Derek Hunter is used to working in the shadows. Being assigned to guard a group of casters and shifters is out of the norm, but he knows these are not normal times. A battle had been fought and won against a rogue warlock. Now it’s up to Derek to stamp out the remaining rebels before they are able t ...
The killer knows they’re coming for him. Can Seth and Evan save the next victim and shut down the dark witch, even when they’re cursed?
Seth Tanner and Evan Malone head to Savannah, GA, to hunt the seventh of the coven members responsible for the death of Seth’s brother and so many other ...
Cassandra Nocturne is the head witch of the Black Cat Coven and a secret practitioner of sex magic. When several werewolf packs approach the witches’ council seeking help in solving a string of disappearances, Cassandra comes face-to-face with Primrose, the last person she ever thought she’d see aga ...
Kelly ran a marathon… and wound up running a house. With a ghost in it. Kelly Mellios is a stunning, athletic woman, who has learned—the hard way—to value herself. Having just finished her first marathon in the alluring Greek town of Nafplio, she bumps into Alex, a gorgeous widower with three undera ...
For years, I’ve had dreams about talking to the Devil. They’re not nightmares, in fact, they’re far from it, but they’re not normal either. Honestly, I’m not even sure what about my life is... I’m a witch that sucks at casting magic. My hair has a mind of its own. I’ve scared the crap out of my room ...
What about a quick buck to take the scare away? This Halloween isn't going to be any better than any holiday before or after it for buck shifter Vix Frost? Why? Because he's working, that's why. Even if the latest delivery brought the pilot to Salem Massachusetts on the eve of the scariest night of ...
Power is her greatest weakness, but love could be her salvation. Dana Hutson is about to make one of the toughest decisions of her life: walking away from her twin and her Pack. But the anger of her late mate’s betrayal burns deep, and her guilt threatens to push her over the edge. Combined with the ...
Samantha Danroe doesn’t believe in magic. Her ex-husband cured her of "happily-ever-after" when he cheated on her three days after saying "I do." She doesn’t believe in ghosts. Until her mother’s ghost rises from a Halloween bonfire with a warning from beyond the grave. And she certainly doesn’t bel ...
Fate bound us. Betrayal broke us. And when darkness comes, only sacrifice remains.
I spent ten years running: carrying the scars, the guilt, the memory of her skin under my hands.
Sasha Whitaker, once mine, stands as Shadow Peak’s fie ...
You cannot escape your fate, especially when dragons are involved. Dragon Storm – .99 Dragon Roar - 1.99 Dragon Fury – 2.99 All three books for the price of one!
One young woman challenges the secret rulers of the galaxy and finds an impossible love. Young empath, Violet Hunter, dreams of exploring exotic planets as a Grand Master’s pawn. Breaks in the teleportal network threaten countless lives, and suspicions point to the twelve Grand Masters. Violet mus ...
Cooper Shaw lives his life under a pen name and enjoys the anonymity it provides during his journeys across the globe as a seasoned writer for a travel magazine. When his job lands him in his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts to cover the famous Festival of the Dead, he soon realizes that he can’t st ...
SHE HAD ALWAYS LOVED HISTORY. SHE NEVER EXPECTED HISTORY TO LOVE HER BACK.
Historian, Dr. April Branford is assigned a research project to study the background of Kings Mill, Maryland's colonial founding father, James Addison. When her metaphysical gifts get in the way, she accidentally brings ...
Gaia save the Queen… Emma Stonetree’s father is missing. Worse yet, her uncle’s gone too, leaving her and her two cousins, Jasper and Jade, floundering for an explanation. All Emma can think of are their fathers’ stories—tall tales of magic, mystery, and a whole host o ...
Take a Human female as a mate on the off chance of saving his race? Absurd. At least that's what Prince Elorshin Do'ana thinks. It's true, the Alvan race is dying. There have been no new births in years and if they don't do something, their entire race is doomed. However, Elorshin doesn't want to bi ...
"A superpowered twist on Victorian romance!" —Publishers Weekly This series? THE NEVERS + BRIDGERTON mashup! What’s a reluctant viscount to do when the woman he can’t have becomes the woman he can’t live without? Viscount Julian Alexander works dutifully to protect London’s outcast clairvoyants. But ...
