The Shifter’s Choice
Jenna Kernan
Harlequin Nocturne, Dec 1 2014, $5.75
ISBN: 9780373009343
Yonkers resident Sofia Touma was given the choice
between prison and the marines. After
basic, she is flown to Molokai, Hawaii where Captain Travis MacConnelly warns
her if she quits like her file shows she has done in almost everything in her
life, she returns to prison. Though he expects
her to quit in thirty seconds, his wife Brianna persuaded him to give Sofia the
assignment of teaching a depressed, suicidal marine sign language when the
injured sergeant refuses to cooperate with anyone including his superior
officer.
A werewolf attacked Sergeant Johnny Loc Lam and
Captain Travis MacConnelly (see The Vampire’s Wolf); but whereas the latter
moved on, the former has not adjusted at all.
Lam tries to frighten his new teacher away, but Sofia refuses to leave. Instead she finds out what he has become; his
inability to shift from the beast to human, and the connotation that sign
language means to him no cure possible.
As they fall in love, he fears his adversaries who want the wolf all the
time will use her as a pawn to control him.
The second military romantic fantasy is an
enjoyable Beauty and The Beast tale due mostly to the sergeant’s unique disorder
enhanced by his fear of what signing means to him, and his sign language
instructor’s reaction to his condition.
Although the vampire subplot adds suspense, the relationship between the
leads (and them to Mac and Brianna) make for an engaging paranormal drama.
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