Publisher's Description:

WELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE, where the she-wolves and alpha-males play. . .for keeps.

Renny Landry is a wolf on the run. Pursued by a shapeshifting stalker and his slobbering pack of killer coyotes, she is forced to flee her job as a librarian to find sanctuary in the wooded hills of Alpha, Washington. A well-secluded safe space for troubled shifters, Alpha is Renny’s last hope. But the first person she meets there is a gorgeous alpha male with fiery eyes, fierce tattoos, and one ferocious appetite—for her…

Mick Fischer thought he left his past behind when he moved to Alpha. But fate has a way of biting him in the tail when a female wolf shows up on his property. Wounded, desperate—and disarmingly hot—Renny brings out the snarling, protective alpha beast in Mick like no other woman he’s known. Can these two haunted, hunted wolves manage to mate for life…even as the deadliest past demons howl at their heels.

My Thoughts:

I liked this book but not as much as the prequel novella which I read late last year. It has a good plot and interesting characters but I thought the almost instant love was a little too sudden.
When Denny who is on the run from a shape shifting coyote ends up in Alphaville it follows that she would fall into the arms of the local bad boy male wolf shifter, after all she is one of the female variety.
This is a sort of play on Little Red Riding Hood. He calls her Red and instead of the big bad wolf being the bad guy we have a coyote and his minions as the villains here.
This wasn't a bad read but it isn't my preferred genre. I read mostly historical romance but was invited to read this book and the beginning novella length book Something to Howl About.
I gave this title 4.0 of 5.0 stars for storyline and character development and a sensual rating of 4.5 of 5.0 flames. The intimacy is really hot in this book and a plus in the rating. The secondary characters are a nice touch to this story. In fact they may be a majorwinning point to the overall story.
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book to read and review. This in no way affected my opinion of this title which I read and reviewed voluntarily.

Baby I'm Howling For You is the first full length book in the Alphaville series and centers around Renny and Mick, both wolves on the run (but for different reasons). Mick's mate died 8 years ago and he has refused to move on. Renny has a coyote stalker who won't move on. She ends up on Mick's front porch and finds her mate.

I will say that the plot is trite if you read PNR. Fated mates, quirky shifters, cartoonish bad guys, and other common themes are found. I was a little bothered by this, but I don't mind these tropes, so it didn't totally ruin the book.

Mick doesn't want a mate. He had one and she died. He fights the pull towards Renny, making it obvious he wants nothing to do with her. Then, suddenly, he mates her. Obviously, she is confused. Then he gets pissed when she voices her confusion. Mick was just kind of a jackass. I understood his pain and loss over his first mate, but his behavior was just rude, even after they mated. He never made Renny feel like he actually loved her. It was almost like she was a responsibility. Not sexy.

However, I loved Renny! She is sweet and funny. Her story is sad-no family, no friends, no pack, just a jerk of a stalker who won't take no for an answer. She isn't the type to want to put others at risk so she isn't willing to just sit around and let the residents of Alpha take over her life. She stands up to the men and isn't afraid of a fight. Frankly, she is a great character!

The plot unfolds around the hunt for the stalker combined with the mating relationship between Renny and Mick. You would think once they mate the issue is resolved, but its not! There are some funny supporting characters and some great banter between them that will keep things light and enjoyable. While I might have not liked Mick, I liked the town and the people and Renny enough to make this a great book!
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After meeting Annie and Jonas in Something to Howl About, I was curious about who would be the next Alphaville inhabitant to be starring in one of Christine's stories.
We already read that Alphaville is a small town where all kind of misfits (yeah, even as a shapeshifter you can be a misfit, how ironical…) are able to live together as a sort of clan. Bear shifters live alongside with werewolves and so on. Mick is one of the town residents, but even for a local he is a recluse.
When Renny lands on his doorstep heavily wounded, he doesn't hesitate to take her in. Immediately drawn to her, Mick realizes she is his mate. But Renny's safety is still at stake, because her stalker doesn't know how to give up.
He didn't count on Mick or the Alphaville townspeople however.

