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Wolf-Shifter Series #1
Of Wolves and Men
‘Cowboy’ Charlie Mosby worked on a horse ranch in Heber, Utah. He loved his work, the owners of the ranch, and his co-workers; wranglers who helped tourists with guided horse tours and trail riding all year round.
But after a chance meeting with a handsome gay man who had helped Charlie change a flat tire on Interstate 80 a month ago, Charlie was beginning to wonder about his sexuality. And if that wasn’t confusing enough, strange things were happening on the ranch.
Satanic worship? A strange cult ritual? Whatever it was, it wasn’t good for the owners or the horses on it.
One night Charlie stumbles upon Roman Burk in the woods, naked, bleeding and shivering in the cold. What Charlie never imagined was who -or what- Roman was. Even though the handsome stranger seemed to vanish at times and reappear as if by magic, Charlie was infatuated by this man.
Roman was fearful of revealing his secret. Most of all to a cowboy who was spending more time hunting him, than loving him.
In this shape-shifting story of sexual bonding and discovery, can both Charlie and Roman find what they’re looking for? It’s a question of honor; one that has been up for debate since the first time man set his eyes on this formidable predator. It’s about the mutual respect of Wolves and Men.
But after a chance meeting with a handsome gay man who had helped Charlie change a flat tire on Interstate 80 a month ago, Charlie was beginning to wonder about his sexuality. And if that wasn’t confusing enough, strange things were happening on the ranch.
Satanic worship? A strange cult ritual? Whatever it was, it wasn’t good for the owners or the horses on it.
One night Charlie stumbles upon Roman Burk in the woods, naked, bleeding and shivering in the cold. What Charlie never imagined was who -or what- Roman was. Even though the handsome stranger seemed to vanish at times and reappear as if by magic, Charlie was infatuated by this man.
Roman was fearful of revealing his secret. Most of all to a cowboy who was spending more time hunting him, than loving him.
In this shape-shifting story of sexual bonding and discovery, can both Charlie and Roman find what they’re looking for? It’s a question of honor; one that has been up for debate since the first time man set his eyes on this formidable predator. It’s about the mutual respect of Wolves and Men.
168 pages, Paperback
First published April 4, 2011
About the author
G.A. Hauser
269 books514 followersAbout the Author Award-winning author G.A. Hauser was born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA and attended university in New York City. She moved to Seattle, Washington where she worked as a patrol officer with the Seattle Police Department. In early 2000 G.A. moved to Hertfordshire, England where she began her writing in earnest and published her first book, In the Shadow of Alexander. Now a full-time writer, G.A. has written over eighty novels, including several best-sellers of gay fiction. GA is also the Executive Producer for her first feature film, CAPITAL GAMES. For more information on other books by G.A., visit the author at her official website. www.authorgahauser.com G.A. has won awards from All Romance eBooks for Best Author 2010, 2009, Best Novel 2008, Mile High, and Best Author 2008, Best Novel 2007, Secrets and Misdemeanors, Best Author 2007.
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October 24, 2013
Série Wolf-Shifter livre 1 - VO
Le cowboy Charlie Mosby travaille sur un ranch de chevaux à Heber, Utah. Il aime son travail, les propriétaires du ranch, et ses collègues, des cow-boys qui l'aident avec des touristes qui viennent pour des visites guidées à cheval et des randonnées équestres toute l'année.
Mais après une rencontre fortuite avec un bel homme gay qui avait aidé Charlie à changer un pneu crevé sur l'autoroute 80 il y avait un mois, il avait commencé à s'interroger sur sa sexualité. Et comme si ce n'était pas déjà assez compliqué, des choses étranges se passent sur le ranch.
Culte satanique ? Un étrange rituel ? Quoi qu'il en soit, ce n'est pas bon pour les propriétaires ni pour leurs affaires, et encore moins pour les animaux.
Un soir, Charlie tombe sur Roman Burk dans les bois, nu, blessé et saignant, frissonnant de froid. Ce que Charlie n'avait jamais imaginé c'était de savoir qui ou quoi était Roman. Même si le bel inconnu semblait disparaître un moment pour réapparaitre comme par magie, Charlie s'est entiché de cet homme.
Roman avait peur de révéler son secret. Surtout au cow-boy qu'il passait plus de temps à le chasser qu'à l'aimer.
