Secret of the Wolf
Cynthia Garner
Forever, Jun 26 2012, $7.99
ISBN: 9780446585125

Temporary rifts between the human realm and that of the paranormal periodically occur. This enables alien entities to enter human hosts who become various supernatural creatures. These paranormasl have gained legal rights though the native earthlings resent these “parasites” leaving hostilities high.

The Council of Preternaturals serves as the governing board over the supernatural in order to keep the peace between their several species and with the humans. However, recently vicious assaults on humans have led to several mortal becoming werewolves. Human Police Detective Dante Macmillan and werewolf liaison to the Council Tori Joseph investigate. As they find clues, she fears she knows the identity of the rogue werewolf as someone very close to her heart; complicating her trepidations the cop also has become very close to her heart.

The second Warriors of the Rift romantic urban fantasy (see Kiss of the Vampire) is a fast-paced police procedural. Tori is a terrific individual torn between the two most important people in her life. Dante reciprocates her feelings without the anguish. Readers will appreciate the fascinating Garner mythos

Harriet Klausner