Unfortunately i read this years ago when i only sporadically reviewed books. I now religiously review all requested books.While I personally liked this book, in truth i like all Lauren Dane’s stuff, my library decided not to purchase it.

It has been a while since I’ve read from this series and with a reading challenge that I’m participating in, I was finally able to focus on my my vast TBR and Wolves’ Triad was one of them. I don’t know exactly what it is I loved about shifter romances, they’re so erotic and the one instance where I’m all about the insta-love. And it’s a menage, might I add. I honestly can’t say that I’ve read many those, but I sure did love this one!

If you’ve been reading along with this series then you know about the other story arc that will be continuing throughout this entire series. There’s some crazy drama happening with another pack, so there’s a bit of a cliffhanger with that arc, you’ve been warned.

Bring on the steam factor with Tracy, Gabe and Nick! When it comes to shifter series, I love seeing the author’s take on them. The insta-love is inevitable, but having an anchor bond was something completely new to me with this series. And these three definitely get more than they bargained for after that’s all said and done. Tracy has two mates instead of one, and that people is such an intriguing aspect to this story. One I was absolutely loving every single minute of.

With all three of them having different roles in a pack, they need to work together to be in sync with everything. They’re some issues that really bring out Tracy’s badass and protective side. She’s definitely not a wolf that you want on your bad side, she can talk the talk AND walk the walk. I’d say my favorite scenes were the ones of her putting people back in their place.

Wolves’ Triad had some new to me aspects that I rather enjoyed reading about. At times I felt like Tracy, Gabe and Nick were immature and it kind of changed the tone of the book for me. But overall, still an enjoyable read and I can’t wait to read the next book in this series.

It's been a while since I finished this book, so unfortunately, I can't recall all the details. What I do remember though, is that it didn't really work for me that well.
It was a pretty generic shifter menage story, lots of steam, not a lot of substance. And while a book like this might have appealed to me a few years back, my tastes seem to be changing these days.
Nothing wrong with the story or the writing, as far as I can remember, only a matter of personal preferences. Others did enjoy it, after all.

A menage shifter story in one of my absolute favorite shifter series? Count me in! I loved the quick relationship between Nick and Tracy and then when Gabe was asked to be anchor and he's also Tracy's true mate? Awesome twist. Sexy, smart and a can't put it down read! Loved it!

I voluntarily read an advanced review copy of this book

I am in love with this series. There is just something so hot and sexy about falling in love or umm in and out of bed with some Alpha males.

What should have been a simple mate and bonding with a little help from Gabe turns into so much more when the trio gets together. I loved the trio because when they get together they help to balance things out.

Overall a really good book. Lots of suspense, the perfect amount of drama and tons of explosive heat.

I did not like this book at all. It was not captivating and well thought out.

I think I’ve shared before that when I started dipping my toe into the paranormal smut pool, Lauren Dane was the author whose books ended up convincing me to wade in. Each book in her Cascadia Wolves series just got better and better, convincing me to go deeper and deeper. Problems with the publisher meant she dropped the series until now. She is reworking them and re-issuing them through a different publisher and I am thrilled.

Wolves Triad Is the second book in the series. Ms. Dane has built a paranormal world where wolves have fated mates and when they meet them cue the insta-love. During border negotiations with another pack, Tracy discovers that Nick, an enforcer for the rival pack, is her mate.

In this universe, when wolves mate, an anchor bond must be formed between the woman and another male. It’s a weird thing that centers the female and her wolf. Without this she would slowly become unhinged. Gabe, the mediator between the packs, agrees to be her anchor bond and then the unthinkable happens– instead of an anchor bond forming, a true mate bond forms and suddenly Tracy finds herself mated to not one but two strong alpha wolves.

One of the things that originally drew me to this series is it doesn’t gloss over the logistics of two people coming together suddenly. Decisions must be made, sacrifices occur, and lives are uprooted. Throw in a third person and it’s pure chaos. When you also add in pack politics and some intrigue happening not only on a pack level but in the National Pack itself, things get twisted and convoluted fast.

I loved Tracy, she’s quirky and different but stays true to herself no matter what people think. She’s also extremely strong and unbelievably sharp, she loves her family and is close to her pack. She’s got a home she loves and a business she adores. Thrust into a situation where she must not only give all that up but also deal with some extreme issues with her new pack, where most would have caved under the pressure, she stood tall and handled things.

