The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf, #2)

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The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf (Naked Werewolf #2)

by Molly Harper (Goodreads Author)

3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 · rating details · 3,409 ratings · 341 reviews

Generations of werewolves have been secretly residing in a secluded valley a stone’s throw from Grundy, Alaska. So when a snooping Outsider comes to Grundy to investigate rumors of lycanthropic shenanigans in the area, the valley’s pack alpha, Maggie Graham, resolves to chase him away, even if doing so takes a quick bite on the butt.

What a pity that researcher Nick Thatche...more

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Published March 29th 2011 by Pocket Books

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Mar 16, 2013 Regina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, paranormal-pnr, orange, red, funny-stuff, green, have-in-audio, shifters, audio-also-listened-to, listened-to-audio-only, only-listeneed-to, favorite-series, will-continue-series, narration-is-great

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3.5 stars but I am rounding up.

This is such a fun series. Laugh out loud funny, but not mean funny and not stupid funny – just funny. The first in this series, How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, is funnier, sweeter and just a better book. But The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf is still worth reading, worth listening to and a decent installment.

What do I like about this series? I am typically not a paranormal romance fa...more

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May 09, 2012 Leslie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, romance, werewolf

Molly Harper books are just plain funny. If you're wanting an easy, light and cleaver read, her books are perfect. That being said, I didn't love this book as much as the first in this series, "How to Flirt With a Naked Warewolf."

Maggie, the heroine, was introduced in the first book as Cooper's sister. (He was the werewolf hero then.) Quite frankly, she wasn't very likable back then, and she wasn't very likable in this book. She was a tough, scrappy, alpha-female that could easily kick fellow w...more

Molly Harper books are just plain funny. If you're wanting an easy, light and cleaver read, her books are perfect. That being said, I didn't love this book as much as the first in this series, "How to Flirt With a Naked Warewolf."

Maggie, the heroine, was introduced in the first book as Cooper's sister. (He was the werewolf hero then.) Quite frankly, she wasn't very likable back then, and she wasn't very likable in this book. She was a tough, scrappy, alpha-female that could easily kick fellow werewolf tail. Hummm, not exactly "Ms. Personality!" I wanted to like her and she was quite funny and self-deprecating at times, although, "funny" is a far cry from being a plain ole, ahem...bitch. Her only redeeming quality was the fact that she finally lightened up when she realized she was falling for the hero and human, "Nick."

This story would have been much better had there not been so much going on. Maggie still lived at home, and being the alpha-wolf (replacing Cooper from that job in book 1), made her in charge of all the family's business. She also had to look after an aunt with dementia, a few "slow" werewolves who couldn't keep from marking their territory all over her, that part was actually hilarious and making sure this new handsome human in town was kept from finding out the truth about her family. We were flip-flopped around a lot until finally, the story started to get interesting in the last 1/3 of the story. Yep, you have to wait a while for this romance to finally take hold and I'm not sure how many of us is that patient. Not to mention that since this story was written in 1st person and kept the reader in Maggie's head way too much. I wanted to know more about how Nick was feeling or heck, at one point, I would have been entertained by the aunt's point of view, who had dementia.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy Harper's books and her clever humor and fluid writing style; although, I just couldn't stay connected with this book as much as I'd hoped.(less)

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Apr 25, 2013 Tam Herra rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mach-11, geek-hero, family-series, shifters, small-town, supernatural-suspense, virgin

I am hot and cold over this book. Some things I absolutely loved, and others were a bit stale.

I wish the title of this had been different. Something like "the art of seducing and ornerier (testy) werewolf" or something to that effect would have been a bit better fitting, I think.

The first thing that really excited me about this book was the female alpha. We so rarely see that. But it didn't quite play out as well as I thought it might. She didn't come across as powerful as male werewolves tend...more

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Apr 29, 2011 Carmel (Rabid Reads) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: werewolves

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All of Molly Harper's lovable characters are back for the second installment in her Naked Werewolf series. This book sticks to the same cute, fun elements that I enjoyed so much in How To Flirt With A Naked Werewolf but instead stars Maggie as the lead character. At first I was a little worried as to whether this was a good choice for the main protagonist; in the previous novel she provided some comic relief but overall Maggie was a confrontational, hard-headed b*$@#. Fort...more Reviewed by Rabid Reads

All of Molly Harper's lovable characters are back for the second installment in her Naked Werewolf series. This book sticks to the same cute, fun elements that I enjoyed so much in How To Flirt With A Naked Werewolf but instead stars Maggie as the lead character. At first I was a little worried as to whether this was a good choice for the main protagonist; in the previous novel she provided some comic relief but overall Maggie was a confrontational, hard-headed b*$@#. Fortunately, her new role as alpha female has forced her to turn over a new leaf.

Being the alpha female really agrees with Maggie. She finally has an outlet into which she can pour all of her domineering qualities. Her responsibilities as pack leader are far-ranging and sometimes surprising. Maggie's duties don't just include ensuring that the wolves have a roof over their heads and food in their bellies. She also has to keep them busy through the long winter months to stop them from killing each other. So, add cruise director to her long list of obligations! Maggie's also under an enormous amount of pressure from her family to produce offspring of the werewolf variety. She seems to agree with their sentiments for the most part, that is until Nick Thatcher shows up.

