Wolver’s Rescue (The Wolvers #5) by Jacqueline Rhoades-Review, Guest Post & Giveaway
Wolver’s Rescue
The Wolvers #6
by Jacqueline Rhoades
Genre: adult, contemporary, paranormal romance, wolf shifters
Release Date: February 26, 2015
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 26, 205
Sometimes it’s not the wolves who pose the danger…
There’s a downside to living in a secret society. Someone has to ensure it remains that way. ‘Bull’ Bulworth is that someone. His current assignment: track a young man who has an unrecognized wolf inside him and eliminate the problem before the truth about Wolvers is exposed to the human world. It’s a simple and straightforward assignment until he meets a woman who makes him think crazy might be contagious.
In her own words, Tommie Bane is nuttier than a pecan tree. There’s a voice in her head telling her she is something other than human, and a creature she swears is running around inside her body. Just when she’s at the lowest point in her weird and nutty life, she meets a man who tells her it’s all real. Should she listen to the voice of reason or to the voice in her head that keeps shouting “Mate”?
What do you have to lose when you’ve already lost your mind? For Tommie, it could be her life
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Wolver’s Rescue is book sixth in this popular shifter series (Rabbit Creek Santa being a novella). The setting begins in the office of the mysterious Mr. Begley, as he assigns a job to one of his pack, a hunter/enforcer named William “Bull” Bulworth. Bull has a dark and lonely job of hunting and either eliminating (killing) rogue wolvers or changing them to permanently wolf form.
We find our heroine at an asylum for the criminally insane. We find that not all things in this hospital are what they seem.
I don’t do spoilers and this is a marvelous read you’ll want to experience for yourself. Ms. Rhoades has outdone her usual fine job of intricate plotting and marvelous characters. She delves into the dark world of the insane and those who try to make others believe they are. However, it’s not all dark and spooky. The wonderful cast of characters are well written, with humor, sincerity, and even a bit of teen angst. These are people you love to read about and hate to leave them when the story ends.
The plot is intriguing and twisty. You get to discover, along with the cast, the circles within circles of fated meetings and rescues in this marvelously well told story. You learn more about the Wolver community as a whole as the story progresses and the issues of keeping your species a secret from the human community and at the same time trying to find a place to live peacefully with your differences.
I’m sure if you love shifter books, or maybe even if you’ve never read one, this book will thrill you with adventure, danger, humor, and emotion. The love scenes are not gratuitous sex, but natural, loving and very emotional.
Grab your favorite beverage, a box of tissues and settle in for a wonderful ride of fun and emotion!
Enjoy everyone, I certainly did!
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Reviewed by Georgianna
Write What You Know. Really?
by Jacqueline Rhoades
Let me begin by saying that I love teachers. I’ve worked with many over the years and the vast majority of them are dedicated to their profession. Why am I telling you this? Because I’m about to lodge a complaint against the dozen or more English teachers I’ve heard in my own career as a student, and through my work as an adult who have used the words, “Write what you know.”, without ever explaining what it means. I suspect it’s because many of them don’t know.
The average third grader will go cross-eyed at these words, instinctively knowing they don’t know much about anything and teenagers, of course, know everything. What about us as adults? I live a pretty boring life and frankly, I like it that way.
Are they saying I can’t write about a high fashion model because I’m short and rather round and spend most of my days in jeans and sweatshirts? How about a woman with expensive fashion taste? I wouldn’t know what to do with a pair of Jimmy Choos, first, because I don’t have the money to buy them and second, because I’d have absolutely nowhere to go in them. And let’s face it folks, what does anybody know about humans shifting into wolves? So, what is it I do know?
I know the peaceful quiet that descends on the woods after a snowfall. I know the eerie grey silence that comes with the eye of a hurricane. I know the embarrassment of giggling at a funeral. I know the profound and miraculous joy of holding a newborn in my arms and the heart stopping joy of having the guy I love look at me in the same way I look at him. I know about heartbreak and loss. The list goes on and on.
There are still things I don’t know. That’s where imagination comes in and a good book can make my imagination soar. What’s it like to not know who you are or where you come from? What’s it like to be drawn to another person without rhyme or reason? What’s it like to be responsible for another person’s death or to know that someone wants you dead? What’s it like to run with the wind? What’s it like to be a wolf?
You’ll notice that everything I’ve written here is not about acts, but about feelings. That’s where the very best fiction writers excel. Those books that remain with us long after the story is told are the ones that allow us to experience the emotions of the characters be it love, lust, anger, excitement, or fear. In the pages of a good book, we may be attracted to the way the characters look, but we become involved with them not because they’re cardboard cutouts of beautiful people, but because of what they carry inside. They touch the emotions we carry within ourselves.
So instead of telling those young, teenaged, or adult would-be writers out there to write what they know, I wish you’d start by saying “Write what you feel.”
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A New Englander by birth and an Ohioan by choice, Jacqueline, known as Jackie by her friends, makes her home in a small, rural town with one lovable husband, one spoiled dog and one disinterested cat. (The adjectives are often interchangeable). An avid reader from a very early age, Jackie has an eclectic taste for books and therefore has trouble naming a favorite genre or author, though she does admit that for pure personal fantasy and ‘take-me-away’ books, you just can’t beat a good romance.
Jackie believes in the beauty of all women and thinks most women don’t see themselves as they should (herself included). She tries to make the women in her books reflect the best of ‘average’ in a variety of shapes, sizes, personalities and backgrounds, and each is beautiful in her own way. Some of her heroes are movie star handsome, while others are not. All her characters are beautiful in the eyes of their lovers and that, to Jackie, is the most beautiful of all.
