There are some paranormal overtones, but the heat of the romance takes center stage and provides the source of the cause-driven plot, along with the answer to the legacy. Laurel’s interest in the passionate wolf controversy is examined in back story and supplies the connection that will provide their mutual interest. In the meantime, they examine Donovan’s connection to the plight of the wolves and his work with tagging and tracking the individuals of the pack in this wild and remote northern region of the U.S. His father had always tried to include him as part of the core family. It is through his now more mature interaction with family that he discovers much of the rejection was of his own making. Donovan is grudgingly drawn into the family fold in their collective concern for his dad where he realizes there is an unspoken and undeniable bond. The sexual tension between the two provides a conflict, but only serves to draw them together in the mutual search not only for the imposter but the perp who attacked his father. Laurel discovers an immediate intense interest in this Donovan (poor thing almost gets the vapors), and he the same in Laurel, but tries to deny the attraction. Donovan is the illegitimate son of the congressman, has always felt estranged from his core family, and refuses to engage his siblings, but continues to check on his father. Unfortunately, the congressman is attacked and the real Donovan (not missing in his own native element) appears in time to rescue his dad and get him to the hospital. Congressman from Wisconsin, takes her story very seriously and together they set out to find his missing son–or his imposter. The Donovan family, however, together in the family mansion for a private celebration, deny it could have been “their” Donovan, who is definitely not as she describes.įortunately, the father, a well known and powerful U.S. She worries something bad must have happened since she feels he would not have left without further word to her. “Her” Donovan had proposed, but upon her hesitation he mysteriously disappears. Laurel arrives at his family’s door unexpected and unannounced after she claims Donovan has gone missing. The legacy, “Act selflessly in another’s behalf, and my legacy will be yours.” Lone wolf Donovan Wilde is estranged from his family and certainly never acknowledged the McKenna family legacy, but it is Laurel Newkirk who awakens the family tie he can no longer neglect. Title and Cover: Never Cry Wolf – Attractive and Compelling Coverĭefinitely heavier in the romance genre than I usually delve, “ Never Cry Wolf” by Patricia Rosemoor has the suspenseful, thriller overtones I prefer.

Publication Date: Original Date August 1, 1998

Title: Never Cry Wolf by Patricia Rosemoor

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