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Black Gold (Takhini Wolves #1)

by Vivian Arend (Goodreads Author)

3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 · rating details · 517 ratings · 50 reviews

Their wolves are howling at the moon. Their human halves are on different planets.

"Takhini Wolves, Book 1"

Lone wolf Shaun Stevens s automatic response to the words happily ever after ? "Kill me now." Yet with all his friends settling down he s begun to think there may actually be something to this love-and-roses crap.

One thing s for sure: his dream mate will have to out-cu...more

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Published September 13th 2011 by Samhain Publishing

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Oct 15, 2011 Kris (KindleRomance) rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved this story!! I enjoyed the Granite Wolf series, but like this one even better. I really liked Shaun and Gem. They had an interesting chemistry together and it was fun to watch them grow to love each other. They also both matured and made some changes in their lives. I liked the dialogue and relationship building, and the other characters were enjoyable too!

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Jul 19, 2012 Guilty Pleasures rated it 4 of 5 stars

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4.5 Stars

Another great wolf series from Vivian Arend!!! Black Gold: Takhini Wolves, Book 1 is a great start to a new series. The series maybe new, but the characters aren’t all new. We are in a new Pack though. This book centers around Shaun the helicopter pilot from the Granite Lake series. If you remember he got in a tad bit of trouble for flying TJ and Pam out and not sticking around to tell anyone where they were.

Shaun is feeling restless, and he doesn...more

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Nov 29, 2011 Jan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, z-2011, paranormal-romance

Not bad, and good enough to still my hunger for shifter romance for a bit.
I prefer normal relationship over the whole fated mate business, but I liked how it played out here. Both had this preconception of how their relationship would work, and when it turned out that was exactly the opposite of each other, shit hit the fan.

I did feel like Shaun was the one doing all the work, while Gem stayed with her Southern Belle habits for a long time. Not her spoiled princess things, but more her idea of h...more

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Jul 27, 2012 Caitlin rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the first book in Vivian Arend’s new wolf series staring Shaun who we met before as a helicopter pilot for the Granite Lake Wolves. He is still just living life with no real goals but one night while with his alpha, Evan getting drunk he reveals he wants a mate. The way he meets his mate is pretty hilarious. The Takhini wolves all act like a bunch of rowdy frat boys and need some women to whip them into shape.

His mate, Gem, is a pampered princess from the south. Yes, a southern belle wo...more

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Sep 12, 2011 Lea rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

Many years ago I lived in Fort Nelson, British Columbia, situated on the border of the Yukon Territories. I visited Whitehorse on a number of occasions with friends and still remember the breathtaking beauty of the area, the ambiance of the town and the welcoming nature of the people. (Now mind you, as far as I know I didn’t run into any wolf shifters during my travels. lol) The reason I’m sharing this information is that in Black Gold, I feel Vivian Arend penned a very apt reflection of the spe...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Carien rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Those who read my reviews of Arend's Granite Lake Wolves novellas will know how much I love those, so it will not be a surprise when I tell you how happy I was when I learned that Arend started a new series which features my beloved werewolves. And this time there's even more to love as instead of novella size the Takhini Wolves books are novel size!

Black Gold is the first book in this new series and it is a wonderful read. It has all the elements I've come to expect in Arend's 'Wolfie' books an...more

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Sep 15, 2011 Brenda rated it 5 of 5 stars

First I must say that this cover is amazing-- geesh, did it help me visualize while I read Black Gold. Probably why I was sweating. I've read every one of Vivian's Granite Lake Wolves stories, and she has this wonderful way of blending action, location, humor and romance together in a perfect combination. I know you've all read stories where the descriptions were lovely but simply too much, and others where it wasn't enough. The same can be said for over the top humor/snark or all sex and no plo...more

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Sep 14, 2011 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, review, read-in-2011

Review originally posted here: http://thebookpushers.com/2011/09/13/...

