The Wolves of Midwinter

The immortal Morphenkinder wolf-men are preparing for a lavish feast at their mansion, Nideck Point, to celebrate the pagan festival of midwinter. Everyone is invited, including some of their own who do not wish them well. Outside the house, the Forest Gentry shapeshift in the woods...In The Wolf Gift, the first book in Anne Rice's thrilling new Wolf Gift Chronicles, Reuben was bitten in a fatal tussle and morphed into a werewolf as a result. He's getting used to his new status, and his new community, but now he must learn to control himself - no easy task. His biggest struggle is with his mixed feelings about his kind, luminous girlfriend, Laura, joining the Morphenkinder. Will he still love her when she's as bloodthirsty as he is?