Review: Another exciting sexy tale in the Wolf Creek Pack
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2011
Recently, Stormy Glenn started writing a new series where the werewolf genre was slightly reinvented by her. This book is a return to an established series, The Wolf Creek Pack, and the romance between the youngest of the Nash brothers and his newly-found mate. Like all Wolf Creek Pack romances though, this one has forces working against the two lovebirds, and these forces come from all sides.Tommy Nash is the younger brother of Joe and Jim Nash. Joe is the town sheriff, and his father Daniel is the alpha leader of the local werewolf pack (yes, they're all werewolves). Tommy's considered the black sheep of the family because he simply doesn't want to get a job in law enforcement or deal with pack politics like his family wants. The story opens with Tommy meeting Elliot Spencer in a bar and instantly being attracted to the small man who has diarrhea of the mouth. When one of Elliot's acquaintances with him at the bar says a few disparaging things about him, Tommy totally loses his temper and punches the man, quickly realizing that this urge to protect Elliot, and Tommy's strong feelings towards him, are a result of them being mates. In his eyes, his new mate is a perfect little human and he wants to spend the rest of his life with him protecting him.There's a few problems though. Elliot's dad Phillip is the CEO of an investment firm and is a cold brutal man yielding a lot of power. He ultimately poses a great danger to the pack. This causes Daniel and Joe to have great reservations about the relationship. When Tommy goes to claim Elliot, Joe shows up to arrest Tommy for punching out Elliot's acquaintance. Understanding the situation better, Joe leaves. But almost immediately Daniel appears displaying the same reservations.What follows is a pretty complex tale where the entire Wolf Creek Pack gets involved trying to protect themselves. This infuriates Tommy because they should be protecting him and his mate, and soon rifts develop in the family.If there's one complaint I have, it's that serious issues and emotions dissipate too quickly. One moment, Tommy is tossing Joe across the room for belittling his mate, and the next, it's all smoothed over and they're laughing together. Daniel also came perilously close to threatening Elliot with violence, going against werewolf law by ignoring the mating bond. I felt it would have been a stronger story if the pack were held more accountable for their actions. Finding your mate is supposed to be a sacred and joyous occasion, and this pack fought against it tooth and nail.To compensate for this, the story is filled with intrigue and some unique plotlines. The tale is more complex than you expect, and it eventually becomes apparent that there's more at stake here than just Tommy and Elliot's relationship; other long-lost werewolves' lives are at stake too.If you enjoyed the other books in the series, then there's no doubt you'll enjoy this one too, and maybe even more so. It's a sexy, fun, witty, intriguing, and compelling story.