My sister slept with the light on until she was 27. She rightfully blames me. I would leap out of closets with my hands made into claws. I would...
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Andrew Dare has found his mate in Silver, but they haven't found the pack they can call home. Tarnished (Tor), the second book in Rhiannon Held's wonderful urban fantasy series, plunges readers into the world of the shape-shifter packs who live hidden among us.
Andrew Dare is a werewolf. He's the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, and responsible for capturing or killing any Were intruders in Roanokes territory. But the lone Were he's tracking doesn't smell or act like anyone he's ever encountered. And when he catches her, it doesn't get any better. She's beautiful, she's crazy, and someone has tortured her by injecting silver into her veins. She says her name is Silver, and that she's lost her wild self and can't shift any more.
The packs in North America have a live-and-let-live attitude, and try not to overlap with each other. But Silver represents a terrible threat to every Were on the continent.
Andrew and Silver will join forces to track down this menace while discovering their own power and their passion for each other.
Review:
"In a world where werewolf pack territory squabbles hide a much bigger threat, Andrew Dare is the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, which covers the entire east coast of the United States. When he tracks down a trespasser in Roanoke territory, he finds Silver, a beautiful woman suffering from silver poisoning and assorted delusions. In his efforts to discover Silver's true identity and pack of origin, Andrew stumbles across a deadly mystery that threatens every werewolf in the country. Now, far from home, he has to play a perilous game of pack politics, recruiting unlikely allies in order to combat the killer who drove Silver insane and murdered her family. Meanwhile, as Andrew spends time with Silver, he grows to understand and care for her. Despite a few interesting twists, smooth writing, and genuine chemistry between the leads, there's little to make this story stand out. Agent: Cameron McClure, Donald Maass Literary Agency. (June)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review:
"Wow. What an amazing read! Held has taken a completely new and utterly believable look at werewolves and pack-based society and spun an engrossing tale that was so engaging I stayed up until 3am to finish it. She writes with the assurance and subtlety of an old hand while bringing something completely new to Urban Fantasy. I loved the characters and the marvelous twists of the story. Silver is a remarkable debut; I'm blown away." Kat Richardson, bestselling author of Greywalker
Synopsis:
Urban fantasy takes a walk on the wild side with this remarkable debut novel.
Product details
320 pages
Tor Books -
English9780765330376
Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review"
by Publishers Weekly,
"In a world where werewolf pack territory squabbles hide a much bigger threat, Andrew Dare is the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, which covers the entire east coast of the United States. When he tracks down a trespasser in Roanoke territory, he finds Silver, a beautiful woman suffering from silver poisoning and assorted delusions. In his efforts to discover Silver's true identity and pack of origin, Andrew stumbles across a deadly mystery that threatens every werewolf in the country. Now, far from home, he has to play a perilous game of pack politics, recruiting unlikely allies in order to combat the killer who drove Silver insane and murdered her family. Meanwhile, as Andrew spends time with Silver, he grows to understand and care for her. Despite a few interesting twists, smooth writing, and genuine chemistry between the leads, there's little to make this story stand out. Agent: Cameron McClure, Donald Maass Literary Agency. (June)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Review"
by Kat Richardson, bestselling author of Greywalker,
"Wow. What an amazing read! Held has taken a completely new and utterly believable look at werewolves and pack-based society and spun an engrossing tale that was so engaging I stayed up until 3am to finish it. She writes with the assurance and subtlety of an old hand while bringing something completely new to Urban Fantasy. I loved the characters and the marvelous twists of the story. Silver is a remarkable debut; I'm blown away."
"Synopsis"
by Netread,
Urban fantasy takes a walk on the wild side with this remarkable debut novel.
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