Reviewed by Sadonna
TITLE: Shifting Winter 
SERIES: Misunderstood #2
AUTHOR: Minerva Howe
PUBLISHER: Turtlehat Creatives
LENGTH: 163 pages
RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2022
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John Leahy had no idea how he became a werewolf, but there’s one thing he does know. He’s struggling with everything from fitting into the wolf community up in the high mountains of Utah to controlling his shifting. John wants to fit in, to find a home, but most of all, he wants to impress pack co-leader Keegan.
Keegan and his brother took over the pack a few years ago, but there are still some members who think that was a mistake. So it doesn’t help things when Keegan takes John as his mate. Even as they work on their mate bond, John is having more and more trouble keeping his wolf side in check. Can Keegan and John start their family even as they deal with the pack and its problems?
Shifting winter is an mpreg wolf shifter romance with a happy ending.
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Note: This is the second book in a series and contains spoilers for the previous book. It’s also related to another series, Dragon Sanctuary, and contains some spoilers for that series also.
We met John Leahy in a previous story, Snow Dragon, part of the Dragon Sanctuary series. He and his PI Partner Beau, were magical beings – they just didn’t know it 🙂 So John is a wolf shifter and so he ends up staying with the pack and the alphas. Keegan and his brother Jameson are leading the pack through change. Some in the pack, however, are not keen on the changes. They have not been happy about the cooperation with the dragons nor some of the new technology that the brothers have brought in. One of the things they really don’t like is John. They see him as an outsider and they don’t trust him. He’s had trouble controlling his shifting but he didn’t even know he was a shifter until very recently, so it should be accepted.
Keegan tries to help John who spends most of his time on his own trying to stay warm and learn control. John feels like he’s being asked to do tricks and he’s not liking it at all. There is definitely some sort of spark there between John and Keegan but John has a lot of issues. He was adopted and he knows nothing about his original family or how he came to be a shifter. He’s definitely had more difficulties than his colleague Beau has had fitting into his new life. John just wants to get away. Keegan doesn’t let him though 😉
Eventually John figures out that Keegan is attracted to him. Keegan is afraid to scare him off, but he knows John is his mate. Finally John realizes that he and Keegan belong together. He does what he can to help the pack – including cooking and baking and being there for those who need help. Unfortunately that is not everyone and there are those who would rather kill John than see him with one of their alphas. The showdown brings in other forces to try to control the bad actors. John is happy though with Keegan and he vows to protect him and their son and be there for all who need him.
Poor John. Find out you are not only a wolf, but an omega wolf and the mate of a pack alpha. That’s not too much pressure is it? Definitely not what he thought he signed up for. He’s been in no way prepared for all the things he’s discovered on this mountain and he’s not sure he can handle it all. Luckily Keegan is right there for him. He clearly wants him to be happy and wants to support John in whatever way he can. John goes from being a hungry and cold loner to a mated parent of a new shifter child over the course of this story. That is a lot! But he makes really good friends in the pack including other expectant parents and he shows that he’s made of strong stuff. He’s not going to just stay in the background. He shows himself to be a fighter and he gains so much confidence after he accepts his life with the pack. I was happy to see him get his happy ending and I cannot wait for Jameson’s story 🙂 This is another fun story in this whole world that I think fans of these wolves and their neighboring dragons will enjoy.
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