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Wolf Creek
Being the Silverbane pack's omega is killing Josh. His plans to escape are foiled when he is blackmailed into finding a new alpha capable of controlling the largest pack in New England before the Amazons cull it. Josh has no clue how he is going to accomplish this task, let alone stay out of the sights of his power-hungry cousin, Bryce, who is convinced he is the pack’s next alpha.
Josh befriends Andrea, an erratic Amazon trainee, who talks to the ghost of her dead mother and has her own agenda when it comes to the wolf pack. When he is rescued by Gavin, a handsome park ranger driven to live in the furthest reaches of civilization, Josh feels a pull toward him that is more than just physical attraction. The three develop a bond that is stronger than friendship and tested at every turn.
With the help of his new family, Josh must find the strength within him to save the Silverbane pack and defeat the evil that threatens to turn them into killers. Only then can he finally be free.
Josh befriends Andrea, an erratic Amazon trainee, who talks to the ghost of her dead mother and has her own agenda when it comes to the wolf pack. When he is rescued by Gavin, a handsome park ranger driven to live in the furthest reaches of civilization, Josh feels a pull toward him that is more than just physical attraction. The three develop a bond that is stronger than friendship and tested at every turn.
With the help of his new family, Josh must find the strength within him to save the Silverbane pack and defeat the evil that threatens to turn them into killers. Only then can he finally be free.
251 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2015
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Nikko Lee
10 books20 followersThe author is a scientific curator who enjoys writing genre fiction from erotica to horror under the pen name Nikko Lee. She was born in Canada and moved to Bar Harbor, Maine, after completing a PhD in Zoology and post-doctoral training. She blogs about hiking, writing and science at www.nikkolee.com.
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October 5, 2015
This review was originally written for Joyfully Jay Reviews and can be accessed here: http://joyfullyjay.com/2015/10/review...
4.25 Stars.
I think I should preface this review with the statement that this is an epic adventure, not a romance. I will also state that there are MINOR spoilers in this review. This world contains a number of mystical creatures, including werewolves, vampires, amazons, and others. There is a delicate balance between these factions. The amazons are duty-bound to protect human life. Treaties have been established between the nearby vampire coven and the amazon guild that dictate the Silverbane werewolves will not kill humans and will not overhunt their range in the remote Maine woods where they make their home. These alliances are established, but tenuous. The amazons will destroy of the Silverbane pack if they are proved to have shed human blood.
The main character, Josh, is a werewolf, omega to his “family” the Silverbane pack. Josh has no father that he knows of. His mother was a rogue who was adopted into the pack due to her powers as an omega, which—in this bookscape—means that she was the peacemaker of the family. She spoke truth, sensed truth, and worked her wiles to keep the peace, even if it meant sacrificing her body—which is why Josh’s paternity could not be established. (Expect slut-shaming.) She had a particular love for the pack alpha, Eric Silverbane, and he was kind to Josh—but Josh’s mother died two years ago and at 18 years old, Josh is old enough to set out on his own. If only Silverbane would release him. Instead, Josh runs away. Time and time again.
While Josh is a good omega in terms of being a peacemaker/negotiator, he can’t handle the mistreatment of his station. Really, it’s obnoxiously bad. Like, he’s practically raped by pack dudes who think they are his betters. Silverbane agrees to release Josh from his blood tie, and Josh thinks his life is about to begin. Yay! Then, Silverbane dies, before he could release Josh. Crap! Instead of being on his own, Josh is pressed into finding the pack’s new alpha, as this is another duty of an omega. The candidates present themselves, but none of them give off the true alpha vibe. Josh must find an alpha, or he’ll be (quite honestly) killed by his pack. Under duress, Josh befriends Andrea, an amazon, who can sense latent werewolf powers. They comb the areas of town, investigating every mixed-blood human in the effort. They can’t find an alpha, but Josh has a sense regarding Gavin, a new park ranger. He’s a dreamboat to Josh but, sadly, Gavin’s got serious eyes for Andrea.
Lookit, this is an adventure story. It has plenty of double-crosses, double-dealing, and doubling–down. Josh wants out of Silverbane territory, because living as he is—constantly put-down and exploited by his pack—is unhealthy. To get out he must identify the pack’s new leader, but his power is limited. Compared to the pack werewolves he has zero strength, and even less influence. Andrea has ulterior motives for her friendship with Josh—she agrees to help him if he will facilitate her own transformation into a full-fledged warrior. Unfortunately, he’s never sure he can trust Andrea because her help comes at the expense of his physical well-being. Plus, she’s kinda a flighty dingbat. Josh thinks he’s found an alpha, but that person isn’t ready, or capable, of taking on a pack the size of the Silverbanes. There are so many ways this story could have gone wrong, but it didn’t. The competing interests were interesting and provided quite a bit of suspense. Josh is the weakest of his pack, but holds influence that some would (and do) kill to have. He struggles between his desire to leave and his desire to save the pack that mistreats him. He knows the amazons are very close to staging a Silverbane pack massacre, and there are members of the pack he definitely wants to save.
