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Witching Moon
While patrolling the Nature's Refuge preserve in a Georgia swamp - an eerie place rife with superstition and death, werewolf Adam Marshall meets beautiful botanist Sara Weston, and as desire flares between them, a coven of powerful witches, bent on revenge, threatens to destroy them. Original.
345 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 7, 2003
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Rebecca York
316 books446 followersRuth Glick (born 1942) is a best-selling author of healthy cookbooks and has also written dozens of romantic suspense romance novels under the pen name Rebecca York.
Ruth earned a B.A. in American Thought and Civilization from George Washington University and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Maryland. Although she always wanted to become a writer, Glick was convinced that her lack of spelling skills meant that her goal was unattainable. As a stay-at-home mother, she took a community college course to help her choose a career. The course made it very clear that writing was her primary interest. Glick began writing articles for newspapers and magazines, but after several years decided to try writing fiction. Her first book, a kids' science fiction book, was finally purchased by Scholastic Inc..
Since then, Glick has become a highly successful author of over 50 romantic suspense and paranormal novels. Many of her novels are published under the Harlequin Intrigue line, and in June 2003, she became one of the first authors published under Berkley's new Sensation imprint. Before 1997, she often collaborated with Eileen Buckholtz and Kathryn Jenson.
Glick also is a highly regarded author of cookbooks focusing on healthy eating. She sometimes hires trained chefs to test the recipes that she creates, and makes sure that every recipe is tested at least three times before it appears in one of her cookbooks.
Glick is the head of the Columbia Writers Workshop. She and her husband, Norman Glick, live in Columbia, Maryland, where Ruth collects rocks, and enjoys cooking, walking, reading, gardening, travel, and Mozart operas. They have two grown children, Elissa and Ethan, and two grandsons (Jesse and Leo).
Ruth earned a B.A. in American Thought and Civilization from George Washington University and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Maryland. Although she always wanted to become a writer, Glick was convinced that her lack of spelling skills meant that her goal was unattainable. As a stay-at-home mother, she took a community college course to help her choose a career. The course made it very clear that writing was her primary interest. Glick began writing articles for newspapers and magazines, but after several years decided to try writing fiction. Her first book, a kids' science fiction book, was finally purchased by Scholastic Inc..
Since then, Glick has become a highly successful author of over 50 romantic suspense and paranormal novels. Many of her novels are published under the Harlequin Intrigue line, and in June 2003, she became one of the first authors published under Berkley's new Sensation imprint. Before 1997, she often collaborated with Eileen Buckholtz and Kathryn Jenson.
Glick also is a highly regarded author of cookbooks focusing on healthy eating. She sometimes hires trained chefs to test the recipes that she creates, and makes sure that every recipe is tested at least three times before it appears in one of her cookbooks.
Glick is the head of the Columbia Writers Workshop. She and her husband, Norman Glick, live in Columbia, Maryland, where Ruth collects rocks, and enjoys cooking, walking, reading, gardening, travel, and Mozart operas. They have two grown children, Elissa and Ethan, and two grandsons (Jesse and Leo).
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August 14, 2009
Wow. Sara Weston is one of the worst female leads I've seen in awhile. This novel dipped a little too much into the romance genre for me, with her wishy-washy dialogue and mewling attitude. I don't demand a super heroine out of her but she just came off as really uninteresting and stereotypical. The overall plot was decent, although pretty predictable.
December 15, 2023
Although I enjoyed the first two books in this series, this one didn't nearly live up to them. Simply put, it had issues the others didn't, and they got more and more apparent as the book moved forward. Whether or not I read more in the series will likely depend on any given book's premise, which I'll explain below.
While insta-love was kind of in play with the first two books, it was far worse here. This was more obvious and problematic partly because the book got such a slow start, putting the 'insta-love' even more front-and-center because the characters spent so little time together and knew so little of each other (beyond appearance). Even once they theoretically got to know each other, though, the romance was so focused on physical beauty and that automatic lust the characters had felt, the love never really became real for the reader. It just "was" and we were expected to believe it. Add that issue with the romance to the book generally taking on too many characters, making things over-complicated, and trying to do so much that most of the elements got short-shrift, and you don't have a recipe for a great book. But then there's the thing that really bothered me...
