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Northern Wolves #2
Rogue
Sabrina had a hot sexy night with a bear shifter during her wolf pack's annual barbeque—then never heard from him again. When her Alpha sends her to Ketchikan to track down a murderous rogue, she's surprised to find herself partnered with Karl—the same bear shifter that has been fueling her fantasies for the last year. The attraction is still there, as are insurmountable differences in their personalities and lifestyles.
But their rocky romance has a bigger obstacle—the rogue they track down has gone rabid from a similar magic that's being used to murder shifters in northern Alaska, and the goal this time is to tear apart every bit of good will the wolf packs have with their human neighbors. Divide and slaughter are the enemy's objectives. To save her pack and come out alive, Sabrina will need to do the unthinkable—trust a man with secrets.
But their rocky romance has a bigger obstacle—the rogue they track down has gone rabid from a similar magic that's being used to murder shifters in northern Alaska, and the goal this time is to tear apart every bit of good will the wolf packs have with their human neighbors. Divide and slaughter are the enemy's objectives. To save her pack and come out alive, Sabrina will need to do the unthinkable—trust a man with secrets.
176 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 28, 2017
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Debra Dunbar
101 books1,273 followersDebra lives in a little house in the woods in Maryland with three sons, and a Noah’s ark of four legged family members. She has a corporate job during the day, and writes novels at night, after the kids are tucked in bed.
She drives an Excursion affectionately called The Beast, couldn’t carry a tune if you duct taped it to her back, and enjoys an occasional cosmopolitan (heavy on the vodka). On a good day, she jogs and horseback rides, hopefully managing to keep the horse between herself and the ground.
Her only known super power is ‘Identify Roadkill’.
She drives an Excursion affectionately called The Beast, couldn’t carry a tune if you duct taped it to her back, and enjoys an occasional cosmopolitan (heavy on the vodka). On a good day, she jogs and horseback rides, hopefully managing to keep the horse between herself and the ground.
Her only known super power is ‘Identify Roadkill’.
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July 28, 2017
You might have already met Debra's demons - and angels. The Northern Wolves series focuses on the latters' descendants; the werewolves - more specifically on the Alaskan shifter branch.
While Rogue can be read as a standalone, I believe the series is best enjoyed in the order it was published. It also ties into one Imp World book in particular, namely Northern Lights. This is where you're first introduced the pack and their resident former-angel-in-hiding; Ahia. Seriously, don't miss out on how Ahia captured the heart of the hottest angelic bachelor in Aaru;-)
In Rogue, Sabrina (second in command of the pack) must team up with Karl, a reclusive grizzly shifter, to discover the identity of the person(s) behind an infection that turns peaceful shifters into bloodthirsty monsters, thereby threatening to bring avenging angels down on their heads and shattering the fragile peace with their human neighbours.
Karl... He's an interesting male for sure. Not the run-of-the-mill shifter. A man of few words, but with quite a few interesting... abilities. (And I'm not only talking about his talent for making Brina's panties wet;-))
Aside from the underlying conspiracy that will unfold in the Northern Wolves series through each novel, we learn more about the angelic descendants. Thought they were all wolves who obeyed their existence contracts? Think again!
I always enjoy new Debra Dunbar books, even when they do not revolve around my beloved cockroach. Brina and Karl were smoking hot together despite their obvious differences. That my favorite archangel made a cameo appearance didn't hurt either.
All in all this was a solid 4.5 star read despite its relatively short length. I'm looking forward to the continuation.
~I was given an eArc of Rogue in exchange for an honest review ~
While Rogue can be read as a standalone, I believe the series is best enjoyed in the order it was published. It also ties into one Imp World book in particular, namely Northern Lights. This is where you're first introduced the pack and their resident former-angel-in-hiding; Ahia. Seriously, don't miss out on how Ahia captured the heart of the hottest angelic bachelor in Aaru;-)
In Rogue, Sabrina (second in command of the pack) must team up with Karl, a reclusive grizzly shifter, to discover the identity of the person(s) behind an infection that turns peaceful shifters into bloodthirsty monsters, thereby threatening to bring avenging angels down on their heads and shattering the fragile peace with their human neighbours.
