Name: Blood of the Pack
ISBN: 9781635554311

Jenny Frame

When Alpha of the Scottish pack Kenrick Wulver visits the Wolfgangs, she falls for Zaria Lupa, a wolf on the run.

Blood of the Pack

Lucia Correa

3.5 stars rounded up to 4 STARS for book #2 of Jenny Frame’s Wolfgang County Series. 

Book #1 is Heart of the Pack that introduces us to the Wolfgang pack of werewolves. The pack is based in Wolfgang County, Utah and they own and operate a successful meat and distribution company, run by their Alpha, Dante. This book centers on the second in command, Caden and her new human accountant, Selena. It also introduces the rival Lupa pack. This pack and its leader, Leroux is determined to overthrow the Wolfgang pack and take over their lands and company. There is also a novella (Book #1.5 Soul of the Pack). It is best that you read the previous books first as this is a continuation.

Blood of the Pack, Book #2, welcomes Kenrick (Ricky) who is about to become the new Alpha of the Scottish Wulver pack. Her father is retiring and Kenrick is sent to Dante Wolfgang to learn her company’s methods. Ricky wants to implement modernizing their company which produces top quality Scotch Whiskey and bottled water. The two packs are “cousins”. Many generations ago they split off, some staying in Scotland/UK and others going to America. They still share many of their traditions and beliefs. The Lupa pack are descendants from the Eastern European Wolf families. 

The second MC is Zaria. She is a submissive wolf in the Lupa pack. In Frame’s world the packs are made of larger dominant and smaller submissive wolves. In the Wolfgang and Wulver packs, the dominants protect and provide for their family, while the submissives raise their cubs and run the household. It is a loving relationship and partnership. The Lupa pack however, it is an abusive relationship. And Zaria has seen and experienced the worst. Her older sister was the “wife” of the leader and Zaria witnessed Leroux mistreat her sister. When Zaria was only 16 she was promised to Leroux’s second in command, Ovid. The two sisters escape. Years later (I don’t remember exactly how long) Zaria is captured by Leroux’s henchmen. She escapes by jumping out of the car and rolling down an embankment. As luck would have it, Kenrick and Dante were driving when they find her roadside. They remove the silver manacles on her wrists and rush her to a Wolfgang hospital to remove the silver bolt in her leg. The silver, if not removed would soon kill her. It was one of those impossible coincidences that I roll my eyes and just read on.

So this book is basically two parts. The first half the book deals with the Wolfgangs and Lupas in a final showdown and the second half is Kenrick returning to Scotland to become her clan’s alpha. She asks Zaria to come with her. We meet and learn about the Wulver pack, its leaders and the art of making whiskey. Not to mention a travel guide for the beautiful Wulver Scottish countryside. And of course, the continuing love story between Kendrick and Zaria. Because of the way Zaria was raised, she had no self-confidence but at the same time resists when she feels Kendrick is making decisions for her. We meet a large cast, including Kendrick’s parents, her second Rhuri and Rhuri’s remarkable niece Milo who is half witch. There is also a group of submissives (females and a male) who take Zaria under their wing, offering her friendship and help, of which Zaria never had before. 

I enjoyed this book and as with most of Frame’s books it is very readable for me. There’s a couple of exceptions such as her Vampire series, I just couldn’t get into it. Oh, and some of her phrases she uses over and over again during the sex scenes in this book that just makes me cringe. Nevertheless, I hope there is a Book 3. I’m guessing and hoping it will be about Rhuri and her niece Milo.

 **An advanced reading copy was sent to me by the publisher Bold Strokes Books through Netgalley for my honest review. **