Gabe was take charge and alpha to his core but once he was connected to Tracy it was all about her. To me, he was the strongest of the triad forming the foundation they needed to weather the storms that were upon them. I adored Gabe and his willingness to do what was best for his mates.

Nick, I had a harder time with. He seemed clueless, immature, occasionally came off as selfish and kept screwing up every time he turned around. He eventually redeemed himself and I ended up liking him, but I never got to where I admired him as I did Gabe.

Regardless of my issues with Nick, there was plenty of action both in and out of the sheets to keep me interested. I loved getting reacquainted with the characters I remember so fondly from before. With action, intrigue, humor and lots and lots of sexy times, this is a series I am thrilled to see being resurrected.

Rating: 4 Sexy Wolves Just Do It For Me Stars

Okay, so I admit I’m either really great at picking good titles to review, or I tend to review high. I’m not honestly sure which it is, but since I’m cringing inside at writing a negative review, it’s probably a bit of both.

I couldn’t finish either book.

I’m not shy about putting down a book that just doesn’t work for me, though I do try harder when it’s a title I’ve agreed to review.

And I really, really wanted to like these books. I adore paranormal romance and am so starved for polyamorous romance that when I saw Lauren Dane’s name attached to a couple of paranormals, one of which had a blurb that hinted at good polyamory… baby, I clicked that request button so fast.

When the publisher approved my request to review the titles it made me so happy.

Can we say disappointing?

I had a few issues with this book so I’ll break them down, but the biggest one is the bad rep of polyamory.

This wasn’t polyamory, it was a menage, and there is a huge difference between the two.

My biggest issues with regard to polyamory rep…

Within the first chapters, we have what is obviously a set of characters who are from a previous book. This normally wouldn’t be a problem, I read series PNR books all the time and in general, even if you pick up one of the later books without having read the first ones, you can still enjoy the story. You can’t with these.
We aren’t told, at all, what the tri-bond is or what it’s requirements are, (I have to assume it’s covered in an earlier book that I didn’t have access to? Because these are a rerelease, I couldn’t go out and buy the other books or find them at the library to get a more complete picture of the world either. They just weren’t available that I could find, they’ve been released in an odd methodology, not in consecutive series.)
This one pissed me off, so much so that I’m using strong language in a review when I usually try to avoid that… In the first couple of chapters, these three tri-bonded characters from a previous novel have a strong attraction to one another and one of the characters thinks “I can’t have anything with one of the guys I’m tri-bonded to because the other one is my everything.” Ugh, Ugh, Ugh, Ack. In a book where the blurb seemed, so strongly, to indicate a well repped poly romance, that line made me want to put the book down and never, ever pick it up again. I soldiered on, because we hadn’t even gotten to the main characters of the story yet. We’d met the female, but not the guys. It took me a couple of days to make myself go back to reading it though, because that line in what I’d thought was a polyamorous book ticked me off, badly. I mean, even taking that pre-existing relationship on its own merits, you have a woman and two guys… they’re tri-bonded (which isn’t described but you sort of get a confusing idea about what it might be) so why can’t they be together if that’s what they want?? Confusion.
So, without spoilering the actual story, we have two of the Main Characters meet one another, they get together, then they run into problems and instead of TALKING ABOUT IT one of them runs off and does something that just sets off all the danger-Will-Robinson flashy lights I have when it comes to poly. Realistic poly, in real life or on the page depends on deep, real, self-knowledge and communication. The characters didn’t show a lick of sense with that, the conflict that drove the problem in the relationship seemed contrived and pffffft… I stopped reading. Maybe the characters work their shit out and get together, I assume so, I mean it IS a romance, but I just couldn’t continue on with the stupidity evidenced by the characters. UGH. And I so badly wanted to love this book. 😦
My other issue is from a series arc perspective.

My favorite type of book to read is series Paranormal Romance. I’ve read soooo many that it’s probably ridiculous at this point, and in any of the other series I’ve read (I haven’t read them all yet, just most of them) I can pick up a book later in the series, having NOT read any of the former ones, and the author gives me ENOUGH info on the world and the definitions et cetera that even if I have some questions, I can still enjoy the book in my hands. I may want to go and read the rest of the books… if the author has done their job right, then I definitely do.

I don’t want to go read the rest of these books, which is sad, because in general, I love Lauren Dane’s writing.

