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Kontra's Menagerie #3
Hope for a Buffalo
The haunting eyes in the picture capture Caleb Belikov’s attention, and he knows he has to confirm whether the white buffalo is really just an animal, or a shifter trapped at a zoo near Albuquerque. Caleb talks his alpha and a few friends into accompanying him and discovers not only is the buffalo a shifter, but he’s his mate. But rescuing Emmett will put the lives of innocents in danger, creating a whole new set of problems. Can Caleb and his friends figure out how to keep everyone safe from a blackmailing alpha?
74 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 15, 2012
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June 20, 2012
Okay at the start. Of course they have boring sex right away. I don't think I've read a sex scene by this author where they don't say "come for me" every sex scene is just so repetitive. IMO. This one they just keep goin too and it's nasty. 12 hours sleeping in the back of the trailer. Big guy fucks little guy. Big guy pulls out. Little guy sucks big guys shitty dick. Gross. Wish in my skimming I'd have missed that.
Plus side is with this sex I don't have to worry about popping an erection when I read in public.
Another uneventful story.
I don't know why I keep reading these. they are like crack and I'm starting to think I need something stronger. Anyone know some books more like black tar heroin or something? Gay boy needs his fix.
Plus side is with this sex I don't have to worry about popping an erection when I read in public.
Another uneventful story.
I don't know why I keep reading these. they are like crack and I'm starting to think I need something stronger. Anyone know some books more like black tar heroin or something? Gay boy needs his fix.
February 19, 2016
No Matter the Breed They're Still Family
The special theme you see repeated throughout this story is the concept of Family. One's True Family. Who didn't care how you turned out. Too tall or too small. A different color. Kinda crazy or klutzy. Not living up to someone else's idea of who you should be, but respecting you for the good person/shifter become, except you have a different sexual orientation.
It is shocking, hurtful, dismaying when you discover even though you've been the same person all of a sudden you are an abomination - a hated, embarrassing shame that needs to be banished or much worse as in Emmett's case. He was drugged and forced to live for years in his animal form in a zoo. Being kept there by a "friend", whose small occasional kindnesses were the only things that kept Emmett from going mad, because he already felt he was dying a slow miserable existence.
Suddenly Emmett is thrown a life preserver in the form of a small lizard - whose scent turns out to be his mate's - his MALE mate. Oh Fate you knew!! Yet how was the little guy ever going to rescue him from his imprisonment? Turns out his small mate has a Big, smart, powerful "family".
A family that consisted of all males, of not only different types of shapes & sidzes, but different types of animals. Even prey and predators smiling in, joking with Emmett like he was one of them. And he soon learned because he was Caleb's mate - he was now Accepted. "It was baffling & amazing and being welcomed by this group seemed to fill something deep inside that Emmett hadn't even known he'd been missing". Then when he needed them Kontra and his men had Emmett's back. Something he couldn't count on his so called "family head alpha for". Caleb told Emmett that Kontra was a good man. "He saved me and a number of others in our gang. He's given us all a family when our own turned their backs on us".
And as important as the family we create for ourselves is - there is nothing comparable to finding one's mate. Emmett thanked Caleb, "For giving me my freedom, for giving me my life back, and for giving me your love". It didn't matter how mix matched a pair they were. Only love shown in their eyes when they looked at one another. Catlin, Mutegi, and Caleb had been the lucky ones so far. What are the rest? Did the mate of their dreams await them? Next is Dominating the Wolf KM #4.
The special theme you see repeated throughout this story is the concept of Family. One's True Family. Who didn't care how you turned out. Too tall or too small. A different color. Kinda crazy or klutzy. Not living up to someone else's idea of who you should be, but respecting you for the good person/shifter become, except you have a different sexual orientation.
It is shocking, hurtful, dismaying when you discover even though you've been the same person all of a sudden you are an abomination - a hated, embarrassing shame that needs to be banished or much worse as in Emmett's case. He was drugged and forced to live for years in his animal form in a zoo. Being kept there by a "friend", whose small occasional kindnesses were the only things that kept Emmett from going mad, because he already felt he was dying a slow miserable existence.
Suddenly Emmett is thrown a life preserver in the form of a small lizard - whose scent turns out to be his mate's - his MALE mate. Oh Fate you knew!! Yet how was the little guy ever going to rescue him from his imprisonment? Turns out his small mate has a Big, smart, powerful "family".
