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Green's Hill Werewolves #1
Yearning
Teague’s in the game for redemption, and Jack’s in the game for Teague. Can they both get what they need at Green’s Hill?
Jack and Teague are human ‘hunters’, who have been recruited to work as liaisons between the preternatural world of Green’s Hill and the ignorant humans that surround it. Teague's in the game for redemption – and Jack’s in the game for Teague.
Teague Sullivan is damaged and haunted – and about the loneliest man Jack has ever met. But Jack sees beyond his scars and his gruffness to kind and valiant man underneath. Unfortunately, Teague sees beneath Jack’s overtures to the naive, green idealist, and although Teague loves him, he makes it clear that a scarred old dog like himself will never be good enough for a sweet young pup like Jacky.
While the argument’s raging, Jack is injured in the line of duty and the two hunters are abruptly sucked into the paranormal world that they’ve been defending. Teague is forced to reevaluate everything he’s believed about the two of them. He may be old and damaged, but that doesn’t mean he can let his Jacky go somewhere without him, does it?
(Be aware that future books in this series contain m/m/f menage.)
Jack and Teague are human ‘hunters’, who have been recruited to work as liaisons between the preternatural world of Green’s Hill and the ignorant humans that surround it. Teague's in the game for redemption – and Jack’s in the game for Teague.
Teague Sullivan is damaged and haunted – and about the loneliest man Jack has ever met. But Jack sees beyond his scars and his gruffness to kind and valiant man underneath. Unfortunately, Teague sees beneath Jack’s overtures to the naive, green idealist, and although Teague loves him, he makes it clear that a scarred old dog like himself will never be good enough for a sweet young pup like Jacky.
While the argument’s raging, Jack is injured in the line of duty and the two hunters are abruptly sucked into the paranormal world that they’ve been defending. Teague is forced to reevaluate everything he’s believed about the two of them. He may be old and damaged, but that doesn’t mean he can let his Jacky go somewhere without him, does it?
(Be aware that future books in this series contain m/m/f menage.)
76 pages, ebook
First published February 11, 2011
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Amy Lane
204 books3,490 followersAmy Lane dodges an EDJ, mothers four children, and writes the occasional book. She, her brood, and her beloved mate, Mack, live in a crumbling mortgage in Citrus Heights, California, which is riddled with spiders, cats, and more than its share of fancy and weirdness. Feel free to visit her at www.greenshill.com orwww.writerslane.blogspot.com, where she will ride the buzz of receiving your e-mail until her head swells and she can no longer leave the house.
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October 3, 2013
Segue.
Pretty clearly a transition from the original trilogy set in this universe to another; it suffers for being dependent on the first series for backstory in this one.
Not much in the way of plot—a lot of the key events happen in flashback scenes or off-page—but two solid scenes and some decent stuff around them make for some interesting reading even when it isn't that structurally sound.
For me, though, I found a real pleasure in reading some early Amy Lane, with some of the literary fire and glory she'd later deploy to devastating effect in Truth in the Dark and Hammer & Air—but in a wild and unpolished state. I love her brain, and these early fantasies of hers display the fearlessness of imagination that has warmed les coqueloix of the blackened nub of recrimination alleged to be my heart—on multiple occasions.
PS: There's srrssly no such French as all that foolishness. I made it up bcuz Amy Lane, obviously. If anyone knows how someone from France [or Québec] might say the word "cockles," don't fucking tell me. I will in all probability enjoy mine better.
Pretty clearly a transition from the original trilogy set in this universe to another; it suffers for being dependent on the first series for backstory in this one.
Not much in the way of plot—a lot of the key events happen in flashback scenes or off-page—but two solid scenes and some decent stuff around them make for some interesting reading even when it isn't that structurally sound.
For me, though, I found a real pleasure in reading some early Amy Lane, with some of the literary fire and glory she'd later deploy to devastating effect in Truth in the Dark and Hammer & Air—but in a wild and unpolished state. I love her brain, and these early fantasies of hers display the fearlessness of imagination that has warmed les coqueloix of the blackened nub of recrimination alleged to be my heart—on multiple occasions.
PS: There's srrssly no such French as all that foolishness. I made it up bcuz Amy Lane, obviously. If anyone knows how someone from France [or Québec] might say the word "cockles," don't fucking tell me. I will in all probability enjoy mine better.