Nick is a hunk but of a different variety. He's a scholarly Trekkie with an interest in werewolves. Sure, when you put it that way he sounds more like a huge dork than fictional boyfriend material but Nick somehow makes geek look sexy. Aside from the occasional Star Trek quote this handsome man is smooth and has a cavalier manner. He's the yin to Maggie's yang so to speak. They compliment each other very well. Nick just absorbs all of Graham's crazy energy and cools them both down.

Similar to the first novel, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf ends on a high note with an unexpected plot twist. I was so wrapped up in the love story that I almost completely forgot about the intrigue element. It gives this tale a little bit of extra oomph. I didn't think that this book was as funny as the first one but I still got quite a few giggles out of it. Although, I did enjoy the dynamics between the main couple more this time around. Another great girlie read with a paranormal side by Molly Harper.(less)

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Jul 05, 2012 Lynsey (The Demon Librarian) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: girl-power, magic-tastic, romantic-elements, rotflmao, werewolf-tastic, whodunnit

This is the second book in the Naked Werewolf series and this time it's Maggie's turn. Maggie, as you'll no doubt recall, is the younger, brattier sister of Cooper, the reluctant Alpha werewolf and Joe Manganiello lookie like we met in book one.

And like a younger sister might, the book kinda sits in the shadow of its older, better looking brother in almost every way. A lot of the ingredients I loved so much from book one are in evidence, just a little dulled; the shine taken off them a wee bit....more

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Dec 07, 2012 Jetches (My Not So Vacant Shelf) rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this story. I loved the nerdiness of it all. I love the brass and no B.S. female lead. I loved it. In this book I found myself liking the female lead more than the first novel, and the male lead…well not as much as Cooper. So a little bit of the opposite from the first in the series. But, really I loved Maggie I thought her dry sarcastic humour was outrageously funny! And I did find the sexy professor in Nick. The story lines in this book I found was a little bit more predictable when it...more I loved this story. I loved the nerdiness of it all. I love the brass and no B.S. female lead. I loved it. In this book I found myself liking the female lead more than the first novel, and the male lead…well not as much as Cooper. So a little bit of the opposite from the first in the series. But, really I loved Maggie I thought her dry sarcastic humour was outrageously funny! And I did find the sexy professor in Nick. The story lines in this book I found was a little bit more predictable when it came to the “bad guy”, although technically I was only half right. I also found the relationship between Nick and Maggie a little more off…I felt like they feel for each other a little too quickly. Although, I love Nick’s determination, and when Maggie turned around and saw him for the first time and said “Mama like.” I almost cried with laughter and new that Maggie and I are kindred spirits. Anyone who can sling sarcasm like it was a white t-shirt at a wet t-shirt contest is number uno in my books.
Good:
Maggie—a force to be reckoned with, sarcasm slinging tom-boy with absolutely no manners and hold nothing back attitude who hides paperbacks in work filling cabinet…clearly an awesome person.
Nick—he does pull off the sexy professor and nerd stuff. Makes my toes tingle.
Samson—Love the big goof
Clay—I think you’re a stand-up guy.
Bad:
Some of the story loved a little slowly, and I felt like Nick and Maggie happened without them really getting to know each other.
Overall (Writing style, story line, and general):
Overall the story was hilarious, the story-line picked up right where the last one finished and had some pretty good twists and turns. I found myself laughing out loud…a lot. And I really grew to like Maggie more in this novel than the second. Molly Harpers gives you a different look to the Werewolves that we’ve grown to love in Alaska and again sweeps you off your feet with a top-notch romance with a large side of adventure and sexy professors.(less)

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Nov 06, 2011 Hannah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance, read-2011, audio

I mentioned in my review of How to Flirt With A Naked Werewolf that I don't usually enjoy first person point of view, particularly in romance novels. The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf is a good example of why not.

Maggie, the werewolf alpha heroine of The Art of Seducing is a very different sort of character from Mo, the viewpoint character of How to Flirt. Whereas Mo is funny, insightful, and charming, Maggie is much more negative and much less emotionally mature. I found myself getting very...more

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May 02, 2012 ShoSho rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: x-2012, paranormal

more like 2.5
I didn't like the heroine and the book was from her POV . She suppose to be the alpha of her pack , but she is weak and unsure of herself. There wasn't much of the hero in the book.
not one of favorites!

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May 07, 2013 Amy A rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm almost inclined to like everything by Molly Harper. Her books are always a fun and refreshing departure from the more serious and dark material out there. However, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf, I found, to have a little less of that crazy quirkiness that is a staple in her books.

This book deals with Cooper's sister Maggie. If you remember, Maggie was made alpha of the pack at the end of How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf. It's only been a few months since then and Maggie ti still de...more I'm almost inclined to like everything by Molly Harper. Her books are always a fun and refreshing departure from the more serious and dark material out there. However, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf, I found, to have a little less of that crazy quirkiness that is a staple in her books.

