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A Broken Bond
Two years ago, Cash lost his mate and abandoned his Montana pack. Now, he has found a reason to return. Rylie, daughter of the Wyoming Alpha, life has been uprooted. In less than twenty four hours, she has discovered her mate, Layne, refused him, and watched him kill her entire family to claim her. And now, she is on the run.
On her journey to free herself from Layne, destiny brings her Cash, a wolf determined to give her aid to right his wrongs. But how far will he go? When Rylie’s life is on the line, will he forget his pain to save her or will his loss seal her fate?
On her journey to free herself from Layne, destiny brings her Cash, a wolf determined to give her aid to right his wrongs. But how far will he go? When Rylie’s life is on the line, will he forget his pain to save her or will his loss seal her fate?
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First published March 11, 2011
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Stacey Kennedy
124 books2,411 followersStacey Kennedy is a USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romances full of heat, heart, and happily ever afters. With over 50 titles published, her books have hit Amazon, B&N, and Apple Books bestseller lists.
Stacey lives with her husband and two children in southwestern Ontario—in a city that’s just as charming as any of the small towns she creates. Most days, you’ll find her enjoying the outdoors with her family or venturing into the forest with her horse, Priya. Stacey’s just as happy curled up indoors, where she writes surrounded by her lazy dogs. She believes that sexy books about hot cowboys or alpha heroes can fix any bad day. But wine and chocolate help too.
Stacey absolutely loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at stacey@staceykennedy.com.
Stacey lives with her husband and two children in southwestern Ontario—in a city that’s just as charming as any of the small towns she creates. Most days, you’ll find her enjoying the outdoors with her family or venturing into the forest with her horse, Priya. Stacey’s just as happy curled up indoors, where she writes surrounded by her lazy dogs. She believes that sexy books about hot cowboys or alpha heroes can fix any bad day. But wine and chocolate help too.
Stacey absolutely loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at stacey@staceykennedy.com.
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May 3, 2011
Fantastic Hot little short story!
Wow, it’s amazing how the loss of a love one or the cruelty of abuse can kill us spiritually on the inside to the point that life just doesn’t matter anymore. In this wonderful story, 2 wolf-shifters from different packs find themselves in this boat.
Cash has lost his mate and with that loss, he is dead inside and becomes a rogue wolf when he leaves his pack because he is in so much pain. Rylie is forced to mate to a wolf who she despises, a wolf who killed her parents and claimed her against her will. Rylie rather die than continue to be abused by the brute so she decides to leave her pack and run from her mate.
Fate however, has a way of working things out as Cash and Rylie’s paths cross. The wolves find themselves revived and become a live again as the feelings for one another are awakened. The story is awesome and has a great HEA. The erotica was very well written and I just enjoyed the story all the way around.
Wow, it’s amazing how the loss of a love one or the cruelty of abuse can kill us spiritually on the inside to the point that life just doesn’t matter anymore. In this wonderful story, 2 wolf-shifters from different packs find themselves in this boat.
Cash has lost his mate and with that loss, he is dead inside and becomes a rogue wolf when he leaves his pack because he is in so much pain. Rylie is forced to mate to a wolf who she despises, a wolf who killed her parents and claimed her against her will. Rylie rather die than continue to be abused by the brute so she decides to leave her pack and run from her mate.
Fate however, has a way of working things out as Cash and Rylie’s paths cross. The wolves find themselves revived and become a live again as the feelings for one another are awakened. The story is awesome and has a great HEA. The erotica was very well written and I just enjoyed the story all the way around.
February 22, 2011
A Broken Bond is a quick and hot novella, with a little danger, adventure and some steaming sex. This would make for a good read when you have a lot to do, but would still like to get some reading in. I liked the characters and the story. I really liked the way the hero and heroine was caught braking the bond from her former mate.
