Chief Bear

Rescue Bears, Book 1

De: Scarlett Grove

Narrado por: Ashley Taylor, Calvin Murray

Worlds apart...

On Fate Mountain, Levi Blackthorn is alpha of his bear clan and leader of the Rescue Bears, the search-and-rescue crew. He and his fellow ex-Navy SEALs are closer than brothers. In a world where shifters often battle prejudice and even violence from humans, they face whatever comes together.

Juliet Hernandez is a soft-hearted, strong-willed graphic designer with a close circle of friends. She doesn’t like risk, but she’s always there when someone needs her.

Brought together....

One of Levi’s crew has started a shifter-human dating website. Despite his misgivings, Levi signs up - after all, male shifters outnumber females, and both man and bear are ready to find a mate and settle down.

When he meets his curvy human match, his bear roars in approval - and Levi wants to claim her immediately. But it’s not that easy. Juliet’s last relationship was hell, and though the handsome alpha’s touch makes her melt, his possessiveness makes her wary.

To give fate a hand...

Can Juliet let go of her past and trust the wild heart of her shifter mate, enabling them to forge a bond deeper than any challenge the world might bring? Or will their differences prove too great to overcome?

©2016 Scarlett Grove (P)2019 Scarlett Grove

HOW COULD YOU NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH THESE BEARS?

CHIEF BEAR is the first book in the Rescue Bears series. While each will stand on its own, they are even better when you read them all and in the order of release.

I have always loved reading Scarlett Grove’s Fate Mountain stories. Honestly, I’ve read more than I’ve reviewed, and I need to get more of those reviews posted for ya’all. Finally, I had the opportunity to listen to one in Audible and it is even better than I imagined it could be. This is a dark chocolate cake that now has a sweet caramel center and pink sugar sprinkles on top of the best buttercream icing you’ve ever tasted. To hear those bears wistfully thinking of human woman, “curvy women.” Sigh!

Levi and Juliette are a modern-day version of pen pals falling in love via text after meeting on Date.com long before they meet in person. Of course, they’re not admitting that it’s love yet; she’ll only admit to interest at first and he doesn’t want to scare her off by telling her that his bear has scented his mate.

Nevertheless, how can she not fall in love with the protective, considerate, consuming shifter. I love the romance. I also love their friends and being witness to their relationships. In fact, I’m looking forward to learning more about those bears, their mates, and how they will find their HEAs (especially Brew Bear… it looks like his may be the hardest to convince).

Narration: The narration is unfortunately inconsistent. The production values are not equal, so I was constantly turning the volume up or down depending on which narrator was speaking. Thank God they did full chapter instead of line by line reading!

Calvin Murray has a William Shatner-like delivery with many odd pauses. On the other hand, he does an amazing job at giving each of the bear shifter men a unique voice that was entertaining and added to my listening enjoyment.

Ashley Taylor’s voice work is nearly flawless and sweet to boot! I would be delighted to listen to her again.

When there are two narrators, it would be nice if they collaborated on the sounds for the characters so that both gave the same sound for the same character (or as closely as possible) and work to make their production values match for the sake of the listeners.

Note: While I received this book as a gifted audiobook copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.


Title: CHIEF BEAR
Series: Rescue Bears #1
Author: Scarlett Grove
Category /Genre: Paranormal Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Listenability: NSFW
Received from: Ashley Taylor (as an Audible gifted copy)

Feel good shifter story!

I like the character development in this story. Both characters have a part of their past that still haunts them. Juliet is a independent and strong woman but feels insecure as far as her looks go. Because of her ex boyfriend she doesn't think anyone would love her. Levi is a strong alpha male who is confident, compassionate, caring, and loving. His inner bear tells him that she is his mate . Can he give her the confidence she needs to allow herself to love a bear shifter? There is a variety of cast members that will aid and challenge them. Many of them need books of their own. The narrators are very good. They created different voices for the characters. Ashley was excellent on the quality of her voices. Personally I thought Calvin made Levi sound a little older than what he was but he did give him a strong commanding voice. I received this Audible book and voluntarily wrote an honest review. I do recommend this book for your listening pleasure.

A Great & Original Shifter Romance!