This book deals with Cooper's sister Maggie. If you remember, Maggie was made alpha of the pack at the end of How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf. It's only been a few months since then and Maggie ti still dealing with being in charge and making sure that everyone in her pack is cared for. When Maggie learns there's a Phd come to town to discover the myth of the werewolf, she decides she needs to meet this man for herself to try and discourage his prying mind. What she doesn't expect is Dr. Nicholas Thatcher. Feeling a sense of obligation to her pack to mate with another werewolf, Maggie and Nick dance around their attraction for each other, but something else may be threatening her leadership and her pack.

Don't get me wrong there is plenty of humor and quirkiness to go around in this book, but whereas in the majority of the other books by Molly Harper it lacked that female friendship element. Maggie is a tomboy. She's used to being around males. She's not shy, and she has no problems speaking her mind. Added to that her role as Alpha and she's intimidating. We don't get to see her open herself up that much. Harper tries to include Mo (Cooper's wife) as a female friend of Maggie, but it doesn't play out the same as say Jane and Andrea (Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs).

Regardless I still liked the story and read through it very quickly. I liked the mysterious threat Harper introduces because it just adds another layer to the story. I think it would have gotten old pretty quickly if it was just about Maggie and her mating dilema.

There will be a third book in the seriesHow To Run With A Naked Werewolf which I will be reading when it comes out. I highley recommend any of Molly Harper's books. Even if you haven't read the first one in this series, I don't think you would be lost. (less)

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Jan 27, 2013 Keertana rated it 2 of 5 stars

Rating: 2.5 Stars

I began The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf in equal parts of skepticism and hope. I knew, even before I read the first page, that this follow-up stand-alone to How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf would be centered around Maggie, the rather bitchy werewolf sister of Cooper. Although Maggie was a less-than-likable character the first time we met her, I held out hope that as a narrator of her own story, we would glimpse the unexpected depth to her character and grow to like her. A...more

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Sep 22, 2012 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, werewolves, humor, contemporary-romance, set-in-alaska

Maggie Graham is now the Alpha of the pack and still as feisty as ever. When an expert in folklore with not one but two PhDs comes snooping around to see if there is any fact in the old stories, Maggie wants him gone. But the gorgeous Dr. Nick Thatcher proves difficult to get rid of. He suspects that since the abnormal wolf behaviour started not long after Mo – Maggie’s sister-in-law and the protagonist of the first book in the series, How to Seduce a Naked Werewolf – arrived in town that Mo is...more

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Jul 28, 2012 Christina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook, paranormal

First, let me say that I really enjoyed "How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf." I enjoyed it so much I decided to read this one even though I didn't like Maggie so much. I thought the author could still pull off an enjoyable book and somehow redeem Maggie from her horrid behavior from the first book. I should have listened to my gut.

An author finally puts a female alpha in charge and has to make her a violent, mean tempered, *itch. Soooo, Maggie definitely didn't do much to endear herself to me. N...more

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Apr 24, 2012 Ian rated it 4 of 5 stars

“Eva seemed to be on some sort of mission to work her evil/cute baby magic on me. Ever since she'd started toddling around on those chubby little legs, she'd been targeting me, the least enthusiastic baby person in the room. I think she enjoyed the challenge, which proved that we were related.

Eva would tug on my pants leg until I picked her up. And then she'd basically stare me down with those big blue-grey eyes of hers, daring me not to snuggle her. It was like facing down a tiny, diapered mast

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Apr 17, 2012 Stephanie rated it 5 of 5 stars

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THE ART OF SEDUCING A NAKED WEREWOLF
by Molly Harper
Pocket/Simon and Schuster
March 29, 2011
Mass-Market Paperback: 352 pages
Kindle: 2355 KB, est. 35 pages (Pocket Star)

Description: Blogger Purchased.

I've been reading a bunch of serious stuff lately, and was in need of a Molly Harper story. Having read everything else she's written I decided to download this one. I really enjoyed this book which "stars" the super snarky little sister of former alpha wolf of "T...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Felicia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-read, kindlepurchase2011

Bought on Amazon
Actual Rating 3.75

What I Loved: If ever there was a book boyfriend for me, it is Nick! He is smart, geeky (talking Star Trek and may have invented a game similar to WOW-geeky), research nerd, and all around hottie (forgiving that blonde thing, I just ignored it)! I fell in love from the moment he hit the page and never looked back. Loved that he knew that he wanted Maggie from the beginning and never was ashamed of that. Oh sure, he was adorably awkward at times and sometimes blu...more

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Dec 27, 2011 Lynn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Molly Harper is a really fun author to read and I am going to have to try and find her other works on Inter Library Loan. Her characters are strong, funny and downright real. Her tongue in cheek comments are so real you can hear them echoing in your head in your voice ... or, if you are too polite, maybe your sister's or cousin's voice! She is witty and conversational and just overall a lot of fun.

