This collection contains the first four stories of the Norseton Wolves series. In these novellas, the Norseston alpha plays matchmaker for the pack’s lonely, rough-around-the-edges, single wolves.CONTAINS:BEASTAfter a brutal fight left werewolf Anton Denis half blind, he closed himself off to the possibility of taking a mate. It’d take a special woman to love the man behind the scars, and meek … the scars, and meek Christina Stilton insists that woman is her.
LONER
Darius used to being on the fringes, but Stephanie understands how that feels all too well. He may lack polish, but he has the tenderness that was lacking in Stephanie’s previous relationships. They’re both loners in their own ways, but if they can come together to find a common thread, the mates could ignite a romance hot enough to make them both howl.
IDLER
Lisa is convinced that her born-alpha mate has the potential to solve big problems, but not without incentive. He’s a wolf with a troubled past, and if she pushes too hard, she’ll lose his trust. She can’t afford that. Colt may not only be the ticket to a better life for her sisters, but possibly the closest thing to a perfect mate a domineering Type A personality like her will ever find.
SCION
Old grudges form a seemingly insurmountable wedge between the Madeiras and Carbones, but the wolf goddess will only grant Vic and Ashley with perfect mates once. If they’re to have a hopeful future in the Norseton pack, they must set aside the insults of the past. It may take a small miracle for them to manage it.
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Also available in the Norseton Wolves series:
#5 – MAKER
#6 – ELDER
#7 – SCOUT
#8 – SEER
#9 – ANGEL
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Expelled from their pack, 2 decades on the road working as mercenaries, Alpha wolf, Adam Carbone his mate Lil, and his small pack of Alpha throwaways have found a home with the Afotama. The small modern community of telepathic and more Vikings living in the the New Mexico desert. It’s been six months. They have homes. It is time his four boys find their mates. So he puts out a mate call and the wolf goddess blessed him with four wolf ladies that are perfect for his boys. Two she chose the pairing and 2 he did, with her blessing. The new ladies of the pack will have their work cut out for them, his boys carry a lot of baggage. Adam has a vision for his new Pack, one where the strong boys are nurtured not discarded and the girls are treated with respect and care, not beat down and abused with no choices.
BEAST
Alpha Wolf, Anton Denis “Best” 35, is Quartermaster for the pack. Nephew to Alpha Carbone on his mate’s side. He was only 15 when he was forced to leave his pack. He had his Uncle, Aunt and Cousin, then 2 more young wolves they picked up along the way, that are like brothers. He was looking forward to settling down, until a fight cost him his sight in his dominant eye. He doesn’t feel he is worthy of a mate.
Christina Stilton, 24, is from a rural Virginia pack. Tiny for a she wolf. Answering the Mate Call, is a leap of faith for her, hoping to escape the abuse in her old pack for something better. Alpha Carbone is nothing like her old Alpha. His pack, nothing like she had ever heard of, and she wants to be part of its vision. Convincing her new mate to keep her is a challenge. She is willing to fight for her wolf, even if he will never giver her a mate mark.
Christina has a hard road to travel to bring Anton around to her way of thinking. She is tiny, but fierce, and protective of those she calls hers. She shows a rare trait protecting Anton that has Adam crowing in pride for the couple he has chosen to take his and his mates’ place in the pack when he retires.
LOANER
Alphs Wolf, Darius Lucas, “Loaner” (30), was expelled from his pack when he was 9. Spent most of his young life in wolf form for safety, before being picked up by Alpha Carbone. Shy and introverted, he is the Pack’s security specialist. He has no ideas what to do with his new mate, who he adores at practically first sight.
Stephanie Benson, is half wolf. Raised by her human mother until she was a teen before being forced to join her father’s pack. Her life with her mother made her strong, to endured the mental beat down she found living with her father. She is successful and could make a life in the human world, but she is enough a wolf to crave a wolf mate, knowing she will never fined that in her father’s pack she take a chance and answer the mate call made by a new pack, with little information available.
Stephanie and Darius get off to a rough start. Misunderstandings keep getting in their way. Stephanie quickly becomes protective of her wolf mate. She becomes his buffer and encourages his dreams.
