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Heart
Torn from her sheltered life, Rayne is alone and scared after she discovers her fiancé is not the man she thought he was. Unable to accept the corrupt world he belongs to, she flees to the furthest possible location she can reach on her own. Nothing could ever prepare her for the journey and what she finds out when she arrives.
Is she strong enough to survive on her own?
The epitome of the lone wolf, Devin stays in the wilderness and far away from people, avoiding the decision of whether to accept his title as leader and alpha of the pack. One alluring woman stirs up his resolve and passion when she disturbs his solitary world. The man inside is tempted in a way he can’t understand but his wolf knows he’s found his mate.
Can he have her without succumbing to the responsibilities waiting for him?
Is she strong enough to survive on her own?
The epitome of the lone wolf, Devin stays in the wilderness and far away from people, avoiding the decision of whether to accept his title as leader and alpha of the pack. One alluring woman stirs up his resolve and passion when she disturbs his solitary world. The man inside is tempted in a way he can’t understand but his wolf knows he’s found his mate.
Can he have her without succumbing to the responsibilities waiting for him?
212 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2012
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Jacqueline Paige
61 books161 followersJacqueline is a multi-published author of 'all things paranormal'. Her book list proves this is her niche with stories of witches, ghosts, psychics, shifters, and more now on the shelves. Her current genres are paranormal romance, paranormal fantasy, and paranormal romantic suspense.
Her books are available in many formats around the globe, including book/reading apps. Since adding them during the pandemic, her books have had over a million reads and her 'to be written' list is growing longer each day. She can't write fast enough.
Jacqueline began her writing career in 2006 (as a joke) and her first book was published in 2009. She hasn't stopped since then. She is an avid reader and will read 'anything with words', whether it's a novel, article, or even every sign she passes.
Jacqueline lives in Ontario, Canada in a small town that's part of the popular Georgian Triangle area. Even though she can see the mountains, she does not ski.
When she’s not in one of her writing worlds, she spends time with her grand-monsters. She has nine of them (so far) and looks forward to corrupting them in the years to come.
She also writes as J.Risk
Her books are available in many formats around the globe, including book/reading apps. Since adding them during the pandemic, her books have had over a million reads and her 'to be written' list is growing longer each day. She can't write fast enough.
Jacqueline began her writing career in 2006 (as a joke) and her first book was published in 2009. She hasn't stopped since then. She is an avid reader and will read 'anything with words', whether it's a novel, article, or even every sign she passes.
Jacqueline lives in Ontario, Canada in a small town that's part of the popular Georgian Triangle area. Even though she can see the mountains, she does not ski.
When she’s not in one of her writing worlds, she spends time with her grand-monsters. She has nine of them (so far) and looks forward to corrupting them in the years to come.
She also writes as J.Risk
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January 13, 2013
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Well, this book did have it’s ups and downs. If it wasn’t for Devin, I would have given up on this book. He brought life to it, and I'm glad I manged to finish 'Heart'.
‘Heart’ took place mostly in Timmins, Ontario, but it gets scattered to other locations. For other Canadians, especially those in Ontario, you understand how isolated Timmins is. It's basically an every town USA type of town. For a character on the run, it is a great place to run to. It's about 7 to 8 hours away from Toronto, in the middle of no where.
The plot was great, I actually didn’t mind it at all. The author had an interesting take on the whole shifter world. For example, the shifter world is run by a monarchy system, and our main boy Devin is the prince of this world. This monarchy is called the Alliances, and they look after all the shifters. I haven't seen this idea used much before. Usually there's a pack leader, but there's not a real sense of community and connection. Of course, Devin doesn’t want any part of this world. He just wants to be a lone wolf. Until he meets Rayne. Rayne is running from her ex. When she meets Devin, he realizes right away she isn’t all who she appears to be. Great plot, but too repeative in action. I found myself over looking a few paragraphs because it was just too much of the same thing over and over again.
