The Night Prince

The Wolf King, Book 2

De: Lauren Palphreyman

Narrado por: Zara Hampton-Brown, Shane East, Sean Masters

In the highly anticipated sequel to The Wolf King, this sizzling romantasy—perfect for fans of enemies to lovers, shifters, forbidden romance, villains you love to hate (or maybe just love!), and werewolves—Aurora is caught between powerful alphas as they fight for the Wolf Throne, all while darker forces begin to rise…

“Let me have you. Just once. Please.”

Aurora may have survived the Wolf King, but his bite marks her skin. In accordance with wolf law, that makes her his property. Now, he wants her back.

To beat him and take his throne, Aurora and Callum must form a dangerous alliance with one of the most feared Wolves in the Kingdom, Blake. He is their enemy, but he has entangled his life with Aurora’s—meaning she cannot harm him without forfeiting her own life.

As she fights to break their connection, she suspects Blake is keeping secrets about a dark power that rises in the north, and the unsettling nature of the bond between them. It seems there is a bigger game at play than who sits on the Wolf Throne—one that threatens both the Kingdom of Wolves, and the Kingdom of Men.

With her wolf awakening, enemies closing in, relationships tested, and secrets revealed—Aurora may be the only one who can stop an ancient evil from rising.

If she can figure out who to trust.

If she can figure out where she, and her heart, belong.

If she can stay alive.

©2025 Lauren Palphreyman (P)2025 Simon & Schuster Audio

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Love this series, got wrapped into the story early on in Wolf King and can't wait to read the next one. Great story, spice level and enemies to maybe lovers tension.. Narrators make it so binge-able and just want to keep listening 🔥🔥🔥!

Worth a listen just for the performance but the story is OK.

The voice narrators are so spot on it truly is a masterpiece of a performance and the voices match the all the characters perfectly. Honestly the main reason I could finish this book was all because of the voice narrators other wise the story is just ok in my opinion. The author has a problem of making the story over complicated, leaving out details on purpose to keep you guessing of what is going on and then throwing all the answers at you at the end. The problem is one I still could easily guess most of the story back in book one and second the details left out are simple one that are needed for the world building and just not mysterious in a good way. The story is also so chaotic at times about what is going on and then characters to me are not given enough characters development or world building development that it just feels even repative at times then fractured and rushed scene at times. The flow was off. Besides these pitfalls in the writing and plot I still enjoyed the story enough to want to read book 3 and the conclusion of the story. I still feel the audio book especially is worth the listen and the book is still better than some other famous Romantacy books out there that I feel should not be as hyped.

Obsessed, better than the first book

Sean Masters makes this a 6 star book and I’m obsessed. I need book 3 immediately!

Great follow up

Fantastic narration to a great story. Glad they added another male narrator for Blake this time.
Loved it every time he said, "Good Girl". 🔥
Aurora is busy most of the book trying to figure out the side effects of her wolf half waiting to rise to the surface. She is suffering from constant fevers, wolfish instincts and dreams that pull her tighter to Blake and cause rifts between her and Callum.
She is sick of being a pawn, and is desperate to keep her independence and agency - which at times has her make idiotic decisions that cause more problems for everyone else, and puts her in MORE danger.
And the two alpha's who are protecting her are fighting constantly and keeping secrets. Seriously, why can no one just explain anything?
Aurora is fighting with everything she has to be able to make her own choices and be her own person in a world where everyone is trying to claim her, own her, and keep her "safe".
The ending ramps everything up to 10, and I am hoping we get news of book 3 soon!

The audio is the only way to go here!!

June 2025 - Did a buddy read with a friend and listened to the new Duet Audiobook. They added an addtional POV in The Night Prince and the narrator's voice is fire!! "Hello, little rabbit!"

I’m going for straight vibes on this one and very little notes! I may be entering my wolf era, adding in a Scottish clan vibe, with a lot of secrets, and I pretty much haven’t put it down since I started it.

I usually try to avoid love triangles, but the set up of this story works really well! I loved the golden retriever MMC in The Wolf King, but the dark villain has stolen my heart in The Night Prince!

“I had to play the villain to stop you from playing the hero.”

Lots of twists and turns and secrets unfolding around every corner!

“Darling, people like you and me, we do not let go.” He bumps his forehead against mine, and the wolf blazes in his eyes… “We unleash.”

It ends with some surprising reveals…I’ll be watching for book 3!!

Romance Content: 1 Open-door scene, 2 partial

I love it

Love this series!
Love the narrators!
Love the characters!
Ugh I can’t wait for the next book!

Great story tired of cliffhangers

Like most of us that grew up with true series like Harry Potter we understand the value of ending a story with a feeling of completion, even if it is a series. This book would’ve been five stars with me if it wasn’t for cliffhanger that make you wait years. Also the trope of the love triangle and one being the mate is getting way over done.

Amazing, I need the NEXT!

I read book 1 and adored Callum so very much that starting this book from Blake’s perspective didn’t work for me — UNTIL I saw a reader comment about Blake’s alpha god way of being, sooooo here I am post-read and it’s fantastic.

Come on Book 3!!

I am so in love with Blake that I cannot bear waiting for book 3! This series keeps getting better and better (I don’t know how that is possible - book 1 was amazing!!), and I am addicted. My fav book of 2025 this far!

Best shifter series out there

I have literally nothing bad to say about this series. The FMC is strong, relatable, and rarely annoying. She is also flawed enough to be interesting. The two main male characters are *chef’s kiss.* The narrators are perfection. The story is compelling and has so many unexpected twists and turns. I can’t WAIT until the final installment. It gets steamy but nothing gratuitous. The author is a master at creating tension that builds and builds and builds. These books are amazing.