MEASURE OF HEALING
Jacqueline Roth
Cerridwen Press
January 2008
ISBN#: #9781419912634
Paranormal

 

Alejandro Ramirez's Were-Cougar mother drove him out after his first transformation, leaving him to seek out his human father and find the family his human side craved but that his animal side can never embrace. Now a man, he finds himself responsible for a traumatized Were-Cougar child. When he turns to the Weres for help, they send him to a human.

Dr. Gabriela St. Jerome hates the Cougars with every fiber of her being. But now she must swallow that hatred to work with Alejandro to help this Were child who has been thrown into transformation far too early by the horrific death of his mother. As they are forced together in the remote woods of the North Georgia Mountains, both find their mutual attraction overwhelming. But if Brie gives in to this man and her own passions, it will cost her life.
 

SRR GRADE: A+
 

Sometimes in reading you come across a book that the prologue can make you close it and never finish it. Unfortunately, if you do that with Measure of Healing by Jacqueline Roth you’d miss a terrific read. The prologue, while in the scheme of the story unimportant builds the world that it will take place in and gives the feeling this will be the beginning of a series of books rather than a single title.

The main plot of the story is Alejandro Ramirez and Brie St. Jerome’s dance around each other while treating a traumatized Were-Cougar kitten keeps the reader guessing.  All three of the main characters in Measure of Healing have healing of their own to do. Ms. Roth handles the complexities of juggling the insecurities and fears of both Alej and Brie well without letting them overwhelm the plot or the reader. The healing of Tomas, the traumatized kitten, acts as a catalyst to bring them together and face their own past traumas.

Measure of Healing is a delightfully complex story that draws you in and keeps you reading. Sit down with a cup of coffee and a warm fire and enjoy a delightful romance.

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