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Zeus's Pack #7
Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle suffered a fate worse than death at the hands of an insane alpha. When his mate, Chey, comes into his life, he is unable to claim him. Doing so would force him to relive each and every terrifying moment of his past. Chey craves Eagle like his next breath and watches him from afar, knowing he can never touch his mate for fear that the healing Eagle would go through might very well destroy him. But knowing he can never touch his mate is slowly destroying him. Doctor Maximus Samuel is thrilled when he finds Eagle and Chey. He's tired of being alone. But there are issues between Eagle and Chey that he has no clue about. The two men have a bond between them that he might not be welcome in. When Chey is kidnapped, Eagle and Max set out to bring him back, but what started out as a rescue mission for Chey turns into a journey for Eagle that he wasn't ready to take. Can they find way to work together to bring Eagle through his nightmares, or will they lose the future they could have because their fears are working against them?
125 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 7, 2012
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Lynn Hagen
548 books1,186 followersLynn Hagen loves writing about the somewhat flawed, but lovable. She also loves a hero who can see past all the rough edges to find the shining diamond of a beautiful heart.
You can find her on any given day curled up with her laptop and a cup of hot java, letting the next set of characters tell their story.
You can find her on any given day curled up with her laptop and a cup of hot java, letting the next set of characters tell their story.
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March 5, 2022
This was book 7 in the
"Zeus's Pack"
. This is my favorite book of this series. Out of all the soldiers Bald Eagle suffered the most and the worst he has found his mate but he can't touch him without reliving all the memories and nightmares at the hands of their ex alpha Jackson. Chey is an omega with a special gift he can heal he was rescued by his brother Torem in book 4 of this series. Dr. Maximus "Max" Samuel is a lonely lion shifter he meets Eagle at the hospital he works at and he misses him. While at Theo's he meets Chey he can't believe that he has two mates and she he kisses Chey and Eagle walks in. This was a really good read with a lot of emotions. When Chey is kidnapped they will do anything to get their mate back. While saving there mate Max throws Eagle into Chey when the kidnapper tries to kill them and it starts Eagles nightmare of reliving his past and Chey sees everything that has ever been done to him he was beaten raped and tortured by Jackson while they went back the other soldiers stayed with them as Eagle went through it and came out a better person. When Max begins having insecurities he can feel someone following him but he doesn't see anyone turns out they have an invisible monster that only one type of Hunter can see and turns out the leader is Theo's mate. This was a good read that was well written with no errors in grammar or spelling. I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series.
January 14, 2012
I had high hopes for this one, and I don't know whether it was me that found the characters entirely average. The build up for Eagle and Chey, through the series, has shown them to be rounded intersting characters.
I wonder whether it's a lack of three dimensions of the characters in this book that has made it feel mediocre, or if it was that the complexity of the emotional healing that needed to be addressed in the plot which just could not be squeezed into so few pages.
I would like to touch upon editing problems - not plot ones - I have read three ebooks since yesterday (not all by this author) and they all had the same issue: things like skipping the word 'I' in a sentence, using the word 'by' instead of 'buy' and things like that. I spend most of the work day reading student texts (uni level) and I am very forgiving of this sort of mistake, but it is driving me nuts today.
I wonder whether it's a lack of three dimensions of the characters in this book that has made it feel mediocre, or if it was that the complexity of the emotional healing that needed to be addressed in the plot which just could not be squeezed into so few pages.
I would like to touch upon editing problems - not plot ones - I have read three ebooks since yesterday (not all by this author) and they all had the same issue: things like skipping the word 'I' in a sentence, using the word 'by' instead of 'buy' and things like that. I spend most of the work day reading student texts (uni level) and I am very forgiving of this sort of mistake, but it is driving me nuts today.
February 14, 2012
Bald Eagle is a story that I have been looking forward to. This is the seventh story in the Zeus’s Pack series. For some unknown reason all of the warriors in Zeus’s Pack seem to have two mates and Eagle turns out to be no exception. The problem is that Eagle has some of the worst scars that were inflicted by the crazy, dead, ex-alpha Jackson. Bald Eagle was the one Jackson punished for all sins, real and imagined. Eagle was physically beat, raped and mentally broken. Eagle has no idea what a normal life looks like.