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February 11, 2011
Amy Lane fans may have already read Yearning. Once upon a time while writing her Little Goddess Series, Yearning, Waiting, Reaching, Changing, and Becoming appeared on her Greenshill,com website in Amy’s Writings. The final and last Novella of that story is called Being, and hasn’t been released yet. These novellas were meant to be side stories about Greens Hill, which began right after Bound. To those who did not get the memo and haven’t read them, you will be delighted to have more of Greens Hill to read until the next full length Little Goddess Novel, Quickening will be written and released.
Jack Barnes lost his sister Sara twice, once to drugs and then to a hunter. A knock at Jack’s door one night after her funeral brought Green to visit. He came to apologize to Jack for himself, and the ‘people from the hill’ who had taken his sister in, not being there for her funeral. He explains they had been in mourning themselves, losing Adrian. Jack has lost his focus, and Green helps him find a path.
Teague Sullivan is a hunter/enforcer for Greens Hill. His life was saved by the healing powers of love by Green. His respect and allegiance for the Hill, Lady Cory and Green cannot be challenged. He has enormous emotional scars from his childhood, leaving him with very little self worth. He was trained by his father to be one of the bad guys. For one moment in time, thinking Adrian was in danger, he tried to protect him, and this has made him an eternal friend to Green and the Hill.
This unlikely pair has been joined as a team working together, sharing an apartment and saving souls that would be otherwise lost. After the death of his beloved Adrian, Green gathers his people and gets their permission to bear his mark. This will guarantee his protection to all who wear it. The night of ‘the ceremony’, Teague and Jack feel the magic of the mark being put on their bodies. Teague finds he has a border of viney branches interlaced oak and lime leaves with a rose bush twining over them around his wrist. Jacks mark appears in a very intimate area and he cannot view it. He asks Teague to look and tell him what it is. The scene is both fun and sensual as these two hetero sexual males find their attraction for each other grow during the search for the mark.
Teague wants Jack to have a better life than the one he is leading, to go back to school, marry, have babies and invite him to dinner on Sundays. Life has a different happily ever after for the boys. This Novella, Yearning, is just the beginning of a wonderful story of love, trust, sharing, and honor. I have been privileged to have read all of the Novellas. It is my hope that Ms. Lane binds them together for one heck of a large novel that you can curl up with in a large chair, with a drink of your choice to just kick back, relax, laugh and cry with the folks on “the Hill” as only Amy Lane can write.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Review Chairperson of the Paranormal Romance Guild
Jack Barnes lost his sister Sara twice, once to drugs and then to a hunter. A knock at Jack’s door one night after her funeral brought Green to visit. He came to apologize to Jack for himself, and the ‘people from the hill’ who had taken his sister in, not being there for her funeral. He explains they had been in mourning themselves, losing Adrian. Jack has lost his focus, and Green helps him find a path.
Teague Sullivan is a hunter/enforcer for Greens Hill. His life was saved by the healing powers of love by Green. His respect and allegiance for the Hill, Lady Cory and Green cannot be challenged. He has enormous emotional scars from his childhood, leaving him with very little self worth. He was trained by his father to be one of the bad guys. For one moment in time, thinking Adrian was in danger, he tried to protect him, and this has made him an eternal friend to Green and the Hill.
This unlikely pair has been joined as a team working together, sharing an apartment and saving souls that would be otherwise lost. After the death of his beloved Adrian, Green gathers his people and gets their permission to bear his mark. This will guarantee his protection to all who wear it. The night of ‘the ceremony’, Teague and Jack feel the magic of the mark being put on their bodies. Teague finds he has a border of viney branches interlaced oak and lime leaves with a rose bush twining over them around his wrist. Jacks mark appears in a very intimate area and he cannot view it. He asks Teague to look and tell him what it is. The scene is both fun and sensual as these two hetero sexual males find their attraction for each other grow during the search for the mark.
Teague wants Jack to have a better life than the one he is leading, to go back to school, marry, have babies and invite him to dinner on Sundays. Life has a different happily ever after for the boys. This Novella, Yearning, is just the beginning of a wonderful story of love, trust, sharing, and honor. I have been privileged to have read all of the Novellas. It is my hope that Ms. Lane binds them together for one heck of a large novel that you can curl up with in a large chair, with a drink of your choice to just kick back, relax, laugh and cry with the folks on “the Hill” as only Amy Lane can write.