September 27, 2011
This story had the potential to be really good, and parts of it were, but taken together as a whole, I was disappointed. Cash and Rylie's entire relationship is based on lies, which I can't stand. And not just a little lie either, but a great big one in WW society apparently. Cash is written to be this big, bad rogue WW but he comes across (to me anyway) as completely beta, again something I'm not a fan of. Cash also highly ticked me off with his reaction when Rylie's lies came to light and I was DONE with him after that point. There is an HEA but for me it was too little too late.
The writing itself if fine and has a nice flow but I was simply not a fan of this story in any way whatsoever.
1.75 stars / not a recommendation
The writing itself if fine and has a nice flow but I was simply not a fan of this story in any way whatsoever.
1.75 stars / not a recommendation
April 1, 2011
I liked this story a lot.
It did make you feel for the main characters, maybe a little more for Riley and you learned a lot about the wolf pack mentality and way of life (so many rules btw :P), but I would have loved it if it was longer.
Just when I wanted to enjoy a little delving into the characters, their feelings, their thoughts it ended.
I know it was a short story, so by default you don't have the luxury of having pages and pages of description, emotions or action but the desire between Cash and Riley was a bit too fast for me. Then again they are wolves, so carnal desire runs deeper with them, or so I have come to understand after having read shifter books!
Overall,quite an enjoyable read. :)
I will be reading more of Stacey Kennedy's books.
It did make you feel for the main characters, maybe a little more for Riley and you learned a lot about the wolf pack mentality and way of life (so many rules btw :P), but I would have loved it if it was longer.
Just when I wanted to enjoy a little delving into the characters, their feelings, their thoughts it ended.
I know it was a short story, so by default you don't have the luxury of having pages and pages of description, emotions or action but the desire between Cash and Riley was a bit too fast for me. Then again they are wolves, so carnal desire runs deeper with them, or so I have come to understand after having read shifter books!
Overall,quite an enjoyable read. :)
I will be reading more of Stacey Kennedy's books.
March 19, 2011
First, I must thank Stacey Kennedy and Fang-tasticbooks, whom I won this ebook from.
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Thank-you for the chance to read this
This is my first book by Stacey Kennedy and the first book of the Wolf Track series I’ve ever tried.
I must say that for what it was, I liked this novella. In all honesty, I’m not a big fan of short stories, as I tend to feel like they’re rushed and just when I tend to get into them, they’re over. And those were my only issues with this.
I felt like Cash and Rylie didn’t really know each other too well before they were together, but I understand that that’s in the nature of these kinds of tales and that stories where mate play a role are often like that. I liked Cash. He was tough hero and I understood his pain. I was glad that he found happiness with Rylie, who I thought was okay by the way, and I was happy with the storyline and how this ended.
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Thank-you for the chance to read this
This is my first book by Stacey Kennedy and the first book of the Wolf Track series I’ve ever tried.
I must say that for what it was, I liked this novella. In all honesty, I’m not a big fan of short stories, as I tend to feel like they’re rushed and just when I tend to get into them, they’re over. And those were my only issues with this.
I felt like Cash and Rylie didn’t really know each other too well before they were together, but I understand that that’s in the nature of these kinds of tales and that stories where mate play a role are often like that. I liked Cash. He was tough hero and I understood his pain. I was glad that he found happiness with Rylie, who I thought was okay by the way, and I was happy with the storyline and how this ended.
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July 3, 2011
Two years ago, Cash lost his mate and abandoned his Montana pack. Now, he has found a reason to return. Rylie, daughter of the Wyoming Alpha, life has been uprooted. In less than twenty four hours, she has discovered her mate, Layne, refused him, and watched him kill her entire family to claim her. And now, she is on the run. On her journey to free herself from Layne, destiny brings her Cash, a wolf determined to give her aid to right his wrongs. But how far will he go? When Rylie’s life is on the line, will he forget his pain to save her or will his loss seal her fate?
A Broken Bond is a bit of an anti-climatic read, or it was for me. By the end of the book I was expecting some action, fighting, blood-shed, some form of violence from the villain of the book but nada, nothing, he was just mean and creepy and sadly this ruined A Broken Bond for me a little. Other than that I thought A Broken Bond was a sweet, different, interesting read that I liked.
