This story has the subtext of facing who you are, despite the faults, and learning how to live with it. It works well as a stand-alone book; the story doesn't depend on the reader to have read the other books in the series in order to understand the events and appreciate the plot. The book was interesting, although it was less paranormal and more psychological. ( )

Interesting story that involves both psychology and the paranormal and a romance that looks pretty convincing. I liked both Johanna and Quentin and understood her need to help others and her fears of what would happen to her life if she married.

Johanna Schell is a psychologist and hypnotist, running a sanctuary for people with some issues, some developmental and some psychological and she is trying to help them and provide them with a haven, which is what her house is called. She's also dealing with her father who was her inspiration but is losing his mind.

Quentin has been having amnesia issues and finally falls into luck when he falls into the Haven. She works to help him but can she cope with the biggest secret he has?

I liked the characters but there was occasional creep of modern ideals that didn't sit quite right with some of them. It did make me wonder about how people like them were treated at the time. ( )

As a werewolf Quentin Forester should have had the strength of will and body to overcome any obsticle. Instead Quentin had lived for years as a coward, using his charm and humor to mask an ever deepening fear of the thing he felt stalking him. Plagued by blackouts and amnesia he Quentin finds himself in Napa Valley in the care of Dr. Johanna Schell in a Haven she has created for victims of mental deficiency and insanity. But can she cure him, or will she fall victim to the madness inside of him?

Of the three Forster siblings I was drawn the most to Quentin while reading Braden's story in Touch of the Wolf. Quentin's own story was not a disappointment. I found Secret of the Wolf to be an engrossing read that I finished in one very long sitting. The dangers facing Quentin were multilayered being both internal and external. I enjoyed the character of Dr. Johanna who was very secure in herself and her intelligence. Although Quentin's madness made him more vulnerable than most romantic male heros his innate compassion for the other characters was quite compelling.

I totally enjoyed Secret of the Wolf and would highly recommend the entire Forster trilogy to anyone interested in historical and/or paranormal romances. ( )