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SEAL Wolf Undercover…how did I get the idea?

SEAL Wolf Undercover Available for Preorders Now! Coming August 1st!

No wolf is safe in USA Today bestseller Terry Spear’s new installment of the SEAL Wolf series.

Never be so foolish as to fall for the enemy…
Special wolf agent Jillian Matthews has joined the jaguar-run United Shifter Force to track down a deadly criminal. She’s even willing to work with PI Vaughn Greystroke―until the hot, growly SEAL wolf makes the mistake of getting in her way. Naturally, she shoots him. Who could blame her?

Vaughn Greystroke has always worked alone. But when a string of attempted murders puts him in the crosshairs, teaming up with the Shifter Force begins to sound like a good idea. Even if he has to work with alluring―and potentially treacherous―Jillian Matthews. Vaughn is a trained SEAL, after all. He can surely keep his distance from Jillian…no matter how much she’s getting under his skin.

It all began with SEAL Hunter in To Tempt the Wolf!–Just think: Naked wolf on beach during a storm–beautiful woman who takes him in–what could be better? Except he doesn’t even remember who he is.

SEAL Wolf Series:
A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing (Book 1)
A SEAL Wolf for Christmas (Book 2)
SEAL Wolf Hunting (Book 3)
SEAL Wolf in Too Deep (Book 4)
SEAL Wolf Undercover (Book 5)

Praise for SEAL Wolf in Too Deep:
“A sexy, smoldering tale… If you enjoy reading about uber-manly, hot-as-heck heroes, this is a must-read!”―RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars
“Another winner… once again [Spear] had me captivated with her storytelling.”―Night Owl Reviews
“A funny, fun, and extremely intriguing read.” ―Fresh Fiction

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Excerpt from SEAL Wolf Undercover by Terry Spear

Jillian couldn’t believe that a lupus garou could be trying to kill her brother. The wolf chasing Miles had to be a shifter. She knew he wasn’t running with Miles for fun. Not with the way her brother had howled, calling to her for help. If the other wolf had been in trouble too, he would have howled along with her brother No, he’d been hell bent on Miles’s trail. Worse, she worried he could be the wolf who had nearly killed Douglas.

She ran through the woods to track where the wounded wolf had gone once he’d finally veered from her brother’s path. Wild wolves had been sighted in Oregon, so at first she’d thought it might have claimed the territory and was chasing Miles out of the area, or worse, planned to kill him. When she couldn’t scare him off with the first three rounds she’d fired, she was certain he was a shifter. She found drops of blood collected on vegetation, the light rain already diluting it, and followed them to the river where the trail ended.

In the misty rain, she glanced in the direction the river was flowing, and thought she saw a wolf’s head bobbing up and down in the water. She couldn’t be certain, considering the conditions: the water was dark, the object was far away, and the day was overcast.

She continued to watch until whatever it was disappeared beyond a bend in the river. Her heart pounding, she ran in the direction of her cabin, hoping her brother was there and could tell her what was going on. If she didn’t need to hang onto her rifle and cell phone, she would have shifted and run as a wolf. Much faster that way.

She was glad the wolf was no longer chasing her brother, but she did hate that she’d had to shoot him. With their shifter ability to heal faster than humans, he would be fine in no time.

As soon as the cabin came into view, she hurried to the front door, unlocked it, and called out to her brother. He didn’t respond, and she didn’t hear him in the back bedroom. She stalked back to the room, but he wasn’t there. Why wouldn’t he have come here? Unless he was afraid of bringing the big, bad wolf to their doorstep.

