Review: Rayne’s Thunder, Part 1 by Jami Brumfield

10 August of 2015 by

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Reviewer's Rating: 5
5.0Overall score

Thunderous clouds ahead

Rayne’s Thunder Part One: Master Chef by Jami Brumfield
Rayne’s Thunder Part One: Master Chef By Jami Brumfield

Paranormal Romantic Suspense Serial

Released June 7, 2015

Self-Published

Series: Dating a Werewolf, Book 1

Reviewed by Jean

Dating a werewolf can get a little hairy, literally and metaphorically. Rayne Manchester’s suitors learn this pretty quickly. Rayne and her siblings, Rhyme and River, have been through a lot lately, and the loss of their father was only more fuel for the firestorm that is their lives.
 
Grief offers a subtle salve to the drama that eats up their existence and leaves them spinning like a tornado, but when their uncle reads their father’s last will and testament they discover things are only going to get worse. The will divides the massive estate equally, but there is one catch; all three must be mated and married one year from their father’s death. If even one of them fails in this mandate, none of them will inherit! Estranged, the siblings will now be forced to help each other.
 
Rayne’s Thunder is Rayne Manchester’s journey toward finding a mate and walking down the aisle. Upcoming, Rhyme’s Reason and River’s Fire are River and Rhyme’s stories to happily ever after.
 
In Rayne’s Thunder, Part One: Master Chef of the Dating a Werewolf Series, Rayne meets her first suitor, Brick. Their date goes well until payback is delivered for the disrespect the two made to the new alpha. Immerse yourself in this series, the characters, and their world. They’re waiting for you to join them on their adventure.
 
Each installment will serve up romance, suspense, intrigue, and action.
 
Message from Rayne:
 
My father’s death rattled me to the core. A part of me died with him and left my world spinning out of control. I needed the sanity, the comfort home and my pack offered. Returning home was the only option. Father was always overbearing, determined, protective. He felt he knew what was best for all of us, even if it wasn’t.
 
But this time he really overstepped, I mean to tell me who and when I need to marry and mate from beyond the grave is just inexcusable and to make it worse, he wasn’t here for me to tell him how furious I was with him.
 
There’s only one saving grace… at least he left me with a decent list. I’m looking forward to my first date with Brick Mason. I hear he’s a master chef and comes from a respectable alpha family in Wyoming. I suppose we’ll see. Whatever happens finding true love is going to be an adventure. I hope you’ll join me on my journey to my happily ever after.

Thunderous clouds ahead

 

Rayne’s Thunder part 1 was a short but entertaining read as the tale took my emotions on a bit of a jig up and down the scales. Who wouldn’t feel that total sense of empathy as Rayne attempts to deal with the loss of her father and the expectations of her family at the wake? Who wouldn’t feel anger towards the man that hits on your in the midst of your grief, especially if that person is someone you have always perceived as the enemy? I swear I totally wanted to punch the obnoxious Storm at times only to get minor glimpses of the hurt alpha within and then want to turn around and cheer him on. It’s amazing when an author can get you so involved with the characters that you are instantly rooting for them or ready to bawl your eyes out when they are feeling down.

Although most of us can honestly say our fathers haven’t put us in the untenable position of selecting a mate in under a year, in order to not only save our own inheritance but that of our siblings and the livelihood of our pack, we can probably put ourselves in just a few of the other positions the siblings found themselves in. The shame and humiliation of realizing those you love are disappointed in you. The frustration of everyone feeling you are too immature and irresponsible. Family, no matter how loving their intentions butt in where they aren’t wanted when it comes to our dating lives. Parents or siblings that think they have the right to determine where you go to school and how you live your adult life. It’s been many a year since I’ve dealt with some of those issues; but like they were but yesterday, Ms. Brumfield brought all those feelings back home and made them real again.

This first installment saw us through the first of Rayne’s courtships from her father’s prescreened list of suitors. I can’t help but wonder what checklist of faults each will have until Rayne settles on Mr. Right. Because we all know that they will each have their faults, it’s just a matter of deciding which are acceptable and which are not. I’m looking forward to seeing what comedy of errors and challenges Rayne will step through as well as her siblings, River, and Rhyme. Perhaps most of all I want to know where the chemistry between Storm and Rayne will lead them. I see some thunderous clouds ahead. I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

 

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O Factor: Sweet

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Dating a Werewolf Series:

Rayne’s Thunder Part One: Master Chef
Rayne’s Thunder Part Two: The Veterinarian
Rayne’s Thunder Part Three: The Politician and the Witches
Rayne’s Thunder Part Four: The Mating Games
Rayne’s Thunder Part Five: The Battle begins and the Games Continue
Rayne’s Thunder Part Six: Alpha’s Call

Rayne’s Thunder Part One: Master Chef

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