Black Moon

Wolf Moon Rising, Book 1

De: Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes

Narrado por: Michael Fell

An apple a day won’t keep this doctor away.

Linden Grove has always known that he’s not destined to be the next pack alpha. That position belonged to his brother Aspen - but then Aspen left the pack to join the military. When the unthinkable happens and the pack is left rudderless, someone has to step up and take care of it. Can a doctor go from “do no harm” to defending his own with his teeth and claws?

Colt Doherty is used to a certain kind of life. Glittering, picturesque, and...empty. As the youngest child of the country’s only werewolf senator, Colt has grown up in the spotlight, and he’s all too used to knot-headed alphas taking credit for the work of others, especially omegas like himself. When his editor sends him to write a story on the Grove pack, though, he finds something completely unexpected: Linden Grove in his unpolished perfection, as shiny and sweet as the apples his pack are known for.

A Grove pack omega has been kidnapped, and someone has to step up. The pack needs Linden to fill his father’s shoes, but no wolf can stand on his own. To save the day, sheltered Colt has to drop the politics and become the action hero he never thought an omega could be.

Black Moon is an 90k word standalone novel featuring one fiery journalist, one doctor with an obsession for hand knit sweaters, and the sweetest apple pies on the whole eastern seaboard, all bundled up in a non-mpreg A/B/O universe.

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Love this!

Black Moon is Book 1 in the Wolf Moon Rising series. This is a wonderfully written non-mpreg, action packed, paranormal wolf shifter romance. Colt, an omega and journalist, is sent by his editor, from the big city, to write a story on the Grove pack. There might be information the Grove pack has and is doing to keep omegas alive when something, a disease of some sort, is killing them. When Colt gets to the Grove pack his finds that one of their family has been kidnapped. And on an attempt to get him back the Pack Alpha was killed. Linden, an alpha, isn't prepared when his father died. He wasn't supposed to be next in line. It was for his older brother to take over as leader of the pack. But his brother never showed up and Linden had to decide what he wanted to do. What was best for the pack, his pack. I really enjoyed this book. Colt is such a strong character and is so good for Linden. They work well together. I loved the other pack characters and look forward to reading/listening to more from this world. Definitely recommend! Especially if you enjoy your Omegaverse with no mpreg.
Narrator Michael Fell does a marvelous job. He really brings the characters and the story to life.

Entertaining

This is a interesting twist in a very interesting storyline. It has a great plot and flows wonderfully. The characters Linden a doctor/ pack alpha and Colt a senator’s son are very different but they come together in a amazing way that is beautiful. This was a wonderful adventure and can’t wait to listen to more. The narration was great.

Absolutly amazing!!!

The story, funny, witty, dramatic, heart warming, spicy, perfect imagery. The narration absolutly amazing, the differnt accents give just the right amount of hilariousness and still keeping the serious tone when needed. Amazing piece of writing and art overall!!!

Michael Fell! Wow, what a narrator! Need more!😍

Sam Burns and W. M. Fawkes have come up with a shifter series that's original indeed. They give us a villain that will shake anyone existing on the planet to their very core but the victims targeted in these books especially are shifters. And the heroes are those who will discover the danger to shifters and work to ameliorate the damage. The omegas of the shifters are getting sick, weak, and dying out. Male and female, omegas provide a calming influence to the pack. Losing them results in feral packs with dangerous alphas that pose a threat to others.
In Black Moon, Wolf Moon Rising Book 1 alpha Linden Grove is feeling overwhelmed with grief as he is unable to save his father's life. With all the education and training as a medical doctor, he's feeling like a failure who has wasted time and money. Having been attacked by a neighboring pack leader who kidnapped an omega, Linden's father begs him to contact Aspen--the brother who ran from the pack ten years earlier. Recovering from the loss of the pack leader is bad enough. Planning to rescue the omega when so many of them are weak and dying out is essential and requires meticulous planning especially when a feral pack leader is involved.
Omega Colt Doherty is a journalist whose father is high on the political ladder. As a blue-blood shifter, he is well aware that his robust health may have more to do with the money his family has than anything else. Learning that the Grove pack has some of the healthiest omegas in the country, Colt request to visit the pack to collect information about those things in their lifestyle that may account for it. His request has been honored courtesy of an alpha who hopes to get elected as the new pack leader. Presenting the pack with a new alpha will seal the deal, or so he thinks. It quickly becomes clear Linden and Colt are drawn together in their joint concern for the wellbeing of the Grove pack and the safety of the omega captured by the feral Reeves.
Readers are in for a special treat with the shifter series as writers Burns and Fawkes give them more than just the rival pack scenario. There is a worldwide threat that is driving pack rivalry with more than just the need for an omega for procreational reasons. The absence of the omegas is causing behavioral changes in all alpha-led packs, making it hard for them to be seen explicitly as the villains. The writers share enough in the narrative to allow the readers to infer that the feral alphas of the Reeves pack are victims, to some extent! That's some AWESOME world-building right there! As for character development? I'd be here for another hour at least! We see growth all over the place and not just between the main characters! We see them grow with respect to other characters in the story. Colt grows to love the Grove pack, Linden grows to be a leader, several secondary characters grow too! Dang, this was so good!

5 stars for a great series starter

I fell in love with this book, Linden’s sweater & gentle nature, Colt’s sass and this series when I picked up the ebook. It’s one of those “world” we can get lost on, the alpha, beta, omega shifter world where there’s a mysterious Condition that’s taking omegas lives. Linden, an alpha, with his healer nature has been on a mission to find a cure while also dealing with a pack entrusted to his care. Colt who’s a brave, independent omega also on a mission to just get away from his overbearing family even for a bit and write an important journalistic.

These two wolves from two different worlds collided and everything unfolds from there. The world building is so good, the characters captivating and the story, just engaging. And the mystery? It’ll keep you hooked.

Michael Fell is a new-to-me narrator and he definitely added another layer of awesomeness to this story.