Unwilling Wolf

Standalone Wild West Werewolf Arranged Romance

By: T. S. Joyce

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Eliza Flemm is back in Rockdale to chase an old life she has been dreaming about since her mother took her away from this place years ago. She is grown now, and raised softly in Society, but her adventurous spirit has always longed for the chaos of the Wild West again. She wants to reconnect with her father, of course, but she also has harbored a secret affection for Garret Shaw—the son of a rancher, and someone who was good down to his very bones back when she knew him as a child. Whatever she remembers of ranch life from her childhood memories, well, nothing is the same anymore. Garret Shaw’s eyes don’t look human, and the snarl in his chest says something terrible has happened to the friend she remembers. He is nothing like the kind boy she used to know, and now he is leading a Pack of people she doesn’t understand. The more she is immersed into this feral shifter world, the more she questions if she should’ve ever come back here at all. But with time comes understanding, and slowly she is building an unbreakable bond to the life, the creatures, and the people here in this Turn of the Century town. She has stumbled right into the middle of a war that has been brewing for decades, and now she will have to get her hands dirty and learn to fight back, or slink back to her cushioned life in Society. All while falling hopelessly in love with a werewolf who seems angry she even exists.

Garret Shaw is angry all the time. He’s trying to do his best by his Pack, but a territory war has been building, and the arrival of Eliza destroys the plan he’d put in place for peace. She’s soft and fragile and bleeds easily, and now she is his wife. Why? Not because he chose her. He marries that irritating woman as a favor to a friend and now he’s saddled with the red-haired firecracker for as long as it takes her to run away back to her soft life in Boston. She’s human, and too mouthy for her own good, and that’s a bad combination out in the wilds of Texas where werewolves rule the territory. He’s Alpha here, and has a hundred fires to put out on any given week, and adding a sassy, fragile human to his Pack isn’t something he ever wanted. And to top it off? She’s gorgeous. Of course she is. Her stunning beauty makes it all the more irritating as he tries to keep his distance. And he’s noticing she is working hard and learning her way around his ranch. And now? His wolf is paying attention to her. He can’t afford to get attached to a soft human who will either perish, or run away. He has a territory war to focus on, and a Pack to keep fed, and no one could ever find a more unwilling husband than he…at least that’s what he’s telling himself.

Don’t miss this epic Wild West werewolf adventure that will lead you through the perils and triumphs of ranch wars, cattle drives, expanding territory lines, and controlling the beast within. This slow burn love story turns hot as fire, as T. S. Joyce stretches her muse to the longest book she’s ever written.

Saddle up, ladies and gents.
You’re in for one helluva wild ride.


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Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Shifter animal battles show up in most of these books. Intended for mature audiences.

unwilling

I enjoyed the book very much. but I hope there will be a human vocal to really bring the story out

good book, wish it wasn't AI

good plot, I don't usually like westerns or anything near that genre, but this was surprisingly good. the AI voice made it hard to distinguish who was speaking in a few spots where there was a lot of back and forth dialog or interruptions

Wonderful Western Story

I can’t deduct points for AI voice for performance because it’s AI and there isn’t a neutral. The story was very surprising. I loved the length and couldn’t put it down. I need more of this quirky family.

Very lovely story

I enjoyed this book very much. Very likable characters. Worth my time. I don’t mind on virtual narrative at all.

The characters/computer voice

The books was well written. However I have heard worse computer read stories but still the same problem. No emotions can be heard. That’s what I hate about AI readers. I do realize through time it will get better. But it’s also something that will take work away from a real reader who can show the emotions and feel the stories they’re reading.

No to virtual voice

The only reason I listened the whole way through this book is I liked the story. The book lost a lot because the voice could really only read the words, not pause where needed or put the right tone to the words. It was like listening to a computer in the 80’s. “Do you want to play a game?” Please do. Or ruin books with virtual voice.

Good Story

It was a good story. I liked it. Not a fan of the virtual voice. It was emotionless.

virtual voice

the story line was good but it was hard to understand at times who was talking because the virtual voice was always the same tone. when you listen to other books you know when it's one person or another. sometimes the virtual voice had issues with some of the words.