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Wilderness
Alice White has a secret that stalks her steps and shadows herevery thought and feeling. There is no friend or family membershe can trust and confide in, especially not the strangers who areher willing accomplices in the fevered one-night stands that areas close as she dares come to love. Then she meets Erik Summers,a college professor and biologist, who inspires a passion
...moreHardcover, 255 pages
Published
April 1st 1991
by Poseidon Press
(first published 1991)
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This apparently was his first novel - it's fabulous.
I'm just reading the snippets of Praise on the back of it, however, and some people talk garbage. I'm always wary of Words Of Praise on the backs of books! Some says "I know that women are capable of doing anything we set our minds to, and this book is a map of the dark birthplace of female resolve." Huh?! This book is about a woman who is, through no fault of her own, a werewolf. She spends her first year (from puberty) enjoying it, but then,...more
I'm just reading the snippets of Praise on the back of it, however, and some people talk garbage. I'm always wary of Words Of Praise on the backs of books! Some says "I know that women are capable of doing anything we set our minds to, and this book is a map of the dark birthplace of female resolve." Huh?! This book is about a woman who is, through no fault of her own, a werewolf. She spends her first year (from puberty) enjoying it, but then,...more
I liked this story, it was a sweet love story, kind of like the little book that could.
Alice was great fun right away. She is a werewolf in therapy, where her biggest issue is she can't get close to anyone. When she wants sex she picks up some guy. She both longs for and doesn't want the closeness of other people. I think this comes from how she first learned she was a werewolf, it wasn't a great experience. As you learn more about Alice and how she dealt with her "condition" you really admire...more
Alice was great fun right away. She is a werewolf in therapy, where her biggest issue is she can't get close to anyone. When she wants sex she picks up some guy. She both longs for and doesn't want the closeness of other people. I think this comes from how she first learned she was a werewolf, it wasn't a great experience. As you learn more about Alice and how she dealt with her "condition" you really admire...more
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Wilderness, originally published in 1991, has recently been rereleased. I presume it’s because tales of lycanthropy are all the rage at the moment. Wilderness is an excellent novel and I’m thrilled that it will get the chance to reach new readers — myself included, as I hadn’t heard of it until the new edition popped up on shelves — and at the same time, I hope it will find its way to readers who will appreciate it for what it is rather than wishing it were something else. I worry that the new c...more
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Primarily a story about the trials of love, Wilderness has as its heroine Alice White, a woman who has kept herself shut off emotionally because of a shameful secret. When she meets Erik, they fall in love and she decides to tell him who she really is--a werewolf. Of course he doesn't believe her, and their resulting soul-searching is painful to share. Alice's main concern was to be believed and accepted; so at Erik's rejection she decides actively to explore her animal half. Matters are complic...more
Dec 01, 2008
Ngaire
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Lynn
Erm. Not sure what I think about this one. It took ages to really hold my attention. I guess I kept waiting for the big conflict to erupt - and it never did. It's a love story. And that's kind of it. I'm accustomed to the Buffy/X-Files/Supernatural school where no one is just a vampire or a werewolf or a shapeshifter - it always has wider ramifications for them and their worlds. That being said, the characters were solid and pretty realistic - strangely enough, for a werewolf novel. It just didn...more
I got this from the romance section and even though it is basically a love story it is not typical of romance werewolf stories. Or even typical of romances in general. The hero is a beta hero. The writing was a bit pretentious in places. This was obviously written by a man. Examples are (keeping in mind I am talking about ROMANCES written by women not women writers in general) the heroine as a wolf takes a sh**. Never do women include this in romance novels as that just isn't romantic. Also the...more
I found it difficult to get into for most of the book, but towards the end I enjoyed it. It was interesting enough to hold my attention but it took me a while to get through the first 2/3 of it.
I read this werewolf tale years ago and still remember the wonderful ending. Recommended.
too slow for me. But his Circuit of Heaven is FANTASTIC.
Wasn't what I was looking for in a book.
Boy meets girl.
Boy loses girl.
Boy tries to win girl back.
Girl is werewolf.
Oddly enough, I liked it!
Boy loses girl.
Boy tries to win girl back.
Girl is werewolf.
Oddly enough, I liked it!
Good twist on werewolf story
Read long time ago. Being werewolf... falling in love with an usual man. To tell to him or not? Whether it helps or not? Although it was "sensuous, erotic and compelling" story while reading, it is almost forgotten. So, I can not give more than 2/5.
I bought this book because it takes place in Richmond, VA where I grew up. The book was okay, but I probably won't read others by this author unless recommended by someone on Goodreads.
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definitely not just another werewolf story - since paranormal stuff is so popular these days y'all should check it out
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This was suggested in a RA blog as an adult read-alike for Twilight fans
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