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Alpha Wolf (2009)

by Linda O. Johnston(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0373618034 (ISBN13: 9780373618033)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Silhouette

series

Alpha Force

review 1: Setting: town of Mary Glen, Maryland’s Eastern Shore – Veterinarian’s office, house next door, town diner, town meeting hall; Ft Lukman – major’s room, laboratory; surrounding forest (for wolves to run around in)Theme: trust; falling in love; protection; exploitation;Characters:Dr. Melanie Harding: from LA, bought vet business from Worley (his parents killed with silver bullets); she is a wonderful vet, full of compassion; vet she worked for in LA – also her fiancé – cheated on her, and she has sworn off men; Major Drew Connell: leads Alpha Force; genetically a were (as are all weres – no biting and making weres); family of doctors, studied the phenomena, developed a formula to allow shifts when not a full moon; he works for the armed forces to further d... moreevelop formula, to give greater human cognizance when in were form, and easier/longer shifts between times; idea to develop a shifting team that can go in when regular operatives can’t to protect our country; working with big cat and hawk and wolf shifters; each keep/adopt an animal of their animal likeness, to show to public, to cover when it’s them… and each has a full human who supports their efforts; Grunge: Drew’s dog – kinda looks like his were self; in beginning, shot in shoulder – and wolf Drew dragged him a mile to the vet’s office… next day, Drew meets the vet to claim his dog;Chief Ellenbogen: Mary Glen’s police chief… doing his best to police crazies in town and visiting who believe in weres; Lt Patrick Worley: Alpha team; wolf; father the town vet – parents killed by silver bullet (obviously were scare related); sells vet business to Melanie; General Greg Yarrow: commanding officer of Ft. Lukman;Capt Jonas Truro/human in charge of monitoring/aiding were Drew;Nolan Smith / Angie: town were expert with blog – being manipulated by Ripkey; Angie is Melanie’s office person (inherited with business); Angie wants to believe in weres.Mike Ripkey: ex marine; his uncle a Mary Glen were fanatic – who killed the vet’s wife… then killed self in accident – leaving lots of documentation for his nephew Mike; Mike comes – kills the vet… figures out weres are at the Fort… starts a national Were Scare campaign… goes to some of the countries he was in as Marine and sells the idea that he can bring them a live were, and a formula that allows shifting any time… he dresses as a were, has a tooth jaw contraption, and is causing uproar – manipulating Nolan into fervor… Summary:Relationship between Melanie and Drew… attraction, distrust… walls up; but he is shot as were – he goes to her for help – changes to human at dawn in front of her… she is threatened… she demands the whole truth… he decides to try to incorporate her on the team (as the vet for their dogs, and their were forms); and he feels need to protect her… and they make love… and move back and forth in mistrust/fear and trust/love;Ripkey makes his move… Melanie follows him, becomes his hostage… Drew comes to the rescue, and between them they defeat Ripkey (after finding out about his motivation and about plan)…And when there isn’t so much of a need to protect her… and both are afraid the other is going to say goodby – they both grab for the other… kiss… confess their love… ahhhh
review 2: This is my first werewolf novel, and I hope it won't be my last. The heroine, Dr. Melanie Harding, was pretty good, but part of me was wondering if she really was as smart as you would expect a vet to be. I mean, honestly, who doesn't call the police when they hear a gunshot in the middle of the night? I know I would, especially if I was new to an area, and lived near the woods in a town with the history of the town she just moved to.I also find it hard to believe that the US military would have security as lax as they had on Ft. Lukman. I've been around enough military bases to know that they are super-secured, especially in the past 10 years.Overall, a great read! I enjoyed it. less

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