Source: Amazon
Date: July 10, 2009

By Valorie Barto (Hollywood, FL) - See all my reviews

Let me just start by saying I finished this book in 2 days! Please everyone do your romantic soul a favor and go out and get yourself a copy. The romance and humor grabbed me from page 1. Wow Eva what a wonderful story you spin, I find myself wishing to be a Wolf Maiden! Kudos and Bravo for the first Wolf Maiden saga! I am breathlessly awaiting the release of Beast Warrior your next installment!


An excellent first installment from a great new author, May 11, 2009
By Elizabethann (Small town Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Werewolf Sanctuary (Paperback)
A devastating illness is ravaging the lycan packs around the world. Helpless to save themselves, the Alphas of the surviving packs agree to bring in a human specialist. Wyatt, the alpha of the Montana pack, contacts Madeline Styles, a local vet and wolf expert, to try to find out what is harming their packs, and find a cure. What Wyatt discovers when he meets Madeline is that she is a wolf maiden-a very rare woman who can mate an alpha werewolf, and bear his children. The attraction between Wyatt and Madeline is instantaneous, but will Madeline understand when Wyatt reveals his secret? Will Madeline be able to cure the mysterious disease before more lycan children are afflicted? Will the dangerous enemy hunting Madeline end their love before it has a chance to grow?

This was an amazing story! Ms. Gordon creates an enthralling spin on the legend of the werewolf, complete with her own version of the mythology surrounding them. The characters are very well written, and the reader instantly empathizes with the plight of the lycans. The chemistry between Wyatt and Madeline is very believable, and really will make you wish for a lycan of your own! The secondary characters are also very well written, and Ms. Gordon manages to create the perfect balance of personalities. Even the villains were very well done! All in all, this was an excellent start to what I am sure will be an amazing series. I look forward to reading more from this author!


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A paranormal romance you can sink your teeth into., June 2, 2009
By G. Pruszkowski "bookworm_gp" (Philadelphia, PA USA) -

This review is from: Werewolf Sanctuary (Paperback)
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Werewolves are the stuff of legends, personifying wildness and inspiring fear and fascination. If you love these mysterious creatures you'll enjoy "Werewolf Sanctuary" by Eva Gordon. It's the first book in the "Wolf Maiden Chronicles," a paranormal romance you can sink your teeth into.

After his plane crashes in enemy territory in Afghanistan, Colin Taylor is rescued by Special Forces. But this force is more special than most. Wyatt Weylyn and his six man team are Lycans, men who can shape-shift into wolves. They will earn twenty million dollars for this mission, money they can use for their wolf sanctuary in Montana.

A mysterious ailment is killing Lycan children. The disease is affecting all the packs and the number of Lycans is dwindling. It's time to call in outside help. Wyatt is hoping to recruit a veterinarian, Dr. Madeline B. Styles, to research a cure. He goes to a seminar in San Francisco where she is a keynote speaker on the Ethiopian Wolf. There's an immediate attraction and when Wyatt discovers she has the mark of the wolf, he claims her for his mate. When Madeline learns Wyatt's true nature and is told she must accept him or another alpha, she's angry and confused. Can Madeline accept Wyatt and her heritage? Or will she succumb to Wyatt's worst enemy who is determined to have her for himself.

Eva Gordon makes it easy to believe that Lycans really exist. Her background in science and her love of wildlife add a reality to her story that makes it truly convincing. She puts a new spin on werewolf mythology and has created a society that's detailed and well thought out. The characters are fully developed. Wyatt, the alpha male werewolf, is a delicious hero. The animalistic yet sensual love scenes between him and Madeline heat up the pages.

If you like a good story with romance, steamy sexual encounters and action, then look no farther. This is a terrific debut; I can't wait for book two.

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Werewolf Sanctuary, May 29, 2009
By Elizabeth Touchette (San Francsico, CA) -

This review is from: Werewolf Sanctuary (Paperback)


Vampires are just so last year. Their immortal life, dark, sophisticated clothing and sexy feeding style will always be appealing, but in 2009, the werewolf has become the supernatural character of choice. Why? With the continuing economic chaos, and environmental crisis, the werewolf, with his disheveled fur and ravenous eating, is a more accurate projection of our inner fears.

A good book entertains, but also helps us face what we dread the most.

"Werewolf Sanctuary" begins with its heroine, Madeline (Maddie) B. Styles, weeping on an airplane. Although a world renowned veterinarian, she feels devastated when her fiancé, Mark Tellington, dumps her. A vegetarian environmental lawyer, he was her idea of the modern perfect man: Maddie's mother picks her up at their airport, and takes her to back childhood home.

After presenting at a conference, Maddie, meets Wyatt Weyln, a ruggedly handsome manager of a wolf sanctuary in Montana. He begs her to investigate an outbreak that is killing the sanctuary's cubs.