I found some insistences that didn’t seem logical. For example, how Rayne’s ex reported his car missing. The car is from Chicago, and I understand that the people at the border would know that the car crossed into Ontario, Canada because of the license plate. What I don’t understand is how a cop suddenly shows up out of no where, three hours away from the nearest town, just to talk to Devin about a reported missing car. I can only guess that the car had a lot of tips of the direction it was going in, but then most of northern Ontario is highways with no huge towns. They would have had to post descriptions in local newspapers and media, which mean they would have had an idea of where it was going. Sure, it left Chicago at crossing A, but how to you know if it's heading to Timmins or Vancouver or Nunavut or Halifax? There was also an instance where the bad guys seemed to know that Rayne would be at the Toronto art gallery. Uh, weren't you just looking for her in Timmins? As mentioned before, Timmins and Toronto are about 7 to 8 hours apart. Rayne and Devin had to take a plane to travel to Toronto and back. That's not the same as just happening to be in the same store in the same town as you looked for someone. No logical solution is given to this time-space bend. The bad guys also just happen to show up at Devin's camp.... Then run away with their tails between their legs when they find out that Devin is the leader of the Alliances. Whatdagabah?! There's a huge build up then... Nothing. Very disappointing.
I also had a problem in understanding the descriptions of things. For example, when Devin shifted into his wolf form. I’m reading this, and one minute he's is brushing his hair, and the next he is on four legs. No inbetween of saying that he had turned into his wolf form. I had to do a reread to make sure he was in his wolf form and not his human form. Also, there were a few moments of just the stripping of clothes and BAM, he was at the location he wanted to be. Another weird moment was when Devin’s second, (ranking in the monarchy), Calum called a cat shifter by Devin’s dad. Doesn’t tell me what kind of cat, and even Rayne described him as a cat. Not lion, or lynx, or jaguar. Just cat. All I can think of is a small house cat. Imagine a house cat chasing a bunch of bad guys... Yeah, scary.
Devin is such a sweet guy, though he doesn’t seem so sweet at first. He’s mean towards Rayne at first, due to his confusion of his reaction to her. Yep, he's confused about how's reacting to her. Buddy, put that hamster back on the wheel and give it a boot. You're clearly not thinking enough. Despite this, I could tell from the start he would be a great person, and he was. He protected Rayne, and tried to help her with what she was going through. He did keep some things from her, but that was because she was starting to get overwhelmed. Yeah, I can see how telling someone that they're destined to be mates would maybe freak them out. Devin's character is well written, and I hated how Rayne treated him. He deserved someone better.
Right from the start of the book, I could tell that Rayne was timid. When fiancé said, “I don’t care if you have to slice pieces off, a little at a time...” the first thing she did was run away. Sure, that would be creepy thing to hear, but what was context? I would have challenged the guy, not run away with my tail between my legs. I would figure that having a fiancé would mean you love him, but Rayne drops everything and runs from him and her life. She is what you call a city girl, she knows nothing of anything else but the city. So how she came to the conclusion she wanted to go camping is beyond my comprehension. During a scene where Devin was saying how he hoped her personality wouldn’t change after she went through her first shift, all I could think was about is that I hoped her personality changed a whole lot. Well, it did change, but not for the good. She got angry. Angry at Devin over him not telling her the truth of who he was and who she was to him. You already slept with the guy, barely knowing him! He was going to tell her, but he wanted to be gentle with it and not scare her! She loves to run and doesn’t deserve Devin at all. To leave Devin behind, thinking she doesn’t want him is the worse thing anyone could do. I understand that discovering that she's a shifter would turn her life upside down, but she goes too far. She's a drama queen in the end. In another moment of illogical writing, Rayne claims that everything she owns was bought by Aiden (ex fiance/bad guy), she even worked in a art gallery owned by him. She keeps saying that she doesn't really know anything about him. She then flips the script and seems to know everything about him! Huge denial, or just sloppy writing? Either way, it just doesn't make sense.
I did enjoy the ending of this book, but the journey to the end can be painful at times. Be prepared to cringe. If you're a Canadian, you'll understand the distance issues.
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Well, this book did have it’s ups and downs. If it wasn’t for Devin, I would have given up on this book. He brought life to it, and I'm glad I manged to finish 'Heart'.
‘Heart’ took place mostly in Timmins, Ontario, but it gets scattered to other locations. For other Canadians, especially those in Ontario, you understand how isolated Timmins is. It's basically an every town USA type of town. For a character on the run, it is a great place to run to. It's about 7 to 8 hours away from Toronto, in the middle of no where.
The plot was great, I actually didn’t mind it at all. The author had an interesting take on the whole shifter world. For example, the shifter world is run by a monarchy system, and our main boy Devin is the prince of this world. This monarchy is called the Alliances, and they look after all the shifters. I haven't seen this idea used much before. Usually there's a pack leader, but there's not a real sense of community and connection. Of course, Devin doesn’t want any part of this world. He just wants to be a lone wolf. Until he meets Rayne. Rayne is running from her ex. When she meets Devin, he realizes right away she isn’t all who she appears to be. Great plot, but too repeative in action. I found myself over looking a few paragraphs because it was just too much of the same thing over and over again.