Karl... He's an interesting male for sure. Not the run-of-the-mill shifter. A man of few words, but with quite a few interesting... abilities. (And I'm not only talking about his talent for making Brina's panties wet;-))
Aside from the underlying conspiracy that will unfold in the Northern Wolves series through each novel, we learn more about the angelic descendants. Thought they were all wolves who obeyed their existence contracts? Think again!
I always enjoy new Debra Dunbar books, even when they do not revolve around my beloved cockroach. Brina and Karl were smoking hot together despite their obvious differences. That my favorite archangel made a cameo appearance didn't hurt either.
All in all this was a solid 4.5 star read despite its relatively short length. I'm looking forward to the continuation.
~I was given an eArc of Rogue in exchange for an honest review ~
did-not-finish
September 12, 2017This is the second Dunbar story I'll be pausing (maybe permanently pausing). Not in a row, there was a short story in between.
What's the problem this time? Well, the story is verging on ‘creepy but hot’ territory, but it’s more the weird and inconsistent personality given for the lead character (this being a solo POV effort (at least up to this point in the book). That POV being a female werewolf named Sabrina (and called by Karl, the werebear, as Brina) who is second in command in the same werewolf pack Brent is the alpha of and that Aria hangs out with.
Sabrina is described in a way I’ve seen a werewolf described before – in the Mercy Thompson series. But maybe I’m being unfair to the werewolf in both series. Both are kind of prissy, the kind who prefers applying make-up immediately after shifting back into human, and gets nauseated at the sight of raw food. Keep that in mind, by the way, nauseated reactions.
Let’s move past that – it isn’t a reason that I dislike the werewolf, after all, so let’s move on.
Sabrina, like Brent before her (as in like how Brent was described in the prior story and book in this series, with Northern Lights being that prior book), Sabrina hasn’t exactly had much luck with finding a mate. In her case there’s a problem of dominance. She’s just too dominant to find a mate – the submissive are too submissive, as in she doesn’t want a submissive mate, and the dominants don’t want anything to do with her because she’s higher up the pecking order – and there’s a distance issue for non-pack wolves. (This isn’t the only part where I felt I was in a BDSM book, referring her to all this talk about dominants and submissives).
So she’s horny when she spots a hot guy walk out of the woods. But she’s confused. Because it’s a bear (well, he currently is in human form). Bears have been invited before to the annual BBQ but this is the first time someone actually took them up on it. This is both the prologue and Karl is the bear.
Naturally, Sabrina proceed to spend all night humping Karl the bear.
Then 11 months pass and it’s the start of the actual book (as in past prologue part). Apparently a rogue bear has been killing humans and Sabrina has been tasked to deal with it. A bear will assist her (there’s a back and forth about how bears would normally handle it, but no bears available . . . so Sabrina will handle the issue . . . and will be assisted by a bear . . . a kind of wtf moment early in the book).
Sabrina and Karl then go hunt the rogue.
Sounds interesting, right? Some might find it more interesting, some, like me, might find it less interesting that the entire hunt finds Sabrina alternating with disgust and drooling over Karl, while Karl, in turn, walks everywhere naked with a very large erection. Constantly.
But let’s turn to that disgust as it is one of the reasons I have to pause this book.
Karl, being a thoughtful bear ‘courting’ a wolf, drops a fish out of his mouth (while he is a bear) in front of Sabrina. Sabrina is a wolf at the time. Sabrina acts like that kid in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ in reacting with disgust, but tentatively takes a few bites to appease the bear (or in the case of the film, the human kid bites the fish the dragon gave them). Do you recall the part where I mentioned that Sabrina is a wolf? Yeah, well, apparently this wolf just hates raw fish and raw food. How . . . confusing. Biting a few bites physically nauseated Sabrina.