Review by Gloria Lakritz
Review Chairperson of the Paranormal Romance Guild
March 20, 2011
I was really disappointed that all the tap dancing between jack and Teague, all the yearning and wanting, ends up with Jack in Greens bed. Yes, I realize they all have sex with everyone and everything, and that Green needs to he, by screwing them well, but I would so have preferred that when these two finally got to be together, that it wasnt with the smell of green all over Jacky. Even the fact that as they are about to claim each other, Teague feels the need to remind us “No matter what else we do -- we both like women, Jacky. You know that. But always -- you’re mine. Hear me?”
“Yes.”
Could we put aside thoughts of screwing someone else just for a second, while this first time is going on? I liked the paranormal aspect of it all, but the whole open sex idea was unexpected.
“Yes.”
Could we put aside thoughts of screwing someone else just for a second, while this first time is going on? I liked the paranormal aspect of it all, but the whole open sex idea was unexpected.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 13, 2011
This is a good start for a series. The world unfolds as you get to know the characters which at times I found confusing, making me reread sections because I thought that I had missed something only to find out that it hadn't been revealed yet. I could have used more information on the world. I did enjoy it when I finally decided to go along for the ride instead of trying to figure things out.
September 23, 2013
A little too disjointed, and the love story seems to come out of nowhere. The break from Jack being a grieving brother to him being Teague's apprentice and in love with him was too abrupt, and it kept me from connecting with the story and the characters liked I would have liked. There were interesting concept, and side characters, but overall it was just an okay book.
April 7, 2011
Oh. *sigh* It was everything you promised Amy, and then some. Er...did you say there are more Jack and Teague stories coming? Please?
November 11, 2016
This series of short reads makes so much more sense when you have read Bound.
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February 13, 2011
Teague and Jack's story had me hooked from beginning to end. I liked the characters, the honesty of emotions, and the world they live in where elves, werewolves, vampires, and sorceresses come together. The editing could have used some work, but I don't think it takes away from the story.
Have to admit one of my favorite aspects of the story was that Jack and Teague reminded me of the Winchester boys from the show Supernatural. Turns out the Winchesters played a part in the creation of Jack and Teague's characters. Amy Lane mentions it in a little blurb about the novella. I recommend visiting her page and reading about its origins.
Have to admit one of my favorite aspects of the story was that Jack and Teague reminded me of the Winchester boys from the show Supernatural. Turns out the Winchesters played a part in the creation of Jack and Teague's characters. Amy Lane mentions it in a little blurb about the novella. I recommend visiting her page and reading about its origins.
October 14, 2015
This was a very interesting and somewhat wide-ranging story about the unstated sexual tension between two male werewolf hunter/protector partners. The book explores same-sex attraction in an otherwise heterosexually oriented man, seemingly unrequited love, and denying one's self for the good of the one you love. This "bromance" is interwoven into a somewhat hyper-sexual paranormal world of werewolves, fae, and more. I'm not normally a fan of the "only gay for you" theme, but this did an interesting job in exploring a traditional, rough and tough man thrust into a world of ultra-sexual healing.
August 6, 2017
2.5 stars This was okay, I've read other stuff in this world and honestly, it just isn't really my cup 'a tea. Shifter genre is one of my favorites but there is just soooo much going on in this universe that it ends up feeling overly complicated. I think they could easily be written as stand alone series, but instead, so much time is focused on Green that it muddies the waters.
I guess it's relevant to Teague's story, but since I never read the Green/Adrian books, I didn't really feel like I needed all that focus on their characters. And there were a lot of secondary characters who didn't contribute anything and could have been left out. In addition to all the polyamory, I guess I would just prefer sticking with my two MC's. Despite it being explained as part of the world, once they finally get together it was a tad anti-climactic. And I really didn't like how Teague still had to preface, "No matter what else we do -- we both like women, Jacky. You know that." WHY are we talking about fucking women while you're about to screw the love of your life?!?
