On a yearly camping trip, David Hardway found a wolf caught in a trap. After rescuing the animal, he couldn’t help feel responsible for her. He knew he couldn’t keep a wild animal as a pet and mourned the loss when he released her back into the wild.  

All Veronica knew was how to run and be free. As a wolf, she lived one day at a time, unable to remember anything from her past. That was until she met David. A yearning to meet him as a human grew inside her, but Veronica knew she wasn’t ready. She had been wolf too long. She needed to practice being human again first.  

On a camping trip with his nephew, Linc, David ran across his wolf. He knew it should have been impossible, but it seemed that she remembered him. He tried to push aside the mystery and focus on his troubled nephew. Apparently Linc hacked into a bank’s computer system and now believed someone has placed a hit on him. When a strange woman appeared out of nowhere, David couldn’t help but be suspicious.  

The first meeting didn’t go as well as Veronica had hoped, only David’s inherent goodness kept him from kicking her out of his campsite. The longer they spent time together, the more David’s suspicions grew. She knew it was only a matter of time before he found out about her secret. When the mystery of her past was slowly revealed, Veronica feared she will not only loose David’s trust, but the last of her humanity as well.  

Jorrie Spencer has created some wonderful characters. Their emotions were so vivid and realistic, I couldn’t help be pulled into their lives. I love David and Veronica separate, but they made the perfectly matched couple. The tension steadily grew through the novel and the pacing kept me turning the pages. If you read a story for fascinating characters and want to be entertained, don’t miss book two in the strength series, Strength of the Wolf.

October 1, 2007