Kiss of the Wolf
Desire is a beast...

1877 - The Dead
are Walking
Someone gave the Turks,
a human government, the means of making the dead walk
-- a forbidden magic, and its been spreading across
the Eastern European countryside like wildfire. The
Penumbral Court, the hidden world of magic, has been
cleansing the plagued towns by the only known means
of stopping the dead from walking fire. But the
source, the maker of the hideous spell, is yet undiscovered.
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Thorn Ferrell, a courier for the US Secret service,
and a werewolf, is sent to Europe at the dawn of the
Turko-Russian war. All she has to do is deliver a package
and her term of service is finally over.
Yaroslav, once Prince of Luske during the dark ages,
is a vampire. Driven from his home by a plague of the
walking dead, Yaroslav is determined to discover who
made the dead walk and why.
High in the Carpathian mountains, werewolf and vampire
meet and embrace for a fleeting moment of peace. She
flees in the sunlight to continue her mission, but the
vampire is determined to keep his newfound lover. During
her journey Thorn comes face to face with Max, another
werewolf. However, unlike her, this werewolf is insane.
And the Horror has come to town.
Fleeing the other werewolf and the walking dead,
Thorn finds her vampire lover in big trouble. It seems
that the Penumbral Court thinks that Yaroslav, a powerful
mage in his own right, is the culprit behind the plague
of walking dead. Thorn is the vampire's only proof that
there is another mage, an unknown sorcerer, doing forbidden
magic.
In the mean time...
The sorcerer wants his werewolf back.
Trapped
between the politics of the Penumbral Senate and the
malevolent machinations of a hidden sorcerer, an ancient
vampire and a modern werewolf struggle to find the cause
behind a plague of the walking dead, before it brings
a war that will put the entire unsuspecting world of
mortal kind under the control of the less than sympathetic
Penumbral Realm.
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From the back cover: Thorn Ferrell is a courier for the new American Secret Service, entrusted with carrying a secret message into Rumania in the dead of winter. It would be impossible for anyone to pass the Carpathian Mountains, but not Thorn, for she is also a werewolf. Settling into a deep cave for the night, she senses something else there in the dark...something not quite human, something that provokes both fear and a primal lust. And then he appears - tall, sensual, predatory, with black eyes and a body of carved beauty...
As a vampire, Yaroslav is used to hunting for prey. But the beautiful naked woman who emerges from the wolf's form arouses a far different hunger. She is his equal in power, sensual skill, and carnal appetite. If he cannot tame her, he can certainly pleasure her. As they spend the night taking each other to new heights of raw need and unimaginable bliss, Yaroslav experiences something new, a desire so deep he will do anything to keep his new lover by his side forever.
4 STARS! ~ Romantic Times Bookclub!
"This book is a page-turner for anyone who likes reading paranormals and historicals. Hawke does a good job of combining passionate paranormal lovers with a historical background. This is one to savor on a cold winter night."
Reviewed By: Ann Wilwert
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