The Wolf Next Door (Westfield Wolves, #3)

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The Wolf Next Door (Westfield Wolves #3)

by Lydia Dare (Goodreads Author)

3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 · rating details · 893 ratings · 92 reviews

In Lydia Dare's debut trilogy, Regency England has gone to the wolves!

They can't even be in the same room together...

Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her...

But staying apart is even worse...

Lord William throws hi...more

Paperback, 395 pages

Published June 1st 2010 by Sourcebooks Casablanca (first published 2010)

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Nov 28, 2010 Joelle rated it 5 of 5 stars

Really enjoyed this. I like to see a happy ending. I was so hoping this couple would get to together as Will was so sexy and the chemistry between him and Prissy (nickname) was always there but fighting it. She loved will all along and never thought he would be hers. Will loved her all along but fought his love for her because he was afraid she would love him if he really new what he was.But another Lycan (werewolf) is encroaching on Wills staked claim.He now was to come up with a plan to make P...more

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May 26, 2010 Anna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviews, historical-pnr

Years ago an incident occurred resulting in a failed elopement. Ever since Will & Prisca have been at each other's throats -- even though they were still very much in love with each other. Not that either of them would admit it. But when another werewolf takes an interest in Prisca, Will is determined to do anything to finally make Prisca his for good.

When Will & Prisca appear on the pages of A Certain Wolfish Charm bickering and taunting each other I knew this was gonna be a very intere...more

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Oct 13, 2012 Melody May rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, paranormal, romance

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So, I have been on a Lydia Dare kick if you haven't notice. I really love these books, because they are a lot of fun. Plus, they're paranormal and regency, seriously the best of both worlds. Anyways, I have been re-reading The Wolf Next Door these last couple of days. So, here is my summary and what I thought of it.

Prisca Hawthorne has been living next door to the Westfields her whole life and never knew there secret. However, she carries her own secret to...more

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Sep 26, 2012 May Mostly Romance rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, paranormal

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Mar 30, 2012 Johanna rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Wolf Next Door
(The Westfield Wolves Book #3)
by Lydia Dare

Genre: Paranormal Romance

They can't even be in the same room together...Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her...But staying apart is even worse...Lord William throws himself into drinking, gambling, and debauchery and pretends not to care about Prisca at all. But when he retu...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Marie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jul 25, 2011 Sandy M rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical, paranormal, shapeshifters, werewolves

I’ve been anxiously awaiting this book since I read the first in this series. We get hints and even a few actual interactions between William and Prisca in A Certain Wolfish Charm and Tall, Dark and Wolfish to whet our appetites just enough to intrigue us and hold us captive until their turn finally comes along. And the wait is definitely worth it.

First I have to say what a terrific job Ms. Dare is doing in keeping the quality and consistency of this series very high. That doesn’t always happen...more I’ve been anxiously awaiting this book since I read the first in this series. We get hints and even a few actual interactions between William and Prisca in A Certain Wolfish Charm and Tall, Dark and Wolfish to whet our appetites just enough to intrigue us and hold us captive until their turn finally comes along. And the wait is definitely worth it.

First I have to say what a terrific job Ms. Dare is doing in keeping the quality and consistency of this series very high. That doesn’t always happen in a series and disappointment sets in sometime along the way. But Ms. Dare has stayed true to her characters and given us storylines that aren’t similar and stand on their own. I really appreciate that as a reader.

Will and Prisca have been in love for years now, but when their elopement failed, they’ve kept their distance from each other in their own way to keep their individual hurt at bay. Will took his heartbreak to the extreme of debauchery, drinking and womanizing to his heart’s content, but none of it ever made him forget Priss. She pushed him away with insults and a haughtiness only Priss can convey.

Now her brothers have decided to work together to trap William into marrying Prisca. Everyone but the two of them know they love each other, so, out of patience, the Hawthorne brothers take matters in hand. At this same time, a feral wolf is visiting, a friend of Blaine Hawthorne’s. He’s immediately enamored of Prisca and is determined to have her.

Over Will’s dead body, of course. Having a rival stirs his possessive instincts and Will makes sure the intruder doesn’t have a chance to claim his woman. He takes his scheme a little too far, however, trapping Prisca just as her brothers would trap Will, but his deceit has further-reaching consequences than he’d imagined. I so loved it when he tried to make those consequences right. I think Prisca did too. It’s the start of her thawing toward him, anyway.