4.5 Wonderfully Unique Stars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I love & enjoy shifter stories and Scarlett Grove does not disappoint. She impressively creates this imaginative world where shifters live amongst humans that is believable and realistic. The story is well written with interesting storylines that grab your attention right from the start. The characters are likable and well developed. The chemistry between the leads, Juliet and Levy, was smoking. I love Fate Mountain and the bear clan, also loved the dynamics of the clan and their bear names, starting with the alpha, Chief Bear, then you have Wild Big, Brew, Ski and Geek Bear. Speaking of Geek Bear, he is a computer whiz who creates a human-shifter dating site and how Juliet and Levy meet. I highly recommend this entertaining story, it has drama, action, humor, romance and some hot shifters. Scarlett Grove, thank you for this great story I am looking forward to rest of the clan’s stories.

I listened to the Audible edition, Ashley Taylor and Calvin Murray did a terrific job narrating and performing the voices, bringing the characters to life from the pages to your ears. Thanks for the entertaining listen.

Something a little different

So I don't read a lot of paranormal romances. I find that they tend to either be excessively violent or graphic in the bedroom. I also get tired of the same old vampires and werewolves popping up in every story. So, I saw bear shifters and I figured I'd give it a try.

This story is different from other paranormal stories I've read in the past. Shifters are known to humans, and while they're probably not the most liked, they are acknowledged and mostly accepted. Levi and Juliet meet thought a dating app made specifically for shifters looking for their mates. What a neat idea in this day and age. My only real complaint is that the romance is rather quick, I mean they're basically mated within a couple weeks of meeting online and days within meeting in person. BUT, it is a paranormal and there's that animal instinct that tends to allow me to look over that instalove that drives me nuts.

The dual narration works and I particularly enjoyed both performances. Ashley Taylor and Calvin Murray both did a great job of creating voices for each of the characters and injecting feeling into their narrations. I can't wait to hear more from both of them.

I really enjoyed this book and kinda want to see what happens in this small Oregon community. Well done Ms Grove.

Great Story!

This was my first Scarlett Grove's book. This is the first book in the Rescue Bear Series. I like the characters, the bear clan, and the storyline. The story is sweet, fun, sexy, and filled with action. Levi and Juliet share an instant attraction/love and a great chemistry. The narration is good, and easy to understand. Calvin Murray's voice didn't really fits the character, but I love Ashley Taylor's voice!

Good Start

Good intro to series. Always enjoy a female character with positive confidence with her body. I enjoyed the sprinkling of all the other characters and a glimpse of possible upcoming stories.

A cute little shifter story

I love the story. It’s a cute little read. I enjoyed meeting Levi and the other bears. Each has their own fun personality. Juliet and her girls are smart and sassy.
Drew and Quinn’s story was so much fun to read and I can’t wait til I can finish their story.
I listened to this on audio. I am not a fan of the male reader. He does a good job on Levi and Juliet but when he does the other male characters he loses me. He makes them sound old and raspy not at all what the writer is trying to portray. The female reader does a good job with speaking the male and female parts. Overall not a deterrent to not listen but it did throw me off my game while listening.

Chief Bear by Scarlett Grove

This shape shifter romance is pretty good. The story is simple but definitely heartfelt and at some chapters.. so hot too. I love that this story though simple is unique than other shape shifter romances out there. Certainly worth the time to listen to.

The narration by Ashley Taylor and Calvin Murray is also good.. but I honestly prefer the Ashley Taylor part of narration.. I'm not sure but maybe because female narration is more soothing in the ear for me but I don't have anything against Calvin's parts, his is also good.

Shifter romance.

I liked the storyline of this and I love audio books/books in general where we hear multiple characters perspectives but I didn’t love the male narrators voice, he kind of made all the men sound dumb and uneducated which I didn’t appreciate. There were parts of the story I didn’t love but they had to do more with secondary characters who I assume the next story will focus on. Overall it was a good listen and I’ll definitely listen to number two.

A Great Shifter Romance.

I love this story it is a great shifter romance. Levi is a great character he is an alpha leader it is tender and sweet to juliette. I love the narrator's they were spot on. I can't wait to read more from this series. I would highly recommend.