Before and after this Sabrina had some observations about Karl that are worded in the same way as Karl presenting her with the fish. Thinking to herself certain thoughts about Karl. Like how there’s these gold flecks in his eyes which show how there’s this darkness behind him. How . . . this that and the other. Just stuff conveyed with disgust and waves of nausea. These thoughts presented in paragraphs and in almost every case the paragraphs would suddenly switch track and close with something like ‘these thoughts oddly turn me on; I’m becoming aroused by his darkness and roughness’.
There’s a way to convey the idea I believe the author is going for, but the author chose an odd way to go about it. She presented a bunch of negatives then suddenly remembered, oops, Sabrina is supposed to be becoming horny about all this, let’s tack on a sentence to show she’s getting aroused. But without modifying any of the prior word choices or sentences. Leaving the reader with the impression that Sabrina is both nauseated and aroused, and possibly aroused by things that disgust her.
I didn’t actually stop there – after the 20th such description, I mean. No, I actually stopped much later when Sabrina is trying to impress upon a human law enforcer that ‘bad stuff is happening’ while the law enforcer is just all like ‘nooo humans good, shifters bad, and there’s no law against selling bullets’. Basically, what I’m saying is that the story is filled with waves of disgusted arousal, sexualized creatures (Karl literally mentions that he’d do Sabrina in her wolf form), and the non-disgusting parts are . . . both frustrating and boring me. What exactly am I supposed to read? I don’t like Karl, I don’t like Sabrina (and everything is from Sabrina’s point of view), and the story-line, while not ‘crap’, is ‘super boring’.
So I’m, unfortunately, pausing yet another Dunbar story. Possibly forever paused.
Rating: --
August 14 2017
What's the problem this time? Well, the story is verging on ‘creepy but hot’ territory, but it’s more the weird and inconsistent personality given for the lead character (this being a solo POV effort (at least up to this point in the book). That POV being a female werewolf named Sabrina (and called by Karl, the werebear, as Brina) who is second in command in the same werewolf pack Brent is the alpha of and that Aria hangs out with.
Sabrina is described in a way I’ve seen a werewolf described before – in the Mercy Thompson series. But maybe I’m being unfair to the werewolf in both series. Both are kind of prissy, the kind who prefers applying make-up immediately after shifting back into human, and gets nauseated at the sight of raw food. Keep that in mind, by the way, nauseated reactions.
Let’s move past that – it isn’t a reason that I dislike the werewolf, after all, so let’s move on.
Sabrina, like Brent before her (as in like how Brent was described in the prior story and book in this series, with Northern Lights being that prior book), Sabrina hasn’t exactly had much luck with finding a mate. In her case there’s a problem of dominance. She’s just too dominant to find a mate – the submissive are too submissive, as in she doesn’t want a submissive mate, and the dominants don’t want anything to do with her because she’s higher up the pecking order – and there’s a distance issue for non-pack wolves. (This isn’t the only part where I felt I was in a BDSM book, referring her to all this talk about dominants and submissives).
So she’s horny when she spots a hot guy walk out of the woods. But she’s confused. Because it’s a bear (well, he currently is in human form). Bears have been invited before to the annual BBQ but this is the first time someone actually took them up on it. This is both the prologue and Karl is the bear.
Naturally, Sabrina proceed to spend all night humping Karl the bear.
Then 11 months pass and it’s the start of the actual book (as in past prologue part). Apparently a rogue bear has been killing humans and Sabrina has been tasked to deal with it. A bear will assist her (there’s a back and forth about how bears would normally handle it, but no bears available . . . so Sabrina will handle the issue . . . and will be assisted by a bear . . . a kind of wtf moment early in the book).
Sabrina and Karl then go hunt the rogue.
Sounds interesting, right? Some might find it more interesting, some, like me, might find it less interesting that the entire hunt finds Sabrina alternating with disgust and drooling over Karl, while Karl, in turn, walks everywhere naked with a very large erection. Constantly.
But let’s turn to that disgust as it is one of the reasons I have to pause this book.
