REVIEW: An Unexpected Bonding by Lilly Rayman

Not your ordinary shifter/vampire tale, this story is about a young woman named Livvie who begins as more of a laid back lady who left her wolf pack to start over somewhere new. She had no wolf to her family's knowledge and this was a huge disappointment to her. But fate in this book comes in the form of a Queen Mab, queen of faeries. Mab is not a woman I would want to cross either. She seems a little on the crazy side. Livvie meets a handsome vampire looking to work on her farm and she falls for him, which, although her father would not be too happy about, are in line with plans for peace talks between vampires and wolves. The author has taken ancient gods/goddesses like Ra and Hathor and put a spin on them, making them vampires. Although they are striving for peace, there are those that dissent and for some reason half the males in this book are after Livvie. I'm not sure why, but only one of them happens to be her mate. Livvie goes through a lot of changes, including having her wolf released, and her wolf doesn't like how tame Livvie is. But I like the changes that turns her into one awesome fighter and alpha!

Blurb:
Best Work and Most Popular Work in the iParchment writing rally 2014. 
A supernatural race, older than both vampire and wolf, have foreseen a future of peace and prosperity. 
The few work together for the benefit of all, to bring about this peace. 
Meanwhile, enemies within the wolf nation are working to upset the balance of power. 
For centuries there has been hatred, bloodshed and killing between the vampire and wolf nations. 
A supernatural race, older than both vampire and wolf, have foreseen a future of peace and prosperity. 
The few work together for the benefit of all, to bring about this peace. 
Meanwhile, enemies within the wolf nation are working to upset the balance of power. 
Will the unexpected bonding between wolf and vampire be enough to overcome the centuries of hatred and bring peace and unity to all? 
Will the wolf and the vampire overcome their own heartaches to accept their bonding and let romance evolve? 
At the death of her mother, Livvie was now the only wolf-less member of the Romulus pack, and found it almost impossible to live with them. With the Alpha's permission she left to travel the country. When she fell in love, she found her place in the world and settled with the man of her dreams on his cattle ranch in Texas. But after nearly a decade away from the pack, Livvie's life is about to change. 
Darius, an ancient vampire, son of the Egyptian Sun God Ra, is wandering. His heart is aching, and his soul is restless. Eventually he finds himself in Texas, working for a beautiful woman with a magnetic pull he does not understand. It's only when she is taken from him, that he recognises a bond that is stronger than all others. The truth of that bond will shake him to his core. 
Isia is Darius' twin sister. She has also found herself in a life threatening situation, unable to free herself and praying for death to claim her. Until she is found and rescued from an unlikely source, and her life takes an unexpected change of immense proportions. 
As Beta of the Romulus pack, Cato has worked tirelessly at his Alpha's side. After decades of searching and never finding his soul-mate, he had given up on his search, and resigned himself that maybe the Fates were not to be so kind to him. But on a rescue mission for a lost pack member, Cato finds out that Fate had plans for him all along.

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