This book was published in 2003. However, the dated, race-charged town in the South which the author paints feels painfully out of date and stereotyped. I can't say whether or not the author has spent time in the South or near where this book was placed, but this feels, from start to finish, like an outsider's stereotypical picture of the South. Maybe she visited for a week or two and this is what she saw--I don't know--but as someone who has lived in the South for most of her life and spent real time near where this book is theoretically located, I can tell you that it feels incredibly inaccurate and stereotyped, written in the way of how northerners joke about and think about the South vs what the South actually is (certainly since before 2003). Part of this, and adding to the problem, is her depiction of Black characters and the unintentionally racist descriptions and positioning. Combined with the town, the book ends up feeling more and more racially charged with outdated attitudes as you get further and further in, the Black characters who show up being little more than stereotypes that, I think, are meant to make the town feel real, and end up doing the exact opposite because of how they're written and positioned. Again, all of this comes down to inherited stereotypes, and I suspect that they were employed, in large part, because the author has an outdated and/or inaccurate view of Southern culture and towns. At least that's how it felt to this reader.
So, yes, in the end, whether or not I read another book in the series may well come down to setting. If the future books in the series are also set in the South, I'll skip them. If they're not, I may delve in. But without doubt, I'd suggest that even readers who enjoyed the first two books in the series as easy, escapist fun just skip this installment in the series. I didn't even cover the fact that some story/character issues pop up late in the book, that issue so pales in comparison to the depiction of the South and the romance which leaves so much to be desired.
While insta-love was kind of in play with the first two books, it was far worse here. This was more obvious and problematic partly because the book got such a slow start, putting the 'insta-love' even more front-and-center because the characters spent so little time together and knew so little of each other (beyond appearance). Even once they theoretically got to know each other, though, the romance was so focused on physical beauty and that automatic lust the characters had felt, the love never really became real for the reader. It just "was" and we were expected to believe it. Add that issue with the romance to the book generally taking on too many characters, making things over-complicated, and trying to do so much that most of the elements got short-shrift, and you don't have a recipe for a great book. But then there's the thing that really bothered me...
This book was published in 2003. However, the dated, race-charged town in the South which the author paints feels painfully out of date and stereotyped. I can't say whether or not the author has spent time in the South or near where this book was placed, but this feels, from start to finish, like an outsider's stereotypical picture of the South. Maybe she visited for a week or two and this is what she saw--I don't know--but as someone who has lived in the South for most of her life and spent real time near where this book is theoretically located, I can tell you that it feels incredibly inaccurate and stereotyped, written in the way of how northerners joke about and think about the South vs what the South actually is (certainly since before 2003). Part of this, and adding to the problem, is her depiction of Black characters and the unintentionally racist descriptions and positioning. Combined with the town, the book ends up feeling more and more racially charged with outdated attitudes as you get further and further in, the Black characters who show up being little more than stereotypes that, I think, are meant to make the town feel real, and end up doing the exact opposite because of how they're written and positioned. Again, all of this comes down to inherited stereotypes, and I suspect that they were employed, in large part, because the author has an outdated and/or inaccurate view of Southern culture and towns. At least that's how it felt to this reader.
So, yes, in the end, whether or not I read another book in the series may well come down to setting. If the future books in the series are also set in the South, I'll skip them. If they're not, I may delve in. But without doubt, I'd suggest that even readers who enjoyed the first two books in the series as easy, escapist fun just skip this installment in the series. I didn't even cover the fact that some story/character issues pop up late in the book, that issue so pales in comparison to the depiction of the South and the romance which leaves so much to be desired.
May 25, 2014
Since I don't normally write reviews unless I have something specific to say, here's the break down of how I rate my books...
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
1 star... This book was bad, so bad I may have given up and skipped to the end. I will avoid this author like the plague in the future.
2 stars... This book was not very good, and I won't be reading any more from the author.
3 stars... This book was ok, but I won't go out of my way to read more, But if I find another book by the author for under a dollar I'd pick it up.
4 stars... I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be on the look out to pick up more from the series/author.
5 stars... I loved this book! It had earned a permanent home in my collection and I'll be picking up the rest of the series and other books from the author ASAP.
May 10, 2010
Ohhh, I wanted to rate this one a four-star...but I just can't. This third book in the series explores yet another mythos (including elements from the first book), but the plot is a little too convenient, and the macguffin allowing the hero/heroine to connect while still ostensibly denying their attraction is recycled from #2. I love elements of the writing, but it just feels as though this wasn't done with the care of the first book, which I still love. It's a good fast read, strong and capable prose--I was glad to read Adam's story. Just doesn't quite tip into up into the next star this time.
