OR

Kindle Price:	$2.99
Sold by:	Amazon.com Services LLC

Promotions apply when you purchase

Add an

audiobook with Audible narration for $7.49

Audiobook Price: $13.08

Save: $5.59 (43%)

Read with our free app

You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.

Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

There was an error. We were unable to process your subscription due to an error. Please refresh and try again.

Follow the author

Tasha Black

+ Follow

More books from this author

Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 3 & 4: A Tarker's Hollow Serial (Curse of the Alpha Box-Set Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Tasha Black (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.5 329 ratings

Book 2 of 9: Tarker's Hollow

See all formats and editions

Special Offer: Look inside to claim your FREE Tasha Black Starter Library!

The CURSE OF THE ALPHA series:

Ainsley Connor is determined to turn her back on her shifter past.

But the wolves of Tarker’s Hollow call on her to choose the next alpha, and Ainsley becomes the object of desire for every eligible wolf in the quiet college town.

Surrounded by seductive shifters, all desperate to claim her, Ainsley wants nothing more than to leave the pack behind forever. But her newfound passions will not be ignored.

Ainsley soon finds herself torn between the mysterious stranger with the dark secret, the gorgeous and loyal friend from her past, and the hunky sheriff that wants her all to himself.

And the shifters aren’t even the strangest part of Tarker’s Hollow.

As she struggles to come to terms with her true nature, Ainsley is thrust into the center of a steamy web of shifters, ghosts, witches and warlocks, caught up in a life-and-death struggle for control of the pack she tried to abandon.

But for Ainsley Connor, the toughest wolf she must face might just be the one inside herself.

A continuing story:

Curse of the Alpha is told in six installments, or episodes, like a TV show. Each episode contains a cliffhanger to entice the reader to tune in for the next one. If you’re not a fan of the serial format, all six episodes are also available in a complete bundle!

-In Episode 3:

Ainsley must retaliate after a shocking betrayal. Information from her past helps her to see things in a new light. But how will she react when she receives a ghostly visitor?

-In Episode 4:

Ainsley makes a plan to leave Tarker’s Hollow, but ends up running for her life. Will she manage to escape in time to use what she has learned to shape her future?

Check out the "look inside" feature for more, or scroll up and grab a copy today.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Praise for Curse of the Alpha:

-Ms. Black delivers great hot and sexy love scenes, plenty of surprises, and twists & turns that keep the pages turning & anticipation high!

-The prose is great - really head and shoulders above most works in the genre. This folks, is how you write.

-Tasha Black has given us one of the best shifter books I have ever read.

-This series is incredible! It has spine-tingling suspense, red hot romance, mystery, and lots of action!

-Tasha Black takes you to places other authors have never gone in the shifter world.

From the Author

The Tarker's Hollow SerialsPreferred Reading Order:Individually:

Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 1&2
Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 3&4
Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 5&6

Or all together as:

Curse of the Alpha: The Complete Bundle (Episodes 1-6)

Then:

Fate of the Alpha: Episode 1
Fate of the Alpha: Episode 2
Fate of the Alpha: Episode 3

Or all together as:

Fate of the Alpha: The Complete Bundle (Episodes 1-3)

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MTBGUQ6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ 13th Story Press; 2nd edition (September 9, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 9, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3336 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #988,148 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,316 in Psychic Romance
- #7,243 in Paranormal Witches & Wizards Romance
- #16,442 in Paranormal Werewolves & Shifters Romance

Customer Reviews:
4.5 329 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Tasha Black

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Tasha Black is a USA Today bestselling author of SciFi, Fantasy & Paranormal Romance. She’s an adventurous soul who loves traveling, reading anything she can get her hands on, making up cozy, otherworldly stories, and sipping pumpkin spice lattes, even when she’s in warm climates!

*SCI FI ROMANCE:

The Alien Adoption Agency Series:

1. Noxx

2. Kade

3. Tyro

4. Zane

5. Odin

6. Rexx

7. Arik

8. Jett

9. Zyon

10. Troy

11. Luka

12. Jace

The Alien Surrogate Agency Series:

1. Piper

2. Haven

3. Alexis

4. Naomi (coming soon!)

5. Chloe (coming soon!)

The Alien Nanny Agency Series:

1. Alien Architect Needs a Nanny

2. Alien Pilot Needs a Nanny

3. Alien Ruler Needs a Nanny

4. Alien CEO Needs a Nanny (coming soon!)

The Arkadian Alien Mail Order Brides Series:

1. Orion

2. Atlas

3. Titan

Stargazer Alien Mail Order Brides

(Campy '80s themed alien romance! Read these in order!)