In the first book in this series, "How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf", we are introduced to Maggie...more

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Aug 22, 2011 Elle rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Molly Harper is quirky, funny and has a real knack for writing about stubborn women (while still keeping it light hearted)

*Spoilers ahoy!*

My main problem with this book was the lack of time spent around the relationship between the main character (Maggie) and the man she finishes up with. The romantic relationship seemed to come together very suddenly; one minute she was pushing him away, the next they were mated and madly in love. I feel I missed a chunk in between (maybe I did?)
I really trie...more

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Apr 10, 2011 ALPHAreader rated it 5 of 5 stars

Maggie Graham knows her place in the pack hierarchy – it’s comfortably on top, bossing everyone else around. As the Alpha of the Grundy Alaskan werewolf pack, Maggie literally has the furry world on her shoulders. Ever since her brother abdicated the pawed throne, Maggie has had to be local sheriff, judge and jury to her little wolf community. So when an anthropological zoologist with Trekkie tendencies comes sniffing around, hunting for ‘werewolves’, it falls to Maggie to interrogate and run hi...more Maggie Graham knows her place in the pack hierarchy – it’s comfortably on top, bossing everyone else around. As the Alpha of the Grundy Alaskan werewolf pack, Maggie literally has the furry world on her shoulders. Ever since her brother abdicated the pawed throne, Maggie has had to be local sheriff, judge and jury to her little wolf community. So when an anthropological zoologist with Trekkie tendencies comes sniffing around, hunting for ‘werewolves’, it falls to Maggie to interrogate and run him out of town.

It just sucks that Nick Thatcher smells so darn good, and happens to have a whole sexy professor vibe that gets Maggie’s engine revving. It’s also bad timing that Nick turns up right when Maggie’s aunties are dropping boulder-sized hints about match-making and mating for life...

‘The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf’ is the second book in Molly Harper’s ‘Naked Werewolf’ paranormal romance series.

I loved the first book in this series, ‘How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf’. That first book concentrated on the romance of exiled-Alpha, Cooper, and his human mate Mo. In ‘Seducing’, Cooper’s younger sister Maggie is the first-ever female Alpha and coasting in her leadership role when a handsome spanner is thrown in her works, in the form of Nick Thatcher. Wolfy hilarity ensues. . .

In ‘Flirt’, Maggie was a combative and prickly character – angry at her brother for abandoning the pack, and disgruntled at her impotence in the testosterone-filled pack hierarchy. I wasn’t sure how I'd like her as a protagonist, let alone a love interest, given her somewhat mean disposition. But Molly Harper has written Maggie as whip-quick, ballsy chick. I loved how strong she was and unremorsefully cocky. She’s a fantastic protagonist, and utterly unique in the paranormal romance genre;

“Look, Mags, I'm not any happier about him being here than you are. But I think we should take a more subtle approach than your usual ‘bite first, bite again, keep biting until they’re too busy bleeding to death to explain themselves’ method.”
“It if ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” I shot back.

Nick was the perfect Beta to Maggie’s Alpha. He’s no wimp, but I loved that his nerdy obsession with fantasy and werewolves made him well-suited to Maggie’s overbearing personality. Nick was hilarious; referencing Star Trek and Doctor Who and just being generally geeky-gorgeous. Harper writes a bit of a dark back story for Nick, which felt under-developed and seemed to halt mid-way, but overall I loved him and I adored him with Maggie.

Molly Haprer has her tongue firmly in cheek throughout a lot of the ‘Naked Werewolf’ series. I love that Harper adopts a funny-blasé attitude to a lot of werewolf mythology, allowing her to answer and explore a lot of interesting lore. She explores pack dynamics, mating rituals, the possibility of other were-animals . . . while also answering a lot of regular, every-day questions associated with turning furry. These conundrums are the sort of thing only a comedic writer can explore, in all their unperturbed hilarity;

You would think it would be weird to see your male relatives running around naked all the time, but really you stop noticing. It’s sort of sad, really. You’ve seen one penis, you’ve seen them all.
I had to stop saying that in front of my mother, because she said it was something a hooker would put on a business card.

If I have any complaint about this instalment, it’s that Harper appears to have wrapped the series up in two books. There was a strong possibility of two werewolf characters, Samson and Clay, getting their own books and romances . . . but Harper effectively nixes that idea by the end of ‘Seducing’, which is a shame. Samson was Podunk-hilarious; while Clay had an intense, smouldering thing going on . . . I would have loved it if this series continued on past two books to encompass their HEA.

Molly Harper is the queen of the funny paranormal romance. She absolutely excels in the ‘Naked Werewolf’ series – writing irreverently funny and furry romances. I wish the series was going to continue past these two books, but I can’t see that happening with how Harper neatly ties-off ‘The Art of Seducing’. Still, this was a wacky-gorgeous series and it cements Molly Harper as one of my all-time favourite authors.(less)

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Apr 06, 2011 Penny Watson rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Art Of Seducing A Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper.

