Published: April 30, 2010
Words: 26080 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

Audrey abandons London for the more profound pleasures of the country house where she grew up with her father, a historian. She was only eight when her mother vanished without a trace. Her closest neighbor, Jonathan Ackart, has just come home from Afghanistan. Attracted to him, she worries about the emotional scars he might have suffered and about the wolf-like dog she begins seeing in the woods.

Extended description

A failed relationship encourages Audrey Goodrich to forgo London’s big city stimulations and return to the more profound pleasures of her family’s eighty acre estate in Mashbury, where she grew up alone with her father, a renowned historian. She was only eight-years-old when her mother, Wilona disappeared one night without a trace. Engaged in some serious soul-searching, Audrey finds herself distractingly attracted to her closest neighbor—Jonathan Ackart, just returned home from a long tour of duty in Afghanistan. Whatever emotional scars he might have suffered remain a daunting mystery, as does the wolf-like dog she begins catching glimpses of in the woods surrounding her home.

Then a letter miraculously arrives from Wilona asking for a chance to explain why she abandoned her family more than two decades ago, and commanding her daughter not tell anyone where she’s going. Audrey hates lying to her father but she can’t resist the desire to learn the truth, or the intensely c... (Read more) A failed relationship encourages Audrey Goodrich to forgo London’s big city stimulations and return to the more profound pleasures of her family’s eighty acre estate in Mashbury, where she grew up alone with her father, a renowned historian. She was only eight-years-old when her mother, Wilona disappeared one night without a trace. Engaged in some serious soul-searching, Audrey finds herself distractingly attracted to her closest neighbor—Jonathan Ackart, just returned home from a long tour of duty in Afghanistan. Whatever emotional scars he might have suffered remain a daunting mystery, as does the wolf-like dog she begins catching glimpses of in the woods surrounding her home.

Then a letter miraculously arrives from Wilona asking for a chance to explain why she abandoned her family more than two decades ago, and commanding her daughter not tell anyone where she’s going. Audrey hates lying to her father but she can’t resist the desire to learn the truth, or the intensely charismatic man who delivered her mother’s message. What she doesn’t know is that a battle is being fought for her heart by two eternal forces at war with each other, one entrusted to guard her and the other determined to possess her, body and soul.
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vampires, paranormal romance, gothic, werewolves, erotic romance, shapeshifters

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Review by: Carol on May 03, 2011 :
This is part one of a series novel and not a complete story in itself. The plot moves slowly and I found the e-pub print dense and somewhat hard on the eyes. At the end of this part, the action really hasn't started.
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