Alisa Nelson's life is simply perfect—fight for the environment and party in Seattle's club scene. Until Geremy St. Audlin, her scrumptious new client rocks her world. Her goal: get the permits finalized for his new wolf preserve, then get him out of her life. Before his piercing amber gaze and searing touch lures her into breaking her cardinal rule—never mix business with pleasure! Geremy is immediately captivated by Alisa's sultry sensuality. He wants the crusading, passionate woman not the frosty attorney. He pulls her into the beautiful but dangerous world of the lupine en-malat. While in the Other, beyond the Veil, his Pack confronts an ancient menace. What should have been a simple case turns deadly, and Alisa is now in a fight for her life. Will Geremy be able to show her that love and tenderness can still prevail in the wild realms of the Other?
There was a lot packed into this (obviously) first book in a new series. I really liked both main characters and am really curious about the world that the author is setting up. However, there was a bit too much on Alisa’s attacks that I really don’t like reading. It’s definitely worth giving a try though. I recommend.
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This was a unique spin on your typical werewolf story with a healthy dose of sexual sizzle.

Alisa is a tough as nails attorney for environmental causes in her day job and a fun party girl at night. These two personas end up clashing when she discovers the hottie she was eyeballing is her new employer and the person heading what could be her dream cause. Geremy is trying to find a safer home for some wolves currently in a sanctuary. This gets a bit personal when we find out that he and most of his coworkers are a form of werewolf, the wolf halves of which are house across the veil.

Alisa and Geremy's romance is a little bit fated mate, and a whole lot sexual chemistry. They dance around one another, guided by the werewolf equivalent of a god (I think). They are further pushed towards one another by the endless danger Alisa finds herself in (sometimes pretty graphic). The political drama that drives the rival wolves to go after her end up going way too far, even for bloodthirsty wolves in most stories. While we get some resolution here, this book definitely is set up as the beginning of something more, coming to a critical turning point just at the end. I'd be interested to see where this all ends up.

Spoilers Ahead: I wanted to write this review and explain why I didn't enjoy this book but in order to do that this review will have a few spoilers so I wanted to warn you beforehand.

Geremy wanted to hire Alisa as his environmental attorney to help him get the necessary permits to allow several wolves he had onto a wolf sanctuary.

This book started out great with them first meeting in a bookstore and the flirting that went back and forth. Then when he shows up in her office to hire her, the sexual tension was high. The looks, his magic and the thoughts floating around in both their heads really made me think this was going to be a fun book. But it kind of got bogged down with the danger she was in from one of his rivals who didn't want the wolf sanctuary to become a thing. She was getting death threats, concerning emails and weird dreams.

When it's clear that she's in real danger, Geremy stays closer to her and even saves her a couple of times but the romance seemed to take a back seat to the danger that was happening. That plus the fact that I was very confused about his 'siblings' who were inside him and how that worked made this hard to fully enjoy.

Geremy is different from other werewolf types that I've read. He has 2 brothers inside him that are also werewolves. I would have liked more information about the magic veil that kept them apart. To me it seemed like it was having a were animal inside you that you could shift into but he had two werewolf brothers. I still don't fully understand it. Were they just animals that he talked to in his head or did they have human form too? I'm not sure because the world building in this book left a lot of things open and made it hard to understand.

At one point Alisa is chased, watches someone get murdered and then when she's saved by Geremy they end up in bed for the first time. I don't know about you but if I'd just been through that, the last thing I would want is to be falling in bed with someone. Then the ending was far from good. While the story pretty much had most of the questions answered there were somethings left unanswered that in my opinion should not have been left open. I wanted to know what Alisa was going to think when she woke up. I wanted to know more about the Lady and did not like at all that Alisa was turned without her permission beforehand. There were too many things about this book that left either questions or just didn't sit right with me in order for me to really enjoy it.

Disclosure: I was given an ARC of this book via NetGalley but all opinions and thoughts are my own.

Alisa Nelson is an environmental lawyer and activist. Nothing makes her prouder than helping innocent animals in need. So when she’s offered a lucrative position helping Geremy St. Audlin get the permits needed to open his wolf preserve, she accepts. What she doesn’t expect is the searing and often mind-blowing attraction she feels whenever Mr. St. Audlin is near. She tries to maintain her rule of keeping work and personal life separate but what she doesn’t realize is she’s attracted to the wolf inside Geremy. When he reveals his true nature, she enters a world unknown to humankind: lupine en-malat. There’s enemies surrounding her, enemies who wish to do her harm. Can she accept the life Geremy offers or will she turn her back on love?



Lupine is not your typical werewolf paranormal romance. In fact, Serena Dracis has created a whole new breed of werewolf. The world-building is fairly believable, although I still am slightly confused on how the en-malat works. The environmental sub-plot is entertaining and well-conceived. The attraction between Alisa and Geremy is instant and hot. I found their “will they or won’t they” dance delightful.



Why is this a four-star book? Honestly, I’m shocked to the core there’s a rape scene in it. It seems so out of place. Yes, yes, I know, we’re dealing with werewolves who are violent by nature. It doesn’t jive with the rest of the story. It isn’t necessary and turns my stomach just thinking about it.



Other than that, Lupine is a wonderful paranormal romance. Plenty of bantering between hero/heroine as well as between Geremy and his brothers. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book.



If you love dark paranormal romance, pick up Lupine today. Highly recommend!



My Rating: 4 stars

Lupine is an intiguing story with good world building, well developed characters and an interesting twist on the werewolf genre. I’m thinking that this is the first of a new series and that readers can expect more of this captivating pack.

Alisa and Jeremy’s story sets a great foundation to what will certainly be an addictive series. There is much going on in this book, and the explanations provide a wonderful overview of these unique and compelling creatures. I look forward to more from Ms Dracis and applaud her on a fabulous debut novel.

I found this book hard to follow. Geremy and his siblings being linked yet this desperate entities didn't work for me. I did finish the book buy it just didn't do it for me.

Geremy is the CEO of The Foundation. He’s looking for a lawyer to help him complete his mission. Alisa is the lawyer, she’s strong and knows her stuff. But there are others that do not want him to succeed. They will do anything to prevent it, including murder. Oh did I mention, Geremy becomes furry and develops 4 paws at times.

I read this book as an arc from NetGalley

Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This paranormal romance started out magically, suspenseful as Alisa is immediately attracted to Geremy. She later discovers he wants to hire her as their environmental lawyer. Once she accepts things get disturbingly intense. Geremy belongs to an ancestry of wolves but he has other sources of power that are within him. These sources manifest as two brothers that compel Geremy to mate with Alisa. Of course there is a villain seeking to destroy them but the story gets lost in these details of magic and gory. Even a scene of rape.
Unfortunately not my type of novel.