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Threadbare Gypsy Souls

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Nashville Rocky Rhodes roars into Fallen Creek on his motorcycle one day, and nothing is ever the same again...

Nash is trying to find his path in life, after leaving Nashville and his biker gang in the dust. Fallen Creek, Wyoming, isn’t where he plans on spending the rest of his life, but it’s a nice place to rest for a while, and take stock of his life. Yet Nash has secrets he doesn’t want to share with anyone, especially not a taciturn, scarred cowboy.

Cullen O’Murphy is a lone wolf, and he’s been fighting a losing battle against the local shifter pack. He doesn’t want to become part of their pack, not knowing what they do for a living. Cullen’s not afraid, since he knows he can defeat the Alpha, but he doesn’t want to lead. He simply wishes to be left alone.

One night, Cullen goes for a drink at the Watering Hole, a local bar, and he meets Nash. The lust is combustible, yet both men are leery about trusting the other with all their secrets. Unfortunately, neither man might have a choice as circumstances spiral out of their control...

Gay / Dark Fantasy / Werewolf / Shapeshifter / Action / Adventure / Cowboys / Western

146 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 7, 2013

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T.A. Chase

161 books893 followers
There is beauty in every kind of love, so why not live a life without boundaries? Experiencing everything the world offers fascinates me and writing about the things that make each of us unique is how I share those insights. I live in the Midwest with a wonderful partner of thirteen years. When not writing, I’m watching movies, reading and living life to the fullest.

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Profile Image for Jess.
1,210 reviews40 followers
June 7, 2013
OKAY DOKIE this book was refreshingly different.

I have read ALOT of shifter books, this was a bit of a different take on shifters and I LOVED it. The sex was also supernova hot which is such a plus.

The let down was the bad guys, they were pretty pathetic but then again the author lets us know that they are pathetic and that the main characters thought of them as pathetic......but it still made the plot a bit lacking I thought.

But if you like shifter stories...you will enjoy this one

Profile Image for Christy.
4,457 reviews126 followers
March 20, 2019
I'm a sucker for a guy on a motorcycle and, even more so, an ex-MC gang member just trying to get away and live a better life. Meet Nash. He left Nashville and his club after months spent in the hospital recuperating from the attentions of his “friends”. The time in the hospital gave Nash plenty of opportunity to look back on his life and reevaluate where he wants to go. He's heading to Santa Monica, California, to see his mom and stops off to rest in a small town in Wyoming. He has no idea it will turn out to be fate.

"Instinct told him that whatever—or whoever—had blown into town would change Fallen Creek—and his life—forever."

Cullen has been a lone wolf his entire life, as his parents were before him. He doesn't take crap from anyone, which explains the scars on his face and body, although he stays away from Robinson because they both know Cullen would win that challenge, and he wants nothing to do with leading a pack. Things get more complicated, however, when he meets Nash. As an outsider Nash doesn't know about pack and wolves, but Nash is fully aware that there are strange undercurrents in this little town in the middle of nowhere. Nash isn't afraid of anyone except his old club leader, so he'll take his time to rest and recuperate a little before moving on.

It doesn't take long after meeting Nash that Cullen's wolf decides it's time to get rid of Robinson and make Nash his. Huh. Cullen was a little surprised by this but figured he agreed with his wolf. Of course, Nash may have thought he got away from his club cleanly, but time will tell whether he can keep them off his back. Granted, a bigger problem is how Cullen is going to explain being a wolf shifter to a human?

Oh, T.A., you total vixen. I never saw any of this coming. You hit me upside the head with the most fabulous of spins on absolutely everything I'd been reading. Way to go! A very exciting, fun, and sexy read with some revelations that come as quite a surprise.

