Samantha's dying grandmother explains to her about their family and the wolf part of it. She urges Samantha to go to Harmony, Washington and spend time getting to know the wolf families that they are connected to. Since she is not full wolf, she is able to smell who is but they cannot smell her. The five McAllister Brothers believe she is to be their mate. They recognize her but how do they get her to realize the same thing? And what about Gabe that is making him cautious when it comes to Samantha? Does he believe or not?

I enjoyed this book. It is excellent world building and the story it hard to put down. I like the characters. I loved Samantha and the 4 younger brothers are a hoot. It is Gabe that we need to get to know better as it is his actions that tell what will happen. It takes him a while but he finally sees what his brothers see. Samantha loves the brothers and the sex but can she handle the forever part? She then sees it from their point of view and understands the importance of their commitment. I liked that. I also liked the different points of view of the story. I knew what each was thinking and I loved knowing all their thoughts because then I could figure out which choices would be made.

I liked Diane Leyne's writing. I plan on reading more of her.

Scent of a Mate

 
When a good intention creates a problem for the Wolfe family, Jordan Alvarez finds herself being stalked by a woman intent on claiming Aric as her own. Battle lines will be drawn, love will be put to the test, and Aric will have to fight Jordan’s strong personality to keep her alive. Two alpha hearts seeking control will either find the balance or risk losing their love forever. 

A Mate’s Bite 
She. Is. His. Nathan Wolfe marked Karla. His mate. Deeply involved in pack politics, Nate has had to stay away. When his sister warns that Karla needs him more than he thinks, he'll discover a bundle of secrets only his wolf can sniff out. But getting the woman he cares about to let down her guard may prove to be his undoing. 

Unexpectedly Mated 
After years of lusting over Jake Wolfe, Nicole Acosta finally got a taste of the dirty-talking bad boy. During the scenting ceremony, he showed her how explosive things can be between them. But Nicole doesn’t do love. She doesn’t even know what love is. So how can she know if a relationship with Jake would be the right path to take? 

Jake wants Nic more than his next breath. She’s curvy, mouthy and so hot his blood boils just thinking of her. But Nic’s been keeping him at a distance. And Jake is tired of her games. One fateful trip to Sin City and all bets are off.

Sasha’s mother was dying from cancer the doctors said she had at most three months to live. Sasha’s father was a cop. Sasha had a beautiful voice and had went to Nashville and she was offered a contract but had to before oral sex on one of the big wigs of the label to be able to sign. And she declined and returned to her home. Even though Sasha had went to college she was still a virgin. Sasha’s mother wanted her to marry Ben. who her mom thought was a fine young man. But Sasha didn’t want Ben. Then Sam Stone came to church to hear Sasha sing. When Sasha was walking home Sam asked her to sing with his band. Sam had been Sasha’s H S crush although he didn’t know it. What Sasha doesn’t know is that Sam is a wolf shifter. Sam also thinks that Sasha may be his mate. I loved this story it kept me glued to it right from the start. Outstanding story and plot and writting. It was fairly fast paced and instalove - or lust. But with shifters involved a bit more excepted at least for me. I loved the ins and outs of this story. I highly recommend. I received an ARC of this story for an honest review.

I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I loved this. I wasn't sure I'd get into the story, with both of the characters dealing with angst at their past failed matings. It was such a great book. I don't know why I was surprised because Nalini Singh is a fantastic writer. I've tended to be more of a Psy fan for a while, and the latest books in the series that were Changeling/Changeling mating weren't my favorites. However, this book broke that negative streak for me. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the Psy storyline is so prominent!

Riaz is a cool guy. He's a strong dominant, but he's also a very caring man. He comes off as being a jerk at first, but it's just him trying to deal with his soul-deep hurt. He's attracted to Adria, another dominant soldier in the SnowDancer pack. It's inconvenient and powerful. When she suggests they become lovers to deal with their need for skin to skin contact as changelings, he rebuffs her in a hurtful way. But he isn't able to stop his feelings for her.

I liked how Nalini Singh dealt with the idea of fated mates not working out like one would expect. In this case, Riaz fated mate is someone else and he can't have her. Adria chose a partner who wasn't strong enough to handle her as a dominant female. It broke her heart. She's not in a position to fall in love again. I like that she isn't going to let Riaz walk all over her. He has to earn her trust and she does continue to guard her heart because of the fact that she's not Riaz's true mate. However, their love grows naturally and deeply. It's almost as though the whole concept of fated mates is turned on its ears in this book. But it's done so well, I was happy with the result. I loved how Riaz continues to woo Adria and show his love for her.

The ongoing suspense story about the PsyNet breaking down--and Pure Psy's attempts to destroy it so that people can go back to their rigid and pure form of Silence--continues. This book follows up after Kiss of Snow and Sienna's manifestation as a powerful X-Psy, and what that means. Sienna and Hawke's relationship is still prominent in this book, but that's fine with me. I love them as a couple, and it's great to see how well things are going for them. The Arrows have their own plans in helping their people, and they form an alliance with Kaleb Krychek, a powerful Psy who has some motivations that aren't 100% clear. And there's some very good news for a past mated pair.

This storyline just continues to grow and the connection between the Psy, Changelings, and Humans becomes more rich and complicated with each book. The Humans aren't the frail, ineffectual agents in this world that one might believe. Far from it.

I'm so excited to read Kaleb, Vasic and Aden's book. When I started this book, I was mainly just reading it so I could make it to the next books, which are Psy-oriented. But I ended up enjoying this enormously.

Dalaney’s new job was as a country vet.She was eventually taking over Barry’s practice with another vet named Sam. San wasn’t there yet but when he got there he would handle the farm animal side of the practice as Delaney was actually a companion animal vet. But Barry felt needed to be versatile in a small practice. So Delaney was out doing farm animal calls as Barry had been called out on an emergency. Delaney was going to White Raven ranch. On arriving she met the ranch owner Leif. Leif wants her to set a bald eagle’s broken wing. Leif had been in Afghanistan and he was changed when he came back there was a sadness about him. Leif became a lone wolf and didn’t belong to any pack [ he was a wolf shifter]. Leif didn’t believe in one mate for the rest of your life. Nor did he believe in sharing his women with his  five brothers. But the way his body was reacting to Delaney he definitely planned on having her in his bed. But Leif was a broken man and he knew it. Delaney did accompany Leif to Bozeman when the eagle needed to be taken there to be treated. Leif used his helicopter.  Delaney did sleep with Leif but woke up alone. When Delaney and Leif were having lunch Leif’s oldest brother Wyatt was there. Wyatt was a butt. Wyatt decided he wanted Leif to share Delaney and told Leif in an ordering type way to bring Delaney to dinners so everyone could see and meet her.

I enjoyed this story would have liked it a little longer with more detail and insight especially to the characters. Like what is Delaney’s back story? The characters just need a bit more to them. I did like Delaney and felt bad for the sadness in Leif. I also like that Leif will not share Delaney with his brothers in a sexual way. Maybe the next story will be more complete.

I received an ARC of this story for an honest review.