He’s got great timing, nice voice quality, knows how to modulate for emotional scenes and has a great Australian accent. One, we get a consistent set of voices for all the brothers as they come and go throughout all the stories and it’s nice to hear the same voices. (We’ve all been young and dumb!) On the plus side, I loved the entrée into the Atherton Pack stories that we get here – learning about the babies and meeting the pack members BEFORE they’re mated – FUN! This is definitely best read/listened to in order and I highly recommend this and the series to fans of shifter romances! 4.5 of 5 stars Audio Dominic McCartney has been narrating this entire series and that is wonderful for at least two reasons. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at 12.66. That felt very real and like something that could have happened. Buy Forbidden Mate: Holland Brothers 4 by Erika O Williams (Editor), Toni Griffin online at Alibris. However, once that part was settled I really appreciated that both Jake (and the author) admit HOW STUPID that was and how ridiculous it was not to just come clean and that had he been more mature he would have handled things differently. His being a jerk should not have been a “thing” because he should have just explained himself. At some point he needed to reach out to Patrick and/or the Pack to at least help or explain things. But… after he grows a bit this wore really thin. I think Jake was truly scared (his father is a PSYCHO!) and he was young and so was Patrick. For me, this totally worked for the first part of the book. It’s a common plot angle: keep the lovers apart by threatening to kill the boyfriend/girlfriend/their families etc.

Here’s where this book will either work for you or it won’t. He’s been looking sad and mysterious and now we get to understand why. Well, we’ve been waiting for Patrick/Rick’s story for awhile now. More love for this series! and that Tattoo!

Forbidden Mate by Toni Griffin