Touched
by the Moon
Touching
the Moon Series
Book
Two
Lisa
M. Airey
Genre: Paranormal Fiction
Publisher: Aakenbaaken &
Kent, New York
Date of Publication: December
2015
ISBN: 978-1-938436-17-8
Number of pages: 309
Word Count: 85, 071
Cover Artist: www.Reese-Winslow.com
Book Description:
Taken
The timber wolves of Fallston,
South Dakota fall prey to an international ring of fur trappers. Unfortunately,
timber wolves are not all they capture. Taken by a savage group of criminals
and transported half a world away to Denmark, two young boys must set aside
their sibling rivalry to survive the violence that surrounds them.
Haunted
Julie Walker is haunted by the
loss of her sons and haunted by the reappearance of the one man she never
wanted to see again in her lifetime, Hayden Kolding. He has an agenda, and a
surprising ally, forcing Julie to confront a side of herself that she has
fought long and hard to deny.
Hunted
But life is seldom simply a
matter of black and white. As victim becomes victor and hunter becomes hunted,
there is a world of gray. And Gray Walker is out for blood.
Excerpt:
Elliott Rand had
been close to the end of his search grid when he was called back in to home
base. The reckless boys had been found and now it was time for a couple of
fingers of Gentleman Jack and some good home cookin’. Julie’s cooking. He was
ready. More than ready.
He heard a wolf
off in the distance. But it wasn’t a howl. It was a cry of pain. Abject pain.
Elliott shifted
direction and cursed his fate. He was betting dollars to doughnuts that a
timber wolf had been caught in an illegal wolf trap. It would be next to
impossible to save a feral wounded without a tranquilizer gun. The best he
could do was put the beast out of its misery. He clenched his jaws.
He moved as
quickly as he was able, but the air was biting cold. It hurt to breathe. His
eyes scanned the landscape for a safe path to follow and he moved forward with
caution. The snowfall had been heavy, but it was powder dry and had slid down
the mountain slope leaving a thinner blanket on the steeper portions. It was
there he found the gray timber wolf gnawing at a left hind leg that was
viciously pinned between two jaws of steel.
“God,” murmured
Elliott.
He took a step
forward and felt his left leg buckle beneath him. The ice cut into his face as
he took a nose dive into the snow. When he could take a breath and move past
the searing, blinding pain, he looked back. His left leg was trapped within a
shark’s maw of metal.
He pushed
himself upright and tried to survey the damage, but all he could do was whimper
like a child. The shame of his weakness galvanized him with attitude. He bit
his glove and tried to corral his focus.
Breathe.
Breathe.
With trembling
hands he tried to pry the trap loose, but his arms were like rubber. He looked
up at the wolf. It was thirty feet away, its lip curled up in a menacing snarl.
Elliott tried to pry the trap loose again. And failed.
It was getting
darker, he noticed. Odd that. It was mid-afternoon. He scrabbled at the metal
vice pinning his leg.
Broken, the leg
was definitely broken.
He looked back
to the wolf. The animal was trying to chew through its own leg to get free. The
white snow surrounding him was screaming red. Or was he the one screaming? All
he could hear was ringing in his ears.
Elliott pulled
his gun free of its holster and set it within reach, then he fumbled for his
radio, dropping it four times. He took off his gloves to get better purchase,
but the freezing wind stiffened his hands like wet wash hung outside in the
winter cold.
Good news was,
the pain had stopped. His leg was numb. Totally numb. And the wolf wasn’t
growling. No. No more growling at all.
He stilled as
little white pinpricks of light danced around the edges of his vision, then the
pain washed back over him like a riptide trying to carry him off to someplace
deep and dark. A small bone-carved pendant weaved before his face--a
leather-bound pendant wrapped around a thick neck of fur. He reached out for
that lifeline.
There was a
sudden warmth. And then he let go and drifted into oblivion.
About
the Author:
Lisa lives in Monkton, Maryland.
When not writing, she spends her free time in the vegetable garden or in the
kitchen cooking what she grows. She writes wine textbooks by day and novels by
night. In January of 2016, she was knighted by the French government for her
contribution to French Agriculture, namely wine! This is her second novel.
To contact her, visit www.lisamairey.com
http://www.amazon.com/Lisa-M.-Airey/e/B00B9D3TIM/
My Review:
The description had my interested right away and I had to read this. Even though it is a sequel it is a perfect stand alone. The author sums up the first book and hints to spoilers without giving away the enjoyment of reading the first book. Now I can't wait to read book one! The setting is easily visualized and I could see the characters in the wilderness. The author does a great job of describing the woods and the native american culture. It was interesting to read into the history of the characters background. There is also a great mystery in the story and I was anxiously awaiting the ending. I can not wait to read book 3 in the series. I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
My Review:
The description had my interested right away and I had to read this. Even though it is a sequel it is a perfect stand alone. The author sums up the first book and hints to spoilers without giving away the enjoyment of reading the first book. Now I can't wait to read book one! The setting is easily visualized and I could see the characters in the wilderness. The author does a great job of describing the woods and the native american culture. It was interesting to read into the history of the characters background. There is also a great mystery in the story and I was anxiously awaiting the ending. I can not wait to read book 3 in the series. I am giving this book a 5/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
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