Pack
Bound
Pack Bound #1
by Leisl Leighton
Goodreads blurb: One pack, one coven, a destiny
intertwined...
Five
hundred years ago, facing extinction, a group of powerful witches united to
create a pact with the Were to save witch–kind. The pact expelled an ancient
evil, known only as the Darkness, that was blocking the Were from their wolves.
With the Darkness destroyed, the Packs and their Covens grew strong as they
thrived beside each other in their brand–new world.
But
the Darkness was not destroyed.
Skye
Collins has been brought up to fear her magic and shy away from witch and Were
alike. But when Jason McVale, the Alpha of Pack McVale, comes in search of her,
she is intrigued and tempted. Her mistrust of magic and wariness of the
intensity of passion she shares with Jason threatens her control–and if she
loses control, she just might turn into the weapon the Darkness intended her to
become all along.
About the Author: I am a tall red head with an overly large imagination who can
talk the hind leg off a donkey, so it came as no surprise to my family that I
completely fell in love with Anne of Green Gables when my Nanna gave it to me
for my tenth birthday. I too was a dreamer, who at times was overly dramatic and
lived my life vicariously through the worlds written by others and in my own
dreams.
I
read voraciously as a child and still do, everything from fantasy (Raymond E.
Feist, Katherine Kerr, Jani Wurts), paranormal (Nalini Singh and Sherrilyn
Kenyon), sci-fi (Anne McAffrey, Douglas Adams), YA (Hunger Games, Vampire
Academy, Fallen, Twilight, Harry Potter), romantic historical (Anne Gracie,
Courtney Milan, Mary Balogh, Julia Quinn, MM Kaye, Johanna Lindsey and LaVyrle
Spencer) and romantic suspense (you can’t go past Nora Roberts), not to mention
the classics (Austen, Bronte, Louisa May Alcott, LM Montgomery and of course,
Shakespeare) as well as many others – the list could go on (I did say
voracious!) As if this wasn’t enough, I did a double major in English
Literature and Drama/Theatre Studies – two majors with more reading than pretty
much any other. My friends thought I was nuts. I just thought it was normal.
My
imagination and overly dramatic side led me toward drama and music. I come from
a family of singers and musicians, and I got this gene in spades. If I’m not
talking, I’m singing. I turned to the stage for a while, acting, singing and
dancing (the latter not so well) as well as script writing, stage managing and
musical directing. I loved every minute of it. But being a stolid Capricorn at
heart, and liking to be in charge, I started up my own Theatre Restaurant with
a couple of partners where I could indulge my creative side and maintain some
certainty. After closing down the theatre restaurant for personal reasons
(having run it successfully for six years) and starting a family, I
internalised my creativity and started writing the stories I’d always dreamed.
Now
I get to live a part of every day in the fantasy worlds my brain creates at
night when I’m asleep, which is a joy I love sharing with others. I love it
when my characters (vampires, werewolves, shifters, witches, warlocks, angels,
fairies, elves, timetravellers, gods and goddesses, inter-dimensional beings
and hunters, rock stars, music producers, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers
and friends) take me on a journey with them and allow me into their passions,
desires, their hopes and dreams, not to mention their hot and sizzling
romances. I love a happy ever after.
In
my normal life, I raise my kids with my lovely hubby, have two dogs, Buffy and
Skye, and spend time with my loving and supportive family and all my
understanding friends – who still think I’m a little nuts. I sometimes sing in
a choir or do the occasional gig, tinkle on the piano once in a blue moon and
work at a YMCA in customer service and admin as well as swim teaching. I love
Sci-Fi chanel, Dr Who, Grimm, Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, Orphan Black, am a
huge Buffy and Angel fan, and watch Bones and all the Marvel Movies with my sons.
People often ask me when I get the time to write and I say to them, if you love
something, you find a way to do it. I love writing… enough said!
Most
of all, I hope that readers enjoy my novels as much as I enjoyed writing them.
My
Pack Bound Series is out now.
Dangerous
Echoes – book 1 of the Echo Springs Series – is out later this year (more to
come soon on this!)
Connect with Leisl:
My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!!
***I choose what I read and review
based on what intrigues me!! Yes, I got a review copy of this
book, but no one tells me what to think, feel, or write about any book! I did buy this book, and I hope to buy the
rest of the series too when I can.
This
is my first time reading this author’s work, and it is also the first book in
the series. This is definitely an adult
book with violence and steamy content. A
thing of note that you may want to know, I did have to look up some words
because this author is from Australia, so at least for me, I didn’t know some
of the words until I looked them up. I
don’t have a problem with this because learning is lifelong, and I love it.
This
world is exciting for me because it is set in Australia, and it is interesting
that Witches and Weres are bound together to survive. I found the premise very cool. This book has a lot of mystery and intrigue,
and things I just didn’t see coming with all the twists and turns. I love when I can’t predict what is
happening. I really like Skye because
she goes through a lot, and she could quit or give up, but she doesn’t. Jason, Adam, and Tom are awesome, and I loved
their characters. I’m hoping to see more
of them all in the next book. Of course,
there are evil bad guys, but can you figure out who they are.
I
recommend to all shifter and witch fans because this is an intriguing story
with tons going on and a new spin that you will love! I can’t wait for the next book! I think the series will get better and
better!
Interested in reading???
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