Enter one of his mates, Chey. Chey is an Omega who can heal both physical and mental scars, but the one being healed has to WANT to be healed, and Eagle isn’t sure about that because he knows that Chey will also absorb his pain and humiliation. Eagle and Chey dance around each other for a while, both longing for the other, but never moving forward until their third mate Dr. Max enters the picture and forces them to do something. It just so happens that Max is a lion shifter (Eagle and Chey are grey wolves) and Max is the type who sees what it wants and goes after it. He’s over the moon about finding his two mates and can’t wait to have them all together.
However, there are dark forces combining that cause our group of three to be apart for longer than they would like. In many ways this book is a transition that is setting up the greater story arc that Ms. Hagen has in mind. This arc includes not only Zeus’s Pack, but also the Brac Pack, the Demon Warriors, Christians Coven and newly introduced in this book The Exiled.
The overall story about Eagle, Chey and Max was good. I wish we got to see the three of them together a little more. Max is great and I like the fact that he is the more dominate of the group, but that he is willing to give Chey and Eagle the space they need to learn who they are. I was anticipating this story, and it did not disappoint!
Enter one of his mates, Chey. Chey is an Omega who can heal both physical and mental scars, but the one being healed has to WANT to be healed, and Eagle isn’t sure about that because he knows that Chey will also absorb his pain and humiliation. Eagle and Chey dance around each other for a while, both longing for the other, but never moving forward until their third mate Dr. Max enters the picture and forces them to do something. It just so happens that Max is a lion shifter (Eagle and Chey are grey wolves) and Max is the type who sees what it wants and goes after it. He’s over the moon about finding his two mates and can’t wait to have them all together.
However, there are dark forces combining that cause our group of three to be apart for longer than they would like. In many ways this book is a transition that is setting up the greater story arc that Ms. Hagen has in mind. This arc includes not only Zeus’s Pack, but also the Brac Pack, the Demon Warriors, Christians Coven and newly introduced in this book The Exiled.
The overall story about Eagle, Chey and Max was good. I wish we got to see the three of them together a little more. Max is great and I like the fact that he is the more dominate of the group, but that he is willing to give Chey and Eagle the space they need to learn who they are. I was anticipating this story, and it did not disappoint!
January 12, 2012
This story, in line with the first six in the series, focuses on one of the mentally wounded warriors in Zeus’s pack of werewolves.
Bald Eagle has had it bad – nobody will deny that. But his fear of confronting his pain is one of his biggest problems, since it will not let him move on. It takes him a long time, and lots of pushing from his newest mate, to understand and finally act on it. His recognition that there will be pain before things get better if key to letting him free himself from his demons – and that is true for everyone.
Chey has been wanting Baled Eagle for so long, knowing they can never touch because his mate isn’t ready to move on, that he cannot imagine it being different. He is also an omega, so it is hard for him to push. At least until the dynamics change when they find their third mate – that empowers Chey as much as it does Bald Eagle.
When Max, a doctor and lion shifter, storms onto the scene, everything changes for Chey and Bald Eagle. While Max takes his time to understand the situation before he starts pushing, he is relentless once he gets going. I thought it was interesting that he also has his own insecurities – that was nice and stopped him from being a total dominant a-hole.
If you like shifter stories, dynamic three-way relationships where the need for three partners is psychological as well as physically hot and if the story of Zeus’s pack interests you, you will probably like this book.
Bald Eagle has had it bad – nobody will deny that. But his fear of confronting his pain is one of his biggest problems, since it will not let him move on. It takes him a long time, and lots of pushing from his newest mate, to understand and finally act on it. His recognition that there will be pain before things get better if key to letting him free himself from his demons – and that is true for everyone.
