Over a couple of action-packed nights and days Mercy finds out more about Mac, the novice werewolf, and he talks of unlikely medical experiments being forced on him, cages, and being traded between controlling elements (they could have been were or otherwise, his senses of smell etc not being trained enough to have that instantly come to him).

She was indeed brought up by a pack of werewolves, integrated into human society in the rural US. Still, Mercedes, or Mercy, can hold her own, as she was born with supernatural abilities – and can shapeshift much more easily than can werewolves, and turn into and 'walk' as a coyote at will. Therefore, he has learnt nothing of the were-life, nothing of controlling his changes with the full moons, nothing of the societies werewolves live in, with packs controlled by Alpha males, and so on. Not only that, he is a fresh young werewolf, barely in his mid-teens, and changed mere months ago. Mercedes the car mechanic (tee-hee) has employed a werewolf as assistant. A lovely and gently powerful genre read, which we recommend. Kept me entertained from its deceptively innocent beginning to its can't-put-it-down end' Kim Harrison, bestselling author of Dead Witch Walking 'I enjoyed every minute of it.Summary: A woman gets caught up in a battle between warring werewolves, with other supernatural creatures involved – not to mention her own shapeshifting ability. Praise for the series: 'Plenty of twists and turns.

As long as she keeps her eyes down and remembers her place, the pack will leave her in peace.

As such, she's tolerated by the 'wolves but definitely down the pecking order. And Mercy herself is a shapeshifter, sister to coyotes. Her next-door neighbour is an alpha werewolf - literally, the leader of the pack. Read more a VW bus that happens to belong to a vampire. She's a mechanic, and a damn good one, who spends her spare time karate training and tinkering with. ' Mercedes Thompson runs a garage in the Tri-Cities.

My nose isn't at its best when surrounded by axle grease and burnt oil. The first novel in the New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson series - the major urban fantasy hit of the decade 'I love these books!' Charlaine Harris The best new fantasy series I've read in years' Kelley Armstrong MERCY THOMPSON: MECHANIC, SHAPESHIFTER, FIGHTER I didn't realize he was a werewolf at first. The hottest new supernatural thriller series, from a major new voice in urban fantasy.

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