed the last
few books in this series, I wish I had started at the beginning so I would be
even more invested in these characters.
That being said, if you are a fan of this series you will recognize
Leslie as the shifter that was rescued in Jaguar’s Mate,
a woman that was in series need of a haven. Malcolm is the leader of the wolf pack where
Leslie and her mother have taken refuge after she escaped the abusive and
twisted pack that made her life hell. Leslie
has finally settled in with her mother and young son and their lives are almost
perfect, all that is missing is the love of a true mate and a male that will
fill her heart with love—a male like Malcolm.
Leslie knows she shouldn’t even be thinking about him, but he is so sexy
and makes her so crazy she always wants to be in his presence, even if he doesn’t
seem to see her as anything more than a packmate and obligation. Malcolm has been reining in his needs and
desire for Leslie since the beginning but he knows he can’t wait much longer,
and once she makes the declaration that she is ready to start dating again
there is no way in hell she is going out with anyone other than him. Once they both admit that they have been holding
back, the fire sparks quickly and their relationship explodes into passion more
quickly than either could have imagined, despite a hidden danger that is
suddenly lurking in the shadows. Before
they can mate though, Malcolm will have to accept that Leslie is no longer the broken
female that she was and see her as his true mate and the alpha-female or there is
no hope for their mating, and it has to happen before that danger turns
deadly. I enjoyed getting to see that Leslie
wasn’t permanently damaged after the life she’d led to this point, but seeing
that she was hiding from the man she wanted so badly made me a little bit
sad. She was definitely a badass alpha
female and wasn’t going to shit from anyone, not even her future mate, and
protected her son and packmates when a psycho came at them. I loved seeing how she worked through her
pain and trauma and found her inner strength and then proved to everyone else
how strong she really was. Malcolm was a
true alpha in every sense of the word, but at the same time he was willing to
listen to reason and allow his mate to have her say and lead beside him as it
should be. It was amazing to see him
kicking ass and even more fun to see him giving in to losing his heart to the woman
he loved and the sweet moments with Leslie’s cub were sweet too. I am looking forward to continuing the series
from this point and someday going back to the beginning and reading the entire
series for sure. I love everything Katie
Reus writes, even when she uses a different name, and this series and story are
no different.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
NetGalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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