Interesting thing about this new series by Molly Harper....these books are written in first person POV, but the first book is written by Mo (non werewolf with a killer sense of humor), and the second book is written in Maggie's POV (she is now the female alpha leader of her werewolf pack). This is the first time I have seen a series where the books are being told in first person POV by different characters, with very different "voices." Part...more

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Apr 03, 2011 Melindeeloo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance-shapeshifters, shapeshifters

The follow on to How To Flirt With A Naked Werewolf, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf is still fun and humorous, if not quite as funny as its predecessor - offering smiles vs chuckles.

But I think that the romance between werewolf alpha Maggie and naturalist/were-seeker Nick worked even better for me than the one between Maggie's brother Cooper and hippie's child Mo in the first book. Mostly because, even with its stops and starts, Maggie is no where near as angsty as Cooper. It also helped b...more

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Mar 23, 2011 Bookaholics rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
Paranormal Romance – March 29th, 2011
4 stars

The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper is an entertaining romp of a read. It is the second in the author's new werewolf series set in Alaska and features the newest alpha female named Maggie Graham. The first book was How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf. Although many beloved characters return in this book it can easily be read by itself.

Maggie has always had a sense of purpose in her lif...more The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
Paranormal Romance – March 29th, 2011
4 stars

The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper is an entertaining romp of a read. It is the second in the author's new werewolf series set in Alaska and features the newest alpha female named Maggie Graham. The first book was How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf. Although many beloved characters return in this book it can easily be read by itself.

Maggie has always had a sense of purpose in her life. She has a duty to the pack and the pride she feels at being a werewolf. As the alpha, she feels it is her obligation to marry another werewolf and produce an heir. But her leadership is challenged by the arrival of Dr. Nicholas Thatcher, a zoological anthropologist who believes in the existence of werewolves. He is seeking to find proof of werewolves in Alaska and Maggie must find a way to prevent this catastrophe from occurring. But Maggie is an impetuous tomboy, and she is anything but subtle! Plus she can't seem to keep her attraction to the hunky new stranger out of her thoughts. As a tomboy she has never had trouble speaking to men except now! Talk about trouble! And when her brother offers her services as a tour guide to Nicholas, she wonders if she can keep tabs on him and also keep her hands off of him, too?!

This was a hilarious read. Maggie is bull-headed, spunky and rash which gets her into a lot of trouble. While she is not as sweet a personality as the heroine in the prior book in the series, she does have her own brand of brash and rough charm. It was good to see her confidence shaken by Nick. Their relationship is fun to read and Nick's character is more beta than alpha without being a pushover. Nick is sexy and smart, a lethal combination.

The only quibble I had is that Maggie seems to really stumble along. She does not think about the consequences to her actions which is strange for a werewolf alpha. Her leadership ability seems half-hearted for an alpha and I thought she would be more responsible and settled for someone running a pack.

The author does a great of job of keeping the story moving as there are a few surprises that will keep readers turning the pages. I liked this story and it was a fun, easy read. But overall, I liked the prior book more because the heroine transformed and transformed the community, so it was more interesting to me.

This was a cheery read that will be sure keep you entertained and laughing.

Reviewed by Steph Bookaholics Romance Book Club
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Apr 27, 2011 Christi Snow rated it 3 of 5 stars

My Review:
Fortunately, this book was written with the same humor and wit that Molly Harper is known for writing. You all know that I love snark and this book is full of it. I love how Maggie interacts with both Nick (she is constantly giving him a hard time about his nerd-ish ways) and with Samson. I got more giggles out of Maggie's comments to Samson than I think anything else in the book.

Unfortunately, while this made the book fun to read, it was the only thing that seemed to hit the right not...more

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May 05, 2013 Kami (WickedKarma) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The 1st book in "Naked Werewolf" series focused on Cooper & Mo. Cooper being the true Alpha of his Alaska wolf pack & running away from the responsibility. The Cooper married Mo (a human) and turned his pack officially over to his little sister Maggie.

This is the 2nd book in the "Naked Werewolf" series. This book focuses on Maggie and her ability to run the pack as the Alpha. Maggie is reluctant to be mated & everyone once to help to get her mated. Problem is everyone that is interes...more The 1st book in "Naked Werewolf" series focused on Cooper & Mo. Cooper being the true Alpha of his Alaska wolf pack & running away from the responsibility. The Cooper married Mo (a human) and turned his pack officially over to his little sister Maggie.

This is the 2nd book in the "Naked Werewolf" series. This book focuses on Maggie and her ability to run the pack as the Alpha. Maggie is reluctant to be mated & everyone once to help to get her mated. Problem is everyone that is interested is also related by blood. Thus the "eeewww" factor for Maggie. Maggie wants nothing to do with this. Maggie know that she needs to mate a wolf in order to give her offspring a better chance at not being a deadline but the heart loves who it loves. Maggie is not loving anyone at the moment.

