When a Ranger discovers a female pack leader what will happen when paths cross through shady drug dealings and injuries?

Ranger Eric Silver and Pepper Grayling will have to tackle betrayal, trust, wolf bites and an awakening in desire. Will she finally find the love she was meant to experience and find her true mate?

A great spicy read if you love paranormal wolf shifter romance!

Eric and Pepper are Alphas, each in their own right and of different packs. For most of this book they dance around wanting each other but not wanting another mate. You see, both have had mates in the past and are perfectly satisfied (or so they think) going it alone.
Although he is an alpha wolf Eric is not the leader of his pack and he’s fulfilled with his role in the Silver pack. Eric works as a park ranger in the area and town run by the Silver pack. He loves helping people (human and were) should they get into trouble out in the mountain trails, but really he loves keeping people out of trouble. His friends in the pack want him to mate again, after losing his first mate. Eric, however, protests that he is not interested.
Pepper is a glorious female alpha and I was so glad to see this character fully developed in this book. Ms. Spear writes Pepper as feminine, strong, and in charge without making her like a male alpha in drag. Her first mate was a beta and they had been friends since childhood, so much so that they were more like brother and sister so she has never known a passionate mating. It is up to Eric to show her that passion can exist alongside strength and wanting a mate doesn’t mean having to give up being a leader.
There is another pack in the area and another alpha who wants Pepper for his mate, but he isn’t willing to play by the rules. If Pepper doesn’t want to come to him willingly he will simply take her and her pack by force. Does Pepper need Eric to step in and save her or can she take care of the problem herself or will they work together to solve the problem.
Another issue facing the Silver pack is someone with wolf scent is growing marijuana illegally on their land. When the mysterious pack starts masking their scent with human scent the hunt is on.
I loved the teenagers who are being led astray by a false leader and Pepper’s reaction to them. She isn’t exactly motherly but she is a leader who sees young people who need guidance and begins to provide it.
This is #19 in the Heart of the Wolf series but can be read as a stand alone novel without missing a thing. As usual, Ms. Spear brings to the reader the backstories that are necessary to move this book’s plotline forward without resorting to an information dump. Another great shifter story by Terry Spear, and one I recommend to lovers of romance, mystery, and stories of strong women finding their mates.

No review at this time. I could not finish the book, it was not for me.

Terry Spear can do no wrong in my eyes. I love all her books. Great character with a great story line.