Karl, being a thoughtful bear ‘courting’ a wolf, drops a fish out of his mouth (while he is a bear) in front of Sabrina. Sabrina is a wolf at the time. Sabrina acts like that kid in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ in reacting with disgust, but tentatively takes a few bites to appease the bear (or in the case of the film, the human kid bites the fish the dragon gave them). Do you recall the part where I mentioned that Sabrina is a wolf? Yeah, well, apparently this wolf just hates raw fish and raw food. How . . . confusing. Biting a few bites physically nauseated Sabrina.
Before and after this Sabrina had some observations about Karl that are worded in the same way as Karl presenting her with the fish. Thinking to herself certain thoughts about Karl. Like how there’s these gold flecks in his eyes which show how there’s this darkness behind him. How . . . this that and the other. Just stuff conveyed with disgust and waves of nausea. These thoughts presented in paragraphs and in almost every case the paragraphs would suddenly switch track and close with something like ‘these thoughts oddly turn me on; I’m becoming aroused by his darkness and roughness’.
There’s a way to convey the idea I believe the author is going for, but the author chose an odd way to go about it. She presented a bunch of negatives then suddenly remembered, oops, Sabrina is supposed to be becoming horny about all this, let’s tack on a sentence to show she’s getting aroused. But without modifying any of the prior word choices or sentences. Leaving the reader with the impression that Sabrina is both nauseated and aroused, and possibly aroused by things that disgust her.
I didn’t actually stop there – after the 20th such description, I mean. No, I actually stopped much later when Sabrina is trying to impress upon a human law enforcer that ‘bad stuff is happening’ while the law enforcer is just all like ‘nooo humans good, shifters bad, and there’s no law against selling bullets’. Basically, what I’m saying is that the story is filled with waves of disgusted arousal, sexualized creatures (Karl literally mentions that he’d do Sabrina in her wolf form), and the non-disgusting parts are . . . both frustrating and boring me. What exactly am I supposed to read? I don’t like Karl, I don’t like Sabrina (and everything is from Sabrina’s point of view), and the story-line, while not ‘crap’, is ‘super boring’.
So I’m, unfortunately, pausing yet another Dunbar story. Possibly forever paused.
Rating: --
August 14 2017
February 17, 2019
Short, sexy and intriguing. I've never read a shifter book like this one. There is the usual instant attraction between the main characters, but this is a story about bad people doing bad things to the shifter communities and solving that mystery. The story is fast, so seems incomplete at times. The ending is appropriate for the characters but it seems that the overall mystery likely continues into other books in the series.
September 25, 2023
I might wind up loving this bear. I was pretty sure I might wind up loving this bear in spite of our differences.
4 stars
I'm so glad I downloaded this book during SYK day as it was such an unexpected gem! I LOVED Sabrina as a heroine; her snarky humor and unhinged thoughts had me laughing out loud. My heart broke for Karl because no matter how much he cared for Sabrina, he still struggled to be the mate she needed as they were just so different. The chemistry between them was undeniable, and I adored how neither was able to give up on their budding relationship. I do wish some things had been fleshed out more, but I enjoyed the action and romance of the story overall🖤
Tropes: opposites attract, one-night stand, no-strings attached, loveably snarky heroine, loner bear hero, grumpy/sunshine, shifter hunters, tragic past, found family, slow burn, steamy🔥
March 14, 2020
Not bad skimmed past the smut parts. This short is fairly far up the series chain.
Interesting setup, shifters descendants of Nephilum, humans aware of magic recently.
The first stories are on K Unlimited so I may give them a glance over.
Interesting setup, shifters descendants of Nephilum, humans aware of magic recently.
The first stories are on K Unlimited so I may give them a glance over.
July 29, 2017
Sabrina, Brent's second in the Juneau pack, finds herself assigned to track down a rogue bear shifter who allegedly killed a group of amateur scientists in the Alaskan wilderness. Accompanying Sabrina on her quest is a blast from her recent past, grizzly shifter, Karl. The two couldn't be more different. Sabrina, in addition to being second in a large wolf pack, makes her living as a marketing consultant. Karl lives completely isolated and off the grid, spending the majority of his time alone in the wilderness. Despite their differences, the attraction between them is instant and undeniable. Both of them wrestle with how to make a relationship work when their lives are nothing alike.