I am a lover of romance, so I wanted there to be SOME romance, but it was not the case here. And, I think I was mostly okay with that. I was captivated by the world, though there were parts that did feel repetitive, especially regarding Josh’s role and his shame over his mother’s place as the omega before him. I wanted to skip to the action, at times. There does end up being a LOT of action and bloodshed, and a cleansing of the worst elements of the Silverbane pack. Josh is freaking amazing in the end, a hero that the Silverbanes can respect, which is really most of what he longed to have. The book is set up to be the beginning of a series, and I’d be interested to read on, and see if Josh is able to find himself a mate.
4.25 Stars.
I think I should preface this review with the statement that this is an epic adventure, not a romance. I will also state that there are MINOR spoilers in this review. This world contains a number of mystical creatures, including werewolves, vampires, amazons, and others. There is a delicate balance between these factions. The amazons are duty-bound to protect human life. Treaties have been established between the nearby vampire coven and the amazon guild that dictate the Silverbane werewolves will not kill humans and will not overhunt their range in the remote Maine woods where they make their home. These alliances are established, but tenuous. The amazons will destroy of the Silverbane pack if they are proved to have shed human blood.
The main character, Josh, is a werewolf, omega to his “family” the Silverbane pack. Josh has no father that he knows of. His mother was a rogue who was adopted into the pack due to her powers as an omega, which—in this bookscape—means that she was the peacemaker of the family. She spoke truth, sensed truth, and worked her wiles to keep the peace, even if it meant sacrificing her body—which is why Josh’s paternity could not be established. (Expect slut-shaming.) She had a particular love for the pack alpha, Eric Silverbane, and he was kind to Josh—but Josh’s mother died two years ago and at 18 years old, Josh is old enough to set out on his own. If only Silverbane would release him. Instead, Josh runs away. Time and time again.
While Josh is a good omega in terms of being a peacemaker/negotiator, he can’t handle the mistreatment of his station. Really, it’s obnoxiously bad. Like, he’s practically raped by pack dudes who think they are his betters. Silverbane agrees to release Josh from his blood tie, and Josh thinks his life is about to begin. Yay! Then, Silverbane dies, before he could release Josh. Crap! Instead of being on his own, Josh is pressed into finding the pack’s new alpha, as this is another duty of an omega. The candidates present themselves, but none of them give off the true alpha vibe. Josh must find an alpha, or he’ll be (quite honestly) killed by his pack. Under duress, Josh befriends Andrea, an amazon, who can sense latent werewolf powers. They comb the areas of town, investigating every mixed-blood human in the effort. They can’t find an alpha, but Josh has a sense regarding Gavin, a new park ranger. He’s a dreamboat to Josh but, sadly, Gavin’s got serious eyes for Andrea.
Lookit, this is an adventure story. It has plenty of double-crosses, double-dealing, and doubling–down. Josh wants out of Silverbane territory, because living as he is—constantly put-down and exploited by his pack—is unhealthy. To get out he must identify the pack’s new leader, but his power is limited. Compared to the pack werewolves he has zero strength, and even less influence. Andrea has ulterior motives for her friendship with Josh—she agrees to help him if he will facilitate her own transformation into a full-fledged warrior. Unfortunately, he’s never sure he can trust Andrea because her help comes at the expense of his physical well-being. Plus, she’s kinda a flighty dingbat. Josh thinks he’s found an alpha, but that person isn’t ready, or capable, of taking on a pack the size of the Silverbanes. There are so many ways this story could have gone wrong, but it didn’t. The competing interests were interesting and provided quite a bit of suspense. Josh is the weakest of his pack, but holds influence that some would (and do) kill to have. He struggles between his desire to leave and his desire to save the pack that mistreats him. He knows the amazons are very close to staging a Silverbane pack massacre, and there are members of the pack he definitely wants to save.
I am a lover of romance, so I wanted there to be SOME romance, but it was not the case here. And, I think I was mostly okay with that. I was captivated by the world, though there were parts that did feel repetitive, especially regarding Josh’s role and his shame over his mother’s place as the omega before him. I wanted to skip to the action, at times. There does end up being a LOT of action and bloodshed, and a cleansing of the worst elements of the Silverbane pack. Josh is freaking amazing in the end, a hero that the Silverbanes can respect, which is really most of what he longed to have. The book is set up to be the beginning of a series, and I’d be interested to read on, and see if Josh is able to find himself a mate.
