Clementine Townes is running from a nightmare no one should ever have to endure, a horror of glowing eyes, unspeakable violation…and death.Her father only ever asked one thing of her—that she attend his alma mater, Appalachia University, fondly known as Wolfpack U. With nothing left to lose, she decides to honor her father the only way she knows how.The sleepy college town of Jacob’s Fork, West … Jacob’s Fork, West Virginia is far from California. But is it far enough away to escape the terrifying darkness that plagues her dreams and memories?
Then she meets Cole Walker.
The quarterback of the football team and all-around campus alpha, he represents everything that terrifies her. But despite her fear and reluctance, she finds she’s drawn to Cole in ways she can’t explain.
As if all that weren’t enough, she discovers the people in this small town have a secret, and they seem to know more about her history than she does. What she finds is a past her father hid from her—a past she’s not sure she wants to embrace.
But before she can even begin to think about any of that, her nightmare comes rushing back to torment her, threatening the new life she’s trying to build. Can she trust Cole to protect her, or is her only hope to keep running?
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Apryl Baker continues to expand her PNR world by taking us to West Virginia where at Appalachia University the shifters have ruled for many many years.
We briefly heard about Cole Walker and his wolfpack family in the Bloodlines series. Along with Cole we also learn about Clementine Townes who has just transferred to the university but is unaware of her heritage of being from a wolf shifter father and a fae mother. The past year of her life has been painful after losing both her father and half sister in the same night along with a horrific thing that happened on the UCLA campus while she was attending. She is hoping for a fresh start but she gets way more than she ever bargained for with leaning she is Cole’s mate, the origins of her bloodline and that that past she was running from is closer than she thinks.
Good start to the series and soo much more that needs to be told. Looking forward the next book.
I love how this book keeps you interested. Once I started reading I couldn’t put it down. I loved everything about it.
Another excellent read from this author! I love how she brings supernatural to life and incorporates characters from her other series into this one. If this is your first read from Apryl Baker you wont be disappointed and you may want to learn more about the Blackbourne family in another series of supernatural books.
I can’t really describe what it is about this book that has me completely obsessed with it. I’ve read this book 5 times already. 3 times on wattpad and 2 times now on kindle unlimited. I even pre-ordered the actual book. The characters are so well described. I feel the emotions, actions, and desires. Cole and Clementine are my new favorite love story. Even though I have no idea where this is all going — no predictability at all — I want to go right along with it. With them. I want to be there as Cole helps try to heal Clem. As she tries to shake off her fears and learn to trust. And I pray he is trustworthy. And that he becomes a good a man as her father was… I hope that she finds out what really happened to her family. And mostly I pray what was done to her in Cali is avenged! I want to see what Cole does with his pack now. I want to be a part of his pack! I want to live in this world.. so I am going to need more, so much more, soon! please!
4 Cranky Stars
I’ve binged Apryl Bakers The Ghost Files series and The Crane Diaries and really enjoyed them so I was excited to read this new series. I will say it will trigger some people with the experience that Clementine goes through. I can’t really say what because that will be giving away a major part of the plot in my opinion. I just hope as the books grow so does Clementine. She was just ok to me sadly I understand why she was angry and didn’t trust anyone. I could understand why she felt like she was going crazy because who really wants to believe shifters exist? I mean she was a girl from Texas who was raised in California and hated the word y’all and didn’t know what a twang was. Seriously though? She has suffered a lot of loss so to say Clem went through a lot in her limited years on this earth is an understatement. She makes discoveries about herself that she would have never seen coming. She also didn’t expect Cole. The burly football player who one minute is short with her and doesn’t want her around to suddenly accepting she is here to stay. He concedes to his wolf when it comes to her. He isn’t sure if he is ready to give up his pack for this girl and as the book goes on, he realizes the instincts can’t be stopped. He is liked by many of this campus and has his two best friends by his side. When Clementine’s past shows up on his campus, he is forced to make a decision that will affect everyone’s lives.
I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it because toward the end I did. It just took me a little while to get rolling with it. I know you can’t like every character in every book. I didn’t dislike her I sympathized with her but she was just ok to me. I did like Cole even when he was surly. I’m hopeful that the series will grow with Clem and Cole as they grow.
