Saints and Sinners

The Desecrated Pack #1

by Jude Marquez

The strangest things happen in the sleepy town of Glenwood Lock...

But if you're lucky, you'll make it out alive

The Ortega family comes from a long line of werewolves and magic. They are a powerful family, one that puts the lives of the innocent above themselves at all costs. Alpha Celia and her brothers, Eli and Artie, thought they had seen it all. Their entire world is turned upside down when two college guys decide to walk home during a full moon and now, their small pack is transformed into something they never expected.

Lou Correa and Dante Navarro have been best friends as far back as they can remember. One walk home during a full moon threatens to change that. In a single instance, they are thrown into a world that is chaotic, unfamiliar, and terrifying. With trained hunters coming after them for powers they don't understand, will they learn to survive? Can an unexpected romance help them or will it be yet another obstacle to overcome? Honestly, will they even see the end of the week?

The Desecrated Pack: Saints and Sinners is the beginning of a new series, with a sweet MM romance, feisty characters, and a world filled with unexpected challenges.

Genres: M M Romance, Shapeshifters, Fantasy

268 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 16, 2019

About the author

Jude Marquez is a lover of all things romance. She began writing in first grade and hasn't stopped since. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and reads MM romance voraciously as well as horror and suspense.

While living and working near the ocean is amazing, Jude often skips town to enjoy the warmth of the Southwest during the winters and drags her dog along for the ride.

Jude began publishing in early 2018 and currently has three full length novels and 3 novellas released.

Reviews

[John Altman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saints and Sinners!

The story is Great!!! The editing is Bad!!!
Total Rating: 3.3 Stars out of 5
Rating Review Rollout:
(1) Blurb vs Story matchup: 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟
(2) Character Development: 3 🌟🌟🌟
(3) Danger/Drama/Thrills/Chills: 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
(4) Editing/Proofreading: 1 🌟
(5) Entertainment Value: 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟
(6) Feeling the Words: 3 🌟🌟🌟
(7) Flow of the Story: 2 🌟🌟
(8) Keeps my Attention: 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟
(9) MC Appeal: 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟
(10) MC Backstory: 3 🌟🌟🌟
(11) MC Chemistry: 3 🌟🌟🌟
(12) MC Love Connection: N/A
(13) Plot Worthiness: 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟
(14) Sexy Sex Scenes: N/A
(15) Wrap Up of Loose Ends: N/A

[I~❤️~Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

✮3.5 Stars✮

[Joann Bulger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Book

Loved everything about it. Would have given it a 5 but the editing stinks. Needs to be proof read again and re-edited.

[Larry C. Hensley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic Read

The story was awesome, very magical and would recommend it to those who love fantasy. The only problem I had with this book was the editing. It needs to be re-edited due to sentences being repeated within the same sentence. Added words that didn’t it didn’t need, and one of the main characters named Lou being called Leo when referenced. With that being said the story line redeemed this book for me so I only gave it a 4 out of 5 stars otherwise it would have received 3 stars.

[Becky]

I stuck around through 49%, because the world was a little different from a lot of fantasy that I've read. Even though there were a lot of wrong words or extra words. Just generally bad editing. But this was a bridge too far:

"I think you guys oh my mom a new table."

I'm sorry, but no. I'm done.

[Joscelyn Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

Just like all of this author's other books, Saints and Sinners is filled with great characters and an engaging storyline that pulled me in from the first page. I'm already looking forward to the next book in the series.

[Danna Iuliana]

I tried but it didn't grab me. I m not rating bc maybe it is a me thing not a book thing

[Carmen · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 (This is one of those times I really hate Goodreads not having a .5 rating option).

The story wasn't bad but the editing was horrible 😔

I cannot really recommend this book. There are major issues with editing, spelling and simple formatting (the are pages chopped in half without any sense whatsoever: a page stops halfway, turn the page and it continues but it's not a new chapter) that made the reading kind of hiccup. That got on my nerves. A lot. And seeing as this happens in all the books in the series I won't be reading any more of it. Which is a shame, as the setting and world building is interesting and the characters too, and the romance is not love at first sight, they know each other before the series starts and, at least book 1, it's more about pining for each other that jumping into sex, which I appreciate.

So no, I cannot recommend it and have to say I'm glad I got it through KU.

[Viki · Rating 3 out of 5]

A magic town full of magical beings that... can do a lot of scary stuff but are actually way too afraid of humans for way too big portion of the book.

I liked several elements of the story - that the most important relationship was friendship, how they could be cute but go scary in a second, how it was about finding family and how there was not that much fighting their destiny as trying to follow it.

There was also a feeling of helplessness - you know secondhand embarrassment? Well, a lot of things could be secondhand, not just clothes but also a lot of feelings. This was secondhand helplessness and I did not like it.

Might follow up on the next book. Might not.

I recommend - trying it. But I made it to the end so there is that.

[Pamela Cunningham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first book of The Desecrated Pack

This is a really great start to a new shifter series this book has great world building and a unique take on the supernatural/paranormal lore . I really enjoyed this book the characters were interesting and believable no smut but a good love story I'm looking forward too seeing what will happen next .