Not only Mick, but also Molly (the town EMT, a lioness shifter and the sister of the sheriff) welcomes Renny with open arms. She declares Renny her new BFF and takes her under her wing to get settled in Alphaville.
When the threats of Rennies stalker are getting bigger and bigger, Mick realizes he has to step up and make sure that everybody knows that Renny is his mate. Including Renny...

While on the run from the first man, Renny isn't all to happy to be claimed by the second man she encounters. How gorgeous and attractive he might be. But maybe happily-ever-after can be happening to her, after all the misery and heartache. If she learns to trust another male.

Wonderful read. Fastpaced, funny and exciting. Four out of five stars from me. With a special thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for providing the arc.

Renny is running from a pack of coyotes, sent by the alpha who has been her stalker for a long time! Renny is trying her best to make it to Alphaville and get there safely. She is yards from a house when the coyotes are on her when, suddenly, they are torn away, one is shot and, the others are gone. When Renny wakes up, she sees a handsome Wolf shifter named Mick, who has apparently saved her life. Renny and Mick both realize that they are mates but, Mick refuses to admit that as, he has been grieving over the loss of his soul mate for 8 years.
I loved the pain oozing from these two and, the way the residents of Alphaville would do anything to keep their newest resident safe and, make their very good friend happy again!

Let me say up front this is a barely 4 Star novel, I almost gave it 3 but it did progress pretty good and part of the purpose of the book was to introduce you to more of the Alphaville world and characters.

Like most shifter romance this one is full of insta-love and mate bond things but it had a good suspenseful story in it and was more of that in the book than the romance. Basically a group of deranged killers are after our heroine and she runs into a big bad wolf shifter who happens to be her mate (convenient huh).

One of the reasons I went ahead and gave it 4 Stars was they managed to keep this bad guy as a real threat without her having to have one of those (Too Stupid To Live) TSTL moments that most stories of this type seem to have to make the plot move along.

The ending was almost anticlimactic after all the buildup but the last part of the book seemed a bit rushed and maybe the author tried a bit too hard to make our hero weaker than he should have been and our heroine more of a part of the solution than she should have been (I have some questions about fair play also). All things considered I enjoyed it and will probably read more of these book but while the sex was not overdone the few instances seemed to take WAY too many pages to describe but to each his/her own.

Baby, I'm Howling for You is a good start to a new series by Christine Warren. I liked both the hero and heroine in this one but their romance didn't grab my attention as much as I would have liked. I found both the characters and story line interesting, but it was a little overly descriptive for me and kept losing my attention.
Baby, I'm Howling for You is a good read, and I will read the next one, but I have liked other books from this author more.

I received with thanks an ARC copy of Baby, I'm Howling for You from St. Martin's Press & Netgalley.
This is my true and honest review of Baby, I'm Howling for You. This is set for release / publication on 30th January 2018.
This was an enjoyable read, but then again, I have a big thing for Alpha males and stories that focus on shapeshifters. If you like paranormal romance, then give this one a try. For me I will be carrying on with the series. This Alphaville #1.

Not sure what to make of this I haven't read an urban fantasy for ages and it did make a good change to read a different genre.I did feel that the romance between the main characters took over too much of the story, I thought the whole idea of a town for shifters and outcasts was great and I did enjoy it, I wonder if I am a little too old for the book, I am probably not the intended audience, and it is not fair to judge the book maybe from the point of view of my advanced age, well not so advanced but I do think younger readers may enjoy this more.There is certainly nothing wrong with it and I would say if you are looking for something different, a light read and one that doesn't take itself too seriously pull up a chair and enjoy.Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC

this was an enjoyable read with a nice amount of action and romance from beginning to end. while a fated mate romance, the author didn't make it instantly happy together but showed the hero deal with his denial, fear & acceptance that he had a 2nd mate (his first died violently and need for vengeance/justice helped him survive through that loss). likewise the heroine's reaction to the initial appearance of rejection as well as insecurities and acceptance of the fact that he'd previously been mated were well done. Renny was overall a great strong heroine. she'd managed to escape & stay ahead of her crazy stalker and his cohorts for months but also was smart enough to understand that she needed help if she was going to reclaim a normal life. She didn't roll over and let big strong alpha Mick handle things but also recognized her own limitations and his need to protect her (and he worked understanding her need to be involved in the process as well). the main characters were given depth of personality not just made to be caricatures, even the villain was shown as more than just a dumb crazy wolf. will admit that the Renny's guilt complex as the book moved along got to be a little tired and annoying but luckily it wasn't over played to much. The glimpses of the other residents of Alphaville that were given makes me look forward to more of their stories going forward.

