What a great story by Sherri L. King. "Bitten" is the second book in the Moon Lust series but works just fine as a stand-alone read. With a heroine I could relate to and a hero I wanted for my own, this one is going onto my keeper shelf for rereading.

Julia is an artist working as a hotel desk clerk while finishing art school. She's a bit larger than the current style and her looks and dress make it easy for her to fade into the background. She loves to read romances where the drop dead gorgeous guy falls for the plain heroine...but those are just the equivalent of modern fairy tales...right?

Nikolai doesn't know what has been drawing him to the United States. He's perfectly happy as the Alpha in his remote village in the Russian Urals. Well, he WAS happy. Now he's just itchy. But everything becomes clear once he catches sight, and smell, of Julia. But will his fierce and bestial desires and traits scare her off? And if not, can he protect her from himself?

Nikolai is an Alpha/Gamma hero. He's a strong leader but does have a softer side. He's the man that will throw you over his shoulder and ravish you...tenderly even sometimes:) And Julia is a normal woman coming to grips with a world she never dreamed of. She's willing to risk it all for love *sigh* and isn't that a romatic story? ( )