A family that consisted of all males, of not only different types of shapes & sidzes, but different types of animals. Even prey and predators smiling in, joking with Emmett like he was one of them. And he soon learned because he was Caleb's mate - he was now Accepted. "It was baffling & amazing and being welcomed by this group seemed to fill something deep inside that Emmett hadn't even known he'd been missing". Then when he needed them Kontra and his men had Emmett's back. Something he couldn't count on his so called "family head alpha for". Caleb told Emmett that Kontra was a good man. "He saved me and a number of others in our gang. He's given us all a family when our own turned their backs on us".
And as important as the family we create for ourselves is - there is nothing comparable to finding one's mate. Emmett thanked Caleb, "For giving me my freedom, for giving me my life back, and for giving me your love". It didn't matter how mix matched a pair they were. Only love shown in their eyes when they looked at one another. Catlin, Mutegi, and Caleb had been the lucky ones so far. What are the rest? Did the mate of their dreams await them? Next is Dominating the Wolf KM #4.
May 18, 2012
The what the %?! moment, Emmett goes to see his mother after the big showdown, who supposedly just learned that her husband has let her think her son is DEAD for 8 years and kept him trapped in a zoo and her reaction?? "I know he's not the most opened minded man, and I'll certainly give him a piece of my mind" That was probably the singlular most idiotic thing I have read in a while. Unless this character has the mind of a simpleton or the emotional depth of raindrop splattered on a sidewalk I would expect a much harsher reaction to learning that your loved one just let you needlessly suffer one of, if not the greatest agoinies a mother can face for YEARS, not to mention lied and deceived you, tormented and imprisioned your child but your going to give him a stern talking to???
It wasn't a bad book up until that point but that reaction brought the whole story to a screeching halt while I counted on exactly how many levels that was completely and utterly wrong and just soured the whole book.
It wasn't a bad book up until that point but that reaction brought the whole story to a screeching halt while I counted on exactly how many levels that was completely and utterly wrong and just soured the whole book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 26, 2022
Der dritte Teil hat mir definitiv besser gefallen als der Zweite. Die Story ist gut, Spannung, ein bisschen Drama und heißer Gefährtensex 😉 ein typisches Wandler Buch, wobei Büffel für mich neu waren 🙃
Freue mich auf weitere Teile der Reihe 😍
Freue mich auf weitere Teile der Reihe 😍
May 15, 2012
This story was developed and everything happened, or even ended, to fast. I really don't get. why such a rush by write this bland, undeveloped books. But in overall I liked the main couple.
December 23, 2018
This was a great read, which is focused on Caleb, saving his mate, Emmett, from being forced to stay in the zoo due to his father's (and alpha) bigotry and hatred. I liked how both of the main characters were shifters, so there were no resistant or reluctant mates who were afraid to mate, so that was totally refreshing to me since it also moves the story along at a much smoother pace. Kontra's pack is very accepting of every shifter no matter what animal resides inside of them. They are family. The ending was sweet, and the plot was engrossing. I'm late to this series, but I will definitely continue on to the next book, and the next, etc.. etc... =) Very enjoyable series.
January 17, 2018
In the story, the world has a bunch of secret "shifters" (were-animals). Almost all of them are big buff gay men. The story's world did that "if you meet someone's eyes, you know instantly if they're your soulmate" trope, which I hate so much. It feels so cheap and easy and UGH such bad writing.
The writing was so so so bad (how was this not self-published?). Ugh, the whole thing was just so poorly written. DNF.
The writing was so so so bad (how was this not self-published?). Ugh, the whole thing was just so poorly written. DNF.
September 14, 2024
reread - While each of these stories is an interesting short story or novella, each in their own little series, they become much more if they are read in the suggested reading order by Charlie Richards as a whole. https://charlie-richards.com/reading-...
While they are still not a 5/5, at least they become a bit more than okay and are much more interesting as characters mesh across and around individual series. Individually they are a 3/5 so that is where I mark them.
While they are still not a 5/5, at least they become a bit more than okay and are much more interesting as characters mesh across and around individual series. Individually they are a 3/5 so that is where I mark them.
November 24, 2018
A bit better than the previous one.
Not that much of a story, but definitely more enjoyable.
Not that much of a story, but definitely more enjoyable.
April 28, 2019
Hope for a Buffalo (Kontra's Menagerie Book 3)
Another outstanding book in this series and I can't wait to read more and I will be reading it next too....
