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Nehalem Pack #23
It's About Time
[Siren Everlasting Classic Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, sex in partially shifted form, spanking, HEA] Carson Thompson has been infatuated with Ryan Kline-Kemp since he was just a boy. The older he got the more his feelings grew but Ryan never returned them. When Ryan left Silver Creek four years ago, Carson gave up and moved on. He wasn't going to wait around for something that was never going to happen. Ryan always knew there was something special about Carson but he didn't want to be tied down at such a young age. Ryan's life hasn't gone as he had hoped but once he sees Carson he knows this man holds his forever in the palm of his hand. He just has to pray Carson can forgive and forget. Carson wants Ryan and he also wants to make the man suffer but the mating bond is growing stronger every day. Love is in the air but Carson isn't ready to give in just yet. It'll take Ryan proving his love before Carson can surrender his heart. ** A Siren Erotic Romance
177 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2015
About the author
A.J. Jarrett
81 books186 followersAJ Jarrett is happily married to her best friend and the mother of four, yes, four children. Born and raised in Missouri and loves the area most of the time, until it snows a ton. She enjoys reading and reads a lot. When not reading she can be found propped up in her favorite spot on the couch with her laptop plotting her next story or finishing one of her WIP.
Can visit her blog or feel free to email her at: aj.jarrett@yahoo.com
Can visit her blog or feel free to email her at: aj.jarrett@yahoo.com
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March 3, 2020
This sucked so bad coz Ryan just do not deserve Carson at all. I wish the author would rewrite the story and kill Ryan and Riley off and give Carson another mate, someone who would take care of the sweet boy that we read about at the start of the series.
Dear author, Carson did not deserve this bullshit story.
Dear author, Carson did not deserve this bullshit story.
October 24, 2023
A série conta atualmente com 40 volumes publicados e eu adoro ler esses romances sobrenaturais “explosivos” e rápidos para relaxar e me divertir sem pensar muito! Tem alguns livros que eu gosto mais do que outros, mas em geral gosto muito da série por ela ser simples, com um universo bem definido, ser rápida de ler e não ter um grande aprofundamento.
Devon Carsten, o alfa da matilha de Nehalem, não poderia imaginar que ter seu irmão caçula sequestrado e em seguida conhecer seu companheiro predestinado mudaria tão drasticamente o curso de sua vida.
Nesse mundo criado pela autora, a existência dos shifters não é algo que todos os seres humanos estejam cientes. A maioria tenta viver em paz e sem chamar a atenção, mas a crueldade de alguns fez com que um grupo de humanos criasse o Conselho de Caçadores, que caça, estuda e mata indiscriminadamente qualquer shifter encontrado.
A série vai nos apresentando novos companheiros shifters e humanos, que precisam de ajuda ou de um lar, e conforme a matilha de Devon cresce, os momentos de felicidade e os perigos também aumentam. Pouco a pouco eles conseguem mudar o Conselho e fazer o grupo se concentrar em incentivar humanos e shifters a viver em harmonia e em caçar somente shifters criminosos. Porém, com isso, crimes e crueldades começam a ser descobertos, como por exemplo: shifters sendo aprisionados por anos, experimentos científicos para transformar humanos em shifters e até mesmo a gravidez masculina!
Cada livro traz a história de um casal (homem x homem), podendo ser formado por um humano e um shifter ou dois shifters. Além disso, apesar da maioria dos shifters serem lobos, existem alguns outros tipos como pumas, ursos e tigres.
Amo isso de amor à primeira vista, do shifter só ter um companheiro para a vida toda, do modo como o romance entre o casal acontece bem rápido e de, independente dos desafios, eu sempre poder contar com o “felizes para sempre” no final!
Meu Deus, as vezes eu fico rindo e pensando “Será que ninguém percebeu que as duas cidades, Nehalem e Silver Creek, praticamente só têm homens bonitos e gays!?”.
Devon Carsten, o alfa da matilha de Nehalem, não poderia imaginar que ter seu irmão caçula sequestrado e em seguida conhecer seu companheiro predestinado mudaria tão drasticamente o curso de sua vida.
Nesse mundo criado pela autora, a existência dos shifters não é algo que todos os seres humanos estejam cientes. A maioria tenta viver em paz e sem chamar a atenção, mas a crueldade de alguns fez com que um grupo de humanos criasse o Conselho de Caçadores, que caça, estuda e mata indiscriminadamente qualquer shifter encontrado.
