Tracy’s review of Never Cry Wolf
Lucas Simone is not the kind of guy you mess with. He’s big, he’s strong, and his eyes hint at a wilder side most women can’t handle. Of course, that’s because his predatory instincts are no metaphor—he’s a genuine Grade-A top-quality werewolf, tough enough to fight his way to dominance over the scariest pack on the West Coast. There’s only one chink in his armor. Unlike most alpha dogs, Lucas has a reputation for protecting the weak and innocent.
Sarah King is counting on that protective impulse—it’s the only thing standing between her and certain death. There are only two problems: one, she’s not quite as innocent as she’d like Lucas to believe. And two, if he doesn’t stop stoking Sarah’s animal lust, it’s only a matter of time before her own wild side gets unleashed. . .
Lucas Simone is one bad ass dude. He looks tough and he is tough. Of course when Sarah first sets eyes on him he’s in jail for a murder he didn’t commit but she’s given him an alibi and agreed to get him out of jail. She just wants his protection and his packs protection. Sarah gives him enough information to agree but she doesn’t tell him everything.
You see Sarah is a Charmer. The weakest of the paranormals physically each Charmer can speak psychically with a animal. For Sarah those animals are wolves – real and shifters when they are in their wolf form. Sarah was living with another wolf and his pack and found out that a) he wasn’t a nice guy at all and b) he and some coyotes were coming to take over Lucas’s LA pack and his land. Sarah wants protection but she wants Lucas as well – she just never thought she could actually get him.
Lucas was wonderful. I loved his fierceness and strength. He was a hard man but I loved the gentleness he showed to Sarah. He didn’t all gooey but he knew when to take it easy and when to play hard. He was my kind of romance hero.
I liked Sarah but sometime she really annoyed me. When we got to know her a bit more towards the end of the story her habit of jumping into situations were a tad more understandable but still. She went to the wolves for protection and yet found it almost impossible to be protected without helping. I got that she didn’t want anything to happen to Lucas – especially after her feelings were growing – but she was no where as strong as Lucas or the pack and I wanted to tie her to a chair to make her stay put a time or two. lol
We also got some insight on some other matches for the pack that we may have coming from this series in the future – Dane seems to have latched onto a woman, and Piers made no bones about the fact that a certain person was his mate. I’ll be interested to see how those two romances pan out.
This was my first book in this series but I don’t think it will be my last. I love shifter books and this one didn’t disappoint. It had all the really great stuff I love about shifter books – the loyalty and community of the pack, and the protectiveness they have toward their own. But it also showed me the shifters as they are – kick ass, touch motherf*ckers who aren’t gonna stand for someone trying to take over their land. It was bloody war but it was great!
Rating: 4 out of 5
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