Touch of the Wolf

October 4, 1999
Braden Forster, Earl of Greyburn, promises his fierce grandfather that he won't allow their family--werewolves who are "a breed apart from mankind, but living among humanity"--to become extinct. In 1860, Forster's grandfather charges him to restore the purity of his clan's blood through shrewd intermarriages. Fifteen years later, Cassidy Holt, the Forster family's distant cousin, travels from the deserts of New Mexico to the earl's secluded estate in the north of England in search of her mother's mysterious past. Unable to transform into a werewolf at will, Cassidy disappoints her new-found family--especially Forster, who has arranged for her to marry his younger brother. However, despite his well-laid plans for the family, Forster finds he cannot resist Cassidy's impressive beauty and courageous will. Cassidy, too, falls for the earl, whose intense passion brings her to the realization that she is also capable of transformation. Krinard's (Prince of Wolves; Body and Soul) readers will be captivated by this first in a trilogy of historical werewolf romances.

November 15, 1999
Adding a new dimension to her popular werewolf romances and filling in some of the details of the loups-garous' past existence, Krinard launches a projected trilogy of historicals with this beautifully crafted story of an aristocratic Victorian werewolf obsessed with continuing his grandfather's plan to ensure the survival of his race and a na ve, intrepid young American who has been denied knowledge of her heredity and is seeking her own kind. Clan conflicts, ancient antagonisms, and old secrets combine in this mesmerizing story, which takes a compelling pair of totally opposite yet perfectly matched protagonists and forces them to deal with their own fears and disabilities as well as their unavoidable attraction for each other. Dark, passionate, and emotionally involving, this multifaceted romance gleams perfectly in its wild Northumberland setting and may attract new fans for Krinard as well as satisfying old ones. One of her best. Krinard (Body and Soul, Bantam, 1998) lives in Concord, CA.

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