How to Help a Hungry Werewolf

May 1, 2024

LibraryReads pick Stein (When Grumpy Met Sunshine) pens a werewolf/witch romance. Cassandra returns home to her small town in order to sort through her grandmother's affairs, only to run into Seth, her best friend-turned-nemesis. It turns out that Seth is a werewolf. What follows is a mating bond, magic, and more werewolves. Prepub Alert.

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August 1, 2024

When Cassandra's childhood best friend, Seth, called her fat in front of their whole high school, he forever sealed his status as sworn enemy, and Cassandra has never recovered from the embarrassment or from losing her best friend so traumatically. When she returns to her hometown of Hollow Brook as an adult to settle her beloved grandmother's estate, Seth is the first person to appear on her doorstep. It seems that Seth has become a werewolf, and Cassandra's grandmother used to make him a potion to help manage his hairy alter ego. He thinks Cassandra is also a witch who can help him with all of his wolfy needs in her grandmother's place. In return, he'll teach her about magic. But their time together inspires awkward situations and many feelings, and Cassandra doesn't want to have lusty thoughts about her enemy, even though he might not be her enemy anymore. VERDICT Stein's (When Grumpy Met Sunshine) delightful, steamy romance is full of surprises that will keep readers guessing. Give this one to romance fans who like their books hot and sweet.--Heather Miller Cover

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September 15, 2024
A woman returns to her New England hometown and discovers that she's part of the supernatural world. Cassandra Camberwell had an idyllic childhood in the small town of Hollow Brook, but when she was in high school, her lifelong best friend, Seth Brubaker, started bullying her in an effort to fit in with the popular crowd of mean boys. Soured on the town, Cassie stayed away for a decade. Now she's returned to clean out the home she inherited after her grandmother's death and prepare it for sale. The first night she returns, Seth knocks on the door, insisting he needs one of her grandmother's journals. After Cassie witnesses him going through a shocking physical transformation, Seth reveals that he's a werewolf. He begs Cassie to try brewing the concoction her grandmother made to help him control his wolf. Cassie's potion is even more effective than her grandmother's was, and Seth realizes she must be a very powerful witch. Once she opens herself up to the possibility, Cassie discovers she can wield magical items and communicate with other magical creatures; she realizes she's been suppressing her innate powers her whole life. Seth offers to teach her and guide her through this new world in exchange for her continued potion-making efforts. Readers will delight in Cassie's gleeful discovery of the magical world, populated with zany, inventive details such as flying vacuum cleaners, fairies riding caterpillars who feed on thimbles full of honey, and a sentient microwave oven threatening legal action. Cassie's romance with Seth lacks the same vitality and energy. They dance around their painful past, unable to communicate their true feelings. Only after the return of her other high school bullies does Cassie realize that Seth feels more for her than friendship. Their romance is rushed and underdeveloped compared to the rich magical world they exist in. A fun book worth reading for its inventive magical world.

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September 15, 2024
Ten years ago, Cassie experienced the worst moment in her life at a high-school assembly when Seth, her former best-friend-turned-Jerk-Squad-big-shot, yelled out "fat ass" as her cake demonstration collapsed all over her. Now, she returns to her hometown after inheriting her grandmother's dilapidated, dirty house to clean it up and try to figure out what she wants to do with it and her life. Seth, looking like a vagrant, shows up seeking her grandmother. Unbeknownst to her, witches are real, her grandmother was one, and she supplied Seth with potions to keep him human. Cassie discovers that she's also a witch, and that Seth, her arch enemy, is a starving werewolf who is unable to even think about sex without turning. Wildly imaginative, with flying vacuum cleaners, a loyal attack-microwave, and cutlery willing to battle evil werewolves, this enemiesto-lovers tale pits the two against the slavering pack of the Jerk Squad. When a witch and a werewolf get together the sparks become incendiary in this uniquely spicy foray into fantasy.

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