Tangling with a White Wolf—Best Christmas Ever, or Real Trouble? Romance writer Candice Mayfair never missed a deadline in her life—until an accidental bite from a werewolf puppy turns her into an Arctic wolf shifter. She’s forced to isolate herself in the wilderness to cope with her unpredictable shifting while she works on her deadlines. After all, for Candice, Christmas is just another day.… for Candice, Christmas is just another day.
Enter private investigator Owen Nottingham, a wolf shifter hired to find Candice so she can collect her inheritance. They have a real problem: she must arrive home in human form, and that’s not happening during the full moon. Besides, Owen has a new mission: to convince the pretty she-wolf her best move is to join his pack in time for Christmas…and to prove he’s the only wolf for her.
White Wolf series:
Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas (Book 1)
Flight of the White Wolf (Book 2)
What People Are Saying:
“A wonderful story that illustrates the best of holiday romances… A howling good time.” —Long and Short Reviews for A Silver Wolf Christmas
“A great holiday season read.” —USA Today Happy Ever After for A Silver Wolf Christmas
“A holiday treat—a romance that sizzles and entertains.” —Fresh Fiction for A Highland Wolf Christmas
“A seductive tale of action, romance and suspense during the holiday season…” —The Reading Cafe for A Highland Wolf Christmas
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DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS is the first book of the White Wolf series by Terry Spear. Blurb: A bite from a white wolf pup turns Candice Mayfair into a beautiful Artic wolf shifter. She isolates herself in the wilderness to cope with her unpredictable shifting. Then comes P.I. Owen Nottingham, a wolf shifter hired to find Candice so she can collect her inheritance. Problem: she must arrive home in human form, and that’s not happening during a full moon. Meanwhile, Owen wants her to join his pack in time for Christmas and to prove he’s the only wolf for her.
The romantic plot of DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS is filled with interesting characters and playful romps in the snow. Terry Spear uses Candice and Owen to introduce readers to other shifters and details about shifting which make the story more entertaining.
Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas is book two in the White Wolf series by Terry Spear. It’s part of her bigger series Heart of the Wolf.
The characters featured in Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas I remember reading about them in Legend of the White Wolf and of corse they popped up again in another installment in the series, so I have some familiarity with them.
This novel was on ok read. It didn’t wow me or pull me into it. Everything was simple and happens very quickly. The major setup happens in the fist chapter, making it feel rushed. The tone of the book is light. Only touching upon things that should be have more importance. For example; the introduction to our heroine and hero, is rushed. We don’t get much depth for the characters. Which made me not fall for them or be invested in them. They where just their.
The romance between Candice and Owen has just a little spice and sweetness. The sweetness was just a little too sweet and so the descriptions got to be a bit repetitive and straightforward.
As for the world building. I’ve always had trouble understanding it. Reading in order would be best, but even then I’m still confused. At the start of the series the world doesn’t know about shifters. They also live very very long lives, but then things kinda change on how long they live. But, they are still in hiding from humans. I have always felt like the author wasn’t sure on what direction she wanted to go. Things kinda change suddenly on the life span for the shifters and we still don’t know why this is.
After reading Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas I’m kinda questioning what I saw in Ms. Spear’s wolf series. From what I remember in the earlier books they use to have more depth to the characters and more action, suspense, a dilemma they had to over come, a bad person after them, or some kind of mystery to solve, so that things actually felt like something was going on, but now it feels blasé. From now on if I do pick up Ms. Spear’s I’ll be grabbing the books from my library instead of purchasing. This series and author have lost their appeal to me and I know longer have a big interest in the writing.
Rated: 3 Stars
3.5 stars—-DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS is the first installment in Terry Spear’s spin off, contemporary, adult WHITE WOLF paranormal, romance series and the twenty third installment in the continuing HEART OF THE WOLF series. This is Arctic white wolf shifter PI Owen Nottingham, and paranormal author/white wolf Candice (aka Clara Hart) Mayfair’s story line. DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines and series is revealed where necessary. As well, some of the characters and couples cross over from the author’s HEART OF THE JAGUAR series including Arctic wolf shifters Cameron and Faith MacPherson, and their wolf pup Corey whom we met in A VERY JAGUAR CHRISTMAS (October 2016).
Told from dual third person perspectives (Owen and Candice) DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS follows the search for reluctant heiress Clara Hart. Two years earlier, while camping with some friends, Clara’s life changed the night she attempted to feed a hungry looking white wolf cub- a werewolf Arctic shifter-who accidently bit and transformed our story line heroine. Fast forward to present day and our heroine, who now goes by her professional name author Candice Mayfair, finds herself a lone wolf in a world she brings to life in her popular romance novels. Enter private investigator and Arctic wolf shifter Owen Nottingham, and the man with whom Candice will fall in love. What ensues is the quick building relationship between Candice and Owen, and the potential fall out as Candice and Owen battle the clock, and their shifts, as the deadline to claim Clara’s inheritance is fast approaching.
DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS is a sweet story of family and friendship; of one man who discovers his other half; and one woman who finally finds a place where she belongs. There is no conflict between our leading couple; their attraction to one another is immediate and intense; Owen knows he has found the mate that calls to his heart. The $ex scenes are passionate; Clara/Candice’s questions about life as a wolf are entertaining and educational.
We are introduced to Owen’s business partners, friends and fellow Arctic wolf shifters David Davis, and Gavin Summerfield, as well as the familiarity of Cameron and Faith MacPherson, and their triplet wolf pups; Candice /Clara’s uncle Strom Hart, and Montana homicide detective Rowdy Sanderson who is aware of the supernatural world of shifters.
DREAMING OF A WHITE WOLF CHRISTMAS is a predictable but cute story line; an easy read. The author’s writing style is almost too simple for an adult novel. I don’t know when or where the change in style began but there is something different in the water-downed presentation within the last few tales of Terry’s paranormal shifters. The conflict is limited; everyone gets along; there is no competition for the few female shifters that are potential mates to the numerous single males. I am looking forward to Gavin and David’s storyline, as well as the possibility that Clara’s Uncle Strom will find someone to love.
3.5 stars. Arctic Wolves meeting during Christmas. The usual holiday festivities are carrying on but the characters also face some real life events such as loss of family grief, inheritance, greed, and dealing with the shift between human and wolf. I look forward to the series as it progresses.
Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
Heart of the Wolf #23
Simple story of two recently turned white Arctic Wolves seeing one another the night the female is turned but not meeting again for two years. Set at Christmas there are cookies, egg nog, holiday decorations and presents but underlying the story and romance is the loss of parents, an inheritance, a wannabe inheritor and dealing with the shift between human and lupus garou that occurs without warning. There is the welcoming into a pack that Cara eventually embraces, finding an inheritance along with an uncle who is more than she thought he might be and a future to look forward to as the series progresses and more single men find mates.
There was nothing really new in this paranormal shifter book and though quite far along in the series this is a standalone book.
Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca for the ARC – this is my honest review.
3 Stars