"The Love of a She-Wolf"

Taneika was found in a wolf den when she was a baby. John Swift Eagle was on the hunt for a renegade wolf who was killing his sheep; after he shot the wolf, he found a girl child sleeping with two wolf cubs. He took them all to his home and the tribe allowed him and his wife Mary Songbird to raise the girl. Taneika was definitely "different". Just how different is all part of the story.

Taneika grew to a beautiful loving woman and entered college to further her education. She lived in Cody, Wyoming, in a little cottage thirty miles from the school she was attending. It was hard to keep a wolf as a pet and that is why she chose to live in the woods so people wouldn't be afraid of her friend, Lobo. She had one neighbor, Taren Carpenter, who enjoyed living in the woods too. Taren was posing as a Ranger in the forest but he really was working for the FBI and searching for drug runners. He was close on their heels but still had quite a few unanswered questions. He was given an order to check on someone seeing a woman running naked through the woods with a wolf at her heels, and he couldn't find anything, except he followed the tracks back to Taneika's cottage. From here things started to unfold. Taren asked Taneika to go to a dance with him and this would be their first date. They fell in love and one thing led to another.

Meanwhile Taren's boss, Harold Fallings, took a dislike to Taneika and her wolf. Events occurred to make Taren wonder about his boss and start to put the pieces together. The friends that Taren thought were his friends turned out not to be so.

This story is certainly different. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel and once you get into the intrigue and see a love blossom from a couple who are very different from the norm, I know you will enjoy it too.

Reviewed by Shirley Alguire for Sensual Romance.

Reviewed by Shirley Alguire
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted October 31, 2002

Summary

Undercover agent Taren Carpenter's new neighbor is anything but your average girl next door... Taneika sometimes seems closer to the wolves she cares for than to other people. Her rare gift, an ability to control wild animals, has branded her an outcast within their community. When Taneika inadvertently becomes part of a murder investigation Taren is assigned to, his protective instincts take over. Forced together by danger, passion seals their bond. Taren's heart has fallen, but he only knows half the woman. What will happen when he meets...Daughter of the Wolf.