Another outstanding book in this series and I can't wait to read more and I will be reading it next too....
October 10, 2019
White Buffalo Emmett and Chameleon Caleb.
February 17, 2021
🧡💖♥️💖❤️💖💚💖💜💖💙💖💛💖!
March 4, 2017
Bigoted
Trapped in buffalo form for 8 yrs because his father and alpha hated gays. Rescued and reunited with his mother now has a mate and a new alpha and a new family.! Connection to wolves of stone ridge
Trapped in buffalo form for 8 yrs because his father and alpha hated gays. Rescued and reunited with his mother now has a mate and a new alpha and a new family.! Connection to wolves of stone ridge
August 30, 2012
Now I've always had a thing about animals in zoos, circuses, and other animal venues. I know that most are well-cared for and some even owe their lives to their keepers so I'm not bashing good zoological programs and education/entertainment programs, but there's this part of me that can't fully enjoy seeing the animals in cages and living in captivity.
I think that is why this story of a buffalo shifter who is imprisoned as a zoo animal really touched me from the beginning. I was instantly on-board with Caleb and Emmett's romance when Caleb saw Emmett in a news article and insisted that the gang go check him out because they suspected that he was a shifter.
Emmett's rescue and subsequent explanation of his plight were just the icing on the cake after the affectionate romance begun when not only does Caleb confirm that the big white buffalo is a shifter, but his mate. Caleb is a chameleon shifter and Emmett this huge beautiful blond man and buffalo shifter, but they are just right for each other. Once Emmett is free, he wants nothing better than to take care of Caleb, but first they must deal with the blackmailing alpha of Emmett's herd.
The plot was good and the characters were endearing and adorable. I loved that the story included Kontra and the rest of the guys too.
Nice installment in the series!
I think that is why this story of a buffalo shifter who is imprisoned as a zoo animal really touched me from the beginning. I was instantly on-board with Caleb and Emmett's romance when Caleb saw Emmett in a news article and insisted that the gang go check him out because they suspected that he was a shifter.
Emmett's rescue and subsequent explanation of his plight were just the icing on the cake after the affectionate romance begun when not only does Caleb confirm that the big white buffalo is a shifter, but his mate. Caleb is a chameleon shifter and Emmett this huge beautiful blond man and buffalo shifter, but they are just right for each other. Once Emmett is free, he wants nothing better than to take care of Caleb, but first they must deal with the blackmailing alpha of Emmett's herd.
The plot was good and the characters were endearing and adorable. I loved that the story included Kontra and the rest of the guys too.
Nice installment in the series!
June 21, 2012
2.5*
Ok, it's hard to complain when you usually know what you are getting with this series, but I keep coming back for more..no reason why, but I just can't leave them.
There was on sex scene that was *shudder* not up my alley, but what bugged the living daylights out of me was Emmett's mother! WTF? you have got to be kidding me, your husband, the father of your child does THAT, and you are like, oh, I know he can be difficult, but I love him! Stupid woman and crappy mother! Hate her and it ruined the whole book for me.
2 * for it being a buffalo and a chameleon shifter cause that's cool, but I wished Caleb had shown some of his chameleon nature as a human.
1/2* for the other guys in the gang!
Ok, it's hard to complain when you usually know what you are getting with this series, but I keep coming back for more..no reason why, but I just can't leave them.
There was on sex scene that was *shudder* not up my alley, but what bugged the living daylights out of me was Emmett's mother! WTF? you have got to be kidding me, your husband, the father of your child does THAT, and you are like, oh, I know he can be difficult, but I love him! Stupid woman and crappy mother! Hate her and it ruined the whole book for me.
2 * for it being a buffalo and a chameleon shifter cause that's cool, but I wished Caleb had shown some of his chameleon nature as a human.
1/2* for the other guys in the gang!
June 28, 2012
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I enjoy this series for a fast, quick read with an expected happy ending. The shifters can immediately tell they have met their fated mate by smell, so in a situation with two shifters, there is not any tension in the romance aspect of the story. For Emmett and Caleb, the pressure comes from outside of them, for Emmett's alpha is the reason behind his captivity and a human woman and her children's lives are at stake. The conflict comes to a head when Kontra and the gang travel to Emmett's old herd to rescue them and face down the evil alpha.
