FATED WOLF’S DESTINY (Cascade Wolf Chronicles 1) by Delta James-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 23, 2025

I always knew I was different, but I had no idea a wolf hid beneath my skin—until I met him.

Isabella
My mentor died under suspicious circumstances. Now I’ve inherited his old vet clinic—and a mystery. Locals whisper he pried too deep into the forests of Shadow Hollow.
I can’t ignore the clues he left behind. Unknown to me, my grandmother was a wolf shifter banished for marrying a human. Then Ryder appears—alpha, protector, and dangerously magnetic. He warns me to leave the past buried. But I can’t.
Around Ryder my wolf side stirs for the first time, craving release. But I can’t shift.
Ryder stands beside me, though the pack Elders don’t trust half-shifters like me. I refuse to run.
Their acceptance of me could save us—or destroy us all.

Ryder
As the alpha of the Nightshade Pack, the weight of our survival rests on my shoulders. With shifter birth rates plummeting and tensions rising, finding a solution has never been more urgent.
Then I met Isabella. From the instant our paths crossed, I knew she was mine. But how can I claim her when she thinks she is a human? Even once she knows there is a wolf inside her she is unable to shift.
With Crimson Claw stalking the shadows, hunting wolves and anyone who stands in their way, her inability to shift puts her in more danger. But Isabella is more than she knows—and I’ll risk everything to uncover the truth.
Time is running out, and without her by my side, both my leadership and our pack’s future are at stake.
When two worlds collide, can love defy ancient boundaries and forge a new path?

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REVIEW: FATED WOLF’S DESTINY is the first instalment in Delta James’ contemporary, adult CASCADE WOLF CHRONICLES paranormal, romantic suspense series focusing on the Nightshade Pack of Shadow Hollow. This is Pack alpha Ryder Stone, and veterinarian Isabella ‘Bella’ Gordon’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ryder and Bella) FATED WOLF’S DESTINY follows in the wake of the arrival of veterinarian Isabella Gordon. When her mentor died under mysterious circumstances in Shadow Hollow, Isabella discovered she inherited the old man’s veterinarian practice, a practice set in the unwelcoming town where her grandmother once lived but all is not as it appears to be; the town is run by wolf shifters, and Isabella Gordon is an outsider digging in where she doesn’t belong. Pack alpha Ryder Stone knows immediately Isabella Gordon is more than human, but more specifically , Isabella is his mate but when the Crimson Claw begins to circle the town, Ryder becomes guardian and protector of the woman with whom he will fall in love.

The world building focuses on the search for the truth. A mutated group of hybrid wolves known as the Crimson Claw is taking aim at the shifters of Shadow Hollow, and in this, Bella is determined to uncover what is happening and how.

The relationship between Bella and Ryder begins acrimoniously as Bella is an unwelcome visitor in Shadow Hollow. The majority of the Pack members view Bella as a problem, while the others know Bella , more than many, has been a member for a very long time. As Ryder is pulled to the woman he will quickly call mate, someone else is targeting our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are limited but intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of energetic, leery and angry secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Ryder’s second in command and brother Lucas, Sheriff Edmund Barnes, as well as several pack members, including Marjorie Reed and Dorothy Canning. Lucas’ story line is next.

FATED WOLF’S DESTINY is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets, mistrust and suspicion,acceptance and love. The very familiar premise is intriguing and entertaining- I feel like I have read this story before; the romance is fated and fast; the characters are animated.

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Reviewed by Sandy