Bad Wolf (Shifters Unbound) Paperback – July 14, 2015
Author: Visit ‘s Jennifer Ashley Page ID: 1941229735
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Bad Wolf is a New York Times bestseller!
About the Author
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Ashley has written more than 75 published novels and novellas in romance, urban fantasy, and mystery under the names Jennifer Ashley, Allyson James, and Ashley Gardner. Her books have been nominated for and won romance Writers of America’s RITA (given for the best romance novels and novellas of the year), several RT BookReviews Reviewers Choice awards (including Best Urban Fantasy, Best Historical Mystery, and Career Achievement in Historical Romance), and Prism awards for her paranormal romances. Jennifer’s books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have earned starred reviews in Booklist.
Series: Shifters UnbounPaperback: 222 pagesPublisher: JA / AG Publishing (July 14, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1941229735ISBN-13: 978-1941229736 Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #81,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #5863 in Books > Romance > Paranormal
"It was hard to protect a woman who went charging ahead before Broderick could check that the way was safe."
THE STORY: Broderick McNaughton is a wolf shifter who lives in the Austin Shiftertown. Readers of the Shifters Unbound series will know that the shifters are treated as second class citizens, forced to live in designated town with few rights. They are magical creatures having been created by their enemies the Fae to be entertainment and weapons of war.
Broderick knows something is wrong when he awakens in a strange place. He realizes that he has been abducted. The people who abducted him want information about the Shifters. Broderick escapes and returns to the Austin Shiftertown and his sort of girlfriend Joanne Greene. Joanne is human and her relationship with Broderick is complicated. The two are circling around one another at the same time that they are attracted to one another. Broderick’s abduction brings them closer together as they work together, use Joanne’s skills as a hacker, to discover who is threatening the Shifters.
The mystery includes a murdered Guardian, appearances by and updates about Austin Shiftertown residents and a real partnership between the main characters.
OPINION: I really liked this novella. The story is snappy and I was surprised at the resolution. It was a definite suspense/mystery story. With unexpected appearances and surprise resolutions, this book is a treat for fans of the series.
Ashley does a great job of keeping the overarching storyline of the series moving forward without allowing the plot to become too complicated.
Broderick is a fun hero. Sexy and brave, he doesn’t think much of himself at times because he is not part of the leadership of the Shiftertown.
Bad Wolf (Shifters Unbound) is the story of Broderick (wolf shifter) and Joanne (human). We meet Joanne in the previous story, Lion Eyes. She is Bree’s sister and once Bree was mated and brought into Shiftertown with Seamus, Joanne tagged along.
So as this story starts Broderick and Joanne have already had interaction. They live together and are around each other. They both acknowledge the attraction but Broderick hasn’t acted on it with the mating frenzy. Of course like any alpha shifter male he ignores the urge and acts dumb – That Joanne can’t be his mate. Oh no. Not. But Tiger still insists. Does the advice from Tiger sink in? No. Not at first. Like any guy it takes awhile for the brain to kick in to what his body is telling him.
So my complaint is there is no romance between Broderick and Joanne. Their relationship is already established. I sort of pieced their relationship together. She acknowledges Broderick but he doesn’t acknowledge what she is to him. Okay. That’s what we’re working with. And yet an adventure and threat of losing each other and they’re now involved. Romance? Um. . . . No.
So Broderick proves himself again and comes out ahead. There is mystery and a good plot going. My question was. . . If the sword kept talking to Broderick and ‘allowed’ him to hold / use / work with it. . . . In order to promote this story plot. .. . Then why is there that brand of a celtic knot on Broderick’s hand . . . . And why isn’t he stepping up to prove himself as another guardian? Now I can understand if he feels unworthy and isn’t literate enough. But his mate would help and he is open to being taught. That was shown. So I have to wonder IF the sword would pick someone else. The story ends before a new guardian is made.
3.75 stars–BAD WOLF is the latest installment in Jennifer Ashley’s adult Shifters Unbound paranormal romance series. Jennifer Ashley’s shifters are persecuted and discriminated against by the humans but the humans have help in their attempts to bring the shifters under control using magic-infused collars and segregated towns. The Shifter history reveals that the Fae created the Shifters but in doing so left a little bit of magic behind. This is wolf shifter/alpha Broderick McNaughton, and human/computer geek Joanne Greene’s storyline.
Told from third person point of view BAD WOLF follows the abduction and rescue of Broderick McNaughton, and the discovery that someone is searching for a way into the Guardian Network. The Guardians hold the secrets of the Shifter species and their connection to the Fae. What ensues is the search for the people responsible for Broderick’s abduction, and an unexpected trip to Faerie where Joanne and Broderick find themselves prisoners of the Fae. A couple of surprises greet our couple upon their arrival.
The relationship between Joanne and Broderick is one of friendship but Broderick refuses to believe that Joanne is his mate. The romance is limited; it is almost an afterthought as our couple traverse between worlds and attempt an escape in order to save their lives.
The secondary and supporting characters include several of the previous storyline characters –Seamus, Sean, Tiger and Spike as well as the Broderick’s younger brother Mason. Someone presumed missing and dead makes a surprising appearance.
We are introduced to Commander Kian of the Fae army; and feline shifter Daragh whose life is no longer his own.
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