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Moonlight Obsession
Montana wilderness guide and survivalist Wyatt Foreman lives in harmony with nature. Until bodies start showing up in her forest.
Forest ranger Mari Whitaker transfers to Montana for a fresh start and ends up neck deep in a serial murder case, one where all the bodies show odd signs of animal attacks.
Wyatt's and Mari's worlds collide as they race against time in search of the killer before anyone else loses their life. They're drawn to each other with a passion as intense as their desire for justice, but it'll take all the moonlight, love, and silver bullets they have to stop a preternatural slayer.
Forest ranger Mari Whitaker transfers to Montana for a fresh start and ends up neck deep in a serial murder case, one where all the bodies show odd signs of animal attacks.
Wyatt's and Mari's worlds collide as they race against time in search of the killer before anyone else loses their life. They're drawn to each other with a passion as intense as their desire for justice, but it'll take all the moonlight, love, and silver bullets they have to stop a preternatural slayer.
290 pages, Paperback
Published September 9, 2025
About the author
Sheri Lewis Wohl
38 books42 followersFrom the author's website: A reader since I could pick up a book, my goal in grade school was to read every book in the library. I didn't quite make it through every book, but I came darn close, and thus my love of literature was born. I started writing in high school and have continued through today. I didn't follow my muse to college, at least not at first. Instead, I floundered around and managed to complete a degree with concentrations in Psychology, Communications and Women's Studies at Eastern Washington University. But, the pull of the written word wasn't done with me yet, and I went back to school to complete a Masters in Humanities through California State University. With a thesis on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire tale "Carmilla", it was a gothic writer's dream come true.
Today, I'm still writing and reading a ton of books. With the advent of electronic publishing I can carry any number of books in my Kindle. I'm never without a touch of fiction. I'm a member of Romance Writers of America, the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, Team Blaze (a local triathlon group), and a local K9 search & rescue team.
Today, I'm still writing and reading a ton of books. With the advent of electronic publishing I can carry any number of books in my Kindle. I'm never without a touch of fiction. I'm a member of Romance Writers of America, the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, Team Blaze (a local triathlon group), and a local K9 search & rescue team.
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August 28, 2025
3.5⭐️ This was a paranormal story about Mari, a forest ranger, who is transferred from Seattle to a small town in Montana. Wyatt Foreman is a survivalist guide and empowerment specialist who has lived in Montana her whole life, Wyatt has a cool farmhouse with lots of farm animals and herbs and plants. She makes her own dandelion and raspberry wines. They meet up trying to solve several murders that appear to be caused by a wild animal.
I liked the characters, Wohl did a great job developing them and some good dialogue. The slow burn romance was well done and realistic. Also I enjoyed the rural outdoor setting. The bad guys were a family of werewolves recently moved in from Canada. You definitely loved to hate them and happy to see them defeated.
This was my favorite Wohl book to date. I look forward to reading more books from her.
Thanks to Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this book
I liked the characters, Wohl did a great job developing them and some good dialogue. The slow burn romance was well done and realistic. Also I enjoyed the rural outdoor setting. The bad guys were a family of werewolves recently moved in from Canada. You definitely loved to hate them and happy to see them defeated.
This was my favorite Wohl book to date. I look forward to reading more books from her.
Thanks to Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review this book
August 26, 2025
would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book
have to say whenever i see this author has a book out i know its going to be good ...it may not have a lot of spice in it but the actual storyline grips you and you are pulled into it along with the characters..... and this one is no different
Wyatt Foreman lives off the land.... she is a wilderness guide and survivalist, and her courses that she runs for women are very popular
mari whitaker is the new forest ranger.... she has transferred in from out of state, shes disillusioned with her life but hopes to make a new fresh start ...
wyatt out trekking for the day she comes across a goat so mangled that she has to report it in and its not long before mari and wyatt meet.... everyone agrees the goats death is weird and not quite normal
could there be something lurking in the forest thats very dangerous.... time will tell
honestly this book was so good i was hooked right from the beginning... loved the two main characters wyatt and mari and always love a book with the great outdoors setting
looking forward to the next book by this author
have to say whenever i see this author has a book out i know its going to be good ...it may not have a lot of spice in it but the actual storyline grips you and you are pulled into it along with the characters..... and this one is no different
Wyatt Foreman lives off the land.... she is a wilderness guide and survivalist, and her courses that she runs for women are very popular
mari whitaker is the new forest ranger.... she has transferred in from out of state, shes disillusioned with her life but hopes to make a new fresh start ...