Chey has been wanting Baled Eagle for so long, knowing they can never touch because his mate isn’t ready to move on, that he cannot imagine it being different. He is also an omega, so it is hard for him to push. At least until the dynamics change when they find their third mate – that empowers Chey as much as it does Bald Eagle.
When Max, a doctor and lion shifter, storms onto the scene, everything changes for Chey and Bald Eagle. While Max takes his time to understand the situation before he starts pushing, he is relentless once he gets going. I thought it was interesting that he also has his own insecurities – that was nice and stopped him from being a total dominant a-hole.
If you like shifter stories, dynamic three-way relationships where the need for three partners is psychological as well as physically hot and if the story of Zeus’s pack interests you, you will probably like this book.
October 23, 2020
Bien, en este libro suceden varias cosas importantes:
1- Descubrimos lo realmente sádico que fue Jackson en su "reinado", principalmente como lo fue con Eagle.
2- Nos queda la duda de porqué se empecinó tanto con Eagle y no con cualquiera de los demás. Idk, no te lo aclaran.
3- La entrada de Nazaryth y su nuevo mundo que se fusiona con el que ya conocemos.
Y por ultimo;
4- La nueva amenaza del Pride Valley con estos "perros" del infierno.
1- Descubrimos lo realmente sádico que fue Jackson en su "reinado", principalmente como lo fue con Eagle.
2- Nos queda la duda de porqué se empecinó tanto con Eagle y no con cualquiera de los demás. Idk, no te lo aclaran.
3- La entrada de Nazaryth y su nuevo mundo que se fusiona con el que ya conocemos.
Y por ultimo;
4- La nueva amenaza del Pride Valley con estos "perros" del infierno.
January 8, 2012
Totally worth the waiting. Loved.Eagle's story. :)
May 23, 2013
2012 Review:
Better.
I’d been looking forward to this one for a while and what I got out of it was one awesome character and a pretty decent story.
Sure, the extent of Eagle’s past torture was unexpected, although it really shouldn’t have been, given how everyone kept hammering the point home since, oh, book two or maybe even book one of that particular subseries. Anyhow, Chey’s healing thing ended up being appropriately harrowing, so that’s cool. Max was the (somewhat) new character I liked. He’s a doctor and, like Nicholas, intelligent. That just feels good. No crazy or regressed guy in this triad. I sort of liked all three guys. :3
Okay, Max’s bouts of insecurity were jarring but then again they probably were supposed to contradict his nature .
Yes, indeed. We now have original super-beings with their enemies and their parallel reality. Not sure yet how I feel about it, since the very powers of the bad guys make the situation look bleak, and the good guys so far seem detached and uncaring to the extreme. But hey, original thought is a good thing. I think. XD
So yeah. Not unhappy at all here. :3 This book might not be up there with Nutter Nero, but it definitely was one of the better ones.
Better.
I’d been looking forward to this one for a while and what I got out of it was one awesome character and a pretty decent story.
Sure, the extent of Eagle’s past torture was unexpected, although it really shouldn’t have been, given how everyone kept hammering the point home since, oh, book two or maybe even book one of that particular subseries. Anyhow, Chey’s healing thing ended up being appropriately harrowing, so that’s cool. Max was the (somewhat) new character I liked. He’s a doctor and, like Nicholas, intelligent. That just feels good. No crazy or regressed guy in this triad. I sort of liked all three guys. :3
Okay, Max’s bouts of insecurity were jarring but then again they probably were supposed to contradict his nature .
Yes, indeed. We now have original super-beings with their enemies and their parallel reality. Not sure yet how I feel about it, since the very powers of the bad guys make the situation look bleak, and the good guys so far seem detached and uncaring to the extreme. But hey, original thought is a good thing. I think. XD
So yeah. Not unhappy at all here. :3 This book might not be up there with Nutter Nero, but it definitely was one of the better ones.
