Review: Black River Pack Series Box Set by Rochelle Paige 4 of 5 stars

Black River Pack Series Box Set by Rochelle Paige
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A good value box set. Individual book reviews follow:

#1 - Crying Wolf - 4*

On the run from a crazy ex-boyfriend who is a cop and willing to use Police resources to find her, Grace Shaw hopes she killed the prospect of his colleagues helping him with her tactics to set him up before she left. All she wants is a job, a place to stay and folks to leave her alone. Then she meets the alpha of the Black River Pack - Hunter Tate. She tries her hardest to keep him at arm's length, but you can reason with an alpha male werewolf who insists she is his mate.

This was a sweet story that had lots of drama, excitement and danger woven carefully into the story. Well written, it was easy to read and understand. Quite enjoyable. Please note this does contain explicit sexual scenes and some partner abuse.

#2 - Shoot for the Moon - 4*

Wolf shifter Eliza Reve has the unusual ability to dream of future events which has been a curse in the past when she was unable to save her mother nor the pack alpha's son and so she found herself exiled and alone. So she knows never to reveal her talent to anyone else - not even the man who has been in her dreams for years. Wolf shifter Spencer Tate is her mate but her visions have always told her that he will renounce her and so when he doesn't initially recognise her as his mate she agrees to a non-strings affair that he offers to her because she is convinced it is the most she could ever hope for even though her heart breaks as she falls deeper in love with him. When Spencer finally comes to his senses he really has his work cut out to persuade Eliza that he actually wants her forever. Using the determination he developed as the pack enforcer, he refuses to settle for anything else and is determined to fight for what is his and refuses to accept anything other than Eliza as his marked and claimed mate. Can he finally persuade her?

I enjoyed this story even if the determination that Eliza used to constantly refuse him became a little wearing. Thankfully she did eventually accept that she could have everything and that she had the power to change the future if she just took action based on the information that she had. I felt sorry for Eliza and just wanted Spencer and his brothers to take action against her old alpha for the way that he treated her but maybe they decided that he wasn't worth the effort. I loved the references back to Spencer's grandmother who sounds like a formidable woman that I would have loved to hear more about. Easy to read and understand the thoughts and emotions of the various characters in this book. Contains some explicit sexual content.

#3 - Thrown to the Wolves - 3*

Brought up as a wolf shifter like her parents, Annora Channing's world is thrown into chaos after her first shift and she discovers that she is actually a bear shifter. As soon as her father realises that she is not his daughter he finds a way to use her existence for his own advantage and ensure that she is removed from under his roof. When it goes from bad to worse Annora spaces but is badly wounded, but thankfully Elias Reve finds her as he travels to Wolf's Point to find the daughter he thought he had lost many years ago. So with no other option, Annora joins him only to find her own mate. Wolf Shifter Parker Tate knows Annora is his at the moment that he sees her and so when he manages to make and mark her within hours he considers himself the luckiest man alive. Then the trouble around Annora finds her and Parker realises that the path to finally claiming his mate will not be easy and that is before he considers the bears who are now involved. Will everything work out in the end?

I enjoyed this story which had a lot of drama, danger and happiness all rolled into a novella-length story. I was thrilled for Annora when she found so many reasons to be accepted and part of a loving family which I really hope made up for all the trauma and sadness that she experienced earlier in her life. It seemed weird to me that her mother would be able to not know who the father of her child was as I thought that a shifter would know at least the race of their baby. Easy to read and understand. Contains some explicit sexual content.

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