wyatt out trekking for the day she comes across a goat so mangled that she has to report it in and its not long before mari and wyatt meet.... everyone agrees the goats death is weird and not quite normal
could there be something lurking in the forest thats very dangerous.... time will tell
honestly this book was so good i was hooked right from the beginning... loved the two main characters wyatt and mari and always love a book with the great outdoors setting
looking forward to the next book by this author
September 9, 2025
Mari is a forest ranger who just transfer to a small town in Montana she hoping for a quiet life that not going to happen when bodies start to turn up. Wyatt is survivalist but also runs a wilderness guide she loves nature. Mari and Wyatt team up to investigate because the bodies seems to be attack by an animal which lead them believe there not attack by a normal animal. While growing closer Wyatt is getting unwanted attention from a Royal who can’t handle rejection who part of pack who may be involved with the murders. The side characters were great they brought good energy over the darkness of murder.
I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.
I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.
August 25, 2025
*Possible Spoilers*
Moonlight Obsession by Sheri Lewis Wohl has a lot of potential. Unfortunately the book is populated with one-dimensional characters, and unfinished worldbuilding. Given that this story barely spans 280 pages, I understood going in that the fantasy aspect wouldn't be very fleshed out, but there are so many unfinished seams the whole thing kind of falls apart.
Mari and Wyatt were a bit annoying. Mari was a bit of a pick-me butch. She doesn’t think of herself as pretty, and she doesn’t understand how she keeps scoring partners. Have a little self-confidence, girl. Wyatt was kind of whiny. Sometimes she threw a bit of a cringey fit when she didn’t get her way. Neither particularly had character development. They stayed the same from start to finish. In terms of romantic relationship, it’s stated that they have chemistry, but not shown. I had to take it at face value that they had a connection, and that they weren’t just friendly neighbors.
Royal was just a pain in the behind, which I think was the point. That man is Jacob from Twilight, minus the imprinting on an infant thing. Wyatt politely rejects him over and over again, but he still is bent on making her his mate. I love how he calls out his pack brother for being a misogynistic jerk, when he can’t take no for an answer. I was lowkey disappointed that he died before Wyatt could formally put him in his place. His death was a bit anticlimactic, and indirect. Given that Wyatt specializes in helping women rewrite their stories (via wilderness survival classes), I expected her to directly take down the man who borderline stalks her. Royal just kind of dies at the end in a “blink and you’ll miss it” three sentence death. Literally three sentences. I just found it hard to swallow anything about his character, which might’ve been Lewis Wohl’s intention, but it’s hard to enjoy a book when one of the main characters is a straight up jerk, with zero redeeming qualities or depth.
While none of the main characters spoke to me, I did like the side characters. Inez, Royal’s rebellious, mischievous cousin was fascinating. Maybe because she was defying men in power (Royal), going against werewolf societal norms, and she’s Queer. I honestly would’ve loved to see werewolf life depicted from her perspective, because she clearly had a story, before Royal’s pack buddy murdered her. Wyatt’s friends Tuesday, her wife Addie, and their dog, Tripper were a refreshing dash of efficiency and actual couple energy. They did more to move the murder investigations along than either main character. The author is definitely a dog person, the amount of dog praise is lowkey a little much.
The werewolf world has a lot of potential. We get numerous mentions of the Fenrir, a Norse mythological wolf-beast. We don’t get any exploration of how modern day werewolves relate to said folklore. We don’t know anything about wolf history, just Royal’s history. I would have loved to see more of the inner workings of a wolf pack, not just how an Alpha bosses around his inferiors. I really do think that the most effective way to deep dive werewolf identity would’ve been to explore it from a female wolf’s perspective. Given how patriarchal and manly werewolf culture usually is, it would be a fun move to flip the script and write about how a woman has to swallow her pack’s sexism, and when the final straw breaks the camel’s back, she becomes “crazy.”
I couldn’t tell if this book is trying to fight sexism or if the author has internalized so much of it she doesn’t realize she’s replicating it.
I would also like to mention: saying that Royal’s inability to take no for an answer is “Like someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder…” is offensive. Comparing OCD, an actual disorder, to men being stalkers and creeps is unacceptable.