An unlikely duo. A wicked witch. Whatever it takes to find their way home. Once upon a time… Rhona is certain her stepmother wants to kill her and her sisters, and she’ll stop at nothing to do it. Leaving them in the woods alone, drugging their food and drink…is nothing safe? Bitter at his br ...
Fleeing from the altar on her wedding day, Abby crashes into a ditch during a heavy snowstorm. Her day gets even worse when help arrives in the form of a sexy, burly beast of a man. However instead of taking her to the hospital he "kidnaps" Abby and takes her to a cabin far from civilisation, thrust ...
A Ghostly Romance tangled with an ancient druidic power Can a woman from Minnesota find love with an Irish ghost or will the dark manipulations of his former lover keep them apart? Mysterious images haunt her dreams… Mary Kelley, international IT director by day, paranormal investigator by night, is ...
Cursed the moment I fell in love with her.
While home in Raleigh for semester break, I didn’t expect my girlfriend, Alondra, to ask me for a favor: present my Book of Shadows to the leader of a satanic cult. She was looking for a new male witch for her coven. Of course ...
Torn apart by their haunted pasts, Grace Powell and her fiance David Ransom are struggling to reclaim their passionate bond and build a normal life --- one without danger and paranormal powers. But David can't renounce his obsession with hunting down Karl Tesler, who abducts and tortures psychics. D ...
The first installment in a dark, gripping paranormal romance trilogy steeped in Greek mythology: When Laurel moves to Vancouver Island, the last thing she expects is to meet a demigod... A compelling storyline, a trilogy, demigods, mystery, naked wrestling, a handsome hero and gorgeous heroine, roma ...
Allie, running from a would-be fiancé, finds a temp job as a barmaid in the little town of Burden, Texas where bear shifter Thorn Canton is livin’ easy with good buddies, free-flowing beer, and women in abundance.
Neither have plans of getting hitched, or settling down.
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A woman who has everything to lose. The only person who can help her is the man she betrayed years before, the head of the Irish mob. I thought I could betray the Devil of Galway. I was wrong. For two years I was undercover as the lover of the most powerful man in Ireland. The night my betrayal beca ...
For fans of YA fantasy and romance comes a new addiction impossible to put down. “It’s like Twilight meets Harry Potter!” What if you can’t trust your own family? Robyn’s parents are ruining her life. As if their constant bickering and embarrassing behavior wasn’t bad enough, they’ve forbidden her f ...
\"Land of Falling Stars lured me in immediately with its lyrical title and instantly captivated me with the haunting love story of Gavin and Sophia.\" * * * The United States is torn asunder by Civil War. Two men, linked together by their love for one woman, Sophia Whitfield, answer the call of duty ...
"I wish my parents were immortal bloodsucking vampires,” said no one. Ever. Especially not Robyn who is struggling being the only human in a house filled with vampires. Can she keep it a secret that she knows what they are? Meanwhile Jayden’s family is revealing secrets of their own and nothing is a ...
It’s been months since Laurel left her home and family to escape her destiny – a destiny that has her giving birth to a demigod. She’s getting by with the help of Aurore, a Titaness with a dangerous secret of her own, who becomes charged with Laurel’s protection. One day, when Laurel accidentally me ...
Alys Stevens is running out of familiar road. Approaching the same age as her mother’s death and muddling through a messy divorce, the forty-something home renovator has lost the control she so deeply craves. So when her siblings show up demanding a girl’s night full of fun, the three brew up an anc ...
“There’s no time. Remember your imaginary lover....” Cory Caldwell woke up by the side of the road with no memory of how he got there. He pieces together who he is but has no idea what happened to him. Dark visions haunt him—flashes of blood, magic, and a brutal fight. Scorching dreams of a faceless ...
A page-turning debut in the tradition of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, amped up and on steroids with some X-Files mystery, some Hitchcock suspense and countless plot twists and cliffhangers that will keep you guessing. And you'll still be wrong!
One of Wattpad's top read books in 2016, maki ...
A vow to his ailing mother gives Grizzly shifter, Micah, six months to find his mate, or he and his brothers lose their family's land. He can't contemplate a lifelong bond, but one tease of Nicolette's enticing scent has him and his bear ready to do what it takes to make her his. Nicolette and he ...