August 31, 2015
Wolf Creek is the latest story by author Nikko Lee about a young man's life long struggle on what he believes to be a forced negative birthright and his family's constant demeaning abuse. With the help of his discovered family he is finally able to accept what it means to be an Omega. Being one of the lucky few to receive an advance copy, I must say I love the story. I was drawn into Josh' life, feeling the parallel of natural family vs found family and accepting who you are on your own terms. Sometimes we can choose who our family is and discover who we want to be. Wolf Creek left me wanting more, more Josh, more Andrea, and definitely more Gavin. I will wait anxiously for Josh' next adventure in the search for love, self, and the discovery of all those things that go bump in the night with the possibility that just maybe an Omega can be an Alpha to make the one true leader of the pack.
September 28, 2015
Reviewed by Tams Kelly for QUEERcentric Books
I had high hopes for Wolf Creek by Nikko Lee because Tams loves her shifters—especially the wolfy ones! When I saw omega and alpha in the description, I was like, “Oh yeah, this will be hot!” Unfortunately, except for the main characters Josh and Gavin, the book left me a bit cold.
Josh has always dreamed of getting away. Being an omega in the Silverbane Pack means he is the lowest of the low. All the wolves treat him poorly, except for the alpha. When that alpha suddenly dies, who will lead the family? Further, what will become of Josh without this protection?
Life was bad enough before for Josh, then fighting starts within the pack. Could finding the right alpha lead to a better life as well as love? Or would evil triumph—and doom them all?
Read Tam's full review at QUEERcentric Books
I had high hopes for Wolf Creek by Nikko Lee because Tams loves her shifters—especially the wolfy ones! When I saw omega and alpha in the description, I was like, “Oh yeah, this will be hot!” Unfortunately, except for the main characters Josh and Gavin, the book left me a bit cold.
Josh has always dreamed of getting away. Being an omega in the Silverbane Pack means he is the lowest of the low. All the wolves treat him poorly, except for the alpha. When that alpha suddenly dies, who will lead the family? Further, what will become of Josh without this protection?
Life was bad enough before for Josh, then fighting starts within the pack. Could finding the right alpha lead to a better life as well as love? Or would evil triumph—and doom them all?
Read Tam's full review at QUEERcentric Books
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October 15, 2015I enjoyed it, but in the end felt dissapointed. Although it appears like a MM-romance it was actually an adventure novel. Though not bad I was expecting romance and that in the end left me disappointed when the characters didn't end together, especially since our MC has romantic feelings for Gavin throughout that are never reciprocated.
October 10, 2019
Hard pressed
I rarely do purely negative reviews. SO, to start of the positives - the writing, language and word selection was appropriate and the read was smooth and well constructed.
That is the only positive I can offer. The following may contain spoilers that explain the reason for the solitary star.
The book is not a slow smolder that you will ultimately see a conflagration of interesting material. It is more like a campfire match that sputters to ash over the course of four hours that you will never get back.
But a good book doesn’t need passion or romance. But a book dealing with LGBT - particularly placing itself into the m/m genre ought to not at least recognize the following :
1) Gay rape attempts are not casual tropes. If you’re going to go there, deal with it seriously.
2) Gay men are not weak and submissive.
3) Gay men are very familiar with the concept of a straight crush and by the time we hit our late teens we tend to be more surprised that the other person (who isn’t already out) is remotely interested.
4) Gay men are curiously not generally pining away for a hetero crush / boyfriend of our female friends.
5) The concept of a fag hag does not necessitate that person being bipolar at best and pathologically insane at worst.
6) Promoting the value of being able to be submissive does not stop the offensiveness of the handling of the main character.
This book was written in a genre the author demonstrated no familiarity or sensitivity to.
The last point is as well as the language editing, the random line-breaks in the Kindle version are distracting.
I rarely do purely negative reviews. SO, to start of the positives - the writing, language and word selection was appropriate and the read was smooth and well constructed.
That is the only positive I can offer. The following may contain spoilers that explain the reason for the solitary star.
The book is not a slow smolder that you will ultimately see a conflagration of interesting material. It is more like a campfire match that sputters to ash over the course of four hours that you will never get back.
But a good book doesn’t need passion or romance. But a book dealing with LGBT - particularly placing itself into the m/m genre ought to not at least recognize the following :
1) Gay rape attempts are not casual tropes. If you’re going to go there, deal with it seriously.
2) Gay men are not weak and submissive.
3) Gay men are very familiar with the concept of a straight crush and by the time we hit our late teens we tend to be more surprised that the other person (who isn’t already out) is remotely interested.
4) Gay men are curiously not generally pining away for a hetero crush / boyfriend of our female friends.
5) The concept of a fag hag does not necessitate that person being bipolar at best and pathologically insane at worst.
6) Promoting the value of being able to be submissive does not stop the offensiveness of the handling of the main character.
This book was written in a genre the author demonstrated no familiarity or sensitivity to.
