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Wolves' Pawn (The Free Wolves Book 1) Kindle Edition

by P.J. MacLayne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
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The promise of safety and friendship lures a lone wolf-shifter into a pack. What she finds puts her heart and her very life at risk when she becomes a pawn in a pack leader’s deadly game.

Dot McKenzie is a lone wolf-shifter on the run, using everything available to her to stay one step ahead of her pursuers. When she is offered a chance for friendship and safety with the Fairwood pack, she accepts.

Gavin Fairwood, reluctant heir to the Fairwood pack leadership, is content to let life happen while he waits. But old longings surface when he appoints himself Dot’s protector ... and becomes more than a friend.

But her presence puts the pack and her new friends at risk, and Dot must go into hiding again. When old enemies threaten the destruction of the Fairwood pack, it will take the combined efforts of Dot and Gavin to save it. 

Can anything save their love and Dot’s life when she becomes a pawn in a pack leader’s deadly game?


This book contains mature themes and is not intended for children. It is Book 1 of the Free Wolves' series, but can be read as a standalone.
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    The Free Wolves
  2. Print length
    286 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    January 14, 2014
  6. File size
    739 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HVDD1G4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ P.J. MacLayne (January 14, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 14, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 739 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 17 ratings

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P.J. MacLayne

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After many years, P.J. MacLayne has returned to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, where she is enjoying retirement from her day job but continues to write. She has added gardening and relaxing to her list of activities

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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RHR
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2014
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Having lost her parents as a child, Dot was raised by her human aunt. Knowing little of her werewolf family heritage, she grew up a loner with no pack ties, unaware at first she was a shifter. She strikes out on her own with just her motorcycle and pack. As the story begins, Dot is pursued by Choate pack thugs intent on adding her to their pack. On the run from the Choates, she meets the Fairwoods and becomes a pawn in the intense business and personal power struggle between the two aging pack leaders. Dot holds the power to end the conflict if she can just stay out of the Choates’ clutches long enough.

I looked forward to getting back to Dot’s story each evening. It stood on its own without relying on the gushiness and sexual explicitness of some romance novels, or the gore found in some werewolf stories.

Wolves’ Pawn is well worth the read. I hope the author turns it into a series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very different....
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014
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Not your typical shifter story. Dot was a fighter and came into her own. She didn't believe she could be happy because everyone in her life wanted to use her, but on the other hand, she found favor with many and was a leader.
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The Book Slut
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended shifter novel. New series? I hope!
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2014
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The author of this book did something very unexpected in this new novel. She took a shifter book and the customary male alpha, but gave us a no non-sense female heroine that gave as good as she got in the different antagonistic scenes. Smart, funny, sassy, and the ability to improvise in different situations. I was also happy to see that there was definitely romance, but not page after page of sex scenes that normally bore me to tears, and have to quickly skim through before we get back to the story. All in all, I give this book an A+++. I'll be keeping my eyes open for more from this author.
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Holly
5.0 out of 5 stars Loooved it!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2014
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I didn't have much time in the beginning to get into the story, but once I did, I couldn't stop! I am so going to be late for work tomorrow as it's after 2:15 am now. There is a real story with just enough of a love story mixed in without being over whelming. There are things in the story that most others wouldn't realize come from the author's background, but I have some secret insight, which made the story that much more interesting. I can see this story being a movie or tv mini series. I can't wait to see what the author comes up with next!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014
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I enjoyed the book but wished the story line was a little better developed. The heroine winked too much which for some reason bothered me.
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JenH
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book! Hoping for a sequel!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2014
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I don't usually go for the werewolf type story, but once I got started on this book it was very hard to put down! I loved that there was a love story to be told, but it wasn't mushy and full of explicit sex scenes. I highly recommend this book!
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Deb Staab
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and exciting read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014
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Wolves' Pawn is a wonderful modern fantasy that seamlessly blends the paranormal with reality. It has a captivating story line, sincere character development, and a few good lessons of morality for the reader. Plus, it is just fun to read. I highly recommend this book!
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Karl Wiggins
5.0 out of 5 stars Would make a great film
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2015
I’ve got to be truthful; this isn’t really my favourite genre, although I find the subject of lycanthropy strangely appealing. Cults of wolf-men have existed since ancient Greek and Roman times, and were certainly widespread throughout Europe during the dark and middle ages.

Which is all well and good, but what about the book? It’s fantastic!

I’ve read a fair number of books this year, and some of them have been excellent. Unfortunately some of them have been pretty poor and I’ve given up early on. If a book can’t capture your imagination in the first 10% then it’s not worth struggling through. Not so Wolves’ Pawn, which is a well-thought out book, with a couple of sub-plots and some surprising twists. I loved the Pack atmosphere and the idea of humans living under the strict rules of a wolf pack.

It’s a book of surprises. In fact close to the end when you think the story’s all been told the action suddenly hots up again and MacLayne grabs the reader by the scruff of the neck, forcing him to read on.

If I had to find a negative it would be at about 30% of the way through where Dot visits her aunt. We find Dot playing with her nephew, which is indicative of brothers or sisters, yet to all intents and purposes Dot was a lonely child, and her siblings aren’t mentioned anywhere else in the book. In fact the story revolves around Dot as a lone wolf with no Pack.

But this one little slip-up on the author’s part does nothing to spoil an excellent read which would make a great film.

I thoroughly recommend this book as one to keep you reading long into the night when you know full well you should turn the light off and get some shuteye.
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Karl Wiggins
5.0 out of 5 stars Would make a great film
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2015
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I’ve got to be truthful; this isn’t really my favourite genre, although I find the subject of lycanthropy strangely appealing. Cults of wolf-men have existed since ancient Greek and Roman times, and were certainly widespread throughout Europe during the dark and middle ages.

Which is all well and good, but what about the book? It’s fantastic!

I’ve read a fair number of books this year, and some of them have been excellent. Unfortunately some of them have been pretty poor and I’ve given up early on. If a book can’t capture your imagination in the first 10% then it’s not worth struggling through. Not so Wolves’ Pawn, which is a well-thought out book, with a couple of sub-plots and some surprising twists. I loved the Pack atmosphere and the idea of humans living under the strict rules of a wolf pack.

It’s a book of surprises. In fact close to the end when you think the story’s all been told the action suddenly hots up again and MacLayne grabs the reader by the scruff of the neck, forcing him to read on.

If I had to find a negative it would be at about 30% of the way through where Dot visits her aunt. We find Dot playing with her nephew, which is indicative of brothers or sisters, yet to all intents and purposes Dot was a lonely child, and her siblings aren’t mentioned anywhere else in the book. In fact the story revolves around Dot as a lone wolf with no Pack.

But this one little slip-up on the author’s part does nothing to spoil an excellent read which would make a great film.

I thoroughly recommend this book as one to keep you reading long into the night when you know full well you should turn the light off and get some shuteye.
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