Publisher: Samhain
Publish Date: September 13th
How I got this book: eARC from author

I love Arend’s wolfies, and when she told me she was going to be coming out with full length wolfie novels, starting with Shaun…. SCORE!

Shaun is a little lonely, his friends are all mated and the summer flying “busy-season” hasn’t started yet. He is itching for a change, but doesn’t know what he wants to change, or what he wants to do. When he...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Natasha A. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, gift

For anyone who loves:
Viv’s Granite Lake Wolves
Shapeshifters
Arctic
Sarcasm
Why did I read it?
Because Viv wrote it.

My Rambles:

I have to admit, I’m behind on the Granite Wolf series. And I have to wonder if I should have played catch-up before reading this one. NO, they are tied to one another, they are only set in the same world.

Perhaps it was simply this story arc.

Either way I just couldn’t stop comparing this to Wolf Signs (1st in the Granite Lake Wolves series) and found it wanting.

Now please don...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Francesca the Fierce ~Eyelet Ecstasy~ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-2012, genre-paranormal-romance, werewolves-shifters

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I am under the impression that this is a spin-off series of the Granite Lake Wolves series, however it felt like a continuation. Which is a great thing because I do love the feel of this series and the personalities and characters are always entertaining. But now we are dealing with a different pack.

Shaun was feeling a bit down, what with everyone finding their mates and being happy, that he gets plastered at the bar and his Alpha, Evan, has to take him...more

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Feb 29, 2012 Kayka rated it 3 of 5 stars

My first book from Vivian Arend and i have to say it was pretty good! the characters were engaging and the secondary characters....I LOVE EVAN! he is sooo hot and cool :) but yeah the book was good it just had some minor things that got in the way and thats why i had to give it a 3. Gem was pretty much the reason i couldn't give it a four. i think she didn't change throughout the story and was just Wayyyy to focused on her independence and not on the good things that were happening around her. r...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Barbara ~*Lindt Ninja*~ rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, series, arc, blue-covers

Looking to spread her wings and prove to her very wealthy father that she’s more than just his pampered little girl, Gem Jacobs has made arrangements to travel to the Yukon on her own for a research project. It doesn’t take her long to figure out that she’s a little out of her element – her hotel bathroom doesn’t have a bidet and she never thought about checking in with the local alpha to let him know she’d be passing through his territory, a shape shifter faux pas. Fortunately she brought her s...more Looking to spread her wings and prove to her very wealthy father that she’s more than just his pampered little girl, Gem Jacobs has made arrangements to travel to the Yukon on her own for a research project. It doesn’t take her long to figure out that she’s a little out of her element – her hotel bathroom doesn’t have a bidet and she never thought about checking in with the local alpha to let him know she’d be passing through his territory, a shape shifter faux pas. Fortunately she brought her southern manners and a lovely cashmere sweater because she found herself escorted to see Evan, the regional alpha wolf, in his bar shortly after she arrived. She’s hit with something completely unexpected there – what she thinks is the scent of her mate, but it’s not Evan (who’s pretty amused by what he sees going on).

Earlier in the day, his pack-mate Shaun was mired in self-pity and getting a pretty good drunk-on with some quality moonshine with Evan in his office. He’s unmated, lonely and feeling a little unchallenged with his job as a pilot and guide.

Now back at the hotel, Shaun is sleeping off the mother of all hangovers when he smells something utterly delicious in the adjoining room. Instinct sends him through the door and literally on top of Gem, who recognizes that this is the mate she’d scented in the bar. Willing and eager to accept him, they spend the night together – Shaun has a little morning-after problem though. He doesn’t remember a single thing. When neither can agree to compromise on where to live, they decide to hold off on completing the mating bond.

Shaun is less than thrilled to find out the crazy researcher who hired him to fly them out into the wild is actually Gem. He’s sure she’s unprepared and if he can stall her long enough, she’ll change her mind and he can take her back to his home which works about as well as you’d expect. Gem proves more determined and resourceful than he gives her credit for and when the two of them get stuck in a plot than endangers their lives, they find out how much they’ve come to depend on and trust each other.

