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Review

Ethan Stone's Wolf Moon, from Dreamspinner Press, opens with the orphaning of its main character, Jack Coleman, at the age of five in a horrific car accident. From there it jumps directly to the buff, college-age Jack meeting blond pretty boy Derek Malone at an end-of-summer party where they instantly begin lusting after each other. If from that you gather that this is a fast-paced read, you're right. Stone moves quickly from the hot pair's first date through their first full-out sexual romp to Jack's discovery that he is a werewolf. So is Derek, and a lot of the people around them. In fact, Jack finds that he is a member of a pack, and that he is a "Chosen One" who is destined to become the pack's next leader.

Challenging him is Elias Fairchild, a rival not just for the pack leadership, but an ex-lover of Derek's who is determined to take back his former boyfriend.

This all involves lots of fighting and even more sex, with a surprise or two tossed in for good measure. Stone doesn't do anything innovative with the old werewolf mythology, and the character of Elias could use some nuance. At 216 pages, the story feels rushed. This is still a very satisfying supernatural romance, one that will have you hoping for a sequel.

 -- Gilbert Williams