The last point is as well as the language editing, the random line-breaks in the Kindle version are distracting.
December 16, 2018
It was excellent but not a romance
There was no romance, only the hope of a romance. Josh has to save the pack from an evil that could kill them all. Andrea is an Amazon in training who doesn't fit in. Gavin, a park ranger that doesn't even know he is a werewolf and the Alpha they need. It was a great story and I even cried for Elaine and Josh as there doom is realized...again not a romance unless the author plans for a book two that will give Josh the love that he should have with his Alpha.
There was no romance, only the hope of a romance. Josh has to save the pack from an evil that could kill them all. Andrea is an Amazon in training who doesn't fit in. Gavin, a park ranger that doesn't even know he is a werewolf and the Alpha they need. It was a great story and I even cried for Elaine and Josh as there doom is realized...again not a romance unless the author plans for a book two that will give Josh the love that he should have with his Alpha.
September 25, 2018
This book is about a omega who after a lot of painful events learns to except and he excepted by his pack .
This was a very unique story with the omega not getting the Alpha I also liked the inclusion of the Amazon's and the vampires I hope that Josh finds his true love he deserves it .
This was a very unique story with the omega not getting the Alpha I also liked the inclusion of the Amazon's and the vampires I hope that Josh finds his true love he deserves it .
October 5, 2015
A Joyfully Jay review.
4.25 stars
Lookit, this is an adventure story. It has plenty of double-crosses, double-dealing, and doubling–down. Josh wants out of Silverbane territory, because living as he is—constantly put-down and exploited by his pack—is unhealthy. To get out he must identify the pack’s new leader, but his power is limited. Compared to the pack werewolves he has zero strength, and even less influence. Andrea has ulterior motives for her friendship with Josh—she agrees to help him if he will facilitate her own transformation into a full-fledged warrior. Unfortunately, he’s never sure he can trust Andrea because her help comes at the expense of his physical well-being. Plus, she’s kinda a flighty dingbat. Josh thinks he’s found an alpha, but that person isn’t ready, or capable, of taking on a pack the size of the Silverbanes. There are so many ways this story could have gone wrong, but it didn’t. The competing interests were interesting and provided quite a bit of suspense. Josh is the weakest of his pack, but holds influence that some would (and do) kill to have. He struggles between his desire to leave and his desire to save the pack that mistreats him. He knows the amazons are very close to staging a Silverbane pack massacre, and there are members of the pack he definitely wants to save.
I am a lover of romance, so I wanted there to be SOME romance, but it was not the case here. And, I think I was mostly okay with that. I was captivated by the world, though there were parts that did feel repetitive, especially regarding Josh’s role and his shame over his mother’s place as the omega before him. I wanted to skip to the action, at times. There does end up being a LOT of action and bloodshed, and a cleansing of the worst elements of the Silverbane pack. Josh is freaking amazing in the end, a hero that the Silverbanes can respect, which is really most of what he longed to have. The book is set up to be the beginning of a series, and I’d be interested to read on, and see if Josh is able to find himself a mate.
Read Veronica’s review in its entirety here.
4.25 stars
Lookit, this is an adventure story. It has plenty of double-crosses, double-dealing, and doubling–down. Josh wants out of Silverbane territory, because living as he is—constantly put-down and exploited by his pack—is unhealthy. To get out he must identify the pack’s new leader, but his power is limited. Compared to the pack werewolves he has zero strength, and even less influence. Andrea has ulterior motives for her friendship with Josh—she agrees to help him if he will facilitate her own transformation into a full-fledged warrior. Unfortunately, he’s never sure he can trust Andrea because her help comes at the expense of his physical well-being. Plus, she’s kinda a flighty dingbat. Josh thinks he’s found an alpha, but that person isn’t ready, or capable, of taking on a pack the size of the Silverbanes. There are so many ways this story could have gone wrong, but it didn’t. The competing interests were interesting and provided quite a bit of suspense. Josh is the weakest of his pack, but holds influence that some would (and do) kill to have. He struggles between his desire to leave and his desire to save the pack that mistreats him. He knows the amazons are very close to staging a Silverbane pack massacre, and there are members of the pack he definitely wants to save.
I am a lover of romance, so I wanted there to be SOME romance, but it was not the case here. And, I think I was mostly okay with that. I was captivated by the world, though there were parts that did feel repetitive, especially regarding Josh’s role and his shame over his mother’s place as the omega before him. I wanted to skip to the action, at times. There does end up being a LOT of action and bloodshed, and a cleansing of the worst elements of the Silverbane pack. Josh is freaking amazing in the end, a hero that the Silverbanes can respect, which is really most of what he longed to have. The book is set up to be the beginning of a series, and I’d be interested to read on, and see if Josh is able to find himself a mate.
Read Veronica’s review in its entirety here.
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