February 20, 2012
Bald Eagle is a story that I have been looking forward to. This is the seventh story in the Zeus’s Pack series. For some unknown reason all of the warriors in Zeus’s Pack seem to have two mates and Eagle turns out to be no exception. The problem is that Eagle has some of the worst scars that were inflicted by the crazy, dead, ex-alpha Jackson. Bald Eagle was the one Jackson punished for all sins, real and imagined. Eagle was physically beat, raped and mentally broken. Eagle has no idea what a normal life looks like.
The overall story about Eagle, Chey and Max was good. I wish we got to see the three of them together a little more. Max is great and I like the fact that he is the more dominate of the group, but that he is willing to give Chey and Eagle the space they need to learn who they are. I was anticipating this story, and it did not disappoint!
To read Gennie's entire review, please visit:
http://www.guiltypleasuresbookreviews...
The overall story about Eagle, Chey and Max was good. I wish we got to see the three of them together a little more. Max is great and I like the fact that he is the more dominate of the group, but that he is willing to give Chey and Eagle the space they need to learn who they are. I was anticipating this story, and it did not disappoint!
To read Gennie's entire review, please visit:
http://www.guiltypleasuresbookreviews...
December 6, 2014
While I love her books and in a way I loved this one. For all the hype that was going for it because this had to be the most anticipated couple/threesome of all the books it felt way to short to me. There were points that I did love I just felt that it didn't live up to hype. I still recommend it because I love the threesome its about. Maybe I putting my expectations to high I don't know it just didn't turn out to be what I thought. I think that was probably because at 36,000 words it was on the shorter side considering it literally only took me 45 minutes to read. Maybe if it had been at least 40,000 like the Brac Family Christmas then it would have been better. I don't know.
I still loved it though just like all her other books. And I can't wait to read the next book on Memphis and his mates.
I still loved it though just like all her other books. And I can't wait to read the next book on Memphis and his mates.
February 22, 2015
3.5 stars rounded down because I thought Max was a total d-bag for the way he dealt with Eagle. He was a dick, no two ways about it. I didn't like his character and I felt Eagle deserved someone a little less bossy instead of dickhead Max who had no freaken heart and pushed Eagle to deal with issues he was already coming to terms with.
The way the author wrote Max's attitude towards the situation could have derailed all the crap Eagle was already working through, and for that this book got a lower raiting.
Oh and I wanted to punch Chey in the throat for moving on to his other mate without going to Eagle first...
I also find it hard to believe that after being beaten until you're almost dead and brutally raped repeatedly for years that Eagle would be so willing to let someone top him AT ALL or even want to be dominated, mate or not!!
The way the author wrote Max's attitude towards the situation could have derailed all the crap Eagle was already working through, and for that this book got a lower raiting.
Oh and I wanted to punch Chey in the throat for moving on to his other mate without going to Eagle first...
I also find it hard to believe that after being beaten until you're almost dead and brutally raped repeatedly for years that Eagle would be so willing to let someone top him AT ALL or even want to be dominated, mate or not!!
January 11, 2012
I was so looking forward to Bald Eagle's story and it just didn't live up to my expectations. Yes his past was tragic and filled with hate, but I expected more feeling when it came to him having to relive it.
I did enjoy the connection between Chey and the Dr. After waiting for so long for a mates touch, Chey deserved the happiness he received.
I did enjoy the connection between Chey and the Dr. After waiting for so long for a mates touch, Chey deserved the happiness he received.
July 9, 2013
I'm not sure I liked the idea of healing souls by omega wolf. It's kind of too... maybe not exactly easy, but to short and quick. Kind of unbelievable that after such abuse, relived during healing session, Eagle will be just fine. It's not like he suddenly forgot all that happened. Not convinced.
Aside from that, it's quite a nice story.
Aside from that, it's quite a nice story.
January 8, 2012
this was the story we were all waiting for since the beginning of this serie. it was a nice read with a lot of new characters. I'm glad that now Eagle is fine.
