Shelter From The Storm by Molly Wens

Shelter From The Storm by Molly Wens
Publisher: eXcessica
Genre: Contemporary


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Summary: Life can change in the blink of an eye, as Carissa James discovers while on an ill-fated business trip. Kidnapped, injured and left to her own wits in the frozen wilderness of the Grand Teton Mountains, she battles the elements for survival with nothing more than a spiritual guide, a white wolf, to see her through.

Bryce Matheny, though, knows all too well what can happen when the Fates play games with the lives of mortals. One moment on a dark highway and his beloved wife is gone. Left scarred and embittered, ostracized by society as a branded killer, he leaves the world behind, retreats to a mountain hideaway where he intends to live out the rest of his years, alone.

Another dark night changes Bryce’s life forever when the howl of a wolf and the insistence of his faithful dog drag him from the safety of his cabin into the raging winter storm. That’s when he finds Carissa, half-dead, buried in the snow.

Afraid she will see him as a monster, he tries to hide his disfigured face. When he finally allows her to see, he is struck by the pure desire in her eyes. He wants to share that desire with her, but wonders if it still lives within him as he watches her scantily clad body reclining on his bed.

Passion wins and love is born, but the moment cannot last. She has no choice but to return to her children and her home.

For Bryce, life without Clarissa is sheer torture. Haunted by the memory of her soft caresses and fiery green eyes, he becomes a man possessed. But does he have the strength to face his past and go in search of her? Will his damaged soul once again find her to be his shelter from the storm?

Dakota’s Review: This is the first book I’ve read by Ms. Wens. While we’ve worked for the same publishing company, I hadn’t had the chance to read anything by her, but I’m happy to say I wasn’t disappointed. Shelter From the Storm lived up to my expectations, and I found myself whisked into the snowbound story of two very different people who were trying to make the best of their situation. The descriptive elements of this story had me shivering…and let me tell you, reading a story about stumbling through a winter storm while the snow was falling outside my own doorstep made me very grateful to be inside where it was toasty warm.

Now that I’ve praised Ms. Wens’ background descriptions, I need to acknowledge the greater elements of this story; the incomparable Clarissa and dark and brooding Bryce. Damn, I didn’t know who to root for more, the feisty heroine, Cari or her tormented lover, Bryce. Cari was full of life and had no qualms about standing up to a man twice her size. In a way she reminded me of Scrappy Doo, (and I mean that in the best possible way, Molly!) daring to take on obstacles twice her size without fear. As far as Bryce, my heart went out to the man who’d chosen solitude with his wolf rather than retaliating against those who’d struck out at him.

I absolutely loved Shelter From the Storm and suggest any who read it have a hanky ready.

Rated 4 ½ Delightful Divas by Dakota!



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