Maybe 1.5 stars, rounded up, but really not a great read. Several complaints:
* Grammar. Distracting amounts of errors (or maybe the errors were just distractingly obvious, if not necessarily numerous). Either way, needs a good proofreader.
* I'm all for a good Alpha character, but Lucien was irritatingly pushy and caveman-ish. Maybe this is tied into my next complaint...
* Rushed, rushed, rushed. If you're going to write a novella, then streamline your story a bit. This just had way too much crammed into a small number of pages. Things were brought up, then never mentioned again. Alternatively, just expand it into a full novel. Give yourself the space to develop the characters or plot points that you've brought into this world.
* Lanie was kinda juvenile to me. Maybe tied to the rushed feeling again? Insta-love is more believable for me with the shifter characters (more animalistic natures, maybe?) but it felt kinda out of character how quickly Lanie came around to Lucien's advances.
In short, a steamy quick read, plus free on Kindle when I found it, but it definitely needed some good editing for both story and grammar. Maybe with some more experience Persaud could develop something more solid (I'm kinda curious what she'd do with Kane's story, honestly) but this one was pretty generic and not really worth a reread. Definitely better choices out there.