Prisca is strong and as independent as a woman can be in her day. She’s able to choose her mate, turning down anyone and everyone who’s offered for her since her breakup with Will. Though she tells herself she doesn’t love him, her heart knows better. She tries to deny him when they’re together, but the man knows just how to sweet talk her and arouse her. And he does his best every chance he gets. He frustrates himself, Pricsa, and the reader every time he touches her, kisses her, tastes her. The man is a walking arousal machine.

Wearing her down little by little, finally telling the truth about his deception, and taking care of that outsider pup, Will is close to his goal. Or so he thinks. He’s one of those men who can’t seem to get a word right out of his mouth. He’s a man of showing, not telling, but Prisca needs the words. He has to learn to talk to her if wants her forever. Though there’s a lot of fun to be had before this particular lesson. He just can’t seem to get anything right outside of the sexual tension between them and Prisca exploits it as often as she can.

In the midst of all of this, Prisca is discovering Will’s other side, something she refuses to believe at first. But she eventually puts it all together and has no choice but to believe. I really enjoyed the scenes when Will comes to her in his wolf form and when he talks of those times later in the book. Priss finally has her wolf and her man all in one.

This has been a tremendously fun series. I love all of the characters, who are always involved quite a bit in each book, which makes me like them that much more. So far I believe the second book, Tall, Dark and Wolfish, is my favorite - I just love the storyline of that one - but it’s only by a hair.

There is a fourth book in the works, Taming of the Wolf. I was a little surprised when I first realized who the hero is, but now that I’ve thought about it, it makes sense and should be a very interesting addition to the series.

If you haven’t read this series yet, give it a try. It’s not your same old wolf story.

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Jul 24, 2011 Mlleelizabeth rated it 1 of 5 stars

Really 1.5 stars. I finally slogged my way through this thing, skimming a great deal between the 25% and 50% mark. I still cannot stand the heroine. She was great in the first book in the series, A Certain Wolfish Charm, and I do recommend that book. But Prisca's undergone a horrible personality transplant, nothing she thinks or says makes much sense, she's rude and hateful and I feel awful for the hero for being stuck with her. Despite feeling bad for him, I also felt that Will underwent a bit...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Zeek rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantica, romance, hist-pnr, hist-rom, pnr, pnromantica, shifters, kindle

I found Wolf Next Door to be thoroughly… meh.

I started off excited about this one because I love a good best friends becoming more story and I truly liked the first two entries in this series. Unfortunately the heroine’s stubborn determination to believe the worst of the hero- (she says more than once, "I dont plan to make this easy for you" and she didn't for the reader either)- creates the most overused plot device to contrive conflict in a romance novel out there right now- “the big misunder...more

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Aug 18, 2010 Melindeeloo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-paranormal-romance, paranormal-romance-shapeshifters

After reading a Wolf Next Door I just couldn't wait to find out what happens to Prisca and William who had such a strong presence in their supporting roles - there was just so much tension between the former sweethearts. So I cheated and skipped over Tall, Dark and Wolfish(brother Ben, the hero of the second book, didn't even appear in the first book, so I wasn't going to let his story get in the way of my instant gratification. Though I'll likely read his tale too at some point)

The motivation...more

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Jul 15, 2010 Liz rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Wolf Next Door is third and in my opinion, funniest of the Lydia Dare’s Regency werewolves, or rather, Lycans trilogy. It’s also the story that’s been hinted at since the beginning – the story of Prisca Hawthorne and William Westfield who have been antagonizing each other ever since a failed elopement years ago.

This is also the least sexually descriptive of the novels, which didn’t detract from it. The story and the characters were more important than the shagging.

Prisca has lived next door...more The Wolf Next Door is third and in my opinion, funniest of the Lydia Dare’s Regency werewolves, or rather, Lycans trilogy. It’s also the story that’s been hinted at since the beginning – the story of Prisca Hawthorne and William Westfield who have been antagonizing each other ever since a failed elopement years ago.

This is also the least sexually descriptive of the novels, which didn’t detract from it. The story and the characters were more important than the shagging.

