Love Bytes is very excited to host the exclusive cover reveal for JL Merrow her new upcoming Dreamspinner Press Release “CamWolf”.

Hi, I’m JL Merrow and I’m delighted to be here to reveal the stunning new cover for Camwolf, my novel about werewolves in Cambridge University.

Camwolf was the first novel I ever wrote (previously I’d been predominantly a short story writer) and it’s fabulous to see it getting a new lease of life courtesy of Dreamspinner Press. It’s been completely re-edited for this second edition, but the story remains substantially the same as in the first (Samhain) edition.

 

Camwolf

A race to save his lover—by becoming his own worst nightmare.

 

Dr. Nick Sewell has it all. Good friends, a career as a Cambridge academic… and recently, a tendency to turn into a wolf every full moon.  When a new student arrives from Germany, Nick is horrified by his visceral attraction to the troubled youth—not to mention his violent jealousy when he sees Julian with another man. He’s floored to find out Julian is a werewolf too.

Unlike Nick, Julian has spent his life among other wolves, and in this subject, he’s the teacher and Nick the student. Nick struggles to adjust to this reversal of roles, especially since he’s an alpha and Julian a natural submissive. That dynamic just adds to the attraction smoldering between them, whether they’re in human form or wolf.

But Julian’s pack and the abuse he suffered isn’t far behind him, and it wants to reclaim him. For Nick to hold on to his lover, he’ll have to embrace the monster within.

Available in ebook and paperback from Dreamspinner Press

 

Buy links:

Dreamspinner Press eBook

Dreamspinner Press Paperback

 

JL Merrow is that rare beast, an English person who refuses to drink tea.  She read Natural Sciences at Cambridge, where she learned many things, chief amongst which was that she never wanted to see the inside of a lab ever again.

 

She writes (mostly) contemporary gay romance and mysteries, and is frequently accused of humour.  Two of her novels have won Rainbow Awards for Romantic Comedy (Slam!, 2013 and Spun!, 2017) and several of her books have been EPIC Awards finalists, including Muscling Through, Relief Valve (the Plumber’s Mate Mysteries) and To Love a Traitor.

JL Merrow is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, International Thriller Writers, Verulam Writers and the UK GLBTQ Fiction Meet organising team.

 

Find JL Merrow online at: https://jlmerrow.com/, on Twitter as @jlmerrow, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/jl.merrow

Nick and Julian get some misunderstandings out of the way:

Julian looked out of the window for a moment, making no move to go, then slowly turned, but didn’t meet Nick’s eye. “I need to know. How many of us are there, here?”

Nick stared. “What? Gay men?”

Julian took a step back, flushing slightly. Nick had the strangest feeling he’d said something to hurt him, and unconsciously took a step forward.

“I’d better go,” Julian said, looking at the floor.

“No,” Nick told him. His voice sounded hoarse. Damn it, what was the matter with him? “No. You’re going to stay and tell me what you meant.”

Julian looked at him then, and the confusion in his eyes was the most genuine expression they’d yet displayed. But why was he confused? Nick watched, mesmerized, as Julian bit his lip.

“You’re mocking me,” he whispered.

What? “No, I’m not. I wouldn’t do that.” He took another step toward Julian, his heart thumping fiercely. There was just one other thing Julian could have meant—but could it really be true? Could he really be…? God, if he was wrong, he was about to make the biggest idiot of himself. “You’re a werewolf,” he heard himself say wonderingly.

“Yes, of course! I thought—I thought you knew. That was why….” Julian stopped, frowning.

“Why what? Why you threw yourself at me that night?” It still didn’t make sense.

“Yes! Look, you’re obviously an alpha, and I thought you wanted me, all right?” He looked away again, showing that pale, slender throat. “I thought if I—it doesn’t matter.” Julian cast his eyes down, making those long lashes look even more beautiful.

And he was a werewolf. Nick couldn’t concentrate on anything else right then. Another werewolf. God, he’d been so alone, so very alone. And it had to be Julian.

If Julian was a werewolf too, there was even more reason to stay away from him. It wasn’t safe—his time with Carl had proved that. No wonder Nick wasn’t able to control himself around Julian, as the moon waxed full and his instincts took over. Like now?

Taking a deep breath, Nick stepped back, trying to think. He might not be able to turn Julian, but he could still harm him. Images of Carl covered in his own blood shot through his head.

“How did you know what I am?”

Julian frowned as though Nick had said something that didn’t make sense. “The same way you recognized me.”

Nick didn’t like to admit he hadn’t. “How long have you been… like this?”

“Since I was fourteen.” Julian looked troubled.

Well, it was hardly likely to be a pleasant memory. “Was it someone you knew?”

Julian’s lips quirked in a bitter smile. “My father.”

“What?”

“He felt it was time I joined the pack.”

Nick couldn’t believe it. How could any man do that to his own child? “Wait—a pack? There are more of you? Of us, I mean?”

“About thirty. In our pack, that is. I know there are other packs, elsewhere.”

Nick’s head was reeling. “That’s—that’s amazing! God, if only I’d known. It must be wonderful!”

Julian flinched visibly. “No. It is not.”

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