Lavinia Lewis

Pete's Persuasion is the seventh book in Lavinia Lewis' Shifter's Haven werewolf series. The book tells the story of Pete, a werewolf shifter and Tony, the human friend of Kelan's human mate, Jake. The two young men meet in the midst of a crisis in the town of Wolf Creek when an arsonist bent on revenge tries to destroy Kelan's pack.

Lewis jumps into the action in Pete's Persuasion almost from the first page with an explosion at the dance hall that Pete manages. You can read Pete's Persuasion as a standalone novel, but to know all of the characters involved it helps to read other books in the series, although you don't necessarily need to read them in sequence. I found Pete's Persuasion an entertaining paranormal tale about life in a werewolf pack undergoing internal challenges and opposition from external forces.

Pete and Tony have good chemistry together; the scenes between them are entertaining. Lewis does not resolve the overarching mystery surrounding the Wolf Creek pack, so it's clear there's going to be a sequel to this novel. Instead, the primary focus of Pete's Persuasion is building the romance between Tony and Pete, as well as Tony's reaction to discovering a world peopled with werewolves and other shifters.

The tale had enough twists and turns in the plot to keep me engaged in Pete and Tony's story. The characters are definitely likable and I can't wait to find out how Lewis resolves the issue of the arsonist.

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Gregory's Rebellion is part of Lavinia Lewis' Shifter Haven series about a group of shifters living on the Crazy Horse cattle ranch outside of Wolf Creek. Gregory, a member of the supernatural council, finds himself sent on a mission to Las Vegas to retrieve Hayden, a young panther shifter living in isolation from his family and the rest of the shifter community.

While you can read this romance alone, background from previous stories in the series supply useful details regarding several of the plot motivations. The story deals primarily with the relationship between Gregory and Hayden and solving the mystery of why Hayden doesn't recognize his connection to Gregory.

Both Gregory and Hayden are likable characters and their story is a good one. However, supernatural council in-fighting occasionally sidetracks the budding relationship between these two cat shifters. Gregory spends much of his time trying to figure out who's behind the supernatural council mate murders, while Hayden is trying to fit into to his new life in Wolf Creek. The two are in for a bumpy ride, which Lewis handles with an entertaining hand.

The writing in Gregory's Rebellion is spare and light; the book is an easy read. The sex scenes have heat and energy. There are some spicy exchanges between Gregory and Hayden, as well as some bedroom appearances by characters from other stories in the series.

Gregory's Rebellion gets 3.5 stars mainly because of a lack of detail regarding Wolf Creek and its citizenry. How did all of these shifters come to be living in the wilds of Wolf Creek? And what about the supernatural council? How do they seem to know what's going on in the entire shifter community, including a lone panther in Las Vegas? Despite these questions, I enjoyed Gregory's Rebellion.

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Nate's Deputy is the fifth book in Lavinia Lewis' Shifters' Haven series. It's a standalone story about two strong-willed gay werewolf shifters, Nate Stanford and Deputy Jared Ambrose. Nate's Deputy focuses on life in the small town of Wolf Creek and the activities of its denizens.

Jared is looking to find a home for him and his troubled younger brother, Tristan; while Nate's want to restore the home his deceased brother Rick lost. At the same time these two stubborn young men work to gain a home, they must deal with the shady activities going on in Wolf Creek involving the Supernatural Council. They also need to cope with an attraction so passionate it threatens to overcome all the other obstacles in their lives.

Lewis writes some steamy scenes between Jared and Nate, as well as other key characters in Nate's Deputy, including Aaron and Cary from other Shifters' Haven stories. Lewis has a strong voice and her characters are sympathetic and compelling. Jared's relationship with Tristan is tender and caring. Nate's grief over the death of his little brother is touching, as are the scenes with Cary and Aaron.

Nate's Deputy moves at a fast clip; the action almost never stops. On occasion, this shortchanges the depth of the story. There are also some minor technical and grammatical problems with Nate's Deputy that are not present in other installments of Shifters' Haven. Nevertheless, Nate's Deputy is a fun read worth 3.5 stars. Shifters' Haven is a nice series and with some interesting characters worth getting to know.

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