• Jake

  • Immortals of New Orleans, Book 8
  • By: Kym Grosso
  • Narrated by: Ryan West
  • Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (631 ratings)

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Jake

By: Kym Grosso
Narrated by: Ryan West
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Rise to Alpha

With Alpha blood coursing through his veins, charismatic wolf Jake Louvière can no longer deny his true nature. As his beast demands his rightful place within Acadian Wolves, he's forced to choose between killing his Alpha and leaving New Orleans forever. When a mysterious woman trespasses into the bayou, Jake is instinctively wary of the creature that is not wolf. Inexplicably drawn to her, he attempts to resist her magic as it weaves a seductive spell. As quickly as she appears, the dangerous beauty is kidnapped by a powerful New York vampire, and Jake swears retribution against an old adversary.

For centuries Kai Beckett concealed her true identity from those who would steal her ancient powers. Risking everything to save her sister, she searches for the Alpha who'd left San Diego to return to his Cajun roots. Jake, a mate worthy of her spirit, seeks to tame her wild nature, but she is not one to easily submit. As Kai surrenders to her attraction to the Alpha, she embraces her darkest fantasies.

From New Orleans to Southern California, Jake and Kai are surrounded by intrigue and danger. Learning to trust each other, they fight lethal enemies and the irresistible connection binding them together. As they spiral into an erotic adventure, will Jake acknowledge Kai as his mate? With a nefarious enemy seeking to capture her, will Jake rise to Alpha, saving both Kai and his pack?

©2017 Kym Grosso (P)2017 Kym Grosso

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Great story but the sex scenes are redundant

An incredible author and narrator, but all 10 books thus far have nearly the exactly same sex scenes. Very "adult" rated, but repeating the exact same anal play, threesome play, and alpha/mate dynamic is not interesting. I actually skipped over those parts to get back to the story, as they were so predictable, especially after 9 other books of nearly identical scenes (plug first, then a threesome soon to follow...).

I get that some readers really want the hot sex scenes, but this author is very gifted, IMHO, at building the stories and relationships between characters without the need for all the sex.

Just my opinion, but if my sister or friend was being brutally tortured and was abducted, I would not be thinking about a threesome. Female psychology just does not work that way, but then again, it is fantasy, so I get it.

All in all, I give kudos to a phenomenal narrator and a great story (the whole series), but some different scenarios for the mating process are most welcome!

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what happened?

I really struggled to finish this book in numerous ways. What a disapointment!. Beware contains numerous bad sex scenes.
Where was the story?. Buried between the sheets and the trash receptacle? The dialog for the Heroine was mostly "what?". Or "Wa?" For the hero, instead of who's your daddy?! it was," who is your master?"" Who is your Alpha?" And then repeat.. plus the heroine echoing the statement of "you are my master." " You are my Alpha!"
I don't fault the Narrator ,who most likely, had a hard time getting through this book as well perhaps..! it may be the worst book I have ever listened to on audio.
Character development. Character interaction was where? The Author pushed the reader out instead of pulling the reader in.
There wasn't any of the chemistry that creates empathy or sympathy. where was the Authors bff? It was her duty to read this and at least try to stop the Author from this train wreck.

Up until the end of the book there wasn't any emotional connection to the two main characters.. I won't even call it animalistic, as I don't want to insult any animals. Basically I could not relate I was lost in this book,and not in a good way. I felt this experiance was a nightmare.

I keep wondering, what was this author thinking? I have actually read other books from this author and I can only say just wow I am so disappointed. this is not credit Worthy and I plan to return it as soon as possible.
This Author is capable of much more than cold smut.

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  • jw
  • 08-03-18

Wow! Such an amazing erotic romance.

This was by far her hottest book yet. So exciting, lots of angst & love. I at first thought Jake was going to be with the head witch & I was disappointed, but thank goodness for Kai. This female character was perfect for Jake. Can’t wait for more to be written in this series. Ryan West is such a remarkable narrator, the best I’ve ever listened too.

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Sensual book full of mystery and action.

Jake Louviere is a sarcastic alpha wolf who meets a strange woman whom he can't get a read on. Kai is a new creature that is brought to us by Kym Grosso. Kai is strong but she needs help but she doesn't trust anyone because she has a secret (no spoiler) that could be the end of her. Kai's sister Shalan is missing and she needs help to find her. Enter Quintus and ancient vampire ( who will give you and Jake fits of laughter) who is sarcastic and does things normal vamps don't but she needs him and Jake to help her. The trio manage to work together for the good. This book is exquisitely written with amazing steamy sex scenes. Do not miss this book.

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Standard bodice ripper

A satisfying quick read of the standard format. This being the 8th book in the series, it's nice to see this character in the main role with an interesting female lead. I'll probably read the next in the series also.

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Sexy wolves

Loved the story line which is made all the better by the narrator. his ability to create the different voices and accents is phenomenal. as I listen to different books, I add the more talented narrators to file in my phone. needless to say, he is there.

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very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

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powerful

it a sweet eye opening story of 2 lost souls finding them selfs in eachother

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great book again!! but a few too many exact things

every one of the lovers know to bond but fight it, then when they accept it they dont want to say i love u, also Everyone gets benyays or however u spell it. and all the women have something they are hiding that they just cant tell their Bonded mate. like really?? why not?? and the very exact same sex scenes the women always need 2 men to have sex with them in almost every book. but its still a great book. she is such a gifted writer i feel like her full potential is not being reached when sticking to the same set up but the stories have so much suspense and dynamic that even with so much the same it still leaves u hanging on but how mucb better they could be if some things were changed up.... ??!!!

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  • Ry
  • 11-29-19

Umm

The story could be better if it didn’t sound like a horrible porn movie. For a writer the storyline has the ability to be more romantic.

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