Callie Stone believes that 2500 miles is about the right distance to keep between herself and Morgan Moreno, the cheating jerk who stole her heart and then stomped all over it a decade ago.Morgan’s little gang of rogue bears has been getting up to trouble, though, and Callie’s father, the leader of her idyllic Alaskan community of bear shifters, wants Callie to bring Morgan’s group back to the … back to the fold before they ruin things for bears everywhere.
The trouble is, the longer Callie hangs out with Morgan and his friends, the more she comes to doubt her upbringing—and even her belief that Morgan cheated on her. Her bond to Morgan grows by the day, and the reasons not to trust in his love for her keep turning to mist and blowing away.
As everything she always thought important gets turned on its head, Callie must figure out who to trust and how to earn the trust of those she has inadvertently hurt.
Especially Morgan.
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Morgan has always known Callie was his mate, they grew up together in the den. She was his everything, so he couldn’t understand why she would want to rip his heart out and make him leave both her and the den.
But he did it, and there hasn’t been a day in the nine long years he hasn’t missed her, or wished he’d pushed to find out why she spurned him!
And now he’s getting a chance to put it right. She coming to see Emmy (“to love a bear heroine”) and he can’t make any mistakes, he needs her, his bear pines for his mate, so he needs to make it right!!
Callie wants to go home and help the bears in her Den bring new cubs into the world. She doesn’t want to come and see a rogue pack, and she certainly doesn’t want to see the only man she’s ever loved. But with orders from her father burning in her mind, Callie doesn’t really have a choice, but she won’t let seeing Morgan disrupt her plans. Once she’s done, she’s going back home and getting on with her life!
This one has a lot more action in it, a lot more story and background. Morgan wanting to pull Callie closer to him, and Callie definitely wanting to pull away. Morgan needing to know why his mate didn’t want him, and Callie not willing to listen.
The cult side was an interesting twist, you assume the Den they all came from was a nurturing environment, and it does to an extent, but with a darker side. That side you don’t see until you step back and look at it in from another perspective.
So will the Den allow Callie and Morgan to be together? Will Callie be able to move past Morgan’s betrayal? And will the group Morgan lives with ever truly be free of the Den?
Again this book is different from the last two books in this series. Which is nice (nothing worse than the same plot reworded!)
I read this book as part of the boxed set…This is a NON-SPOILER REVIEW. Lumberjack Bears by Emilia Hartley is a set of five books that will steal your heart. I absolutely loved this series. A family of misfit bears in search of (and sometimes not) of their mates and some peace in their lives. Sweet, steamy, funny and heart-meltingly sexy, this set is loaded with action and adventure. If you love a good bear shifter story, then you will also love this boxed set. Emilia Hartley has long been on my go to list for entertaining and sexy shifter reads and this set does not disappoint.
This honest and voluntary review was made possible by reading a copy through Booksprout.
arc review I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Callisto is a bear shifter trying to avoid her mate morgan, but when she is forced to confirm him truths come out. Awesome story
Morgan and Callie
So glad the author chosed to do Morgan’ story. Getting his history explains a lot about his character.
A chance call to the Den will bring Callie back into Morgan’s life.
In this book you will find fear, force abandonment, lies, kidnapping and control issues. Lies destroyed the past and if not stop will harm their futures.
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I love how the author writes unique story of each couples. Morgan was a character from the start of this series but when Callie is added to the picture his character becomes more. This was a fun read from the start and only gets better as their relationship developed. I can’t wait to see what the author has in store for the rest of the gang.
I love this series. I did not like Callie when I first started reading. She felt like a spoiled little rich girl. She said she loved Morgan, but when it mattered she turned her back on him. After everything he still defended and protected her. Her best friend, Aimee, was so cute and funny, not to mention brave and fierce. Callie matured so much during her time with the lumberjack bears and their mates. This book is action packed with danger lurking everywhere. I was not disappointed and recommend this book. I volunteered to read an advanced reader copy and am under no obligation to leave this review.
***** Can two bear shifters find peace, redemption, and love after nine years apart due to betrayal and deception.
by Clyde Christian
Callisto is the alpha’s daughter, raised to serve the Den. Her father decides to send her to bring to the Den a pregnant turned shifter living with exiles. What she learns when she arrives is a shock, because the man who had proclaimed himself her mate years ago was living with a strong pack of bears. Morgan thought he had lost his mate. He had left when she turned her back on him and ordered him away. Now, he might have a chance to find out what had made her do it. This is a story of self-awareness, maturing, learning what true loyalty and self-giving, and mostly, love. The characters are developed with all the strengths and foibles of humanity. The action is swift, decisive, moves the plot along. The plot itself is a study in human growth and understanding. This is the best of a very good series so far. I am voluntarily reviewing this free ARC book without bias or compensation. I do not know the author, publisher, or have any connection with them except as a book reader.