S.E.X. Review~ Sergeant's Secrets by Sydney Presley

Keeping secrets from your mate is a struggle—especially when he can read your mind.

Sergeant is doing the night security shift to give his mate, Dillon, a break. On his rounds, he smells a stranger wolf and heads into the forest to investigate. What he finds is disturbing—and what happens next even more so. With events out of his control, he’s at a loss as to what to do. What the hell is going on?

Dillon wakes knowing something is wrong. He follows Sergeant’s trail into the forest and realizes that his mate is in deep trouble. A plane ride later, and with a few Highgate shifters by his side, Dillon has to find Sergeant fast—before any harm comes to him.

After a bizarre experience, Sergeant is free to go back to Highgate, but there is a stipulation. He must not tell Dillon—or anyone—what happened to him until the time is right. Sergeant detests keeping things from his life partner, but there is no alternative, and hiding secrets is what he must do. At the same time, Sergeant has a massive decision to make—one that will affect not only himself and Dillon, but also the Highgate pack and all known shifter wolves, as well as other shifter species.

The burden is a heavy one, and Sergeant can’t wait to offload it. Time is holding him back, though, and he must wait before he can give an answer to something he never would have dreamed he’d have to contemplate.

Publisher's Note: This book is best read in sequence as part of a series.

Why was I shedding a tear reading Sergeant’s Secrets? ~ because Sydney Presley delivered a beautifully written story of love, loss, and family. My favorite book to date in the Highgate Shifters series, Ms. Presley outdid herself.

Sergeant and Dillon are drawn into a web that cannot be undone, with decisions that will affect not only themselves, but those they held most dear.

Ms. Presley penned drama and intrigue throughout the story with enough angst that truly set this book apart from the others in the series. The storyline was fluid and the synergy between the main characters seeped through the pages. I felt Sergeant’s Secrets answered many questions that I didn’t know I had or were previously missing in the other books.

Sergeant and Dillon are two of my favorite characters in the series and I was immediately drawn into their adventure. The love they share transcended through Ms. Presley’s ability to capture their spirit.

Kudos Ms. Presley~ Sergeant’s Secrets was …..Definite Sexy Erotic Xciting

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2016 ©Evelise Archer All rights reserved. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, locations, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or have been used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, locales, or events is entirely coincidental. No portion of this work may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the author.

S.E.X. Review~ Jacob's Journey by Sydney Presley

The journey is well worth the destination.

Jacob arrives at Highgate to collect two members of his pride and take them back to Oakland, the place they grew up. The problem is, Evan and Christian have mated and decide to remain at the Highgate wolf compound. Knowing an Oakland official, one of the pride king’s right-hand men, will turn up to fetch them all if they don’t return home, Jacob has a dilemma on his hands. Especially when he’s introduced to Frankie, a wolf who gave him the serious jitters at the hotel in Morgan’s Creek. A wolf who insists they’re mates…

Frankie doesn’t understand how a lion and a wolf can be destined mates but he’s not about to question it too much. He’s waited for his mate for far too long, and now that he’s arrived, Frankie isn’t about to let Jacob get away. The question is, how can he convince Jacob to stay? With the threat of an Oakland lion coming to collect Jacob, Evan and Christian, Frankie knows the only way to solve the issue is to follow shifter law. Jacob must fight the Oakland man—and only one of them will remain alive. Only then can Frankie and Jacob share their lives without looking over their shoulders.

However, Jacob is a kind soul, a man who doesn’t like fighting of any kind, yet he will have to step up and be the type of person who is prepared to do everything it takes to keep his mate safe. Frankie is more than willing to fight in Jacob’s place, but the shifter law is the law, and for happiness to be theirs, they must follow it to the letter.

But will they?

Jacob’s Journey, Sydney Presley’s fifth book in the Highgate Shifters series was a lovely tale of a wolf and his destined mate, a lion. Frankie was a member of the Highgate Pack, while Jacob, a lion was sent from his pride to round up Evan and Christian (Evan’s Epiphany) and return them to their king.

Along the way, Ms. Presley has created a distinctive, albeit unusual family of shifters with Sergeant and Dillon as the pack alphas. Frankie and Jacob were sweet and sensitive~ with each other and their mating. Two souls uniting for a common ground and very protective.