As Sabrina and Karl track down the rogue bear, they realize that they have more on their hands than a normal shifter going off the rails. Sabrina suspects that the rogue's behavior could be related to the near fatal gunshot sustained by her alpha, Brent, and the suspicious bullet which caused his injury. Isolationist Karl doesn't want to have anything to do with the larger problem facing the shifter population. However, when Sabrina's investigations put her in harm's way, Karl has to decide where to compromise his reclusive ways in order to protect the woman he loves.
The Rogue is the perfect middle child of a book. While the romance between Sabrina and Karl is fresh and new, the conflict which provides the primary action was introduced in Juneau to Kenai. Sabrina, Karl and the rest of the Juneau pack make headway in resolving the problem, but in the end even Sabrina acknowledges that more needs to be done. Thus, setting the stage for the third book in the trilogy. I can't wait to read Winter Fae to see how it all turns out!
*ARC received*
As Sabrina and Karl track down the rogue bear, they realize that they have more on their hands than a normal shifter going off the rails. Sabrina suspects that the rogue's behavior could be related to the near fatal gunshot sustained by her alpha, Brent, and the suspicious bullet which caused his injury. Isolationist Karl doesn't want to have anything to do with the larger problem facing the shifter population. However, when Sabrina's investigations put her in harm's way, Karl has to decide where to compromise his reclusive ways in order to protect the woman he loves.
The Rogue is the perfect middle child of a book. While the romance between Sabrina and Karl is fresh and new, the conflict which provides the primary action was introduced in Juneau to Kenai. Sabrina, Karl and the rest of the Juneau pack make headway in resolving the problem, but in the end even Sabrina acknowledges that more needs to be done. Thus, setting the stage for the third book in the trilogy. I can't wait to read Winter Fae to see how it all turns out!
*ARC received*
July 28, 2017
I should give this book -15 stars instead of +5 stars. Why? Because the timing is terrible! I got it when I was already deeply involved in other reading. At first I tried to ignore it; when that didn’t work, I tried to read “just a little along” and that didn’t work either. So I pretty much went all in and set everything else aside. Debra Dunbar does that to me.
About the book: Well to start with, no story from me. I don’t want to spoil any part of it for you and I sure don’t want you to skip buying the book. I will say a couple of things: First, if you don’t want any explicit sex scenes, beware – there are a couple but they are not lewd. Does that make sense to you? Second, be ready for angels, werewolves, a werebear, assorted other things and a couple of humans thrown in for good measure.
It is typical Debra Dunbar which is to say awesome, except maybe the ending – there’s good news and bad news there. The bad news? It’s a little weak. The good news? It’s a little weak, I think/hope, because it is leading to the next one in the series... one that is coming sooner rather than later!
Bottom line: Buy it and read it. If you haven’t read the other books in the series, you will like this one better if you start at the beginning. You’ll be glad you did. And oh yeah, 5 stars really isn’t enough but that’s all we have!
About the book: Well to start with, no story from me. I don’t want to spoil any part of it for you and I sure don’t want you to skip buying the book. I will say a couple of things: First, if you don’t want any explicit sex scenes, beware – there are a couple but they are not lewd. Does that make sense to you? Second, be ready for angels, werewolves, a werebear, assorted other things and a couple of humans thrown in for good measure.
It is typical Debra Dunbar which is to say awesome, except maybe the ending – there’s good news and bad news there. The bad news? It’s a little weak. The good news? It’s a little weak, I think/hope, because it is leading to the next one in the series... one that is coming sooner rather than later!
Bottom line: Buy it and read it. If you haven’t read the other books in the series, you will like this one better if you start at the beginning. You’ll be glad you did. And oh yeah, 5 stars really isn’t enough but that’s all we have!
