The Great North Woods Pack #1
by Shawn Underhill
“The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep.” ~ Robert Frost
Evie’s family has been holding out on her …
Big time.
On an unexpected visit to her grandparents’ house in New Hampshire’s secluded North Woods, the sixteen-year-old literally runs into the truth of the long-hidden family secrets, and finds herself thrust without warning into the clandestine world of the Great North Pack—a wild and exhilarating world of rugged beauty, heart-pounding adventures, and long nights running under a sea of stars … but as she’s set to discover, a world also fraught with potential dangers lurking in the shadows.
Excerpt:
Her head was turned up to the sky,
her ears pricked, waiting for the next lines. But instead of the next line of a
melancholy song, she heard next a sound far too close for comfort. From
directly behind her a sudden swishing sound sent her spinning on her heels. As
she whirled and faced the house, a bright shape flashed into her line of sight.
It was her grandfather, robed in white, suddenly standing just this side of the
glass door.
“It’s time,” he said in a low,
serious tone.
“N—now?” Evie stuttered. He had
appeared so quickly, and her nerves were so on edge, that he had startled her.
“Now,” he answered coolly. “Do you
understand how young birds learn to fly?”
“What?” she gasped.
“Do as I say.”
“Do what?” Evie began, but before
she could form the words her grandfather was gone.
In one fluid motion he had stepped
from his robe, dropped in height, lightened in color, spread in width, and in a
blink transformed into a massive white wolf; Evie felt his great weight
creaking the deck boards. Slightly smaller than the wolf of her dream, this
wolf too had eyes that absorbed all of the night’s small light and reflected it
in stormy pools of green. With sides swelling from his first deep breaths of
the night, he stared into her with those piercing eyes. A deep rumble started
low in his belly.
Praise:
"Simply put, this book was amazing. I've read
more fantasy novels than I can count, but this one is certainly one of the
best. The emotions portrayed throughout the book manifest in the reader, and
the imagery is beautiful. The heroine isn't some wishy-washy pansy that screams
at everything, and the focus of the story isn't on some unbelievably beautiful
teenage girl who suddenly becomes the biggest, baddest member of her species
falling in love with some big, bad, sexy member of her newfound species. It's
about a girl becoming something she never knew existed, finding her place
within the pack family she values more than ever before, and an age-old feud
that threatens everything she loves. The story is fast-paced and gripping, and
the purely wild emotions the heroine feels when with her pack come up off the
pages and make the reader smile."
-Morgan-Leigh, Amazon reviewer
About this Author:
LINKS:
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5334576.Shawn_Underhill
Twitter: shawnunder
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I'm not sure how meaningful a comment I can write but this is a great post. The book looks great and I'm intrigued!
ReplyDeleteEven though werewolf books are a dime a dozen these days, this one looks exceptional. I'm intrigued. I like that it's not your typical teen angst fantasy about werewolves, etc. :) Thanks for the post; this is not on my TBR and Amazon wish list. :)
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