Bonded is listed as the Prequel to The Mating, which is listed a the Lycan Law Series, so if I figured this right, Bonded should be the first in the Lycan Law Series.

For the first in a series, it introduced us to the Lycan culture and the groups and exteremists very nicely. It gave us brief glimispes into normal life, but mostly focused on a law enforcement agency that grew out of a need many, many years in the past, and had grew and developed as the times had changed. Again, as with in a number of paranormal, or werewolfe and vampire novels, we find the term "rogue" being flung around. It's used to describe the uncontrollable or thestrongest, even those with the highest sense of honor and duty and it is made to make them feel on the edge of insanity.

Reno is an Enforcer, one of those on the edge of rogue, that takes his job seriously, maybe a little too seriously, but then again that is what makes you like him so much. He truely cares about what he is doing and he wants to make a difference, even if he hides it in a gruff exterior.

Brandi is a student at the academy, trying her best to do everything in her power to get out of normal pack life and build a career for herself, to be something more, to make a difference. A chance meeting with Reno, who is visiting the academy as an instructor alters her life in an instant and leads them both on one wild ride!

I haven't read many werewolf books, but I really liked this, it mirrored ideas in real life that we can all relate to in one way or another and it makes it easy to feel for the people in the book, to route for some, to dispise others, to want one faction to secude and others to fail, and it really, if you listen and take of the blinders of the the fiction tells a story that all need to listen to, but many will never see that, they will only see the story on the surface and that will be enough for them. Great book!!