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Plot Summary of Secret Of The Wolf
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Berkley, Oct 2001, 6.99, 416 pp.
ISBN: 0425181995

    Near her family's vineyards in Napa Valley, Dr. Johanna Schell provides a haven for those plagued with mental anguish. Suffering Quentin Forster stumbles into Johanna's sanctuary, but suffers from amnesia with some glimpses of his past. Quentin knows he is on the run, but why and from whom remains blank. She offers the tormented yet compassionate man refuge and he grasps at her overture.

    Joanna and Quentin begin to fall in love even as she tries to help him with whatever hidden tortures wrack his mind. However, his past arrives in her shelter causing perilous havoc for everyone there and under her hypnotic spell THE SECRET OF THE WOLF is released. If Johanna and Quentin somehow survive his past, can two extraordinary individuals cross specie lines find a lifetime of happiness even as love flows freely between them?

    The third Susan Krinard werewolf romance (see TOUCH OF THE WOLF and ONCE A WOLF) is an exciting supernatural tale that will haunt readers long after the novel is done. The story line is loaded with plenty of otherworldly action that will thrill horror fans yet finds room for a strong ardent relationship between Johanna and Quentin. Ms. Krinard has another howling success that will send her back to her normal spot on the bestseller lists.

Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar

"Hypnotist Johanna Schell has founded "The Haven", a sanctuary for those suffering from different types of mental illness. When she comes across a man, Quentin Forster, lying in an apparent drunken stupor near her Haven, she decides to take him in, deciding she has to at least try to help him with his alcoholism. It soon becomes apparent that is not what they are dealing with. He has had episodes of amnesia for years. Johanna begins to hypnotize him to try to get to the core of his pain & find out if his claim to werewolf blood is just a delusion, as she thinks. What she discovers when he is hypnotized is terrifying and she is not sure she can handle this case. But she has to try."
Kim Mills, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Secret Of The Wolf
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 - 19th century
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - Beauty and the beast
Action/suspense subplot? Yes
Action: - wrecked transport makes love - chased by/chasing kidnapper/killer - political intrigue
Who is... - physically ill
Hidden Identity/Secret Motive Yes
Is really... - magical powers/identity
If one lover chases another... - they alternate
Caretaker, in love with Yes
Falling in love with - Doctor
Fantasy/Magic Yes
Fantasy/Magical Lover Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - unemployed - warrior/knight
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Has unusual powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - can talk to animals
Eccentric/mental: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - emotionally unstable - wild
How sexual is this person? - very picky - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - confused - guilty
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - blissful - sensitive
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor/medical
How sexual is this person? - very picky - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - confused - scared - guilty
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
Farm/Ranch? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death - generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related? - 60% - 70%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big B's) - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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