HOWLING AT TWILIGHT

Review

HOWLING AT TWILIGHT - Brenda Bryce

Going Nowhere - Book 2

ISBN: 978-1-59632-489-9

July 2007

Erotic Paranormal Romance

A town called Nowhere in the United States - Present Day

When Chrysanthemum Hollister came to Nowhere to claim her baby niece after her brother and the rest of his family were murdered, she thought everything that could go wrong, already had. She was wrong. During a fight with the murderer, a fight that Chrys won, the murderer got in one last strike against her family, he turned Chrys into a werewolf. You might think that would be the worst of her problems, but there’s one more thing, it takes a mate to bring a werewolf back to human form, and like it or not, the murderer was her mate.

Donovan Vitello, hunter for the North American Werewolf Clan (an enforcer of werewolf law), has always yearned to find his mate, but his position doesn’t exactly make females long to be near him. Chrys is the first woman who isn’t afraid of him and he’s convinced that if he could have gotten to her first, he’d be her mate. Well, mate or not, Chrys will die if she stays trapped in wolf form, and Donovan will do whatever it takes to save her and claim her for his own.

HOWLING AT TWILIGHT is the second in the Going Nowhere series and readers are gifted with a story that’s even more passionate and fiery than HOWLING IN THE MOONLIGHT. Donovan was first introduced in that book and I’m so glad Brenda gave him his own story. Donovan isn’t like other werewolves, he’s a throwback, he’s larger, darker, and has enhanced senses that make him different than the others in the pack. His own parents turned their backs on him, leaving Donovan with a sense of being unimportant and unlovable. If it wasn’t for Susan, an older lady who took him in as a youth and helped him turn into a respectable member of werewolf society, he’d never have survived to meet the most important woman in his life, Chrys. Chrys is the kind of woman who fights for what she wants; it’s that very drive that enabled her to survive the attack which transformed her and now enables her to ask for what, and who, she wants. The chemistry between these two is off the charts and the sex scenes will leave you panting. And lest you think the hot and steamy scenes are all that I care about, let me assure you that the romance between Donovan and Chrys, as well as the intriguing storyline, really cinch this book’s place on my keeper shelf.

What’s a series without secondary characters to grow on? HOWLING AT TWILIGHT has more than its fair share of characters just waiting for their stories to be told, and all of them promise to be interesting. Sheriff Ross Kendricks carries the gene to be transformed into a werewolf, he’s proven to be an ally to the pack and I have a hunch that the next book will feature Ross. Dr. Amalee Aimes is the pack’s physician/veterinarian, she’s determined to help Chrys if at all possible. Lizzy is Chrys’s surviving niece, she also carries the transformation gene, and though she didn’t have any truly exciting scenes in this book, she is after all, a baby, someday she’ll grow up and find the werewolf of her dreams (I hope). Did I mention that Donovan runs a security firm that employs several other hunters, wolves who have yet to find their mates? If they’re anything like their boss, I can’t wait to get to know them better.

With humor, danger, action and suspense, jalapeno hot sex and characters that you’ll fall in love with, HOWLING AT TWILIGHT is a top of the line read. Don’t miss it, get your copy today! One caveat, if you haven’t read HOWLING IN THE MOONLIGHT (August 2006) yet, you really should read it first, it’ll explain a lot of things that you need to know to properly appreciate this book.

Lori Ann