I did like the bare bones of Teague and Jack's story though. There was the sense of unrequited love there (on both sides), and I love that yearning. I just wish it had been explored more and more the focus of the story. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
Received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review, reviewed for Hearts On Fire
I guess it's relevant to Teague's story, but since I never read the Green/Adrian books, I didn't really feel like I needed all that focus on their characters. And there were a lot of secondary characters who didn't contribute anything and could have been left out. In addition to all the polyamory, I guess I would just prefer sticking with my two MC's. Despite it being explained as part of the world, once they finally get together it was a tad anti-climactic. And I really didn't like how Teague still had to preface, "No matter what else we do -- we both like women, Jacky. You know that." WHY are we talking about fucking women while you're about to screw the love of your life?!?
I did like the bare bones of Teague and Jack's story though. There was the sense of unrequited love there (on both sides), and I love that yearning. I just wish it had been explored more and more the focus of the story. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out.
Received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review, reviewed for Hearts On Fire
October 15, 2017
Another winner
March 2, 2020
DNF @15%
What is actually fucking happening in this book
What is actually fucking happening in this book
May 28, 2013
Yearning is the first book in the Green's Hill Werewolves series by the indomitable Amy Lane. This is the story of Jack and Teague. Jack has just lost his sister two days after Adrian was killed, incidentally, and Green recruits him to work with Teague, Green's reformed hunter.
Green has brought these two men together and a more fabulous friendship/relationship I haven't read in awhile. Jack and Teague just click, you know? They work for Green tracking down the lost from Green's Hill. The ones who've been taken by hunters and they return them to their family on the Hill.
Jack and Teague both become werewolves having been bitten in the course of a rescue. Well, Jack gets bitten and Teague can't leave him alone. Teague reminds me so very much of Adrian - how completely undeserving he feels. It's beautiful to watch the love between Jack and Teag
Green has brought these two men together and a more fabulous friendship/relationship I haven't read in awhile. Jack and Teague just click, you know? They work for Green tracking down the lost from Green's Hill. The ones who've been taken by hunters and they return them to their family on the Hill.
Jack and Teague both become werewolves having been bitten in the course of a rescue. Well, Jack gets bitten and Teague can't leave him alone. Teague reminds me so very much of Adrian - how completely undeserving he feels. It's beautiful to watch the love between Jack and Teag
July 10, 2012
I'm so divided about this book cause I really liked Teague and Jack and I liked the beginning of this book, but once they went to Green's Hill I was completely lost. I didn't know this was a spin-off series and frankly I have no desire to read the other series so I'm not sure where that leaves me in regards to the rest of this series.
May 8, 2013
I like Amy Lane's books and when I was hunting for a title on the letter Y for my A-Z book title challenge I thought great an Amy Lane book. I liked the book fine while reading it but I'm not sure that I will continue the series. I'm sure it's good but I don't feel like I have the energy at the moment to read about all the people that got presented at Green's Hill.
March 21, 2011
I enjoyed this very much. I did feel that I was missing some background info on Green and his group that I hope gets filled in on future books. Loved Jack and Teague and hope to see them in the future.
December 6, 2011
I liked this story. Jacky and Teague were a great couple. Teague was so wounded by his past but Green as always came to the rescue. I liked the built up of Jacky and Teague's relationship and I' excited to see how it progresses in the other novellas.
January 23, 2015
Enjoyed this but a little confusing. Did not read other reviews first. Reviews seem to indicate this is part of a larger series. Is their a book that I should have read first. It was still interesting. I love Jack and Teague. I am a fan of Amy Lane. and read it because it was written by her.
February 12, 2011
The start into this series is interesting even if a bit strange. I liked Jack and Teague from start and it will be a pleasure to fallow them in next books.
February 13, 2021
Horribly messy. Seems like a reject from her usual publisher.
February 9, 2012
Teague is broken and heroic and needs love. Jack is sensitive and loving and in need of a little repair himself. It's gonna be good, I can't wait to take the whole ride. What an amazing start.
August 30, 2011
A little angsty, but good.
February 21, 2016
I think I'll have to go read the Goddess series after this. I was a bit in the dark, but the story was great.
December 12, 2011
bummed that the other books in the series are mmf b/c would have liked to read more 1-on-1 b/w these two (okay, this was decided after i peeked at the next & the girl kind of annoyed me)
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