Maybe if I’d started on the very first of the series and had time to get to know the power structures of the pack, the definitions of the world and all the nuanced relationships of side characters that we see in this book it may have been a more enjoyable experience for me. Big maybe, because I could have kept reading even if there was confusion, in this book it’s the bad polyamory rep that made me stop reading.

This book was surprising and dirty in all the best ways. Having already read a few in the series, I was expecting more of the same and was in for a big shock.

If you've read anything else in this series, you know that in this werewolf world you need a mate and an achor. We see that start to play out when Tracy first gets a whiff of Nick. He's an enforcer in another pack, but that's not that big a deal. What ends up being a bigger deal is that her anchor (the pack mediator) ends up... also being her mate! This tri-bond is super rare, but if anyone can handle it, these three appear to have it well under control. Sexy times for all!

The problems arise when Nick's pack appears to be less than thrilled. As we already know, there's badness going on of the werewolf mob variety. It looks like nobody can really escape it. Nick's pack, unfortunately, appears to be filled with issues. Lucky for them - he's now mated to a mediator with a calm head (most of the time). While there are a lot of larger stories at play, the main focus of this book was the romance and it did not disappoint. I was a little worried in the beginning that Tracey had ended up with a controlling jerk, but there is redemption for all.

I enjoyed this one though I do have some issues that didn't sit well for me. so its a confusing 3.5-4ish stars for me.

Start with the good..

Tracy Warden is a kick ass take control don't fuck with me heroine and that's my favourite type. She definitely is a solid character with a sweet side. I loved how protective she is over her family and her mates, I also loved that she was willing to fight for them regardless of the consequence's. she was fairly laid back about the matings considering how rare hers is and she also had a great sense of humour.

Gabe.. gosh I loved him. His cool calm demeanour shouldn't have you fooled!. than man is an alpha through and through. The way he handled the tri-bond was perfection and just in general the man was made to lead. The way he was with tracy was super sweet and in all fairness he handled the sharing very well considering how dominant he is. I feel as if we don't get enough of him which is a little sad!.

Nick .. he took some getting used to. He was selfish brash and had very childlike tendencie's. However he was sweet as pie with Tracy and you definitely get to see a different side to him. as the book went on you could'nt help but fall for him regardless. I did feel sorry for him with some of the situations that happened in the story. I did feel like he was a little misunderstood in some parts.

The story was good. It flowed nicely with some unexpected surprises throughout. They all had great chemistry together and when it was good it was freaking hot. A fair few emotions going on through this book making it all tie together nicely it was good but it isn't my favourite.


now the parts I didn't so much like...

Nicks selfishness was hard to take. I couldn't understand why he acted the way he did throughout the story when Tracy was giving up everything to be with him. Now I'm not saying he was all bad because that isn't true however he needed to grow up a lot and to me he didn't enough to justify his position in the pack.

Parts of the story are not made clear enough and most definitely are not cleared up by the end leaving you with more questions than you started with. I have read the next book so I know these are still unawnsered.

The ending was so abrupt I went back twice to make sure I really was at the end. There just isn't enough of them being settled together without the drama for me to feel the connectiong between them as much as I did with the previous books.

Now all the being said I do understand that Gabe and Nick cant work if they are the same type of character so I do appreciate that they are all different therefore balance eachother out. I can say that they do, So it does work however there are still parts that miffed me off.

again though this isn't all bad. I did really enjoy this story and its written really well its just not my favourite and I'm a still disappointed because my expectations were higher for this one.

<b>I kindly received this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.</b>

I didn't think that this series could get any more intense, but it sure did! Who is Tracy? I could not help but to laugh through the first chapter, watching her interaction with Cade, Lex, and Nina. Watching their discussion about the Warden's mother was funny as all get out. Who is Nick? Who is Gabe? What are their positions within their respective packs? Why are Lex, Nina, Tracy, Nick, and Gabe meeting? Who else will be there? What is going on? What is Warren doing now that has things in a turmoil? What happens when Gabe goes back to his pack and Nick and Tracy join him? Why do they go? What happens while they are there? Talk about a very intriguing series! Each book in this series gets more and more suspenseful and intriguing. I cannot wait to read more books in this series!

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REVIEW
To say I was eager to get started reading this book is an understatement. I started reading this book on my old tablet which decided to switch itself off every time I attempted to read it. So when I had to then wait until I could replace my tablet to read really get into reading this book which extremely irritating when I was ready for my next Cascadia Wolves fix!
Whilst reading this book I should point out that there are some rather detailed sexual scenes within it, so I would definitely say 18+ only for this one. Personally the explicit scenes were bordering on too much detail for my reading taste but at the same time it didn't make me want to totally want to stop reading, and certainly didn't spoil the plot of the book for me.
The cover is again gorgeous, I'd love to have this set of books on my bookshelf (maybe even a signed copy! . . . hey! I can dream lol).