May 28, 2008
This was my 1st York book and really did enjoy it!!! And I will be looking for her others as well
August 19, 2017
What Happens When a Witch Meets a Werewolf?
In Witching Moon, the result is Rebecca York's trademark blend of action, adventure, mystery, danger, and steamy romance.
HIGHLY recommended!
In Witching Moon, the result is Rebecca York's trademark blend of action, adventure, mystery, danger, and steamy romance.
HIGHLY recommended!
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January 1, 2021Cross-posted from my blog where there's more information on where I got my copy and links and everything.
“She wore no perfume, but her scent was strong. It was as though she hadn’t washed her crotch that morning.”
That is a sentence I had to read in this book. Now you had to read it. Aren’t all our lives better now?
This book also got… kind of really racist. This book came out in 2003 and it has not aged well. It thinks it’s really, really not racist, though. Adam talks about how his father was racist but he totally isn’t because he worked with a Black guy once and that dude was pretty cool so he realized racism was wrong and stopped being racist. So he’s totally not racist and neither is the book.
Even when it sets up the idea that Sara, a white woman, going to the Black side of town, is brave and she’s very noble for being willing to hang out with the generous Black people putting her endangered ass up. Even as it describes every single Black character by using food metaphors – mostly chocolate and coffee with cream in it. (Why is it always coffee with cream in it – is it so you know the character is not “too” Black?) Even as the book tries to write one of the three Black characters in the book using AAVE (or I think that’s what she was going for…) and making a slavery joke. Do I need to say that white women authors can’t make slavery jokes? White women authors can’t make slavery jokes!
On an obviously less serious note, I constantly got stuck on the idea that the main character, the werewolf, only eats raw meat… and oatmeal cookies. Why could he eat oatmeal cookies but not vegetables? The book snuck that in at the last minute and I only just fully grasped it, but I can’t get over it.
It sounds like I’m nitpicking, I get that, but this really is just a symptom of my biggest problem after the racism – the book could get really, really silly at times. And I don’t mind that sometimes! But this wasn’t meant to be silly. The plot elements were meant to be taken completely seriously and I couldn’t buy into it. One of the biggest “action” scenes is just a bunch of people standing still and thinking really hard at each other.
It also really bothers me when characters who have known each other for like three days don’t use or even talk about birth contol before having a lot of sex. Like, yeah, no kidding you’re pregnant by the end of the book. You’ve been boinking like bunnies and apparently no one ever gave you the condom talk. You’re lucky lycanthropy isn’t an STD.
I also don’t think this was the author’s best writing. I’m not sure if I’ve read other things by her, but I’m sure she has much better work. Not only did I keep catching grammar errors, but there were just a lot of moments where it felt almost any author would have wanted to take another pass over things.
Take it for what it’s worth, but I don’t really think the author was intentionally racist. I think, in fact, she was trying very hard not to be racist and thought she was being inclusive, but it still falls into too many unfortunate pitfalls with its Black characters. Even if I liked this more, I could and would not recommend it because of that.
“She wore no perfume, but her scent was strong. It was as though she hadn’t washed her crotch that morning.”
That is a sentence I had to read in this book. Now you had to read it. Aren’t all our lives better now?
This book also got… kind of really racist. This book came out in 2003 and it has not aged well. It thinks it’s really, really not racist, though. Adam talks about how his father was racist but he totally isn’t because he worked with a Black guy once and that dude was pretty cool so he realized racism was wrong and stopped being racist. So he’s totally not racist and neither is the book.
Even when it sets up the idea that Sara, a white woman, going to the Black side of town, is brave and she’s very noble for being willing to hang out with the generous Black people putting her endangered ass up. Even as it describes every single Black character by using food metaphors – mostly chocolate and coffee with cream in it. (Why is it always coffee with cream in it – is it so you know the character is not “too” Black?) Even as the book tries to write one of the three Black characters in the book using AAVE (or I think that’s what she was going for…) and making a slavery joke. Do I need to say that white women authors can’t make slavery jokes? White women authors can’t make slavery jokes!
On an obviously less serious note, I constantly got stuck on the idea that the main character, the werewolf, only eats raw meat… and oatmeal cookies. Why could he eat oatmeal cookies but not vegetables? The book snuck that in at the last minute and I only just fully grasped it, but I can’t get over it.