This book is an offshoot of Arend’s really terrific Granite Lake Wolf series (Wolf Signs, Wolf Flight, Wolf Games and Wolf Tracks with Wolf Lines to be released next summer) and characters from there are woven up a little here – and TJ from Wolf Tracks makes a little cameo. While this reads perfectly well as a standalone, it’s really a pleasure to have some extra background with the Wolfies.

I usually take notes when I read and the top line on my notepad for this one is, “1% - laughed out loud.” The book starts off with a barroom brawl between a bunch of drunken bear shifters that Evan and Shaun are breaking up while casually talking. It’s so funny and playful – exactly one of the reasons I’ve enjoyed all of the Granite Lake books and now this one. There were little moments sprinkled through the book that would just catch me off guard and make me laugh (they often seem to have involve those bear shifters).

I loved both Gem and Shaun a lot. She’s a total fish out of water in the Yukon. Not just Daddy’s Sheltered Princess, she comes from an area where wolves just don’t shift for pleasure, so Shaun’s entire way of being a wolf is alien to her. She’s still determined to make the most of her time away from home and is entranced by the places Shaun shows her but there’s always a question in her mind about whether this is a place that she can make a home in. Shaun starts out confident at least that Gem is his and if he keeps her around long enough she’ll just give in to him. He’s feeling pressure from his alpha to actually do something and surprises even himself when he finds the opportunity. They come together perfectly as people in search of something who find what they were looking for and more – but then each has to figure out what they’ll give up to keep the other.

This is a step up on the steamy scale from the other Wolfie books. I always appreciate that the author never gets super-explicit, but the scenes are still extremely hot and sexy. The bonus with shape shifters is they’re pretty uninhibited and don’t mind having a little outdoors fun. Gem and Shaun are very energetic. Need I say more?

Arend does a superb job as usual with bringing her setting to life. You can’t possibly come away from one of these books wondering if the author has been there although I may question if she’s ever had a beer in a bar with a bear. There’s a hilarious little town mentioned here called Chicken – named that because Ptarmigan was too hard for everyone to spell. I have no clue if that one’s real and I don’t care, it was funny.

There’s a little side story involving Shaun’s alpha Evan and a human woman that he’s involved with. It has the makings of a pretty nice book itself, but I never jinx myself (well, I do, but I’ll try not to this time).

I already was pretty much in love with the Granite Lake series, so this was destined to be something I’d probably at least find interesting. It went beyond that though, delivering characters that were on a journey I wanted to follow in a setting that’s now familiar but always exciting to explore more. I love the sexy playfulness of Gem and Shaun and their happily ever after was perfect. Now when are we going to see the Takhini Bears series?

My Rating: A(less)

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Sep 13, 2011 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own-kindle, for-review-read, read-in-2011, favorites

I've been a big fan of Vivian Arend's since I read the first Granite Lake Wolves novella last year, she writes fabulous paranormal romance stories (and great contemporary erotic stories too!) so I was very excited about getting started on her new series. Black Gold is the first novel in her Takhini Wolves series which is a spin off from the Granite Lake series but can be read separately. The main difference between the two series (apart from the fact that they revolve around 2 different wolf pac...more I've been a big fan of Vivian Arend's since I read the first Granite Lake Wolves novella last year, she writes fabulous paranormal romance stories (and great contemporary erotic stories too!) so I was very excited about getting started on her new series. Black Gold is the first novel in her Takhini Wolves series which is a spin off from the Granite Lake series but can be read separately. The main difference between the two series (apart from the fact that they revolve around 2 different wolf packs) is that the Granite Lake Wolves stories are all novellas where the books in the Takhini Wolves series will all be full length novels. Considering that my only (minor) complaint about the first series was that I wanted more of them this is definitely a good thing and I definitely wasn't disappointed with Black Gold.