September 12, 2017
Well, I delved into the Bracverse a 2nd time and now there are 121 books - yikes! I loved this Universe the first time I read it several years ago and now I love it more, I really do, but I've only been able to read these series (and I have expanded to all the books that are currently out in each):
Brac Pack
Christian's Coven
Zeus's Pack
Demon Warriors
The Exiled
These are the series that start the Universe. Reading them in order is a must. Each book has it's own love story but there is an underlying story that plays out throughout them all. As you get towards the end of these series, other series come into play and I noticed that, since I did not read them, I missed some of the characters being mentioned (good and bad) but I was still able to follow because the main ones stay the same.
One day I WILL buy these and read them all!!! (For the correct order, just look on the Internet for Lynn Hagen Reading Order):
Brac Village
Shadow Tribe
BPNG (Brac Pack Next Generation - Brac Pack kids)
The Remus Brothers
Wolves of Desire
Brac Pack
Christian's Coven
Zeus's Pack
Demon Warriors
The Exiled
These are the series that start the Universe. Reading them in order is a must. Each book has it's own love story but there is an underlying story that plays out throughout them all. As you get towards the end of these series, other series come into play and I noticed that, since I did not read them, I missed some of the characters being mentioned (good and bad) but I was still able to follow because the main ones stay the same.
One day I WILL buy these and read them all!!! (For the correct order, just look on the Internet for Lynn Hagen Reading Order):
Brac Village
Shadow Tribe
BPNG (Brac Pack Next Generation - Brac Pack kids)
The Remus Brothers
Wolves of Desire
January 28, 2018
The Zeus pack all had two mates and I don't get why, when one meets the other mate without the first one present, especially if the other mate is a supernatural being, no one thinks to introduce them to their first mate.
June 9, 2019
Esta historia me hizo sufrir por Eagle. Nadie se merece lo que le hicieron a él.
February 26, 2023
Geniales los tres =) Pero me gusta más Chey.
November 16, 2017
OK first let me say that it is claimed that these can be read as stand alone books so it is not necessary to read them in order.... that is so not true in this instance. I jumped ahead 2 book to read this one, because I wanted to know what happened between Chey and Eagle, that was a big mistake as I missed some pretty important back story points that have a direct impact on this story for Max.
That aside this was an intense and interesting story of learning to live with a horrible past and moving on from it. Its also about trust in the strength of your partner. Watching eagle healing was hard and I am hoping at some point we find out why Jackson used Eagle as his whipping boy. Seeing Max's struggle to was interesting as it was an understandable insecurity considering he was going into a relationship with two people but I do wish I had not read this out of sequence as I would have understood it last section of the book more but I will be remedying that today by reading the 2 books that came before this one right now!
This book was reviewed for Musings of a bookworm
That aside this was an intense and interesting story of learning to live with a horrible past and moving on from it. Its also about trust in the strength of your partner. Watching eagle healing was hard and I am hoping at some point we find out why Jackson used Eagle as his whipping boy. Seeing Max's struggle to was interesting as it was an understandable insecurity considering he was going into a relationship with two people but I do wish I had not read this out of sequence as I would have understood it last section of the book more but I will be remedying that today by reading the 2 books that came before this one right now!
This book was reviewed for Musings of a bookworm
November 8, 2020
Amé leer este libro, de hecho es uno de mis favoritos de todo el universo Brac. Desde que se presentó la manada de Zeus me dejaron muchas dudas sobre Eagle y sobre el reinado de Jackson.
Eagle me gusta mucho, porque hasta ahora o en su mayoría, todos los hombres grandes o los soldados no demuestran como "debilidad" o humanidad ante las cosas, generalmente los "problemas" son de los compañeros más pequeños, lo que me gusta de este personaje es que demuestra que no importa que seas un soldado, un guerrero, un hombre grande y fuerte capaz de defenderse físicamente, también pueden tener miedos, debilidades y traumas que necesitan ser superados. También necesitan ayuda y que los protejan.
Creo que las tres parejas son perfectas, en especial Chey y Max para Eagle, siento que están muy bien organizados, todos se complementan entre sí.
