Touch of the Wolf

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Summary: my favorite werwolf romance
Review: This book has it all, romance,suspence and surprises all around. I couldn't put it down

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Summary: Best read ever!
Review: This book is a must read. It is a heart felt journey into a story of a man who is hard hearted and with the help of a young woman is changed into the softest man in history. You must read Touch of the Wolf and its sequels Once a Wolf and Secret of the Wolf.

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Summary: Best read ever!
Review: This book is a must read. It is a heart felt journey into a story of a man who is hard hearted and with the help of a young woman is changed into the softest man in history. You must read Touch of the Wolf and its sequels Once a Wolf and Secret of the Wolf.

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Summary: A spellbinding paranormal book with a fasinating dark hero.
Review: This book is one of the best I've read all year. Addictive, hard to put down story about a family of werewolves with many plot twists and very interesting characters. A compelling love story with lots of sexual tension and very sensual love scenes. Susan Krinard has a great gift for story telling and a sparkling imagination. A perfect read that I'm always looking for but very rarely find. Can't wait for the next one.

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Summary: good book I liked the twist
Review: This is a book about werewolves. I enjoyed the fact that these characters were struggling with the same things every human deals with. Love, pain, loneliness, feelings of duty and honor. The main characters, Branden, the head of the family, has devoted his entire life to the Cause, which is restoring the purity of the bloodline. He has put his whole life force into this and so he is shaken when the heroine, Cassidy, a half human, enters his life. She is searching for her people and is over joyed to be a part of his family. There are many things which she must learn and he finds himself teaching her and falling for her even though he is struggling to keep her at a distance. She on the other hand has completely embraced her feelings for him. I enjoyed this book and will be reading the sequels. I can't wait to read Quentin's book.

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Summary: A MUST READ BOOK !!
Review: Touch of the Wolf by Susan Krinard is one of the best werewolf romances I have read in a long time. Braden Forster, Earl of Greyburn, leader of his clan, has pledged his entire life to restoring the purity of his clan's werewolf blood. He has vowed to make his people strong again and will allow nothing or no one to deter him. Raised by a cruel grandfather, he has become a hard, cold man who will allow nothing to prevent him from restoring his clan's werewolf line. He believes the survival of his race depends on him. For years, he has been searching for a cousin believed to be residing in America. A young woman who possesses a pure wolf bloodline that is linked to his family's heritage. Cassidy Holt was believed lost. Her mother was loup-garou. Her father was human. When she was six years, her father ran off and never came back, leaving her mother to raise her. Once her mother dies, her father's brother, Jonas, claims her and takes her off to his farm in New Mexico. She knows Uncle Jonas doesn't really want her, that he is afraid of her. Yet she has no choice but to go with him. Through the years, Cassidy carries the dream deep within her soul to someday find her mother's family. She is desperately aching to be with family who could love her and teach her how to be werewolf. She knows that somewhere in England her true family waits. With help from her mother's friend, she goes there. One fateful night, she suddenly encounters Braden Forster. Possessing such power, he immediately knows that she is loup-garou (werewolf). When she reveals her name, he feel a sense of triumph that he has found the lost Forster branch. He is determined to restore Cassidy Holt to the Cause - to purify his clan's bloodline. Yet Cassidy is not quite what he had expected. She is attracted to Braden's brooding sensuality and the pain she glimpses deep within his green eyes. She bravely confronts the wall of coldness he has encased himself with and awakens feelings he has long thought dead. But a past betrayal has hardened any tender emotions he might have had. He is so afraid to love again. It is Cassidy's love that allows him to finally see. The only Cause in life is not to preserve his werewolf clan. It is to love . . . . Touch of the Wolf is a powerful love story. A very strong hero who is scarred, physically and mentally by a past betrayal. And so very reluctant to allow any tender emotions to touch him. He tries to remain cold and aloof but Cassidy's uncompromising love finally allows Braden's wall of coldness to crumble. You will not be disappointed by this book.

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Summary: I'm in the Minority Here ... The Story Didn't Work for Me
Review: TOUCH OF THE WOLF is a pedestrian effort. The story - about an American werewolf who goes to England to find her family - is choppy, with holes here and there in the plot, quotes way too much poetry, and is cast with characters who aren't that interesting. The heroine, Cassidy, is not very endearing - she's irritatingly naïve (my eyeballs are rolling right now) and is way too desperate to find love. She also fixates on Braden right from the start, though I don't know why exactly, other than he is the first werewolf she meets. I thought Braden was more flushed out a character than Cassidy or his two siblings. His handicap was promising, though there seemed to be a lot of moments in the book where, superhuman senses aside, the author seemed to forget he WAS handicapped. The story also seemed to suffer from moody melodrama and a need to make a secret out of EVERYTHING. I understand that TOUCH OF THE WOLF is the first of a trilogy, the other two books following the stories of Braden's siblings (an annoying ice queen named Rowena and a cowardly trickster named Quentin). I'm not quite sure I want to bother with their stories. The reason I read TOUCH OF THE WOLF is because I adored TO CATCH A WOLF, which is about Cassidy's brother, Morgan. I'm pretty disappointed that Cassidy's story was so dopey. Oh well.

Update as of Jan 4, 2005: I just read a young adult novel called BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE that dealt with many of the same topics as TOUCH OF THE WOLF, including real-life issues such as fitting in, dealing with the loss of family, etc., as well as werewolf issues like determining the leader of the pack and the rules associated with breeding/mating. I have to say the teen book, BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, was a lot more sophisticated than TOUCH OF THE WOLF in every respect and was a much more engaging read. BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE was shorter and set in modern times with a angst-filled heroine and, while it didn't have the full-blown love scenes found in a romance novel, it had a sexually-tense love triangle that was fun and exciting to read about.

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Summary: It Kept Me Awake Until 3am!
Review: Warning! This book is captivating. I made the mistake of buying it on a Sunday. I couldn't wait to start it and then I couldn't put it down! I finished Touch of the Wolf at 3am and then had to get up at 6 to go to work. Needless to say it wasn't my best Monday! Oh well, it was worth it. This book was incredible. I was stunned when Braden's secret was revealed. I read so much that it amazes me when an author can really catch me out. I really look forward to the next book in this series.