A tad bit of drama that ended very quickly, none the less added a bit of spice. A nice book in a good series.

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S.E.X. Review~ Evan's Epiphany by Sydney Pressley

Finding out who you really are is one hell of an epiphany.

Evan is trying to come to terms with who and what he is. After arriving at Highgate, primed to kill, Evan is left pondering many questions. He has no idea where he came from—or whether he’s a wolf or lion. All he knows is he has animal inside him and the urge to shift. Unfortunately, shifting hasn’t been an option. He just can’t manage to do it.

Until he meets Christian—a man Evan is drawn to but doesn’t understand why. Christian is his mate, and has been for a long time. Ever since Evan went missing, Christian has been searching for him, and once he’s found him, he isn’t prepared to walk away, even after learning what Evan has been doing while they’ve been apart.

With Christian’s arrival comes Evan’s epiphany—his realization that his animal will no longer be caged inside him and that he is loved beyond measure. He shifts and finds out which beast he really is. Along with new emotions and some of his memory coming back, Evan also has something else to deal with. Someone who he’d thought of as a friend, isn’t a friend at all. This person is a threat to the Highgate pack, Dillon in particular, and Evan will do anything to stop his mentor being put at risk…

Evan’s Epiphany, Highgate Shifters series by Sydney Pressley is not a standalone and should be read in order. Ms. Pressley reveals more information as the Evan’s inner shifter is divulged and the mate, Christian, he had no memory of appeared at Highgate.

Christian came in search of Evan and although Evan looked different, the love Christian felt for him never diminished. Evan and Christian found an even ground and began to build a new mating relationship.

Ms. Pressley does a nice job of furthering the adventure of the Highgate shifters, giving the reader snippets of information and building a world of mystery and intrigue while maintaining camaraderie between the shifters under Dillon and Sergeant.

Evan’s Epiphany moved very quickly, as the mate pull fell upon both Evan and Christian and an enemy is eradicated.

The series continues to fascinate me and is one I plan to see to the end.

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S.E.X. Review~ Dillon's Decision~ Sydney Presley

Keeping secrets can sometimes be a very wrong thing to do.

When a stranger steps onto Highgate land in the middle of the night, Dillon has to decide whether to chase him off or let him into their pack house. Sergeant, Dillon’s partner and pack alpha, takes the decision out of Dillon’s hands. The stranger looks like a wolf they know from Crossways, and he’s disoriented and doesn’t seem to know his own name. Something’s very wrong, and Dillon intends to find out what’s going on.

The stranger turns out to be just that—a stranger and no one they know at all. When the horrifying fact comes out that the stranger has had his face surgically removed then replaced with another, Dillon’s terrible past comes back to haunt him. The government agency he used to work for think he’s disappeared for good—or do they? Have they found out where he lives now? Do they want him back on their books as a spy?

Dillon can’t go back—no way, no how. In order to remain free and at Highgate, he has to work out a plan that will keep every single pack member safe. But most of all he must protect Sergeant, the love of his life and the one man he’s told all his secrets to.

Or most of them, anyway…

Reader Advisory: This book is best read in sequence as part of a series. It is not a standalone title.

I am more enthralled with each book of Sydney Presley’s Highgate Shifters series, and Dillon’s Decision was a wonderfully written addition. Dillon and Sergeant have set into a life of love and care of each other and their pack. Both strong alpha men, they take their duties seriously and want only the best for their extended family.

Ms. Presley wrote of intrigue and clandestineness as she further developed the worlds of Highgate and Crossways. I adore the cloak and dagger suspense and Ms. Presley’s tone and character development sucked me right in. Dillon’s Decision kept me on the edge of my seat in rapt attention as I needed to know what occurred next and who was behind the nefarious dealings.

Dillon’s Decision whet my appetite and left me hanging just enough that I’ll definitely be coming back for more.

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S.E.X. Review~ Vann's Victory by Sydney Presley

Being a Dom in secret—being mated to another wolf in secret—is something Vann has always done, but now he has the chance to be open about his whole life.

