Pack of Lies

Adhara has quickly become a favourite writer. Every book I've read of theirs has been fantastic with a great mix of drama, romance, and action all interspersed with werewolf lore. I've always been a fan of werewolves and there's not enough in the MM or general romance genre that takes a more “realistic” approach rather than going into camp. Adhara and [a:T.J. Klune 5073330 T.J. Klune https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1546275989p2/5073330.jpg] are the masters.This is a spin-off of Adhara's other series, this time focusing on Eli. If you try to start here you would be confused about slipping, the retreat, (were)wolf hierarchy, and who Oliver and Cooper are, so this is in no way a standalone or totally separate series.Eli is Oliver Parks' packmate and ex-boyfriend and a unique type of werewolf who has spent most of his life on the wrong side of the law, both humans' and wolves', due to his special skills. Enter Julien - a new character and human who finds himself in the same town as the wolf retreat from the previous series. Julien is a recognizable but c-list actor whose brother recently died in mysterious circumstances after a visit to the same town the previous year. Julien is on a mission to solve the murder - deemed an accident by police and family - and find out more about his brother along the way. Eli and Julien end up getting caught in a different but related mystery. While learning about the town (this book takes place almost immediately after the last Big Bad Wolf series book so Eli is also still new in town) they also learn more about each other and establish a tenuous and complicated friendship. I look forward to reading more about that development in the upcoming books, especially since we're switching sceneries from the cold forests that have been prominent in all previous Adhara books to the sun and waves of Los Angeles.