It sounds like I’m nitpicking, I get that, but this really is just a symptom of my biggest problem after the racism – the book could get really, really silly at times. And I don’t mind that sometimes! But this wasn’t meant to be silly. The plot elements were meant to be taken completely seriously and I couldn’t buy into it. One of the biggest “action” scenes is just a bunch of people standing still and thinking really hard at each other.
It also really bothers me when characters who have known each other for like three days don’t use or even talk about birth contol before having a lot of sex. Like, yeah, no kidding you’re pregnant by the end of the book. You’ve been boinking like bunnies and apparently no one ever gave you the condom talk. You’re lucky lycanthropy isn’t an STD.
I also don’t think this was the author’s best writing. I’m not sure if I’ve read other things by her, but I’m sure she has much better work. Not only did I keep catching grammar errors, but there were just a lot of moments where it felt almost any author would have wanted to take another pass over things.
Take it for what it’s worth, but I don’t really think the author was intentionally racist. I think, in fact, she was trying very hard not to be racist and thought she was being inclusive, but it still falls into too many unfortunate pitfalls with its Black characters. Even if I liked this more, I could and would not recommend it because of that.
August 8, 2021
One of the things I love most about this series is that York writes from both points of view of the two leads. BUT she also gives snapshots into the villains point of view. Not enough so that you'd have any idea who the villain could be. But enough to get the heart racing since you know the danger that is coming their way.
I love how, even as the third book in this series, the women all have different talents. Although, Sara is the first one with paranormal talents of her own. The way she grew into them throughout the story, and accepted her past was phenomenal. I was left grinning throughout the entire story.
Drawing Ross back into this story towards the end of the novel continues the connection that I'm enjoying throughout this story. I can't wait to see who the next couple in this series will be and how they're going to connect in with the rest of the story. Each of these novels have been so fantastic as a standalone. But they also have those threads that make you want to continue the whole series in one big, binge read.
I love how York is able to show the good and the bad in the paranormal world that she's created. That, and the haunting mystery of the swamp created a textured world that I honestly didn't want to leave. I can't wait to see where she takes me in the next novel.
I love how, even as the third book in this series, the women all have different talents. Although, Sara is the first one with paranormal talents of her own. The way she grew into them throughout the story, and accepted her past was phenomenal. I was left grinning throughout the entire story.
Drawing Ross back into this story towards the end of the novel continues the connection that I'm enjoying throughout this story. I can't wait to see who the next couple in this series will be and how they're going to connect in with the rest of the story. Each of these novels have been so fantastic as a standalone. But they also have those threads that make you want to continue the whole series in one big, binge read.
I love how York is able to show the good and the bad in the paranormal world that she's created. That, and the haunting mystery of the swamp created a textured world that I honestly didn't want to leave. I can't wait to see where she takes me in the next novel.
November 12, 2020
4.5 stars. Witching Moon had a really good story line. A werewolf becomes chief park ranger in a state park located in a Georgian swamp. This gives him plenty of room to roam at night. One night he discovers some trespassers engaged in a drugged sex party. His investigation into their activities leads him into danger. A botanist who was hired to work with plants in the swamp also finds herself the target of the local witches. The book was well written and hit the right romance, suspense, and small town intrigue notes. The one fault was that information was repeated several times because people in the story figured out what was going on separately.
August 7, 2021
Not a bad book. The plot moves along nicely and the characters are developed. While not the best book I've read, it did manage to keep my interest. It was a little heavy on the supernatural for me and some of the descriptions were a little sexually graphic. A friend loaned this to me and I didn't realize that this is part of a trilogy until after I read it. I would probably read the other books in the series if someone loaned them to me but I wouldn't buy them.
March 16, 2023
A little less on the suspense, a lot less on the spice. For me, this is the most lack-luster of the series.
March 9, 2015
Setting: Wayland, Georgia, Nature’s Refuge - Olakompa swamp – tourist buildings, his cabin, guest cabin, boat dock ; Historic Downtown Wayland; Foster’s cabin, near the Refuge, 25 years ago partially burned and rebuilt after townspeople attacked a young woman, they believed was a witch, now rebuilt and a rental; Barnette’s mansion with historical items; Wayland Historical Society, in old church off Main Street; abandoned homestead being rebuilt by the witches’ offspring;
One Sentence Summary: A mysterious swamp brings out the psychic abilities of those near, and those termed ‘witches’ have been run out of town, some even killed… and the children are back, some for revenge, some to find their lost heritage… and she finds her powers to protect herself and her werewolf lover.