Prisca has lived next door to the Westfields for years, unaware of their lunar activities. She’s also had to contend with several older brothers of her own who at this point in time has decided it’s time to marry her off. They like William, so they are trying to devise a plan to make it appear that William has compromised Prisca. They’ve also invited a school friend for the holidays, Dashiel Thorpe. Unbeknownst to them, he is also a Lycan who falls for Prisca’s charms as well. This moves William to action.

I do like that Prisca isn’t a complete moron. There’s a wolf that’s been visiting her garden on full moons since she was a child, the moment she realizes William is a Lycan, it isn’t a huge mind-blowing revolution that he is, indeed, the same wolf.

While this is really quite an amusing story, it does suffer a little toward the end when there are constant interruptions of the Conversation That Will Resolve Everything. Also, some storylines are tied up and little too quickly and neatly, but I expect that this was more because of word count issues than the author’s neglect or laziness. This novel has so many characters; I can’t help but feel a lot was cut out.

Really, the best parts are when siblings are interacting:

Excerpt:

”I can’t believe she refused to come back with us,” Blaine grumbled as Emory paced the length of their father’s study. Garrick sat in a high-backed chair, staring at the floor and clenching his jaw every few seconds.

“What did you expect her to do? Be happy we arrived to rescue her? She’d never have been placed in that situation if not for our meddling.” Garrick pointed a finger at Emory, Darius, and Blain in turn; his expression so stern that Emory feared a lightning bolt would split the heavens and cleave the three of them into sixes.

“And why did Blackmoor have a musket in the blasted cottage? If she’d never found that, we’d have been able to force her to return.”

“None of this is Blackmoor’s fault.” Garrick’s frown darkened. He was correct, of course. The musket belonged to the duke, but the five of them had given Prisca the ammunition and desire to pull the trigger.

“You should have seen the look on your face when she lifted that gun to her shoulder,” Blaine said, a smile breaking across his mouth. “And the way Will dove for cover was priceless.”
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Jun 05, 2010 Booklover1335 rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010

Prisca Hawthorne has grown up adored, loved, indulged, and protected by her family of all men. From an early age she has been in love with her neighbor William Westfield, but she believes that she can never trust him with her heart because of the numerous gossip rags that have recounted his many exploits which were only reinforced by her brother’s recounts of their adventures together.

William Westfield has grown up with the Hawthornes and has always known that Prisca was his one true love. When...more

Prisca Hawthorne has grown up adored, loved, indulged, and protected by her family of all men. From an early age she has been in love with her neighbor William Westfield, but she believes that she can never trust him with her heart because of the numerous gossip rags that have recounted his many exploits which were only reinforced by her brother’s recounts of their adventures together.

William Westfield has grown up with the Hawthornes and has always known that Prisca was his one true love. When she jilts him on the eve of their elopement, believing he fathered a child with another woman, William tries to forget his love for the woman who no longer wishes to have anything to do with him by drinking, gambling and seducing too many women to count…yet he secretly seeks her out while in his wolf form where she unknowingly forms a lasting bond with him.

I found The Wolf Next Door to be a bit frustrating…mostly because of it’s heroine, Prisca, and her inability or unwillingness to believe in and trust in Will. Even after she finds that Will was falsely named as the father of the child to another woman, she fears his unfaithfulness, thus starts four years of rejection for Will. She even goes as far as testing his renewed attempts to build their relationship by asking her maid to try and seduce him, yet remained unconvinced of his sincerity even after he rejects the maid’s attempts. I felt like Will was constantly being ridiculed, tested and rejected for virtually the entire story, but without any personal incidents to support Prisca’s fears it seemed like he was beating his head against an unwavering and solidly built brick wall. Frankly, if I would have been Will, I would have given up on Prisca…and this may have been because the only Prisca that the reader gets to know is “rejection” Prisca, not the Prisca that Will knew and grew to love as a young man.

It seemed as if Prisca’s same fears were rehashed over and over again without any new incidents to explain her continued reluctance to give Will another chance (even though technically he was never unfaithful to her during their courtship). Because so much of the story focused on Prisca there was very little character growth in Will’s character. Unlike his two brother’s story who both seemed to have some aspect of their Lycan nature to overcome while finding love, the only thing that Will had to overcome was Prisca’s reluctant pig-headedness, as well as his conflict with the rival for Prisca’s affections.

