Tracy’s review of Changeling Dream (Changeling #2) by Dani Harper.

In times of stress Jillian Descharme has always found calm in her dream of a great white wolf with haunting blue eyes. But she is startled when the visions return and this time seem so real. Late at night he comes to her, speaks to her, touches her. It’s almost as if he’s alive…

Thirty years ago James Macleod lost his wife and unborn child to a killer bent on destroying the Changelings. Though he longed for death, his animal instinct fought for survival and James has been a wolf ever since. Yet now a woman has reawakened the man in him, taming wild instincts but arousing still wilder needs. With his ancient enemy hunting the legendary white wolf, James must fight for new life, new hope, new love.

Thirty years ago someone who was trying to kill werewolves shot and killed James Macleod’s pregnant wife. When he realized that she was in trouble James came running and he too was shot. He wanted to die with the thought that his dear wife and baby were gone but the wolf inside James realized his intent and took over. James stayed in wolf form, healed and stayed that way. That’s right he stayed a wolf for 30 years and hadn’t once changed back to human. At one point during his time as the wolf he had helped a woman in eastern Canada when she was being attacked and stayed by her until someone came to her rescue.

The woman who was attacked was Jillian Descharme. She is now a vet and is asked by Connor Macleod if she will come work with him in his clinic in Alberta. Jillian has nothing to lose and heads to western Canada. She has dreamed of the white wolf that saved her life 14 years earlier but when she sees him again in Alberta she’s pretty sure she’s hallucinating. She’d been told for so many years that the wolf was never really there and that it was something she’d made up in her mind to help her cope with the trauma that she went through that now she actually believes that the wolf if a figment of her imagination.

James finally becomes human again – though he doesn’t want to stay that way. But he’s drawn to Jillian and knows that the wolf and Jillian have some sort of connection – though he doesn’t know what at first. He wants to stay in his wolf form but he also wants to be with Jillian – how can he do both?

This story was right up my alley. We had shapeshifters that actually shifter quite a bit in the story which I love. We had a emotionally scarred hero which is something I also love. The path that James had to take physically but mostly emotionally to get to where he could wrap his mind around his feelings for Jillian was quite well done. He had a hard time dealing with his desire to be near her – especially feeling that he would get her killed as he had his wife because of the fact that he was a changeling.

The couple in this book spend a lot of time apart and I wasn’t a big fan of that – but the story as whole was done well so I had to overlook that part of it in the end. Jillian and James were so good for each other and I loved seeing them finally become a couple.

This was a good paranormal story that I recommend. You don’t have to read book one to read this one, just fyi.

Rating: 4 out of 5

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Tracy’s review of Changeling Moon (Changeling #1) by Dani Harper

He roams the moonlit wilderness, his every sense and instinct on high alert. Changeling wolf Connor Macleod and his Pack have never feared anything—until the night human Zoey Tyler barely escapes a rogue werewolf’s vicious attack.

As the full moon approaches, Zoey has no idea of the changes that are coming, and only Connor can show her what she is, and help her master the wildness inside. With her initiation into the Pack just days away and a terrifying predator on the loose, the tentative bonds of trust and tenderness are their only weapons against a force red in tooth, claw. . .and ultimate evil.

Zoey is the new newspaper editor in town. After covering a meeting she heads out to her truck during a sleet storm. Unfortunately for her the locks on her truck are frozen shut and her cell phone is inside the car. Things take a decided turn for the worse when Zoey is attacked by a huge silver wolf. She manages to hold her own and even hurt the wolf a bit but she still gets bitten.

Connor is a vet and is on his way home when his Changeling “farsight” aka precognition kicks in and he sees the whole scene with the crazed wolf and Zoey. He heads to her rescue and runs off the wolf. Since Connor knows that being bitten by a Changeling will result into turning into one he’s anxious to prevent the effects of the bite by administering silver nitrate. Unfortunately it doesn’t work due to a couple of extenuating circumstances.

While Connor tries to take care of Zoey he gets closer to her – he’s very attracted to her, yes, but his inner wolf is saying, “MINE!” A few times the wolf almost makes it to the surface but Connor manages to avoid revealing his animal nature until he chooses to tell Zoey all the details. Zoey herself feels a strong attraction to Connor but it’s not just sexual as they become friends and realize that they have a great time being together and just talking.

Changeling Moon showed a world where “werewolves” can be both born and made and that there were a few other magical beings out in the world that Connor and his pack didn’t know about.

I liked Zoey and Connor a lot – both together and separately. I think they fit each other quite well and was happy to see that it didn’t take the entire book to get the two together. Yes, there was the issue of Connor’s wolf that needed to be revealed but for the most part it was a pretty smooth romance. Of course there was the problem with the evil wolf that wouldn’t give up on his chance to order Zoey around and gave Connor an opportunity to save his woman. I didn’t care for that part all that much but it was I guess there had to be some angst in there. 🙂

The book was cute and had some good parts to it. I liked it enough to start the next book in the series, Changeling Dream, and so far it’s proving to be quite good.

Rating: 3 out of 5

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