Cassie Laurent

Mia’s plans with her boyfriend backfire when he decides to spend the night out parting with another woman rather than with her. She leaves him and hits the road for home where she runs out of gas. Lucky or unlucky for her two hot guys on motor cycles show up to rescue her and take her to Xander who had his men tracking her down. Now she is his mate although for how long remains to be seen as there is a war going on and they could die tomorrow and having traitors in their ranks doesn’t help.

I think Xander’s Mate has a good beginning but as I delved further into the story I felt the book needed a new editor really bad. The was a very definite story line with a vague back story and sub-plot that the author didn’t successfully mesh into a cohesive story. There wasn’t really much to the book because Xander was mostly absent and Mia was alone. I think the only interesting event in the book besides the bed room scenes, that weren’t all that exciting, was when Mia thought she thought she found Xander’s above ground bedroom and it turned out to be the traitor’s bedroom. I was considering a three-star but leaning more towards a two-star review but with the edits one star is all I can give this story, that I probably will never read again.

This review was originally posted here http://lauralusbookreviews.blogspot.com/2016/08/xanders-mate-by-cassie-laurent.h...… (mer)

Maggie is a very curvy girl, that just got dumped by her boyfriend. So she went out drinking with her friends, but after a few drinks and shots. After all of this all she wants to do is just go home and be depressed. So she leaves the bar without telling anyone. Once outside, she realizes that it's really raining and she will not be able to get a cab. So she decides to walk home in the rain and cut through Central Park to save time. Once in the park she runs into three guys that try to attack her, but she is saved by this wolf. She is so scared that she runs out of the park and into the nearest subway to take the rest of the way home. Once on the train a tall, dark, and handsome stranger get on. Maggie can't help but to stare at guy. She is instantly drawn to him but is a little afraid of him because he has this animalistic aura about him. Will she allow herself to pulled into him or will she think that can't have because of her size.

This is my first time reading anything by this author. I liked it. I am interested in reading more books by Cassie. I recommended this book to others.… (mer)