WOLF’S RECKONING (Blueridge Hollow 1) by Eve L Mitchell-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 22, 2025

In Blueridge Hollow, tradition is law—and tradition doesn’t bend for daughters.

Rowen was raised to lead: fierce, disciplined, and loyal to the bone. But with her father—the alpha—dying, brutal reality sets in. No matter how skilled she is, no matter how ready, the pack will never accept a female leader.

The Pack Council has a solution. A political mating. Choose a husband. Surrender the title. Smile while they hand her birthright to someone else, and Blueridge Hollow will secure their future.

Then Wolfe returns.

The boy she once rejected is now the man who threatens to upend everything. Wolfe is everything the pack wants in a leader. Dominant, dangerous, and completely outside her control. Worse, her wolf knows him. Wants him. And the feeling is anything but one-sided.

Rowen must make an impossible choice Fight for a place she was never meant to claim… Or surrender to a man who could save her pack—and break her in the process.

Some wolves are born to follow. Rowen was born to defy.

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REVIEW: WOLF’S RECKONING is the first instalment in Eve L Mitchell’s contemporary, adult BLUERIDGE HOLLOW paranormal, romance series focusing on Alpha Wolfe,and his mate Rowen.

Told from dual first person perspectives ( Wolfe and Rowen) WOLF’S RECKONING follows the return of Wolfe to the Blueridge Pack. Years earlier,wolf shifter Wolfe fell in love in with his Alpha’s daughter but Rowen rejected our hero, and pushed him out of her life. Refusing to remain where he wasn’t wanted, Wolfe left, found a new home, wherein he would eventually fight for the position Alpha of the Stonefang Pack. His return to Blueridge comes with warnings of incoming danger but our hero never expected to find himself the new Blueridge Pack leader in the wake of the old Alpha’s death. Struggling to keep his distance from the woman he loves Wolfe finds himself pulled into the aura that is his fated mate, a woman who wants nothing to do with controlling men, especially the man who broke her heart but trouble is fast approaching for the Blueridge Pack, and our heroine must put aside old heart break in an effort to save the people she loves.

The world building is detailed and intricate. The Blueridge Pack has been struggling for years under the old ways, refusing to change in the wake of necessity but the death of their Alpha forces a new leadership, a leadership that is determined to take charge even if it means losing the woman he loves.

The relationship between Rowen and Wolfe is tempestuous at best. Years earlier, Rowen refused Wolfe’s plans for the future, pushing him aside for the sake of her heart but our heroine never expected Rowen to walk, and in doing so, Rowen built a wall that no one has been able to break. Wolfe begins to suspect that Rowen is his fated mate but our heroine is beyond stubborn, and her attitude left many questioning Wolfe’s place in her life. The $ex scenes are limited .

There is a large ensemble cast of supernatural and energetic secondary and supporting characters from both the Blueridge and Stonefang Packs: Wolfe’s second in command Killian, as well as Brand, Cody and Axel; druid advisor, and Rowen’s best friend Adair. Not everyone is happy with the return of Wolfe, and someone is determined to take down the Blueridge Pack.

WOLF’S RECKONING is a story of power and control, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, family and relationships, acceptance and fate. The character driven premise is dramatic and edgy; the romance is limited; the characters are determined and desperate but Rowen’s attitude and mindset is questionable; her defiance remained steady throughout; her need to remain independent, and her behavior may threaten the safety of the Pack. WOLF’S RECKONING ends on a cliff-hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Eve L. Mitchell is a USA Today Bestselling author who writes contemporary romance and urban fantasy.

Being an avid reader from a young age, Eve still considers herself to be a reader first. She believes there is nothing better than getting that new book either on your e-reader or in your hands, and the fact she may bring that excitement to a fellow reader, fills her with wonder. She writes under a pen name because otherwise her Secret Agent status will be revoked.

Eve lives in the North East of Scotland, with her three coffee machines and her significant other, Mr. M. She enjoys NFL Football, music and having long conversations with the voices in her head, which sometimes turn into the stories she writes.