Two things I can’t get enough of, shifters and NA college romance. Obviously it was a no brained for me when I saw this book. I had to read it. That said, while I overall enjoyed Cole and Clementine this book did leave me feeling a bit unfulfilled. It’s pretty clear this is the start to a new new series, but the blurb definitely doesn’t prepare you for how much of Cole and Clementine’s story you’re going to get out of this book.
For almost the entirety of the book these two aren’t even remotely a couple. If I’m being fully honest because of their lack of any real interaction for the majority of their book I barely felt a spark between them until the end. That said, once they did finally begin to connect and actually speak to each other that chemistry came to life. I really wish we had gotten more of them actually together out of this first book because that last bit is what really made this book come together for me.
I’m hopeful that the next book will really make me fall in love with them and looking forward to reading it.
One of the best books by Apryl I have read.
I couldn’t put it down and ended up being awake until 0430 to finish it.
The writing style was fantastic and engaging and it flowed so beautifully.
I can not wait for the rest of the series!
Apryl Baker is a rock star story teller and I simply Love this amazing book and so looking forward to to what comes next
I definitely recommend this must read book
Apryl Baker has done it once again. She deawn me into her writing and the world she has created. My heart goes out to Clem and to Cole, they have such wonderfully built character’s that build such emotions in the reader. I could feel what they felt, that was so easy to do with the story development and with the characters. Sadly its a cliff hanger and now was wait with much anticipation for the next book. This book will help with the two story lines that are merging together at the moment. To get to have a inside look at the characters past who make them what they are in the hear and now. I would highly recommend reading Apryl Baker and all her wondeful writing. My poor heart now awaits what the future will hold for those in Initiation.
Oh this series is AH-MAZING. So much is good stuff is thrown at you that you can’t help but stay hooked. Your heart breaks for everything the characters go through but you know they will come out stronger and better. CANNOT WAIT FOR IT TO CONTINUE!!!!!
This book was absolutely impossible to put down and I was gutted when it ended!! I can’t wait for the 2nd installment!! Definitely give this series a try!
I ’ve been waiting for this book and it did not disappoint. It’s so hard not to love the characters and their backstories are each so heartbreaking, you love them so much more for pushing forward. I love that these are characters we’ve seen bits and pieces of in previous book and finally getting their stories, at the same time characters form the previous books are getting mixed in leading to a very epic finally. I kind of hated the cliff hanger but I know the next book will be completely worth the wait!
What an awesome new shifter series! I can’t wait for more!! Apryl Baker never disappoints.
Apryl Baker is a genius! I am always in love with her characters and story-telling. This is the first book in a new series but it still reads like visiting old friends because we get to se characters from other series. I love the paranormal world and how easily it blends with the human world. The story has a natural progression and there is great character development. By the time you finish reading this story, the characters have become your friends and you care about them and want to see what’s new and how things will get better for them. The ending is a cliffhanger but a gentle one, like you can hang on until the next book without screaming. LOL Great story, I can’t wait to see what’s next!
Looking for an excellent read?? Then look no further. Apryl has yet again delivered another page turner. Cannot wait for the next one!!!
Wow! I’m so ready to see her awakening into this new world she’s been thrown into! The characters are great and the storyline is progressing at a good rate! Thanks for such a wonderful book I couldn’t put down!
I need to know what happens next!
I really enjoyed reading about Clementine’s Story. Despite how awful her life was turned upside down forever changed. And then even more so when she meets Cole. I definitely ship those two! Perfect for each other! I definitely recommend this new series. It’s really good! I can’t wait to find out what happens next.
Absolutely loving this start of a new series by a exceptionally good writer. Her other series Ghost files, Crane diaries are my favorites to date,this new series is going to be a new edition to my favorite list. Highly recommend.
I loved this book!
Clem finds herself alone and in a new place. She;s moved across country to honor a promise to her father and is picking up the pieces of her life.
She is thrust into a world she never knew- full of magic and shifters…
This book pulls you in and holds you until the end!
Coming from the Ghost Files and Crane Diaries I must admit I was a little skeptical about another series being as good. This book was awesome I read it straight through in about an hour and a half I just did not want to put it down. The only thing that I’m miffed about is that it ended. Now im going to have to wait desperately for the next book in the series. Cole and Clementine are the perfect match. I cannot wait to see where this story goes and if Clem will accept who and what she is, and I am excited to find out exactly what she is. Thank you Apryl for another hit.