Review: Strong Plot- Kyle Accepts the Challenge to Win His Mate's Freedom
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 30, 2012
Now this was quite the exciting edition to the series!  Kyle is briefly introduced in the previous book, but now he's the hero of this story.  Kyle is a wolf of the Stone Ridge pack and he's an over the road trucker.  As fate would have it (and she does), his truck is detoured a different route than the main interstate so he is forced to fuel up at a small truck stop on the edge of a nowhere town in Idaho.  It is in the mini-mart that he scents his mate.Vee is a resident of the hick town and he along with his friend Bryce are bullied and ostracized because they're gay.  Life seems lonely and bleak for him as a gas station clerk until in walks a big handsome manly man who excites his interest and- miracle of all- he excites the trucker's interest.The two men have a fling in the private shower room.  Kyle is so caught up in the moment that he begins the mate bond with the bite, but restrains himself from finishing until they get to know each other and he can explain about shifters and the mating without driving his mate away.  Vee is convinced that it is just the once, but is pleasantly surprised when Kyle wishes to continue it all with a distant relationship.  Vee agrees and things get started.No sooner does Kyle get home and start the relationship with a phone date than he discovers his error.  He has trespassed on another pack's land and must petition the alpha to continue seeing his mate.  As soon as he learns this, he learns that the alpha has taken his mate and Bryce.  Kyle must now perform an act of restitution which he soon discovers is designed for him to fail whether he succeeds or not.  But all is not lost because Kyle is not alone with his pack behind him.  The plotting Jared outfits them and sends along his assistant Raul to act as his liaison and they are accompanied by the newest enforcer Manon to act as the logistics member of the team.  Kyle knows that if he fails he will be band from entering the other pack's territory and will lose access to his kidnapped mate and if he wins, Vee will see him in his wolf form and look on him as a monster, but he still hopes against hope even as he accepts the alpha's task challenge.The plot was exciting as Kyle faces the challenge, stages a daring rescue and goes up against bigotry.  There are also broad hints as to the possibility of a new mated pair which sounds intriguing.  I just loved the strong plot line on this one that was equal parts adventure and passion.Strong series installment!