Shaun was a character I loved from the very beginning, we have met him briefly in some of the Granite Lake novellas but it was nice to get to know him better. He has always been a happy go lucky guy who doesn't take life too seriously and tends to bumble along from one thing to the next much to the frustration of his alpha Evan. However, since his friends have all started finding their mates and settling down Shaun has started to become lonely and all he really wants is to find his mate and start a family. Gem couldn't be more different and I have to admit it took me a little longer to warm to her. She has been raised in a very secluded environment by an overprotective family and this visit to the Yukon to do research is her way of finally asserting her independence. She wants to prove to her father that she can manage on her own and that she doesn't need him running her life anymore like she was still a child. Throughout the story Gem really comes into her own, she learns to stand up for herself and by the end I felt she made a worthy mate for Shaun.

Sparks fly immediately when Gem and Shaun first meet and they are quick to recognise the fact that they are both mates. However, just because they are destined to be together doesn't mean that they immediately agree on how their lives will fit together. Gem has every intention of returning to her home in the south while Shaun is happy in the north and really doesn't want to have to move to live with Gem's pack. Shaun is naturally protective of Gem but she doesn't want someone else coming along thinking they can take control just like her family have always done. They have a lot to work out before they can have a happy ending.

I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of Black Gold, there are some hilarious moments - when Gem first meets the Tahkini alpha Evan, as Shaun & Gem try to work out their differences and in the side story with Evan and the pack females who are all chasing him. The interactions between Shaun & Gem are scorching hot from the beginning, I think this is the hottest of Vivian's wolfie stories so far. If you're looking for an intense paranormal romance you can't go far wrong with this one and I'd highly recommend it. I didn't think Vivian Arend could beat the Granite Lake Wolves books but Black Gold has now become my favourite of her stories to date. I can't wait to read the next one and I'm particularly excited to see more of Evan in the future.(less)

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Sep 02, 2012 Kelly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, physical-books, read-in-2012

Hellllo, sexy shifters! I am a huge fan of insta-love when reading shapeshifter books. I just love when that mating instinct kicks in and the two parties can't get enough of one another. But what happens when the two shifters in question are polar opposites? Like, what if one's a rough and ready pilot who's just as happy camping out in the wilderness as bunking down in a room with a cot and the other is a pampered, sheltered lady who's trying to spread her wings and find herself? Shenanigans, pe...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Tia rated it 2 of 5 stars

I have to be honest. This is Vivian's newest series and while I love her werewolf books usual, I found this one terribly boring. Nothing really amazing happened in it and I felt myself yawning and drifting to sleep. In fact I was so bored, I had to stop reading it and clean my house for a while, so I would wake up more. The heroines character, Gem, is pretty decent. I love the whole southern belle thing and that was something new that I hadn't read in other books. However I just couldn't get pas...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Mariana Bezerra rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bought2012, 1st-in-a-series, format-epub, paranormal-romance, read-blog, werewolves, samhain

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We met Shaun in the Granite Lake series and somehow now it’s the start of a new series, kinda spin off from the other great wolves and Shaun is starting to find his place in this pack.

I liked him from some moments in the books, since he’s usually pretty fun to have around and a great guy to ask for help sometimes he showed up and managed to save somebody or escape to don’t sniff anyone.

He’s getting restless after all he’s friends managed to find a...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Mikaela rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Review:
What I liked:
I liked the Granite Wolves shortstories, so when I saw that Vivian Arend was working on a fulllength novel set in the same world, I pre-ordered it. This was a fun read. Gem and Shaun is each other opposites. Gem is a southern belle that has had a sheltered life until now. Shaun is more experienced. I liked that both acknowledged their mate bond, but they knew it would require work. It was fun to read about their struggles to adapt. I loved that Gem refused to change her...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Stephanie Collins rated it 4 of 5 stars

We start the series by meeting Evan (Takhini Alpha) and Shaun..

Evan plays a part in both books released so far and let me tell you he is far from being a traditional Alpha. You'll love his sense of humor and the fact that he really wants what is best for the pack not just power… Helps that he is sexy but ya know...

