Author: Wendy Sparrow
Release Date: 6/23/14
Genre: Suspense with a
Paranormal slant
I was really excited by this blurb. This is the first book in a new werewolf romance series and this is the perfect book to start with. This book has everything-suspense, romance, a strong female, a sexy alpha hero and allergies.
The book opens with the hero, Vanessa, waking up in a cage, naked. The roles seem to be reversed as Vanessa is the shifter and Dane is human. The chemistry and sexual attraction between Vanessa and Dane burn up the pages. Their budding romance takes a hit as the pack leader believes that Dane is a danger to Vanessa and the pack and does everything to squash the attraction. There is also the poachers that are kidnapping shifters and targeting Vanessa. And if that wasn't enough, Vanessa has some extreme allergies and she's in heat. If you are looking for a fast-paced, page turner, then this is your summer read.
The characters are strong, likeable and easy to identify (and fall in love with). The plot is fast, the romance sizzles, the conflict piles on and on, and the writing is fresh and has a nice flow. I enjoyed this read and will be looking to the next book in the series.
I would give this book four stars.
Book Synopsis:
Vanessa is the fastest Lycan around. In wolf
form, the only threat she can’t outrun is her allergies. After a feline
dander-bomb takes her down, she wakes up naked in a cage staring at a hot park
ranger who had no idea what he’d trapped. But ooooh, he smells so good. Mine.
Dane hoped to tame the silver wolf in his
kennel, but all bets are off with the deliciously sweet Vanessa on two legs.
Her temper makes his pulse race, and he can’t escape the feeling they belong
together.
They’re hot as a forest fire even before they
scent-match, but Glacier Peak’s Alpha considers Dane a danger to the pack.
Meanwhile, Lycans are being poached, and Vanessa has been targeted. Dane will
have to keep her close to protect her, but with Vanessa in heat and mad to
mate, who will protect him?
Author Bio:
Writing is in Wendy’s
blood…which is also about thirty percent Mountain Dew and twenty percent
chocolate brownies. Wendy has been telling tales since she was a child with
varying amounts of success. Her parents clearly anticipated her forays into the
paranormal because she heard “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” so many times she could
have written the screenplay at age five. She lives with a wonderful husband and
two quirky kids and is active in Autism and OCD support networks. She can
usually be found on Twitter where she’ll talk to anyone who talks to her and occasionally
just to herself.
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EXCERPT:
~1~
“Why do you sleep with earplugs in?”
He tossed them on the small table beside the bed. “I don’t normally.
You snore like you’re trying to swallow sandpaper.”
Her mouth dropped open. Oh, no, he didn’t just say that. “I do not!”
Leaning back, he grabbed his phone off the same table and punched it
on. “You do. It was so earsplitting, I recorded it because I’ve never heard
anything like it.”
The horrible guttural noise made her hands jump to her own ears. The
allergy pills had done the job and now her better-than-average hearing was
assaulted, offended, and even stung from that…that…that horror. It was like a
tree falling—a tree felled by Satan. That sound was evil. In some way, it was
evil.
Dane grinned as he stopped it.
Pointing at his phone, she couldn’t believe she had to say it, but…
“That was not me.”
He laughed.
He. Laughed.
She was so out of here. She spun away and bolted. It was an unfair
advantage for a Lycan to be on school track teams, but she’d ignored that and
taken Oregon by storm ten years ago. She hadn’t lost a second on her
four-and-a-half-minute mile. And she’d only perfected running away from what
life threw at her since then.
Run.
Now.
Yes. Hell yes.
Finally, her inner wolf was siding with her. Even a wolf wouldn’t stay
in the room with someone claiming they snored loud enough to cause sterility.
Bastard.
“Vanessa!” he yelled after her.
She made it to the trees at the edge of his property, fifty feet from
the house, dressed in only a flannel shirt, which was going to hit the ground
as soon as she was out of sight and could push the change.
“Vanessa!” he called from the front door.
Nothing he said would make her turn back. She was going to scrub his
scent from her skin, from her nose, even if she had to use bleach. There was
nothing…
“I know what you are!”
She stopped. Except that. Damn him and that infernal ace up his
sleeve. Turning back, she yelled, “I don’t know what you’re talking about,
Dane, but you are a rat bastard.”
He grinned at that and shook his head. “And you are beautiful when
you’re pissed.” He took a few lazy steps forward and leaned against the beams
of his front porch. He hadn’t bothered with a shirt. If he had, she’d already
be home. The noon sun filtered through the branches and brushed his skin with
even more gold. He wasn’t half bad himself—and curse her frantic hormones for
noticing that when she was so furious with him.
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