Charlie et Roman pourront-ils trouver ce qu'ils cherchent ? C'est une question d'honneur, celle qui a fait l'objet de débats depuis la première fois que l'homme a posé son regard sur ce redoutable prédateur. Tout est une question de respect mutuel des loups et des hommes.
Dans ce premier tome de la série, G.A. Hauser pose la trame de son histoire. Ici, pas de meute pleine de beaux loups réunis dans un coin isolé d'une forêt. Non, Roman est seul et se sent seul, devant subir les affres d'une malédiction jetée par un chaman. Non seulement il se transforme en loup, mais également en corbeau et n'a aucun pouvoir sur ses transformations.
Quant à Charlie, il vient tout juste de comprendre qu'il était plutôt attiré par les hommes que par les femmes et tant que contremaître dans un ranch, la chose ne serait pas très bien perçue, ni par ses patrons, ni par ses collègues. Au début, il ne sait pas s'il imagine ces réactions bizarres d'un corbeau plus grand que nature, absolument pas apeuré et d'un loup noir immense aux yeux verts.
Mais ils sont irrésistiblement attirés l'un par l'autre.
Ce livre est très créatif, mélangeant la mythologie, les légendes, les malédictions, les chamans et la magie. Bref, il peut largement réunir sous sa bannière tous les amateurs du genre, d'autant que G.A. Hauser sait très bien nous décrire ce lien qui les unit, cette dépendance presque vitale pour Roman. Charlie est-il la personne qui pourra briser sa malédiction ?
Le style est tellement fluide, tellement prenant, que lorsqu'on lit l'histoire, on voit tous les personnages défiler et agir comme dans un film, et on n'a qu'une hâte c'est d'avancer dans l'histoire pour savoir ce qu'il va leur arriver.
C'est bourré de testostérone, d'animalité, mais pas dépourvu d'une certaine tendresse entre ces hommes très "mâles".
En conclusion, une série prometteuse et originale sur les shifters, que je recommande vraiment, n'ayant pas pu reposer le livre avant de l'avoir terminé.
Le cowboy Charlie Mosby travaille sur un ranch de chevaux à Heber, Utah. Il aime son travail, les propriétaires du ranch, et ses collègues, des cow-boys qui l'aident avec des touristes qui viennent pour des visites guidées à cheval et des randonnées équestres toute l'année.
Mais après une rencontre fortuite avec un bel homme gay qui avait aidé Charlie à changer un pneu crevé sur l'autoroute 80 il y avait un mois, il avait commencé à s'interroger sur sa sexualité. Et comme si ce n'était pas déjà assez compliqué, des choses étranges se passent sur le ranch.
Culte satanique ? Un étrange rituel ? Quoi qu'il en soit, ce n'est pas bon pour les propriétaires ni pour leurs affaires, et encore moins pour les animaux.
Un soir, Charlie tombe sur Roman Burk dans les bois, nu, blessé et saignant, frissonnant de froid. Ce que Charlie n'avait jamais imaginé c'était de savoir qui ou quoi était Roman. Même si le bel inconnu semblait disparaître un moment pour réapparaitre comme par magie, Charlie s'est entiché de cet homme.
Roman avait peur de révéler son secret. Surtout au cow-boy qu'il passait plus de temps à le chasser qu'à l'aimer.
Charlie et Roman pourront-ils trouver ce qu'ils cherchent ? C'est une question d'honneur, celle qui a fait l'objet de débats depuis la première fois que l'homme a posé son regard sur ce redoutable prédateur. Tout est une question de respect mutuel des loups et des hommes.
Dans ce premier tome de la série, G.A. Hauser pose la trame de son histoire. Ici, pas de meute pleine de beaux loups réunis dans un coin isolé d'une forêt. Non, Roman est seul et se sent seul, devant subir les affres d'une malédiction jetée par un chaman. Non seulement il se transforme en loup, mais également en corbeau et n'a aucun pouvoir sur ses transformations.
Quant à Charlie, il vient tout juste de comprendre qu'il était plutôt attiré par les hommes que par les femmes et tant que contremaître dans un ranch, la chose ne serait pas très bien perçue, ni par ses patrons, ni par ses collègues. Au début, il ne sait pas s'il imagine ces réactions bizarres d'un corbeau plus grand que nature, absolument pas apeuré et d'un loup noir immense aux yeux verts.
Mais ils sont irrésistiblement attirés l'un par l'autre.