Shaun is a bit of a lone wolf but he actually isn't the shifter he tries to portray. He runs from any sort of commitment but he is there when people need him even if they don't think...more

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Nov 13, 2011 Larissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I have been reading Vivian Arend’s books for a while now and I loved her Granite Lake Wolves Series as well as her Forces of Nature Series and when I found out that she was writing a spin-off series from her Wolf series I was so excited!

Black Gold features Shaun who we first met in the Granite Lake Wolves Series but never really had a chance to know much about him until now.

Shaun has been all about the fun for the long...more

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Sep 12, 2011 Ni_kii rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: werewolves, short-read, steamy, dreamy-men, alpha-male

Shaun has always been a lone wolf. Preferring not to belong to any one pack, he has always been happy to sit on the sidelines. That is, until all his pals start to mate and settle down. Now he finds himself drunk off his arse in the local Alpha Evan’s office, wishing for thing’s he never thought he would want. Gem is visiting the local area when she is frog-marched to Evan’s office for breaching pack protocol. She is supposed to announce her presence to the local pack, but the inexperienced youn...more Shaun has always been a lone wolf. Preferring not to belong to any one pack, he has always been happy to sit on the sidelines. That is, until all his pals start to mate and settle down. Now he finds himself drunk off his arse in the local Alpha Evan’s office, wishing for thing’s he never thought he would want. Gem is visiting the local area when she is frog-marched to Evan’s office for breaching pack protocol. She is supposed to announce her presence to the local pack, but the inexperienced young wolf doesn’t know better. This ecological field trip is her first steps into independence, but as soon as she step’s foot into Evan’s office, something triggers the mating instinct. At first she thinks its Evan himself, but further investigations (which really did amuse me) show that it’s not the pack Alpha that is destined to be her mate. A rather amused Evan realises that the only other person who has been in his office is Shaun, but realises that the mismatched couple should probably wait until Shaun gets sober to meet. However, when a drunken Shaun tracks her down to her hotel room later in the evening, they can’t resist their urges and jump straight into the sack. Unfortunately, Shaun was so drunk that the next morning he doesn’t actually remember them having sex (this is not something you tell your mate!) Shaun soon realises that mating when drunk wasn’t the best plan, as there seems to be too many differences between the pair. Gem is a sick of being overprotected (which Shaun wants to do) and is completely set on returning to the South. Shaun has always lived on the Yukon and can’t stand the thought of leaving to move towards her. In his eyes she is his mate, she should move to him and let him take care of her. With both wolves so set in their ways and resistant to compromise, will the mating hormones alone be enough to make this fledgling relationship work?

I was so excited when I heard that there was a new wolfie book coming and this didn’t disappoint! I loved the whole thing and read it from cover to cover in one sitting. Shaun may seem like a chauvinist from the paragraph above, but really, he is just clueless. When we meet him, he is bored and lonely. He wants a mate, but doesn’t hold out much hope of ever getting one. The scene in Evans office when he gets drunk on moonshine is the funniest scene in the book and I warmed to him immediately. When he meets Gem, he can’t abide the thought of losing her because of stupid differences. He is a little cave man in his ways towards her, but I honestly don’t think that he knows any better. After he realises that she will not be the one bending for him, he starts to bend for her. He starts to woo her and tries to get her to love him. Underneath it all, he still has the same protective instincts as any other dominant wolf, and occasionally that does slip out, but he really does try to make it work.

