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Book Blurb

Neal Berens was captured laying traps on werewolf territory. Now he's being claimed by the most vicious looking alpha he's ever seen in his entire life.

 

Hyde's face isn't a pretty one, and though it inspires fear, Neal also feels a hot, aching lust he can't deny. He needs to be closer to the other man, and when Hyde finally takes him, he can't fight it for long. He needs it, whether he wants it or not.

 

Hyde knows he's not a prize. Not only is he big, but he's ugly. Hideous. At least with his size, it means he can protect his mate from the rest of the pack. A friend is dead, Neal is being blamed, and Hyde will go against everyone, even his friends, to keep his mate safe, regardless of his hard past. He will do this because Neal is his, they are mated, whether he likes it or not.

 

Book Review

Hyde and Neal are not the first couple in this series to be mated against their will, and they are as distant as Emery and Griffin (in the previous two books) when they recognize what’s going on. On top of that Neil, who is a hunter like Emery used to be, has to face the anger of the rest of the pack – and in the wake of Dean and Joey’s disappearance, more alphas are madder at the hunters than ever before. But Hyde and Neal have their individual issues as well as the problems they encounter as a couple, and it takes them a while to figure out how to deal with them.

Neal, much like Emery, joined the hunters to avenge a loved one being killed by a werewolf or wolfhound – he is not exactly clear on which it was. Nor does it matter – he wants revenge. There are a few things he has never considered – like the fact that werewolves and wolfhounds are also people or that they were mistreated and attacked by humans first. Neal cannot resist the mating pull, and as soon as he begins to talk to Hyde and others in Max’s pack, Neal begins to change. He is learning to see a different perspective, and added to the feelings he has for Hyde; Neal begins to realize he was wrong. Making up for what he did may not be possible, but he sure tries!

Hyde thinks he is too big and too ugly ever to be liked, never mind loved by anyone. But that doesn’t stop him from adoring Neal and doing anything to protect him from other pack members. Hyde may not be clever (or so he thinks), but he is strong and perfectly capable of protecting Neal. And Neal needs more than a little protection, so Hyde has his hands quite full. He doesn’t mind, and the longer he knows Neal, the more he realizes the “liking” is not just due to the mating.

If you like stories about total strangers, enemies even, having to learn to live with each other, if two men who both feel like outcasts sound like an interesting couple, and if you’re looking for a read that is as intense as it is hot, then you will probably like this novella. And on top of everything, Mary Jacks gave me some tantalizing hints about Dean and possibly even Joey – who may be presumed dead, but since they never found his body, I am presuming something else.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 120 pages/35781 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	26-December-2015
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.bookstrand.com/book/whether-you-like-it-or-not