A série vai nos apresentando novos companheiros shifters e humanos, que precisam de ajuda ou de um lar, e conforme a matilha de Devon cresce, os momentos de felicidade e os perigos também aumentam. Pouco a pouco eles conseguem mudar o Conselho e fazer o grupo se concentrar em incentivar humanos e shifters a viver em harmonia e em caçar somente shifters criminosos. Porém, com isso, crimes e crueldades começam a ser descobertos, como por exemplo: shifters sendo aprisionados por anos, experimentos científicos para transformar humanos em shifters e até mesmo a gravidez masculina!
Cada livro traz a história de um casal (homem x homem), podendo ser formado por um humano e um shifter ou dois shifters. Além disso, apesar da maioria dos shifters serem lobos, existem alguns outros tipos como pumas, ursos e tigres.
Amo isso de amor à primeira vista, do shifter só ter um companheiro para a vida toda, do modo como o romance entre o casal acontece bem rápido e de, independente dos desafios, eu sempre poder contar com o “felizes para sempre” no final!
Meu Deus, as vezes eu fico rindo e pensando “Será que ninguém percebeu que as duas cidades, Nehalem e Silver Creek, praticamente só têm homens bonitos e gays!?”.
August 2, 2016
I’m really confused about the beginning.
So Ryan (in full mini-Seth mode, of course) plans to never see Carson again, but he does plan to settle down eventually? Am I to understand that he plans to find someone who is not his mate once he’s done sowing his oats instead of returning to the one he has? What kind of silliness is this? Yeah, great start making me not like and doubt your mental acuity, Ryan.
That’s only reinforced by what he ends up doing once he’s gone, by the way. What a moron. (And I still don’t get why he did not return at that point. He had no more reason to stay away and every reason to be with family who could help him out with his new circumstances.)
Of course sweet, cute Carson turns into a jerk too, albeit briefly. By that point I already hated Ryan with a passion. What an asshole.
Never mind all that, though, because it’s overthrown soon enough for another version of reality. I’m not sure if Ryan is lying to himself or the author is lying to the reader. Because the way Ryan later recollects his reasons for leaving (and whether or not he had a pretty good idea about Carson being his mate) are in total contradiction to what we learned in the prologue directly from his own thoughts, no less.
Little Riley is just plain scary in his perfection. Makes me miss the early Riley from the author’s other series with his crazy attitude.
Anyway, the guys reconcile in a blink and then the bulk of the book is taken up by sex and wallowing. Add a little of the usual danger-drama, collecting some more future protagonists along the way, and it’s done.
I suppose if you’re invested in this pairing this could be a nice enough read. But I’m not and this was just okay for me.
So Ryan (in full mini-Seth mode, of course) plans to never see Carson again, but he does plan to settle down eventually? Am I to understand that he plans to find someone who is not his mate once he’s done sowing his oats instead of returning to the one he has? What kind of silliness is this? Yeah, great start making me not like and doubt your mental acuity, Ryan.
That’s only reinforced by what he ends up doing once he’s gone, by the way. What a moron. (And I still don’t get why he did not return at that point. He had no more reason to stay away and every reason to be with family who could help him out with his new circumstances.)
Of course sweet, cute Carson turns into a jerk too, albeit briefly. By that point I already hated Ryan with a passion. What an asshole.
Never mind all that, though, because it’s overthrown soon enough for another version of reality. I’m not sure if Ryan is lying to himself or the author is lying to the reader. Because the way Ryan later recollects his reasons for leaving (and whether or not he had a pretty good idea about Carson being his mate) are in total contradiction to what we learned in the prologue directly from his own thoughts, no less.
Little Riley is just plain scary in his perfection. Makes me miss the early Riley from the author’s other series with his crazy attitude.
Anyway, the guys reconcile in a blink and then the bulk of the book is taken up by sex and wallowing. Add a little of the usual danger-drama, collecting some more future protagonists along the way, and it’s done.
I suppose if you’re invested in this pairing this could be a nice enough read. But I’m not and this was just okay for me.
September 5, 2015
I'm sure like most that have made it this far into the series has been wwwwaaaiiittting for this... I was.
But, have to say it was a little disappointing to me. In essence, Ryan lied about not knowing about the mate bond when he was younger. He had a very strong reason, intuition, insight.. no I think the word I'm looking for is belief.. that Carson was his mate. Hence the reason he refused to come back and chance it. So while he didn't know for sure there was a high suspicion (THAT's the word I was trying to think of!)
I actually didn't have much problem with Carson. And I didn't get why everyone was shocked that they were mates.. heck the readers knew a while ago this was going to happen with how Carson followed him around and some of his attitude towards it..
The spanking thing didn't really seem to mesh with the rest for me.. not sure if anyone else felt the same...
Oh and the similarities to Carson's dads seemed a bit pushing to me. Right down to a child running up to a 'stranger' and thinking he smells like home.