Characters:
Adam Marshall: werewolf; dad aggressive to the nth degree, and could not tolerate sons when they got to be of an age… mother mated to dad, but dad mistreated her by day (but hot sex at night); he has no intention of mating, and putting a woman through the same; he is a Park Ranger, recently taking a position in a private preserve in Georgia – following a ranger who had been murdered; he looks for isolation, enjoys the wolf (though not the painful change), enjoys women, but for light affairs only;
Sara Weston aka Victora Foster: (and her secondhand Toyota, Miss Hester); 25 years old; recent doctorate in botany; grant by pharmaceutical company to catalog the plants and their potential medicinal value in the preserve; has a cloying/icky feeling in the cabin they rented for her; her adopted parents made it clear that they were uncomfortable with her ‘dreams, and visions’ so she learned to suppress and ignore them;
Austen Barnette: elderly, rich patricarch of Wayland; purchased the land and made a preserve; oversees too much in town; may or may not have incited the townspeople 25 years earlier to kill a ‘witch’ – a woman who used herbs to help people, but a child died;
Sheriff Paul Delacorte: black man; followed daddy’s footsteps as sheriff, but not his daddy’s ways of sweeping under the carpet the rich white man’s deeds; knows of the stories of witches and strange doings from his youth, and trying to find logical reasons for incidents now;
Starflower / Falcon / Willow / Water Lily / Grizzley / Razoback / Copperhead / Raven’s Claw / Greenbriar / Water Buffalo: the made up names of the children and grandchildren of ‘witches’ of run out of town…, they have returned to make havoc, and to punish those who hurt their parents; their powers combined can cause pain and death via someone’s mind & heart (they killed the ranger when he came across them); in stereotypical witchlore – they paint themselves, and cavort naked around a bonfire with psychtropic drugs, and indulge in a sex orgy – the connection enhancing their powers;
Dr. Montgomery aka Blackberry Man: Sara’s father; married man, loved her and her mother; rescued her when the townspeople came – tried to save mom, but couldn’t; then adopted her out to a loving, older couple and sent money when he could; he arranged for the grant for her to come back to town, and shares her love of plants; is caught by both Sara and Adam hovering near her cabin;
Ross Marshall: Adam’s brother; he left home when dominance with dad became too much; earlier book he found his mate in a geneticist and has a son, and wife pregnant with a daughter… both likely to survive (unlike most of his siblings); he seeks Adam out, and Adam’s reaction is twofold – wanting to hug him, wanting to beat him up… but Ross understands his instinct – tells him it is possible to have a mate different than their father did, etc… and how to contact him;
Summary:
Personally, Adam is dealing with the strong feelings of attachment and attraction he has toward Sara, his mate… and Sara is learning to unlearn/unleash her powers – enhanced by the swamp, and needed to protect herself and Adam;
And they work together to investigate, protect each other, and stop the evil witches…
Ends with a visit to Ross, and his family… Sara pregnant… brothers learning to be sharing brothers…
Memorable scenes:
“His relationships with women had always been hot and sexual. He was hot now. But he felt a kind of sweetness that he had never expected to feel…. He had never tasted anything so rich, so heady as this woman’s mouth. And he drank from the sweetness she offered like a man deprived of all sustenance and finally bidden to partake of a feast.”
One Sentence Summary: A mysterious swamp brings out the psychic abilities of those near, and those termed ‘witches’ have been run out of town, some even killed… and the children are back, some for revenge, some to find their lost heritage… and she finds her powers to protect herself and her werewolf lover.