While this book wasn’t for me, if you’re interested in nature, crime, and the supernatural, I do think that it has potential, and is a fun “turn off your brain” soap opera.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. I will be posting this review on Goodreads and/or Instagram and Tiktok.
Moonlight Obsession by Sheri Lewis Wohl has a lot of potential. Unfortunately the book is populated with one-dimensional characters, and unfinished worldbuilding. Given that this story barely spans 280 pages, I understood going in that the fantasy aspect wouldn't be very fleshed out, but there are so many unfinished seams the whole thing kind of falls apart.
Mari and Wyatt were a bit annoying. Mari was a bit of a pick-me butch. She doesn’t think of herself as pretty, and she doesn’t understand how she keeps scoring partners. Have a little self-confidence, girl. Wyatt was kind of whiny. Sometimes she threw a bit of a cringey fit when she didn’t get her way. Neither particularly had character development. They stayed the same from start to finish. In terms of romantic relationship, it’s stated that they have chemistry, but not shown. I had to take it at face value that they had a connection, and that they weren’t just friendly neighbors.
Royal was just a pain in the behind, which I think was the point. That man is Jacob from Twilight, minus the imprinting on an infant thing. Wyatt politely rejects him over and over again, but he still is bent on making her his mate. I love how he calls out his pack brother for being a misogynistic jerk, when he can’t take no for an answer. I was lowkey disappointed that he died before Wyatt could formally put him in his place. His death was a bit anticlimactic, and indirect. Given that Wyatt specializes in helping women rewrite their stories (via wilderness survival classes), I expected her to directly take down the man who borderline stalks her. Royal just kind of dies at the end in a “blink and you’ll miss it” three sentence death. Literally three sentences. I just found it hard to swallow anything about his character, which might’ve been Lewis Wohl’s intention, but it’s hard to enjoy a book when one of the main characters is a straight up jerk, with zero redeeming qualities or depth.
While none of the main characters spoke to me, I did like the side characters. Inez, Royal’s rebellious, mischievous cousin was fascinating. Maybe because she was defying men in power (Royal), going against werewolf societal norms, and she’s Queer. I honestly would’ve loved to see werewolf life depicted from her perspective, because she clearly had a story, before Royal’s pack buddy murdered her. Wyatt’s friends Tuesday, her wife Addie, and their dog, Tripper were a refreshing dash of efficiency and actual couple energy. They did more to move the murder investigations along than either main character. The author is definitely a dog person, the amount of dog praise is lowkey a little much.
The werewolf world has a lot of potential. We get numerous mentions of the Fenrir, a Norse mythological wolf-beast. We don’t get any exploration of how modern day werewolves relate to said folklore. We don’t know anything about wolf history, just Royal’s history. I would have loved to see more of the inner workings of a wolf pack, not just how an Alpha bosses around his inferiors. I really do think that the most effective way to deep dive werewolf identity would’ve been to explore it from a female wolf’s perspective. Given how patriarchal and manly werewolf culture usually is, it would be a fun move to flip the script and write about how a woman has to swallow her pack’s sexism, and when the final straw breaks the camel’s back, she becomes “crazy.”
I couldn’t tell if this book is trying to fight sexism or if the author has internalized so much of it she doesn’t realize she’s replicating it.
I would also like to mention: saying that Royal’s inability to take no for an answer is “Like someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder…” is offensive. Comparing OCD, an actual disorder, to men being stalkers and creeps is unacceptable.
While this book wasn’t for me, if you’re interested in nature, crime, and the supernatural, I do think that it has potential, and is a fun “turn off your brain” soap opera.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. I will be posting this review on Goodreads and/or Instagram and Tiktok.
September 9, 2025
(3.5 Stars) Wyatt Foreman lives in Montana and is a nature guide who likes to live off the land. Mari Whitaker is the new forest ranger that just transferred to Montana finally getting a promotion that she deserved long before. Wyatt is shocked while hiking with friends when they discover a body. It is unusual in their small town. Then the next body is found with signs of a large animal attack.
I really liked that Wyatt’s friends are Tuesday and Addie, who were the leads in her previous book “Buried Secrets” (Nov 2023). They are integral to finding the first body. I honestly could have read this story with them as the leads. There is nothing wrong with Wyatt or Mari, they are fine, but are kind of cookie cutter characters. There isn’t a lot of development other than a brief background story and being thrown together by the situation at hand. This is a werewolf or Fenrir story. A good percentage of the story is told from the pack leaders POV. But there isn’t a lot of world building with him. He seems to have a connection to other packs but his history or how they’ve existed through time is left to the reader's general knowledge of the topic.