For now, she had other business to take care of. She left a message for her brother, telling him to call her at once, that she was working with some jaguar shifters. And that Douglas was in dire straits after someone attacked him. She would be staying at the red wolf pack’s ranch part of the time. She considered trying to track down her brother as a wolf, but with the other wolf wounded and leaving this area, she figured Miles would be okay for now.
Teaming up with jaguars was something totally new for her. Never in a million years would she have believed she’d be working with a combined force of jaguar shifters and a wolf; and with another, if they could solicit his help. On the way over to her cabin, Leidolf had informed her about a hardcore Navy SEAL, also turned PI —and from what she’d read about his profile, a loner in his investigative work—who was in the area and was also investigating the attack on Douglas. From a photo Leidolf had sent to the team, he was one hot looking specimen of a wolf and single, though she just happened to notice that information by chance. And he looked a hell of a lot like the guy she’d seen at the Kitty Cat Club in San Diego. The good Samaritan. That meant he had been a wolf all along. She should have known.
She quickly packed a bag and left to join the shifters at the cabin nearby to meet up with the SEAL wolf, hoping she’d hear from her brother soon. She also put in a call to Leidolf for an update on Douglas’s condition.

***
Vaughn bobbed up and down in the icy water, thankful his wolf’s double coat protected him from the chilling cold. He had to take care of his wound first, hoping it wasn’t too bad and he would heal quickly enough. He was certain the gray wolf couldn’t have suddenly armed himself with a rifle, so he was still running as a wolf, and that meant Vaughn could try to find his scent again. What if he had an accomplice? Maybe that’s why he howled. To get help from a wolf shifter friend or pack member who would shoot Vaughn instead of coming to his aid as a wolf. The shooter wouldn’t have been some random hunter then. A marksman lying in wait while Vaughn tried to take down the wolf seemed too damned convenient to be mere coincidence.

***

Okay, so how did I come up with this idea? I wanted to include jaguars and wolves in this venture–and a hot SEAL wolf. That was it. At the end of the previous jaguar book, A Very Jaguar Christmas, I had mentioned trouble in Portland, Oregon, where a red wolf pack lives. I hadn’t mentioned them in a long time, so I wanted to set the story there. And I wanted to have jaguars causing trouble for wolves. I wanted an exciting beginning–but I wanted it to be sexy. But it had to include both jaguars and wolves. But it also had to focus on the romance between one couple. And it had to have shifting. And romance. And conflict.

I’d watched a show about treasure hunters stealing from each other in deep sea dives. The wolf series is so long running, that every one of them has to be different from the rest, and I’d never had a treasure hunting story before. So after much writing and rewriting, I finally decided to make treasure hunting at the root of it.

And that’s how I came up with SEAL Wolf Undercover!

Preorders available now!

Have a happy, non-conflict-filled day!!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Cold, Cold, Cold

black-wolf-arctic-wolf-800x534Twenty-seven degrees out and the wolves were warm and happy in their fur coats, checking us out, close to the fence.

big-turkey-head-up-800x688The wild turkeys didn’t know enough to be happy that they weren’t on the dinner menu.

barn-owl-asleep-800x626One barn owl pulled its feathers around him and went to sleep.

The falcon ruffled its feathers at me.

falcon-800x534And the swift fox was friendly and then decided to take a bite out of the squash or whatever it was on the ground for them to eat.

fox-800x534Keep warm and be happy!!

Terry Spear

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Alaska the Beautiful

Alaska snowy mountains (800x450)My son is in the AF over there right now so he sent me a couple of pictures. He said they have to wear bear spray because there are so many black and brown bears. No polar bears though. He said the moose were all over and they were even more dangerous though. And tons of wolves, and they’re not protected.

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I told him I want him to take some pictures!

Anyway, I’m off to write. Wrote the prologue on White Wolf Christmas, so need to keep going. 🙂

I will have to look at these pictures to cool down so I can write about snow and Christmas! It’s 97 degrees here!

Have a super wonderful day! 🙂

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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FREE! To Shifter Lovin’ Homes!

These are supposed to be on all book selling sites, but right now, they have them on Amazon US.

Heart of the Wolf is free for a limited time!!! If you haven’t read the first book in the series, be sure and grab it! It made Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Book of the Year for a mass marketed book, only 5 selected for the year! https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Wolf-must-fight-d…/…/B007INOJE0 It’s supposed to be free at all the sites, but I’m just seeing it up on Amazon right now.