Witch, Warlock, Whatever… My name’s Devon Jinx, and, yes, I’m half warlock, half witch. But I couldn't care less about which kind of magic is better. All I want to do is keep my head down and get on with my new job as an investigator at the Hunted Witch Agency. A recent, shall we say, mistake, ...
Supernatural collides with Mortal instruments and Vampire Diaries. Dare to begin the passionate, thrilling, and provocative journey of love, dilemmas, sacrifice, and an epic love story? Prepare to be addicted… Grab the Prequel, Lost Angels, and unveil the mystery behind the romantic and addictive se ...
A human, a vampire and a werewolf walked into a bar. Sexy is what happens next. Since getting together with her vampire boyfriend, Ace, Aneesa is enjoying a sex life she could never have with a human. Ace has skill, strength, stamina…and is massively adventurous. Aneesa is checking things off ...
The first installment in a dark, gripping paranormal romance trilogy steeped in Greek mythology: When Laurel moves to Vancouver Island, the last thing she expects is to meet a demigod... A compelling storyline, a trilogy, demigods, mystery, naked wrestling, a handsome hero and gorgeous heroine, roma ...
Sometimes you have to play dirty. I’m Paige Harper and I clean up supernatural messes. But my personal life is something I can’t seem to straighten out. I accidentally married a fae, and even though we've been divorced for years, Jax still manages to land me in hot water. Like, putting my house on t ...
Lured into the demon’s lair. In a nightmare I can’t escape, I find true evil exists. They have no mercy. Can I survive their wicked savagery? *This Dark Omegaverse Romance is not for the faint of heart. If explicit scenes, violence, and D/s themes offend you, please abstain. Proceed with caution.*
A maiden dying for adventure. A prince on a perilous quest. Monsters that must be slain. Once upon a time… After losing a battle with a dragon, George is desperate to salvage his reputation. Only he can’t do it alone – he needs an assistant. Royal tailor Melitta longs for adventure, so when ...
\"If you like paranormal romances this is a must read!\" -Author K. Munson When the archangel Michael is forced to rely on his estranged brother Gabriel for help after a demon attack goes wrong, Gabriel places him before the throne of God for healing and it doesn't go quite as planned. Soon they ...
Some vampires have trouble figuring out how they want to spend eternity, but playboy Michael Odell isn’t one of them. He knows exactly what he wants: fine wines and beautiful women fuel his passion and he’s ma ...
Who do YOU trust? Nothing is the same for Amy since she found out what she was, but how does she control her new powers? A new boy moves into the street, while Robyn gets to know more about her vampire family. Will Melanie survive the claws of Mr. Aran? Will Jazmine's mother pull out of her grief? W ...
The only thing more frightening than murder might be navigating their first holiday season as a couple. Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, Myrtle Beach homicide detective Vic D’Amato, take a trip back to Pittsburgh to spend Thanksgiving with Vic’s large, exuberant family, which mean ...
While college graduate Forrest tries to find a job, quick witted Annet works at the Keizer Manor, the museum where the oils from 19th century master painter Alexander Keizer are exhibited. After a fight, the couple strolls through the dunes to talk. When dark clouds roll in, the beautiful sunny weat ...
She didn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Can two displaced angels save a woman from the clutches of a vicious psychopath? When Julie Crenshaw is offered a news reporter's job on beautiful Vancouver Island she didn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Connor ...
Jared Price is a Celestial, one of a race of beings often taken for angels. Exiled on earth, he's offered a chance to return to the Celestial Realm. All he has to do is protect Cassie Lewis from a demonic assassin.
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Is it possible my sweet, handsome, charming boyfriend could be a vampire? I know, I know, vampires aren’t real, except in fiction and folklore, but hear me out. I’ve got some convincing evidence… Let’s start with the obvious. His name is Hunter. HUNTER. That’s a vampire name if you’ve ever heard one ...
Calvin and Owen face their first Christmas together. Will memories bring them closer or push them apart? Calvin Springfield and Owen Sharps are partners in the Supernatural Secret Service, and now lovers. As their first Christmas together approaches, planning the big meal shows how different thei ...
A sultan’s daughter. A pretend prince. Can a genie make all their wishes come true? Once upon a time… When Princess Maram and street rat Aladdin meet in the marketplace, sparks fly, and Aladdin swears to move heaven and earth in order to make the lovely courtesan his wife. He steals a magic l ...
