I didn't understand the point of the story. There was no conflict, no action, just wolf sees fox and instantly knows by her smell that she's his mate. She's so weak that she doesn't do anything to stop him or encourage him. Good thing it was really short. ( )

Pretty predictable with a helpless heroine who essentially has to get rescued from something at every turn, but I enjoyed it as a fluffy quick read. ( )

I usually try to avoid novellas, just because they never seem to have enough in there for me to grasp onto, but this book is the exception. Sondrae somehow managed to give a full plot arc and well developed characters that I fell in love with.

Samantha is a drifter, she lives in a town only long enough to save up some money and then move onto the next own. She was abandoned by her skulk years ago and as a result does not trust easily. I enjoyed watching her grow and begin to trust again. She has such a pure soul and longs to find a home of her own. Her journey was sweet and I grew to love her easily.

As for Jason, he is definitely an alpha male used to getting his way. He is his packs premier (aka leader) and not used to asking for things politely. While he does demand things from Samantha at first, he soon learns that even though she may be shy, she is not going to back down to him. I enjoyed watching him learn to love and understand what a mutual relationship was.

I also loved the secondary characters that were in the pack and out of it. Jason's siblings, Ethan and Laurie were quite comical and I hope we get to more of them in the future. I also enjoyed the brief glimpse at Cody, the fox premier! ;) I know he is going to be trouble for some woman out there, I just hope we get to see it happen.

The only reason I am giving this 4 instead of 5 is because I wanted more. There were things that blacked out such as a dinner date that I wanted to experience with the characters. I know that this is a novella and therefore it is much shorter in length, but the material is there and I am hoping that one day we might get to see a full length novel from Sondrae. In the meantime, I have downloaded the second novella in this series and will be reading that next. ( )

That is so bad! Horrible! Cruel! Why is this book so short! Seriously, it's the only bad thing I have to say about it!

Samantha, a fox-shifter, cast out from her skulk in Alaska has been touring a states trying to find jobs, staying short whiles in different places - coming in to this diner wasn't going to be different.

Jason only needed one scent of her and his hands were tied, and his heart with it, the terrified, beaten down little fox captured him immediately, and he has no plans to let her just pass by. As scared as she is of practically everything it's going to take time and a good plan to show the woman that she belong in his pack of wolves - with him - forever.

Quote:
“I’m not worried you’re going to cause trouble,” he all but growled out.
Staring up into his eyes, altered from their mossy green color to a pale yellow that practically glowed, Samantha felt heat flood her core.
“Then what are you worried about?” Samantha whispered, gripping his forearms. He didn’t answer, but his gaze lowered to her lips and he growled again, low and deep. From her position, pushed up against the car by his hard chest, Samantha didn’t hear the rumble so much as she felt it reverberate against her. With the car behind her and the equally unyielding chest in front of her, Samantha felt an unfamiliar spike in her desire as she realized there was no escape. She didn’t want one. She had no thoughts of running away from this man.
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I loved Jason from the first sentence, I love male characters that know what they want and take it with no crap about it. Jason wants Samantha, and he's tap dancing around just how badly he wants her so she won't freakout and bolt.

And I loved Samantha! There is a little bit of me in her that just made me love the book, love her character, she's a woman who needs a man who knows how to get her past her Past. It's not easy to be not accepted by your community/skulk and sometimes only thing that can bring you out of it is love, and erm... in this novella a really good turn in the sheets. ;)

Absolutely worth reading! This is going to be another favourite shifter story of mine! And luckily there is atleast one more "Chasing Paradise" out now and one coming soon!
Little update on this from the author! The newest "Wolf Within" is to come out July 2012!

Sexy, tempting and lovable love story! ( )