This compilation of the complete Alpha Underground Trilogy plus five bonus short stories is chock full of danger, adventure, and romance.Fen Young is a half-shifter whose inner beast is more mouse than wolf. Home is her castle, the only place she’s ever felt safe.Enter Hunter Green, an uber-alpha strong enough to stop traffic with a single look. He’s handsome and enticing and seems like just the … enticing and seems like just the ticket to broaden Fen’s horizons…until the uber-alpha brushes off his admirer and summarily rejects her from her home pack.
Now treading water in the no-man’s land of outpack territory, Fen must confront a missing pack mate, a tantalizing stranger, and a serial killer targeting half-werewolves. Will she be able to shore up her waning power in time to save her friend…and half-breeds everywhere…before it’s too late?
USA Today bestselling author Aimee Easterling’s completed urban-fantasy series has racked up over 300 glowing five-star reviews:
“Tense, dramatic, sexy, and intriguing”
“A strong back bone of loyalty, love, and friendship”
“Another truly riveting story of an underdog coming of age”
“Romance, passion, suspense, and intrigue all in one book”
“Fun, exciting, thoughtful, suspenseful”
“An awesome power packed modern story”
“Well-written, fast-paced story with exceptional, captivating characters”
“Brilliant characters whose layers are revealed, tantalisingly, in each story”
“A WOW of a story”
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The “Alpha Underground Trilogy” includes not only all three books in the series, but also a collection of five short stories with a common Christmas theme, win/win
The series focuses on Fen (FMC) quest to affirmation and independence, as she evolves from a mousy weak half-shifter looking for approval in all the wrong places to a pack Alpha in her own terms. Her relationship with Hunter, which begins as a very unbalanced alliance (Hunter is after all the über-male), grows and matures throughout the books until the reach the stable HEA by the end of the series
Aimee Easterling written style is crisp, enticing and sharp, the plot develops through a series of unpredictable twists, up-and-downs and very ‘human’ events, into a fast-paced and action-packed story, with multidimensional characters, highly relatable despite their ‘supernatural’ nature.
Half Wolf
Fen Young is hybrid human/wolf who is both an Alpha and a basically nice passive person, who does not really like the aggressive nature of Alphas…. until she meets Hunter Green über-alpha who takes her breath away and throws out of the pack…
This is the first book featuring Terra as MC, and though she is a recurrent character in the Wolf Rampant Series (whose first installment is also included in this compilation) no previous knowledge of the series is necessary to enjoy the story.
Lone Wolf Dawn
Fen left her pack behind to search together with Hunter for the bloodlings. One month after they succeeded in freeing the encaged wolves, news of Fen’s father passing and her mother’s request to attend the funeral forces her to confront the past and finally try to knit her relationship with her. Of course, everything gets even more complicated as she learns her mother has been received some death threats and the need to find a rogue half-wolf gets in the middle of their reconciliation. And this time Fen cannot rely in the absent Hunter.
Wolf Landing
Fantastic conclusion to the trilogy that gives an insight in a different side of Fen’s nature. Torn between consolidating her Alpha status, finding an acknowledged territory for her pack and subduing the human community, who blame her pack for the attacks and killing of livestock, topping it all Hunter quitting his enforcer job comes with its own set of problems.
Yule Moon
Five bonus shorts featuring some of the characters in the Trilogy, set in Christmas time.
“Polar Bear Challenge”: sweet tale about Meshi’s job interview on Christmas Day
“Out of the Closet”: featuring Ginger’s and Amelia
“Hunting Christmas”: Wolfie got a (Christmas) gift
“Joining Up”: this one will have to remain a surprise… as it should be
“Potatoes and Gravy”: Calla wishes for a ‘White Christmas’
Aimee Easterling’s alpha Underground Trilogy takes werewolf novels to a whole new level. Her take on the lore is unique and exceptional, as is her writing style. Fen is a strong heroine. She is a young wolf trying to make her way in the world with only a few ragtag werewolves at her back and no territory to call her own. Hunter is an uber-alpha with his own agenda, but who seems strangely attached to Fen. Fighting fang and nail, Fen is determined to carve out her place amongst this ruthless society.
This trilogy is well written and fast-paced. It is filled with mayhem, danger, intrigue, romance and murder. The characters are all well developed, endearing and engaging. The bloodlings are a welcome addition to the usual lore. This trilogy has truly been a pleasure to read, and I look forward to many more from Ms. Easterling.
Delightfully entertaining urban fantasy…
This collection consists of all three stories in the Alpha Underground Series (Half Wolf, Lone Wolf Dawn, and Wolf Landing). The series, in itself, is a spin-off of the Wolf Rampant series – another wonderful venture into the realm of shifter fantasy offered by Aimee Easterling. While this series can absolutely be enjoyed as a separate stand-alone series without feeling lost, I can’t imagine not wanting to have both in your collection. In this trilogy we follow a female shifter named Fen as she grows and develops into a true alpha pack leader while facing adversity and villainy from both shifters and “one-bodies” (humans). Along the way, she finds Hunter, her destined mate and, together they face a multitude of challenges and tribulations as they fight for the safety and the rights of their ragtag collection of shifters to become a recognized pack in the eyes of the shifter community. Each story is the perfect blend of imagination, humor, adventure and danger.
I found that it was very easy to become so immersed in these stories that I, at times, became impatient with the narrator and wanted her to read faster (but that was probably just me wanting to know what happened next). Despite a tendency for overemphasis of too many words while reading, the narrator, Angel Clark offers an enjoyable performance in all three of the books in this series.
The violence is not graphic, the language is not foul, the sex scenes are steamy, and the stories are nothing short of captivating. There is never a dull moment in the lives of these lovable characters so sit back with your favorite beverage and enjoy the ride.
While I did purchase each book separately, the author provided me with a free audiobook copy of the trilogy and I am voluntarily offering this honest review.
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Another werewolf story. Ho humm
I started reading this, I enjoy the supernatural now and then, but, about 1/3 thru this I just couldn’t get into it and put it away.
Difficult to put down. Even more difficult to get up for work the next day !