Savage Urges: Phoenix Pack, Book 5

This was one of my favourite installments of the Phoenix Pack books up to date. I loved Ryan in the other books and his story didn't disappoint me here, either. Makenna is a lone shifter who volunteers at a shelter that cares for and rehomes other lone shifters. As her role is to potentially rehome those in her care, she extensively researches the family of the loners to ensure the new pack they go to is suitable and safe. One evening she finds a young wolf shifter in her doorway. She takes him to the shelter and her background check shows Ryan might be a suitable candidate for rehoming Zac. While investigating him, he confronts her and is immediately attracted to her. He is enthusiastic about taking his cousin Zac into his pack and as he becomes more involved in Zac and Makenna's life, he learns that the shelter is under threat from another local pack who wants the land the shelter is on.Ryan realises that Makenna is his mate early on in the book and while she continues to need convincing, it was refreshing to read a book where the true mating is brought up early. Ryan maintained the character traits he was known for in the other books - brooding, silent and tough as nails. Makenna was a likeable female lead. She had the author's typical trademark characteristics for the heroine, i.e. feisty, sassy and strong. She was also quirky, asking random questions - this smacked of females in previous novels in this series. However Makenna was a bit vulnerable due to the lone shifter lifestyle, again making for a nice change. The plot focuses on the shelter and the threat from the other pack as its alpha wants to attain the home in order to have access to the young boys on the premises. Yes, you read that correctly.If you've read other books in the Phoenix series, there will be nothing groundbreaking here as once again, a similar formula is followed. Alpha male meets confident, spirited female and they will do anything to keep her in their lives. The pack members continue to feature and play their roles established in prior books. They were not overly accepting of Makenna as a lone wolf and while this was frustrating, it was resolved. This book had the main characters exchanging nicknames, similarly to previous books in this series. Unfortunately, Greta continues to make an appearance even though her character has well and truly been done to death. There was no angst with an ex in this book which made a great change of scenery from Suzanne Wright, although there was, unfortunately, a jealous female.I didn't realise, but the Mercury Pack offshoot starts just before this book, so if you're pedantic about reading order, you might want to start there first as one of the newer characters crosses over into this book briefly. It wasn't a big deal but as a fan of the series, I noticed and will now go back to the first book of the other pack. If you haven't read any of the other books, they all do fine as a stand alone but are greatly enhanced by reading the other stories first as there are recurring characters and themes.Overall, it was entertaining and well-paced and you know what you're getting when you buy this author. Personally, I loved Ryan and he made this book. I'll continue to read this series.

First, I have to voice one of my pet peeves and protest the cover pic of this couple. Ryan is described as over 6 feet tall, that McKenna refers to as 'the broad guy with the snarl and the military haircut'. I pictured him as a stoic, grunting, never smiling, quiet, cowboy or military officer throughout this story.McKenna is a caring, loyal, quirky, bangle wearing, bohemian and superstitious woman and lone wolf, with a sharp mind and mouth, and has multi colored hair 'of long, beach-layered waves—a mix of gold, copper, dark red, and a hint of plum purple, making him think of autumn leaves'. McKenna translates his grunts for people so he doesn't have to articulate himself. They're too cute together.Now stepping off my soapbox- this is another suspense filled plot, liberally sprinkled with fun and snarky dialog. McKenna comes out with weird comments at tense moments like- "“So . . . do you think stairs are supposed to go up or down?” Or "Does it bother anyone else that the Easter Bunny carries eggs?” She's a true caring and loyal woman who's devoted her life to protecting and rehoming the loners that come to the shelter.I also loved that Ryan knew right away that McKenna was his true mate, and never wavered in that thought, or tried to change her. You'll love this book.

Interesting story! Easy reading! Recommend this book for adults. The story line is interesting which makes it hard to put the book down.

Ryan who we met way back in book one is an Enforcer in the Phoenix Pack and always been the sort of quiet one that we don’t know much about. He’s the grunter of the group more than the talker. It has been alluded to the fact that he was captured and tortured once and that event changed him. He is now the like bad, kick your a** sort of Enforcer because he won’t allow himself to be in that place again. Now he just found out that his relative Zac is in a loner shelter and needs to be taken care of. Makenna helps run the shelter and is the one who located Ryan so that he could take Zac. She is a loner herself and when she finds Zac she has to help him. She has some issues that she has to work through before the mating bond can snap into place.I love that Ryan and the rest of the pack jumped at the chance to take care of Zac. They didn’t hesitate nor did they hesitate to help the shelter out. That is simply how they are and it really showed in this book. I think more so than other because they had no real connections to anyone at the shelter other than Zac but Ryan had never met him until Makenna brought them together. They not only helped but went to war to help the shelter. The one think that creeped me out was the snake shifter. Yes she was a little girl but it still was a little ew for me. Another favorite thin for me was the way Makenna called Ryan “White Fang” it was great! He is so the guy that you wouldn’t do that sort of thing to yet she did. I also enjoyed seeing Kye as he has grown and Ryan is still his favorite person which is so clear the moment they are in the room together.As always Suzanne Wright did a wonderful job of creating characters with depth. I enjoyed getting to know more about Ryan and maybe now he will be more vocal in the next books. Makenna was perfect for him even if she did have her own issues. The shifters at the shelter were a motley crew who I have a feeling that we could see them again.This review is the copyrighted property of my blog, Blushing Reads, where it was first posted.

Just chef's kisss. It was funny, sexy, heartwarming and had an amazing plot that addresses real issues but in the world of otherworldly. I will never get enough of these books!

O Ryan surpreende por ser aquele cara que não sabe se comunicar mas que aceita seus sentimentos e instintos e sabe o que quer. E que do conhece a Makenna ele sabe que ela precisa ser dele. Amei demais a relação doa dois!

Ryan and Keena are one of my fav couples in the series. I loved the plot and the characters. The story just snags your attention from the onset.Don't think there is much to say rather than it was an amazing book.

I don't know how often I've read this book now . It's one if those books that I needed to own in print and digital bc I loved it so much. Mackenna and Ryan are simply perfect for each other and I love to see them find out just how much they belong together.Suzanne Wright's books are the perfect mix of a great story with unique and interesting characters, somesexy times and lots and lots of action.This was the first time that I listened to the audiobook though and I absolutely loved it! Now I'll have to get back and listen to every single one of her books as well after having read them already numerous times bc the amazing narrator makes this fabulous book even better! I can't wait to listen to the others as well!

On est toujours surpris par les livres de cette auteure car ce n'est pas seulement une chaude histoire d'amour mais il y a de l'action ,des situations différentes, des émotions bref je ne me lasse pas. Ryan le membre de la meute de phénix qui ne parle que rarement se retrouve avec un jeune membre de sa famille ,fugueur recueillis par une Kenna, bénévole dans un centre d'accueil pour metamorphes. Il va devoir faire de gros efforts pour apprivoiser son petit cousin ado, et encore plus pour courtiser et protéger cette jeune femme qui ne sait rien de ses origines, qui n'a pas l'esprit de meute. S'ajoute à cela des convoitises de metamorphes puissants à propos du centre et les humains extrémistes . Nous évoluons dans le milieu des solitaires, des bas fonds et laisser pour compte. Intrigues rebondissements émotions humour, bonne histoire