Red River(Pack #2) by Cardeno C.

Red River(Pack #2) by Cardeno C. 
SUMMARY 

Two Alpha shifters join together to lead their pack and build a family. 

Commitment, loyalty, and strength aren’t enough to make Wesley Stone’s birth pack accept an Alpha with a physical imperfection, even if it’s a meaningless mark. Putting the safety of his pack above his own wellbeing, Wesley trades himself for another Alpha and agrees to mate with a stranger in a mysterious, insular pack. 

Alphas from Jobe Root’s family have led the Red River pack from the first day shifters walked the earth. Now the time has come for Jobe to fulfill his destiny, but to do that, he needs his mate by his side. Spiritual, easygoing Jobe reveres Mother Nature and trusts in fate, yet he can’t help being nervous about how his mate will react to his new life in Red River, his new life with Jobe. 

Two Alphas with contrasting personalities, different upbringings, and divergent beliefs come together for the good of their packs. But to stay together, Wesley and Jobe must see beyond the surface and embrace every facet of themselves and their union. 

MY REVIEW 

Give it time

33 years old Wesley has been waiting for something all his life:

-To grow up
-To finish university and get a degree
-To not kill his uncle
-To watch his 70 years old uncle Paul stepping down from the leadership of the pack
-To finally lead the Purple Sky pack

One phrase has been always repeated to him since he was 23 and became anxious: 

Give it time

Poor clueless Wesley nobody has informed him what he really is. 
Nobody has told him that he is never going to lead the Purple Sky wolves. Ever. (Possibly because of the ugly scar on his abdomen).
Nobody has told him that he is destined to mate with a male. Naturally. (Definitely because of the remarkable scar on his abdomen).
All his sexual experiences have involved females, usually from his pack (besides just one time when he was at the university with a green haired human male).

One day he eventually realizes that he is not welcome in his pack, when he is offered to Red River Pack to lead and to become the mate of the next in line from the founding Alpha’s line. The problems are two:
1. Mates are fated and normally Alpha wolves –especially the leaders of the pack- do not mate
2. The next in line from the founding Alpha’s line is male.

33 years old Jobe is the next in line from the founding Alpha’s line. All his adult life he has been waiting for his mate and now he is running out of patience – although I have to admit he is a very patient, down to earth kind of guy.

When Wesley arrives at Red River Pack rejected by his own pack, he is angry, sad, bitter, mean and out of place.

It will take a few twists, a few revelations, a few history lessons and the statement of a few basic facts that all shifters should have known (especially clueless Wesley) in order these two strong shifters to become an item.

It is an interesting story, different to the shifters’ stories you may have read. 
Many twists and turns, but nothing heartbreaking. Everything falls into place.
I read it in one sitting and I loved the end.
If you enjoy shifters’ stories, this is highly recommended.