Publication Date: March 4th 2014 by NAL/Signet Eclipse
About the book:
Once, they were Navy SEALS. Now they are the Alpha Pack: a top secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers who take on the darkest dangers on Earth. But sometimes the greatest danger lies within their own hearts....
Healer and black wolf shifter Zander Cole has survived horrors that would have broken a weaker man. But when a battle leaves him deaf and his powers dimmed, Zan is devastated. Believing himself to be a burden to his team, he sees only one option: leave the Pack forever.
White wolf shifter Selene Westfall knows pain—she is certain her father was responsible for her mother’s death. And she lives to exact revenge. So when she is challenged by a savage black wolf, she puts up a vicious fight—only to become the black wolf’s Bondmate as a result of his bite.
Two damaged souls—one filled with hatred and one who’s lost his reason for living—are forced together as they come to terms with their unlikely, turbulent bond. A love neither expected may be all that stands between them and a killer trying desperately to keep the past dead and buried....
My
Thoughts:
Zander and Selene are bonded together accidently when Zander
takes a bite out of her, while in wolf form, fending off her attack on Nick,
his commander. Selene is hell bent on taking revenge out on her father, Nick,
after being brought up to think he killed her mother. As a reader it is evident there’s more to
this story, but it took a while to get to the truth. I wanted these two to get to the truth and
repair their father/daughter relationship, seeing as the lies caused them both
so much pain.
In the meantime, Zander and Selene must make sense of their
surprise bond as the Alpha Team track rogue vampires on a killing streak. Yes, this was all a little instant romancey,
but hey, shifter stories can usually make that work. Selene and Zander were pretty well matched for
not meeting previously, and their attraction was powerful thanks to the mating
bond.
My only complaint with this story was the reckless choices
Zander made with his life. Using his
paranormal abilities to heal others put him in danger, because he was healing
from previous injuries. We’re talking blowing-blood-vessels-in-his-brain-and-dying
kind of danger. Going out with the rest
of his pack to hunt these rogue vampires seemed completely stupid when his
doctors repeatedly warned him of the danger.
I wanted to smack him more than a few times! Also, why didn’t Nick, as
his commander, ban him from going?
Cole’s Redemption
is the second book I’ve read in the Alpha Pack series and other than some last
minute drama that made me want to throw something, I really enjoyed it. The story was fast paced, action packed and
full of sexy times! Shifter romances are always so much fun, filled with primal
instincts and possessiveness! Whenever I
discover Kirsten Potter is the narrator I try and “read” the book by
audio (which you can add
for only $3.49 when you buy the Kindle version). Her performance was a treat as
usual!
I’ve already downloaded the next book, Nick’s story. What he
went through at the end of this book twisted my stomach, so I’m sure his story
will be a bumpy ride…
3.5 Suns
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I Like the excitement and danger in Shifter romance. Thank you
ReplyDeleteI like the sexy, protective males.
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