So, new generation to follow and some new characters to add to the mix.. Asa and Maurice and Kamden.. who's mates are they??
But, have to say it was a little disappointing to me. In essence, Ryan lied about not knowing about the mate bond when he was younger. He had a very strong reason, intuition, insight.. no I think the word I'm looking for is belief.. that Carson was his mate. Hence the reason he refused to come back and chance it. So while he didn't know for sure there was a high suspicion (THAT's the word I was trying to think of!)
I actually didn't have much problem with Carson. And I didn't get why everyone was shocked that they were mates.. heck the readers knew a while ago this was going to happen with how Carson followed him around and some of his attitude towards it..
The spanking thing didn't really seem to mesh with the rest for me.. not sure if anyone else felt the same...
Oh and the similarities to Carson's dads seemed a bit pushing to me. Right down to a child running up to a 'stranger' and thinking he smells like home.
So, new generation to follow and some new characters to add to the mix.. Asa and Maurice and Kamden.. who's mates are they??
August 11, 2015
This book is part of a series and should be read in order.
The title of the book says it all. Carson and Ryan have been appearing in this series for a while as children and young teenagers. I always suspected they would tune out to be mates. I didn’t expect it happen the way it did, but I did enjoy their story. And I loved Riley, just so damn adorable.
This was a good fast paced book. I did kind of wish Carson made Ryan suffer a little more. But Carson is really too nice a guy to do that. Even if Ryan did deserve it. And let me say Carson and Ryan together are very sexy and just a little kinky.
I do like this series and this addition to it was long due in coming. I enjoyed this little read and look forward to more.
I especially want more of Maurice and little Riley. Just saying.
* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *
The title of the book says it all. Carson and Ryan have been appearing in this series for a while as children and young teenagers. I always suspected they would tune out to be mates. I didn’t expect it happen the way it did, but I did enjoy their story. And I loved Riley, just so damn adorable.
This was a good fast paced book. I did kind of wish Carson made Ryan suffer a little more. But Carson is really too nice a guy to do that. Even if Ryan did deserve it. And let me say Carson and Ryan together are very sexy and just a little kinky.
I do like this series and this addition to it was long due in coming. I enjoyed this little read and look forward to more.
I especially want more of Maurice and little Riley. Just saying.
* I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *
August 14, 2015
ladies and gentleman... they FINALLY did it! !!!!!
Ryan and Carson are officially an item! I feel like this has been years coming and it's so exciting. It's also a very very good story. We get to see how Ryan has matured and grown in the last 4 years. Carson is still pretty much Carson but they work so well together.
one critique I have is that after Carson learns that Ryan is his mate and that Ryan basically knew abt it for years, C decides to hold out and punish Ryan for all of his suffering. But Carson literally didn't even last a day! I wish Carson had REALLY made Ryan work for it! He gave in so quickly! :-/
I'm also really curious as to why the author decided to give Ryan a child. I think Riley is adorable but not really necessary to the story. Especially bc Ryan and Carson are so very young like 20 and 22.
Overall, the book did not disappoint. Even after the long wait the book lived up to my expectations.
Ryan and Carson are officially an item! I feel like this has been years coming and it's so exciting. It's also a very very good story. We get to see how Ryan has matured and grown in the last 4 years. Carson is still pretty much Carson but they work so well together.
one critique I have is that after Carson learns that Ryan is his mate and that Ryan basically knew abt it for years, C decides to hold out and punish Ryan for all of his suffering. But Carson literally didn't even last a day! I wish Carson had REALLY made Ryan work for it! He gave in so quickly! :-/
I'm also really curious as to why the author decided to give Ryan a child. I think Riley is adorable but not really necessary to the story. Especially bc Ryan and Carson are so very young like 20 and 22.
Overall, the book did not disappoint. Even after the long wait the book lived up to my expectations.
August 1, 2015
Well the title says it all, it's about time this story arrived. This is an amazing addition to the series, I only wished that Carson didn't forgive so easily it would have been nice to see Ryan working on obtaining his mates forgivness but all in all an very good read. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
August 10, 2015
I have waited forever, for this book. I've enjoyed seeing Carson's love grow for Ryan, and now we get to see what happens now that they're older. I do think Carson forgave Ryan way to quickly, but I guess it makes sense. He was very forgiving and caring as a child. I really enjoyed this book, it was worth the wait.
August 2, 2015
This wasn't my favourite.. I finished this book because of Carson.. Wished he was mated to Asa or Maurice.. Rather than Ryan..
August 8, 2015
3.75***
August 21, 2015
This was ok
November 28, 2015
How long have I waited to read this book, it seems like FOREVER! PERFECT TITLE FOR A PERFECT STORY
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