I haven't read a book by Ms Warren in forever, a shame on my part because there are certain aspects of her writing that she does so well.

Since I haven't kept up the other/linked series perhaps it was in my head that I felt that I was missing ...I don't know...something when I read this novel.

Overall I enjoyed this book despite " women on the run from a stalker" is probably one of my least favorite tropes. It was written in a fresher manner if that makes sense (my goofy logic, I know LOL).

Despite being "mates" I liked the fact isn't wasn't "insta -love"- again I hope that makes sense?

Renny was a strong heroine but I must admit - she did piss me off more than once regarding Mick. And Mick...sigh...yeah a pretty sigh/swoon worthy alpha male (just saying! LOL)

I also - dare I say - felt the secondary characters were (almost) better than Renny and Mick. I look forward to locating more of Ms Warren's books stacked/packed away and catching up and reading more in this series.

Renny is trying desperately to reach the town of Alpha, Washington before her pursuers reach her. Alphaville is a shifter community that takes in all kinds of lone shifters and they look out for each other. With a crazy coyote stalker and his enforcers chasing her for months and running her out of every town she settles at, she needs a safe place to go.

When Renny's car runs out of gas she has no choice but to shift and run towards Alphaville, just as she reaches the outskirts, the enforcers catch up with her. Mick hears the commotion outside his house and investigates only to see an injured wolf and a coyote about to attack. Mick soon learns that Renny is his mate and calls up the help of the sheriff and Mayor to try and run down these enforcers and keep her safe.

I made the mistake of starting this story at my lunch break and it started out with the chase. I was pretty hooked and didn't want to stop to go back to work. The story kept at a pretty fast pace since the whole book is about Renny's stalker and enforcers trying to kidnap her. The whole town of Alphaville step up to try and keep her safe.

I can't say that I would fawn all over the main characters but I did enjoy the interactions of all the characters. The sheriff and Mayor's interaction with Mick was pretty comical. I also liked Molly's character. She's the sheriff's sister, the towns EMT and pretty fiesty for a lioness shifter.

This book was entertaining and I would be interested in seeing some of the side characters get their own story. ARC provided by Netgalley.

Renny has one last hope…the town of Alphaville. Can she make it and will they protect her from the shifter who believes she is his?
Baby, I’m Howling For You is first in Christine Warren’s Alphaville series. Renny has been running for months. She only hopes she can find respite in Alphaville. She finds so much more when she meets Mick. Mick has lost one mate and doesn’t particularly want another but fate has something else in store for him. Can he accept the second chance he has been given?
I enjoyed meeting Renny and Mick. I loved seeing them find their way. Mick has faced loss before and doesn’t want the pain of losing again. But Renny provides something he didn’t realize he still needed. But can Renny accept his protective ways? I love seeing Renny and Mick navigate the minefields in this growing relationship. Renny is trying to regain her life even as Mick is finding where he fits into her new world. Ms. Warren didn’t make it easy for either character as they fought their pasts to grasp their future. This story is well written enjoyable read and I can’t wait to return to this world created by Ms. Warren.

Baby, I'm Howling For You (Alphaville, #1) by Christine Warren This is the second book by Christine I've read. I was lucky to get to read this through #NetGalley . This is the first book and I'm looking forward to YOUR LION EYES in May 2018. Renny is running from a stalker and end up wounded on Mick's door step. He lost a "mate" years ago and doesn't expect to find another. The stalker and his evil friends keep after her and Mick and the residents of Alphaville come to her aid. This is a great story with plenty of action, laughs and feels...all to get to their HEA.

