Guest Review: A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing by Terry Spear

Posted July 12, 2012 by Book Binge Guest Blogger in Reviews | 1 Comment

Genres: Paranormal Romance

Judith’s review of A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing (Heart of the Wolf #9) by Terry Spear.

Meara Greymere is in charge of the cabin rentals on the rugged Oregon coastline, so her brother and his mate could take a delayed honeymoon. But while Hunter is away, the she-wolf intends to play—she just has to convince the right alpha male to rent one of the cabins, and she’ll take it from there. But when Finn Emerson arrives with every intention of pretending to be her lover, she’s not going to take this lying down. She knows he’ll tell her brother what she’s up to and put an end to her game.

Finn Emerson is a Navy SEAL, formerly one of Hunter Greymere’s team members, and now he’s trying to track down a gray wolf, who’s already made an attempt on one of their team member’s lives. Finn believes Hunter will be targeted next, only to discover Hunter is off with his mate on a honeymoon, and he fears Hunter’s sister is in grave danger. But the SEAL soon learns protecting the unpredictable sexy she-wolf is a mission and a half and protecting her isn’t all he wants to do.

This is the 9th book in this Heart of the Wolf series by this author and for the most part, it has received very positive responses by readers and reviewers. I have read several of the previous books in this series and have found them all very interesting, but I think this one is better than a couple–why? I think mainly because the main characters are really feisty and that sense of self, that ease in projecting their own personal power regardless of anyone else’s attitude about it made this a really great story for me.

Meara is the twin sister of the pack Alpha so as far as pack structure goes, she should have some substantive clout with those around her. Yet her over-protective brother has watered down that clout to a great extent in his almost obsessive need to protect and shelter her. She. Wants. A. Mate. and she is not going to allow Hunter to prevent her search. Waiting until he is on his honeymoon is one way, and accepting applications for vacationing tourists for her summer rentals is another way. What she has not taken into consideration is the danger that still stalks their pack ever since the days when they were in a different location. Her brother’s former SEAL pal makes an appearance, even though the person he came to warn was Hunter and not Meara. But he is more than willing to stick around and be available for Meara should she need protection and rescuing. The rescuing part is the best part by far.

Leave it to those horndog wolves to get right down to the mating thing. And a hot woman–a female wolf who is on the prowl is a sight to behold and one that Finn just can’t seem to turn away from, no matter how great the antipathy Meara expresses because he is interfering in her plans. This is a fast-moving stor?y, one that brings old friends back into the story and one that is set in the context of that sexual attraction that almost knocks them all dead and certainly makes an impression on the reader as well. It is often not possible to tell who are the bad guys and who is really trying to protect Meara and those she loves. It’s the kind of story that readers can’t put down, I was certainly one of those. And it is one of the entertaining stories that makes paranormal/shifter tales such a favorite of mine. Top that off with a gorgeous SEAL and what’s not to like? I have come to very much appreciate this author’s writing style–well constructed stories with good movement, well-edited, edgy characters and lots of loving and lots of action. Just about as good as it gets!

I give it a rating of 4.25 out of 5

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One response to “Guest Review: A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing by Terry Spear

  1. I read Dreaming of the Wolf and I didn’t even realize it was part of such a long running series.

    I’ll have to check this one out.

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