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The Reluctant Alpha

West Coast Wolves, Book 1

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The Reluctant Alpha

By: Susi Hawke
Narrated by: Nick J. Russo
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“As much as I felt bad for this Elisha person - God, my heart was breaking for the young man and all he'd been through - I was also angry. I'd left that pack in my rearview 10 years ago for a good reason.”

Matthias Longclaw is happy living his life on the back of his beloved Harley with his five best friends and brothers-in-arms at his side. The West Coast Wolves are a rare pack of alphas, made up of unwanted orphans and second-born sons. The packs they were born to may not have wanted them, but they’ve built a solid family of their own. They help where they can, doing random acts of kindness and expecting nothing in return, just helping to build a world they want to live in.

Then Matt gets a call from an old childhood buddy. He’s being called back - begged to return - to reclaim his birthright and save a life in the process. The problem is...to do it, he will have to take a mate. And if he refuses? The omega will die.

Torn between his duty to help others and his resentment of his old pack, Matt never expects for Elisha Whitetail to tilt his world and change everything. Can Matt and Elisha rebuild a broken pack while tending to a new love and a growing family while dealing with outside threats from neighboring packs

They’re wolves. Strong, proud, and willing to do what it takes when their community needs them...whatever it takes.

This is the first in a new mpreg series about finding joy in a hard world, building family, and discovering that life can surprise a person when they least expect it. Although this world has harsher themes than my previous books, it still has the same heart you’d expect. Plus a dose of my irreverent humor and all the naughty, knotty heat that comes with true mates. It wouldn’t be a Susi Hawke book without it. Be sure to listen to the author's note at the beginning for possible trigger warnings.

©2020 Susi Hawke (P)2020 Susi Hawke
Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Heartfelt Wolf Witty Feel-Good

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Nick Russo did a great job with the narration. His voices were good, and his storytelling was good.

The story itself was good, and I’m looking forward to more. At times it did feel a bit utopian, but who can’t use that right now. There was a lot of background and world-building to establish, making the book feel a tad telling vs. action-packed. I'm confident it’ll pay off and get better and better from here.

The Reluctant Alpha - great start to a series

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This was a great start to a series that has a ton of potential. The gravity of the situation pulled me in from the start as a life and death situation took over Mat's life.

I didn't feel as though I got into the characters all that well with so much going on in the story, the history of the pack, the history of the circular family references, and the reason behind the mating and subsequent takeover, but I did enjoy the setup to the rest of the series with each of the alpha's finding their packs. I really can't wait to dive in to the rest of the series, starting with Lucien!

An amazing start to a great series

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This book is awesome and the perfect start to a new series. The story captured my attention right from the start and held it all the way to the end. Susi Hawke is a gifted author with a brilliant mind, the world and characters she creates are fascinating and imaginative. I enjoy her writing style, her descriptive details bring you in to her story and places you along side the characters giving your a bird’s eye view of what they are seeing, thinking and feeling. She does a great job explaining the world dynamics and the hierarchy of the pack. Which is awesome for those new to the genre. I adored the main characters in this book. Matthias “Matt” Longclaw is an Alpha living on the road with other Alphas. These Alphas bonded and formed a pack of their own called the West Coast Wolves, they are bikers and nomads. Each has their own reason why do not have their own pack, Matt’s reason was his no good father. When Matt gets an urgent call from a friend he grew up with he made the decision to return to Lucerne Valley to answer his call for help, to save an Omegas life. In order to save this Omega he must claim him as a mate. I loved how everything plays out in this book, the story is cleverly plotted with plenty of drama, some angst, action, twists, thrilling and suspenseful moments, heartfelt and emotional moments and some hot romance. Susi Hawke built the foundation to her new series in this book and I am looking forward to what comes next for the other Alphas and to hear more about Matt and Elisha. Thank you for this awesome story!

🎧📚🎧 And for wonderful the narration, Nick J. Russo a fabulously talented narrator and voice artist. He brings the characters to life, gives each their own distinct voice which makes it easy to follow along and tell who is who. His portrayal of the characters is spot on, he takes each role and make it his own. He sets the perfect tone for the story, captures all of the characters emotions and projects them into his performance. He is an entertaining storyteller and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for another awesome listen🎧

Awesome Story & Narration🎧 Fascinating & Gripping!

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Susi Hawke excels again with the amazing narration by Nick J Russo 😊

Excellent plot, characters, and as promised, plenty of naughty, knotty times and humour.

Can’t wait to listen to the next instalment ‘The Defiant Alpha’ which I believe is Lucien’s story - I can bet it will be as good as Matt and Elisha’s story this instalment round🥰

5🌟‘s for sure!! 😁😊😊

Absolutely Brilliant!!

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Elisha has known joy and pain. His papa was good to him and his younger brothers. When papa passed, though, his life changed. And when he’s kidnapped and used as a pawn in a political game, his father doesn’t come to his rescue. Instead he tries to see what he can make out of the situation. We don’t know all this when the book opens, though. The first scene is gut-churning as we realize Elisha is in big trouble. And it appears there’s no one to save him.

Matthias left home at eighteen, tired of being abused. As an alpha son, he was due to inherit, but he decided that wasn’t the path he wanted to take. He joined with other alphas in a motorcycle group that travel up and down the California highways. He loves his life – the lack of responsibility brings freedom and relief. He no longer has to think about his horrific past.

Except life doesn’t work that way, does it? He’s summoned home to save a life and then save a pack. As an alpha wolf shifter, he has a strong desire for pack. He’s just not sure he’s ready to go back to the people who turned a blind eye to the horrors he’d endured.

But an omega needs him to save his life and Matt isn’t so callous as to let the young man die. What he doesn’t expect is to find a brave young man who is determined to protect the pup growing inside him. He doesn’t expect to find his fated mate.

Now, Susi Hawke books tend to be on the shorter side and I like that about them – consumable in one sitting. This book was a bit longer and it continued even after the love story was pretty much wrapped up. There was a lot about politics and rebuilding a community – all of which was interesting, to be sure. Also, she’s spent a lot of time setting up future books and this one even ends with a cliffhanger for another character. So, needless to say, I’ll be snapping the next one up to find out what happens.

Nick J. Russo is narrating this series and since he’s talented and fun to listen to, I enjoyed the book. I can’t wait to see where the overall arc of these five West Coast alpha wolves goes.

Can love come from pain?

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