Heart of the Wolf

Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of the Year

 

If you haven’t had a chance to grab a copy of Destiny of the Wolf, first in the series involving the beloved Silver Town Wolf Pack, here it is for free! Feel free to share the freebie! My publisher has never offered any of my books for free before.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038KT3T8

Destiny of the Wolf

His heart holds a secret only she can unlock.

If you haven’t read the first of the Highland wolf series, Heart of the Highland Wolf is also free for a limited time. Be sure and grab yours!!  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y5AV1K/

Heart of the Highland Wolf

It’s a matter of a pride…and a matter of pleasure.

And one of those gorgeous hunks of SEAL wolves, the USA Today Bestselling, A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing, is also free for a limited time. Please share, write a loving review telling us how much of a hunk of burning wolf love he is, and enjoy! This has the first title with SEAL in it, but the real first book that mentions the SEALs is To Tempt the Wolf. Hunter is the SEAL team leader and you learn about him in that book. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006PJ6V26

A Seal in Wolf's Clothing

A Navy SEAL romance–werewolf style

 

Last, Savage Hunger is also free, first in the series of the jaguar shifters! Limited time only. No, I don’t get paid anything for free books, but if you haven’t read them, you might want to give them a chance! And who knows? You might be swept away in the jungle heat.

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https://www.amazon.com/Savage-Hunger-Heart-Jaguar-Book-ebook/dp/B008BWABXU/

My publisher said these would go on sale days ago. Soooo, I kept looking every day, but hadn’t  had a chance today. Need to finish SEAL Wolf Undercover, WHEN a fan posted on Facebook that my books are free!! Well, first in the series. And that’s why I’m posting for a second time today! Enjoy!!!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Dogs are Fickle

Wolves mate for life.

Sabine Arctic Wolf, girlfriend to Zoerro (427x640)

Dogs switch bed partners at a swish of the tail.

Luna, her tail over Rilo as if she's claiming him

Luna, her tail over Rilo as if she’s claiming him

Corgi Love just the day before.

Corgi Love just the day before.

You can see here that Max was already reaching out to Luna

You can see here that Max was already reaching out to Luna

Rilo barks at Max and Luna when they play. But I didn't expect it to go this way...

Rilo barks at Max and Luna when they play. But I didn’t expect it to go this way…

Max is claiming Luna back.

Max is claiming Luna back.

And see where Rilo is now?

And see where Rilo is now?

Only in a dog’s life.

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Wolf Awareness Week: Alphas on Top

Alpha on Top

Alpha on Top–Aidan

This is typical, the alpha will stand above the rest. The International Wolf Center, Ely, MN.

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Alpha Wolf on Top of Box

Alpha Wolf on Top of Box–Science Center in MN

Alpha Wolves on Top of boxes, another wolf pack

Alpha Wolves on Top of boxes, another wolf pack–Science Center in MN

 

Aidan, Luna, Boltz picking on Denali (640x376)

Aidan top left, alpha leader of the pack, Boltz smaller wolf in front to left, sister alpha black wolf, Luna, and the under-wolf, Aidan’s brother, Denali. But all in good fun. Both Aidan and Denali are the bigger wolves in the pack.

Aidan, lying on rock, tail up (640x427)

Aidan, Alpha Male, watching over the pack

Sick Sunday and Monday, which has really hampered my writing. Any excuse, right??? But it doesn’t put the deadline back and the days keep rolling on by. I did work on 80 pages last night, and still working on my word goal for yesterday today.  🙂 Hopefully, today will be a better day.

At least we only have a projected high of 93 and not 100 again and it’s cool out this morning! But 97 tomorrow. And then, if the weather gods are in the ballpark, in the high 70s Oct 22 and beyond. Yes! If they’re right.

