
Mason is the son of pack Alpha Nicolae Ursache, and to understand Mason as the man and Alpha wolf and fierce soldier he is, is impossible to do without understanding his relationship with his father and how Nicolae’s harsh words became Mason’s inner voice, and how Nicolae’s cold and detached parenting has always made Mason feel an outsider in his own family. Where Exhale played with the enemies-to-lovers trope, Bleed is a solid best friends-to-lovers story. It also did things to my heart that defines my love of reading-I was so emotionally involved in the story that the characters’ pain transcended the words on a page.

Bleed, book two in the series, just blew me away. Review: Author Joel Abernathy impressed me so much with Exhale, book one in his Flesh and Bone series. Please see the inside cover for content warnings that contain vague spoilers. *This is a dark romance with themes that may be triggering to some readers. Bleed is an MM shifter romance with no MPREG. *This is the second book in the Flesh and Bone series, and the books are meant to be read in order. Love is not a luxury I can afford, but the sweetness of revenge has nothing on the taste of him… He is the one thing I won’t allow Dominic to take from me. Most dangerous of all, he would become the reason I lived if I let him.

The high-born family of wolves I’ve sworn my life to protect, even if my dying breath is pledged to another.

The man who took everything from me, my own personal devil in shifting flesh. My purpose, carved deeper into my soul than the names carved into my flesh. At a Glance: Once again, Abernathy’s talent for telling an emotionally fraught story and methodically engaging me in the lives of his characters is absolute.
