How to Help a Hungry Werewolf: A Novel

by Charlotte Stein

Overview

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A witch and a werewolf reluctantly agree to help each other — only to find that resisting each other proves impossible…

What We Do in the Shadows with the small town feels of Gilmore Girls in this swoon-worthy romance that will leave readers delightfully cozy and hungry for more.

When Cassandra Camberwell returns to her hometown of Hollow Brook to clear out her late grandmother’s ramshackle old house, the last thing she expects is Seth Brubaker on her doorstep. Her former best friend was responsible for the worst moment of her high school life, and she can’t imagine he wants to do anything but torment her all over again.

Until she unearths the real reason this annoyingly gorgeous beast of a man keeps hanging around: he’s an actual werewolf, who’s certain she’s the witch that will ease his suffering. But Cassie just isn’t sure if she can trust him again. So Seth offers a pact: he’ll teach her all about her undiscovered magic, and she will brew the potions he needs. No feelings, no funny business, just a witch and a werewolf striking a deal.

Totally doable. Until they get hit with a do-or-die mating bond. And now the heat is rising, in between fights with formers bullies and encounters with talking raccoons. They just have to not give in. Unless giving in just might be the very thing they never knew they always wanted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250352347
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/01/2024
Series:	The Sanctuary for Supernatural Creatures , #1
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	41,492
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Charlotte Stein is the RT and DABWAHA nominated author of over fifty short stories, novellas and novels, including When Grumpy Met Sunshine, a book The New York Times called “a triumph”. When not writing deeply emotional and intensely sexy books, she can be found eating jelly turtles, getting way too excited over a million movies and TV shows, and occasionally lusting after moustaches. She lives in Leeds with her family.
Charlotte Stein has written over thirty sexy novellas and novels, including the RT award nominated Intrusion and the DABWAHA nominated Run To You. When not writing she can be found eating jelly turtles, watching terrible sitcoms and occasionally lusting after hunks. She lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and their totally real dog.

Editorial Reviews

"Stein’s delightful, steamy romance is full of surprises that will keep readers guessing. Give this one to romance fans who like their books hot and sweet." —Library Journal

"Wildly imaginative. Sparks become incendiary in this uniquely spicy foray into fantasy." —Booklist

"Small-town romance is a pretty common subgenre in romance, but combining that element with werewolves is an extra level of brilliance. How to Help a Hungry Werewolf is also brimming with what we love to read in a Charlotte Stein romance — body positivity, witty banter, and a surprise hit of fated mates." — Paste Magazine

From the Publisher

08/01/2024

When Cassandra's childhood best friend, Seth, called her fat in front of their whole high school, he forever sealed his status as sworn enemy, and Cassandra has never recovered from the embarrassment or from losing her best friend so traumatically. When she returns to her hometown of Hollow Brook as an adult to settle her beloved grandmother's estate, Seth is the first person to appear on her doorstep. It seems that Seth has become a werewolf, and Cassandra's grandmother used to make him a potion to help manage his hairy alter ego. He thinks Cassandra is also a witch who can help him with all of his wolfy needs in her grandmother's place. In return, he'll teach her about magic. But their time together inspires awkward situations and many feelings, and Cassandra doesn't want to have lusty thoughts about her enemy, even though he might not be her enemy anymore. VERDICT Stein's (When Grumpy Met Sunshine) delightful, steamy romance is full of surprises that will keep readers guessing. Give this one to romance fans who like their books hot and sweet.—Heather Miller Cover

Library Journal

2024-08-17
A woman returns to her New England hometown and discovers that she's part of the supernatural world.

Cassandra Camberwell had an idyllic childhood in the small town of Hollow Brook, but when she was in high school, her lifelong best friend, Seth Brubaker, started bullying her in an effort to fit in with the popular crowd of mean boys. Soured on the town, Cassie stayed away for a decade. Now she’s returned to clean out the home she inherited after her grandmother’s death and prepare it for sale. The first night she returns, Seth knocks on the door, insisting he needs one of her grandmother’s journals. After Cassie witnesses him going through a shocking physical transformation, Seth reveals that he’s a werewolf. He begs Cassie to try brewing the concoction her grandmother made to help him control his wolf. Cassie's potion is even more effective than her grandmother's was, and Seth realizes she must be a very powerful witch. Once she opens herself up to the possibility, Cassie discovers she can wield magical items and communicate with other magical creatures; she realizes she’s been suppressing her innate powers her whole life. Seth offers to teach her and guide her through this new world in exchange for her continued potion-making efforts. Readers will delight in Cassie’s gleeful discovery of the magical world, populated with zany, inventive details such as flying vacuum cleaners, fairies riding caterpillars who feed on thimbles full of honey, and a sentient microwave oven threatening legal action. Cassie’s romance with Seth lacks the same vitality and energy. They dance around their painful past, unable to communicate their true feelings. Only after the return of her other high school bullies does Cassie realize that Seth feels more for her than friendship. Their romance is rushed and underdeveloped compared to the rich magical world they exist in.

A fun book worth reading for its inventive magical world.

Kirkus Reviews