In walks Nick Thatcher, a researcher of all things supernatural. Nick is convinced that Mo is a werewolf. Nick tells Maggie that he believes that Mo was turned when the trucker attacked her and that she might not be aware that she is a wolf. Maggie laughs at this crazy notion. I mean really one cannot be CHANGED into a werewolf one must be BORN a werewolf, everyone knows that right.

Maggie is not pleased that Nick will not leave the valley and Maggie is even less pleased that her body responds to Nick like a horny, deprived, sex addict. Maggie's hormones go crazy whenever she is near Nick. Nick seems very smitten with Maggie and wants a relationship with her. The question is how can Maggie put the pack at risk with someone like Nick waiting to spill the beans of their existence to the world and destroy everything they hold dear? She can't therefore she tries to ignore the pull Nick has on her and focuses on Clay which is the only male that she is not blood related to as a mate. They go out on a couple dates, kiss a little, there are little flutters in her belly but nothing like the 1st time Nick kissed her. Maggie will never forget that feeling, but she must for the good of her pack.

With all of Maggie's troubles there is another pack trying to start a war. Maggie is determined to work things out with the outsiders and spare any blood shed. Then there is the part where someone is trying to kill her or a member of her pack, she is not sure who the real target is. Maggie just knows that they are in danger and she has no clue who it is or what they want.

I found some of this a little predictable. The person responsible for hurting the pack I picked up on right away. Which is both disappointing and satisfying. Great story line with Maggie and how they solve the war with the outsiders trying to take over the valley. I love Nick's character and fell in love with his nerdiness right away.(less)

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Apr 04, 2013 Darla rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit-and-beach-reads, funny-plus-romance, romance-paranormal

I really enjoyed this light and funny romance from Molly Harper so much that I immediately began adding more of her books to my to read shelves. Harper does a great job with her characters. I love how the cranky Maggie interacts with the unflappable, laid-back Nick. While the romance arc is fairly predictable, the secondary story regarding the who behind the various troublesome events kept me guessing. The one liners throughout kept me laughing, and I read this very, very quickly.

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Jul 11, 2011 Tracy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Funny, Fangy, and Flirty
Maggie Graham has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders as alpha of the Crescent Valley werewolf pack near the small town of Grundy, Alaska. She has to run her pack, protect them, and, sometime in the future - the further away the better, get mated so she could birth a few pups to help increase the numbers of her threatened species. The responsibilities of an alpha were those she felt she was best suited for after her brother Cooper abdicated his position years ago and...more

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Oct 28, 2011 Carrie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, contemporary, humorous, pnr, read-2011, small-town

While not as laugh-out-loud funny as its predecessor, How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf has its own brand of wry humor. In How to Flirt the story is told from the the somewhat uncomplicated POV of the human lover Mo, not from the more emotionally-charged werewolf, Cooper. Even when the events of the book take a serious turn, we still have the solid, unflappable Mo making the reader howl. The Art of Seducing is told in first person by Maggie, Cooper's smart...more

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Apr 07, 2011 Ami rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal-futuristic

I think I find a new author that can entertain me. The second book from Molly Harper's "Werewolf" series is just as amazing as the first one. The ingredient is in Maggie (Cooper's sister). She is rude, loud, vulgar, and oh my GOD, her thoughts is just making me giggling all the way through. One of my favorite scene will be the chapter entitled "Are Eyelash Curlers Banned by the Geneva Convention?" where Mo and Kara take matters in hand and do a make-over for Maggie. OMG! TOTALLY HILARIOUS!!!

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Apr 05, 2011 Dharma Kurlind rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I love Molly Harper. Her writing is snarky, funny, witty, and a joy to sit back and listen to. I was a bit worried about the book being from Maggie’s point of view as Maggie comes off as a rather flat hard-ass character in How to Flirt, but fifteen minutes into the audiobook, I knew I was not going to be disappointed.

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I love Molly Harper. Her writing is snarky, funny, witty, and a joy to sit back and listen to. I was a bit worried about the book being from Maggie’s point of view as Maggie comes off as a rather flat hard-ass character in How to Flirt, but fifteen minutes into the audiobook, I knew I was not going to be disappointed.

This book paces better than How to Flirt. We understand the main conflict immediately, and Nick enters Maggie's life almost from the first part of the audiobook. And then there’s Nick himself – a tall, sexy, educated, blond-haired, blue-eyed, bearded Viking look alike (mentally, I pictured Jax Teller from Sons of Anarchy, but with glasses). A multimillionaire, self-hating Trekkie with family issues of his own, and a passion for werewolves. I would never think someone like that would appeal to someone like Maggie, but then again, who would imagine Mo and Cooper hitting it off so well in the prior book?

Another thing this book had on How to Flirt is a few good mysteries, which is not something I expect from this author – she’s hilarious, so I read for the comedy (and there’s plenty) but not for the twists and turns. This audiobook contains at least two “Oh!” moments. That’s when the audiobook presents enough suspects with enough motives that you don’t see it coming, but there is also enough foreshadowing specific to the perpetrator that you kind of should have. The result is that when the book lets the cat out of the bag, you actually, audibly, say “Oh!”

