They are undoubtedly mates, even if they can’t admit it to themselves yet. Then things slow down a bit story wise as we have a male and female lead who start to explore their sexual attraction for one another. Nail biting start that draws you in, guaranteed. Roni is trapped in an overturned car, and is desperately struggling to fight off a pack of jackal shifters from kidnapping the child of the alpha and beta of the Phoenix Pack. At the start we are always presented with some kind of interesting conflict or suspense, and this novel in particular had probably the most dramatic opening scene of any book in the series so far.

I’m now four books into this Phoenix Pack series, and I’m starting to notice that each novel follows a very particular arch from start to finish. And for Marcus, claiming Roni once will mean needing her forever. Roni is the only one who’s ever seen past his shifter charm and discovered the man hiding beneath it. When a brutal attack by a jackal pack forces them to work together, it’s the perfect opportunity for Marcus to chip away at her defenses-until he falls into his own trap, completely unprepared for the intensity of their connection. No matter how aloof and unfazed Roni acts, Marcus can tell she wants him. Marcus has singled her out for seduction, and he wants to make her sit up and beg. Even still, his possessive gaze makes one thing clear. Marcus is a pack enforcer who oozes power, but Roni is lethal in her own right-nothing like the flirty females who flock around him.

It happens whenever wolf shifter Roni Axton is near Marcus Fuller: a crackle of sexual awareness that’s intoxicating…and deeply annoying. Goodness gracious golly gee, this book definitely starts off with a bang! Nothing like an attempted kidnapping and an overturned car to get your juices flowing.

Dark instincts by suzanne wright