I found some insistences that didn’t seem logical. For example, how Rayne’s ex reported his car missing. The car is from Chicago, and I understand that the people at the border would know that the car crossed into Ontario, Canada because of the license plate. What I don’t understand is how a cop suddenly shows up out of no where, three hours away from the nearest town, just to talk to Devin about a reported missing car. I can only guess that the car had a lot of tips of the direction it was going in, but then most of northern Ontario is highways with no huge towns. They would have had to post descriptions in local newspapers and media, which mean they would have had an idea of where it was going. Sure, it left Chicago at crossing A, but how to you know if it's heading to Timmins or Vancouver or Nunavut or Halifax? There was also an instance where the bad guys seemed to know that Rayne would be at the Toronto art gallery. Uh, weren't you just looking for her in Timmins? As mentioned before, Timmins and Toronto are about 7 to 8 hours apart. Rayne and Devin had to take a plane to travel to Toronto and back. That's not the same as just happening to be in the same store in the same town as you looked for someone. No logical solution is given to this time-space bend. The bad guys also just happen to show up at Devin's camp.... Then run away with their tails between their legs when they find out that Devin is the leader of the Alliances. Whatdagabah?! There's a huge build up then... Nothing. Very disappointing.
I also had a problem in understanding the descriptions of things. For example, when Devin shifted into his wolf form. I’m reading this, and one minute he's is brushing his hair, and the next he is on four legs. No inbetween of saying that he had turned into his wolf form. I had to do a reread to make sure he was in his wolf form and not his human form. Also, there were a few moments of just the stripping of clothes and BAM, he was at the location he wanted to be. Another weird moment was when Devin’s second, (ranking in the monarchy), Calum called a cat shifter by Devin’s dad. Doesn’t tell me what kind of cat, and even Rayne described him as a cat. Not lion, or lynx, or jaguar. Just cat. All I can think of is a small house cat. Imagine a house cat chasing a bunch of bad guys... Yeah, scary.
Devin is such a sweet guy, though he doesn’t seem so sweet at first. He’s mean towards Rayne at first, due to his confusion of his reaction to her. Yep, he's confused about how's reacting to her. Buddy, put that hamster back on the wheel and give it a boot. You're clearly not thinking enough. Despite this, I could tell from the start he would be a great person, and he was. He protected Rayne, and tried to help her with what she was going through. He did keep some things from her, but that was because she was starting to get overwhelmed. Yeah, I can see how telling someone that they're destined to be mates would maybe freak them out. Devin's character is well written, and I hated how Rayne treated him. He deserved someone better.
Right from the start of the book, I could tell that Rayne was timid. When fiancé said, “I don’t care if you have to slice pieces off, a little at a time...” the first thing she did was run away. Sure, that would be creepy thing to hear, but what was context? I would have challenged the guy, not run away with my tail between my legs. I would figure that having a fiancé would mean you love him, but Rayne drops everything and runs from him and her life. She is what you call a city girl, she knows nothing of anything else but the city. So how she came to the conclusion she wanted to go camping is beyond my comprehension. During a scene where Devin was saying how he hoped her personality wouldn’t change after she went through her first shift, all I could think was about is that I hoped her personality changed a whole lot. Well, it did change, but not for the good. She got angry. Angry at Devin over him not telling her the truth of who he was and who she was to him. You already slept with the guy, barely knowing him! He was going to tell her, but he wanted to be gentle with it and not scare her! She loves to run and doesn’t deserve Devin at all. To leave Devin behind, thinking she doesn’t want him is the worse thing anyone could do. I understand that discovering that she's a shifter would turn her life upside down, but she goes too far. She's a drama queen in the end. In another moment of illogical writing, Rayne claims that everything she owns was bought by Aiden (ex fiance/bad guy), she even worked in a art gallery owned by him. She keeps saying that she doesn't really know anything about him. She then flips the script and seems to know everything about him! Huge denial, or just sloppy writing? Either way, it just doesn't make sense.
I did enjoy the ending of this book, but the journey to the end can be painful at times. Be prepared to cringe. If you're a Canadian, you'll understand the distance issues.
