Moonlight (Dark Guardian Series #1) »

Rachel Hawthorne is the author of many books for teens, including Caribbean Cruising, Island Girls (and Boys), Love on the Lifts, The Boyfriend League, and Snowed In. She lives in Plano, Texas, with her husband and two dogs.

I see him and know what this turmoil inside of me means: He's the one. My forever.

kayla is the nature lover, the all-American beauty who can't understand why she's so drawn to distant, brooding Lucas. Adopted as a young child, she has no way of knowing that she's inherited a terrifying—and thrilling—gene that will change her life forever.

lucas is dangerous, gorgeous . . . and a werewolf. As leader of the Dark Guardians, shape-shifters who gather deep within the state park, he has sworn to protect his pack. But when Lucas finds his true soul mate, his love could put them all in harm's way.

As Lucas and Kayla struggle with their feelings for each other, a greater danger lurks: Humans have discovered the Dark Guardians and are planning their destruction. Kayla must choose between the life she knows and the love she feels certain is her destiny.

Children's Literature

Kayla has returned to the national forest to face the horrors of her childhood. This is the place where her parents were shot by hunters who were certain they had seen wolves. This is the place, where over one short summer, Kayla will discover the truth about her parents and the shocking truth about herself. "I thought he would jerk me toward him now and plant the kiss that I so desperately wanted. Instead he said solemnly, Kayla, you're one of us.'" Kayla is a Shifter, a werewolf, a seventeen-year-old young woman who is soon to go through a transformation that will change her life forever. Fortunately for Kayla, Lucas will be there for her, but things begin to go terribly wrong when Kayla discovers what a group of scientists—supposedly deep in the forest to study wolves—are really planning. This first book in the Dark Guardian series is a good choice for those who love fantasy, romance, and werewolves. It is filled with raging teenage hormones, suggestions of sexual activity, and modest werewolves ducking behind trees or bushes to shed or don clothing when shapeshifting. Reviewer: Anita Barnes Lowen