NIGHT OF THE BILLIONAIRE WOLF
by Terry Spear
A search for a mysterious message in the forest leads two gray wolf shifters to battle multiple dangers together and eventually find love.
Lupus garou Lexi Summerfield is on a mission to find a time-sensitive message her father—who is in the witness protection program for testifying against a crime boss—has hidden in Redwood National Park. While there, she doesn’t expect to run into a sexy bodyguard and fellow wolf shifter. Lexi, who built a wildly popular cosmetics company, reluctantly accepts help from the vacationing Ryder Gallagher while rescuing trapped bear cubs during a sudden storm. Ryder is immediately attracted to the confident Lexi and refuses to leave her to face an escalating series of dangers, but Lexi is aloof; she's wary of men who are only after her money and struggling to deal with the recent loss of her mother to a ferry accident as well as her father’s going into hiding. Lexi warms up to Ryder at a glacial pace as she shoots a promotional video while evading mobsters sent to find her father, deals with a pesky paparazzo, and fends off a rival trying to wreck her company—all while racing to find the life-changing information her father needs to get to her.
The characters are very likable, but their romance develops too slowly and lacks chemistry, weighed down by a convoluted plot.