Book Description
She trained to save lives. But the one she inherited might just save her.
Caitlin Spring is laser-focused on her dream: finish pre-med, become a doctor, and build a life on logic—not loss. But when her beloved grandfather dies unexpectedly, everything changes. Instead of a summer of studying, Caitlin finds herself the new owner of the Spring Wildlife Sanctuary deep in the Montana wilderness.
And standing between her and the future is Jake Blackwell—the sanctuary’s brooding caretaker and the alpha werewolf her grandfather trusted with everything. Once the childhood protector who helped Caitlin survive her parents’ death, Jake is now all rugged edges and commanding growls. And he’s not exactly thrilled to see her back.
To him, Caitlin’s a threat—an outsider who doesn’t understand the delicate balance between humans, shifters, and the land they protect.
But Caitlin isn’t the little girl he remembers. She’s determined to honor her grandfather’s legacy… even if it means clashing with the alpha who once made her feel safe.
As sanctuary debt mounts and sparks fly, Caitlin must choose between the life she’s planned—or the one she never saw coming, beside a man who guards more than just the land.
In the heart of the wild, love might be the most untamed force of all.
Taming the Alpha is a gripping paranormal romance with second chances, small-town secrets, age gap, and a sanctuary where hearts—and wolves—run wild.
My Review
We get to know Caitlin when she gets a phone call telling her that her grandfather has died. She falls to pieces but picks herself up to go to the Spring Wildlife Sanctuary that her grandfather ran. There she meets with Maggie and Jake who she hasn't seen in quite a while. After the will is read, Caitlin has some hard choices to make since her grandfather left her with a hefty debt on the sanctuary.
Jake is the sanctuary caretaker but he's also a wolf shifter as is the rest of his pack who lives on the sanctuary's land. Because the animal sanctuary is in trouble financially, there are those who own land in the surrounding area trying to get Caitlin to sell all or part of the land to pay off the debt she now owes. But Jake is very much against it.
Jake and Caitlin have known each other since she was a little kid and came to live with her grandfather when her parents passed away. These two have feelings for each other but Jake has been pushing her away because he feels like she's too young for him and he doesn't want to go there. But Caitlin is no longer a teenager, she's a grown woman who knows what she wants and right now, she wants Jake. But she has a lot on her plate at the moment with her grandfather dying and now trying to figure out what to do with the animal sanctuary.
The story bounced from past and present a lot and I can understand setting up the story so we know the characters and what they've gone through, but it happened a lot.
I was really expecting to see more of the wolf shifters since this is a paranormal romance but the paranormal part of this story ended up being very much on the back burner. We know Jake is a wolf shifter but we don't see much of the shifters in this story which was sad to see.
I liked the ending and was glad to see how they found a way to bring everything together for a happy ending.
I give this book 3 out of 5 stars.
Disclosure: I was given an e-ARC of this book via NetGalley but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
God forbid that she would fall for a Beta, nope, it has to be an Alpha.
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