NOTE: This book was provided by Pride Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews
Profile Image for Meggie.
5,346 reviews
April 13, 2013
This story was solid enough, but still at the end I felt empty, which is an annoying emotion. I didn't really like Cullen, as a character. His attitude of ignorance wasn't appealing part of this story. Nash and Cullen were good together, but their romance developed to abrupt and to fast for me.
Profile Image for Emilie.
893 reviews13 followers
August 27, 2019
There's quite a lot that Nash doesn't let the reader know at the beginning of the novella, or even in the middle. There's some repetition. I particularly noticed this towards the start of the story, with repetitions of how the sheriff could see that Nash was moving like he was injured. There are soon strong hints about how Nash has more-than-human strength, how he pulls a punch to avoid causing too much damage to someone he thinks is weaker than he is, for instance. Nash also thinks about how he's a fast healer, although he also thinks about how he spent several months in the hospital after a beating, or at least two months. The exact amount of time wasn't terribly clear to me, but it had been quite some time in the hospital.

As for "normal" healing, I've heard that if someone has broken their ribs, it can take a long time to heal and the ribs may never be as strong, or that the damage to the bones can be lasting. Folks with more knowledge of medicine, please correct me. I know that when I pulled a muscle over my ribs, it took several months to heal. For me, there wasn't anything broken or cracked. It just hurt for months, sharply if I moved certain ways.

Cullen was attracted to Nash very quickly, and had feelings for him very quickly, but Cullen thinks about how there weren't fated mates among werewolves. Fate does play some role in the story, as explained later on, but Cullen doesn't think it's related to his feelings for Nash. There was some "We're being threatened by such-and-such! Let's have sex!" or "I was badly injured a few hours ago. Let's have sex!" The latter can be handwaved away in the case of werewolf fast healing, which is a thing that exists in this particular mythos. But the protagonists do have sex fairly often when one might think their minds would be on the people or werewolves threatening them, or that they'd be spending some time planning about responses to threats. That's a fairly frequent m/m romance sort of thing, though. By no means is it only Ms. Chase that does that. No Going Home must have been one of the first books of hers that I read, and I didn't mind it in there.

More after I've slept...
Profile Image for Natosha Wilson.
1,274 reviews15 followers
October 21, 2016
Sometimes destiny has a set path for people even though we do not realize it. Destiny/Fate steps in when the time has come for each of us to take a path that we may have never taken before. That is exactly what happened in this book. Destiny/Fate steps in during a time that is volatile for both Nash and Cullen. It brought them together and once that happened things that was meant to happen started happening and nothing will ever be the same for these two men again.

Cullen is what most would cal recluse. He lives in his own. He rarely goes into town instead opting to spend time on his land with his animal or running his land in his wolf form. When he goes into town he does not speak to many and the few that he does speak too, there is not many words passed between them. Most wolves live in a pack but Cullen enjoys his lone wolf status and tried to stay away from the pack that is near by. He wants nothing to do with them or the things that they do. Cullen knows that if he wanted to take over the local pack he could because he is the strongest Alpha in the area but regardless of how bad the pack is run by its current Alpha and how badly the pack is affecting everyone around them, Cullen wants no part of being their new Alpha or part of the pack.

Nash is the opposite of Cullen. Trouble is attracted to Nash and follows him like the plague. But Nash is also a people person and draws people into his tight circle of friends even though Nash does not trust people easily. Nash is on the run from his old gang out of Nashville and lands himself in Cullen's path by accident but it may not be an accident after all. As I stated Destiny/Fate draws us to where we need to be and that is what happened when Nash landed in Fallen Creek.

Even though both men tried to fight their attraction and the connection they felt for the other, it was impossible for them to avoid. Everything was just too strong between them to walk away from the other. Because of this attraction it set many different events into motion that will forever change these two men's lives. Neither of them will ever be the same. Neither will the people around them. Once they met, everything they both thought they knew or wanted was destined to change and their was nothing either of them could do about it and in the end neither wanted to change anything about it.

T.A. Chase did a wonderful job on this book. I am not sure if it will be turned into a series but in all honesty if it was I think that it would be a great one. There is so much potential for this book to be able to continue and to be able to bring more to this as a series, which is really saying a lot for this book. As far as the book itself I truly enjoyed reading it and enjoyed the storyline and plot of it. It was very well written with no lulls in the story. I really hope to be able to read more about this pack in the future and to be able to see just why Cullen and Nash are able to do to turn around all the bad things this pack has been through with their previous Alpha. I look forward to reading more by T.A. Chase in the future.

