Dave and Christian may already be an established couple, but there's more going on behind the scenes. And in this book we get to know exactly what their relationship is like.
From the blurb:
They’re mates. They’re in love. So why does it feel like they’re falling apart?
Ever since finding out they were mates five years ago, Christian and Dave have been inseparable. They’re different from one another, sure—kind of like sandpaper and silk—but love smooths out the edges.
But now they’re in a strange town, away from their pack, investigating a decades-old murder for their alpha. And without their usual routine to distract them, those tiny differences are beginning to feel more like rifts they can’t quite bridge.
Christian loves his mate, fiercely and absolutely, but he’s allergic to talking. And Dave, always the one smoothing down the feathers that Christian’s antagonism ruffles, wants nothing more than for Christian to open up. To tell him how he feels instead of having to guess. But he can’t ask—asking for more drives people away. It always has.
Meanwhile, their murder investigation is going nowhere fast, Christian’s thrown himself into the local pack’s fight ring, and the pack is circling, looking for weaknesses to exploit.
If they can finally say the things that matter, they might walk out of this town with a closeness they never knew they’d been missing. If not… they may not walk out at all.
Each book in the Strength of the Pack series is a standalone romance with its own HEA. An overarching plot runs through the series.
Content note: This series includes material that some readers may find upsetting. Full details are available on the author’s website (link in the Look Inside sample).
Edition note: Previously published as a novella in 2014. This new edition has been substantially rewritten and expanded with major new content.
Angel's review:
I'll be honest, I wasn't sure how this book was going to be considering Dave and Christian have been an established couple since the first book in this series. I realized as I was reading it that there was still a lot to learn about both of these men, and I'm glad that Joy wrote them their own story.
I knew from the start that Dave was a sweetheart, but reading this book just made me realize that he was way more thoughtful and kind then I first thought. He cares deeply for everyone, and everything, but especially about his pack and Christian, his mate. Even when his mate temper flares, he's there for him, always. I love that even though they are so different from one another, they make their relationship work for them.
Now Christian is someone who I haven't been very fond of throughout this series, he's just very brash and quite rude most of the time which hasn't made the greatest impression. And while he still very much is those things in this story, I also got to see a different side to of him. His soft underbelly that he only shows to his mate, the person he loves and trusts the most. And that was quite beautiful in a way to see their relationship dynamic play out.
These two had a lot to work though in this story, they had their ups and downs, their disagreements and fights, but at the end of the day, or rather, at the end of the story, they made it through all of that together.
Even while they were struggling with finding their footing in regards to their relationship, they still had to figure out what they could learn about Jesse's pack.
I can't speak on what they found as I don't want to spoil anything, but I will say that I'm even more excited to continue reading now! I'm curious about if anyone else from Jesse's pack survived and if they did, will they be related to him in some way? Also! I wonder who Karl's mate is going to be and how the stoic pack member is going to handle that discovery.
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