Renny has one last hope…the town of Alphaville. Can she make it and will they protect her from the shifter who believes she is his?
Baby, I’m Howling For You is first in Christine Warren’s Alphaville series. Renny has been running for months. She only hopes she can find respite in Alphaville. She finds so much more when she meets Mick. Mick has lost one mate and doesn’t particularly want another but fate has something else in store for him. Can he accept the second chance he has been given?
I enjoyed meeting Renny and Mick. I loved seeing them find their way. Mick has faced loss before and doesn’t want the pain of losing again. But Renny provides something he didn’t realize he still needed. But can Renny accept his protective ways? I love seeing Renny and Mick navigate the minefields in this growing relationship. Renny is trying to regain her life even as Mick is finding where he fits into her new world. Ms. Warren didn’t make it easy for either character as they fought their pasts to grasp their future. This story is well written enjoyable read and I can’t wait to return to this world created by Ms. Warren.

This wasn't a bad book but it also didn't have anything new or a romance that really drew me in. It was easy to put down and I did that several times before I finished it. I liked Mike and Renny but didn't necessarily love them as a couple. It was a typical "true mate" instant lust which is okay but both were saying I love you very quickly and I never really believed the love - lust yes but love not so much. Mike had a really interesting background with the potential for some huge emotional impact but it just never really happened. He was able to get over his past and start fresh with his new mate without much of an issue (after the first 18 hours of their meeting each other). I wanted his past to have more impact on the now. As for Renny she was a strong heroine but it seemed she expected/needed Mike to love her extremely quickly and had no patience if he didn't admit he loved her right now which annoyed me a bit.

The plot was good but there were no unexpected surprises and the villains were a bit OTT caricatures. I think if the coyotes were a little less horrible and we got to see their dynamics a bit more it would have added to the story. I was also disappointed in the final battle (view spoiler)

I did really enjoy some of the secondary characters and thought the town Alphaville was interesting. So while it didn't set any new trends it was a solid shifter romance and it may be more of what you like to read then me so read some of the other reviews that gave this one a 4 or 5 star.

I'm thrilled with this exciting first book in a new paranormal series from Christine Warren.

Renny and Mick made a great couple along with the other promising characters in Alphaville. The book opens with Renny's desperate flight to the sanctuary town. She gets as far as Mick's yard before a pack of crazed Coyote enforcers catch up with her. Mick came to her rescue and realized that Renny was his mate. His wolf wanted to claim their mate right away but there were a few problems standing in the way. Mick still mourned the mate that he had lost a few years ago, and also the pesky problem of Renny's stalker. As it turned out there were several unexpected surprises brilliantly woven into the plot, as well.

This book was a fantastic beginning to the series. It grabbed my attention with the vibrant characters and vivid storytelling. I am very much looking forward to reading the next book in this thrilling new series.

I love Christine Warren's stories. I love her characters and I love her shifter world. Her "The Others" series is one of my all time favorite paranormal series. So when I saw that she was starting a shifter series, I basically jumped up and down.

This book was set in Alphaville. Which is a town full of all kinds of shifters. They are mostly shifters who are running away from their pack or family or just straight up outcasts. They have formed this town and are a pack among themselves. I personally have not read a book with this.. I have no idea if it's out there or not but how freaking cool is that? I am so so excited for the rest of this series.

Anyways... Renny is our main girl here. She is running away from an insane stalker. She has been running for months. When she ran to human towns, her stalker riled up the human activist and she got pushed from the town. And she wasn't able to stay long enough in a pack for them to trust her. So she runs to Alphaville as a last ditch effort to start a new life. Thats where she meets Mick. She literally runs right to his house. He had a mate that died 8 years before.. I was honestly a little worried about that. But the way Warren wrote it was kind of perfect. Renny wasn't jealous of his ex mate and mick didn't let it keep him away from Renny.. for that long.

I loved this book. I am excited for the next one!

"Baby I’m Howling For You" is an entertaining, suspenseful romance with many dangerous situations, lots of action, and a few (not unexpected) twists. I felt that the world building is believably developed and it sets the stage for this novel and for upcoming novels in this series.