Ce livre est très créatif, mélangeant la mythologie, les légendes, les malédictions, les chamans et la magie. Bref, il peut largement réunir sous sa bannière tous les amateurs du genre, d'autant que G.A. Hauser sait très bien nous décrire ce lien qui les unit, cette dépendance presque vitale pour Roman. Charlie est-il la personne qui pourra briser sa malédiction ?
Le style est tellement fluide, tellement prenant, que lorsqu'on lit l'histoire, on voit tous les personnages défiler et agir comme dans un film, et on n'a qu'une hâte c'est d'avancer dans l'histoire pour savoir ce qu'il va leur arriver.
C'est bourré de testostérone, d'animalité, mais pas dépourvu d'une certaine tendresse entre ces hommes très "mâles".
En conclusion, une série prometteuse et originale sur les shifters, que je recommande vraiment, n'ayant pas pu reposer le livre avant de l'avoir terminé.
July 12, 2011
Charlie Mosby is a cowboy; he manages a ranch and has been doing it for several years. He's friendly with the other employees and lives on the property. The owners treat him like a son. He enjoys taking tourists on nature tours on the property. He's always thought of himself as straight, until last year when he got a flat tire and a stranger stopped to help him change it...and then gave him the best head of his life. Now he can't stop thinking about that stranger.
While Charlie's out fixing a fence with another worker, they come upon a mutilated deer carcass. The next night as he's headed out to watch for trouble near the site of the killing, he runs across a shivering, naked man he later learns is named Roman. He brings him home and they have sex, but Charlie thinks it's a dream. Charlie finds him again the next day, and Roman attacks him - they have sex on the trail, after which Roman jumps up and runs away. Around the time he's trying to figure out what's going on with Roman, he's noticing a large black bird and a wolf keep keep appearing around the ranch, especially near his cabin. Eventually he realizes they're both Roman - he shifts uncontrollably into a bird or a wolf. Roman doesn't understand why he's been cursed, or by who, but he knows Charlie can somehow help him find the answers he seeks.
My thoughts:
I could not get into this book.
The characters were inconsistent: Charlie seems to be a normal hard-working guy, but as soon as he gets around Roman he's horny and irresponsible; his co-worker Butch seems to be a nice guy then turns into a jealous, unpleasant character. Roman is, in turns, needy and aggressive.
The sex was flat: it was a lot of "let's hurry up and get off before Roman changes into a wolf/bird" or they'd crash into each other and go for it wherever they happened to be at the time. At the beginning of the book, Charlie brings Roman home and they have sex, even though Charlie was supposed to be taking his turn watching the area where they found the deer; and no one noticed he didn't work his shift.
The mystery portion of the story made no sense: why would this mysterious sect curse Roman into a bird and a wolf and cause him to be constantly horny? Why does Roman think Charlie can cure him? We never got an answer to those questions, and a new mystery surrounding Charlie sprouted up at the end of the book that remained unanswered.
It also bothered me that even though they both mentioned on separate occasions that they should be using condoms, they never did.
While Charlie's out fixing a fence with another worker, they come upon a mutilated deer carcass. The next night as he's headed out to watch for trouble near the site of the killing, he runs across a shivering, naked man he later learns is named Roman. He brings him home and they have sex, but Charlie thinks it's a dream. Charlie finds him again the next day, and Roman attacks him - they have sex on the trail, after which Roman jumps up and runs away. Around the time he's trying to figure out what's going on with Roman, he's noticing a large black bird and a wolf keep keep appearing around the ranch, especially near his cabin. Eventually he realizes they're both Roman - he shifts uncontrollably into a bird or a wolf. Roman doesn't understand why he's been cursed, or by who, but he knows Charlie can somehow help him find the answers he seeks.
My thoughts:
I could not get into this book.
The characters were inconsistent: Charlie seems to be a normal hard-working guy, but as soon as he gets around Roman he's horny and irresponsible; his co-worker Butch seems to be a nice guy then turns into a jealous, unpleasant character. Roman is, in turns, needy and aggressive.
The sex was flat: it was a lot of "let's hurry up and get off before Roman changes into a wolf/bird" or they'd crash into each other and go for it wherever they happened to be at the time. At the beginning of the book, Charlie brings Roman home and they have sex, even though Charlie was supposed to be taking his turn watching the area where they found the deer; and no one noticed he didn't work his shift.
