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Captured, collared, and trapped in her human form, Brooke escapes, but at what cost?When she and her sister are kidnapped and collared, Brooke is the only one who escapes. Dropped into the Canadian wilderness with a dangerous shifter on her tail, there is no way for her to find and save her sister. The only one who can help her is a reclusive man she comes across in the middle of nowhere, a loner who doesn't speak and she doesn't know if she can trust.Grizzly shifter Kane hasn't socialized with another human in years and he likes it that way. Being on his own has kept people safe from him, but now that an intriguing woman has intruded on his self-exile, he struggles to control his more primal emotions. And when Brooke goes into heat, stranded in his remote cabin is the last place she should be.With danger sniffing at their heels, will Brooke and Kane's forced proximity be their salvation, or prove fatal to them both?… (more)
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LibraryThing member Czarnopys
CAPTIVE WILDERNESS by J. E. McDonald is another 5-star success. I’ve loved all of her books and was happy to find that this one takes off in a new direction – shifters. I appreciated that the H and h found out just as much about themselves that they hadn’t known as they did about each other.
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Many previous shifter type books have the person in complete control but this doesn’t. There is a fatalistic view by one of the characters that, with the patience and support of the other, begins to be turned around. I have to say that I have two favorite quotes: “He had so many muscles it was like his muscles had muscles.”, and “Every new emotion made moisture pool in the corner of my eyes. His feelings were so beautiful, his intent clear. It was like some sort of song we were singing to each other, our own melody.” There was some time spent in exploring their newly developing relationship after Brooke initially escapes her captors due to her sister Sabrina’s help. Unfortunately, Sabrina wasn’t also able to escape and that becomes another quest in this adventure. There’s a lot going on yet to be explored and some other significant characters yet to be more fully developed. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series. Show Less
LibraryThing member Lillian-Maddocks9389
A good read. Brooke & Sabrina are bobcat shifters that have been kidnapped they are separated during their escape and now Brooke needs to find her. Kane wasn’t expecting to find his mate especially in the middle of nowhere but he has to protect her and they will find her sister. Kane knows that
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he needs to go with Brooke as he has an idea about the collar that was around her neck. But he worries that once she is back in the city she will leave him. Brooke never thought that she would find her mate as she just never thought that she had one and she won’t walk away from Kane. They need to find the answers so that they can find her sister. Will they find a way to make their relationship work? Show Less
LibraryThing member Ford_and_Hemlock
This is a very thrilling start to a series. I love Kane, his backstory and his possible connections to the situation even though he has been alone in the woods for 6 years. It was interesting to see a slightly different aspect to shifters (like being controlled by a collar or being unable to
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speak). The chemistry between Brooke and Kane is off the charts and there is definitely lots of steam. Overall the concept of the story is very interesting and left me excited to read more, but there were some parts of this story that needed to be edited down. A majority of the first 67% of the book takes place in the wilds of Canada with only the very ending giving us the most information to move the plot along. I liked the hints that you get through the characters thoughts and dreams, but I found myself skipping through parts of chapters to get to something new. Great character creation, development and excellent plot concept. I am definitely excited to read more and recommend this as a series to start! I voluntarily reviewed this after receiving a free copy. Show Less
LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
A good story, and I'd like to read more in the series. The author manages to make "fated mates" and uncontrollable lust worth reading - those are two strong connections between them, but they also learn to like one another, and want to spend time together. It's an interesting world - many shifters,
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hiding among humans, and now someone's hunting them using something Kane built/designed long ago. Brooke is pretty much hauled along by events - she doesn't have a lot of choices at any point - but she still manages to be interesting and have at least a little say in what happens to her (if only deciding what to fight and what to surrender to). There is a lot of very explicit sex in the book - I'm not kidding about "uncontrollable lust". But it still manages to be about the relationship, not just the sex. This story comes to a good end - they're a solid pair - but it's clearly only the first step in the series arc (the matter with the hunters is not at all resolved). Next book is Brooke and...Walker? That would be good. I guess I'll have to get it and find out... Show Less
LibraryThing member booksonthebayou
This was an interesting shifter/mate romance. I enjoyed the story. If you are looking for a spicy shifter read, this is for you! The storyline of the missing sister was super intriguing and left a lot of questions. Unfortunately, there was no resolution in the end. I understand as a series that it
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will continue, but when I turned the page to 'epilogue' I was upset that it seemed like nothing was resolved in the mystery. Show Less
LibraryThing member Reader1984
Captive Wilderness is the first book in the Goldenlach Ridge Shifters series by J.E. McDonald. The book begins with Brooke, a bobcat shifter, who wakes up, captured and in a plane with no idea how she got there. Brooke's sister "saves" her by pushing Brooke out of the plane with a parachute. Brooke
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lands in the middle of the remote Canadian wilderness. Enter Kane, a sexy but short-tempered bear shifter. So much action and thrills, and of course Brooke and Kane's story was well written, love their chemistry. If you love shifter stories, this one is for you. Show Less
LibraryThing member emren
Fun smut! If you like Shifter smut, definitely read it. It's got a good story to go with the smut and it's well written
Original publication date
2022-03-22
ISBN
9781648981654
Local notes
Goldenlach Ridge Shifters, 1
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