Even in Houston it was only in the 90’s yesterday! Have a super great day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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I Think My Puppies are Part Wolf…

Wolves of Ely

Wolves of Ely

I took this picture of the wolf pack at Ely, The International Wolf Center. The black wolf, Luna, is barely visible. She’s the alpha female of the pack. Aidan and Denali are brothers. And the other wolf, Boltz, is Luna’s brother.

I think I’m raising a couple of wolf cubs. I picked up new food for the puppies since Max is now 1 years old. Tanner is still on puppy food at 9 mos. But man, they tried to rip through the sacks like a couple of wolves. They wolf down their food like they’ve been starving for days. I’m getting some dishes that will make them take a little more time to get to their food. I tried an insert in their own dishes, but it didn’t work well.

And usually at night they’re fine about not getting fed again, for the most part. But not last night. One feeding of the new stuff and they were practically howling for more. Whining, trying to figure a way to get to the food way up above. And here I worried they might not like it!

Havanese are oftentimes finicky eaters, all the forums I read say. They barely will eat their food during the day. NOT mine. They are a couple of wolves.

Still working on Billionaire–6,000 words to go!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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SEAL Wolf Hunting and Sea Lions

Love these reviews! They’re starting to come in for SEAL Wolf Hunting!

It’s releasing on July 7, so get ready!

 

If only you made a different choice, moved faster, slower, something, anything to change the outcome of a past event that haunts you with regret; haven’t we all experienced that? Such is the conflict that plagues the novel’s hero, Paul. Once a SEAL, always a SEAL and failure doesn’t sit well with him. The good thing about this story is that the angst doesn’t bog down the story, it just helps a reader understand what motivates the hero to make the choices he does, and why he says the things he says. In the very first chapter, not only does a reader see that, but they get a good dose of the kind of humor and quirky shenanigans Ms. Spear puts her characters through. Their first ‘rescue’ mission occurs when they come home and I found it hilarious.” Long and Short Reviews

http://teaandbook-shauni.blogspot.com/…/seal-wolf-hunting-r… “Terry Spear is back with yet another delightful and delicious read. In her 16th Heart of the Wolf Series Book, Ms. Spear returns to the her Seal Team, to the last of the unmarrieds.” Shaun, Tea and Book Blog

So what do you get when you mix a seal with a wolf?

A hot SEAL Wolf.

Book 16

Book 16

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Okay, so a sea lion, not a seal, but close?

Okay, so a sea lion, not a seal, but close? Several were having a great time making their seal lion happy sounds and frolicking in the water.

 

Sea Lion Momma and babies--she was waking up, rolling around, checking to see that her babies were there.

Sea Lion Momma and babies–she was waking up, rolling around, checking to see that her babies were there.

Are you ready for SEAL Wolf Hunting??? 🙂 <3

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Totally Clueless

Sabine Arctic Wolf and Zoerro Gray Timber Wolf

Sabine Arctic Wolf and Zoerro Gray Timber Wolf

I’m working on She-Wolf Leader of the Pack, trying to finish up edits on it, moving some scenes around which means having to change a lot of stuff around those scenes because one change changes a lot, and I was sharing the scenes with one of my beta readers from Minnesota on messages on Facebook to see if it’s working. Then I get another message from a friend, who lives in San Diego, and she warns me to stay clear of Waco, there’s been a whole lot of shooting.

So then I have to stop writing in my little fantasy world where I’m very happy and see what’s going on in the real world.

Of course, you always have lame reports just so someone can say they reported the news right away, ie, there was fighting over a parking space between rival biker gangs that left 9 dead and 18 wounded. There were 3 gangs involved. No, there were 5 gangs involved and it started in a restroom of a Twin Peaks restaurant. My daughter and SIL had informed me it was like a Hooters–scantily dressed women, drinking. We usually don’t have this kind of violence in Waco. Yes, we have crime like everywhere else.

But 150-200 bikers at one club–from different outlaw biker gangs? I was totally clueless.

