An independent drifter that doesn't know anything about being a wolf shifter and the Alpha mate he stumbles into. Matt will do anything to protect his pack, and when his mate brings danger to his doorstep he has to decide what is worth fighting for.
From the blurb:
The line between order and chaos, heartbreak and happily ever after, has never been thinner… or more tempting to cross.
Alpha shifter Matt Urban is always in control. He has to be. Keeping his territory, his pack, and himself tightly leashed is the only way to protect his precarious peace. So when a defiant, smart-mouthed lone wolf stumbles into his territory, Matt’s first instinct is to drive him out. His second instinct? Quite the opposite, unfortunately…
Jesse Turner learned a long time ago that his safety depends on never belonging to anyone. No packs. No family. And definitely no bossy, overbearing, disturbingly hot alphas. Which means he should stay as far away from Matt as possible. Too bad doing what he should has suddenly lost all appeal…
It's not long before Matt will have to decide how far he’s willing to go to protect the mate he never wanted, and Jesse will need to decide if running from Matt is survival, or the biggest mistake of his life.
Easy, right?
Try impossible…
An Impossible Mate kicks off Strength of the Pack—a complete series of character-driven MM fated-mates romances with standalone love stories, an overarching series plot, slow-burn tension, and shifters who absolutely do not talk about their feelings (until they do).
Content note: This series includes material that some readers may find upsetting. Full details are available on the author’s website, with a link in the book sample.
Note: This novel is a substantially reworked and expanded new edition of the novella originally published by Siren Bookstrand in 2013.
SNik's review:
First in series (Strength of the Pack). Paranormal. Fated mates. Found family. Slow burn. Dual POV.
Matt is happy protecting his little pack, trying to make up for past mistakes he didn’t want to be an Alpha with a pack but they are a family. When Jesse enters the pack’s territory he is an unknown possible danger, but Jesse has no idea about shifter ways nor that he is Matt’s mate.
This story has an independent uninformed shifter and a controlling Alpha that struggles with his instincts, especially knowing Jesse is his mate. I really enjoyed the characters and the overall premise of this story, and could see Jesse and Matt allowing their mutual attraction to build into something more. However, there was very little world building and explanations about shifter history and backgrounds for the main characters were thin. I appreciated that Jesse doesn’t lose his independence and respects Matt’s safety concerns and that Matt doesn’t want Jesse to stay if it means he needs to change. A good start to a series (this was previously published years ago), with some interesting characters to follow in the series.
Angel's review:
An Impossible Mate is book 1 in the Strength of the Pack series, and what a way to start it off! At first it took me a bit to get into the pace of this book and the way in which the characters were written. Once I was able to get fully invested into this story, I was hooked!
Jesse and Matt absolutely have an enemies to lovers dynamic going on, they have so much angst thrumming between them you can feel their tension rippling off the page. I liked the pack Matt formed because it's not just a pack in the hierarchy sense, they form a family, one that cares for and respects each other which was really amazing to read about.
I also liked and appreciated how Joy put their own twist into the fated mates trip, as well as putting their own twist on shifters in general. They took a concept and made it their own, and I loved that! All in all, an excellent way to kick off a series. I'm intrigued to read more about this pack of strays becoming a family and finding their mates.
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