THE WOLF WORE PLAID (Highland Wolf 6 / Heart of the Wolf) by Terry Spear-Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 27, 2021
This Highland lass is a little too unpredictable, but maybe that’s exactly what an overprotective Highland wolf needs in his life.
Enrick MacQuarrie has no time in his life to worry about anything beyond the duties of being the second-in-command of his Highland pack. Work always comes first. Until a movie being filmed at Enrick’s castle results in an enemy clan bent on revenge, and Enrick is tasked with keeping his longtime packmate Heather MacNeil safe.
Impetuous Heather MacNeil has had a crush on Enrick for as long as she can remember, but never any hope he’d reciprocate her interest. But a battle between the clans turns into something deeper between the two wolves, and Heather’s wildness might be just the thing to teach Enrick that all work and no play makes for a very frustrated alpha.
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REVIEW: THE WOLF WORE PLAID is the sixth instalment in Terry Spear’s contemporary, adult HIGHLAND WOLF paranormal, romance series. This is Highland wolf shifters Enrick MacQuarrie, and bakery /café owner Heather MacNeill’s story line. THE WOLF WORE PLAID can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Heather and Enrick) THE WOLF WORE PLAID follows the building romance and relationship between Highland wolf shifters Enrick MacQuarrie, and bakery /café owner Heather MacNeill. Heather MacNeill’s fiancé Timothy was killed two years earlier by two other wolf shifters for sins of the past, and Enrick MacQuarrie bided his time in an effort to let the shifter lassie grieve but the wolves who killed our heroine’s fiancé begin to hassle Heather MacNeill, and Enrick is all about protecting the she-wolf with whom he will fall in love. When a movie production rents out the MacQuarrie castle to film a time-travel romance, Enrick, Heather and their extended family find themselves a part of the crew but also find themselves the target of the wolves who had taken aim at our story line heroine. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Heather and Enrick, and the potential fall-out as the threats against Heather and Enrick become more dangerous and deadly.
The relationship between Heather and Enrick is slow to build. Enrick has always thought Heather would one day be his mate but she fell in love with another wolf, a wolf Enrick believed wasn’t good enough. Heather’s attraction to Enrick did not go unnoticed, and behind the scenes everyone was hoping for our couple to mate. Keeping Heather protected placed our couple together, and in the ensuing days and weeks, a mating would befall Enrick and Heather. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Heather’s cousin Cearnach MacNeill (A Highland Werewolf Wedding 3), Enrick’s brother Grant and his mate Colleen (Hero of a Highland Wolf 4); Heather’s friend and co-worker Lana Cameron; American actor Guy McNab Robert and Patrick Kilpatrick; alpha Paxton McKinley, Catherine McKinley, as well as several members of the crew and pack.
THE WOLF WORE PLAID is a story of family and relationships, betrayal and revenge. The premise is engaging and exciting; the romance is captivating ; the characters are energetic, colorful and charismatic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
She didn’t believe him for an instant. Her phone was sitting on the ledge below the high counter and out of his sight, so she started to text Ian to see if he could send some backup, other than her three brothers—Oran, Jamie, and Callum, who would just as likely kill the men and ask questions afterward—if she needed the help.
The doorbell jingled again, and she looked up to see who it was, afraid it would be more of the Kilpatricks’ kin. Instead, Enrick MacQuarrie pulled the door closed behind him, and a bit of relief washed over her. Now he was a welcome sight. Not for his supposed interest in dating her. That was so far-fetched, she couldn’t believe Lana would even think it. But Heather knew he would be all protective when it came to her or any other she-wolf of the MacNeill pack.
She didn’t send the text message to Ian, figuring Enrick would deal with the Kilpatricks if they gave her any trouble.
Not that she was totally reassured. Anything could go wrong, and she sure didn’t want Enrick hurt either.
He looked so much like one of the men wearing a New York T-shirt while they waited for their steak pies that he could have been his double. Ever since Guy McNab had made it big as a film star in America, Enrick had been mistaken for him whenever he ventured out of the area.
Enrick was the middle triplet brother of Grant and Lachlan MacQuarrie, tawny-haired and good-natured—except if he was defending the pack members or his friends, then watch out. He had a warrior’s heart, yet Heather had seen a real soft side to him too—playing tug-of-war with the Irish wolfhound pups, chasing the kids around the inner bailey in a game of tag, growling as if he were a wolf in his fur coat and making the kids squeal in delight. She’d seen him playing with his brothers as wolves and he was totally aggressive then, not wanting either of his brothers to win the battle between them. And in a snowball fight, he was the fastest snowball maker and thrower she’d ever seen. If they played on teams, she wanted him on hers.
So he did let his hair down, so to speak, with the kids and with his brothers and others. With her? He clearly thought she was trouble.
At least he was a wolf with a pack friendly to her own, and she smiled brightly at him, glad he was here in case she needed him.
There was no smile for her, his look instead dark and imposing as he glanced from her to the Kilpatrick brothers, still trying to figure out what they wanted to buy. She hoped Enrick wouldn’t start a fight. They had so many customers, and she didn’t want to see a brawl break out in front of them. It surely wouldn’t help business.
Robert pointed to the sign on the wall listing the kind of pies they sold. “We’ll take a couple of the steak and kidney pies to go.”
Okay, so they weren’t causing trouble. Yet. They hadn’t noticed Enrick’s arrival, and she hoped he wouldn’t cause things to get ugly when the other men were behaving…for the moment. Enrick was observing them with a do-anything-I-don’t-like-and-you’ll-die look.
Robert leaned against the oak countertop. “We hear there’s supposed to be a movie filmed at one of the castles nearby.”
As her heartbeat quickened, Heather’s gaze darted to Enrick’s, and he raised his brows at her. Man, she was about to give the secret away in that one little glance at him. She knew he would question her next, once the men left. He could probably hear her heart suddenly beating way too fast.
“We had a movie filmed at our castle a few years back, but that’s it.” Heather placed their order with Rush stamped on it. She’d never used the stamp before, but this was certainly one of those times it came in handy.
“Not that film. A new one. More of a…fantasy,” Patrick said, “featuring wolves, even.”
“At the MacNeills’ castle? No,” she said, shaking her head. She wasn’t lying. Ian MacNeill swore they would never have another film shot at their castle. At the time they’d been in dire straits financially, and the only way to keep the castle solvent was to do the film. Wolf packs had to keep their identity secret. Having tons of nonwolves traipsing through Argent Castle and the grounds could be problematic. Her pack had had to send a couple of newly turned wolves to stay with the MacQuarries, just so the human cast and crew wouldn’t have the surprise of seeing the newbies shift during the full moon.***
Excerpted from The Wolf Wore Plaid by Terry Spear. © 2021 by Terry Spear. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks Casablanca, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Love, love, love romance, the paranormal, hunky Highlanders with their delicious brogue and hot kilts, so Terry Spear writes about those hunky Highlanders both in medieval times and as wolves in contemporary times. Jaguar shifters too! And young adult urban fantasy. And romantic suspense. She grew up reading mystery, adventure, mythologies from around the world, ghost stories, the paranormal, fell in love with Dracula and Wolfman, and felt they needed loving too. Everyone should have someone to love. Which means her stories always have a HEA. USA Today Bestseller residing in Central Texas from Sacramento, California who creates award-winning teddy bears too!
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