July 31, 2017
Crosses
Another winner for Debra Dunbar! Excellent story ! Brina meets Karl at a cookout and does not see him again for almost a year. Their past has humor and romance but memories. Karl lives very rustic life and Brina is very modern. Can they bear this cross? Now the mystery is continuing from Brent and Kennedy's story and hopefully will end on a positive note. Enjoy the action with a few chuckles as the book is excellent!
Another winner for Debra Dunbar! Excellent story ! Brina meets Karl at a cookout and does not see him again for almost a year. Their past has humor and romance but memories. Karl lives very rustic life and Brina is very modern. Can they bear this cross? Now the mystery is continuing from Brent and Kennedy's story and hopefully will end on a positive note. Enjoy the action with a few chuckles as the book is excellent!
July 29, 2017
I really enjoyed this, the characters are just so great- I liked Sabrina she's smart and strong and Karl is a fun character- insane by human standards but I loved him all the same (he reminds me a bit of Sam from the main Imp series -A Demon Bound)
July 29, 2017
Hopefully we get to have more adventures with Sabrina and Karl and the rest of the wolf pack; I am really enjoying the Alaskan spin-offs so far and can see this progressing quite satisfactorily. Karl's secret will keep you guessing the whole way through the book, even if you're immensely familiar with the rest of the Imp and Imp World series.
September 4, 2017
LOVED THIS!!
I love all the Imp World universe and I have a seriously HUGE crush on the hero of this story, Karl! This book was fast paced, well written and had well rounded, interesting characters and a solid plot! WELL worth the read!!
I love all the Imp World universe and I have a seriously HUGE crush on the hero of this story, Karl! This book was fast paced, well written and had well rounded, interesting characters and a solid plot! WELL worth the read!!
March 11, 2018
Again not impressed
The same problem as the first characters are well defined in author's head but that is not passed on to the reader.
The same problem as the first characters are well defined in author's head but that is not passed on to the reader.
July 15, 2018
59 points/100 (3 stars/5).
Sabrina is second in command of the werewolf pack in Juneau. Karl is a solitary werebear with a checkered past. Now there is a rogue werebear they're sent together to take care of - only it is more. The werebear has been altered somehow.
I didn't hate it. I did find this utterly ridiculous. This is a side series to Dunbar's Imp series, and they're interconnected. But, it is a paranormal romance series. Light on plot, heavy on sex.
This is a very short book. Took me less than an hour and a half to read, short. That is because this completely cuts out all those unnecessary bits like relationship buildup and plot development. By 5% of the book, they were already fucking. I was shocked, to say the least. I don't think I've had a paranormal romance book get to the point quite that quickly.
Okay, relationship buildup and plot development isn't excised completely. It just really gets to the point. The book actually surprised me quite a few times. After reading so many books like this, they all sort of have a feel and you can typically guess where things are going. This never went where I expected it to. I feel like that is a good thing, but I typically read much longer PNR books, so they may be different.
This relationship is bizarre. I don't particularly care for it. They're possessive without much reason other than that they're weres. They're mismatched in outside responsibilities. Their lives together don't really stand a chance of actually working out. This is a romance that will burn hot then fizzle out later. It is so silly.
Technically this is part of the Imp World, but this is really not needed for that series. At all. Please don't read this if you're looking for more like Imp. This isn't what you're looking for. This is a silly side diversion that could easily have not been in the Imp World, but is because Dunbar wanted this to actually sell.
I've read and enjoyed worse. I read and enjoyed this.
Some quotes for your enjoyment:
“You’re right. I think you might be too much for me.” I was only half teasing, and I didn’t just mean the size of his dick either. He was too much for me—too intense, too wild, too primal. He made me feel unbalanced, buffeted by a force greater than me. It was like a carnival ride gone crazy, with no safety harness whatsoever.
Here goes nothing. “Karl, you could have been getting laid hundreds of times in the last year. All you had to do was call.”
His eyebrows furrowed and he tilted his head. “Don’t like using a phone. Don’t even have one. And sex is once a year.”
“You’re making me hard, Brina,” he complained. “I don’t mind taking you like this, but if you couldn’t manage to eat a raw fish, I doubt you’d be able to enjoy me fucking you in your wolf form.”