The cover has the bottom have like the other books in the Cascadia Series, the forest, that surrounds the Wardens home. There's the wolf silhouette at the bottom left corner. The title appears above the forest and wolf silhouette as well as the authors name, both in fonts that match the other books in the series so far. Above the author name is a blonde female, in this case after reading the book we know to be Tracy. She has a figure close to each side of her, and we know the hint from the first line in the blurb "The tri-mate is just a myth".

The genres this book fall's into are paranormal, fantasy, werewolves and as I mentioned earlier I would have to say it is definitely for an adult 18+ audience because of it's content and explicit descriptive scenes. Whilst there are such scenes in the book there is a strong plot and some brilliant characters old and new.

I guess I should begin by explaining what a tri-bond is. . . its when someone has two "perfect mates" and the three actually form a tri-bond. Is that what occurs in this book? Or is the tri-bond just a figment of an overactive imagination?, or an old ancient myth?
Once again bad shifter Warren Pellini rears his ugly head, having created a much stronger, more dangerous werewolf mob. If you get in his way. . .well you don't live very long. this plot runs alongside the romance element in the book.
There's been some fighting between the Cascadia Pack and the Pacific Pack along the borders of their territory, and a mediator has been called in to sort things out in an amicable and mutually agreed way. Both enforcers Lex from Cascadia and Nick from Pacific will meet up with the mediator to discuss the situation and solve the problem. As well as the enforcers other pack members go to help in the disscusions. It is decided that Nina will accompany Lex as they still can hardly bear to be apart. Tracy will also attend in the capacity of personal assistant/note taker. Tracy of course takes Milton with her whenever possible too. On the drive to the hotel that the mediation will take place there's banter between Tracy, Lex and Nina. Tracy laughs at the couple and makes a comment about them still being in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. Lex and Nina laugh, with Nina telling Tracy when she meets "the one", her very own mate, she will not want to be separated from them and will understand.
Cade asks his enforcer Lex, to mention Warren Pellini to the mediator Gabe Murphy who is third in the National Pack. Pellini seems to be attempting to cosy up to the second of the National Pack and its something that has not just the large packs like Cascadia worried, but the smaller ones like Pacific uneasy too. Though there's a connection between the Pacific Pack and Warren Pellini that even their own werewolves would not guess at!
When the small skirmishes are sorted out it leaves two things to be dealt with. The first thing is sorting out Tracy and her mate, anchor and her pledging fealty to what will be her new pack. The second one the fact Gabe Murphy has been contacted by werewolves from the other pack expressing their concerns. Gabe doesn't want to go above his second Jack Myers the enforcer in the National Pack to discuss the problems but events determine he has to.

I felt sorry for poor Tracy who is truly knocked flat by the whirlwind she is caught up in when she meets her mate. Then theirs the fact she will be the one to move, leave her house, business and more importantly her family behind to fit in with her mate and his pack.
A minor thing to some but a sticking point for Tracy when her mate is adamant they will live in his apartment and that it is not dog friendly. From the very outset he is fixated in his belief that the apartment is where they should live. Though things go from shaky to being awful and dangerous when the Cascadia pack members, Alpha and eldest brother Cade, enforcer Lex and his mate Nina along with Tracys parents, Henri and Beth and grandmother Lia all arrive at her mates home and their is a very thin veil covering bubbling animosity towards Tracy. To say the air is thick with tension . . . wow you can feel it rippling out of the book at you!
It's grandmother Lia that puts the werewolves right and speaks quietly to Tracy about the truth of the tri-band and the mystical spell that can break a bonding if needed.