1- BOND

2- ROCKY

3- MAGNUM

4- KITT

5- REMINGTON

6- INDIANA

7- LOBO

8- CONAN

9- HAWKEYE

10- KIRK

11- BUCK

12- SOLO

13- DRAGO

14- BURTON

15- RIGGS

OR bundled in threes, in Stargazer Series Collections 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5)

Stargazer Alien Barbarian Brides (a Stargazer spin-off):

1- Tolstoy

2- Tesla

3- Tchaikovsky

Stargazer Alien Reality Show Brides (a Stargazer spin-off):

1- So You Think You Can Marry an Alien

2- My Big Fat Alien Wedding

3- Haunted Alien Honeymoon

Stargazer Alien Space Cruise Brides (a Stargazer spin-off):

1- Crowned Mate

2- Cosmic Mate

3- Conquered Mate

Stargazer Alien Mystery Brides (a Stargazer spin-off):

1- Hannibal

2- Fletcher

3- Spenser

The Building A Hero - Billionaire/SciFi Romance Trilogy:

- Reconstructed

- Augmented

- Upgraded

Or all together as Building a Hero: The Complete Trilogy

*PARANORMAL ROMANCE:

Tarker's Hollow™ Series:

The Tarker's Hollow Serials

Preferred Reading Order:

1. Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 1-6 (available as double episodes, or as a bundle!)

2. Fate of the Alpha: Episodes 1-3 (available as individual episodes, or as a bundle!)

3. Heir to the Alpha: Episodes 1-6 (available as double episodes, or as a bundle!)

The 300 Moons Series of standalone romances (a Tarker's Hollow spin-off series):

These standalone romances can be read in ANY ORDER individually:

- Burn This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Bait This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Bite This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Break This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Bake This! (A 300 Moons Novella)

- Bear This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Crush This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Crave This! (A 300 Moons Book)

- Charm This! (A 300 Moons Book)

OR bundled, as 300 Moons Collections 1, 2 & 3

Seasoned Shifters (a Tarker's Hollow spin-off series):

- Her Teacher Mate

- Her Lawyer Mate

- Her Doctor Mate

- Her Professor Mate

Single Daddy Shifters (a Tarker's Hollow spin-off series):

- Axel

- Bane

- Chase

- Dax

The Tales from Tarker's Hollow novellas:

These standalone romances can be read in ANY ORDER!

- Ghost of Shifters Past

- The Talented Mr. MacGregor

- The Clockwork Dragon

- Hounded

- Nobody's Home

Or all together as:

- Tales from Tarker's Hollow Collection 1, and Tales from Tarker's Hollow Collection 2

*FAE ROMANCE:

Rosethorn Valley Fae series:

- King of Midnight

- King of Light

- King of the Wilds

- King of Pain

Autumn Court series (a Rosethorn Valley Fae spin-off):

- Prince of Cats

- Prince of Bears

- Prince of Wolves

Customer reviews

4.5 out of 5

329 global ratings

How customer reviews and ratings work

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Kindle Heather S

Outstanding Book

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2015

Verified Purchase

This is such a great book, that I look forward to going back and reading this story again and again, and now I am impatient to read the rest of the books in this series by this author. Black writes tension filled and descriptive scenes. This is a well written, creative and intriguing story about wolf shifter families and their community and lives. The author throws into the mix, inventive, vivid characters, and some men and women who make your pulse race; seriously sexy leading characters. Ainsley, the lead character, returns home, after years away, to settle her parents estate in the small town where she grew up. She had been estranged from her parents since high school. She was a senior when she found out that she could shift into a wolf, and her 17 year old boyfriend had just died the night before; and from an apparent animal attack. Ainsley had blacked out while in the middle of making out with him in the woods, and she mistakenly thinks that she accidentally killed him during her first shift. She painfully suppresses her wolf for years, in fear of hurting people, and moves to New York to become a rich Real Estate Agent. When both her parents die, the Alpha pair, suddenly in a car accident; she must confront the truth about herself, her heritage, her magic, and who and what the danger really is, in order to find the Alpha that has been pre-destined and save the entire town of people she's realized she has never stopped loving. The author's brilliance is woven into all that goodness to make up this fantastic mystery/paranormal thriller, and makes this series a "must-have"!!!! I didn't want to set it down....seriously. I was drawn in to the fantasy community of shifters and magic, and yet at heart, the people are honorable and just trying to live peaceful lives and protect their town from evil. I didn't want to put it down, I was falling asleep over this book and the others in the series!!! Lol

One person found this helpful

Helpful

Alysha M Parent

Holy Crazytown! I need Episodes 5 & 6 Immediately!!

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2015

Verified Purchase

I received this book in exchange for an honest review. May contain some spoilers.

This book starts where the last left off. Ainsley just faced off against Julian. There is no sign of him anywhere. Ainsley proceeds to clean out her family home. Many people come through the house and slowly items are removed. I can't figure out Ainsley's hesitation to consider Erik for Alpha other than perhaps she feels she will fall in love with him and want to stay but she refuses to consider her parents' wishes. On top of all the male suitors that she has to fend off it turns out that women are also candidates. She has a very lose encounter of the lesbian kind and boy is it HOT!!

