Forever Wolf

by Maria Vale

Overview

A fierce wolf shifter romance where one woman may be able to save a rogue shifter, but at what cost to her wolfpack…

Varya is fiercely loyal to the Great North Pack, which took her in when she was an orphaned teenager. While out on a midnight patrol, Varya finds Eyulf, a rogue shifter, wounded and starving. In a slippery escape from danger, she saves his life, at great risk to her own.

Eyulf was once rejected by his pack as an infant and has never understood why, or what he is…until Varya crosses his path and introduces him to a new Pack world.

With old and new enemies threatening the Great North, Varya knows that she must keep Eyulf hidden. Until the day they must fight to the death for the Pack's survival, side by side and heart to heart with a love unbound…

It's time to cry wolf: Fearsome shifter romance featuring stolen love, an outsider who wants only to belong, a fiercely protective wolfpack family, passion, betrayal, and a paranormal world like no other.

Look for the Legend of All Wolves series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492661931
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Series:	The Legend of All Wolves , #3
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	486,979
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Maria Vale is a journalist who has worked for Publishers Weekly, Glamour magazine, Redbook, the Philadelphia Inquirer. She is a logophile and a bibliovore and a worrier about the world.Trained as a medievalist, she tries to shoehorn the language of Beowulf into things that don't really need it. She currently lives in New York with her husband, two sons and a long line of dead plants. No one will let her have a pet.

Editorial Reviews

01/28/2019

Vale’s third Legends of All Wolves paranormal romance (after A Wolf Apart) brings the conflicts from both within and outside the Great North Pack to satisfying peaks, in a powerful story about the nature of belonging and the relationship between love, law, and duty. Werewolf Varya, “the Indurate Timursdottir, Alpha Shielder of the 12th Echelon,” is fiercely loyal to the Pack. She develops a deep fondness for Eyulf, an injured lone white wolf she discovers while patrolling, but must keep him hidden because his mismatched eyes represent a fearful omen of the end of days. Meanwhile, incursions by human hunters into Pack territory can no longer be controlled, and some Pack wolves want to acquiesce to the violent Shifters’ demand to breed with Pack females and raise children no longer tied to the cycles of the Iron Moon, while others see that approach as sacrificing all that it means to be wolf. Vale balances tender romantic and familial love with a thrilling helping of bloody dominance clashes, and readers of the series will find characters from the earlier stories grown gracefully into their power. This is a fitting capstone to the three-book arc, with the door left ajar for further stories. Agent: Heather Jackson, Heather Jackson Literary. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

"Adventurous readers will appreciate Vale’s unique love story, including the unconventional but poignant happily ever after." — BookPage, Smitten

"An impressive accomplishment..." — The New York Times

"Tender, heart-wrenching, and drenched in legend and lore, this bittersweet romance highlights the tension between following rigid law and adapting to change; a fierce, fulfilling addition to this mesmerizing series." — Library Journal

"The third installment in Vale’s enthralling Legend of All Wolves series, this maintains momentum and adds fascinating insights into pack life. Terrific on its own, it is enhanced by reading The Last Wolf (2018) and A Wolf Apart (2018). In addition to thrilling paranormal-romance fans, Vale’s latest will also delight readers who enjoy exquisite world building in any genre." — Booklist, STARRED Review

"Prepare to be rendered speechless. " —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review

From the Publisher

★ 2019-02-04

A hardened werewolf must choose between loyalty to her pack or saving the life of a mysterious stranger in this hauntingly beautiful paranormal romance.

Varya Timursdottir is a Shielder for the Great North Pack. She upholds the laws and makes sure all the moving parts are kept going, as she knows firsthand the damage that can be done when a pack's structure starts to crumble. She wasn't always a member of the Great North Pack. In fact, Varya is the sole survivor of Pack Vrangelya after they were systemically wiped out. Carrying both the emotional and physical scars of the ordeal, she's become icy, unmoving, and stern in her role as Shielder and in her dedication to pack law. During a run, she discovers Eyulf, an injured and unconscious man who smells like home, her original home in the Arctic wild. Curious about the man, Varya helps him in secret, but the pair begin to unravel the secrets of Eyulf's existence. Enmeshed in pack politics, shifting alliances, and threats from humans and Shifters, the Great North Pack enters into an age of uncertainty and possibly war. Varya is torn between upholding her role in the pack and giving in to the feelings stirred by the curious Eyulf. Vale's (A Wolf Apart, 2018, etc.) latest is lyrical and mesmerizing, the written embodiment of the wild depth where the Great North Pack resides. Each word is carefully selected, and the slightest actions contain deeper meanings in a story that feels expertly crafted in its subtle complexity. Though it's a romance with a bittersweet happily-ever-after that's sure to bring out some tears, the notion of what it means to belong and what Varya will do to help heal her grief-stricken homesickness are rooted at the center of it all.

Prepare to be rendered speechless.

Kirkus Reviews

An impressive achievement.

The New York Times