Characters:
Adam Marshall: werewolf; dad aggressive to the nth degree, and could not tolerate sons when they got to be of an age… mother mated to dad, but dad mistreated her by day (but hot sex at night); he has no intention of mating, and putting a woman through the same; he is a Park Ranger, recently taking a position in a private preserve in Georgia – following a ranger who had been murdered; he looks for isolation, enjoys the wolf (though not the painful change), enjoys women, but for light affairs only;
Sara Weston aka Victora Foster: (and her secondhand Toyota, Miss Hester); 25 years old; recent doctorate in botany; grant by pharmaceutical company to catalog the plants and their potential medicinal value in the preserve; has a cloying/icky feeling in the cabin they rented for her; her adopted parents made it clear that they were uncomfortable with her ‘dreams, and visions’ so she learned to suppress and ignore them;
Austen Barnette: elderly, rich patricarch of Wayland; purchased the land and made a preserve; oversees too much in town; may or may not have incited the townspeople 25 years earlier to kill a ‘witch’ – a woman who used herbs to help people, but a child died;
Sheriff Paul Delacorte: black man; followed daddy’s footsteps as sheriff, but not his daddy’s ways of sweeping under the carpet the rich white man’s deeds; knows of the stories of witches and strange doings from his youth, and trying to find logical reasons for incidents now;
Starflower / Falcon / Willow / Water Lily / Grizzley / Razoback / Copperhead / Raven’s Claw / Greenbriar / Water Buffalo: the made up names of the children and grandchildren of ‘witches’ of run out of town…, they have returned to make havoc, and to punish those who hurt their parents; their powers combined can cause pain and death via someone’s mind & heart (they killed the ranger when he came across them); in stereotypical witchlore – they paint themselves, and cavort naked around a bonfire with psychtropic drugs, and indulge in a sex orgy – the connection enhancing their powers;
Dr. Montgomery aka Blackberry Man: Sara’s father; married man, loved her and her mother; rescued her when the townspeople came – tried to save mom, but couldn’t; then adopted her out to a loving, older couple and sent money when he could; he arranged for the grant for her to come back to town, and shares her love of plants; is caught by both Sara and Adam hovering near her cabin;
Ross Marshall: Adam’s brother; he left home when dominance with dad became too much; earlier book he found his mate in a geneticist and has a son, and wife pregnant with a daughter… both likely to survive (unlike most of his siblings); he seeks Adam out, and Adam’s reaction is twofold – wanting to hug him, wanting to beat him up… but Ross understands his instinct – tells him it is possible to have a mate different than their father did, etc… and how to contact him;
Summary:
Personally, Adam is dealing with the strong feelings of attachment and attraction he has toward Sara, his mate… and Sara is learning to unlearn/unleash her powers – enhanced by the swamp, and needed to protect herself and Adam;
And they work together to investigate, protect each other, and stop the evil witches…
Ends with a visit to Ross, and his family… Sara pregnant… brothers learning to be sharing brothers…
Memorable scenes:
“His relationships with women had always been hot and sexual. He was hot now. But he felt a kind of sweetness that he had never expected to feel…. He had never tasted anything so rich, so heady as this woman’s mouth. And he drank from the sweetness she offered like a man deprived of all sustenance and finally bidden to partake of a feast.”
April 4, 2016
This connects back to ‘Killing Moon’. Adam is Ross’s brother and a lot of the story points are similar to the book. Just a different danger. We even have a Sherriff helping them: Paul Delacort.
Adam Marshall is the new head ranger for a private nature refuge in Georgia swamp. It seems like the perfect place for a wolf shifter, but the previous head ranger had been found murdered in the swamp and there’s a strange secret in the local town’s history. The very first night he comes across a primitive sexual ritual deep in the swamp and almost doesn't make it out alive.
Sara Weston has been hired by the reclusive, but domineering owner of the private park to do a research project for Granville Pharmaceuticals on the medicinal value of plants native to the swamp. The owner, Austin Barnette has set her up in an old spooky cabin on the edge of the park.
Quick Thoughts: 1) These guys have horrible eating habits. I know they’re wolves but the human part should at least try to act normal and cook their food a little.
2) I like it when characters from previous books in a series are involved in the current story.
Fave Scenes: 1) Sara & the wolf, building the retaining wall, Sara’s accident and Sara fighting the witches.
Adam Marshall is the new head ranger for a private nature refuge in Georgia swamp. It seems like the perfect place for a wolf shifter, but the previous head ranger had been found murdered in the swamp and there’s a strange secret in the local town’s history. The very first night he comes across a primitive sexual ritual deep in the swamp and almost doesn't make it out alive.
Sara Weston has been hired by the reclusive, but domineering owner of the private park to do a research project for Granville Pharmaceuticals on the medicinal value of plants native to the swamp. The owner, Austin Barnette has set her up in an old spooky cabin on the edge of the park.