Was given this galley copy for free for an open and honest review
Profile Image for Crystal Marie.
1,483 reviews68 followers
January 29, 2017
Nash used to be a Sargent-in-Arms to a dirty MC Club in Nashville. Events landed him in the hospital and later on the run from the men who he used to call brothers. Realizing he can’t ride his motorcycle across the country in his condition, he stops in a Fallen Creek to give his body some more time to recuperate. Before he knows it, the sheriff is sniffing around and Nash is embroiled in an altercation that brings him to the attention of Robinson, the local drug deal who has the town firmly under his thumb.



Cullen, a small time rancher and lone wolf, likes his solitude. He knows who and what Robinson is and has no interest to disturb the status quo. He stays on his ranch, watching over the land that belongs to him and he’s content. He doesn’t have friend nor does he want the complications of them. Not until Nash rides into town and Cullen can’t seem to stay away. Whether he wants to take on more responsibility or not, Cullen will have to do what he has avoided to do since he rolled into Fallen Creek four years ago. He doesn’t want to be the alpha of any pack but Robinson is threatening Nash and Cullen won’t have it.



This story is told from alternating POVs between Nash and Cullen, broken up by chapter which I appreciated. This isn’t a fated mates story though the romance is rather quick. Nash and Cullen are steamy together. In the beginning, I wasn’t fond of Cullen because he looked the other way with the drug dealing pack. He was more than powerful enough to knock Robinson out of the equation, but he really had no interest in taking over a pack. He was raised by lone wolf parents and the one time he made a connection with someone, tragedy struck, making him shy away from developing ties to those around him. Then I ran across a couple of lines in the story that explained Cullen to a T.



“We all do things we hate in order to protect ourselves. It doesn’t make you a bad guy because you chose to save yourself.”



Nash still has a couple of secrets of his own that are gradually revealed. I liked that Cullen was the one thrown for a loop and that the internal problems with Robinson’s pack didn’t bleed over into the main plot. By the end, there were a couple of open ended issues that I wouldn’t mind reading about in a sequel. I would love to know more about Nash’s family and I definitely want to read more about his best friend ,Ten. This was a story I could sink into and read it start to finish in one day. I will reread this again in the future and is one I recommend to those who enjoy paranormal romances, sexy badass bikers, and reluctant alpha wolves.

Reviewed by Rachelle for Crystal's Many Reviewers
*Copy provided for review*
Profile Image for T.M. Smith.
Author 28 books316 followers
May 2, 2013
Nash Rhodes rides into Fallen Creek on his Harley thinking it’s just another pit stop on his ride, not looking for any trouble, but trouble finds him nonetheless. Cullen O’Murphy is a lone wolf that just wants to be left alone. When Cullen meets Nash at the local bar more than just chemistry will force these two together.

These two men share more than a mutual attraction to one another. Nash left his motorcycle gang because of it’s homophobic leader who was less than thrilled to have a gay man in his ranks. Cullen has had to deal with homophobia among his fellow shifters, hence the reason he prefers to not be part of a pack. There’s another juicy detail that makes these two more alike than even they could imagine, but that would be a spoiler so you’ll have to read this story yourself for that little tidbit!

Equal parts intrigue, mystery and secrecy make this an enticing read. Nash and Cullen try to ignore the sexual tension at the start, but when circumstance finds them in close quarters they give in to the desire. The alpha male in Cullen wants not only to protect Nash, but to claim him as his and his alone. Cullen easily takes out the local pack leader, but when Nash’s former boss tracks him down, he isn’t quite so easy to maintain.

The story started out a little slow but found steady footing in the end. If you are a fan of gay, shifter stories with a HFN ending then this is a must read for you. The characters have depth and realism to them and the story flowed well once it got going. I am anxious to see if there will be a continuation to this story as the author left a few unanswered questions and I’d really like to hear Ten’s story. Overall this was a fun lazy day kind of read!
Profile Image for Ro Dubose.
254 reviews
May 1, 2013
Traveling the back roads to California, Nash Rhodes is not looking for trouble when he rides into Fallen Creek, Wyoming. Nash just needs a quiet place to recover for a few days. Nevertheless, trouble finds Nash the moment he steps in to protect the lady who owns the Watering Hole Bar. Nash also gets the attention of werewolf Cullen O’Murphy. Soon after meeting Nash, Cullen develops into protector, as well as lover.