I enjoy this series for a fast, quick read with an expected happy ending. The shifters can immediately tell they have met their fated mate by smell, so in a situation with two shifters, there is not any tension in the romance aspect of the story. For Emmett and Caleb, the pressure comes from outside of them, for Emmett's alpha is the reason behind his captivity and a human woman and her children's lives are at stake. The conflict comes to a head when Kontra and the gang travel to Emmett's old herd to rescue them and face down the evil alpha.
March 15, 2015
first things first, is it just me or are the books getting shorter?
secondly, the out going of this book was abit better than the previous one but could have been better still, again I say is understandable that they are mates and the mating instinct is strong and what's not but I am still waiting for the mates to actually get to KNOW each other before they hit the sac, everything's still happening too fast for me...
last thing, what is with Emmett mother's reaction after she's told what his father he done that's just unrealistic... seriously!
0(-o-)0
secondly, the out going of this book was abit better than the previous one but could have been better still, again I say is understandable that they are mates and the mating instinct is strong and what's not but I am still waiting for the mates to actually get to KNOW each other before they hit the sac, everything's still happening too fast for me...
last thing, what is with Emmett mother's reaction after she's told what his father he done that's just unrealistic... seriously!
0(-o-)0
May 9, 2016
Awesome about the not so cool about the zoo thing, how not all animals are happy there, etc.
Would it be that weird for someone to see a chameleon in an open air zoo enclosure in New Mexico? Aren't there little lizard things everywhere? He's 50 feet from the fence. I would think he would be small enough that it wouldn't draw attention.
Humans aren't carnivores.
Caleb's back story is interesting. I would have liked just a little more about that, integrated as part of the story rather than revealed as an aside.
The MCs initial meeting was very sweet.
3.25 stars
Would it be that weird for someone to see a chameleon in an open air zoo enclosure in New Mexico? Aren't there little lizard things everywhere? He's 50 feet from the fence. I would think he would be small enough that it wouldn't draw attention.
Humans aren't carnivores.
Caleb's back story is interesting. I would have liked just a little more about that, integrated as part of the story rather than revealed as an aside.
The MCs initial meeting was very sweet.
3.25 stars
August 21, 2012
This story has a chameleon shifter and a buffalo shifter who happen to be mates. The buffalo is trapped in his animal form in a zoo due to some nefarious shenanigans from his herd. There are a number of humans in this one that seem to be caught in the crossfire of shifter politics. I still would like to see more development in this series. Everything seems rushed.
July 18, 2015
I've said it before, and I'll say it again; Charlie Richards is a bad writer. Her understanding of commas is laughable, she often gets words confused ('bazaar' instead of 'bizarre', 'viral' instead of 'virile', etc.), her characters are simplistic, and her formula never deviates... But damn if I don't enjoy finding out what happens to all these hunky, gay shifters.
February 11, 2013
I just gotta say, a buffalo and a chameleon? Really? Lol despite that, even thought I kept thinking "really?" through the whole book, I did like it. It had more to do with Emmett because I like big men with 8 packs. Lol the story was cute and as usual the smexytimes hot and very frequent.(less)
May 22, 2013
2012 Review:
Ugh. I’m in so much pain that it’s difficult to concentrate on what I’m reading.
This one was easy, though. It’s a light series with fairly short volumes and this newest instalment had all the usual traits. Nothing special but nothing awful either. :3 Just comfortable.
Ugh. I’m in so much pain that it’s difficult to concentrate on what I’m reading.
This one was easy, though. It’s a light series with fairly short volumes and this newest instalment had all the usual traits. Nothing special but nothing awful either. :3 Just comfortable.
May 16, 2012
this is one of my favorite series i loved caleb and his mate emmette can't wait for eli and his mate
January 4, 2013
3.5 stars
December 29, 2013
Caleb and Emmett. I really enjoyed this one. I loved the sleepy time in the truck when Caleb just hoped up on his back and fell asleep. It was so sweet.
February 5, 2020
Like this one in the series... One of my favorites.. Emmett just melts my heart...
February 20, 2015
5 stars as always
October 11, 2020
Original Rating 3 Stars
Rating After Re-read 2 Stars
Rating After Re-read 2 Stars
September 23, 2025
A buffalo and a chameleon...what a pair
One of the things I like most about Kontra's motorcycle gang are all the unusual shifters and their mates. Keep them coming.
One of the things I like most about Kontra's motorcycle gang are all the unusual shifters and their mates. Keep them coming.
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