Quick Thoughts: 1) These guys have horrible eating habits. I know they’re wolves but the human part should at least try to act normal and cook their food a little.
2) I like it when characters from previous books in a series are involved in the current story.
Fave Scenes: 1) Sara & the wolf, building the retaining wall, Sara’s accident and Sara fighting the witches.
February 17, 2010
I really don't know why I keep reading these books (actually, I do know, it's because we ordered all four at the same time and I hate sending them away not having read them). But really, this one was so bad I don't know if I can bring myself to read the fourth.
It's quite predictable, often cliche, and the writing is rather remedial for someone who's apparently written as much as this author. The characters weren't the worst I've read, but that's not saying a whole lot.
Don't bother. If you want this genera, you're better off looking at other authors.
It's quite predictable, often cliche, and the writing is rather remedial for someone who's apparently written as much as this author. The characters weren't the worst I've read, but that's not saying a whole lot.
Don't bother. If you want this genera, you're better off looking at other authors.
November 7, 2011
Werewolf book—Hero was born a werewolf, had a semi-dysfunctional family—mom was a doormat—and wants better for himself. He’s working as a park ranger at a private nature preserve and finds a group of people doing what just might be witchcraft naked in the park in the middle of the night, but the drug they’re using affects his senses. Then there’s the botanist who’s come to study the plants in the swamp. He can’t understand why she affects him so or how they can dream exactly the same dreams. This is a very good read with an interesting take on werewolves and psychic abilities.
September 24, 2013
I usually am not a big fan of books when the relationship between two characters develop basically over night. But this one was okay with me. I liked there relationship. In a way it reminds me of mine and my husbands earlier relationship granted we got to know each other longer but married quite earlier into being together. I wish I could say I loved this book. I really am a big fan of the authors but it just wasn't for me. The relationship of the two main characters really reminded me of book 2. Overall it was a decent read.
September 22, 2009
Not a bad book. The plot moves along nicely and the characters are developed. While not the best book I've read, it did manage to keep my interest. It was a little heavy on the supernatural for me and some of the descriptions were a little sexually graphic. A friend loaned this to me and I didn't realize that this is part of a trilogy until after I read it. I would probably read the other books in the series if someone loaned them to me but I wouldn't buy them.
November 14, 2009
Following the same lines as the last two books. Rebecca York has made another awesome book. This is Ross's brother, that is alike in the life style of he feels that he must stay alone not to hurt anyone else. Then he meets Dr. Sara Weston, and can not continue the attraction that begins. Little do Sara and Adam know that this is not a coincidence. Sara has been brought here on purpose, and Adam's gift may be the only thing that keeps them alive.
July 1, 2015
Honestly I am not really interested in romance novels, but this one was okay. If you are looking for a focused grouping to put this book in good luck. If you are into romance novels you are going to find it a little hard to understand since there are breaks in it continuously for the mystery and other view points. I would have liked it to flow a little bit better though since the breaks are just that, breaks in the story which doesn't quiet blend back in.
January 5, 2011
My conclusion on this series so far is that it's not one you should try and read all at once. A book here and there is fine, but reading them all at once gets repetative fast. I'll keep reading, but once I'm done with what I've gotten from the library I'm going to start taking my time with them and use them as filler books between other series.
March 10, 2009
Ok... I admit. I stayed up all night reading this one. I really liked that she had issues going on as well so it wasn't all about him and his background. But I was on the edge of my seat the WHOLE time! I loved it. Much better than "Edge of the Moon" by far.
March 13, 2012
The first book had a werewolf and an ordinary serial killer (if you can use ordinary for a serial killer). The second book had a normal cop, a sort of a demon, lots of dreams and a wizard serial killer. This one has witches, a werewolf and fanatics and it is better than the first two.
September 21, 2007
My least favorite of the first 3 in the Moon series, but still good.
July 25, 2008
*BIO*
August 20, 2008
it was sooo good i loved the romance and the thrilling action
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August 22, 2008Witching Moon (Berkley Sensation) by Rebecca York (2003)
September 29, 2008
Though I liked this book, it's one of those that make witches sound like a completely different race.
Want to read
December 6, 2008TBR
February 15, 2010
I still think York is a talented writer but her characters and the story arc in this book are generic cookie cutouts. I may try the next in the series eventually, but not any time soon.
May 3, 2010
it is an amazing book
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