Despite having had a crush on Dante Garcea since she was a child, wolf shifter Jaime Farrow figures that it’s time to move on. After all, a female has her pride. If he'd wanted her, he wouldn’t have ignored her flirtatious behavior. He’d made it clear through his indifference that he had zero interest in her, and chasing after a guy who doesn’t want her isn't Jamie's idea of fun. Besides, she has much bigger issues to worry about.

At just twelve years old, she'd witnessed her parents’ murd...

Despite having had a crush on Dante Garcea since she was a child, wolf shifter Jaime Farrow figures that it’s time to move on. After all, a female has her pride. If he'd wanted her, he wouldn’t have ignored her flirtatious behavior. He’d made it clear through his indifference that he had zero interest in her, and chasing after a guy who doesn’t want her isn't Jamie's idea of fun. Besides, she has much bigger issues to worry about.

At just twelve years old, she'd witnessed her parents’ murder and her wolf—frightened, anxious, angry—had surfaced to protect her. Afterward, her wolf had been too distressed and defensive to ease back or understand that the attack was over, and it wasn't until three weeks later that Jaime had been able to shift back into her human form. That night had left her wolf damaged and nothing she had ever done had been able to heal her wolf.

Like an abused animal, her wolf was distrustful, easily provoked, and quick to anger. So, since that night, whenever Jamie had shifted, she’d done it alone, and had never encountered a problem...until four years ago when she'd come across another wolf while on a run. The consequences had been bad enough that she'd seen no choice but to form a cage around her wolf, a cage so impenetrable that it prevented her wolf from surfacing. But over the years her wolf has become stronger and stronger—fueled by her anger at being confined. Now it's become a constant battle of wills between them. A battle that Jaime has to win. Because if her wolf becomes close to gaining the upper hand, she'll have to leave her pack—she won't ever risk turning rogue and hurting her packmates.

As the pack Beta, Dante doesn't have the space or time in his life for a relationship. He's more than just his Alpha’s right-hand man. He's responsible for giving advice on political matters and he acts as a go-between for his Alpha when negotiating matters with other packs. He's also responsible for the protection and safety of the entire pack. He's the mind behind the plans and strategies, and the one who trains and commands the enforcers. As Beta, he gets his hands dirty doing the jobs that no one else wants—particularly interrogating and executing enemies. Every day, he spends time patrolling pack territory with whichever enforcers are on duty, milling through paperwork or making important calls to lessen his Alpha's workload, and being an ear for any member of the pack who has problems to address.

But from the second Jamie had appeared on pack territory, Dante wanted her. When they were kids, she had followed him around like a lost little kitten, trailing after him like he was the answer to all her problems. He'd expected that her crush would have died by now, but she had made her interest in him clear with bright smiles, subtle touches, and heated looks. Yet he had no intention of responding to her interest. But when her flirtations abruptly end, Dante finds that he doesn’t like losing her attention and begins to suspect that she's hiding something. Determined to uncover Jamie's secret, he sets out to break through her defenses, even though being around her intensifies his cravings for her. But what he discovers is a problem that most members of the pack are convinced not even a powerful Beta, like himself, can solve.

The second installment in the Phoenix Pack series contains just the right amount of erotic romance, action and suspense to keep the reader fully engaged in the storyline. Dante and Jamie were both very likable characters who complemented each other well. In the beginning, they were both a bit emotionally closed off, but the conflicts throughout the story strengthened each of them individually, as well as a couple. As with Taryn and Greta in Feral Sins, I thoroughly enjoyed the witty, snarky banter between Jamie and her Alpha's grandmother. “I wish the wizard had lived up to his promise and given you a heart.” ... “If you don’t want to listen to it, by all means, go back to Narnia. I’d imagine you’re missing your wand and crown anyway.” Overall, Wicked Cravings is a sinfully sexy, fast-paced, dramatic read with plenty of humor and a satisfying HEA that will leave you wanting more!

You the it factor you look for in a book. Well this book has it all. And it sets you up for the next book. You think you see things coming at you in this book. A woman afraid of commitment finds a man who is the same. They come together and then BAM something happens you expect but you didn't expect it to happen when it does. And that's after all kinds of ups and downs and tears, yes real tears. Jamie and Popeye got me crying because I felt her pain. Everyone knows the fear of someone giving ...

You the it factor you look for in a book. Well this book has it all. And it sets you up for the next book. You think you see things coming at you in this book. A woman afraid of commitment finds a man who is the same. They come together and then BAM something happens you expect but you didn't expect it to happen when it does. And that's after all kinds of ups and downs and tears, yes real tears. Jamie and Popeye got me crying because I felt her pain. Everyone knows the fear of someone giving up on you. And this book connects with you. It has depth. If you want a book that draws you in than gives you a false sense of safety. This is it. Oh, and don't get me started on my heart aching for a certain woman who has to get away from a certain Alpha. It sets me up for the next book. I read book 3 or 4 of the series before I read this book so I know the happy ever after. And I had no clue it started out like this
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