Renny is a strong, intelligent female/wolf character and Mick is a sexy, independent man/wolf. Their initial push/pull attraction is a little annoying, but once they get past that and decide to accept each other as a mate, their relationship develops rapidly. There are several great secondary characters in Alphaville, specifically Molly and Zeke, and I’m hoping that each of them gets their own story.

All in all, "Baby, I'm Howling for You" is a good read.

I received an ARC copy from NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review.

Baby, I’m Howling For You by Christine Warren

Clever and smart writing takes the paranormal romance to an utterly delightful level of humor, love, suspense and satisfaction.

1st of a spin-off series, this paranormal romance takes place in Alpha. A town established for loner, hurt or other paranormals that need a place of safety. I haven’t read The Others series. I easily understood the town, premise and didn’t feel like I’d started in the middle of something. Perfect way to start a spin-off.

Renny Landry has a stalker. While she does not want anyone else hurt, she needs a place to stay where the residents can protect themselves.
I really liked this woman. She’s on the run, but doesn’t sweat the details. She stands up and deals with whatever comes her way. And when her new mate tries to put her In a protective bubble, she smashes the barriers and joins in the fight. Ok, she is brave, but probably more to her detriment than is smart. But I loved that. She will be there for whatever is needed.

I look forward to reading more of this series and have stocked The Other series in my TBR.

Lots of funny one liners.
“Their Mate was kissing them.”

Excerpt:
“He nuzzled her ear, dragging in one more lungful of delicious female, before rolling off her and dragging her against his side. Now that he’d claimed his mate, he didn’t want to smother her on their first night together. That just seem rude.
Plus, it would pretty much rule out his hopes for round two a little bit later.”
Excerpt from Baby, I’m Howling For You by Christine Warren.

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley. I also purchased a copy.

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Baby, I'm Howling for You transports readers to the town of Alphaville, where shifters big and small live in unity, no matter their reasons for being there.

Mick Fischer left his pack for a new start in Alphaville after an unforgivable betrayal and the loss of his mate. Now he leads a quite life in a secluded cabin, only acknowledging his grief and rage through his work as a writer and artist. When an injured red wolf hunted by coyotes ends up in his yard though, Mick knows his self-imposed solitude has come to an end. Could Renny be the reason that he didn't die alongside his mate?
Renny Landry can only turn down the odious coyote alpha of her home town so many times before she realizes that he's not going to accept no as an answer. Her only option left is to run, but no matter where she goes his goons find her. Alphaville might be Renny's last chance at freedom, but could it also be her one chance of love?

To be honest, I first passed over Baby, I'm Howling for You on NetGalley due to the trite title, but after being sent a request from the publicist, I decided to give it a try and am happy that I did. While the story itself wasn't singular, it incorporated all of the classic paranormal romance elements that I relish in this genre, despite some hitches in the writing and flow of the book.

There were many aspects to this story that I enjoyed, while there were also several that I did not. This is my first reading experience from author, Christine Warren, though I have heard many good things about her and her works. The setting itself kept me hooked, the idea of Alphaville being a refuge for shifters was compelling. I also enjoyed the characters, especially the secondary ones which I found to be intriguing and entertaining throughout the story. However, I found the writing here to be overly descriptive with redundant monologues. I'm not sure if this is because Baby, I'm Howling for You is the first in a series (although after reading, I did see that there is a prequel that has released) or that is just the authors writing style.

As for the main characters; Renny is more on the submissive side for PNR heroines, but she does have her moments and I appreciated her constant positivity. Mick's alphaness tended to fall to the wayside, but I liked his willingness to allow Renny her independence, even with his wolfy instincts. Multitude of misunderstandings and willful ignorance between these two keep the story going, but also dragged down the plot quite a bit. The whole story fluctuated often! I did enjoy the fact that despite their mating, there wasn't instant love between the pair. They didn't even like each other at first, and then it was a charming dance of give and take until a solid connection bloomed.

All in all, Baby, I'm Howling for You is decent start to a new paranormal romance series that I think fans of the genre will enjoy. I'm interested to read more about the other inhabitants of Alphaville and of course, their reasons for escaping to this shifter sanctuary.