{"id":23652,"date":"2019-09-06T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=23652"},"modified":"2019-08-27T20:13:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T01:13:02","slug":"review-shifter-seriesstarter-novellas-freeku-coles-salvation-black-hills-shifters-1-by-elisa-leigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=23652","title":{"rendered":"#review #Shifter #SeriesStarter #Novellas #FreeKU &#8211; Cole&#8217;s Salvation (Black Hills Shifters #1) by Elisa Leigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1542370162l\/42842886._SY475_.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cole's Salvation (Black Hills Shifters, #1)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/synopsis.png?resize=156%2C54\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cole is the oldest of his siblings and is their clan&#8217;s alpha, since the death of his father. He gave up long ago thinking he would ever find his mate.<\/p>\n<p>For months he&#8217;s been restless, on the verge of coming unglued. When his sister sets him up on a blind date, he almost loses it. She should know he&#8217;d only ever date his mate. When his sister refuses to cancel the date, he goes to let her down gently only to find that his mate is waiting for him.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Major family, a group of black bear shifters living in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Dealing with the death of their father and hiding their shifting abilities from the small town they&#8217;re from is nothing compared to the moment they meet their mates and claim them as theirs.<\/p>\n<p>These are safe, interconnected novellas, guaranteed happily ever afters, with plenty of twists and turns to keep you glued to your Kindle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6166\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/TBR.png?resize=113%2C51\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/42842886-cole-s-salvation?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Goodreads<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Buy-Links.png?resize=158%2C45\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=twintalk-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B07KM1TPVM&amp;asins=B07KM1TPVM&amp;linkId=494aac8de959de91f4519d88c85e90d9&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/angies-review.png?resize=230%2C50\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I purchased this book.<\/p>\n<p>Who doesn\u2019t love a shifter series??\u00a0 I mean they are my jam!\u00a0 So when I saw a series written by 2 new to me authors, I jumped.\u00a0 Another thing I loved was the fact the series is about a family of bear shifters.\u00a0 I love books with the theme of family strongly woven into the theme of the book.<\/p>\n<p>This book starts out with Cole\u2019s alpha father being found murdered.\u00a0 Now fast forward and he is a grumpy alpha shifter dealing with his 3 siblings.\u00a0 He loves them but they are kinda on his last nerve.<\/p>\n<p>When his only sister butts in and sets him up on a blind date at a sleezy bar, he goes just to save the girl from being taken advantage of.\u00a0 When he enters\u2026BOOM\u2026his life changes in an instant.<\/p>\n<p>Aubree loves her new friend but she is not to sure about this whole blind date thing.\u00a0 When she sees a growly man entering the bar she is scared and intrigued at the same time over who he is.\u00a0 The sparks fly immediately between the two and they soon are navigating this mating pull.<\/p>\n<p>Cole was killing me with his over the top alpha bossy but Aubree sure put him in his place and let him know Girlfriend is not playing that way.<\/p>\n<p>The story reintroduced the murder plot because the bad people are around again, so Cole and his siblings are trying to keep Aubree safe while investigating what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>I totally enjoyed the story buuuuuuut \u2026here is when the shoe drops\u2026\u2026I would recommend getting another editing of the story.\u00a0 I am NOT a huge grammar Nazi but this book has several spots where I had to stop and reread to decipher what it should have said.\u00a0 There were spots where the story didn\u2019t flow very well and was a bit choppy.\u00a0 However, even with those issues I am still looking forward to book 2!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/about-the-author.png?resize=231%2C55\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey Girl Hey!<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Elisa Leigh and I write romance books that are short and steamy with a ton of heart. They will leave you satisfied, but wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>My alpha men are dirty talkers who treasure their women. There will never be any cheating in my books and they always end in a Happily Ever After! I don&#8217;t believe in sad endings.<\/p>\n<p>I love connecting with readers. You can friend me on facebook @eleighauthor and join my reader&#8217;s group Elisa&#8217;s Book Beauties facebook.com\/groups\/elisasbookbeauties<\/p>\n<p>Visit www.elisaleigh.com for my current releases and book updates.<\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<br \/>\nElisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole is the oldest of his siblings and is their clan&#8217;s alpha, since the death of his father. He gave up long ago thinking he would ever find his mate. For months he&#8217;s been restless, on the verge of coming unglued. When his sister sets him up on a blind date, he almost loses it. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=23652\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#review #Shifter #SeriesStarter #Novellas #FreeKU &#8211; Cole&#8217;s Salvation (Black Hills Shifters #1) by Elisa Leigh<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30,53,16,69],"tags":[1094],"class_list":["post-23652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-novella","category-paranormal","category-part-of-a-series","category-shifters","tag-elisa-leigh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-69u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23653,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23652\/revisions\/23653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}