A Broken Bond is a bit of an anti-climatic read, or it was for me. By the end of the book I was expecting some action, fighting, blood-shed, some form of violence from the villain of the book but nada, nothing, he was just mean and creepy and sadly this ruined A Broken Bond for me a little. Other than that I thought A Broken Bond was a sweet, different, interesting read that I liked.
December 27, 2015
Rylie is in a bad situation. She's been forced to mate the new alpha after he killed her alpha parents. There are some important rules that bind her to this mating, but she's willing to risk it all to get away from this monster. Cash is a broken shell of a man who has been completely useless to those around him since his mate died. Everything changes for him when Rylie runs into his car begging for help.
Through the magic of fate, Rylie is exactly what Cash needs. She forces him to confront his issues and actually become a better person. He has to reevaluate everything he thought he knew about himself, but the rewards are worth it.
Through the magic of fate, Rylie is exactly what Cash needs. She forces him to confront his issues and actually become a better person. He has to reevaluate everything he thought he knew about himself, but the rewards are worth it.
February 2, 2016
Cash has been a lone wolf since the death of his mate. He abandoned the rest of his pack, but has just come to visit his sister.
Rylie is on the run from the powerful alpha who has taken over her pack and claimed her. She would rather die than stay with the man who killed her parents.
A very good short and sexy story that starts a series. Our hero has lost his confidence, and sees himself as worthless. Our heroine needs a champion. Has she thrown herself from the frying pan into the fire ?
Normally such a short story would not get 5 stars but this was fun. I will be looking for the rest of this series.
Rylie is on the run from the powerful alpha who has taken over her pack and claimed her. She would rather die than stay with the man who killed her parents.
A very good short and sexy story that starts a series. Our hero has lost his confidence, and sees himself as worthless. Our heroine needs a champion. Has she thrown herself from the frying pan into the fire ?
Normally such a short story would not get 5 stars but this was fun. I will be looking for the rest of this series.
June 14, 2012
A Broken Bond by Stacey Kennedy is a short story focused on Cash and Rylie. A Broken Bond is fast paced and contained lots of heat! I thought at first that it would bother me that most of what they knew about each other was not very…well truthful. However, the story came together and worked. Cash and Rylie just seemed to fit together with their broken pasts and heartache. An interesting point was touched on in A Broken Bond – what would happen if your mate was an abusive psycho? I am not a huge fan of short stories, but I enjoyed this one! It was short, sweet, and hot!
April 5, 2011
I really enjoyed this Novella/Short Story. I felt it could have been longer though to develop the feelings of the hero and heroine. Often within short stories, that bond doesn't develop and while yes, they loved each other, it was more of an ingrained bond than what they knew of each other. Still a good story with a little character development for each the hero and heroine and had a great deal of emotion for such a short story. I just wish there was more of it.
July 2, 2011
When I read the summery of this novel I saw potential, when I read it I still saw potential..but unfortunately that was all it was. It was a very short novel ( seem to me like 10 pages...it wasnt that short though lol) and more of an erotic novel more than anything, yes there is some fighting but that was one scene-like I said it could have been more than what it was darn it.
March 5, 2012
So I don't know if I would really consider this a Book. It's more of a short story. I mean it's like less than 100 pages and took me less than 30mins to finish it. But over all it was an ok book .
March 8, 2011
Quick novella - C+ - review coming soon.
March 22, 2011
This was an amazing read. Emotion packed, and just enjoyable.
July 15, 2012
book was good short and sweet not much of a story to go by but i liked anyway... ill like to read the next the next book in this series if there is going to be one...
January 29, 2013
An interesting short read. Need to read more by this author to decide if I like their style. If anyone's read anything by this author, I'd appreciate hearing recommendations.
October 2, 2011
this was a short read but i truely enjoyed it. looking forward to more of her work.
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