Yeah, that crossed uncomfortably into bestiality in my mind. That it wouldn’t bother him the way it bothered me was yet another reminder of how far apart we were.
“Dang it, Karl. Stop with the boner, okay? I can’t get your jeans closed with your big dick trying to poke me in the eye.”
He grinned. “Quick hand job would do the trick.”
No, it wouldn’t. “I’ve had sex with you. It doesn’t go down. Even if I jerk you off, you’ll be hard again in seconds and ready to go for another ten to twenty minutes. Just think unsexy thoughts or something, at least until I get your pants together.”
Sabrina is second in command of the werewolf pack in Juneau. Karl is a solitary werebear with a checkered past. Now there is a rogue werebear they're sent together to take care of - only it is more. The werebear has been altered somehow.
I didn't hate it. I did find this utterly ridiculous. This is a side series to Dunbar's Imp series, and they're interconnected. But, it is a paranormal romance series. Light on plot, heavy on sex.
This is a very short book. Took me less than an hour and a half to read, short. That is because this completely cuts out all those unnecessary bits like relationship buildup and plot development. By 5% of the book, they were already fucking. I was shocked, to say the least. I don't think I've had a paranormal romance book get to the point quite that quickly.
Okay, relationship buildup and plot development isn't excised completely. It just really gets to the point. The book actually surprised me quite a few times. After reading so many books like this, they all sort of have a feel and you can typically guess where things are going. This never went where I expected it to. I feel like that is a good thing, but I typically read much longer PNR books, so they may be different.
This relationship is bizarre. I don't particularly care for it. They're possessive without much reason other than that they're weres. They're mismatched in outside responsibilities. Their lives together don't really stand a chance of actually working out. This is a romance that will burn hot then fizzle out later. It is so silly.
Technically this is part of the Imp World, but this is really not needed for that series. At all. Please don't read this if you're looking for more like Imp. This isn't what you're looking for. This is a silly side diversion that could easily have not been in the Imp World, but is because Dunbar wanted this to actually sell.
I've read and enjoyed worse. I read and enjoyed this.
Some quotes for your enjoyment:
“You’re right. I think you might be too much for me.” I was only half teasing, and I didn’t just mean the size of his dick either. He was too much for me—too intense, too wild, too primal. He made me feel unbalanced, buffeted by a force greater than me. It was like a carnival ride gone crazy, with no safety harness whatsoever.
Here goes nothing. “Karl, you could have been getting laid hundreds of times in the last year. All you had to do was call.”
His eyebrows furrowed and he tilted his head. “Don’t like using a phone. Don’t even have one. And sex is once a year.”
“You’re making me hard, Brina,” he complained. “I don’t mind taking you like this, but if you couldn’t manage to eat a raw fish, I doubt you’d be able to enjoy me fucking you in your wolf form.”
Yeah, that crossed uncomfortably into bestiality in my mind. That it wouldn’t bother him the way it bothered me was yet another reminder of how far apart we were.
“Dang it, Karl. Stop with the boner, okay? I can’t get your jeans closed with your big dick trying to poke me in the eye.”
He grinned. “Quick hand job would do the trick.”
No, it wouldn’t. “I’ve had sex with you. It doesn’t go down. Even if I jerk you off, you’ll be hard again in seconds and ready to go for another ten to twenty minutes. Just think unsexy thoughts or something, at least until I get your pants together.”
September 24, 2018
Wow this was really good. It only had a few laughs which I miss my Sam and the antics that she got up to. Ahia the angel does good but she was only in part of this book. This is truly a UF/PNR mix as the story line is great. It is all about the hunters and the tainted bullets that are happening more frequently. She has to hunt down a rogue bear and he helps. It doesn't stop there and they discover more about how the bullets are made and distributed. He doesn't want to get involved but she knows she has too so ends up in and out of the investigation, usually wanting to kill someone. He is very ready to kill someone for his woman. I figured out what he was on the first change.
Anyway, went right to the next book in the series as the bullets might have stopped from one seller but the whole production needs to be looked into. I think that is book 4 as I'm in book two now and thing we will get more a counter the the bullets here and how they are made.
