Vella Munn's Touch of the Wolf

[Eva Millien]

Blurb:

(Off Goodreads)

Family.Abandon as a child, Winter Barstow is a woman without a family history and few clues to lead her in the right direction. When a stolen artifact from the Olympic National Forest arrives at her door, Winter travels to the remote outpost in Washington in search of who sent it to her and why. Instead of answers, she finds the handsome, yet moody Forest Ranger Jay Raven hiding from his heritage.

Freedom.

Jay’s attraction to Winter is instantaneous, and powerful. To admit it, however, means Jay must recognize a culture he’s left behind—something he’s not willing to do. But when Winter discovers the body of her college mentor, her life is in danger and only the call of the wolf can lead Jay to her side and back to his Native American ways.

And a love strong enough to offer both.

Having just embraced his family, Jay is now faced with a difficult decision: turn his brother in for the theft of ancient tribal artifacts, or protect him. Worse yet is protecting Winter as her continued search for the thieves leads a target for killers. Now Winter and Jay must embrace their heritage and the spirit of the wolf to save Winter’s life, as well as the love that has brought them home.

My Review

This is an intriguing and fascinating paranormal romance steeped in Native American culture.

Winter Barstow is a woman without a family history and few clues to lead her in the right direction. When she is sent a stolen artifact from the Olympic National Forest, she travels to a remote outpost in Washington to discover why it was sent to her and finds the handsome and moody Jay Raven.  A forest ranger, Jay is hiding from his heritage and the attraction he feels for Winter is instantaneous and powerful.  When Winter finds her college mentor’s body she makes herself a target for his killer and Jay must embrace his heritage in order to protect her.

This slow to steady paced plot is full of suspense, romance and a spiritual journey for two people looking for answers.  The author brings the story to life with vivid images that grab the reader’s attention, lots of tension building suspense and compelling characters. The attraction between Winter and Jay a smoldering passion that builds throughout the story and the author conveys that passion, their emotions and their personalities with intense details that ensures that the reader can easily relate to them.

The author captures the imagination and immerses the reader into another culture one ripe with traditions and spiritual connections that add depth to the story.  The author keeps the reader guessing with surprises, twists and suspicious characters in the universal conflict of greed and personal accomplishments.

The only problem I had was that at the beginning the story seemed to drag, but things quickly picked up and I found the story to be enjoyable and that while the story had lots of Native American culture and references, she used terminology and language that I could follow and not get lost trying to figure out what things meant. 

3 STARS    3 Flames

Purchase Links:

http://www.amazon.com/Touch-Wolf-Entangled-Ignite-Vella-ebook/dp/B0...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/touch-of-the-wolf-vella-munn/111771...

https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-touchofthewolf-1384040-142...

About Vella Munn

(Off Goodreads)

I’m married, the mother of two sons, grandmother to four, and happily owned by two rescue dogs. My hobby, for lack of a different word, is digging in the dirt. I love going for walks and hate shopping.

Also writes as Dawn Flindt and Heather Williams.