I currently have about 2 hours left of listening time in this book and I am debating even finishing. I was unpleasantly surprised by this, since he did do voice distinctions well before, but I regularly got confused as to which character's chapter it was / who was talking between the two mains. Finally, I had previously loved the narrator Greg Bordeaux in Happy Endings, but he did not do dual narration well. Subcharacters are annoying, and their response to dangerous situations illogical. I could see no reason why the two main characters would like each other, so there was little to no heat to their romance. And he has no personality beyond this supposed internal racism struggle. Tracker Rowan is apparently struggling with his history of being taught shifters are bad, but clearly doesn't believe any of what he's been taught to begin with (not that many specifics about how they're bad are even stated). Quinn the alpha is supposed to be laid back and funny but also a scary leader, but when bad things start happening he comes off only as incompetent with no toughness at all. The two main characters don't feel fully fleshed out. So, I was quick to purchase this story when it came out only to find everything I liked about those stories was completely lacking here. I've previously listened to two other Alice Winter's books - Happy Endings and A Villain for Christmas - both of which I enjoyed for their charming characters and witty banter, despite the fact that the plots felt a bit shaky. It’s the first book in a series with a continuing storyline and an HFN. Of Secrets and Wolves is an action-filled romance with a dash of comedy. The only way we’re going to survive this is if Rowan learns to accept the bond that’s growing between us - a bond that could give us the strength to put aside our reservations and give in to what both of us want. After one of my pack goes missing, it leaves Rowan and me racing to bring them home. At first, he’s stiff, fighting to keep his misconstrued beliefs intact, but as I break down the wall he’s created, I’m able to show him a place among the fun chaos of my pack. Though I shouldn’t let myself be distracted, I’m captivated by him. I’m no stranger to prejudice from humans, but it’s different when Rowan comes into my life.

As secrets are revealed, I start to wonder if everything I’ve been raised to believe was a lie, though it may not matter, because it seems like someone wants us dead. He’s different than any shifter I've ever met - laidback and quick to laugh, caring, and protective, and makes me feel complete for the first time in my life. Yet I’m inexplicably drawn to the alpha of the pack, whose land the convicts may be hiding on.

So when I’m hired to track two escaped convicts, I’m suddenly thrust into the world I hate - or thought I did.

My whole life, I’ve been taught to despise shifters.

Of Secrets and Wolves by Alice Winters