The Wolves of Andover : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from hollysing

Contentious Martha is sharp-tongued spinster who falls in love with mysterious hired-hand Thomas Carrier after he saves her from a wolf attack. Safety is not, however, prevalent in the 17th century rugged wilderness of colonial Massachusetts. Human wolves cloaked as people living in plain sight i...

from mistycliff

At nineteen, "old maid" Martha is becoming a bit of a burden on her family. Her looks aren't lacking but neither are her quick wit or her ability to question every and all authority figures. It is with this sentiment that she is shipped from Andover to Billerica in order, in guise, to aid her cou...

from Cariola

The Wolves of Andover serves as a prequel to Kent's The Heretic's Daughter, but it falls a bit short. The story of Charles II's relentless pursuit of the men directly responsible for his father's beheading, even to the extent of sending assassins to find them in the American colonies, is certainl...

from amandacb

I loved The Heretic's Daughter, but The Wolves of Andover not so much. I think it was the combination of flip-flopping between narratives and how "mysterious" the characters seemed; if a character is so mysterious I never really get to know him (or her), then I will not become invested in the nov...

from jjaylynny

Interesting setting, colonial America, and some history I didn't know (hanging head in shame) about Cromwell and England's grudges transported to America. I liked the descriptions of everyday life in rural America at the time, and knowing this character would go on to be featured in Kent's first ...