Owen Carson is a big, dominant boar shifter who is finally ready for a mate. Since he was young, he knew he wanted to escape the unfortunate legacy of his people and find something that has always felt just out of reach. Moving to Damon’s Mountains ensured he could be close to other powerful shifters who could inspire him, instead of dragging him back into old habits, but joining the Fastlanders has set him and his animal on a rollercoaster he can’t manage for much longer. There is a rumor that a lion Pride will target his loosely formed Crew at some point, and when a deceptive lioness shows up in the Mountains, he knows exactly what this is. Silver is bait. She’s a decoy on behalf of the notoriously evil Holland Pride. She’s meant to spy on Owen and his people, and he wants to play a little game of cat and mouse with her as punishment. She can be the mouse. His love/hate feelings for her become complicated as the Fastlanders figure out her betrayals, and his inner Beast Boar wants to protect her from the wrath of his people. There’s good inside of her—he can see it. And as he learns more about why she is actually here, his plan changes.

It’s crucial that she disappear from Damon’s Mountains, but now, Owen wants her to survive the escape.

Silver Murdock has a job to do, and then she can be reestablished as one of the Queens of the Holland Pride. She’s made a huge mistake and betrayed the lions, and must make up for what she’s done. Infiltrating the Fastlander Crew is a little too easy, and her target is acting strangely, as if he knows something she does not. Silver is in way over her head as she realizes a fraction of the power that is actually contained within the Fastlanders. The job becomes murky as her lioness focuses on an intoxicating, hilarious, dominant, hard-working boar shifter in the Crew she has been hired to bring down. As she gets to know Owen and his people, the job feels impossible. She was supposed to be the hunter, but now the Fastlanders are looking right at her, and they know way too much. She’s been thrown into a fire by her Pride, and she’s falling hard for the enemy.

Owen is the only one who can save her now.

Titles in the Fastlanders series (a strong connection to the Damon’s Mountains World) include:  Fastlander Fury ~ Fastlander Fallen ~ Fastlander Fealty ~ Fastlander Fighter ~ Fastlander Phoenix (Wreck’s story – Wreck’s Mountains series) ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Title:  Fastlander Fealty
Series:  Fastlanders #3
Author:  T. S. Joyce
Published:  June 25, 2024
My Rating:  4.5 stars

Fastlander Fealty is the third title in the Fastlander series,  a part of the Damon’s Mountains World, featuring Silver, a lioness shifter with secrets, and Owen, a boar shifter with an attitude that hides a thoughtful man who sees Silver for exactly what she is… a decoy, and his unexpected mate.

From her introduction onwards, it’s so obvious that Silver’s heart is just not in the forced assignment she’s been given by her Pride’s Alpha… and she’s just so bad at it that even though she’s the “enemy”, she certainly doesn’t feel like one.  She bears a Traitor’s Mark on her face; she believes the only way back into the good graces of her Pride is to gather intel on Gunner’s Crew, one member in particular.  But it’s hard, because these people are not what she thought they were, and the doubts about what she’s supposed to be doing are growing by the hour.

Owen sees through her deception immediately; he and his crew have been watching for something like this to happen.  Yet, while he hates what Silver is doing, he also feels a draw to her that only a mate should be feeling.  He’s watchful, and slowly, as he begins to understand her past, Owen will have to make difficult choices.  His mate or his crew… both, if he can find the way for that to happen.

I loved everything about Fastlander Fealty by T. S. Joyce.  The tensions from Gunner’s Crew are off the charts, protective of each other, yet questioning the changes they’re seeing in Silver as her story unfolds, and alliances change.  Watching the changes in Silver was heartbreaking for what she’s gone through, and hopeful for the possibilities that are now in front of her.  Once again, ten ten lives up to its legend as that old trailer delivers the sanctuary it’s famous for as Silver forges a new path.  I loved seeing the community of Damon’s Mountains come together.  It brought back memories of why I love coming back to this world so very much.

If you love a shifter romance that is well-written, intense, with dashes of humor, definitely danger, and connections that will make the difference in more than one life, then you’d love Silver and Owen in Fastlander Fealty by T. S. Joyce.  I’m so tempted to go back to the very beginning again… a lot of stories, but this one makes me want to relive those adventures once again.

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