Vann grew up under the rule of an alpha at Crossways Compound, who controlled every aspect of his pack members’ lives. Used to obeying without question, Vann suddenly finds himself in a position where he can make his own decisions outside his sexual relationship. In the past, his trysts with his subby lover, Kip, have been in secret, snatched moments away from security cameras or listening devices. Now they’ve been welcomed at Highgate, a safe haven, life should work out beautifully.

But there’s something Vann has to do first. He has to return to his childhood compound to right the wrongs that were done there. Along with Kip and members of the Highgate security team, Vann has to play the biggest role of his life so far in order to bring down the alpha at Crossways and rescue some cross-bred cubs. It isn’t going to be easy, going against someone he’s been conditioned to obey, but for the sake of his pack and the safety of the cubs, he’ll do whatever it takes.

Kip is determined to be with Vann every step of the way. Usually, Kip is submissive in all aspects of their life, preferring to bow his head and only speak when he’s given permission. But their return to Crossways changes all that. The danger there is too great for Kip to wait for Vann’s instructions on everything he does. Kip knows that to keep Vann safe, he must become more dominant—or die trying.

Reader Advisory: This book contains scenes of exhibitionism and voyeurism.

Publisher's Note: This book is best read in sequence as part of a series.

Vann’s Victory by Sydney Presley continued the saga of the Highgate Shifters, picking up where Jace’s Justice left off. I enjoyed the first installment and I equally liked this one.

Vann and Kip, dominant and submissive are on a mission to help oppressed wolves at the Crossways Compound, their former residence. Free and finally able to express their true love, Vann and Kip have looked forward to the day of sexual freedom sans reprisals.

Ms. Presley delivered openness in Vann and Kip’s personalities, which gave me more incite to their tragic pasts and the lives they wish to lead. As a continuation of Jace’s Justice, I would recommend reading the series in order~ to understand the turmoil and relationship of the characters.

As Ms. Presley writes each book, bits are divulged and a greater appreciation of the Highgate pack dynamics. Ms. Presley, too, revisited previous characters paramount to the evolution to the story and also did a wonderful job of revealing more information starting the trek ‘full circle’. The book also contains some mild elements of BDSM between Vann and Kip.

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S.E.X. Review~ Jace's Justice by Sydney Presley

Finding yourself isn’t always easy—unless your true mate helps you along the way…

Jace has always felt as though he doesn’t belong, that he’s surplus to requirements, alone and destined to stay that way for the rest of his life. His love for Louie, his true mate, is solid and real, but Louie has never shown Jace that they’re mates, has never given any indication that he wants them to be together. Jace is convinced that fate has got things wrong in pairing them—until a stranger arrives on pack land, throwing everything into chaos.

Louie has lived his whole life keeping his distance from Jace—and his emotions. He loves the man with a passion, but knowing Jace might be taken away from him at any moment means Louie has kept his mouth shut. Jace was found on the side of the road as a cub by their alpha, Sergeant, and Louie has always known that one day Jace’s true family will come back to claim him. To save Jace having to make a painful decision—leave Louie or join his family—Louie remained in the shadows.

But life has a way of changing things, and with the stranger comes knowledge of some terrible things happening on another wolf compound. Things that the Highgate pack feel compelled to fix. The question is, will Jace and Louie mating also change things, or will they remain the same as they’ve always been, forever circling around their love and never admitting it through fear of being hurt?

Jace’s Justice by Sydney Presley told the story of fated mates Jace and Louie determined to traverse life apart, until an unforeseen circumstance brought them to the forefront of their relationship. Orphaned at a very young age and raised by the pack alpha and his male mate, Jace was distant and rebellious. Always with the knowledge that Louie was his fated mate, Jace has kept his detachment, as did Louie.

Jace and Louie finally came together, two virgins taking the slow route to sex, hormones running amok like randy teenagers.

While I generally liked the story, minor inconsistencies throughout left me confused and feeling like an outsider looking in. The first book in the new Highgate Shifters series delivered much information with little back story, requiring me to surmise prior occurrences.

The characters were appealing but I never connected with them, receiving snippets of their lives as opposed to their life story.

My hope is that many of my unanswered questions are dealt with in subsequent books in the series.

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