Emery is 1/2 werewolf and is sent to live with her father at the pack compound after another pack attacks her mother's wedding. She is angry and plans to escape as soon as possible. As she gets to know her dad and his pack she starts having a change of heart and circumstances reveal she is a very powerful wolf. A little spicy but a unique look at pack etiquette and living arrangements. I think a sequel is called for and hopefully we will see one before too long.

Emery's life is practically perfect. She's dating her best friend, her mom is getting married to a wealthy man, and college is going well. She's never thought of herself as different, until the night of her mother's engagement party. After an attack that leaves her injured and her boyfriend in a coma, she finds out that monsters are real and she is one of them.

She was told that her father abandoned her before birth after a one night stand with her mother. She assumed he knew nothing about her until that fateful night. After she's sent to him for protection she finds out that not everything she's been told is the truth.

I liked Emery's character for the most part. She does some things later on in the book that make me want to slap her, but she was mostly likable. I find that I enjoyed the supporting characters more at times. Tucker was a favorite from the beginning. I had suspicions about Mitchell and Dane from the start and knew a love triangle was coming. What I didn't expect was how the main character would make her decision. I am so happy with how it ended. So often we are faced with the love triangle and as the reader we would start to form conclusions on how it would/should end. We'd pick a favorite and hope that the main character would choose that one. I'm almost always disappointed. Not this time! I know that some people were unhappy with how it ended but as someone who enjoys this type of relationship, I was ecstatic.

This book was very funny. I laughed out loud countless times. I loved how witty and sarcastic they were with each other. I enjoyed the growing friendship between Tucker and Emery. Sometimes I felt they got more growth in their story than Emery did with Mitchell and Dane though. I don't mind insta-love. I'm not a huge fan of it but it doesn't turn me away from a book. But if there is going to be a "I see her, she's mine" kind of situation, then I expect some growth afterwards. I would have loved to see more interaction between the three of them.

That would have to be my biggest complaint with the book. While there were things that happened that I didn't like I'm not going to harp on them, you might not mind those parts, so I'll let you form your own opinion. However, I will say that it ended too abruptly for what I'm assuming is a standalone novel. I didn't get the closure I was hoping for. I wanted to know more about what happened during/after the big fight. I wanted to see more interaction between Emery, Mitchell, and Dane. What about Tucker and Lawrence? It ended like I would expect the first book in the series but since there hasn't been any word in a year, I'm not banking on it.

All in all I enjoyed it. I'm certainly glad that I read it and really wish I had more of it. If you're looking for a paranormal romance with humor, and some interesting characters I suggest giving this one a try.

I received this book from Netgalley and chose to leave a review.

The wolves/monsters had attacked Emery’s mothers engagement party. Killing two guests and wounding twelve others including emery’s boyfriend Laurence/Law who was in a coma. Now emery was being taken from her high society life of order and reason and shipped out to the country to live with her father who was a werewolf who had never been in her life the first nineteen years of her life but all of a sudden now Emery was to go live with him. Emery’s mom said it could have been worse the wolves could have killed her or Robert or even Laurence. So after nineteen years all of a sudden Emery is of enough importance to uproot Emery’s entire life. Emery hasn’t slept for more than an hour or the since the attack. The sound of bones crunching between massive jaws keeps jolting Emery awake. Now emery was on her way to her father’s home. When Emery gets there she meets Mitchell her father’s second in command. Emery learns her father is a werewolf one of the monsters and that she herself was half wolf and also her father Rick was the Alpha of not only this pack but the whole area. Emery has night terrors and Emery had locked her door Mitchell broke in Emery’s door but then Rick is there. Then emery is imprinted on by two wolves Mitchell and and dane which has never happened before. Em ends up sleeping for three days after the ceremony of who had really imprinted on her and it was both men. Then emery learns Laurence had been awake for a week and her mother had never let her know. Laurence and Emery had known each other since they were kids and had been best friends before they had started to date three years ago. Emery went to the hospital to see Laurence and finds out Laurence had been bitten by a wolf and was suppose to be killed because he would go feral after he changed.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I felt bad when Emery had went through her life without her father who obviously loved her and tried to do what he thought what was best for Emery There were a lot of first for Rick’s pack and the shifter world and I loved reading about them. I was happy the answers were found for Emery and Laurence. There was a lot of action and intrigue in this story that I thoroughly enjoyed. I liked Emery with Mitchell but also Emery with Dane as they are different types of men. I love how it shows Emery and Rick’s relationship grow as well as emery;s acceptance of Rick’s pack and way of life and her being a were also. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this story and I recommend

