Book Reviews

A Possessive Alpha (New Luna Werewolves 1) by Marcy Jacks at Siren Publishing

Genre Gay / Paranormal / Shifters / Erotic Romance
Reviewed by Serena Yates on 19-May-2016

Book Blurb

Ash Grantz is on the run from an abusive boyfriend. Short on cash, he stops for a few days to earn some money to buy his way to Dallas where he can hide forever, but when Harris catches up with him, he can't outrun him, or a bullet.

 

Dakota is an alpha luna werewolf, a powerful creature able to shift into a monster of a wolf, and his breed is the terror of other shifters. When he catches a scent that calls to him on the most primal level, he can't ignore it, and he's barely in time to save Ash's life.

 

Dakota had to change Ash to save him, and after losing one mate, he never wants the pain of losing another. But Ash is a former human, and after running from his ex, being around a possessive alpha will only push him away, putting them both, and their fragile love, in danger of ending before it can begin.

 

Book Review

It has been a while since I read the books of the original Luna Werewolf books, so I was happy to see a new series begin. This first story is about Dakota, a somewhat reluctant alpha, and Ash, the human who ends up being Dakota’s mate without knowing the first thing about werewolves, never mind their slightly more volatile luna werewolf cousins. With Calvin, a beta eager for Dakota to form his own pack, Ash’s crazy ex-boyfriend, and some nasty hunters always up to no good, this promises to be another exciting series.

All Ash wanted was to get away from his abusive ex, Harris, so that he could live his life in peace. But just before Ash reaches his hometown in Texas, Harris catches up with him and tries to get him back. Ash is unwilling, Harris loses it and shoots Ash, and thanks to an unseen-by-them luna werewolf, Ash ends up rescued – but changed. When he wakes up to find his world has turned upside down, his first reaction is denial. He likes Dakota a lot, but he has no clue they are mates, and he has trouble believing it when he finds out.

Dakota is an alpha with a dark past, and when he finds out that Ash is his mate, he is reluctant at first. Not that he can fight his instincts, but he has reason to be careful. Not least because Ash used to be a human and Dakota has no idea how he will take the news that he is now also a werewolf. Even better – an omega able to get pregnant! I liked how careful Dakota was with his revelations, and that he made allowances for Ash not knowing “the rules” of behavior. Yes, Dakota was as possessive as the next alpha, but he was also understanding and amazingly flexible.

If you like luna werewolves, if two men who get thrown together by Fate and have to deal with the fallout sound interesting, and if you’re looking for a read that is suspenseful and hot, then you might like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format ebook
Length Novella, 124 pages/35009 words
Heat Level
Publication Date 22-April-2016
Price $4.99 ebook
Buy Link http://www.bookstrand.com/book/a-possessive-alpha