My Wolf and Me
by India R. Adams
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Release Date: April 26th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
Their love was innocent.
Their friendship was pure.
Their fear was real.
Their danger was true.
When little Marlena is left to care for an abandoned wolf pup, her parents see their irrevocable bond, and this humble family embarks on an adventure trying to care for the needs of a rapidly growing wolf, and the needs of their headstrong daughter. The comical complications of such a venture only darken when Marlena, now a high school student, witnesses her wolf shift… into a young man.
Secrets and the pure hatred from a man out for revenge take Marlena, her family and her wolf on a heartbreaking journey of devastating loss, captivity, and ultimate sacrifices.
This love story will haunt you well after you finally set this book down.
by India R. Adams
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Release Date: April 26th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
Their love was innocent.
Their friendship was pure.
Their fear was real.
Their danger was true.
When little Marlena is left to care for an abandoned wolf pup, her parents see their irrevocable bond, and this humble family embarks on an adventure trying to care for the needs of a rapidly growing wolf, and the needs of their headstrong daughter. The comical complications of such a venture only darken when Marlena, now a high school student, witnesses her wolf shift… into a young man.
Secrets and the pure hatred from a man out for revenge take Marlena, her family and her wolf on a heartbreaking journey of devastating loss, captivity, and ultimate sacrifices.
This love story will haunt you well after you finally set this book down.
EXCERPT:
Commotion with the
wolves pulled me from my thoughts. The poop shoveler was gone, and something
was transpiring on the other side of the tents to my left where I couldn’t see.
The wolves became extremely aggressive, growling as each wolf saw what was
coming around the bend of tents. His or her posture would change to attack
mode, accompanied by snarling and snapping teeth. I was so scared to see what
had them this upset that I backed away from the front of my cage, crab-crawling
to the rear corner.
At first, all I saw
was the backs of four guards coming around the bend, aiming guns at someone or
something that made them nervous, a reaction I had yet to see from the cocky
pros. The men’s backs blocked my view of what six more guards were doing, but
every confinement they passed had a wolf viciously attacking the front of their
cage.
Then I saw a sight
that brought terror to my soul.
Romy was
unconscious, being dragged by two loops or nooses around his hind legs, two
nooses around his front legs, and two around his neck. Romy’s tongue hung out
the side of his mouth, possibly from the ropes tightening due to pressure, and
his beautiful gray fur was matted in blood. His injuries looked worse than the
bullet wound. Two more gun-toting men followed, ready to shoot if Romy stirred. Six guards had removed the wolf next to me. Twelve delivered Romy.
I got up and ran to
the front corner of my cage and screamed, “What did you do to him?” I rattled
my fencing with my enraged hands, not caring that I was breaking my silence.
Romy looked awful;
he looked… dead. This was what they’d reinforced the cage for?
“Is he alive?” I
shrieked in horror.
No one would take
their eyes from their captive to answer me. Men opened the chain-link door to
the empty cage next to mine and crudely dragged Romy inside. The other wolves
gave voice to their feelings. Gunmen circled the cage as if the half-dead wolf
before them had another fight in him. I’d never seen Romy more than irritated,
but with how these men were behaving, I wasn’t sure I ever wanted to.
Nooses were
released, men ran out, and the gate slammed shut, locks nervously secured. That
was when I noticed how each man had bandages somewhere on his body. Romy must
had done a real number on them all.
“He’s alive,” one
guard practically spat at me, he was so angry, “but maybe this time, he’ll
think twice before attacking us.”
A guard high-fived
him. “Showed him.”
Another guard,
looking braver now that Romy was locked up, sneered. “Damn Lycan.” His voice
rose to be heard over the howling wolves. “Needed to learn his damn place.”
Lycan? I thought
back to the research Romy and I did on my computer. The hunters from the woods
had known exactly what they were hunting and capturing.
A guard turned to
the other wolves, yelling with frustration, “Shut up!”
As he and the other
horrid men retreated into the tent in front of me, most of the outside lights
were turned off, leaving us in the dark. Only the moon gave us light. I dropped
to my knees, stretching my arm through my chain-link fencing to my bloody wolf.
I didn’t want to give any details away, but these men knew I was with him, so I
took a chance and called out to him as quietly as possible. “Romy?”
Instantly, it went
quiet. Every wolf I could see now stood in silence, watching me.
For a moment,
I held still, arm extended, turning to look at all the wolf eyes on me—on Romy
and me. But the need to feel my wolf overpowered my questions about the other
wolves’ behavior, and once again, I reached for Romy.
It was pointless.