Maddie decides to take the job, but she initially finds her strong attraction to Wyatt annoying. She feels unprofessional. As they spend more time together, their smoldering passion ignites. Maddie surrenders to her animal instincts.

"His scent was intoxicating and primal, like the forest, reminding her of pheromones she no longer thought noticeably existed anymore."

Maddie and Wyatt make passionate love, and for the first time in her sexual life, Maddie has an orgasm.

Wyatt reveals his werewolf nature to Maddie. Seeing him in his wolf form, Maddie is impressed by his intricate markings, and playful puppy nature. I loved how the author continually reminded us of the werewolf's animal nature. Wyatt had graduated with honors from Stanford, but he urinated at every corner of Maddie's mother's house, to remind other werewolves that Maddie was his. Wyatt eats his meat rare, with gusto.

The author creates a lush werewolf world, complete with history, governing council, and mainframe computer. Of course, there are villains, which make this book a real page turner. I was entertained, but I was also left with the surprising thought that Gordon's werewolf world might be an ideal for our own, where our animal nature is not suppressed, but integrated into daily, ceremonial and of course, romantic, life.



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Fantastic start for new series, May 18, 2009
By Monica Stewart (Castro Valley, CA) -

This review is from: Werewolf Sanctuary (Paperback)
I typically tend to be more passionate about reading vampire novels when it comes to the supernatural fiction collection. Nonetheless to my surprise I became intrigued with this book! It had all the elements that would grab my attention. It was an exhilarating page turner from the beginning to end. The story begins with a burst of action although the author keeps the reader informed by explaining the main character's (Wyatt Weylyn) origin, we do not get uninterested. Maddie our love interest is just wonderful. I felt connected to her character. She was down to earth and went through what many single women go through before they find their soul mates. She is a doctor in the biology of wolves and has a specialty in their diseases as well. At Wyatt's wolf sanctuary, the wolf cubs have been succumbing to various ailments including death. Wyatt is on a mission to hopefully cure and resolve this issue and Maddie has to deal with sudden new changes to her life in ways she never expected to happen. How do their lives intertwine, you must read to find out. This is a guaranteed enjoyable read! There is a generous amount of romance, action, intrigue and paranormal that would get you energized.

By Nona Sebastian (San Francisco Bay Area, CA USA) -

This review is from: Werewolf Sanctuary (Paperback)
Werewolf Sanctuary by Eva Gordon will appeal to those who lust for alpha males with jealous and warrior streaks. Eva combines animal biology with a fictional legend of werewolf Lupercii lasting for hundreds of years. And last but not least, hot erotic scenes where animal thoughts and urges come out within the alpha male werewolf hero, Wyatt Weylin. You have your typical Bay Area prototype, Dr. Madeline Styles, living in Marin, getting over her cheating fiancé, a vegetarian, and doing runs and riding bikes for pleasure. She falls in love instantly with Wyatt Weylin, a meat lover werewolf from Montana who attended her lecture at a Wolf Conference in San Francisco. Wyatt immediately is drawn to Madeline before finding out about a birthmark of a wolf paw on her body, which turns red when he touches her. This means that she is his wolf maiden, according to Feronia, Goddess of the lycans and that he must claim her. Wyatt offers her a job, helping to cure an unusual disease found in wolf cubs at a Wolf Sanctuary in Montana. She accepts it, while falling for him in hot passionate animal like sex. She wonders why he is always making werewolf innuendo jokes.

Whatever, right? Just coincidence.

The story is well paced with interesting facts about biology. The climactic thriller scene had me hooked. Originally I wasn't a werewolf reader but Ms. Gordon's stories about them have me intrigued and looking on the shelves for other werewolf stories. Even though, in ways they are complete opposites Madeline and Wyatt's characters are deep and succeed in their relationship. Let's start with diet! The villains were scary enough for me to cringe and keep on reading. I enjoyed the book because of its educational content as well as the animalistic lustful love scenes and I recommend it to those who are open to learn about new paranormal fantasies.


A thrilling read from start to finish, May 31, 2009
By Esther Garcia "Romance Lover" (San Rafael, CA) -

This review is from: Werewolf Sanctuary (Paperback)
From the very first page, this is a page-turning read, hooking the reader from start to finish. I couldn't put it down! The suspense combined with a sweet romance makes for a very satisfying read. Whether the reader is familiar with werewolves/Lycans or not, the book presents these mythological beasts in a very clear and fascinating way. After reading the book, the reader comes out with a sound knowledge of Lycan/werewolf lore. Further, the reader is reminded of the existence of pure, unconditional romantic love.

I can't wait for the next book in the series!!!

