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The Better to Hold You - Alisa Sheckley
The Better to Hold You
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“The sort of book that makes you want to invest in silver bullets before meeting the author.” –Neil GaimanSHE KNOWS WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.Manhattan veterinarian Abra Barrow has more sense about animals than shehas about men. So when her adored journalist husband returns from aresearch trip to... show more
“The sort of book that makes you want to invest in silver bullets before meeting the author.” –Neil GaimanSHE KNOWS WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.Manhattan veterinarian Abra Barrow has more sense about animals than shehas about men. So when her adored journalist husband returns from aresearch trip to Romania and starts pacing their apartment like a cagedwolf, Abra agrees to move with him to a rural mansion upstate in order to save her marriage.But while there are perks to her new life, particularly in the bedroom,Abra soon discovers that nothing in the bucolic town of Northside iswhat it seems. The local tavern serves a dangerous, predatoryunderworld. Her husband has developed feral new appetites and a rovingeye, and his lack of humanity isn’t entirely emotional. As the moon waxes full, Abra must choose between trusting the man she married, taking a chance on a seductive stranger, or following her own animal instincts.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780345505873 (0345505875)
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: Abra Barrow (#1)
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Feminista
Feminista rated it
Perfect book for someone who wants to read about infidelity. A husband who cheats on his wife and says the idea of fidelity is very American. The wife, being quite enamoured with the cheating husband decides to relocate with him to another continent, in the middle of nowhere. Following this relocati...
Merry's Musings
Merry's Musings rated it
4.0
I'll review this book by responding to the negative reviews and just say that you can't have kick-ass heroines all the time. I liked this book precisely because Abra was NOT. The foundation of this paranormal romance (and, yes, it IS a paranormal romance) of subjugated female really intrigued me be...
CJ the Book Peddler
CJ the Book Peddler rated it
5.0
Very well written, grips you from the beginning and well worth it. You will come to respect Abra, love Red, see Hunter and others for what they are and hope for the best.
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