Book 26, 2021

Wolf Moon by Patricia Rosemoor

My rating: 3 of 5 stars



Finished my work book at lunch today. It was Wolf Moon by Patricia Rosemoor. The book is part of her "McKenna Legacy" series in the Harlequin Intrigue line. The main character is Aileen McKenna.

Aileen has come to Wolf Creek to study wolves in the wild as part of her thesis. Once there, she learns that a man was killed, and the locals believe it was a wolf that did it. Aileen thinks otherwise, and she enlists the aid of handsome, aloof Rhys Lindgren to take her into the wilderness to observe wolves in the wild. Aileen can't help but be nervous around Rhys. She feels an odd connection to him that she can't shake, and being in Wolf Creek has caused long-buried memories from a traumatic childhood incident to surface. When another man is killed, Aileen is determined to prove it wasn't due to a marauding timber wolf. However, when she begins to hear whispers of werewolf, she can't help but wonder just what is really going on in Wolf Creek.

The premise was interesting. The action took place over the course of about a week, which always makes the inevitable 'true love' a bit incredible, but whatever. What bothered me the most were the number of killings. I mean, we can't just have a murder or two? It has to be about half a dozen people by the time it's all said and done? The culprit was easy enough to guess, but I never did figure out ( Spoiler )

Aileen was a three-dimensional character, but I didn't get as much insight into Rhys' character. The plot moved at a frantic pace, but it was a short book so that's understandable.

Favorite lines:
♣ An angry McKenna stood her ground.
♣ "...I'll drink to all women finding their strength, whatever that might be."

Average read, average score