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Welcome to all who are new, enjoy!
This is one of my most favorite reviews, partly because when I read the back of Werewolf Sanctuary, by Eva Gordon, I read Romance/Paranormal. I ma the first to admit i don't normally read romance, but I do reviews of book so I jumped in.
I can say that this is one of the best novels in the Romance genre I've read. I enjoyed in and read it twice to give my honest perception of the book. It starts with a character I can identify with, Madeline, and her job in the everyday world. Intelligent and everything a heroine should be.
The book heats up when, it dives into the past and into her life as a person. It is by far the best part of the book, as it deals with the relationship between her grandmother and herself, the book become more powerful because of it. it also deals with World War Two and the effects of loss and love eternal.
Gordon makes such a strong heroine the hero is equally important. Like her heroine the hero is strong willed and brave, but is also temperamental, which gives a more rounded hero than what is normally expected from a typical romance novel.
Gordon is a wonder author who draws the reader into the book with a grace and intelligence and captures their imagination. With a few plot twists that are surprising but handled well, this makes for a far more entertaining book.
This is a superb start to her series, which i can't wait to review when the next book comes out. I'll be recommending this to anyone, and it can be bought at amazon, for a very reasonable price.

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Rebecca Emlich (Canadian Review)

Source: Howling Good Books
Date: October 24, 2009

Madeline B. Styles is a veterinarian who is an expert on wolf diseases. When she is offered a job in the Montana wilds after her Dear Jane break up with her fiancé she knows that this could be a great thing for her. It could give her a chance to get her thoughts in order, so she knows where she wants to go with her life from here. Of course having a gallant, handsome, white knight type of boss like Wyatt doesn’t hurt the cause either!

Wyatt Weylyn and his team have always taken the toughest missions. The ones that no one else can take on. But when he decides to retire from his mercenary duties, he knows it is time to hire a vet to see why the children of his people are changing, turning or dying. And he is determined to hire the best. He just does not expect the best to be in such a tempting package. Or a Wolf maiden.

When Maddie’s Grandmere told her as a kid to have her paw print birth mark removed or hidden she never took her completely serious, and never really gives it another thought. After her fiancé writes her a Dear Jane email while she is in Ethiopia she does not think she wants another relationship either for a while. Then an alpha male walks into her presentation and gives her an offer that she cannot turn down.

Eva Gordon’s tale of werewolf society is very enticing. The mixture of facts and fiction endear the characters to the readers in a way that makes it hard to put this book down. I enjoyed her entertaining way of introducing the two main characters and whole heartedly felt the plight of the pack at the loss of their cubs. This tale has an interesting twist to the belief system of the packs that was a delight to this reader. Werewolf Sanctuary is definitely a fully rounded tale that is a delight to read. I look forward to the next installment.

Source: Bitten By Books
Date: July, 2009


Wyatt Weylan is the leader of a mercenary team that performs missions deemed impossible by both the US and British governments. He also owns the Shadow of the Moon Sanctuary, which is a thousand acres of land in Montana. Wyatt has been looking for his wolf maiden all his life. When a disease threatens all the young werewolves all over the world, Wyatt travels to San Fransisco to meet up with a doctor that just might hold the answers to his people’s survival.

Dr. Madeline B. Styles is a veterinarian who specializes in wolf diseases. She has just spent three months treating distemper in the wolf population of Ethiopia. On her way home, she receives a dear john email from her fiancé, Mark Tellington, saying that he has fallen in love with someone else. Maddie, upon arriving back in San Fransisco, finds a six month job offer from the mysterious Wyatt Weylan. She decides to take his offer instead of sulking over the breakup and having to move back in with her mother.

Werewolf Sanctuary will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The adversary Bisclavaret is just as compelling as the heroes of the story. A second book, Beast Warrior, is already planned, and I can’t wait for it to be released.

Book Stats:

* Paperback: 318 pages
* Publisher: Vanilla Heart Publishing (May 4, 2009)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1935407309
* ISBN-13: 978-1935407300

Source: Five Tomstone Review
Date: June, 15, 2009

Five Tombstone Review from Bitten by Books
Wyatt Weylan is the leader of a mercenary team that performs missions deemed impossible by both the US
and British governments. He also owns the Shadow of the Moon Sanctuary, which is a thousand acres of land
in Montana. Wyatt has been looking for his wolf maiden all his life. When a disease threatens all the young
werewolves all over the world, Wyatt travels to San Fransisco to meet up with a doctor that just might hold the
answers to his people’s survival.
Dr. Madeline B. Styles is a veterinarian who specializes in wolf diseases. She has just spent three months
treating distemper in the wolf population of Ethiopia. On her way home, she receives a dear john email from
her fiancé, Mark Tellington, saying that he has fallen in love with someone else. Maddie, upon arriving back in
San Fransisco, finds a six month job offer from the mysterious Wyatt Weylan. She decides to take his offer
instead of sulking over the breakup and having to move back in with her mother.
Werewolf Sanctuary will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The adversary Bisclavaret is
just as compelling as the heroes of the story. A second book, Beast Warrior, is already planned, and I can’t
wait for it to be released.