I used to not believe in witches. Until I enrolled in Dr. Alondra Johansen’s metaphysical history class. Bryce, Alondra’s super cute teaching assistant, told me my element sign is Earth. I am, in fact, a pragmatic sort of girl. My name is Cadence Hawthorne, but you can call me Katie. Darkness fell o ...
What makes a villain?
Elisabet Babineaux never saw herself as a villain. She was the protagonist of her life, just as we all are. Born a Princess, her whole life was planned and laid out before her. She knew where her life was headed and what was expected. That all changed the night she met Jua ...
ROMANCE GOES RETRO:
Nashvillians Olivia Haugen and Kyle Daniels know exactly why they'd never get together. He's too staid and persnickety and she's too flighty and artsy. But that doesn't stop Constance Presley from trying. She owns a salvage warehouse that not only hold antiques from se ...
You cannot escape your fate. Everyone has heard tales of the runaway bride. I did not run away I was taken.
Eden
I was finalizing all the last minute details on my wedding day without the weddin ...
After an unexpected hookup, I end up dating Grayson Knight—my former mortal enemy. We still argue constantly, and I’m sure we’ll break up at some point, but after a family dinner goes well with Dad—the city’s Police Sergeant—I have hope. Then I start noticing things. Like how Grayson gets called ...
Stephen, a young, disembodied soul is sent to the earthly plane by his spiritual master. After his harrowing previous life in flesh, he is petrified. But it’s part of the plan. ‘Every soul must fall into flesh to learn and grow.’ The words of the master ring in his ears—there is no escaping his sojo ...
A ragged band of vampires are cutting a bloody path of destruction from Alaska to Washington State! As frost turns the leaves gold and paints the high mountain treetops silver, hundreds of hunters arrive in Swan Valley for their annual deer hunt. What they don’t know is an outcast band of vampires h ...
AWAKENING THE VAMPIRE SHADOW-WALKERS BOOK 3 (This is a standalone story.) She protects supernaturals. He hunts them. Do you like a passionate romance with a tortured vampire hero and a supernatural murder mystery? Rock Star meets Supernatural in this exciting new series. The women are the rock stars ...
Believe in witches, for sometimes you need magic to ward off the evil in darkness. It was my junior year at Hawthorne University when Mira dealt me a reversed Lovers card. That meant trouble in paradise. I thought nothing of it until Alondra introduced me to a new witch from outside our coven—Eno ...
You can’t hide from fate… In a brutal betrayal, Gavril Khalon lost everything—his throne, his magic, and his freedom. He may have escaped captivity, but any hope of reclaiming his kingdom was burned out of his soul, along with his heart. Now his only goal is survival. But when he’s injured escapi ...
It's a neighborhood like any other. Except it is not. Under the surface lurks so many secrets that the teenagers of Shadow Hills fear for their lives. Jazmine knows her friends’ parents are strange, supernatural beings, but what about hers? Who can she trust? Fire and Beauty is the third book in a f ...
After living her entire life in an orphan asylum, Zanya fears she may actually be losing her mind... Following the discovery of her ancient Maya bloodlines, eighteen-year-old Zanya Coreandero is faced with a daunting responsibility. She must protect the relic stone while Sarian, the underworld gener ...
Even gods fall in love. Except Djet, a 4000 year powerful shape changing sorcerer, who manages to so enrage his sister Hathor, the goddess of love, with his ignorance of matters of the heart, she strips him of his powers and locks him in a tomb. Audrey Delany is a student at the American University ...
Duncan Mackay will do anything to lift the curse from his family — even forfeit his own life. But his plans change when he encounters the woman from his dreams, literally. She is from the future, somehow has his lost sword, and can talk to the Dragon that is able to lift his family’s cur ...
They might be enemies. They might be allies. They might even be lovers…
For a thousand years, the fierce everwinds blessed the lands and people—until the winds died. Now the gods have been weakened, magic is almost gone, and all the kingdoms are vulnerable to thieves a ...
Raccoon-shifter Mico Foley drives a garbage truck in Fox Hollow, a job that keeps a roof over his head while he pursues his true passion—creating art with found objects. He fears he might never find a mate—until he falls hard for the sexy new baker in town. But will a hottie like that fall for a guy ...