Eagle me gusta mucho, porque hasta ahora o en su mayoría, todos los hombres grandes o los soldados no demuestran como "debilidad" o humanidad ante las cosas, generalmente los "problemas" son de los compañeros más pequeños, lo que me gusta de este personaje es que demuestra que no importa que seas un soldado, un guerrero, un hombre grande y fuerte capaz de defenderse físicamente, también pueden tener miedos, debilidades y traumas que necesitan ser superados. También necesitan ayuda y que los protejan.
Creo que las tres parejas son perfectas, en especial Chey y Max para Eagle, siento que están muy bien organizados, todos se complementan entre sí.
January 12, 2012
I loved, Loved, Loved this book. It made me smile, get mad, and cry at times, but to me that is the markings of great book. To finally know what Bald Eagle went through all those years in the clutches of a mad man was so horrific that I was surprised at how one person could have survived it, but I think in this case it showed just how strong Eagle really was. Chey was exactly what he needed and to throw Max in was brilliant although there were times I want to smack him up side his head and tell him to snap out of it. These three men were beyond perfect for each other. This is one of those books that I will for sure be reading again!
March 14, 2012
typical lynn hagen serial romance. nothing fantastic, nothing so bad it can't be finished. what is typical lynn hagen? imagine a shorter harlequin romance but with no t&a (see, i was going to write no surprise pregnancies, but... yeah.).
out of sheer laziness, i will be using this as my template for all books by :
lynn hagen
stormy glenn
scarlett hyacinth
carol lynne
gabrielle evans
unless otherwise noted. i'd apologize, but i'm not sorry. i figure it's about as much time as they put into their books. dammit! well, i made it all the way to the end being rather moderate in my assessment. that's a win.
out of sheer laziness, i will be using this as my template for all books by :
lynn hagen
stormy glenn
scarlett hyacinth
carol lynne
gabrielle evans
unless otherwise noted. i'd apologize, but i'm not sorry. i figure it's about as much time as they put into their books. dammit! well, i made it all the way to the end being rather moderate in my assessment. that's a win.
March 16, 2022
Hard dayz
First these characters were all about the feels. This story touches on hard subject matters. The author was committed to their story. I appreciate that even though it was hard to read about certain events. The end was rewarding. Once again this was not a stand alone book.
First these characters were all about the feels. This story touches on hard subject matters. The author was committed to their story. I appreciate that even though it was hard to read about certain events. The end was rewarding. Once again this was not a stand alone book.
September 26, 2024
No sé que decir exactamente.
Estoy indecisa, por un lado siento que Max realmente no debió ser pareja de Eagle. Me hubiera gustado que solo fueran él y Chay 🤔. Esta pareja tenía potencial cómo para tan pocas páginas.
Estoy indecisa, por un lado siento que Max realmente no debió ser pareja de Eagle. Me hubiera gustado que solo fueran él y Chay 🤔. Esta pareja tenía potencial cómo para tan pocas páginas.
September 16, 2014
Too short for my like.
I hoped there would be more events between Chey and Bald Eagle before Max joined in.
I hoped there would be more events between Chey and Bald Eagle before Max joined in.
September 6, 2015
I had been waiting for Bald Eagle's happy ending. He so deserved one. I'm glad to see him settling in now. I would say this is like the others in the series.
May 2, 2015
I was really looking forward to this one and it did not disappoint!
4/2015-5/2015 Reread of Zeus's Pac, Brac Pack, Demon Warriors, and Christian's Coven. Today's #'s: ZP 7; BP 25; DW 3; CC 3
4/2015-5/2015 Reread of Zeus's Pac, Brac Pack, Demon Warriors, and Christian's Coven. Today's #'s: ZP 7; BP 25; DW 3; CC 3
August 6, 2016
First read Jul 11, 2012
A little darker than previous books with Bald Eagle finally going through healing. I liked all three characters though.
A little darker than previous books with Bald Eagle finally going through healing. I liked all three characters though.
July 2, 2012
MUST READ!!!!!!!
LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING THE TISSUE BOX....
LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING THE TISSUE BOX....
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