Karen Whiddon, Touch of the Wolf

Touch of the Wolf

Karen Whiddon

Silhouette Nocturne, Mar 2007, $5.25

ISBN: 0373617593

Werewolves have the ability to heal themselves, but changelings (half-breed shifters) cannot and therefore need healers. In two generations of Pack births no new healer has been born and some, like Lucaine Herrick, think healers are a myth. His pack disagrees with his assessment; so when three-year-old Lucy suffers from an inoperable brain tumor, he is sent to Anniversary, Texas, to seek Samantha Warren, a Healer.

When he first sees Samantha, Lucaine is disgusted with his poor timing as he realizes she is his mate; he wants to escape and run like the wolf, but first he must fulfill the quest. Samantha is unaware that she is a Halfling who has the Healer's talent instead of the shifting trait. Luc tries to get Sam to admit she is a healer as he is convinced she might be the real thing, but she denies her "heritage" and having such ability. Another ailing Changeling needs Sam to save his life and he will do what it takes to force her to do so while Luc will risk his life to keep his mate safe.

This paranormal romance is filled with excitement, intrigue, tension, and danger as Karen Whiddon creates a fine tale of a believable sub-society surviving within the larger purebred human environs. Luc is a strong-willed male, who proves he is a perfect match for the feisty vulnerable heroine. However, it is Sam who brings plausibility to this entertaining, werewolf, romantic suspense as she struggles with her universe turned inside out when she learns werewolves and changelings exist.

Harriet Klausner