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All of Molly Harper’s audiobooks, including this one, are narrated by Amanda Roncini. Her voice is perfect for the part. It’s bratty, snarky, and bit tom-boyish even. It should reminds me of Amanda Roncini’s reading of Mo, in How to Flirt with a Werewolf, which I reviewed here, but I think I didn’t give her enough credit. It’s not just that she reads the story with great snark. She knows how to read comedy, how to carry punch lines so they hit home.(less)

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Jun 09, 2011 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I don't like Maggie. I like just about everyone else in the series who is not a bad guy, but I just cannot stand Maggie. It's hard to like a book when you don't like the main character, but at least some of those traits that make her so unlikeable were being changed somewhat in this book.

This book is the story of her so called romance and yet most of the book is not spent with the person she ended up with. It was like the author got tired of trying to develop a story and just decided "Oh, these...more I don't like Maggie. I like just about everyone else in the series who is not a bad guy, but I just cannot stand Maggie. It's hard to like a book when you don't like the main character, but at least some of those traits that make her so unlikeable were being changed somewhat in this book.

This book is the story of her so called romance and yet most of the book is not spent with the person she ended up with. It was like the author got tired of trying to develop a story and just decided "Oh, these two love each other and it's so obvious I don't actually have to write it. I'll just have them have an epiphany at the end and everyone will be happy." I don't understand why so many of the male characters like Maggie; she's mean, violent, selfish, childish, rude, and downright hateful throughout a lot of the book. She's supposedly beautiful but doesn't try to be stereotypically femininely beautiful, so she apparently has a mustache, unibrow and doesn't take care of her skin, etc. Usually I don't care about that kind of stuff, but it ends up being a point of contention between herself and other female characters in the book - like her in all of her unkempt glory is still supposedly hotter than these women who do take care of themselves. Throughout much of the book, Maggie has an attitude problem - she thinks she's better than everyone else, and that everyone should cater to her needs. She does take care of some of her pack's needs, but she's still basically in training to be the alpha of the pack, and it shows. She's also not very smart or consistent - she does a lot of things she gets on other people for. I felt like the author made this character who was so horribly flawed yet the people around her barely call her on any of the flaws which could be improved upon - such as her nasty attitude.

As for the male love interests... there were 2.5. I say .5 because one was trying to get her to date him, but she had absolutely no interest in him. It was pretty obvious what was going to happen here, because the ultimate winner of Maggie's affections was just too perfect. He honestly had no real flaws - super sweet, gorgeous, rich, a genius, a considerate lover, a guy who gives his love unconditionally, etc. etc. Nick was a cardboard cutout man and should have been much better developed. Clay was also a cardboard cutout man for much of the book, until basically the last chapter or two. Lee felt like a side character who got promoted to a main villain at the very end of the book. He was always obviously a slimeball.

I cannot say I was surprised by the ending. I had figured most of it out before I was halfway through the book. I knew that there were going to be multiple "bad guys" and I knew who they were going to be.

I bought this book because I loved the first one. I love Mo, Cooper and Eva, I love Evie and Buzz, I love the townsfolk of Grundy, I love Samson as characters. I also really liked Kara and Alan. I really didn't like Maggie in the first book, and she didn't make it onto the like list by the end of this book - but she's on her way. I would have preferred reading a book about Samson and his love interest, but considering what happened in this book, I doubt that will be written. They might get a short story, if this author does short stories, but I doubt a full length novel is in the works.

This book was a major disappointment for me. Even the writing style seemed to suffer - less humor, less romance, less about the mystery plot. There was a lot about Maggie's daily routine, which, while interesting, should have not overshadowed all these other things.

If I could give partial stars, I would give this book a 2.3.(less)

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Oct 13, 2011 M.J. Heiser rated it 4 of 5 stars

Y'know, after the debacle that was Twilight, and after burning through all the Sookie Stackhouse books on a rabid month-long bender, I swore to myself that I would never again fall prey to the supernatural romance/mystery genre. (Okay, there was that one lapse where I went back to Charlaine Harris for some of her Harper Connelly stuff, true . . .but that was it. And it was, for the most part, disappointing.) So you may be asking yourselves: MJ, what happened?

Molly Harper happened.

Never before h...more Y'know, after the debacle that was Twilight, and after burning through all the Sookie Stackhouse books on a rabid month-long bender, I swore to myself that I would never again fall prey to the supernatural romance/mystery genre. (Okay, there was that one lapse where I went back to Charlaine Harris for some of her Harper Connelly stuff, true . . .but that was it. And it was, for the most part, disappointing.) So you may be asking yourselves: MJ, what happened?

Molly Harper happened.

Never before have I read someone who treats the supernatural with such silly affection. I mean, I was baptized by Anne Rice and Stephen King, for godsakes. You don't get much more somber treatment than that. Then we went romping back into the scene with the angst-ridden Cullen clan, then we have Charlaine Harris and her sexy redneck vampire-bait waitress. That was close . . .so close. But Molly Harper is the promised land.

