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Jenna is a werewolf. This is in direct contradiction with various things she does and thinks earlier in the story. If she was a werewolf, why would she do a internet search on symptoms? Why would she wonder what these symptoms were? It would only have worked if we saw only from Matt’s POV. But we did not. We also saw from hers.

And to address Heather’s concern about breaking patient confidentiality above, it wasn’t just patient confidentiality she broke. Because she was a werewolf, she knew what the patient was going through. And she knew the patient could die a painful, suffering death as a result. But that didn’t matter to her — she intended to use it as a means to lure Matt back, even though she had no way of knowing it would work and that she could potentially kill someone else as a result.

I suppose I’m old-fashioned. I don’t care if a heroine is an angel or not, but if she’s in a profession dedicated to helping others and making them healthy again, then I think risking their lives in such a careless manner for personal reasons is awful.

I liked this story. Whoever said that leading ladies have to be complete angels? Thinks Betty Davis movies. After reading your comments, I reread this short story again, wondering if I’d misread something. Nope. The detective in question was once the director of that mental facility with an expertise in “anomalies,” besides being Jenna’s lover. In the last chapter, he knows that Jenna had a small window of opportunity to get him there. He says that she would have helped the woman that night, had he not taken the bait.

I always read into things, between the lines, and like that, because I feel more involved. I also liked that the cop from the last short story was mentioned, leading me to belive that there will be more of such connections in the future.

I would recommend that in general authors should check if the names of characters are similar to famous (or infamous) individuals. Awfully close to Jenna Jameson a very well known porn star.

NSFW
http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=JJameson/gender=f/jenna-jameson.htm

So she calls Detective Matt Wilson to come have a look and give her some insight.

Oh dear. Hasn’t this doctor heard of confidentiality? Please tell me she obtained written consent from her patient before calling in…a detective?

I can forgive a lot in a story, but a character like a doctor or therapist violating patient confidentiality isn’t one of them.

Lisa

There first in this series (Blackout) was a good read. I like the author’s voice, it was just some aspects of Wolf Bait didn’t work for me.