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Great review Georgianna, love the concept of the book and picked it up. Congratulations on your new release Jacqueline wishing you all the best, and I agree with you about writing about emotion, it does pack a more powerful punch.
Thanks Mary Ann, I think this is one of my favorites in this series. It was just do different. Many of the subjects were dark, but the humor between the characters helps balance the story well.
Wonderful review Georgianna, I have just started reading these kind of books and find I like them,Jacqurlinevcongrats on the new release,please enter me in the giveaway.
The Alpha’s Mate is the first in this series and is only $.99! A great place to start!
Welcome to the world of paranormal romance, Helynn. I like to think my books are a good intro into the genre because they’re more romance in a paranormal setting than the other way around. I hope you’ll give one a try.
Thanks, Mary Ann. Like you, I want my readers to walk in my characters shoes and to feel like they’re part of the story.
This is terrific. Thank you all so very much.
Wonderful review Georgie. And thanks Jacqueline for the great guest post!!
Congratulations on the new release-
Thanks Sandy, I know she loves to visit here!
Wonderful review, Georgianna. Looks like a great series that needs to be added to my huge list.
Yeah Barb, I know that feeling well. It’s really a good series with great characters. Surprisingly, her contemporary romance series Hidden Mountain, is much the same type of humor and characters. The people are precious and you actually feel you get to know them.
This is a new author to me. This would be a great introduction. Please enter me in the giveaway. Thanks.
Good luck!
Great review and post!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Always a pleasure Evelyn.
I love a good PNR. New author to me. Please enter me in the giveaway.
Her books are really good, some steamy romance, without being too over the top! Alpha’s Mate is permanently $.99 at Amazon and other retailers, simply so readers can try out the series without a lot of expense.
Wonderful guest post-I guess we can all fantasize about being something or someone else…lol
Great review Georgianna. Congrats to Jacqueline on the new release.
Thanks, Sassy. It is a good post, she has some interesting ideas on the things she writes.
Thank you, Sassy. For me, romance is (in all it’s genres) fantasy. I think all of us, even the happily partnered ones, dream of that perfect mate with a little excitement thrown in for good measure.
Great interview and review. Please enter me and I just love PNR books and this is a new author for me. Thanks for the chance and have done all of the above.
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If you’re interested, you can read the first in this series for only $.99, Alpha’s Mate.
Enjoyed reading the review. New author to me, going to be checking out these books.
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Thanks Jean, be sure to check out The Alpha’s Mate…for only $.99.
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I really would love your book
Great review Georgianna and loved the quest post. I love the series and have bought this one already . They are a great read.
I hope you love it Fran, I really did! They’re among my favs!
Bless you, Fran!
You are HILARIOUS Mizz Jackie. I love to laugh & I.am totally getting some of your book.
Thanks, Patty. Even though my books all have a serious story line, you’ll always find plenty of humor in them. No one can be serious all the time (hence the giggling at funerals) and for me, laughter is part of life. I write fiction, but I try to keep it ‘real’.
Patty, Jackie will appreciate your comments, please take a look at her works and let her know what you think. She loves hearing from readers. http://www.jacquelinerhoades.com
Boy do I! Hearing from readers is one of the best parts of the job!
Love the guest post. Thanks for the review and giveaway opportunity
I haven’t read anything by this author that I know of but I’ll be paying attention now. I think that this series is also going to become a favorite of mine. Thx so much for this giveaway. All requirements completed.
Kathleen, I urge you – no, I’m not proud – I BEG you to give them a try. I promise they are not your typical shifter stories.
I really liked your guest post…write what you feel! Such great advice. I like the sound of your books too. My TBR pile is absolutely huge. Maybe when I can finally retire I’ll have more time to read them! Thanks for the chance to win a book. gshefty@gmail.com
Glenda, the very first in this series is The Alpha’s Mate, it’s only $.99. She did this so people could get a feel for the series…
Terrific review, and guest post. It looks like I need to add this series to my list.
Amy,
A wonderful place to start would be with The Alpha’s Mate for $.99!
Great review, Georgianna. Looks like a very nice series to begin.
While you’re waiting for the contest results, try The Alpha’s Mate for $.99, it’s the first in this series.
Love paranormals. Finding a new author is great. Please count me in.
Great review. Love her books! She is an amazing author.
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Thanks so much Angie!!
Hey Angie! Fancy meeting you here. Bless you for the praise. Can you see me dancing?
What a great review & post – thank you for the giveaway (and introduction to a new author). I’m going to check out the backlist & start from the beginning! lol
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Happy news Kim, The Alpha’s Mate (first in this great series is only $.99).
Bless you, Kim! I’ll be eager to hear what you think.
Looking forward to the read; it is always wonderful to see new ideas in the paranormal genre coming together with the familiar. I love shifters of all kinds! Thank you for the contest.
~Caroline
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You’ll absolutely love the characters and the wit and charm of the stories!
I do try to make my characters, both primary and secondary, familiar. I want my readers to fell like, “Yeah, this could really be happening!”
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Good Luck!
I follow your page on all formats posted … I love paranormals and from what I’ve seen here with the review and the blurb,I have found a new author to read .. Please enter me in the giveaway !
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Thanks Ruth! If you want to start at the beginning, The Alpha’s Mate is the first and to give everyone a sample of this great series, she’s priced it at only $.99!
Thanks, Ruth, I truly hope you’ll enjoy them.
Thanks for the chance!
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Wonderful review and guest posts. Thanks for the giveaway. Congratulations to Jacqueline on the new release.
Thank you! I had fun writing this one!
Great guest post. Thanks for the giveaway.
Love the review and guest post. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity. Always so much to read at The Reading Cafe. You ladies are sooooo busy, I don’t know where you find the time for anything else.
Great review. Please enter me in contest!! I also follow on Facebook!
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