June 25, 2025
I love this series by Ms Paige. Each story in the series is uniquely its own. Character development is top notch and the plots and twists are fantastic. Her descriptions of each setting painted a picture in my head.
I'd love to see pictures/drawings of the author's conception of each character!!
I'd love to see pictures/drawings of the author's conception of each character!!
October 23, 2024
This is an excellent book. I have read this entire series quite a few times and will probably read it a lot more Jacqueline Paige has become a favorite author
June 10, 2025
You fall in love with Rayne right away! Excellent book that is just the beginning of a very full world!
January 23, 2024
The start of a wonderful Series!! Didn't think shifter reading would enter my library but Ms. PAIGE never disappoints.
December 4, 2012
With all of the books I have read from this author, characters reign supreme. Well defined and detailed characters highlight all of her books, and this series starter has two more characters that are sure to stay in your mind for weeks to come. Points of view are always clearly voiced: confusion, self-doubt, love and even insecurities plague each of her characters, just as they do us in real life.
In this story, Rayne leaves the life she has always known in the midst of an emotional crisis. Her desperation and confusion are detailed and there is instant sympathy for her underlying core of strength, even when her every reaction is one of a woman on the edge. That random finger-point led her to the land of the lone wolf artist, Devin. Jealously guarding his privacy, yet unmistakably attracted to Rayne on a level he doesn’t understand, the two are thrust into a series of interactions that are laden with tension, first in anger and later in unspoken attraction.
The characters in this book fairly leap off the page, the joy of being a reader is that you are seeing both parts of the romance long before the characters often realize their destiny is to be with one another. With beautifully detailed world building, you can both see and feel the rainstorms and mouse-sized mosquitoes, even as you are on the edge of your seat riding out the danger with the characters.
As an opener for a series – this is a winner. I want to know more about Rayne and Devin, and see if they really do get their HEA as the trilogy progresses.
I received an eBook copy from the author in preparation for a beta read of book 2. I was not compensated for this review, and all conclusions are my own responsibility.
In this story, Rayne leaves the life she has always known in the midst of an emotional crisis. Her desperation and confusion are detailed and there is instant sympathy for her underlying core of strength, even when her every reaction is one of a woman on the edge. That random finger-point led her to the land of the lone wolf artist, Devin. Jealously guarding his privacy, yet unmistakably attracted to Rayne on a level he doesn’t understand, the two are thrust into a series of interactions that are laden with tension, first in anger and later in unspoken attraction.
The characters in this book fairly leap off the page, the joy of being a reader is that you are seeing both parts of the romance long before the characters often realize their destiny is to be with one another. With beautifully detailed world building, you can both see and feel the rainstorms and mouse-sized mosquitoes, even as you are on the edge of your seat riding out the danger with the characters.
As an opener for a series – this is a winner. I want to know more about Rayne and Devin, and see if they really do get their HEA as the trilogy progresses.
I received an eBook copy from the author in preparation for a beta read of book 2. I was not compensated for this review, and all conclusions are my own responsibility.
January 26, 2013
I'm a huge fan of were books and Heart did not disappoint. I really enjoyed the premise for the book, especially Rayne's history. There was lots of originality to the storyline as well the more typical developments that we expect from this genre.
The characters, Rayne and Devin, were very easy to like. I genuinely enjoyed following their stories. There was a superb level of heat and passion, teamed with a mix of tension and drama. Certainly enough to get me hot under the collar.
There were moments that took me by surprise, especially when characters made unpredictable steps and sometimes decisions. I was a little torn by Rayne's attitude toward the end of the book. I'm not quite sure I enjoyed her transition fully, although after the shock, I appreciated where the author, Jacqueline Paige was taking her characters.
There were a few editing flaws that niggled me a little, but not enough to completely distract me from the story.
If you're looking for a tense, passion-fueled werewolf romance, by sure to check out the first book in this trilogy.
The characters, Rayne and Devin, were very easy to like. I genuinely enjoyed following their stories. There was a superb level of heat and passion, teamed with a mix of tension and drama. Certainly enough to get me hot under the collar.
There were moments that took me by surprise, especially when characters made unpredictable steps and sometimes decisions. I was a little torn by Rayne's attitude toward the end of the book. I'm not quite sure I enjoyed her transition fully, although after the shock, I appreciated where the author, Jacqueline Paige was taking her characters.
There were a few editing flaws that niggled me a little, but not enough to completely distract me from the story.
If you're looking for a tense, passion-fueled werewolf romance, by sure to check out the first book in this trilogy.
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