Ultimately Ainsley decides to make Clive the sheriff the Alpha. When she makes the decision she invites him over for dinner. Everything is extremely awkward between them. When they finally get to her bedroom she decides she isn't quite ready and begins to ask him questions to get to know him. Then the truth comes out.

I didn't know why but I just wasn't interested in Clive's character during the first 2 parts of the story. Now I do. I have to say, I didn't suspect him but I knew it couldn't have been Ainsley. I hope that Ainsley whoops his butt more than she does.

Again Erik becomes her savior. Episode 4 ends with Ainsley and Erik preparing to take on a number of individuals.

Tasha Black is extremely talented in keeping you in the story. Not to mention she is very good at writing the juicy scenes. I absolutely cannot wait to read the final installments. All I have to say is that Ainsley better shape up and realize she is bad to the bone and that Erik is the only one for her. #TeamErik

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Tjholder

Two Down, One to Go

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2015

Verified Purchase

I am enjoying this series by Tasha Black . It has everything you expect from a paranormal romance/adventure. The characters come alive as the story weaves around a woman who desperately wants to deny here shifter heritage, yet must face her heart and her responsibility. I can't wait to start the last installment to this drama.

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2022

Verified Purchase

Episodes 3 & 4, I've gone back and forth trying to find party of the book and can't find it. Please start doing the pages in book 1 through the end with out the Episodes. I like the books but I shouldn't have to go back and forth looking for the next part.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2015

Verified Purchase

The Second part of the Curse of the alpha was just as exciting and attention grabbing as the part 1. I still hated the cliff hanger at the end and just wished this entire set was 1 book (which it is now a box set).. So many twists and turns.. is Jullian really a bad evil warlock, Is Clive nice and thoughtful and has he changed his ways.... Is Eric really willing to step aside and let some other wolf get the woman he wants. And is she really silly enough to think she can just pick someone and leave and go back to the life in the city she left!!!.. So many questions to answer that you just keep reading hoping to find out all the answers. I really enjoyed reading this story and was very happy I already had the next part so I didn't have to wait for all the answers!

One person found this helpful

Helpful

carol

Truthfully I did not read this

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2021

Verified Purchase

I could not finish first two episodes. I could not stand the lead characters. Especially how the spoiled brat treated her parents. Plot outline was not believable. No way would she be ignorant of her heritage, unprepared, her father was alpha, come on. Not like she was adopted.
Rated it out of respect for her youthful fried and some supporting characters.
I had purchased this and downloaded other set after reading one of author latest books.
Now remember why I had not read one of her books in a long time.
Have to admit she is MUCH improved from her early work.
Just going to ignore any books but last ones.

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2017

Verified Purchase

I am now deep into the series where I can't stop myself from reading it. It didn't even matter that at the end of the book, brought me right back to purchasing the next book Episode 5 & 6. All I need to know is, when will Ainsley choose an Alpha, when will she become the she-wolf she is meant to be, and when will she embace the town she grew up in. This book was full of mystery, sex, love, danger and humor. I love this series and love finding a new author to place on my list of must read by.

Helpful

sherry demmer

Enter a world you will not want to leave. I love them

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2020

Verified Purchase

Tasha Black is an amazing writer, amazing read.

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

denlen

wow what a great tail!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016

Verified Purchase

Read the first two parts in moon magic a collection of free tales, thought the story was so good had to purchase them all!! Every book deserved a 5 star!!

Kindle Customer

Curse of alpha

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2015

Verified Purchase

I gave this book a 5 star as it is just as exciting as the first episodes can't wait to get the next episodes the characters carrying on being exciting the storyline is brilliant

Amazon Customer

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2016

Verified Purchase

Great read

shewolf

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2015

Verified Purchase

Really enjoying this series of shifter books and look forward to more from this author.

chris van der meulen

... all the episodes over a couple of days I loved them we need more like these

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2015

Verified Purchase

read all the episodes over a couple of days I loved them we need more like these

OR

Buy for others

Buying and sending eBooks to others

Follow the author

Image Unavailable

Curse of the Alpha: Episodes 3 & 4: A Tarker's Hollow Serial (Curse of the Alpha Box-Set Book 2) Kindle Edition

Special Offer: Look inside to claim your FREE Tasha Black Starter Library!

The CURSE OF THE ALPHA series:

A continuing story:

-In Episode 3:

-In Episode 4:

Check out the "look inside" feature for more, or scroll up and grab a copy today.

Editorial Reviews

Review

From the Author

About the Author

Product details

Videos

About the author

Tasha Black

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries