Casee’s review of Cole’s Redemption (Alpha Pack #5) by J.D. Tyler.
Once, they were Navy SEALS. Now they are the Alpha Pack: a top secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers who take on the darkest dangers on Earth. But sometimes the greatest danger lies within their own hearts….
Healer and black wolf shifter Zander Cole has survived horrors that would have broken a weaker man. But when a battle leaves him deaf and his powers dimmed, Zan is devastated. Believing himself to be a burden to his team, he sees only one option: leave the Pack forever.
White wolf shifter Selene Westfall knows pain—she is certain her father was responsible for her mother’s death. And she lives to exact revenge. So when she is challenged by a savage black wolf, she puts up a vicious fight—only to become the black wolf’s Bondmate as a result of his bite.
Two damaged souls—one filled with hatred and one who’s lost his reason for living—are forced together as they come to terms with their unlikely, turbulent bond. A love neither expected may be all that stands between them and a killer trying desperately to keep the past dead and buried….
I haven’t read this series in some time. I’ve read all the books, but I was never in a hurry to read the next one. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy them, because I did. So one day last week, I couldn’t find anything I wanted to read so I went onto my Amazon Wish List (how I keep track of current and upcoming books I want) and saw Cole’s Redemption. I realized I hadn’t read the series in quite some time, so I bought it. I’m glad I did because it was just as good as the others I have read.
Zander Cole is a healer and wolf not just at heart. He is the healer of the Pack. He is a wolf. After an op gone bad, Zander can’t use his healing ability, something that makes the man and wolf question where he belongs. As if not having his healing power isn’t hard enough, he is also partially deaf. So while he isn’t exactly feeling sorry for himself, he’s definitely not feeling like himself.
One thing that will never change is his instinct to protect his Commander. When a white wolf attacks his Commander, Zan immediately engages and bites down on the white wolf’s neck to keep her in check. When he does that, all sorts of things change. Now Zan is protecting the white she-wolf from the rest of his pack when a moment ago she was trying to kill Nick and Zan was trying to kill her. In just one bite, Zan had found is Bondmate. He also found out that their Commander has a daughter that hates him and wants to kill him. Joyful family reason? I think not.
Selene has been waiting for this moment since her father killed her mother then abandoned her. She is sure she knows what happened when her mother died and Nick Westfall deserves to pay for depriving her of her childhood. Everything was going according to her plan until Zan ruined it. Not only did he stop her from killing Nick, he mated her.
Both Selene and Zan are quite surprised by the turn of events. Zan is torn between protecting his mate, which is wolf demands him to do and protecting his commander, which is where the human side comes in. Zan can tell that Nick loves his daughter and he knows that he would never hurt his mate, let alone kill her. Nor would he abandon his only child. Until everything gets worked out, Nick agrees to let Selene stay with Zan as long has she doesn’t cause any trouble within their unit.
A couple days later while they’re out on a mission, two people are hurt. One of them is Nick. Though he promised he wouldn’t use his healing ability, Zan couldn’t let his friends die. After healing them, he instantly passes out. They quickly return home. As Zan’s Bondmate, Selene is almost more worried than the rest of the unit. When Zan wakes up, he doesn’t get good news. With Selene by his side, it is almost bearable.
I’ve always enjoyed this series because of the camaraderie in the unit. They would all put their lives on the line for each other. They are a big family. Selene begins to see that he father isn’t the man that she grew up believing was the monster she always thought he was.
I would give this book a read if you’re into a good paranormal series.
3.5 out of 5.
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This book is published by Signet. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
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