Author(s): Cynthia Leitich Smith

Graphic Novels

Illustrated by hot new talent Ming Doyle, Cynthia Leitich Smith's "Tantalize" is reimagined as a graphic novel - seen through Kieren's werewolf eyes. As a hybrid werewolf, Kieren is destined to join an urban Wolf pack and learn to master his shift. Soon he'll leave everything behind: home, school, his family, and Quincie, his human best friend...who's beginning to be a whole lot more than a friend. For years, Kieren has managed to keep his desires - and his wolf - at bay. But when the chef at Quincie's family restaurant is brutally murdered, Kieren resolves to be there for her, even if it means being framed or watching Quincie's beloved restaurant morph into a vampire lair. But when the new chef begins wooing her, how long can Kieren control his claws? How long can he protect Quincie - and himself? In an elegant graphic edition featuring cinematic sequential art and lush, romantic cover art, best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith re-envisions her delicious dark fantasy through wolfish eyes. This title is suitable for fans of Cynthia's three prose novels in this growing series: "Tantalize", the best-selling "Eternal", and "Blessed" - as well as for fans of Stephenie Meyer, Maggie Stiefvater, Annette Curtis Klause, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and other popular paranormal-romance authors. Ming Doyle's hip, accessible sequential line art - and Sam Weber's lush cover art - as well as the upscale paperback specs - make this a visually stunning package. The graphic novel format - and the emphasis on Kieren as protagonist - may attract boy readers (and certainly reluctant readers) to the series.