REVIEW
It took me a while to decide what I wanted to read when choosing this book. I decided I wanted to continue with a shifter/werewolves theme. I've had this one waiting on my kindle/tablet waiting for me to read it for a while, so decided to go for this one.
The cover features a female I would say is Emery. I like the font and placement of the title and author name, though I am not so keen on the "A contemporary fantasy" being printed on the cover, I like to discover the genre of the book by reading the blurb rather than needing it to be stated on the cover. Personally I think the genre description of paranormal, fantasy romance fits the book rather than the contemporary label.
I am finding the dynamics of the North East pack interesting. It seem's that Emery's father and Alpha Rick, is a more forward thinking leader than some of the other packs. In fact Rick is a powerful Alpha as is "The Alpha" or the whole of the north eastern region. Which probably why he has so successfully kept Emery hidden from all the other werewolves so well. The only reason emery is being taken to her father's and pack home is because there was a very public wolf attack, which occurred at her mother's engagement to new partner Robert. Emery has led a fairly modern life, her mum had her young and as far as emery is aware has brought her up single-handedly. Emery is settled in her own life, is independently minded, and has been dating psychologist Lawrence for three years now. Lawrence also has a rather feminist ethic.
Emery is really pleased her mother, Beverly has found a partner in Robert, someone she can have fun with and at the same time will take care of her too.
The attack happens as Emery has just finished her speech at Beverly and Roberts engagement party. The first clue anything is going on are the loud growls, then there's shattering glass and wolves! It's decided by her parents after this attack the safest place for Emery to be is with her father Rick, whom she has no memories of at all. Rick and the pack are taking care of the upset/trauma caused by the wolves attacking so blatantly in a public place. Rick sends one of his best wolves, Tucker, to collect Emery, and escort her to his home, which Emery has taken to calling "the compound". In her mind she is being taken away to some strange culture and she mentally shudders as she the majority of women she see's as her and tucker enter her fathers estate are all pregnant! It's not a big leap that Emery thinks her father has brought her here to be some sort of breeding machine to further increase his pack and power.
It seems that Emery is somewhat of an anomaly as she is half human, but the differences don't stop there. Emery ends up with two of her fathers pack imprinting on her. There's Mitchell who acts as second in command and is a stable, reliable wolf. Then there's Dane, a more impetuous wolf who goes off on his own and does his own thing. Naomi the elder has never known such a thing as two wolves imprinting on one female. Imprinting is quite a complicated thing and once started cannot be stopped. If anything should happen to Emery those that imprinted on her will go feral. Ferals have to be put down as they are a danger to everyone, both human and pack.
There is such a lot going on in this book, there are so many plot lines within this book. Emery being at the centre of most of them, there's the whole imprinting, so a love triangle between Emery, Mitchell and Dane. There's the fact that Emery has a human boyfriend Lawrence, and the whole attack/incident that needs to be covered up. There's the odd relationship between Emery and her mother Beverly. Also there's the old vendetta between a rival pack alpha Jeffrey and Emery's father Rick. There's an incident where a human is bitten, which usually ends with the human being immediately killed, but there are even more complications in this case, so the plot goes in another direction. I also adored all the usual pack politics and bickering between the wolves, as well as the easy camaraderie with each other. I would have liked to read more about the other pack members too.
I of course loved Emery's character, all she has to adapt to, at first digging in her heels, and then eventually being actually eager to have a pack life. It was interesting how her opinion and thoughts about her mother change throughout the book.
I loved both the characters of Mitchell and Dane, the two wolves that imprinted on her. Their characters as different as chalk and cheese, they fight like two kids over the last chocolate in the tin. (Emery being the last chocolate in the tin that they both want all to themselves). Though when events take a dangerous turn they manage to pull together for the sake of Emery.
I admit that I did kind of see the whole Tucker/Lawrence story-line a little before it was revealed in the book. I really enjoyed the book, don't get me wrong but it could have been so much more. For example, I would have liked to have met some of the council members that Rick had to deal with too. There were also a couple of mistakes with wrong names being used, for example to begin with I thought Emery's mum was called Vanessa, but Vanessa is the maid at Ricks cabin. However Vanessa is then called Gretchen a little further into the book. I did auto correct this myself and I certainly wouldn't let a couple of typos put you off reading this book. I really didn't want to put this book down. I did feel that when the imprinting situation finally comes to a conclusion within the hunt. The steamy scene of Emery finally marking her mate, seemed a tiny bit "awkward", it all felt a little too rushed. I think this book could have maybe been longer or even made into two books there was certainly enough going on in it. The hunt itself wasn't as specific, or detailed as I expected. Though the scene around the river, is well written and detailed too.
My final thoughts are that the book could possibly just end where it did and that be all for the story. Then again with all the other pack members and Emery, Dane and Mitchell's new way they will be running the pack, I think there could be so much more to read about. Either way I was fairly happy about how things ended.