{"product_id":"once-bitten-mark-leslie-9798231631230","title":"Once Bitten","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe came to New York as a writer with a dream. What he became was something out of a nightmare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 2003, and twenty-two-year-old Michael Andrews has finally escaped his small Ontario mining town for the city of his Spider-Man daydreams. But a wolf attack on a lonely highway changes everything. Now he's navigating Manhattan with powerfully sharp senses well beyond normal human limits, a transformation he can't control, and a beautiful woman he's terrified to let close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy day, Michael shelves books in a Greenwich Village shop, using his uncanny ability to read emotions to connect with customers. Those same abilities have given this previously undateable book nerd an unexpected confidence-enough to win the attention of Rachel, an aspiring actress whose kindness draws him in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the full moon rises, he loses himself to his alter-ego: a six-foot grey wolf. Haunted by guilt and longing for connection, Michael must decide whether his curse will define him-or if he can transform it into something more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome curses can't be outrun. The only question is what you do when they catch up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis origin story of the Canadian Werewolf series is told through \"current day\" 2017 bookends of a prologue and epilogue timeline that follow immediately after \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOnly Monsters in the Building.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Leslie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798231631230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stark Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Mark Leslie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437636956415,"sku":"9798231631230","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07e0917f-5ffa-4000-b419-0c96cadf7a63.jpg?v=1777163068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/once-bitten-mark-leslie-9798231631230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}