IDLER
Alpha Wolf, Colton “Colt” Baylor, “Idler”,34, is the packs tactician. Expelled from his pack as a teen, when his father lost an Alpha challenge, his mother called Alpha Carbone to take him in. He carries a lot of pain from the short time he spent under his new Alpha. He hides behind jokes and verbal jabs.
Lady wolf, Lisa Madesto, 28, is a tax accountant, from a large pack in Delaware. Born to 2 sweet and submissive wolves she is anything but that. Her parents encouraged her dominant nature. This her her second mate call, the first she walked away from as soon as she met the wolf the Alpha paired her with. A lot is riding on making this work, she has two younger sister in their teens who are like their parents and she needs to get them out. The hot Alpha with the surfer boy looks is not what she was hoping for. She trusts her new Alpha and is determined to make things work.
Who knew an Alpha wolf could be submissive and crave her praise. While Colt responds to her dominatrix personality, there is something she is saying or doing that has his him withdrawling. With a little insight from his pack brother, Lisa learns to give Colton what he needs. Colton the man and wolf find peace with their bossy mate. Light BDSM with a D female/s male.
SCION
Alpha wolf, Vic Carbone, 35, is the son of Adam and his mate Lil. His pack brother call him “Scion”, but the wolf and the man are not cut out to lead a pack, they are too obsessive and can hold a grudge. His cousin, Anton, is the better choice. His role is security/enforcer. He was more than ready to find a mate and settle down. One of the ladies that responded, gave him pause. When his father pairs him with her, he is going to make her pay for her father’s sins.
Ashley Maderia, at 29, is the daughter of the New York pack Alpha. She has lived a privileged life. Her time is up and her father has announced he will be choosing her a mate. Ashley knows all the eligible males in her pack and wants nothing to do with any of them, so when she sees the Mate Call e-mail come through with little information about the pack, she takes a chance. She doesn’t understand why her mate treats her with contempt and seems to hate her. She has his mark and can only try to make things work.
Vic can’t let go of the past. Can’t believe Ashely doesn’t know what kind of Alpha her father is and what he did to his family when he was a teen.
Ashley can’t believe what Vic tells her about her father. An eye opening conversation with her mother, devastates her. While Vic avoids her, Ashley works hard to become a contributing member to her new pack. Her in-laws have her back, and so do the pack ladies. Vic knows what his parents say is true. He needs to put the past in the past and make a life for his mate, he just doesn’t know how. The possibility of a pup on the way, Vic makes his move and Ashley, with O’tama’s encouragement, lets him in.
Great short series inside the Afotama, series. Great world building. This is a re -read for me. There is hopes for another book about the pack and a last book for the Afotama series.
I enjoyed this collection very much.
Liked most of the books, they were a fun quick read. Did not care for Colt and Lisa story at all. She came off as mean and his character was a mouse.
So good that I rolled my eyes at certain points in the book. some points made me exasperated with the character and some points I could have just swooned over.
Enjoyed reading it.
Beast
Christina is taking a chance to find a different life then the one she was born into. She finds that with Anton aka Beast. He is not ok with taking a mate cause he sees having only one working eye in human form then anyone else. They find their balance with Christina pushing for them to remain a couple.
Loner
This was a cute little story. Stephanie is an outgoing person. She likes a socialite. Art and shopping are her thing. Darius is a loner. He doesn’t talk much if at all, unless it needs to be said. His childhood made him the way he is. Being kicked out of his pack at 9 forcing him to live in his wolf form made him with no social skills at all. He and Stephanie make a whole.
Idler
Lisa is a Dom which is not normal for a female wolf. She knows what she wants and goes for it. Colt is layer back and smart mouthed. He doesn’t want to do anymore then he had to. Surprise when he is ok being her sub. He is actually a team player when push comes to tug.
Scion
Vic is a stubborn male. His family has history with Ashley’s father and that pack. It is bad history. Ashley knows nothing about any of it. Her father had her shielded from it all. So their mating is a struggle. But Adam (Vic’s dad and alpha) gives Vic advice and it brings his life into new meaning.