Review: Home for the Holidays (Heart of the Wolf #28)

Home for the Holidays (Heart of the Wolf #28)

by Terry Spear

Blurb:

Silver Town is howling with Christmas cheer

Gray wolves Meghan MacTire and Sheriff Peter Jorgenson plan to spend the rest of their lives together, and what better time to start forever than Christmas? But they are both harboring dark secrets that are about to surface and threaten their future together. With holiday magic in the air and all Silver Town ready to celebrate, Meghan and Peter have to conquer the past if they're to have any hope of celebrating this Christmas together.

Themes:  Paranormal, Wolf-shifters

Rating: 4.5 stars

Heat Rating: 

Review:

The final crazy Mactire sister has finally found and taken her mate, leaving the males of silver town hunting elsewhere for their own mates, but it wasn’t without challenges.  Christmas is right around the corner and Sheriff Peter is determined to have Meghan as his mate before the big man makes his deliveries, if he can only confess his one secret to her, but it seems she might have a bigger secret of her own to share too.  I love Terry Spear and this long-running series remains one of my favorites, though a few of the recent novels in the series have lacked a little bit of her old magic, but this one is back on par with the beginning magic that first roped me in. Peter has been wooing Meghan for almost a year and has finally decided that that time is right, but first he has a secret he has to share, one that might keep her from agreeing to be his, and it terrifies him.  Meghan as her own secret she fears could push Peter away and could potentially have other pack members shunning her and her sisters as well, but she loves Peter and knows she can’t agree to mate until he knows everything.  Before either of them can share their secret, Meghan’s past comes back to haunt her and soon the danger is very real and very deadly, and the whole pack will have to work together in order to give Peter and Meghan a chance at a happy future.  With sudden competition for her attentions and a killer on the loose Meghan and Peter have to come to terms with their intertwined pasts and find a way to live with it or move on from a love that could build a future for eternity.  I really loved Peter and have from the beginning and it was good to see some flaws in him now as to this point, he really just did seem too good to be true.  He is one of the most interesting and layered heroes in the last several novels and I enjoyed seeing him find his balance and come to terms with his past with Meghan’s assistance.  Meghan has made so many decisions in the past that affected those around her for the better, even at the expense of her own safety and happiness, so it was nice to see her getting so much support from her new packmates.  She is a funny and smart female and has so many little quirks that you just know she would be an awesome friend, but the vulnerable moments with her sisters or mate (or mate-to-be) show how sweet she is under the brashness.  I loved watching these two together and seeing the amazing team they can make and probably will in the future and I was thrilled for the moments when Meghan tempted him beyond his limits and he gave into their desires because the heat between them was on a slow-burn but once it was fueled it was hot.  I am looking forward to the next story now that the series seems to be returning to the style and plots that I so loved, and I cannot wait to see who will be falling in love next.  Terry continues to enthrall us even though a person shares their soul with another creature, they are still, at their core, in need of the love of a mate and the security of safety to move forward into a future with them.  Give me more Ms. Spear!

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