''Only Human'' by

Eileen Wilks Eileen Wilks (born November 3, 1952) is an American fiction writer living in Midland, Texas. Biography Eileen Wilks moved from West Texas to the town of Norman, Oklahoma in the summer of 2012, and has previously lived in Canada and Venezuela, ...

is a short story in the '' Lover Beware'' anthology. It is also the first story in the

World of the Lupi ''The World of the Lupi'' is an urban fantasy series by author Eileen Wilks. It is also known as the ''Moon Children'' series. Novels in this series # '' Only Human'' (Lover Beware anthology) - July 2003 # '' Originally Human'' (Cravings antholog ...

series. It came out in July 2003.

Plot summary

Eileen's story in the ''Lover Beware'' anthology is entitled ''Only Human''. In it Lily is a

Chinese-American Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans have ancestors from mainland China, Hong Kong ...

detective working with the city of

San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...

on a murder that appears to be the work of a

werewolf In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek ), is an individual who can shapeshifting, shapeshift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a Shapeshifting, therianthropic Hybrid beasts in folklore, hybrid wol ...

. But, if she wants to find out who the killer is, she'll have to get inside the clans. She enlists the help of a were named Rule, though she detests his species. Will her prejudices hold up under the heat of passion?

Main characters

*Lily Yu - a Chinese American sensitive who works for the Magical Crimes Division of the FBI *Rule Turner - the Nokolai Heir (or prince as the press like to dub him). His werewolf clan is located in San Diego, CA. *Cullen Seabourne - a recent adoption to Rule's Nokolai werewolf clan. Cullen was clanless for many years. He is also a sorcerer, which is a slightly illegal pastime according to the federal authorities. Eileen describes him as sin incarnate to look at.

Tie in with ''Tempting Danger''

This

romantic suspense A romance or romantic novel is a genre fiction novel that primarily focuses on the relationship and romantic love between two people, typically with an emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending. Authors who have contributed to the developme ...

novel is the first novel

wrote set in the

. After her editor (and the fans) enjoyed it so much Eileen asked if she could expand this short story into a full-blown series. '' Tempting Danger'' expands on this story and ends up taking the characters in different directions than the original short story.

External links

Eileen Wilks Official website
* 2003 short stories Short stories by Eileen Wilks Werewolf written fiction World of the Lupi books {{2000s-story-stub