Review: 4 blue ribbons from Romance Junkies
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2013
Spending the Victoria Day weekend camping trip babysitting her brother and his immature buddies isn't Rylee's idea of a good time.  Her mother insisted so now she's stuck riding herd on the young men with one of them doing his best to lure her into his sleeping tent.  That's so not going to happen.  What she needs and wants is a real man; that's a status Josh needs a few years to obtain regardless of how cute or charming he might be now.Once the campsite is set up and the boys head off to check out the gorge Rylee opts to do a little exploring of her own, and hopefully pick a trail that will not cross paths with her brother's.  While checking out the other tents and campers along the conservation area she spots a gorgeous man setting up his own tent - and he immediately notices her as well.  Now there's a man Rylee wouldn't mind rolling around in a sleeping bag with.Atticus's visit to the Elora Gorge Conservation Area is a much needed break from the pack and his father's demands that he find a mate and settle down.  None of the females paraded before him have roused even a hint of the mating heat that should be triggered if/when he meets his future mate.  It's not until he spies a mortal watching him that he feels that first zing of arousal.  The trouble is that she's mortal and his father, the pack leader, will not be pleased with that revelation, but Atticus doesn't care - as far as he's concerned she belongs to him.  All he has to do now is convince her of that little fact.Since Rylee doesn't know anything about werewolves Atticus is a little reluctant to reveal his little secret but then they'd also need some `alone time' to talk and with three troublemaking young men to keep an eye on privacy is at a premium.  Of course having a member of his pack show up intent on claiming him for herself doesn't exactly go over well either.Forget the burnt marshmallows, air mattress, lonely sleeping bag, bugs and annoying fellow campers.  Marisa Chenery's THE CANUCK WEREWOLF makes all the inconvenience associated with camping seem paltry when you consider a sexy man might just make the entire experience worthwhile.  I enjoyed Rylee's no-nonsense attitude when it comes to the young men's hijinks and loved that she takes Atticus to task for having a girlfriend (even if he and Marla aren't an item).  This story is fun and lighthearted but it could have used more of a courtship period.  Happily-ever-after takes more than an extended weekend - and that's just a normal romance, I'd imagine it would take much longer when one half of the couple is a werewolf.THE CANUCK WEREWOLF along with the other titles in the Oh Canada/Big City Werewolves series listed below are available in the print titleBig City Pack: Ellora's Cave.A WEREWOLF AT THE FALLSWEREWOLF'S TREASUREWEREWOLF CLAIMEDLOVED BY A WEREWOLFChrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)