I love the banter and affection readily shown between the members of the Cascadia wolves. For example Nina is mate to Lex, and her anchor and pack alpha Cade and is able to be a calming influence of both male wolves. Nina is beginning to be more and more integrated into the pack, both the pack politics and the personal lives and relationships of the other pack members.
I adore the feeling of family as well as that strong emotion of pack. Tracy is the youngest in the Warden family so has plenty of older siblings to look out for her. Though Cade and Lex are the ones that display their protectiveness openly, and almost deliver a threat of what the will do if their baby sister is hurt in any way. The fact Nina and Tracy are so close is an amazing thing too, though Tracy had been there for Nina when she most needed it. To say Nina was originally human and was bitten and turned during a challenge that turned out to be more of an attack or attempt to kill her in front of the whole pack she feels very strongly for her werewolf family. Nina does want change within the pack structure, to make things more democratic and she may just have someone else whose thoughts are similar to hers in Gabe Murphy. I think we may see more of Nina and Gabe shaping the future of the packs and their hierachy and ancient, sometimes outdated, and barbaric ways in future books.
My favourite character are still headed by Nina, Lex and Cade and I immediately loved Tracy, how she has the cute, soft and lovable dog Milton that is treat like the spoilt child of the pack. Though the males in the pack probably wouldn't admit it they enjoy having Milton around too. In fact at one point in this book, a guy not liking Milton and not being so willing to adapt to include the beloved dog nearly has his relationship on a possible downward spiral.
Tracy is a real tough cookie to look at, with tattoos and piercings and she can certainly hold her own in a fight. Tracy is not one to walk away quietly if she knows she is right, she is not afraid speaking up and is prepared to fight whoever necessary to prove her point. Tracy truly has one heck of a roller coaster ride of emotions in this book, from the thrill of finding her mate, to the confusion of feeling the same about a second wolf. what happens in the end? You'll have to read the book to find out. In this book we also meet two werewolf children, Haley and Chris, who are caught up in the danger and threat of retaliation from Warren Pellini. It is the fault of the parents of these children that they are now in danger but Tracy doesn't hold grudges and makes phone calls and arrangements for the children along with their mother to be kept safe until the Pellini situation can be fully taken care of.

To sum up I am in love the characters and totally immersed in plot of this series. Wolves' Triad is another great addition to the Cascadia Wolves Series. I would reiterate that this book is 18+ due to descriptive, and explicit sexual scenes in the book. These sections are part of the greater story/plot but at times went a little far for my own usual reading comfort zone. Having said that, it didn't put me off reading the whole book and I am fairly eager to read the next book to discover what will happen to Warren Pellini as well as catching up with the Warden clan.

overall not a bad story. different plot. thanks for the chance to read it.

Tracy knew werewolves mated for life and she was a werewolf. When Tracy found Nick who is an Enforcer and second for the Pacific pack Tracy was very happy. Nick and Tracy knew after the mating bond began they would need a third werewolf to be an anchor for their bond to be complete and successful. This would help balance Tracy in the bond. Then Tracy meets Gene who's with the National pack but is more mature and calm and he offers to be an
werewolf and he offers to become the anchor for Nick and Tracy. But then Tracy develops feelings for Gabe as well as for Nick. this causes a very rare thing to happen called a tri mate bond the first time this had happened in fifty years. Things have to change though until they work for all three werewolves involved. But there was problems in the werewolf pack pack and and danger from Warren Pellini and the werewolf Mafia. There really wasn’t much time for anything. Tracy was the youngest sister of the Cascadia Wolves ruling family.
I had mixed feelings about this story. It was fast paced yet some things just happened a little too quickly. I liked the thought of a tri mate bond and how it was explained as why a anchor was needed. I liked how Tracy knew what she wanted and wasn’t afraid to stand up for it. There was a lot to this story : love, twists and turns, lust, action, werewolves, tri mate bond, danger. Werewolf mafia, money laundering, assault, suspense, intrigue, kidnapping and more. The sex scenes were hot. But something that oftens ruins a story or a good rating occurred here which is a cliff hanger and I hate those. So this quickly became a three.

Wolves Triad is book two in the Cascadia Wolves series. The story continues with Tracy’s story. She is the sister to the Alpha and his brother. In this story we have a twist to the story. Our heroine discovers while on a mission with a mediator that she has a mate. Brother and Enforcer to the Alpha of the other wolf pack that they are in mediation with. Tracy falls for Nick pretty quickly and their bond cements fast. But she is in need of a anchor, and the mediator who has yet to find his own mate volunteers himself. Gabe is drawn to Tracy, but he doesn’t understand the connection. Its not until a intense altercation with Nicks family, that Tracy’s grandmother sees what is going on with the three wolves. A mating that is very rare….a tri mating bond. There are many things that I liked and didn’t like about this story. Now the menage portion of the story I didn’t really have a issue with. There were times that I didn’t understand Nick or his lack of defense of her against certain members of his pack. I also like the mystery and intrigue that plays a role in this story. We see a villain start to take some serious control over certain packs. Lauren Dane definitely brings together a story of complex pack politics, sensuality and a stirring love story.