After being tainted by Leviathan blood, an Archangel must collect angelic relics and return them to Heaven before the transit of Mercury to prevent the Undoing… a period where demons can take control of the earth and negate the power of Heaven. To earn back his wings, he's tasked with preventing ...
** Nominated for Bookie Award by Authors After Dark ** The time travelers chant: \"I walk alone on the edge of time, traveling far and near. Born of the sun, kissed by the wind, the call of the raven screams in my ear.\" A decadent-looking savage has captured Francesca DuVall and her brother Marsh. ...
The Crow Maiden
Book 3: The Arcadia Series
(The Crow Maiden is a standalone story in the Arcadia Series)
She betrayed her goddess for him…
He betrayed her.
Plotting her revenge is her only solace. Until now.
N ...
For almost a century Lord Cedric has hunted the supernatural, hiding the fact he’s one of Sorceress Morrighan’s abominations.
Fearful of others discovering his true nature, he weds the Lady of the Court, Angeline, after winning a tournament. The dormant magic in her veins ...
After surviving Adrian’s brutal attack, Laurel finds herself on Olympus once again, faced with a trial that could sentence Sam to years of slumber. Meanwhile, Sam is haunted by the torturous vision of Laurel dying in childbirth, and Laurel’s determination to continue the pregnancy despite Sam’s oppo ...
AWAKENED- Mia was perfectly happy with her boring mid-twenties life, thank you very much. So she didn't have many friends, or a man. Maybe her job kind of sucked, and hobbies hadn't caught up with her yet. There was still plenty of time, at least that's what she told herself each night before tuc ...
Jilted by her fiancé, librarian Maddy Jacobson is nursing a broken heart, when her best friend gives her an early Christmas present. Intended to be a fun, psychic reading in a spooky, tea house, the gift turns out to be life changing. Maddy becomes haunted by a mischievous, Highland ghost. Ru ...
This is where it all began, the love story that transcended death and time.
In Louisiana just before the War Between the States, Victoria De’Muerre, heiress to a wealthy plantation, must make difficult, life altering decisions. She is torn between her head and her heart, between stability and p ...
HE SAVES OTHERS FROM THEIR TROUBLES. WHO WILL SAVE HIM? Bus driver Rory Fine has a gift. He can take troubles from others with merely a touch. On a rain-swept night he asks his glum passengers to leave their worrisome emotions in his palm. But when he touches one passenger's hand everything he kn ...
Hunger and Hollow drops you beside Sebastian Moreau—the silver-eyed enforcer of The Nocturne—as he tracks a pirate ship for blood, tech, and secrets.
Tonight’s haul should be routine: fang, drain, burn the evidence. Instead he smells two things he’s never been able to ignore: Ancient tren ...
Blurb for Unknown Protector. Book One in the Midworlder Trilogy Two things have helped Nicole cope since the murder of her husband. One is running her detective agency, and the other is her guardian angel, Mira. When Mira is killed by a demon, Nicole accepts the help of a Ridge, a long-haired, cigar ...
From Book 1: The head of Orsino Security was hired to protect her for a week. Instead, his bear wants to claim her forever.
It takes one look for bear shifter Salvatore Orsino to know that Natale Durante isn't just his client… shes his mate. His first instinct is to lay Natales ...
Cassidy Kincaide and her boyfriend Kell Winston go on vacation to Caynham Castle, where they're looking forward to sightseeing, enjoying the Midsummer festival, and relaxing in the English countryside. When the theft of a magical heirloom endangers a centuries-old pact with the Fae, Cassidy and Kell ...
Vampire Career: A new vampire, a gnawing hunger, and a friendly guy equals disaster just a heartbeat away. Newly turned vampire Georgia can deal with the "dead all day" part, but the rest of her new lifestyle desperately needs a training manual. Review for Vampire Career by S. T. Hailstock VAMPIRE C ...
Sometimes Magic Can Be Complicated… What happens when a beautiful and talented witch refuses to use her powers? Even as a child, Gillian could perform magic far better than most people. Her spells swayed teachers, nabbing boyfriends was a piece of cake, and she had the added ability to foresee event ...
I summon the lightning. I claim my power. The warlocks of Icarus Academy claim me. I start my night as a cat burglar in Singapore and I end up queen of the witching world. Too bad this magical fairytale's a gig I never wanted and won't accept. My witchcraft is wild and lethal, so I've renounced m ...