It’s not that I disliked Prisca, because honestly you don’t learn much more about her than she believes Will is a complete “hound dog” (pun intended) and that’s what was so exasperating and wearisome. The reader can’t get beyond Will’s potential to be unfaithful because Prisca can’t get beyond it. She accepts his wolf and his Lycan heritage much more willingly than she accepts his love. Because their story focused on her fears for so much of the story it seemed very one dimensional compared to Ben and Elspeth’s enchanting love story in Tall, Dark and Wolfish. Consequently, I was a little bit disappointed in The Wolf Next Door. Despite my feelings about The Wolf Next Door I do plan on putting the next book in this series, The Taming of the Wolf, on my wish list because I enjoy the supporting characters and the writing style of Lydia Dare.

Ratings:

Overall: 3.25 stars

Sensuality level: 2.50 (one love scene, and a few intimate moments that are somewhat descriptive)(less)

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May 27, 2010 Blodeuedd Finland rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance, paranormal-romance

I must say that this was my favourite book of the 3. Why, well everyone that have read them know about William and Prisca, their constant banter and how they seem to loathe each other, but at the same time they do seem to like each other...a lot. With that in mind I started this book.

We finally get an explanation why Prisca takes every opportunity she gets so verbally abuse William. There was a failed elopement years ago, and neither got over that. It is obvious that they still have feelings for...more

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Sep 27, 2010 Jessica rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-romance, paranormal-romance

I really liked Will and Prisca in the first book-- they were both sympathetic, mischievous and intelligent and seemed like they would be a good pairing. In this book, however, there was no (intentional) mischief and little intelligence in their actions. Will finally realized that he maybe did want Prisca enough to let her know that he wanted her, maybe, and only because another werewolf showed interest in her. Prisca thought that Will was too busy chasing the skirt of every woman in the vicinity...more

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Sep 16, 2010 Jo (My House of Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars

My favorite book of the series, I think. I've been waiting for Will and Prisca ever since their initial spark in A Certain Wolfish Charm. Drinking and cavorting are no help to Will in forgetting that he truly loves Prisca; her icy demeanor toward him doesn't ease her heartache.

Several things caught my attention though, particularly concerning Will's and Prisca's botched elopement. Prisca was 15 at the time; Will was older, 19 or 20? That's young, shockingly young, I thought.

When it's made know...more

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May 08, 2013 Thenia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, paranormal, historical-romance, series

Likable but did not live up to expectations, unfortunately.

Prisca acts like a spoiled brat for most of the book, acting out because although things turned out mostly the way she wanted, it wasn't how she wanted so instead of trying to make the best of it she decides to make everything worse. Jumping to conclusions and making assumptions earn her more negative points and she ended up annoying me quite a bit.

Will was likable enough, scrambling to make Prisca happy and getting the cold shoulder aga...more

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Jun 19, 2010 Marsha rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Adults

I was truly looking forward to reading, The Wolf Next Door, book three of the Westfield Brothers since Will Westfield, the second brother is my favorite character. However, I was somewhat dissapointed with this installment.

Will and Prisca Hawthorne have had a prickly relationship since their failed elopement many years ago. They both believe the other does not still care and their snippiness towards each other is heartbreaking. All of that changes when a lycan, Dashiel Thorpe (The Earl of Brimsw...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: virgin-heroines, fated-mates, regency, second-chances, witchcraft, paranormal-historical

The Wolf Next Door
3 Stars

Synopsis:
Prisca Hawthorne has had it in for William Westfield ever since their failed elopement. She is convinced that she can never trust him again and is determined to make him miserable. William has always loved Prisca and hopes she will forgive him one day, but when a rival Lycan appears on the scene, William realizes that time is running out and he will have to do something to claim the woman he has always wanted.

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I've wanted to read this book since meeting P...more

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Jun 16, 2010 Leslie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

Ah, William's book. I've been interested in William since he first showed up in A Certain Wolfish Charm (book 1). He's the rake of the family with a wicked, humorous side that I found so very appealing. He's also crazy in love with his next door neighbor. They have a rocky history full of immaturity and misunderstandings that has played a role in keeping them apart. With William trying to keep his distance and Prisca baiting him at every turn, you wouldn't think they would get a second chance at...more Ah, William's book. I've been interested in William since he first showed up in A Certain Wolfish Charm (book 1). He's the rake of the family with a wicked, humorous side that I found so very appealing. He's also crazy in love with his next door neighbor. They have a rocky history full of immaturity and misunderstandings that has played a role in keeping them apart. With William trying to keep his distance and Prisca baiting him at every turn, you wouldn't think they would get a second chance at love.