Wolves' Triad by Lauren Dane is book two in her Cascadia Wolves series that was previously published under a different publisher/name. Like Enforcer/Pack Enforcer, I bought and read the original a few years ago, so couldn't help but want to revisit the story of Tracy, the sister of Cascadia Pack's Enforcer and Apha, and her mates, Nick (Enforcer to Pacific Clan) and Gabe (Mediator to the National Pack). I was excited to re-read their menage paranormal romance.

Following after Pack Enforcer, Wolves' Triad is still dealing with the issue of Warren Pellini and his influence within the werewolf communities. In the beginning of the novel, Tracy accompanies Lex, her brother the Enforcer, on a negotiations meeting with the Pacific Clan regarding boundary disputes. It is during this meeting where she meets her mates Nick and Gabe. The trio find themselves in the unique position of forming a tri-bond. This mixed with clan politics and subterfuge in the Pacific Clan and the National Pack involving Pellini move the story along.

Fast-paced, filled with lots heat, drama, and romance, Wolves' Triad is definitely an entertaining read that I enjoyed reading again.

Though I will admit I completely forgot about an element in the story that annoyed me a little in this book and in general with the "anchor" part of the mating mythology. My annoyance is with how insanely jealous the mated woman gets when her anchor finds a mate of his own though she is already happily mated. So much so, that she becomes a witch to the anchor's mate (in this case, Tracy). Then also annoying is how considerate and overly friendly the anchor is to the woman he anchored for, so much so, that he is completely rude or insensitive to his newly found mate. Both of which cause drama and angst amongst the main characters, which I personally could have skipped. <spoiler>So if anyone does not like that kind of drama, be warned. It also repeats again in other installments, which is my only mar on what I feel is a great paranormal romance series.</spoiler>

Overall, Wolves' Triad by Lauren Dane is a great book and very much recommend. I look forward to continue to read more by Ms. Dane.

(I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book I received from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review)

Wolves' Triad is the next re-release of the Cascadia Wolves series. This was the book I was most curious about when I first ran into this series way back when so I was eager to see how it was handled.

I wasn't crazy about Pack Enforcer for a lot of reasons, but primarily because of a lack of characterization and because the world building struggled. This continues in Wolves' Triad.

Like the previous books, the mating is sudden, unexpected, and sharp. Unlike the others, Tracy Warden gets two mates and one of them is a sexual dominant. The ease with which her "first" mate Nick accepts this and accepts Gabe as his pseudo-lover is interesting, and not in a good way. How do you go from "She's Mine! Mine!" to "Hey, let's have hot sex with her in between us!" at the drop of a hat? That Tracy is deeply attracted to both right from the start is obvious. Frankly, it could have gone the other way had Gabe made the first move and not Nick.

The continuing storyline of the Pellini Group was as weak as it was in Pack Enforcer. Nick's pack and Alpha pair (his brother and s-i-l for whom he is Anchor) are so weak it's laughable. How did no one challenge them in that Pack? I bet you the Third could have taken them with no problem. Plus, as villains go, Sarah and Ben are pretty cookie cutter. I did like to see a mating gone wrong in Ben and Sarah because that's not something that is often showcased in pnr.

The vast amount of telling and not showing was really obvious and the stilted dialogue was more off-putting. It's very obvious this is early Lauren Dane. This one felt more like just a vehicle for menage scenes of which there are many (even while her parents are just inside the house while they are having sex on the porch).

In the end, while I am glad to get to read the series, I can see that she is a much better write now and it has been very interesting to read the Cascadia Wolves series up against the Diablo Lake series (her latest) and see the differences (way better characterization) and the similarities (issues with world building).

This was a very good story. I kept me interested for the danger surrounding the characters along with the personal drama. I was rooting for Tracy, Nick and Gabe from the start. It was nice to see them try to mesh with each other. It kinda ended with a cliff hanger. Which is ALWAYS annoying. But I will be looking for the next one in the series so, I guess it worked.

Wow, this is probably my new favorite series by Lauren Dane! I loved the relationship between Nick, Gabe, and Tracy!

Super steamy read! Loved it! Going back to read the rest of the series now. Can't wait for the next book, either! Perfect heroine to match up against those two alpha wolves. Great read!