Threadbare Gypsy Souls is an intriguing mystery. The plot is a multifaceted trail of secrets slowly unveiling a number of surprises designed to seize the reader’s attention throughout the story. The characters are engaging, as well as amusing at times. One of the secrets Nash and Cullen both share is that they are in the closet gay. Nash is on the run from the leader of a motorcycle gang who took exception to having a gay man as a member in the gang. Cullen has had altercations with homophobic wolf shifters. Cullen is not part of a pack; he prefers to mind his own business as a small rancher. There is more to Nash than meets the eye; one trait that is apparent is that Nash is a gentleman with southern manners.


T. A. Chase has created a marvelous saga. I shall not incorporate any spoilers. However, Threadbare Gypsy Souls has ample battles, sensual intimacy, plus wonderful character interaction in addition to being exceptionally enjoyable.
Profile Image for Arthur.
783 reviews94 followers
April 17, 2013
Cullen is a lone-wolf who lives in the fringe area of the town where the pack lives. The alpha of the pack is a bad guy who deals with drugs, and sometimes let the members sample the merchandise. Being a lone-wolf, Cullen usually looks the other way, until a new person, Nash, arrives in town in his Harley. Nash is on his way to San Diego when he stops by the little town. When he gets into trouble with the pack leader for helping the town bar owner, he meets Cullen. They bond. Would two of them enough to take the bad alpha? What's with the bar owner, anyway?

This book is not bad, but not great either. Everything feels standard. Cullen is your typical brooding misunderstood alpha hero, while Nash is just a guy who's not sure what he wants. Not even the revelation about the bar owner helps it.
Profile Image for Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews.
1,809 reviews146 followers
April 13, 2013
I never have the right words to write a review!!
But I seriously love TA Chase!!
Everything I have read by her is amazing brilliant and so just so enjoyable that I can't put down till I finish!!

This story about Cullen and Nash is fantastic
A lone wolf and a ex biker.. I loved their stories and I loved the other characters we meet!!
What an awesome twist to the plot towards the end there!!!

Smoking hot to.. Oh lord so so HOT!!

I'm hoping there will be more to their story.. Or another book with Ten.. Or something...

Eeeeeee I can't wait cos what ever it will be it will be amazing.. So like I said I never have the best words but what I do jot down is truth!!!

Everyone should go read this... You will enjoy it a lot!!!
Profile Image for Ana.
1,247 reviews35 followers
March 9, 2014
Well while I did enjoy reading this story, I also felt a little disappointed by the ending. It's a HEA so it's not terrible but I expected more meaning behind everything. After a whole book saying Nash was half-shifter, if the author had no intention of pursuing the venue about his father, then she should've left the matter alone instead of introducing the fae too. It opened that field and never gave a conclusion making the whole book feel even more incomplete. Same thing about his supposed work with some weird agency. Basically, it was entertaining but not good enough. The lack of background and world-building pretty much annul the creative aspect and leaves us feeling cheated.
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25 reviews2 followers
April 15, 2013
A good story, I can see more of a series working on this but it also holds well as a stand-alone. Mediocre erotic sex scenes, but that's good to see that also sex is important to both characters the story doesn't constantly flow that way.
I definitely enjoyed the loose ends for some of the smaller problems like "who is Nash's boss" and not actually meeting Ten, etc. These kind of times are what makes me think this could work as a series but holds well as a stand-alone.
All in all it is an enjoyable read on lazy days.
Profile Image for Becky Condit.
2,377 reviews66 followers
May 9, 2013
This story was definitely different. Werewolves who sell drugs. Werewolves who are hooked on drugs. One were who stands apart from the crowd, refusing to do anything about it, despite the fact that he is easily the most powerful one around.

Lucky's complete 3 1/2 sweet pea review appears May 10, 2013 at http://mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index....
Profile Image for Elianara.
178 reviews1 follower
May 27, 2013

A couple of alpha wolves in a small town fighting for dominance and a stranger with a messy past. Cops and drugs. Everything thrown in a big pile of plot. Doesn't work all the way.
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