This review posted on Guilty Pleasures 
 Recommended Read 
 In Winter of the Wolf, Cherise Sinclair's second in a series about a community of shape shifters in the mountains of the northwest, the reader is treated to a fun, light read about a fantasy world in which were lions, were bears and werewolves live a precarious existence among humans. 
 After a chaotic upbringing in various foster homes, Breanne Gallagher hates change. But change comes in a big way when her sister is killed and she is attacked by a monster that changes from man to beast and back again. She travels to Cold Creek, based on the only photo she has of her birth parents. Her landlords, Zeb and Shay, turn out to be werewolves, who serve as guardians of the other shape shifters against hellhounds-demon shape shifters that prey on humans and shifters, but prefer shifters. But hellhounds are only vulnerable in a couple of places and fighting them requires getting so close that injuries are almost inevitable. 
 Zeb and Shay are intrigued by their lovely little renter, and amazed by that fact as shifters aren't usually attracted to humans. It turns out, of course, that Breanne isn't human, but a shifter who has never made the shift. And the three of them have to face hellhounds-both in Cold Creek and in Breanne's home, which leads to major issues with the community. 
 While I'm not usually a fan of fantasy, good writing can overcome a lot and Cherise Sinclair is nothing if not a good writer! Breanne is strong, caring and brave, and her heroes are the same. There is some very light BDSM in the book, along with a menage relationship, and lots of hot, steamy sex. I had no problems enjoying the world of Cold Creek and the story of Breanne and her men.