Taken by a covert operation, Alexei Vadim is forced to endure tests to figure out how he became a shifter, and whether those genetic changes can be used to create human super soldiers. After escaping, he goes on the run, staying one step ahead long enough to alert someone else to what is going on in ...
He’s bound to his code, but she’s the one he wants. Will love bring them together, or will duty tear them apart? Ardal is sworn to protect women. As the leader of the Hunters, an elite unit of alien warriors, he’s bound by a strict moral code to never mate, even if he falls in love. But when their s ...
After a vivid and strange dream Hilda searches for its meaning and that of her abusive life. The dream leads her to Arthur, an archeologist, and they fall instantly in love. But can she trust him? Past life regression ses ...
Mage Amina Langston thought surviving the supernatural apocalypse, which killed fifty percent of humankind and changed most of the surviving population into paranormal beings, were the biggest challenges in her life. That is, until she and her brother go on the run from non-gifted humans who want to ...
Fast cars. Outlaw country boys. A love that can't be denied. Snarky werewolves, vengeful ghosts, and menacing monsters. Some day the werewolves might get them, but the vamps never will! Dawson King’s family has been hunting things that go bump in the night in Transylvania County, North Carolina, sin ...
Grace Powell awakened one day with no memory of the previous eight months. Now a relentless enemy hunts her but, blinded by amnesia, she has no clue why. Terrified to trust anyone, Grace has no one to turn to. Except for the sexy stranger who appears out of thin air -- literally. David Ransom sacrif ...
From the secret legacy handed down to Marissa, to the ultimate demon showdown in Sedona, these books spin a new German fairy tale. This box set contains all three of the Mist books. Mist on the Meadow Wolf Harper needs a Kundigerin, "one who knows," to close his grandmother's estate and save the fai ...
Can Their Love Overcome the Broken Trust?
Mark has just overcome literal death. He fought an evil witch’s power and the underworld to get back to the man he loves. But now, his Dominant sees him as too broken for play, threatening a trust they’ve barely begun to build.
Caster lov ...
Hell hath no fury like a witch-turned-vampire scorned... My long-dead vampire brother has returned from hell. He's challenged my right to the vampire throne. He brought a hellhound with him. Every time hellbeast kills, the bastard gets stronger. He's unstoppable. Stronger and faster t ...
A pragmatic human thrown into a world of magic...
Lindsey Porter fled from her traumatic past, determined to lay low, but now someone has framed her for murder. The quest for answers leads her into a parallel realm where magic reigns, and with a hostile sheriff and a shapeshifting assass ...
Books included are: Badlands, Lucky Town, The Rising, Loose Ends, No Surrender From Book 1: A psychic and a skeptical homicide cop team up to hunt a supernatural killer in Myrtle Beach. Medium and clairvoyant Simon Kincaide owns a Myrtle Beach boardwalk shop where he runs ghost tours, holds séances, ...
An unlikely rookie superhero and a dog shifter beer enthusiast team up to stop a nefarious supernatural plot.
Food reviewer Scott Dixon didn’t just lose his job—he started getting premonitions linked to random tastes, a new ability he’s not sure how to man ...
William’s bite bonded Shana to him, but he didn’t ask her to mate with him for life. She isn’t ready for a lifetime commitment. Now, William excludes her from his vampire meetings. Shana understands he’s an original vampire with immense powers. For them to be a couple, he has to treat as an equal pa ...
Freelance photographer Skye Somers goes to the Natural History Museum to photograph their Native American Exhibit. While there, she becomes enchanted by a life-sized cardboard cutout of a Lakota warrior identified as Wolf Who Walks on the Wild Wind, little knowing it will change her life forever. Ja ...
Once The King of Nightmares, Ashe lost everything when he was betrayed. Released from prison, he's got one goal: Stay Free. To make that happen he'll have to rescue the girl who stole his crown while saving the court he'd rather see burn. But he can't do it alone. He needs Callie. Abused, neglected, ...
When Rowe Branning sets off with her faithful wolfhound, Tris, on a quest to visit a grandmother she hasn't seen in fifteen years, her arrival in Hartford Cove is far less welcoming than she hoped for. Her reason for coming is put into question, and the way the sheriff looks at her makes her feel li ...
