The Alpha's Mate

The Wolvers, Volume 1

By: Jacqueline Rhoades

Narrated by: Leah Frederick

Welcome to Rabbit Creek.... City girl Elizabeth Reynolds hopes to find peace and contentment in the small Appalachian town of Rabbit Creek. Okay, so the bucolic cottage she's rented turns out to be a dilapidated cabin without phone service, but the people she meets are wonderful. Friendly and down to Earth, they welcome her with open arms. It's just like moving to Mayberry...if Andy and Aunt Bea were wolves. Only an outsider would call them werewolves. They're wolvers, a community of man/beasts that have lived in these hills since their ancestors emigrated from Scotland three hundred years ago. And that gorgeous Chief of Police, Marshall Goodman, the guy she met while covered in mud and wearing granny underpants? The one who sends her heart spinning? He's their Alpha and his pack is under attack from outside forces. Elizabeth, being a sane and reasonable woman, wants no part of any of this, but if she refuses to risk her life and her heart, the people she's grown to care about will lose everything and she'll lose the one man she was born to love.

©2012 Jacqueline Rhoades (P)2014 Jacqueline Rhoades

Enjoyed the story

It was a well written story, but the narration was really bad. The pitch was so high it was hard to listen at times and the male voices had little distinction. The characters are compelling enough to keep me interested in the series. I especially appreciate the author's sense of humor

EXCRUCIATING NARRATION!!!!!!!

Any additional comments?

Wish I would have paid heed to the comments regarding this book's narrator. I have purchased/listened to many, many audio books and I have never had an issue with the narration of one until now. The narrator, Leah Frederick, has a high pitched voice and reads/narrates as though she's a newscaster. For those two reasons, I found her narration to be excruciating on the ears which made it very difficult to concentrate on the story being told. It was like trying to listen to a favorite song sung by an excruciatingly, horrible singer.

Loved it

I can not wait to read the other book in The series I loved how she did not drag it out too much it just enough to keep you reading.

3.5 STARS ENJOYABLE BUT SADLY MISSING THE PASSION

It was a great plot and had lots of potential with good world-building and a full cast of interesting/weird/wonderful characters BUT the romance side of the story was very weak and the sex was tame or only hinted at. I like my shifters to be all Alpha and to let their wild side out when they find their mate but this was just a weak whine rather than a heated howl.

Worth a credit? There were exciting parts and humorous parts but, for me, it was lacking the sizzling chemistry and romance. I got it while it was on sale so just bought it but if I'd used a credit on it then I would have been disappointed.

Good and worth the cost

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook. It was entertaining and moved well although I don't much like the "southern "accents. Otherwise a good read/listen.