Wolf Line: Granite Lake Wolves [Kindle Edition]

Vivian Arend (Author)

Book Description

Into the best-laid plans a little chaos must fall…

Granite Lake Wolves, Book 5

Jared’s not sure how his quiet morning coffee near the harbour ended with him on a cruise ship impersonating one of his pack mates. Well, it might have something to do with a woman, but who can blame him? The female of the species was made to love, and he’s more than willing to share his considerable skills in that area. Especially since he figures the chances of meeting his own one-and-only are slim.

Keri Smith is positive the last-minute recruit sneaking aboard the Arctic Wolf Cruise Lines tour is her mate. Ix-nay on confirming that, though, at least for the next ten days. She’s promised her best friend to be overall troubleshooter for the shifter-only cruise. Getting tangled up in mating lust would reduce her skills to nil. Avoidance of the sexy wolf for the duration of the cruise, followed by jumping his bones, seems the logical solution.

But when libidos are on the line, “logic” and “wolves” don’t go together. Throw in suspicions of wrongdoing, and these two virtual strangers will need a lot more than luck to find their way through to forever.

Warning: Really? You need to be warned about the hot nookie and sarcasm? Yeah, it’s in here. Also colourful cat shifters, lupine royalty, and wild adventures in cabins like you’ve never seen before.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Wolf Line is brimming with adventure, sopping in steam and bursting with life. Arend doesn't overplay her hand delivering humor and romance, making this an entertaining read." ~ RT Book Reviews

"Wolf Line is fast-paced and has a number of plot twists strengthened with witty banter and strong secondary characters." Lea F. ~ USA Today HEA

From the Author

There are currently 6 books in the Granite Lake Wolves series. These are light-hearted, happily-ever-afters.

The next book set in the award-nominated Takhini Wolves world is coming August 20, 2013. Diamond Dust: Takhini Wolves, Book 3

The Granite Lake Wolves books are all novella length. Takhini Wolves are novels.

Product Details

• File Size: 282 KB
• Print Length: 109 pages
• Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (June 12, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00702M8BK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,794 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great read that didn't miss a beat June 13, 2012

By B. Walker

Format:Kindle Edition

This is another book I'm reading mid series. I haven't read any of the four preceding book and honestly didn't feel I needed to. Want to go back and read them now?... YES. Need to read to understand this book?... NO. I love it when that happens.

I found Jared charming and slick but down to earth. Keri was a good friend and the kind of person you want to have at your back.

The writing had flair, the story was fun and there was a bit of a mystery going on which I truly enjoyed.

For me Wolf Lines was a winner. I had a great time traveling into the shifter world and when I came out I was ready for more, backlist and future stories.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Granite Lake winner June 15, 2012

By B. Walker

Format:Kindle Edition

The last thing Granite Lake wolf-shifter Jared wants is get a job-job, especially one that doesn't involve the kind of sweating and noises from frolicking with a female but it may be time. His wolf-anizing ways have caught up to him in the form of a couple of thugs and Jared has to hide quickly (really not his fault). A cruise ship is waiting in the harbor with all its hiding spots and crowds. It has to be kismet that they're expecting a packmate to check in as a worker and no one questions his sudden appearance.

Keri is on board the Arctic Cruise Line to help support her friend Tessa's maiden voyage as cruise director. When she comes across new hire "Mark," one deep sniff tells her he's her mate. She can't figure out why she rates a wink instead of being jumped on the closest horizontal surface though. Maybe he's being gentlemanly? It takes Jared's wolf to finally turn the light bulb on and tell him - hey, Keri's his mate!

Jared and Keri's road to happiness is bound to be hazardous since the beginning was bumpy. It's romance 101. Jared's got a lot of `splainin' to do to Keri, starting with his real name which was a bigger issue than I thought. Jared has depth and he's very cute telling things to Keri while she's taking it all in stride. Keri's had longer to get used to the idea of Jared as her mate and while she mainly just wants to have sex like a madwoman for a while, she's okay with learning to accept the good with the bad in him. The little side story/crime caper was funny and was a good way to advance the romance and Jared's need to spill his secrets early.

Because of the length of the story (long novella), there isn't a lot of space for happy mating activity, but there's still some simmering smexy times between the couple.... Arend writes fan-yourself hotness without being too graphic and the characters are always emotionally engaged. Freshly mated couples are always very...energetic. :)

The Granite Lake pack hierarchy had its mating stories, so any new books are looks at other wolves that probably have appeared someplace and are getting their happily-ever-afters. If this book is any indication, it's not necessary to read the original core books to enjoy the new. The alphas and omegas show up and there's a little scene with them that's a tease about Jared. It was a nice reminder about pack life then and again later in the book. I admit I miss being on land and roaming with the wolves there, but the cruise ship idea was original and a true change of pace.