The aisle in between us meant his cage was two inches from the tips of my
fingers. I grunted as I forced my arm to accomplish something it couldn’t.
Unraveling, I cried out, “Romy, I’m here. Please, wake up.” I didn’t care
anymore if someone heard me use his name.
Romy didn’t move.
“I need to know
you’re alive, Romy.” Tears choked me before I even realized I was crying. The
female wolf whimpered in her cage behind me. I begged, “Please, Sebastian.”
Wolves paced their
cages with their tails tucked and shoulders tensed, but when Romy’s paw
twitched, we all froze, intently watching for more. When Romy did nothing, I
whispered, “I’m here,” with my battered arm stretching again. Heart-wrenching
desperation came out in every word I spoke. “I need to know you’re going to
make it! Please, Sebastian, just one sign you’re going to live through the
night…Pleassssseeeee—”
His eyes opened.
They were exhausted but open.
My body collapsed
into the fencing in utter relief. My exasperated lungs were finally getting the
oxygen fear had denied them. “Thank you, oh, thank you, Sebastian. You can rest
now. Heal, heal.”
Romy’s eyes closed.
I whispered, “I love
you.”
The wolves, softly
and mournfully, howled into the night.
My Review:
My Wolf and Me is about a little girl about five years old
name Marlena. Marlena loves playing in the woods behind her house. She likes to
make up her own stories when she is playing. One day while she is out playing
in her fantasy world two wolves come to play with Marlena in her make believe
castle. Marlena makes the wolves the guards of her castle. The wolves are real
and they play along with Marlena in her pretend world.
Then one day her two wolves don’t show for duty. Marlena is
so mad that she fires them for not showing up. But when they do finally report
for duty they have a baby wolf with them. Marlena is so happy to see them and
their baby that she forgets all about firing them. Marlena and the baby wolf
roam the woods so much that Marlena decides that she is going to name the Romy.
Romy and Marlena are in their little cave resting one when
Mother Wolf shows up without Father Wolf and she is injured. She shifts into a
human and tells Romy that is Father is gone. She tells Marlena everything she
needs to know to help Romy when he is older and he sifts for the first time so
she can help him.
Marlena is all that Romy has now so she takes him home with
her and he becomes a part of her family. Marlena’s Mother and Father take in
Romy and helps Marlena to care for him. They soon see the bond between the two
and how Romy watches over their little girl and fall in love with Romy
themselves.
I honestly and truly loved reading My Wolf and Me. I loved
following along with Marlena and Romy on all of their adventures from the time
they met until they were captured. I read My Wolf and Me in one day. Once I
started reading I couldn’t put it down. It was definitely unlike any book I
have ever had the pleasure of reading. I started reading it after we went to
bed. Some of things that Marlena and Romy did had me literally rolling and
laughing. My husband was asleep so I was trying so hard not to make any noise
and disturb him. It was all I could do to laugh and not making any sound. I
also cried with Marlena and Romy on occasion as well. There were times that
would just rip your heart right out.
My Wolf and Me will hit you right in the old heart making you
feel loved and warm all over. You will be thinking of My Wolf and Me long after
you have read the last word wanting to go with Marlena and Romy on more of
their adventures. My Wolf and Me is definitely one book that I would recommend
to anyone who loves a good book. It will definitely leave you wanting more. I
can’t wait for the next book. I hope there is more to come.
About the Author
India R Adams is an author/singer/songwriter who has written YA
and NA novels such as Blue Waters (A Tainted Waters Novella), My Wolf and Me,
Steal Me (A Haunted Roads Novel), Rain (A Stranger in the Woods Novel),
Serenity (A Forever Series Novel) and also The Forever Series music.
India was born and raised in Florida but has also been so lucky as to live in
Idaho (where she froze but fell in love with the small town life), Austin Texas
(where she started her first book, Serenity, and met wonderful artist), and now
Murphy, North Carolina (where the mountains have stolen a piece of her heart).
Being a survivor of abuse, has inspired India to let others know they have
nothing to be ashamed of. She put her many years of professional theater
background to the test and has written fictional stories with a shadow of her
personal experiences. She says, “I’m simply finding ways to empower perfect
imperfections.”
Another cause India feels needs change, is Sexual Slavery. She has joined
forces with jewelers to design beautiful ways to raise money for non-profit
organizations. Even though India writes about serious subjects such as domestic
violence, sexual abuse, and Human Trafficking, she has a magnificent sense of
humor, as do the characters she creates. Perfectly balanced between laughter
and tears, her readers see how to empower their own perfect imperfections.
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