She’s his mate and he will risk everything to protect her. The death of his brother forces Greyson West to take his rightful spot in a pack of outlaw wolf shifters. He accepts his fate in order to protect his family, but when a dangerous encounter brings him face-to-face with his mate, he finds himself risking everything for love. The only problem. . . she’s human. Etti Blackwell is a … Blackwell is a smart-mouthed tattoo artist with a fierce independent streak. So when a sexy wolf shifter turns her world upside down, she doesn’t take kindly to it. Greyson may have rescued her, but she doesn’t trust him. It’s his fault she’s on the run from werewolves!
As the pack’s savage Alpha closes in, Grey does the unthinkable to keep Etti safe, triggering a curse so powerful it may just cost them both their lives. Unless . . . Can Grey win Etti’s heart and prove he’s her mate before the next hunter’s moon?
Crescent City Wolves will transport fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, and The Originals to a world unlike any other…
Crescent City Wolves Series: A Paranormal Shifter Romance
Book 1: Claimed
Book 2: Cursed
Book 3: Chosen
Book 4: Buried
Book 5: Betrayed
Book 6: Bitten
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I love a good paranormal romance, especially when it comes to mates. I have read a few paranormal series that center on werewolves and I love them. Claimed, the first book in the Crescent City Wolves by Bella Night was different from what I have read in the past. The werewolf lore is pretty much what I am used to except for the idea of rogue wolves and how they live. In this world, supernaturals are out and werewolves are known about but still kinda separated from human society.
Ettie is a tattoo artist who is trying to balance what she wants in life with her Native American heritage that her parents want for her. She is feisty and a good daughter, but she wants the freedom to be who she is. When she meets Grey everything changes, she feels a connection to him that she hasn’t felt with anyone and there are so many odds against them but they stand together.
Claimed was an interesting take on werewolves and their mates, mixed-in with Native American culture made the story refreshing. The steamy parts, danger, and crazy plot twist kept my interest. As for the narrator, she did a good job, a little something was missing but overall I enjoyed her narration. I am very willing to listen to the rest of the series as an audio, especially since Claimed ended on a bit of a shock and things with Ettie and Grey are nowhere near settled and I want to see what happens next.
***I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review***
I enjoyed this quick and easy to read. I am looking forward to reading/listening to the rest of the series. The story is fast-paced and keeps the reader engaged.
Etti and Greyson’s relationship starts with a bang. Greyson claimed Etti to save her but had he? Upon completing the claiming both Greyson and Etti are in danger from the wild hunt that Greyson is a part of. Etti takes Greyson to her parent’s house in the hopes of having a place to stay for a day or two so that the two of them can decide what their next move will be. Dark family secrets are revealed that tears Ettis’ world apart.
Will they be able to escape the wild hunts pack? Will Etti stay with Greyson after so much has happened? How is Greyson going to get away from the pack he is blood bound? What kind of life is he going to be able to give his mate? There are so many questions and dangers surrounding the couple. They have many obstacles in their way as they walk towards their HEA.
This was so amazing! I was thinking since it’s so short, it wouldn’t be as good as a longer book. But what a wonderful surprise! I feel like I got a full size book. It grabbed hold of me and didn’t let go. I loved Etti’s character. Well, all the characters were great and well developed. Her and Grey were great together. It’s a clean read. When sex is in the picture, it is just mentioned without a lot of details. Etti’s mom is a piece of work. I know she probably means well but I did not like her. I’m hoping the next book will have more on the rogue pack and finally kill Derrick. If you like Twilight, you will love this. It has the same feel but is also unique in its own way.
The narrator was wonderful! Very good at doing different voices.
Etti is a Native American who owns a tattoo parlor that also caters to shifters and lives with her parents. Grey is a wolf shifter who HAD to join the Hunt: werewolves who hunt humans once a year for four weeks and kills them for wrongs done against them years ago. The two meets one night in her shop and he does everything he can to protect her. He bites her and claims her. The Alpha is enraged and beats him almost to death. He later finds Etti to explain how things are going to happen…she will shift and gain abilities. They head to her parents where more secrets come out and betrayals will drive them away. On the run, they are waiting for her to shift to complete the claiming. But the Alpha wants them both dead! What will happen? Will they survive? What are the secrets and betrayals her family keeps from her? She also has a surprise of her own for Grey! This book is full of action and has a great back story for the new series. It ends with a somewhat cliffhanger.
Claimed by Bella Night is a part of the Crescent City Wolves series. In this book, Etti Blackwell a Native American woman and owner of the Painted Wolf Tattoo Parlor gets involved with Greyson a member of a Rogue Wolf-Shifter pack that is hunting and killing humans. This story is full of excitement and suspense with lots of twists and turns. This is a paranormal shifter romance you definitely won’t want to miss reading. Claimed is a scary hot wolf-shifter romance.
The author drew you into the lives of Etti and Grey and never let you go. What happens when you’re forced to be something you’re not? This story begins to examine this issue with Etti and Grey. I hope we see more of these people in future stories.
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ONE BLOCK BUSTING THRILL RIDE!!!
Crash and burn! Bella just blew me away with this jaw dropping, prize winning, mesmerizing, nail-biting bombshell that keeps you on a razors edge and frozen to your seat. One ass-kicking, boot-stomping, page flipping wonder that rocks this bad boy to the core. Jumping through hoops with all the perilous drama, stunning intrigue and spiraling tension that thrusts this bad boy to life spectacularly. Twists and turns abound with all the sharp corners and sleek lines that meld this baby together piece by piece. A throng of startling mishaps and a bounty of daunting events propels all of those churning emotions bursting into play front and center in this blazing storyline and gripping plot. Hurdling the trials and tribulations as we witness the thrill of the hunt. The characters chemistry sizzles from the pages and suck you in so deeply until you feel the heat and electricity thrumming through your veins. The characters are genuine, authentic and realistic with depth and qualities that blend and flow smoothly. The scenes are so vividly detailed and descriptive it paints a fantastic backdrop that gives substance to the illusion. Remarkable job Bella, thanks for sharing this bad boy with us.
I really enjoyed book 1 of the crescent moon series, the characters were excellent, strong friendships, likable, caring, helpful, real people.
The kind of love everyone wants to find, that all consuming burning passion, that complete acceptance of one another, that feeling you’d die without each other, the need to protect each other.
There’s some major betrayal, being hunted down, murder and loss in this book. It was nicely written, easy to understand and unpredictable. Once I started this book, I didn’t stop until it was finished. Definitely a page turner.
A quick read for sure. The story started off following Native American tattoo shop owner Etti in a world where shifters are public knowledge and her shop caters mainly to them despite her parents unveiled hate towards shifters. The author then introduces the tattoo artist that work for/with he, but leaves them at best 2 dimensional. Greyson and how he ended with a pack of murdering shifters was well outlined. The relationship between the two main characters bloomed full force basically out of nowhere during the beginning of the conflict and escalated to love very quickly while knowing next to nothing about each other. The struggle with Etti’s shifter hating parents took a twist in the story, though not completely unexpected, and the story took a new turn that I didn’t quite care for parts of. The pack of murdering shifters took off and a search was being made for them by the end of the book along with a little surprise at the end for the main two characters with leaves room to further the story. It was a decent book, but nothing that really caught my attention and wouldn’t let go. I’ll try the second one to see if it captures my attention more than this one.
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