Both characters were likeable, especially rascally Jared. I don't usually find myself liking players but there was something endearing about him that made me smile. Once he figured out Keri was his mate, he was so joyful that I had this image of a squirming puppy. Keri was quiet compared to him, she reminded me of a wolf stalking her prey (which was what she was trying to avoid doing, poor thing). She wasn't in any way needy though, which won her big points with me.

This is a little departure in tone from the original four Granite Lake books, for sure. It's still great meeting up with the pack but now it's taking the members in new directions, doing a little exploring and coming across other shifters and packs. The cruise ship idea was a lot of fun (try racing down the shuffleboard deck with bubbles on it), I liked the little whodunit and as always, the mating of the shifter couple is intense and sexy. Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great installment June 13, 2012

By Under The Covers Book Blog

Format:Kindle Edition

Wolf Line
Reviewed by Francesca & posted at Under the Covers Book Blog

This was such a cute story. In pretty much the same style as the previous books in this series, WOLF LINE has everything you'd want, delivered in a short story. I had no expectations about Jared and we didn't know Keri. But there's some humor, some intrigue and action, and most importantly two adorable characters who are nowhere ready (or so they thought) to meet their mate. But when they do meet, they are great and connect right away, fireworks and all!'

Jared, the man whore, was running away from the family/brothers of his latest conquest and ran into a cruise ship to get away from them. He gets caught, gives a pack members name that was scheduled to work on the maintenance crew, and somehow finds himself aboard the cruise ship and sailing away.

With his bad sense of smell he doesn't realize when his mate is standing right in front of him! But she knows and she it's all she can not to jump his bones, his very sexy bones. Until they are caught in the middle of some thefts happening on board and they will have to help solve them to clear their name.

Another great installment! Fans of the series will love it and new readers, you're missing out! These stories are great buys!!

*ARC provided by author

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed June 21, 2012

By Tammie S. Shirks

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I have read this whole series and this one seemed like it had been written by someone else. Nothing really exciting and no awesome steamy love scenes. It just fell flat and was just too short. Really disappointed after waiting so long for this book to come out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Wolf Line June 12, 2012

By Jess

Format:Kindle Edition

WOLF LINE starts with lovable Jared running from the big brothers of a woman he slept with. He runs right on to a shifter only cruise ship before it sets out. Not wanting to give himself away, he impersonates a pack mate who didn't show for his maintenance job (probably hung over, per Jared) and then he see Keri...and walks right by his mate, oblivious.

Keri knows instantly that Jared is her mate and can't understand how he's physically able to walk right by her and not say or do anything. Her wolf is going crazy needing to be around him, smell him, tumble with him. Add to this, she's on the ship to help her best friend deal with the responsibility of running the cruise. She's the troubleshooter, which basically comes down to her talking her friend off the edge of a cliff a time or two. Finally, in wolf form, Jared comes across and Keri and the light bulb goes off. It's explained why Jared's wolf knew immediately that Keri was his and human Jared didn't, but it doesn't matter now. Both wolf and human are on board and the mates have found each other.

This is one of the charming parts of this series for me - I love that the mating happens first and everything else just works itself out. Jared and Keri aren't too concerned with knowing every little detail about each other, or even when they each suspect the other of being the jewel thief who's being tracked on the ship. Nope - while they want to know the truth, they're each more concerned with protecting the other person first, and then finding out all the details later. They were fun together, super sexy and delightful to read about. Of the two leads, Jared won me over most. There's just something about his easy going, fun personality that made him very easy to like.... He has an interesting past, an even more interesting family and I'd have loved to have learned more about his life both pre-Keri and with her.

As I mentioned above, there is a small suspense storyline that has the hero and heroine trying to figure out who is stealing jewels from the passengers. It's a thread that goes through much of the story but it never felt front and center and I never really cared about that story. I was enjoying the play between Jared and Keri too much that all the supporting people and storylines fell to the side.

This latest installment to the Granite Lake Wolves series reads great as a standalone and I had fun getting to know Jared and Keri. These two wolves are playful and fun and it's hard to resist Jared, who is such a sexy shifter!

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More About the Author

Vivian Arend in one word: Adventurous. In a sentence: Willing to try just about anything once. That wide-eyed attitude has taken her around North America, through parts of Europe, and into Central and South America, often with no running water.

Her optimistic outlook also meant that when challenged to write a book, she gave it a shot, and discovered creating worlds to play in was nearly as addictive as traveling the real one. Now a New York Times and USA bestselling author of over 30 novels and short stories in both contemporary and paranormal genres, Vivian continues to explore, write and otherwise keep herself well entertained.

She loves to hear from readers: [e-mail]. You can also drop by http://vivianarend.com for more information on what is coming next.