Gem was so naive that, at times, she irritated me. She turns up in the Yukon trying to free herself from her family bonds and become an independent woman. Problem was, she was so inexperienced with the ways outside her pack I couldn’t see how this was going to happen easily. She also was quite intolerant of other people. I couldn’t see anything in her future but a return to her estate. After she hooked up with Shaun, I hoped she would become something more. I admired that she stood up for herself against Shaun’s over bearing nature; I could tell that neither of them would be happy if she proved to be weak. However, I felt that, at first, she was too unwilling to bend and that Shaun was making all of the sacrifices. Although she eventually began to bend slightly for him, I still felt that she was the more selfish one in the relationship. She did no bending that would not ultimately help her in some way. I did, however, grow to love their relationship when they got into some trouble in the bush. The relationship building that went on in this time was immense and I started to will for their HEA. I loved Shaun from the moment he fell off his chair in Evan’s office but I didn’t start to love Gem until their time in the bush. She let go of her prejudices about Shaun and the North and then I actually started to believe she was good enough for the lonely wolf. Oh and the smexy times are, as per usual, hot and steamy. I don’t think I’ve read a Vivian Arend book where I haven’t had a hot flush or two whilst reading it

There are side stories, but I won’t spoil any of them. I will say I love Evan; his struggles with the females of the pack trying to entice him were hilarious and the solution to his woes led to some other brilliant moments in the story.

Overall a lovely story of a misunderstood bad-boy (wolf), from the wrong side of the tracks, who meets an overprotected rich girl (wolf) and falls in love. Steamy and sweet complete with a whole host of colourful side characters and enough sub-plots to get your teeth into. A fab read!
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Oct 14, 2011 Deva rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: interracial-paranormal

I really just kind of thought it was 'meh.' I saw that everyone really liked the book but I felt like I could really tell that a woman wrote this book. Shaun seemed basically like a female with a few male tendencies and a penis to go with it. Gem was ok, typical spoiled brat but she took things in stride and that was nice. I actually hated Caroline/Evan because I felt like Caroline was just extra and not really needed at all. So yea, meh ...

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Jan 30, 2013 Katherine O'Grady rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2013

I bought this one from Books on Board.

Good…but. I liked this story. Watching a pair of wolf shifters from opposite worlds figure out how to live as a mated pair was good. But despite the fact that this is book 1 of the series, I felt like I was missing out on details of the world, and I felt like I was scrambling to put together details, with lots of subplots and setup for next books. I'm giving this a solid 3 stars.

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Jan 19, 2012 Flien rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dark-romance, shapeshifters

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May 31, 2012 Wsb rated it 5 of 5 stars

Update: Picked this book up again because I needed a break from banging my head against the wall with Fifty Shades. I take back what I said before and change my rating. As I got into it further there is a very good story line. Plus I love the development of Shaun's character. This could actually be my favorite book since "Wolf Signs".

I would also like to thank Vivian for introducing an african american character. I read a ton of paranormal/supernatural books and its very rare that you this happ...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

I really enjoyed this book. This is the first full length novel I have read by this author having previously read the Granite Lake Wolves novellas and enjoyed them - but found them too short. A solid 4* read, some laugh out loud moments and an excellent developing relationship between Gem, Shaun and their wolves.

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Nov 04, 2012 Lady Lioness rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, genre-paranormal-romance, read-october-2012, subgenre-werewolves

A Hurricane Sandy Reads review

Notable for its setting. Hero is pretty much a nutjob, similar to G.A. Aiken's Dragon heroes. Only about 160 pages, on the shorter side. Heroine wasn't the cliched rich sheltered Southern belle, but story focused mainly on Shaun.

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May 16, 2012 Andrea rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-i-won

It was just OK for me. The story never drew me in and I never got a good feel for Shaun or Gem. I didn't care what happened with them and there were only minor obstacles for them. The secondary romance of Caroline and Evan was more interesting for me.

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Aug 07, 2012 Jess rated it 3 of 5 stars

Check out my review and two teasers here: http://frommetoyouvideophoto.blogspot.com/2012/08/made-grade-takhini-wolves-series-book-1.html

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Feb 20, 2013 Mary Lauer rated it 3 of 5 stars

Not a fan of the princess proving she can get her hands dirty stories. But Vivian Arend writes such good stories I made it through. 8-)

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Nov 14, 2012 Candace rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-own-on-kindle

I wasn't sure about this series, but have always enjoyed Vivian Arend in the past. If you like shifter books this is a pretty good one.

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