I knew that Ava Bradley was mine from the moment I saw her. Fate gave me a smart and kind soul mate with a body that left me panting. But she was human. I had to play this carefully. Humans didn’t know that wolf shifters existed, or what it meant to be mated to one. The last thing I wanted was to scare off my timid little mate. But my pack was in trouble. We had a history of losing good people to the Hunters that were determined to exterminate my kind. As Alpha, I had to keep my pack safe. As a shifter in love, I had to make sure that Ava didn’t get caught in the crossfire. She had a dark past of her own, one that she couldn’t quite escape. Would we be able to face our enemies together and come out stronger on the other side? Or would I lose my mate before I got the chance to claim her as mine?
All shifters knew that they had a soul mate, one person that was your perfect match. Fate decided who it was and when they would come along. At nearly forty years old, I still hadn’t met mine, but I was okay with it. After growing up around my parent’s twisted relationship, I didn’t have a lot of faith in romantic love at all. Besides, I had other things on my plate since my brother died and I took over guardianship of my teenage niece. Then, Sofia strolled into town. Everton Falls was a small place, so it didn’t take long for our paths to cross. She was sexy and way too young for me. It turned out that she was also my mate. Fate had paired me with a woman with a wild side that clashed with my reserved nature. I was sure that it was a mistake, but our attraction was off the charts. Some things couldn’t be denied. But trouble had been stalking Sofia for years, in the form of ruthless Hunters. We were supposed to be together, but she was determined to run from the incoming danger. Would I be able to talk her into sticking around for me? Or would I lose my stubborn mate to fear?
I dedicated my life to protecting and serving, both as a cop with the Everton Falls Police Department and as a member of the pack of wolf shifters that lived in the small town. We’d had trouble come our way before, in the form of Hunters that wanted to wipe us out, but the newest threat was different. This time, it was a vampire leaving a trail of human bodies that confounded the police. All except me. So, I had to be the one to stop it. As if things weren’t complicated enough, I discovered that the vampire had a human familiar, someone bound to do his bidding against her will. Alyssa was strong...innocent...and my soulmate. I had to find a way to free her from the vampire’s control, and the best way to do that was to put him in the ground. But that was easier said than done, and while I struggled to save my mate and claim her as mine, she was at the vampire’s mercy. Would I get the chance to have a real relationship with her, or would the vampire find a way to keep her from me? And how many people would fall victim to him in the meantime?
I’d always seen the world in black and white. Good guys and bad guys. As a shifter that had seen too many of his kind die at the hands of Hunters, I knew who my enemies were. There were no shades of grey. That was why I volunteered to investigate a man that might be one of them, a killer of my people. The complicated part? His daughter turned out to be my mate. Willow was beautiful, strong, and hated shifters. Her father had told her for years that we were the enemy, so I had my work cut out for me when it came to convincing her otherwise. My pack didn’t trust her. Her father wanted me dead. It felt like the whole world was against us, but I wasn’t going to give up. She was meant to be mine, and I would stand up to them all to prove it. Would Willow choose to stand with me? Or was I fighting for a woman that could never love me back?