
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Themes:
Adoption / Surrogacy
Against All Odds
Animals/Nature
Angsty
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
First Love
Fish Out of Water
Found Family
Friendship
Friends to Lovers
Paranormal Encounters
Pet / Wild Animal
Second Chance
Self-Discovery
Supernatural Elements
Archetypes:
Artist / Graphic Designer / Illustrator
Psychologist / Therapist / Psychiatrist
Social Worker
Teacher / Professor
Werewolf / Shifter
Geographic Location:
United States
Setting:
Academic / School / University
Big City / Urban
Small Town / Rural
Wilderness / Outback
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Androgynous
Tomboy
Protagonist Identity:
Biracial / Multiracial
Native American / Indigenous Person / First Nations
Trigger/Content Warning:
Abandonment, Religious Bigotry, Domestic Violence, Animal Cruelty, mentions of being sent to conversion therapy
Coyote Blues
By Karen F. Williams
Riley Dawson is a psychotherapist with a lycanthropic affliction. She's a werecoyote, to be precise.
A foundling adopted by wealthy parents, Riley led a privileged life until she fell in love with Fiona Bell, an evangelical preacher’s daughter. Raging hormones, the full moon, and the pull of Fiona Bell on her teenage heartstrings triggered her first transformation. Unfortunately, her parents witnessed the change and sent her off to college with a trust fund and an agreement never to return home.
Twenty years later, Riley shares a lucrative therapy practice with Dr. Margaret Spencer. Margaret, her wife, and her gay brother-in-law are the only ones who know Riley’s secret. Afraid of risking exposure, Riley restricts her love life to online hookups. But when a family is referred for treatment and Fiona Bell comes back into her life, all the rules of the client-therapist relationship are tested and Riley’s world is turned upside down.