I bought this as a 4 book compilation instead of the $4/book cost. I read the first already as it came in my copy of Northern Lights. $8 when I bought it.
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Anyway, went right to the next book in the series as the bullets might have stopped from one seller but the whole production needs to be looked into. I think that is book 4 as I'm in book two now and thing we will get more a counter the the bullets here and how they are made.
I bought this as a 4 book compilation instead of the $4/book cost. I read the first already as it came in my copy of Northern Lights. $8 when I bought it.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
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August 21, 2019
So... I liked the book. It was a short, steamy, action packed read obviously set in Mrs. Dunbar's larger world that includes the Archangel books. I have not read those, but followed the book just fine. I also have not read the first book in this Northern Wolves series either but had no issue keeping up. I could tell there was story I had missed, but I didn't feel lost and confused by it, so it was a solid standalone in that way.
The book was written in first person perspective, and from only the female lead (Sabrina). I think this is a big reason the book didn't get four stars. I really feel like I would have enjoyed it more written in third person, or even just from a second perspective. It felt a bit like a diary. Still, overall I enjoyed it. Wouldn't mind reading the first or the next book if they come on sale. If you're into shifters, angels, demons, some steamy scenes, and a good dose of action, this is a good read for you. Give it a go.
The book was written in first person perspective, and from only the female lead (Sabrina). I think this is a big reason the book didn't get four stars. I really feel like I would have enjoyed it more written in third person, or even just from a second perspective. It felt a bit like a diary. Still, overall I enjoyed it. Wouldn't mind reading the first or the next book if they come on sale. If you're into shifters, angels, demons, some steamy scenes, and a good dose of action, this is a good read for you. Give it a go.
January 11, 2022
I really loved the story line to this book! It’s a great continuation of the previous northern wolves novel with different MC’s. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because I am not the biggest PNR fan and I felt that the action scenes may have been a bit too much. But that’s my personal preference. I love Debra Dunbar and the Imp world!
February 13, 2019
Sabrina is a strong dominant female wolf shifter, Karl is a grumpy bear shifter with a little extra. When these two get together to discover who is killing shifters sparks fly. I really like these two together.
March 8, 2019
Loved this introduction great story..
November 13, 2019
I love this book!
Debra Dunbar’s books are so enjoyable. Love the Imp series but this book is sharp, funny, and oh so sexy. I highly recommend.
Debra Dunbar’s books are so enjoyable. Love the Imp series but this book is sharp, funny, and oh so sexy. I highly recommend.
February 19, 2022
Absolutely love Debra’s Demon Imp series…this is a book in that verse..good story just quite a short book, was expecting a longer book.
October 2, 2023
wolf bear angel
She is the pack beta and falls for a bear. The deadly to shifters bullets returned. Different cultures need to be meshed
She is the pack beta and falls for a bear. The deadly to shifters bullets returned. Different cultures need to be meshed
October 4, 2023
This was surprisingly good. I guess not everything on stuff your kindle day is the first in a series or cringy.
October 19, 2023
Once again I have found a good book in this story. I found it hard to put it down until the end.
November 8, 2023
I think the characters were great and it was an easy insta love romance
May 29, 2025
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I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
July 28, 2017
I just loved Karl! He's a very unique character, in personality and his genetic makeup. I'm really enjoying this series.
The author pulls you into this book right away with a very hot night between Karl and Sabrina. It's followed by an intense hunt for a rogue bear and a lot of heart pounding moments. I didn't want to put the book down! Definitely an exciting read.
The author pulls you into this book right away with a very hot night between Karl and Sabrina. It's followed by an intense hunt for a rogue bear and a lot of heart pounding moments. I didn't want to put the book down! Definitely an exciting read.
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December 12, 2017Fun romp in Alaska
Sexy shifters, interesting people, magic. Only problem with these books is, they are too short, and leave you wanting more.
Sexy shifters, interesting people, magic. Only problem with these books is, they are too short, and leave you wanting more.
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