But there's nothing like a rival to make a man sit up and take notice. That's what happens to Will when he finds another man sniffing around Prisca. He gets all alpha over the new guy on the block and lets it be known that if anyone is going to marry Prisca, it will be him. Unfortunately for William, the new guy doesn't back down which makes for lots of tension. Prisca's brothers also get involved since they have decided she needs to marry. They start scheming towards that end. Prisca decides to use all of this new attention to her advantage by, yep, making Will jealous.

Prisca might be considered spoiled by some readers and I can understand that perception. She's the youngest and only female in a family of men who are not always sure how to deal with Prisca and her antics. But they love her dearly and try to make her happy. She's not at all quiet or demure, but rather outspoken for a woman of her time. Her brothers are such a diverse group of men that I can certainly see some spin-off books down the road. I liked how they had similar viewpoints of their sister but different ideas of how to get Prisca to the alter.

There is also Will's family and they have their own ideas about Will and Prisca. Will's mother, who is ill, adores Prisca and treats her as the daughter she never had. Prisca gets along well with Ben, Will's youngest brother, but the duke is another story. Prisca enjoys irritating Simon, Will's eldest brother and Duke of Blackmoor, who is the pack alpha. We get to see Simon and Lily and Ben and Elspeth, the heroes and heroines from the first two books. I liked catching up with them and seeing how their relationships are progressing. They are skeptical when it come to Prisca but keep an open mind about her and Will, except for Simon. He doesn't like her.

The banter between Will and Prisca was wonderful. You could tell it had become a time honored tradition for them to dispense with politeness and get down to teasing and sometimes sharp remarks. Sometimes they said things that were hurtful towards the other which only showed the pain each of them felt because of their past history. I liked the way they had to work towards looking beyond their past and start to trust the each other with their secret desires and needs.

Once again, the writing team of Lydia Dare (Tammy Falkner and Jodie Pearson) have written a unique paranormal historical romance that left me wanting more. Luckily, they have another book coming out this fall. The Taming of the Wolf is the four book in the series and scheduled for release this November.(less)

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Jul 27, 2011 Becky Moe rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, historical

Well, I agree with the reviewer who said that the Prisca of this book is NOTHING like the strong, independent woman we saw in book one. She's witchy-with-a-B (and that's saying something, 'cause there's two actual witches in this book), insecure, and really, not a very sympathetic character. If I were Will (who acts like an idiot, yes, but doesn't deserve all she puts him through in the end), I would have left her at her father's around page ten. It's like she had a book-long bout of uber-PMS. (...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Kris rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: british, family-drama, historical-paranormal-romance, historical-romance, historical-fiction, paranormal-urban-fantasy, romance, series

4 STARS "Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her...But staying apart is even worse...Lord William throws himself into drinking, gambling, and debauchery and pretends not to care about Prisca at all. But when he returns to find a rival werewolf vying for her hand, he'll stop at nothing to claim the woman who should have been his all along....more

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Jul 11, 2010 Susan Jackson rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: nookbooks

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Dec 10, 2010 Booked rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormals-fantasy-sci-fi, friends-and-lovers

They can't even be in the same room together...

Ever since their failed elopement years ago, Prisca Hawthorne has taunted, insulted, and in every way tried to push him away. If only her heart didn't break every time Lord William Westfield left her...

But staying apart is even worse...

Lord William throws himself into drinking, gambling, and debauchery and pretends not to care about Prisca at all. But when he returns to find a rival werewolf vying for her hand, he'll stop at nothing to claim the wom...more

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Feb 22, 2012 Tania rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm impressed with how well each of the stories in this series wrap around each other; questions from the last book are answered in the next and Dare continues to flesh out the characters we've met. Of the three books I've read, though, this was my least favorite. I didn't feel Will and Prisca were as true to their originally presented personalities as the other characters, and their romance was a bit tedious, too long-drawn out. That's not to say this wasn't a steamy romance novel - the couple...more

