When her friend, Chloe disappears under very mysterious circumstances, professor Alisha Ataneq refuses to let sleeping wolves lie. And she’s definitely not going to let Chloe’s ex-fiance, Rafe Nightwolf, the powerful Alpha King of Colorado, stop her from finding out what happened to her sweet friend. But here’s what Alisha doesn’t know… wanted her badly for a very long time. And now that his engagement is off and Alisha is finally within reach, he won’t let anything or anyone get in his way. Including Alisha.
Which is why in a shocking twist, she goes to extreme lengths to escape his clutches. But here’s what Alisha doesn’t know… Rafe will do something even more extreme to get her back.
Nothing will stop him from claiming his mate….
READER WARNING: This smoking hot romance contains a truly epic love story with mind-blowing twists and turns. It should only be read by those who prefer their alphas intense, infuriating, and invincible.
* * * And don’t forget to check out the other books in the Alpha Kings series!* * *
Her Viking Wolf
Wolf and Punishment
Wolf and Prejudice
Wolf and Soul
Her Viking Wolves
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A Wildly Twisting Tale of Heated, Emotional Endurance and Intentionality…
After all of the questions left dangling in my head about Chloe and Fenris in book one of Theodora Taylor’s “Alpha Kings” series. I skipped to book three in hopes I would find some of the much needed answers from Chloe’s best friend Alicia. The historian, she-wolf extraordinare determined to uncover the real story about how/why her friend disappeared, and about how all of their time traveling ways affected all of their histories overall. And I definitely found that, and a whole lot more, as “Wolf and Prejudice” is a wild, twisting, turning, at times bewildering ride of “As the World Turns” style, soap opera-esque proportions, not for the faint of heart or easily triggered.
Unlike the first book, which dabbled in sorcery, alpha driven exchanges of power, and a mating steeped in emotional trauma and biological necessity. This installment almost completely obliterates the notion of free will, teetering precariously on the line of consent. Here Taylor presents a mating fixed in ambiguity, and at times flitting beyond the edge of begrudging, emotionally complicated choice, into conquest territory. The result was a book wholly steeped in mistrust and anger right from the start. One where we find Rafe, the mighty wolf king of Colorado going to any length he deems necessary to secure his chosen queen. And one where we find Alicia seething, going to her own extreme lengths to escape the machinations of her royal family. And overall, a book so soaked in bitterness and rage, that you almost drown under its emotional tides.
Furthermore, beyond the emotional rollercoaster, this installment has a vein of suspenseful intrigue full of dizzying twists and turns. All moving at a blistering pace from scene to scene, reminiscent of Alisha’s own desire to flee the machinations of her father and the larger, “game of wolves” being played. It is an intense, almost overwhelming story that whips you violently from character to character, chapter to chapter, circumstance to seemingly impossible circumstance.
And unlike the couple before them, Fenris and Chloe, who cultivated a mate bond so delicate and tender it made your chest ache a little. Rafe and Alicia’s pairing is hellfire personified. Theirs is a mate bond built on deceit, betrayal, trickery, and secrecy. A bond built by biological force and initially maintained through royal treachery and familial demand. A pairing so astounding for it’s unwanted, almost brutal inception, you will wonder allowed if the ending is even really deserved or in any way rational.
You will be panting with emotional exhaustion by the end of this book. However, despite the much darker, more violent tone, there lives a much clearer path from start to finish. Gone are many of the confusing plot points and the seemingly endless side trips into silly, unnecessary banter. Additionally, the overarching theme of time jumping presented here, is explained a bit further, answering some of the questions I was left with at the end of the first book. However, you are still left with lingering questions, and niggling thoughts that, in the end, make the overall story world housed within this series far more tedious than it needs to be.