The mystery portion of the story made no sense: why would this mysterious sect curse Roman into a bird and a wolf and cause him to be constantly horny? Why does Roman think Charlie can cure him? We never got an answer to those questions, and a new mystery surrounding Charlie sprouted up at the end of the book that remained unanswered.
It also bothered me that even though they both mentioned on separate occasions that they should be using condoms, they never did.
June 10, 2011
What can I say about Roman and Charlie, well for one, they're truly gorgeous characters. Charlie was my favourite - a real sexy cowboy! GA Hauser has created a breath-taking environment, characters you can't help but love and a plot that evolves as it advances. There is a bit of mystery as Roman tries to find out the truth of what ails him. The sex is hot, the two leads even hotter. 'Of Wolves and Men' was an excellent read and I can't wait to start the second instalment, 'The Order of Wolves'!
June 7, 2011
What an awesome book.
This is the 2nd shifter book ive read and I loved it.
Such intensity.
I will be picking up bk two
This is the 2nd shifter book ive read and I loved it.
Such intensity.
I will be picking up bk two
September 13, 2014
“Charlie was too high from the pleasure swoon to think.”
OMG, this is just...
OMG, this is just...
February 4, 2019
Clearly I need to finish the series for any sort of resolution.
August 4, 2011
Let me first say that this isn't my normal genre. This book does have M/M erotic content in it, so I wasn't too sure if I would like it or not. Having said that, I did enjoy the book. The premise of the curse was interesting and I liked that Roman could turn into both a crow and a wolf. I thought that was unique as usually it is only one animal. I loved Charlie. He just wants to please and help everyone. He was just too cute. I really felt for him as he struggled with his feelings for Roman. I would have liked to see more of Roman's and Charlie's relationship that didn't involve quick sex or turning into animals.
My only complaint about the book is that I wish it had been longer. I felt like not much was resolved in the end. I know that there is a sequel to this one that hopefully wraps up the mystery of the curse. Instead of 2 shorter books, I wish this one was just one longer book so the reader isn't left hanging in the end. I want to know what happens next! I will be seeking out the sequel.
My only complaint about the book is that I wish it had been longer. I felt like not much was resolved in the end. I know that there is a sequel to this one that hopefully wraps up the mystery of the curse. Instead of 2 shorter books, I wish this one was just one longer book so the reader isn't left hanging in the end. I want to know what happens next! I will be seeking out the sequel.
December 1, 2015
This book is just all over the fucking place. It's sort of ridiculous. So this ATF agent has apparently been "cursed" somehow with this shifting thing, and he really needs to get in touch with people who can help him figure it out, and yet every time he's human, all he can manage to do is hump. The object of his leg-humping knows who he should get in contact with to help this guy, but for some reason, he just doesn't. He'd rather wallow in misery because he can't figure out how to reconcile his hump lust with his desire to remain in the closet. Meanwhile, he's saying things like, "I hate watching you go through this."
Um, yeah, that's probably why you should fucking get in contact with his superiors.
The writing is bad, too. Just bad.
"'If I were you? I'd never let that man go.' Roman smiled to himself. If I were me, I wouldn't let him go either."
Um, yeah, that's probably why you should fucking get in contact with his superiors.
The writing is bad, too. Just bad.
"'If I were you? I'd never let that man go.' Roman smiled to himself. If I were me, I wouldn't let him go either."
October 30, 2011
This story was strange. Everything was plotted to fast and there was no real connection toward Charlie and Roman from my side. Simple said this writing style didn't make it possible to be deeply involved with characters. Even that crazy boy Butch, wow he was crazy and truly creepy. Overall this plot was a mess and we didn't really get normal explanation why all this happened to Roman or either to Charlie...
June 2, 2012
I gave 3 stars, even if this book doesn't deserve it. I really liked the idea, but I think, that the author didn't know how to use it... This is more 'it was ok', than anything else.
Edit: After second thought, star less.
Edit: After second thought, star less.
June 24, 2011
I just couldn't get into it. Probably just me but I just didn't care about these characters.
Want to Read
July 6, 2011This book sounds very trippy.... but I love writing and story lines that aren't predictable.
April 8, 2013
I wanted to see if they ever found the lady Shaman. Did they loose their shifting powers?
December 30, 2013
3.5 stars
July 6, 2011
Coming soon....
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