We actually have a Christian biker group that meets at our library and they’re very nice. So it’s certainly not to say that all biker groups are bad. And apparently, only a very small percentage are, but these are reported to be involved in major drug crime and more.

The Central Texas Market Place is a nice place, and several new stores were just opened around the time I went to New Mexico. I do a lot of my shopping there, so I say again, I was totally clueless that anything like this could happen there.

We live halfway between Dallas and Austin, about an hour and a half, north and south of us, very much the center of Texas. We’re about 3 hours from Houston and 3 hours from San Antonio, so in the middle of all the big cities. Would we have had this deadly shootout if the restaurant hadn’t been there? From what police say, the restaurant management didn’t discourage the gathering of these biker gangs there.

Who knows. We’re so central to everything, maybe they would have just met at another hot spot. Truly, I didn’t know we had any organized crime outlaw biker hot spots to go to. But according to news reports I’ve read, and who knows how accurate they are, this one had been catering to the gangs for quite a while.

In any event, the rest of the Market Place is very family-oriented. It was a real shock to see that this could happen there. My daughter even called me from Houston, warning me they expected more trouble and not to go into Waco, and saying again I should move closer to them. I love my daughter and SIL.

Anyway, I have obedience training tonight for my puppies, and I’m seriously thinking of not going in. And I need to get something from the car dealership where I bought my car, and it’s really close to the Market Place. *sigh*

Maybe I should just stay in my fantasy world. There truly is something to be said about ignorance being bliss.

Do you ever feel clueless about things like this?

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Will My Puppies Have Remembered Me?

I am back!!! We were at the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary staying at the cabin there, and here is Zoerro and Sabine, Rory Zoerb holding the leash.

Zoerro Timber Wolf

Zoerro Timber Wolf

Sabine Arctic Wolf, girlfriend to Zoerro

Sabine Arctic Wolf, girlfriend to Zoerro

Rory Zoerb and Sabine Arctic Wolf and Zoerro Timber Wolf

Rory Zoerb and Sabine Arctic Wolf and Zoerro Timber Wolf

Zoerro, Me, and Lor "Careful or you'll end up in my novel."

Zoerro, Me, and Lor
“Careful or you’ll end up in my novel.”

We didn’t expect Rory to bring them up to the cabin and he made our whole trip soooo memorable. We were trying to take pictures of them through the fences at the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, but I didn’t get very many good pictures. So here, these were great. Thanks to Rory and Susan, who took some of the pictures with me in them, and to all the staff who were incredibly nice. Here I am petting Zoerro and Lor being as thrilled as I was.

Susan, Zoerro, Rory handling both wolves, and Sabine

Susan, Zoerro, Rory handling both wolves, and Sabine

Rory, Zoerro, Donna, Sabine, and Lor

Rory, Zoerro, Donna, Sabine, and Lor

Sabine, Donna, Rory, Lor, Debbie petting Zoerro (640x427)

Sabine, Donna, Rory, Lor, Debbie petting Zoerro

 

I also signed books at the following places!

Barnes and Noble books, Lubbock

Books signed at Barnes and Noble, Lubbock

Barnes and Noble, Lubbock

Barnes and Noble, Lubbock

Books Signed Books-A-Million, Abilene

Books Signed Books-A-Million, Abilene

Abilene

Abilene

I have to say that Debbie and my dream to go to the wolf sanctuary we thought was only a dream. We both worked at the library together and couldn’t go at the same time. So when Rory, who was handling the wolves in the pictures, contacted me on FB and invited me to visit, I asked Debbie if she was ready to go. She said YES!! And when I posted on FB to see who else wanted to go, I had 4 more takers. Donna and Lor ended up going with us and we had a wonderful time. More about all of it, but I have to pick up groceries and my own little wolves. They’re of course domesticated Havanese puppies and no longer of the wild variety, unless they go crazy when I go to pick them up. Which they did last time I picked them up from the kennel!

Max Tanner rubber banded and place (640x427)

I’ll share the wolves howling soon. 🙂

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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