Kaylee Archer hits the ground running with The Wolf Queen’s Curse, the second installment of her Witch of the Wolves series. The story opens right after the literally fiery conclusion of book one, the day after surviving members of the Albion Pack fled the burning remains of their home, Trevelyan.
The pack is in survival mode. The first order of business is food and shelter, and Bishop Daniels steps up to the plate to fulfill his brand-new role as Alpha. His promotion came at the end of the first book, when he challenged and defeated Silas Stockwell, the father of Bishop’s new wife, Cordelia Levine.
A witch who is also half wolf, Cordelia was abducted by her father and pressured into marrying Bishop. But despite Bishop’s toughness, it turns out he’s an old softie. And kind, and sort of falling for his wife. Cordelia may have been kidnapped, but Bishop let her choose whether to stay, building a foundation of trust that is everything in a story with stakes as high as this one. But Cordelia’s powerful grandmother, Beryl, whose temper tantrum during the destructive battle at Trevelyan cemented Cordelia’s decision to stay with Bishop, now wants her back, and the couple will have to form alliances with other wolf packs to defeat Beryl and protect their marriage.
There’s a lot going on in this high-concept story; it’s like an intense, broody, 45-hour game of Risk. A textbook paranormal romance, The Wolf Queen’s Curse has all the things fans of the subgenre love: a huge cast of characters, layers of intense strategy and intrigue, and, of course, witches and werewolves.