Okay, about this specific book: We're back in Grundy, Alaska, but instead of hearing everything through the thoughts and mind of the very human Mo Graham, we're living through the eyes of her new sister-in-law, Maggie Graham. Maggie is the Alpha female of her pack, but for the most part, her pack is unsettled -- because by nature, there should be an Alpha male. Maggie's brother has turned down the job he was born to, so she assumed the responsibility -- but until she marries another wolf, there won't be peace, or, for that matter, any conceivable end to the questions about her (lack of a) love life.

Enter the very human, very cute, and -- did I mention, not-wolf? -- single academic nerd, Nick Thatcher. He's put two and two together in a way no other human in the area seems willing or able to do, and he's sniffing around for werewolves. Can Maggie resist his nerdy charms? And if she can't, how does she protect him, her pack, and herself from a new threat that smells like dryer sheets?

I loved it. Did I mention that Molly Harper is funny? I mean, laugh out loud funny. She loves supernatural creatures, but she doesn't necessarily put them on pedestals. She makes their problems sound believable, and that's what makes it so easy to believe that they exist. After all, I'd be willing to blame all the buffet spots in the country on werewolves. It doesn't help my willingness to believe this that enormous human patrons waddle in and out regularly, but surely some of the skinny customers --

Oh well. Never mind.

Why only four stars? I guess it's because this book was a little less compelling, because the voice was that of a werewolf, not a human. She'd never been fully human, so I lost that scrap of connection that I'd built with Mo (and that I'm now building with Jane Jameson, newly-undead).

Even so, funny. Wonderfully, side-splittingly, beverage-spewingly funny. Thank you, Molly.(less)

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My mother remembers an 8-year-old me setting up my “writing office” in our living room by putting her old manual typewriter on the couch next to a toy phone. And I (very slowly) pecked out the story of my third-grade class taking a trip around the world and losing a kid in each city.

I had a dark sense of humor, even then.

In high school, when other girls my age were writing poems about dying unicor...more My mother remembers an 8-year-old me setting up my “writing office” in our living room by putting her old manual typewriter on the couch next to a toy phone. And I (very slowly) pecked out the story of my third-grade class taking a trip around the world and losing a kid in each city.

I had a dark sense of humor, even then.

In high school, when other girls my age were writing poems about dying unicorns and bleeding roses, I was writing essays about having political arguments with my dad at the dinner table. (Whoever made the other person laugh at their own political party won the argument.) I knew I wanted to write when I grew up, but I also knew there was very little chance I could make a living writing books, so I went for the next best thing – newspaper writing.

I majored in print journalism at Western Kentucky University and used my shiny new degree to get a job at my hometown newspaper. I married my high school sweetheart, David, a local police officer. And for six years, I wrote about school board meetings, quilt shows, a man “losing” the fully grown bear he kept as a pet in his basement, and a guy who faked his death by shark attack in Florida and ended up tossing pies at a local pizzeria.

I loved my job at the paper. I loved meeting new people every day and never knowing where I would end up. But somehow, the ever-shifting schedules of a police officer and a reporter did not equal "family friendly." One of us needed to take a normal job for the sake of our young daughter. I took a secretarial position at a local church office, which left me with dependably free evenings for the first time in my adult life. David was working the night shift that summer and I was losing.my.mind. We were living in "The Apartment of Lost Souls" while building our new home. This was the place where appliances and small electronics went to die. Every night I would tuck our snoozing child into bed and wait for the washing machine to start smoking or the computer to suddenly flash the "blue screen of death." Then there was the plague of frogs in the bathroom that put our daughter of potty-training for about six months.

Normally, when things get tough, I can take solace in reading. But I surveyed my packing box of favorite books with the apathetic air of someone who stands in front of the open refrigerator for 10 minutes and can't find anything. Nothing sounded good. So I just sat down and started writing something I would want to read.

Being a huge fan of vampire movies and TV shows, I wondered, what would be the most humiliating way possible to be turned into a vampire- a story that a vampire would be embarrassed to share with their vampire buddies over a nice glass of Type O. Well, first, you'd have to make the protaganist a bit of an accidental loser. She's single, almost 30, and a librarian working in the small Kentucky town where she grew up. This "triple whammy of worry" has made her a permanent fixture on her Mama's prayer list. And despite the fact that's pretty good at her job, she just got canned so her boss could replace her with someone who occasionally starts workplace fires. She drowns her sorrows at the local faux nostalgia-themed sports bar and during the commute home, she's mistaken for a deer and then shot by a drunk hunter. And then she wakes up as a vampire.

And thus, Jane Jameson and the wacky denizens of Half-Moon Hollow were born.

It took me almost a year to complete and edit a draft of the book, which I planned as the first in a three-book series. I spent three months using agentquery.com to ruthlessly stalk potential literary agents. (There were a lot of lists involved, I don't want to re-live it.) I was gently rejected by at least half of them. I corresponded with some very nice, very patient people, but ultimately signed with the fabulous Stephany Evans of Fine Print Literary Management. Stephany was willing to take to the time to give me advice on how to imp(less)

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