Blurb
Maddie Joplin left the high desert town of Angels Rest with the searing memory of her one night in the arms of the local golden boy nipping at her heels. Now, years later, she’s back, haunted by a need she couldn’t outrun and determined to finally set herself free from wishes that can never come true.
In the army, Kane Villalobos traveled the world, seeking other shapeshifters who’d learned to live in harmony with human, only to find secrecy and death. He’s destined to become alpha of the Mesa Diablo pack, but he can’t forget the lush curves and quick mouth of the girl he had to leave behind. Seeing her again arouses his wolf in dangerous ways, and keeping her safe—from himself and the perils of the werewolf world—might mean letting her go forever.
Review
Kane Villalobos just returned to Angels Rest, Colorado after a ten year absence to take over the werewolf pack after his father died. As the new alpha, he must take a mate or lose his title and pack, and he must do it during the Mating Season which is happening now. He runs into his old high school crush outside a bar and things heat up between them.
Maddie Joplin returned to town not long before Kane did and she still feels like an outsider. She left town to find herself and to find a place to belong, but never did.
Kane joined the Army and left town to find other werewolves. He wants to live out in the open with humans but what he learned proved his father right. Shifters must stay hidden for their own protection.
Maddie and Kane reunite quickly and very sexually, but there’s tension between them. There’s definitely a lot of tension between Kane and his wolf cousins, Bastian and Rafael.
While I enjoyed this story and would’ve given it 4 stars, I’m dropping the rating down to 3 stars. There is a HEA but the book ended abruptly at 83% and to read the Epilogue, you have to sign up for the author’s newsletter. That makes no sense. There are lots of unanswered questions and loose ends (Maddie is waaaay too accepting of Kane after she sees him shift for the first time. She doesn’t understand she’s a seer or what it means; Kane never told her the real reason he broke her heart back when they were teenagers; the reader learns very little about Kane’s experiences in the Army and we don’t even know his rank.). All this might be explained in the epilogue but a book shouldn’t be sold with a stipulation to join a mailing list to get the entire story.
3 Stars
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