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Aug 11, 2010 Judith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Third in Lydia Dare's trilogy, this is a fun story of Lord William Westfield and his pursuit of Miss Prisca Hawthorne, only daughter and youngest in a family of six. She was set to elope with Lord William when she was sixteen, but when that assignation fell through due to terrible rumor and misunderstanding, their attraction and love for one another became a hair shirt both barely endured for four years. Now Prisca's brothers are determined to get her married so she will stop interfering in thei...more

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Jan 28, 2011 Billie Jo rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: misc-historical-romance

Each one of Dare's books just got better each time! These books have been my first in paranormal - I usually read historical romance. Dare is what I consider more of a PG author but well worth reading! The werewoves are somewhat on the tame side but again, I don't have much experience in paranormal. The story is more focused on the plot with well written characters. There isn't as much detail on the foreplay and sexual tension that are throughout the historical romance books I've read by Julia Q...more

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Aug 30, 2011 Erica Gonzalez rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the one in the series I had waited anxiously to get to. Will has become my favorite out of the three Westfield brothers, and Prisca my favorite female character, so far. So I was really excited when I finally got to their story.

I love how in this book the tables are turned. Will has to deal with someone else vying for Prisca's hand. Prisca isn't interested but Will doesn't know that, and she's not telling. I think that this is my favorite so far from Lydia Dare. Prisca had Will wrapped a...more

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Aug 25, 2010 The Readings of a Busy Mom Riaz rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The Wolf Next Door is the third part in The Westerfield Brother Trilogy but you don't have to read the previous two, to thoroughly enjoy this novel as you don't miss out much it would do great as a stand alone. Lydia writes with a natural skill her work flows and I found my self lost within the pages of The Wolf Next Door completely devouring it in a matter of hours and when I was finished I wanted more. It had all the things I needed right now in a novel....a historical setting, a set of hunky...more The Wolf Next Door is the third part in The Westerfield Brother Trilogy but you don't have to read the previous two, to thoroughly enjoy this novel as you don't miss out much it would do great as a stand alone. Lydia writes with a natural skill her work flows and I found my self lost within the pages of The Wolf Next Door completely devouring it in a matter of hours and when I was finished I wanted more. It had all the things I needed right now in a novel....a historical setting, a set of hunky lycans, a bad guy, love, romance and humour, a much needed and speedy read.

The Wolf Next Door is about Prisca and William Westerfield a couple who are in denial about there love for each other. Will is a hunk of a man who is also a Lycan, a man who has done wrong but is trying to put it right, I loved his charm, his wit, his confidence and his manner yup you got it, I fell head over heals for him and then there is his love Prisca....a girl I was at ends with she frustrated me with her innocence and yet her maturity made me love her....I never knew it was possible to have both characteristics but she held them both....she was a girl who knew what she wanted when she wanted it and wouldn't let nothing or no one get in her way until it was Will of course, her humour had me laughing out loud, her stubbornness had me sympathising with her and if that wasn't enough she was down right crazy and all a girl can do is love her.

The Wolf Next Door is a fabtastic read...one I'm eager to continue...Lydia writes with great flow that allows you to breeze with minimal creases to the spine ;o) I'm eager to get my hands on the previous 2 novels,

Bk1 - A Certain Wolfish Charm,
Bk2 - Tall Dark and Wolfish
and then there is the need to continue with

Bk4 - The Taming of the Wolf
So yeah I'm a little addicted to Lydia right now, I have never read a single page of her writing before but after reading The Wolf Next Door I'm hooked like a fish after bait I mean WOW! A definite recommendation to all my Adult readers.

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Jun 13, 2012 Rachael rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Ok i just started this one (didnt realise that it was book 3) (nearly done like 85% read or something)
its an interesting story but I Find that Prisca often is letting her past dictate her future and yers there has been misunderstandings in the past but shes not getting past that and giving him another chance ....

i did like the book .. though prissy annoyed me muchly ... esp when she kept pushing will away ... at times i thought he would give up ... but certain scenes at the end made up for the s...more

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Oct 06, 2010 Bobby rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Lydia Dare is the pseudonym for the writing team of Tammy Falkner and Jodie Pearson. Both are active members of the Heart of Carolina Romance Writers and have sat on the organization's Board of Directors. Their writing process involves passing a manuscript back and forth, each one writing 1500 words after editing the other's previous installment. Jodie specializes in writing the history and Tammy...more

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