I enjoyed the story and even the instant connection between Mari and Wyatt. It was a nice escapism read for an afternoon. I wish it came with a little more romance and folklore. Thank you to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the eARC and I am leaving an honest review.
I really liked that Wyatt’s friends are Tuesday and Addie, who were the leads in her previous book “Buried Secrets” (Nov 2023). They are integral to finding the first body. I honestly could have read this story with them as the leads. There is nothing wrong with Wyatt or Mari, they are fine, but are kind of cookie cutter characters. There isn’t a lot of development other than a brief background story and being thrown together by the situation at hand. This is a werewolf or Fenrir story. A good percentage of the story is told from the pack leaders POV. But there isn’t a lot of world building with him. He seems to have a connection to other packs but his history or how they’ve existed through time is left to the reader's general knowledge of the topic.
I enjoyed the story and even the instant connection between Mari and Wyatt. It was a nice escapism read for an afternoon. I wish it came with a little more romance and folklore. Thank you to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the eARC and I am leaving an honest review.
February 5, 2026
This is one of those books that you start reading and before you’re aware you’re drawn into the story. Even though the concept is far fetched, at no point did I doubt it was ‘real’. No spoilers here but it’s as well Mari and Wyatt are open to myths and legends.
Mari moves to Montana to take a job as a ranger and escape her ex. Wyatt is a local forest guide and happy to trek through the beautiful landscape on her doorstep. When she has friends to stay, the trek they go on opens up into something a lot more sinister. Finding themselves at risk, Wyatt and Mari become close and work to solve the suspicious deaths and find themselves a killer (or is there more than one?).
The main characters plus Wyatt’s friends and the sherif make an interesting little group and I’d be very happy to read more with them going forward. The romance is slow burn and the ending is tense and satisfying. Ms Lewis Wohl is an excellent writer and keeps the momentum going nicely.
I was given a copy of the book by Netgalley
Mari moves to Montana to take a job as a ranger and escape her ex. Wyatt is a local forest guide and happy to trek through the beautiful landscape on her doorstep. When she has friends to stay, the trek they go on opens up into something a lot more sinister. Finding themselves at risk, Wyatt and Mari become close and work to solve the suspicious deaths and find themselves a killer (or is there more than one?).
The main characters plus Wyatt’s friends and the sherif make an interesting little group and I’d be very happy to read more with them going forward. The romance is slow burn and the ending is tense and satisfying. Ms Lewis Wohl is an excellent writer and keeps the momentum going nicely.
I was given a copy of the book by Netgalley
September 15, 2025
This paranormal romance set in rural Montana follows Mari, a newly transferred forest ranger, and Wyatt, a survivalist guide, as they team up when bodies start appearing under mysterious, animal-like attacks. Their slow-burn romance develops against the backdrop of werewolf intrigue, with the villains being a newly arrived Canadian pack.
I enjoyed the outdoor setting, the energy of the side characters (including Tuesday and Addie from Buried Secrets), and the mix of suspense with lighter moments. Wyatt and Mari are likable but a bit underdeveloped, and I wished for more romance and deeper folklore around the werewolves. Still, it’s a fun, escapist read with enough mystery and paranormal tension to keep the pages turning.
I enjoyed the outdoor setting, the energy of the side characters (including Tuesday and Addie from Buried Secrets), and the mix of suspense with lighter moments. Wyatt and Mari are likable but a bit underdeveloped, and I wished for more romance and deeper folklore around the werewolves. Still, it’s a fun, escapist read with enough mystery and paranormal tension to keep the pages turning.
October 8, 2025
I'm not a fan of this book. I thought it was a murder mystery set in a Montana National Park with forest rangers, but it wasn't really what I got. Yeah, there were dead bodies, but no real police work. It was more of a supernatural book, which I didn't realize when I got it, so you should probably know that. If you want to read it, it's not really a murder mystery. There are murders and a little mystery, but not really. It's just a super weird book. I had a really tough time getting into it and reading it, and I just didn't like it. It was like the book had no idea what it wanted to be. It couldn't decide if it wanted to be a supernatural mystery, a murder mystery, or a romance, and it tried to be all three and kind of failed, in my opinion.
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