Redeemed Wolf by Trish Linde is the 4th book in her Grim Wilds series. I suggest that you read the others first as they contain characters and an ongoing plot that appear in this one. It is the story of an Alpha Wolf who doesn’t feel like he belongs anywhere until he redeems himself by helping to free some wolves who are being held hostage and experimented on by a madman and along the way he finds his forever mate. Silas is an Alpha wolf who was raised in the Overlands Pack by his abusive father and then by the Alpha of the pack, Thorn, who was a horrible leader and forced him to be his Beta after scarring him in a fight and do things he knew were wrong. Once Shan, the Alpha of the Grim Wilds Pack, took Thorn out Silas became the Alpha of his pack, but he was disrespected and not seen as their leader. He had been around the Grim Wilds pack enough to see what a real leader and pack should be like with the members working together and forming a family. He longed for this and asked to become a member but he wasn’t trusted by Shan yet. Jude, Shan’s Beta, and his father Jesse, brothers, and sister had been kept in captivity by Dr. Robert Gray and Dr. Eric Taylor in a lab where they were experimented on, given drugs to try to see how they could shift, and kept in conditions where they couldn’t change into their wolves. Jude and Jesse had escaped and Dr. Gray killed and Jude went to live with the Grim Wilds Pack while Jesse married Joe, a man who seemed to have mafia ties. But Isaac, Amelia, and Carter had not escaped. Shan had gotten information from Joe that they think they know where the lab is. None of his pack could go to rescue them because they would be recognized, but Silas volunteered. He got an interview and managed to hide that he was a shifter, and then was hired. The story continues as he works his way into Dr. Taylor trusting him and giving him more secret jobs and when he meets Carter, who is working with the doctor, he recognizes him. He also realizes that he is his mate. Carter has been through some things and has an interesting relationship with Dr. Taylor who has been giving him drugs so that he has no idea he is a shifter like those they are experimenting on. He recognizes something in Silas but doesn’t know what it is or what to do about it. Meanwhile Silas has found the other siblings and has to make a decision on how to free them before the doctor and guards discover what he is doing. The pull between Carter and Silas continues to grow and they go on dates which leads to some hot love scenes, all the while with Silas not knowing how to approach Carter about what he really is. Then, with some help, they cause a ruckus and are able to free all of the shifters that are being held captive. They return to the Grim Wilds Packlands and know that since they didn’t kill Dr. Taylor that they will be coming for them, which they do in an epic scene that keeps you on the edge of your seat and the doctor finally gets what’s coming to him. During all of this Carter and Silas have fallen in love and Carter slowly learns what it means to have a wolf side. Silas has also learned that he wants to stay with his pack so they can be like Shan’s pack and have strength, unity, prosperity, and became a family and lead them with Carter at his side. I really enjoyed this book. There is a lot of suspense as Silas has to figure out how to free the shifters at the lab without outing himself. Carter has had quite the life not knowing what he really is and thinking that Dr. Taylor is related to him. He knows he is attracted to Silas but not why and it takes time for him to realize what he is and what Silas means to him. Dr. Taylor is truly evil as are some of the guards he takes on the journey with him. Shan, Jude, Pacy (Sila’s Beta), Vesta (their Shaman), and the members of both packs play a big part in what is happening and helping everyone to be free. And of course, Silas and Carter have a surprise at the end of the book that completes their family. I highly recommend this book, especially if you like action packed and suspenseful stories about fated mates that find each other in the middle of a horrible situation and have to learn some lessons about themselves in order to find the love they deserve.